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{{unreferenced|date=February 2012}}
{{TennisEventInfo|2012|Qatar Total Open|
| date=13–19 February
| edition=10th
| location=[[Doha]], [[Qatar]]
| venue=[[Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex]]
| champs={{flagicon|BLR}} [[Victoria Azarenka]]
| champd={{flagicon|USA}} [[Liezel Huber]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lisa Raymond]] 
}}

The '''2012 [[Qatar Total Open]]''' was a professional women's [[tennis]] tournament played on [[hardcourt|hard courts]]. It was the 10th edition of the event. It took place at International Tennis and Squash complex in [[Doha]], [[Qatar]] between 13 and 19 February 2012. It was upgraded from a Premier event to a Premier 5 event. [[Victoria Azarenka]] won the singles title.

==Champions==

===Singles===
{{main|2012 Qatar Total Open – Singles}}
{{flagicon|BLR}} '''[[Victoria Azarenka]]''' defeated {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Samantha Stosur]], 6–1, 6–2
*It was Azarenka's 3rd title of the year and 11th of her career. It was her 1st Premier 5 title of her career and 6th total Premier title. It was her 3rd consecutive title and 17th consecutive match win.

===Doubles===
{{main|2012 Qatar Total Open – Doubles}}
{{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Liezel Huber]]''' / {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Lisa Raymond]]''' defeated {{flagicon|USA}} [[Raquel Kops-Jones]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Abigail Spears]], 6–3, 6–1

==Singles main-draw entrants==

===Seeds===
{|class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! width="70"| Country
! width="175"| Player
! Rank<sup>1</sup> 
! Seed
|-
|{{flag|BLR}}
|[[Victoria Azarenka]]
|1
|1
|-
|{{flag|DEN}}
|[[Caroline Wozniacki]]
|4
|2
|-
|{{flag|AUS}}
|[[Samantha Stosur]]
|5
|3
|-
|{{flag|POL}}
|[[Agnieszka Radwańska]]
|6
|4
|-
|{{flag|FRA}}
|[[Marion Bartoli]]
|7
|5
|-
|{{flag|RUS}}
|[[Vera Zvonareva]]
|8
|6
|-
|{{flag|ITA}}
|[[Francesca Schiavone]]
|11
|7
|-
|{{flag|SRB}}
|[[Jelena Janković]]
|13
|8
|-
|{{flag|GER}}
|[[Sabine Lisicki]]
|14
|9
|-
|{{flag|RUS}}
|[[Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova]]
|15
|10
|-
|{{flag|SVK}}
|[[Dominika Cibulková]]
|16
|11
|-
|{{flag|CHN}}
|[[Peng Shuai]]
|17
|12
|-
|{{flag|SRB}}
|[[Ana Ivanovic]]
|18
|13
|-
|{{flag|RUS}}
|[[Svetlana Kuznetsova]]
|19
|14
|-
|{{flag|SVK}}
|[[Daniela Hantuchová]]
|20
|15
|-
|{{flag|GER}}
|[[Julia Görges]]
|21
|16
|}
*<sup>1</sup> Rankings as of February 6, 2012

===Other entrants===
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
*{{flagicon|OMN}} [[Fatma Al-Nabhani]]
*{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Ons Jabeur]]
*{{flagicon|MAR}} [[Nadia Lalami]]

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
*{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Kateryna Bondarenko]]
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vera Dushevina]]
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Caroline Garcia]]
*{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Anne Keothavong]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Varvara Lepchenko]]
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Urszula Radwańska]]
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Virginie Razzano]]
*{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Aleksandra Wozniak]]

===Withdrawals===
* {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Petra Kvitová]]
* {{flagicon|GER}} [[Andrea Petkovic]] (low back stress fracture)

===Retirements===
* {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Marion Bartoli]] (right calf injury)
* {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Carla Suárez Navarro]] (right hip injury)
* {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vera Zvonareva]] (left hip injury)

==Doubles main-draw entrants==

===Seeds===
{|class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! width="70"| Country
! width="175"| Player
! width="70"| Country
! width="175"| Player
! Rank<sup>1</sup> 
! Seed
|-
|{{flagu|USA}}
|[[Liezel Huber]]
|{{flagu|USA}}
|[[Lisa Raymond]]
|3
|1
|-
|{{flag|IND}} 
|[[Sania Mirza]]
|{{flag|RUS}} 
|[[Elena Vesnina]]
|15
|2
|-
|{{flag|SVK}}
|[[Daniela Hantuchová]]
|{{flag|POL}} 
|[[Agnieszka Radwańska]]
|37
|3
|-
|{{flag|RUS}}
|[[Maria Kirilenko]]
|{{flag|GER}} 
|[[Sabine Lisicki]]
|55
|4
|-
|{{flag|ESP}}
|[[Nuria Llagostera Vives]]
|{{flag|AUS}}
|[[Anastasia Rodionova]]
|57
|5
|-
|{{flag|RSA}} 
|[[Natalie Grandin]]
|{{flag|CZE}} 
|[[Vladimíra Uhlířová]]
|59
|6
|-
|{{flag|GER}}
|[[Julia Görges]]
|{{flag|CHN}} 
|[[Zheng Jie]]
|64
|7
|-
|{{flag|CZE}}
|[[Iveta Benešová]]
|{{flag|CZE}} 
|[[Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová]]
|66
|8
|}
*<sup>1</sup> Rankings are as of February 6, 2012

===Other entrants===
The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:
* {{flagicon|OMA}} [[Fatma Al-Nabhani]] / {{flagicon|TUN}} [[Ons Jabeur]]

===Retirements===
* {{flagicon|POL}} [[Urszula Radwańska]] (upper respiratory injury)

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120208134818/http://www.qatartennis.org/tournaments/index/31 Official Website]

{{Qatar Open tournaments}}
{{2012 WTA Tour}}

[[Category:2012 WTA Tour|Qatar Total Open]]
[[Category:Qatar Ladies Open]]
[[Category:2012 in Qatari sport]]