2016 Qatar Total Open

The 2016 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 14th edition of the event and part of the WTA Premier 5 series of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at the International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 21 and 27 February 2016.

Prize money

 * per team

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings as of February 15, 2016.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * Fatma Al-Nabhani
 * 🇨🇦 Eugenie Bouchard
 * 🇹🇷 Çağla Büyükakçay

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇺🇦 Kateryna Bondarenko
 * 🇸🇰 Jana Čepelová
 * 🇧🇪 Kirsten Flipkens
 * Ana Konjuh
 * Anastasija Sevastova
 * Donna Vekić
 * 🇷🇺 Elena Vesnina
 * 🇨🇳 Wang Qiang

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇩🇪 Mona Barthel → replaced by 🇷🇺 Daria Kasatkina
 * 🇷🇴 Irina-Camelia Begu → replaced by 🇯🇵 Misaki Doi
 * 🇫🇷 Alizé Cornet → replaced by 🇨🇳 Zheng Saisai
 * 🇮🇹 Camila Giorgi → replaced by 🇰🇿 Yaroslava Shvedova
 * 🇨🇳 Peng Shuai (right hand injury) → replaced by 🇧🇬 Tsvetana Pironkova
 * 🇷🇺 Maria Sharapova (forearm injury) → replaced by 🇺🇸 Bethanie Mattek-Sands
 * 🇺🇸 Serena Williams (flu) → replaced by 🇨🇿 Denisa Allertová

Retirements

 * 🇩🇪 Andrea Petkovic (left thigh injury)

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings as of February 15, 2016.

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * Fatma Al-Nabhani / 🇺🇸 Varvara Lepchenko
 * 🇷🇴 Simona Halep / 🇷🇴 Raluca Olaru
 * 🇨🇿 Petra Kvitová / 🇨🇿 Barbora Strýcová
 * 🇹🇳 Ons Jabeur / 🇶🇦 Olla Mourad

Withdrawals

 * During the tournament
 * 🇨🇿 Petra Kvitová (right leg injury)

Singles

 * 🇪🇸 Carla Suárez Navarro def. Jeļena Ostapenko, 1–6, 6–4, 6–4

Doubles

 * Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan def. 🇮🇹 Sara Errani / 🇪🇸 Carla Suárez Navarro, 6–3, 6–3