Qatar Open: Full list of title winners

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Published at :February 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM

Modified at :February 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM

Polish star Iga Swiatek is a three-time Qatar Open champion.

The first tournament was held in 2001 as Qatar Total FinaElf Open for the prize money of $170,000, as a Tier III tournament. In 2004, the tournament got the Tier II category because of an increase in prize money to $585,000, and in 2007 to $600,000.

For the 2008 season, which was the last season it was held, the tournament became Tier I for the prize money of $2,500,000. The event took a two-year break due to the venue hosting the WTA Tour Championships, thus was not played in 2009 or 2010.

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It then returned in 2011 as a Premier Event with prize money of $721,000 and a 32-competitor singles draw (16-pair doubles draw). The tournament received Premier 5 status from 2012 to 2014, but in the 2015 WTA Season, the tournament was back to a Premier event.

It then switched back to being a Premier 5 tournament in 2016, when the Dubai Tennis Championships was downgraded to Premier. Since then, the two tournaments alternated between Premier 5 and Premier (now known as WTA 1000 and WTA 500) status every year, until 2024, when both events were held as WTA 1000 events.

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The Qatar Open is held annually at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, with a housing capacity of 6,911. The inaugural edition of the event in 2001 was won by Martina Hingis who defeated Sandrine Testud comfortably in straight sets.

Only one player has clinched the Qatar Open title three times — Iga Swiatek. The Polish star has dominated in Doha, winning three consecutive titles and proving unbeatable on these courts.

WTA Qatar Open: List of winners

Singles Champions:

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2001	Martina Hingis	Sandrine Testud	6–3, 6–2
2002	Monica Seles	Tamarine Tanasugarn	7–6(8–6), 6–3
2003	Anastasia Myskina	Elena Likhovtseva	6–3, 6–1
2004	Anastasia Myskina	Svetlana Kuznetsova	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
2005	Maria Sharapova	Alicia Molik	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
2006	Nadia Petrova	Amélie Mauresmo	6–3, 7–5
2007	Justine Henin	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6–4, 6–2
2008	Maria Sharapova	Vera Zvonareva	6–1, 2–6, 6–0
2011	Vera Zvonareva	Caroline Wozniacki	6–4, 6–4
2012	Victoria Azarenka	Samantha Stosur	6–1, 6–2
2013	Victoria Azarenka	Serena Williams	7–6(8–6), 2–6, 6–3
2014	Simona Halep	Angelique Kerber	6–2, 6–3
2015	Lucie Safarova	Victoria Azarenka	6–4, 6–3
2016	Carla Suárez Navarro	Jeļena Ostapenko	1–6, 6–4, 6–4
2017	Karolína Pliskova	Caroline Wozniacki	6–3, 6–4
2018	Petra Kvitova	Garbiñe Muguruza	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
2019	Elise Mertens	Simona Halep	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
2020	Aryna Sabalenka	Petra Kvitová	6–3, 6–3
2021	Petra Kvitova	Garbiñe Muguruza	6–2, 6–1
2022	Iga Swiatek	Anett Kontaveit	6–2, 6–0
2023	Iga Swiatek	Jessica Pegula	6–3, 6–0
2024	Iga Swiatek	Elena Rybakina	7–6(10–8), 6–2
2025	Amanda Anisimova	Jelena Ostapenko	6-4, 6-3

Doubles Champions:

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2001	Sandrine Testud / Roberta Vinci	Kristie Boogert / Miriam Oremans	7–5, 7–6
2002	Janette Husárová / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Alexandra Fusai / Caroline Vis	6–3, 6–3
2003	Janet Lee / Wynne Prakusya	María Vento-Kabchi / Angelique Widjaja	6–1, 6–3
2004	Svetlana Kuznetsova / Elena Likhovtseva	Janette Husárová / Conchita Martínez	7–6, 6–2
2005	Francesca Schiavone / Alicia Molik	Cara Black / Liezel Huber	6–3, 6–4
2006	Daniela Hantuchová / Ai Sugiyama	Li Ting / Sun Tiantian	6–4, 6–4
2007	Martina Hingis / Maria Kirilenko	Ágnes Szávay / Vladimíra Uhlířová	6–1, 6–1
2008	Květa Peschke / Rennae Stubbs	Cara Black / Liezel Huber	6–1, 5–7, [10–7]
2011	Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik	Liezel Huber / Nadia Petrova	7–5, 6–7(2–7), [10–8]
2012	Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond	Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears	6–3, 6–1
2013	Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci	Nadia Petrova / Katarina Srebotnik	2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
2014	Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai	Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik	6–4, 6–0
2015	Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears	Hsieh Su-wei / Sania Mirza	6–4, 6–4
2016	Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan	Sara Errani / Carla Suárez Navarro	6–3, 6–3
2017	Abigail Spears / Katarina Srebotnik	Olga Savchuk / Yaroslava Shvedova	6–3, 7–6(9–7)
2018	Gabriela Dabrowski / Jeļena Ostapenko	Andreja Klepač / María José Martínez Sánchez	6–3, 6–3
2019	Chan Hao-ching / Latisha Chan	Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Demi Schuurs	6–1, 3–6, [10–6]
2020	Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová	Gabriela Dabrowski / Jeļena Ostapenko	6–2, 5–7, [10–2]
2021	Nicole Melichar / Demi Schuurs	Monica Niculescu / Jeļena Ostapenko	6–2, 2–6, [10–8]
2022	Coco Gauff / Jessica Pegula	Veronika Kudermetova / Elise Mertens	3–6, 7–5, [10–5]
2023	Coco Gauff / Jessica Pegula	Lyudmyla Kichenok / Jeļena Ostapenko	6–4, 2–6, [10–7]
2024	Demi Schuurs / Luisa Stefani	Caroline Dolehide / Desirae Krawczyk	6–4, 6–2
2025	Jasmine Paolini/Sara Errani	Jiang Xinyu/Wu Fang-Hsien	7-5, 7-6(10)

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Aniruddh Seshadri Iyer is a passionate sports journalist at Khel Now, specializing in tennis and Olympic sports. An engineer by training, he found his storytelling passion through iconic Grand Slam and Olympic moments. Known for sharp analysis and insightful coverage, he draws inspiration from Novak Djokovic’s resilience. Outside journalism, he enjoys reading, traveling, and playing the guitar.