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Qatar Open: Full list of title winners

Published at :February 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Modified at :February 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Aniruddh Seshadri


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:

YearChampionRunner-upScore
2001Martina HingisSandrine Testud6–3, 6–2
2002Monica SelesTamarine Tanasugarn7–6(8–6), 6–3
2003Anastasia MyskinaElena Likhovtseva6–3, 6–1
2004Anastasia MyskinaSvetlana Kuznetsova4–6, 6–4, 6–4
2005Maria SharapovaAlicia Molik4–6, 6–1, 6–4
2006Nadia PetrovaAmélie Mauresmo6–3, 7–5
2007Justine HeninSvetlana Kuznetsova6–4, 6–2
2008Maria Sharapova Vera Zvonareva6–1, 2–6, 6–0
2011Vera ZvonarevaCaroline Wozniacki6–4, 6–4
2012Victoria AzarenkaSamantha Stosur6–1, 6–2
2013Victoria Azarenka Serena Williams7–6(8–6), 2–6, 6–3
2014Simona HalepAngelique Kerber6–2, 6–3
2015Lucie SafarovaVictoria Azarenka6–4, 6–3
2016Carla Suárez NavarroJeļena Ostapenko1–6, 6–4, 6–4
2017Karolína PliskovaCaroline Wozniacki6–3, 6–4
2018Petra KvitovaGarbiñe Muguruza3–6, 6–3, 6–4
2019Elise MertensSimona Halep3–6, 6–4, 6–3
2020Aryna SabalenkaPetra Kvitová6–3, 6–3
2021Petra KvitovaGarbiñe Muguruza6–2, 6–1
2022Iga SwiatekAnett Kontaveit6–2, 6–0
2023Iga SwiatekJessica Pegula6–3, 6–0
2024Iga SwiatekElena Rybakina7–6(10–8), 6–2
2025 Amanda AnisimovaJelena Ostapenko6-4, 6-3

Doubles Champions:

YearChampionRunner-upScore
2001Sandrine Testud / Roberta VinciKristie Boogert / Miriam Oremans7–5, 7–6
2002Janette Husárová / Arantxa Sánchez VicarioAlexandra Fusai / Caroline Vis6–3, 6–3
2003Janet Lee / Wynne PrakusyaMaría Vento-Kabchi / Angelique Widjaja6–1, 6–3
2004Svetlana Kuznetsova / Elena LikhovtsevaJanette Husárová / Conchita Martínez7–6, 6–2
2005Francesca Schiavone / Alicia MolikCara Black / Liezel Huber6–3, 6–4
2006Daniela Hantuchová / Ai SugiyamaLi Ting / Sun Tiantian6–4, 6–4
2007Martina Hingis / Maria KirilenkoÁgnes Szávay / Vladimíra Uhlířová6–1, 6–1
2008Květa Peschke / Rennae StubbsCara Black / Liezel Huber6–1, 5–7, [10–7]
2011Květa Peschke / Katarina SrebotnikLiezel Huber / Nadia Petrova7–5, 6–7(2–7), [10–8]
2012Liezel Huber / Lisa RaymondRaquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears6–3, 6–1
2013Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci Nadia Petrova / Katarina Srebotnik2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
2014Hsieh Su-wei / Peng ShuaiKvěta Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik6–4, 6–0
2015Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail SpearsHsieh Su-wei / Sania Mirza6–4, 6–4
2016Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-janSara Errani / Carla Suárez Navarro6–3, 6–3
2017Abigail Spears / Katarina Srebotnik Olga Savchuk / Yaroslava Shvedova6–3, 7–6(9–7)
2018Gabriela Dabrowski / Jeļena OstapenkoAndreja Klepač / María José Martínez Sánchez6–3, 6–3
2019Chan Hao-ching / Latisha Chan Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Demi Schuurs6–1, 3–6, [10–6]
2020Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora StrýcováGabriela Dabrowski / Jeļena Ostapenko6–2, 5–7, [10–2]
2021Nicole Melichar / Demi SchuursMonica Niculescu / Jeļena Ostapenko6–2, 2–6, [10–8]
2022Coco Gauff / Jessica PegulaVeronika Kudermetova / Elise Mertens3–6, 7–5, [10–5]
2023Coco Gauff / Jessica Pegula Lyudmyla Kichenok / Jeļena Ostapenko6–4, 2–6, [10–7]
2024Demi Schuurs / Luisa StefaniCaroline Dolehide / Desirae Krawczyk6–4, 6–2
2025Jasmine Paolini/Sara ErraniJiang Xinyu/Wu Fang-Hsien7-5, 7-6(10)

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