2016 Qatar Total Open
The 2016 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 14th edition of the event and part of the WTA Premier 5 series of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at the International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 21 and 27 February 2016.
Points and prize money
Prize money
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $518,500 | $259,300 | $129,520 | $59,730 | $29,580 | $15,185 | $7,800 | $4,340 | $2,230 |
| Doubles * | $148,300 | $75,010 | $37,130 | $18,700 | $9,470 | $4,680 |
* per team
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
1 Rankings as of February 15, 2016.Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Kateryna Bondarenko
- Jana Čepelová
- Kirsten Flipkens
- Ana Konjuh
- Anastasija Sevastova
- Donna Vekić
- Elena Vesnina
- Wang Qiang
Withdrawals
;Before the tournament- Mona Barthel → replaced by Daria Kasatkina
- Irina-Camelia Begu → replaced by Misaki Doi
- Alizé Cornet → replaced by Zheng Saisai
- Camila Giorgi → replaced by Yaroslava Shvedova
- Peng Shuai → replaced by Tsvetana Pironkova
- Maria Sharapova → replaced by Bethanie Mattek-Sands
- