2021 Qatar Total Open – Singles

Singles
Singles
2021 Qatar Total Open
Final
Champion	Petra Kvitová
Runner-up	Garbiñe Muguruza
Score	6–2, 6–1
Details
Draw	28
Seeds	8
Events
Singles	Doubles

Petra Kvitová defeated Garbiñe Muguruza in the final, 6–2, 6–1 to win the singles tennis title at the 2021 WTA Qatar Open. The final was a rematch of the 2018 final. It was Kvitová's second title at the WTA Qatar Open. Kvitová dropped just one set the entire tournament, to Anett Kontaveit in the quarterfinals.

Aryna Sabalenka was the defending champion,^[1]^[2] but lost in the second round to Muguruza.

Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.

Elina Svitolina (quarterfinals)
Karolína Plíšková (quarterfinals)
Aryna Sabalenka (second round)
Petra Kvitová (champion)
Kiki Bertens (first round)
Belinda Bencic (first round)
Jennifer Brady (first round)
Victoria Azarenka (semifinals, withdrew)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals				Final

8/WC	Victoria Azarenka

	Garbiñe Muguruza	w/o
					Garbiñe Muguruza	2	1

				4	Petra Kvitová	6	6
4	Petra Kvitová	6	6

Q	Jessica Pegula	4	4

Top half

First round				Second round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals

				1	E Svitolina	6	6
PR	S Zheng	4	3	LL	M Doi	1	2
LL	M Doi	6	6						1	E Svitolina	2	4
	E Rybakina	6⁷	6⁵						8/WC	V Azarenka	6	6
Q	L Siegemund	7⁹	7⁷	Q	L Siegemund	4	2
	S Kuznetsova	2	3	8/WC	V Azarenka	6	6
8/WC	V Azarenka	6	6										8/WC	V Azarenka
														G Muguruza	w/o
				3	A Sabalenka	2	7⁷	3
	V Kudermetova	2	6⁴		G Muguruza	6	6⁵	6
	G Muguruza	6	7⁷							G Muguruza	6	6
	M Sakkari	6	6							M Sakkari	3	1
WC	M Sherif	0	3		M Sakkari	6	6
	M Keys	6	6		M Keys	2	2
6	B Bencic	4	1

Bottom half

First round				Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

7	J Brady	1	2
	A Kontaveit	6	6		A Kontaveit	6	6
	A Kerber	6	6		A Kerber	1	4
WC	Ç Büyükakçay	4	2							A Kontaveit	3	6	2
Q	Kr Plíšková	2	3						4	P Kvitová	6	3	6
	A Pavlyuchenkova	6	6		A Pavlyuchenkova	1	3
				4	P Kvitová	6	6
														4	P Kvitová	6	6
5	K Bertens	0	2											Q	J Pegula	4	4
WC	J Ostapenko	6	6	WC	J Ostapenko	2	5
	Q Wang	3	1	Q	J Pegula	6	7
Q	J Pegula	6	6						Q	J Pegula	6	6
	O Jabeur	6	6						2	Ka Plíšková	3	1
Q	A Blinkova	2	2		O Jabeur	4	6	5
				2	Ka Plíšková	6	4	7

Qualifying

Seeds

Jessica Pegula (qualified)
Laura Siegemund (qualified)
Patricia Maria Țig (first round)
Barbora Krejčíková (second round)
Kateřina Siniaková (second round)
Anna Blinkova (qualified)
Kristýna Plíšková (qualified)
Misaki Doi (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

Qualifiers

Lucky loser

Misaki Doi

Draw

First qualifier

First round				Second round					Qualifying competition

1	Jessica Pegula	6	6

	Gabriela Dabrowski	0	1
				1	Jessica Pegula	6	6³	7⁸

				PR	Anastasia Potapova	2	7⁷	6⁶
PR	Liang En-shuo	2	4

PR	Anastasia Potapova	6	6
									1	Jessica Pegula	6	6

									8	Misaki Doi	2	2
	Mirjam Björklund	6	6

	Lucie Hradecká	2	4
					Mirjam Björklund	6	1	1

				8	Misaki Doi	3	6	6
	Angelina Gabueva	1	0

8	Misaki Doi	6	6

Second qualifier

First round					Second round				Qualifying competition

2	Laura Siegemund	6	6

	Andreja Klepač	4	0
					2	Laura Siegemund	6	6

						Elena-Gabriela Ruse	2	2
WC	Inès Ibbou	5	3

	Elena-Gabriela Ruse	7	6
									2	Laura Siegemund	7⁷	6

										Lesia Tsurenko	6⁴	4
	Lesia Tsurenko	6	6

	Gabriela Cé	1	1
						Lesia Tsurenko	6	6

					5	Kateřina Siniaková	3	2
	Monica Niculescu	2	6	0

5	Kateřina Siniaková	6	4	6

Third qualifier

First round				Second round					Qualifying competition

3	Patricia Maria Țig	3	2

	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	6	6
					Bethanie Mattek-Sands	6	7

				PR	Yaroslava Shvedova	2	5
PR	Yaroslava Shvedova	6	6

PR	Akgul Amanmuradova	3	0
										Bethanie Mattek-Sands	2	3

									6	Anna Blinkova	6	6
WC	Mubaraka Al-Naimi	0	1

	Ena Shibahara	6	6
					Ena Shibahara	4	6	2

				6	Anna Blinkova	6	3	6
	Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove	3	6³

6	Anna Blinkova	6	7⁷

Fourth qualifier

First round					Second round				Qualifying competition

4	Barbora Krejčíková	7	6

	Martina Trevisan	5	4
					4	Barbora Krejčíková	3	5

						Cristina Bucșa	6	7
	Cristina Bucșa	6	6

	Martina Caregaro	1	2
										Cristina Bucșa	2	2

									7	Kristýna Plíšková	6	6
PR	Zhu Lin	7	5	6

	Jesika Malečková	5	7	4
					PR	Zhu Lin	2	1

					7	Kristýna Plíšková	6	6
	Darija Jurak	4	2

7	Kristýna Plíšková	6	6

Notes

^ "Sabalenka wins Qatar Total Open". The Peninsula. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
^ "Returns and Reunions: 10 Things to Know about Doha". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2021-03-05.

References

[1] "Sabalenka wins Qatar Total Open". The Peninsula. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2021.

[2] "Returns and Reunions: 10 Things to Know about Doha". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2021-03-05.

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