2019 Qatar Total Open Explained

The 2019 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 17th edition of the event and a Premier tournament on the 2019 WTA Tour. It took place at the International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 11 and 16 February 2019.^[1]

Point distribution

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	470	305	185	100	1

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32¹	width=85	Q3	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles	$158,895	$84,850	$45,320	$24,360	$13,065	$8,290	$3,720	$1,980	$1,100
Doubles*	$49,700	$26,546	$14,510	$7,385	$4,010

_{¹Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.}

per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
Romania	Simona Halep	3	1
~~Czech Republic~~	~~Karolína Plíšková~~	5	2
	Angelique Kerber	6	3
Ukraine	Elina Svitolina	7	4
	Kiki Bertens	8	5
	~~Caroline Wozniacki~~	10	6
	Anastasija Sevastova	12	7
~~Australia~~	~~Ashleigh Barty~~	13	8
	Julia Görges	16	9

¹ Rankings as of February 4, 2019.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Ashleigh Barty → replaced by Polona Hercog
Caroline Garcia → replaced by Lara Arruabarrena
Madison Keys → replaced by Kateřina Siniaková
Naomi Osaka → replaced by Barbora Strýcová
Karolína Plíšková → replaced by Kristýna Plíšková
Wang Qiang → replaced by Alison Riske
Caroline Wozniacki → replaced by Samantha Stosur

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
	Nicole Melichar	Czech Republic	Květa Peschke	24	1
	Hsieh Su-wei	Czech Republic	Barbora Strýcová	27	2
Canada	Gabriela Dabrowski	China	Xu Yifan	28	3
	Anna-Lena Grönefeld		Demi Schuurs	40	4