2018 Qatar Total Open

The 2018 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the event and a WTA Premier 5 tournament on the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place at the International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 12 and 17 February 2018.

Prize money

 * per team

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings as of February 5, 2018.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * Fatma Al-Nabhani
 * 🇹🇷 Çağla Büyükakçay
 * 🇹🇳 Ons Jabeur
 * 🇷🇺 Maria Sharapova

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇺🇸 Catherine Bellis
 * 🇷🇺 Anna Blinkova
 * 🇺🇦 Kateryna Bondarenko
 * 🇨🇳 Duan Yingying
 * 🇷🇴 Monica Niculescu
 * 🇯🇵 Naomi Osaka
 * 🇺🇸 Bernarda Pera
 * 🇨🇿 Markéta Vondroušová

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇦🇺 Ashleigh Barty → replaced by Donna Vekić
 * Ana Konjuh → replaced by 🇷🇸 Aleksandra Krunić
 * Mirjana Lučić-Baroni → replaced by 🇭🇺 Tímea Babos
 * 🇺🇸 CoCo Vandeweghe → replaced by 🇩🇪 Mona Barthel


 * During the tournament
 * 🇷🇴 Simona Halep

Retirements

 * 🇩🇪 Julia Görges
 * 🇷🇺 Daria Kasatkina
 * 🇸🇰 Magdaléna Rybáriková

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of February 5, 2018.

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * Fatma Al-Nabhani / Jessy Rompies
 * 🇶🇦 Mubaraka Al-Naimi / 🇹🇳 Ons Jabeur
 * 🇸🇰 Dominika Cibulková / 🇷🇺 Vera Zvonareva

The following pairs received entry as alternates:
 * 🇩🇪 Mona Barthel / 🇩🇪 Carina Witthöft

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇷🇴 Irina-Camelia Begu

Retirements

 * 🇨🇿 Barbora Strýcová

Singles

 * 🇨🇿 Petra Kvitová def. 🇪🇸 Garbiñe Muguruza, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4

It was Kvitová's first Doha title and second of the year and 22nd WTA title overall.

Doubles

 * 🇨🇦 Gabriela Dabrowski / Jeļena Ostapenko def.  Andreja Klepač / 🇪🇸 María José Martínez Sánchez, 6–3, 6–3