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, during 13–18 February 2023.

Finals

Singles

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, 6–3, 6–0

Doubles

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Lyudmyla Kichenok Lyudmyla Viktorivna Kichenok (, ; born 20 July 1992) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 3 in doubles. She is a two-time Grand Slam champion winning the 2024 US Open with Jeļena Ostapenko and t ...

Jeļena Ostapenko Jeļena "Aļona" Ostapenko (born 8 June 1997) is a Latvian professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of world No. 5 in singles and No. 4 in doubles by the WTA. Ostapenko has won nine WTA Tour-level singles and eleven doubles tit ...

, 6–4, 2–6, 0–7

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

_{*per team}

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings are as of February 6, 2023

Other entrants

The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw: *

Victoria Azarenka Victoria Fiodaraŭna Azarenka (born 31 July 1989) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), having held the position for a total of 51 weeks ...

Sofia Kenin } Sofia Anna "Sonya" Kenin (born November 14, 1998) is an American professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked as high as world No. 4 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, and No. 26 in doubles. Kenin was named the ...

Maria Sakkari Maria Sakkari (, ; born 25 July 1995) is a Greek professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 3 by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, which she first achieved on 21 March 2022, making her the highest-ranked Greek player ...

İpek Öz İpek Öz (born 8 July 1999) is a Turkish tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 163, achieved on 18 July 2022. On 13 June 2022, she peaked at No. 327 in WTA the doubles rankings. She took part in the 2018 Mediterran ...

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw: *

Karolína Muchová Karolína Muchová (; born 21 August 1996) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 8, achieved on 11 September 2023. Muchová has won one WTA Tour title at the 2019 Korea Open – S ...

The following player received a special exempt into the main draw: *

Zheng Qinwen Zheng Qinwen ( zh, , p=Zhèng Qīnwén, s=郑钦文; IPA: ; born 8 October 2002) is a Chinese professional tennis player. She has been ranked world No. 4 in women's singles by the WTA, achieved in June 2025, and is only the second Chinese pla ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Rebecca Marino Rebecca Catherine Marino (born December 16, 1990) is a Canadian professional tennis player. On 11 July 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of world No. 38. Marino was awarded ''Female Player of the Year'' by Tennis Canada two times ...

Elise Mertens Elise Mertens (; born 17 November 1995) is a Belgian professional tennis player. She became List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles on 10 May 2021, the third Belgian to hold the top ranking in either singles or ...

Karolína Plíšková Karolína Plíšková (; born 21 March 1992) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), holding the position for a total of eight weeks, and has been ...

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Withdrawals

; Before the tournament *

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Barbora Krejčíková Barbora Krejčíková (; born 18 December 1995) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked as high as world No. 2 in singles and List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles by the Wome ...

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Aryna Sabalenka Aryna Siarhiejeŭna Sabalenka (born 5 May 1998) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. She is currently ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and is a former world No. 1 in women's doubles. ...

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Zhang Shuai Zhang Shuai ( zh , s = 张帅 , p = Zhāng Shuài ; ; born 21 January 1989) is a Chinese professional tennis player. She has a career-high doubles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 2, achieved in July 2022 and a singles ranking of No. 22 re ...

; During the tournament *

Belinda Bencic Belinda Bencic (; born 10 March 1997) is a Swiss professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 4 which she achieved in February 2020. Bencic has won nine career singles titles, including Tennis at the 2020 ...

(fatigue)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of February 6, 2023

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: *

Mubaraka Al-Naimi Mubaraka Al-Naimi (born 13 April 2001) is a Qatari professional tennis player. She is currently the Qatari No. 1. Al-Naimi made her WTA main draw debut at the 2017 Qatar Total Open in the doubles draw partnering Fatma Al-Nabhani. In 2020, Al-N ...

/ Ekaterina Yashina *

Chan Hao-ching Chan Hao-ching (; ; born September 19, 1993), also known as Angel Chan, is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. She is primarily a doubles specialist, having won twenty-one WTA Tour, two WTA Challenger and six ITF titles in that discipline. ...

Latisha Chan Latisha Chan (born 17 August 1989), formerly known by her Chinese name Chan Yung-jan (; ), is a Taiwanese professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. She has won 33 career titles in doubles, including a Grand Slam title ...

The following pair received entry as alternates: *

Ekaterina Alexandrova Ekaterina Evgenyevna Alexandrova ( rus, Екатери́на Евге́ньевна Александро́ва, , jɪkətʲɪˈrʲinə ɐlʲɪksɐnˈdrovə; born 15 November 1994) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has won five WTA To ...

Aliaksandra Sasnovich Aliaksandra Aliaksandraŭna Sasnovich (born 22 March 1994) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. She achieved her best singles ranking of world No. 29 on 19 September 2022, and peaked at No. 39 in the WTA doubles rankings on 23 August 2021 ...

Withdrawals

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References

External links

* {{2023 WTA Tour

Qatar Total Open The Qatar Open, currently sponsored by TotalEnergies and called the Qatar TotalEnergies Open, is a professional tennis WTA 1000 tournament held in Doha, Qatar. Held since 2001, this WTA Tour event was a Tier I-tournament in 2008, and was played o ...

Qatar Ladies Open 2023 in Qatari sport