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Tournament: Qatar Total Energies Open 2025
Location: Doha, Qatar
Dates: February 9 - February 15, 2025
Level: WTA 1000
Total Financial Commitment: $3,654,963
Surface: Hard

ARYNA SABALENKA, 1
IGA SWIATEK, POL, 2
COCO GAUFF, USA, 3
JASMINE PAOLINI, ITA, 4
QINWEN ZHENG, CHN, 5
JESSICA PEGULA, USA, 6
ELENA RYBAKINA, KAZ, 7
EMMA NAVARRO, USA, 8
BARBORA KREJCIKOVA, CZE, 9
DARIA KASATKINA, 10
DANIELLE COLLINS, USA, 11
PAULA BADOSA, ESP, 12
DIANA SHNAIDER, 13
MADISON KEYS, USA, 14
MIRRA ANDREEVA, 15
BELINDA BENCIC, SUI, 15
ANNA KALINSKAYA, 16
BEATRIZ HADDAD MAIA, BRA, 17
MARTA KOSTYUK, UKR, 18
DONNA VEKIC, CRO, 19
KAROLINA MUCHOVA, CZE, 20
LIUDMILA SAMSONOVA, 21
JELENA OSTAPENKO, LAT, 22
YULIA PUTINTSEVA, KAZ, 23
VICTORIA AZARENKA, 24
KATIE BOULTER, GBR, 25
MAGDALENA FRECH, POL, 26
ELINA SVITOLINA, UKR, 27
LINDA NOSKOVA, CZE, 28
LEYLAH FERNANDEZ, CAN, 29
MARIA SAKKARI, GRE, 30
EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA, 31
ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA, 32
DAYANA YASTREMSKA, UKR, 33
ELISE MERTENS, BEL, 34
AMANDA ANISIMOVA, USA 35
ANASTASIA POTAPOVA, 36
XINYU WANG, CHN, 37
SORANA CIRSTEA, ROU, 37 SR
MARKETA VONDROUSOVA, CZE, 38
ONS JABEUR, TUN, 39
MAGDA LINETTE, POL, 40
ELINA AVANESYAN, ARM, 41

Ranking as of 20th January

Qualifying Draw

V. Kudermetova (1) vs S. Errani
N. Hibino vs E. Andreeva (9)

Y. Yuan (2) vs C. Bucsa
Y. Starodubtseva vs L. Siegemund (10)

P. Kudermetova (3) vs S. Zheng (WC)
Y. Bonaventure vs A. Parks (13)

M. Uchijima (4) vs A. Zakharova
C. Paquet vs S. Kartal (14)

R. Zarazua (5) vs D. Semenistaja
J. Niemeier vs G. Minnen (12)

K. Volynets (6) vs I. Oz (WC)
R. Masarova vs H. Baptiste (15)

K. Rakhimova (7) vs D. Saville
E. Ruse vs T. Townsend (11)

V. Gracheva (8) vs A. Schmiedlova
A. Ito vs A. Bondar (16)

Main draw updates: Muchova out with a leg injury. Raducanu was saying she was willing to play Qualies here but guess what? She's got a MDWC.

Keys and Collins are out.

Kessler and Stearns are in. So are Sramkova, Siniakova, A. Krueger.

ti-amie wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2025 12:13 am Main draw updates: Muchova out with a leg injury. Raducanu was saying she was willing to play Qualies here but guess what? She's got a MDWC.

Keys and Collins are out.

Kessler and Stearns are in. So are Sramkova, Siniakova, A. Krueger.

There is a considerable Brits expat colony in the Peninsula. So, good marketing.

