The 2017 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 15th edition of the event and part of the WTA Premier series of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place at the International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 13 and 18 February 2017.
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | width=85 | Q | width=85 | Q3 | width=85 | Q2 | width=85 | Q1 |
| Singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | 1 |
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | width=85 | Q | width=85 | Q3 | width=85 | Q2 | width=85 | Q1 |
| Singles | $132,740 | $70,880 | $36,850 | $20,350 | $10,915 | $6,925 | $3,110 | $1,650 | $920 | |||||
| Doubles* | $41,520 | $22,180 | $12,120 | $6,165 | $3,350 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Johanna Konta → replaced by Irina-Camelia Begu
Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by Laura Siegemund
Carla Suárez Navarro → replaced by Monica Puig| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chan Yung-jan | Martina Hingis | 20 | 1 | |||
 India | Sania Mirza |  Czech Republic | Barbora Strýcová | 21 | 2 | |
| Czech Republic | Andrea Hlaváčková |  China | Peng Shuai | 26 | 3 | |
| Abigail Spears | Katarina Srebotnik | 46 | 4 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry as alternates:
See main article: 2017 Qatar Total Open – Singles.
Karolína Plíšková def. Caroline Wozniacki, 6–3, 6–4See main article: 2017 Qatar Total Open – Doubles.
Abigail Spears / Katarina Srebotnik def. 
Olga Savchuk / 
Yaroslava Shvedova, 6–3, 7–6(9–7)
Slovakia
Poland
