The 2012
Qatar Total Open
The Qatar Ladies Open, currently sponsored by TotalEnergies and called the Qatar TotalEnergies Open, is a women's tennis tournament held in Doha, Qatar. Held since 2001, this WTA Tour event was a Tier I-tournament in 2008, and was played on outdoo ...
was a professional women's
tennis tournament played on
hard courts. It was the 10th edition of the event. It took place at International Tennis and Squash complex in
Doha,
Qatar between 13 and 19 February 2012. It was upgraded from a Premier event to a Premier 5 event.
Victoria Azarenka won the singles title.
Champions
Singles
Victoria Azarenka defeated
Samantha Stosur, 6–1, 6–2
*It was Azarenka's 3rd title of the year and 11th of her career. It was her 1st Premier 5 title of her career and 6th total Premier title. It was her 3rd consecutive title and 17th consecutive match win.
Doubles
Liezel Huber /
Lisa Raymond defeated
Raquel Kops-Jones /
Abigail Spears, 6–3, 6–1
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings as of February 6, 2012
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
*
Fatma Al-Nabhani
*
Ons Jabeur
*
Nadia Lalami
Nadia Lalami Laaroussi (born 28 April 1990) is a Moroccan former professional tennis player.
In her career, she won two singles titles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 19 September 2011, she reached her best singles ranking ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
*
Kateryna Bondarenko
*
Vera Dushevina
Vera Yevgenyevna Dushevina ( rus, Вера Евгеньевна Душевина; born 6 October 1986) is a Russian former professional tennis player.
She won one singles title and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour. As a junior, she won the ...
*
Caroline Garcia
*
Anne Keothavong
*
Varvara Lepchenko
*
Urszula Radwańska
*
Virginie Razzano
*
Aleksandra Wozniak
Withdrawals
*
Petra Kvitová
*
Andrea Petkovic (low back stress fracture)
Retirements
*
Marion Bartoli (right calf injury)
*
Carla Suárez Navarro (right hip injury)
*
Vera Zvonareva (left hip injury)
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings are as of February 6, 2012
Other entrants
The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:
*
Fatma Al-Nabhani /
Ons Jabeur
Retirements
*
Urszula Radwańska (upper respiratory injury)
External links
Official Website
{{2012 WTA Tour
Qatar Total Open
The Qatar Ladies Open, currently sponsored by TotalEnergies and called the Qatar TotalEnergies Open, is a women's tennis tournament held in Doha, Qatar. Held since 2001, this WTA Tour event was a Tier I-tournament in 2008, and was played on outdoo ...
Qatar Ladies Open
2012 in Qatari sport