Main Draw Singles

A. Sabalenka (1)/Bye
E. Raducanu (WC) vs E. Alexandrova
E. Mertens vs C. Tauson
Qualifier vs A. Kalinskaya (14)

D. Kasatkina (10) vs A. Potapova
E. Avanesyan vs Wang Xinyu
M. Vondrousova vs E. Svitolina
Bye/J. Pegula (6)

C. Gauff (3)/Bye
M. Kostyuk vs Z. Sonmez (WC)
Qualifier vs M. Linette
M. Frech vs B. Haddad Maia (13)

P. Badosa (9) vs K. Siniakova
A. Anisimova vs V. Azarenka
Qualifier vs L. Fernandez
Bye/E. Navarro (8)


Q. Zheng (7)/Bye
M. Kessler vs O. Jabeur
A. Krueger vs S. Kenin (WC)
Qualifier vs D. Shnaider (11)

L. Samsonova (16) vs L. Sun
Qualifier vs J. Ostapenko
Y. Yuan vs C. Garcia (WC)
Bye/J. Paolini (4)

E. Rybakina (5)/Bye
D. Yastremska vs P. Stearns
A. Kalinina vs R. Sramkova
Qualifier vs M. Andreeva (12)

D. Vekic (15) vs L. Noskova
Y. Putintseva vs Qualifier
M. Sakkari vs Qualifier
Bye/I. Swiatek (2)

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2025 4:55 pm

ti-amie wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2025 12:13 am Main draw updates: Muchova out with a leg injury. Raducanu was saying she was willing to play Qualies here but guess what? She's got a MDWC.

Keys and Collins are out.

Kessler and Stearns are in. So are Sramkova, Siniakova, A. Krueger.

There is a considerable Brits expat colony in the Peninsula. So, good marketing.

Excellent point

What is the story on Bencic? Not entered here..?

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 08, 2025 11:40 am What is the story on Bencic? Not entered here..?

No, but will be going to Dubai a week later. She's still on a protected ranking. I think you can use it limited number of times. Now back in the top 100 and likely won't need it for too much longer.

Hoping for a good show by Coco..her AO was pathetic...

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 08, 2025 12:33 pm Hoping for a good show by Coco..her AO was pathetic...

Agree. But that FH and the serving yips are concerning. She needs a good tournament to turn it around, otherwise they can become standard issues in her game.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 08, 2025 3:51 pm

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 08, 2025 12:33 pm Hoping for a good show by Coco..her AO was pathetic...

Agree. But that FH and the serving yips are concerning. She needs a good tournament to turn it around, otherwise they can become standard issues in her game.

Coco's AO prep was great, and she played well at the AO until Badosa, right? I can't remember. I thought she was sharp and then her FH disappeared against Badosa again. She didn't sound panicked afterward, which is good. I'm looking forward to see how she comes out, too.

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Sat Feb 08, 2025 6:05 pm

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 08, 2025 3:51 pm

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 08, 2025 12:33 pm Hoping for a good show by Coco..her AO was pathetic...

Agree. But that FH and the serving yips are concerning. She needs a good tournament to turn it around, otherwise they can become standard issues in her game.

Coco's AO prep was great, and she played well at the AO until Badosa, right? I can't remember. I thought she was sharp and then her FH disappeared against Badosa again. She didn't sound panicked afterward, which is good. I'm looking forward to see how she comes out, too.

Agreed she only played one bad match in the last 3 months,

I saw two of her matches. To me, she looked hesitant with the FH.

Sunday Order of Play

Center Court
Starts at 7:30 AM

GRE M. Sakkari vs ROU E. Ruse
Followed By
USA K. Volynets vs RUS M. Andreeva (12)
Followed By
GBR E. Raducanu vs RUS E. Alexandrova
Followed By
USA A. Anisimova vs BLR V. Azarenka

Grandstand 1
Starts at 6:00 AM

CHN Y. Yuan vs FRA C. Garcia
Followed By
BEL G. Minnen vs CAN L. Fernandez
Followed By
RUS L. Samsonova (16) vs NZL L. Sun
Followed By
POL M. Frech vs BRA B. Haddad Maia (13)

Grandstand 2
Starts at 6:00 AM

USA A. Parks vs RUS D. Shnaider (11)
Followed By
BEL E. Mertens vs DEN C. Tauson
Followed By
UKR M. Kostyuk vs TUR Z. Sonmez
Followed By
ARM E. Avanesyan vs CHN X. Wang

Grandstand 3
Starts at 6:00 AM

ESP C. Bucsa vs RUS A. Kalinskaya (14)
Followed By
USA B. Mattek-Sands/CZE L. Safarova vs CHN Y. Xu/CHN Z. Yang
Followed By
ESP C. Bucsa/JPN M. Kato vs CHN X. Jiang/TPE F. Wu

Grandstand 4
Starts at 6:00 AM

HUN T. Babos/USA N. Melichar-Martinez vs USA P. Stearns/BRA L. Stefani
Followed By
NOR U. Eikeri/ROU M. Niculescu vs CZE L. Noskova/KAZ Y. Putintseva

Suddenly Parks comes to life..beats Shnaider in the first round! Am happy but also frustrated..why can't she play like this more often?