The 2012 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on 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.

2012 Qatar Total Open
Date13–19 February
Edition10th
LocationDoha, Qatar
VenueKhalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex
Champions
Singles
Belarus Victoria Azarenka
Doubles
United States Liezel Huber / United States Lisa Raymond
← 2011 · Qatar Total Open · 2013 →

Champions

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Singles

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  Victoria Azarenka defeated   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

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  Liezel Huber /   Lisa Raymond defeated   Raquel Kops-Jones /   Abigail Spears, 6–3, 6–1

Singles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Rank1 Seed
  BLR Victoria Azarenka 1 1
  DEN Caroline Wozniacki 4 2
  AUS Samantha Stosur 5 3
  POL Agnieszka Radwańska 6 4
  FRA Marion Bartoli 7 5
  RUS Vera Zvonareva 8 6
  ITA Francesca Schiavone 11 7
  SRB Jelena Janković 13 8
  GER Sabine Lisicki 14 9
  RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 15 10
  SVK Dominika Cibulková 16 11
  CHN Peng Shuai 17 12
  SRB Ana Ivanovic 18 13
  RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 19 14
  SVK Daniela Hantuchová 20 15
  GER Julia Görges 21 16
  • 1 Rankings as of February 6, 2012

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

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Retirements

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Doubles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
  USA Liezel Huber   USA Lisa Raymond 3 1
  IND Sania Mirza   RUS Elena Vesnina 15 2
  SVK Daniela Hantuchová   POL Agnieszka Radwańska 37 3
  RUS Maria Kirilenko   GER Sabine Lisicki 55 4
  ESP Nuria Llagostera Vives   AUS Anastasia Rodionova 57 5
  RSA Natalie Grandin   CZE Vladimíra Uhlířová 59 6
  GER Julia Görges   CHN Zheng Jie 64 7
  CZE Iveta Benešová   CZE Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 66 8
  • 1 Rankings are as of February 6, 2012

Other entrants

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The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:

Retirements

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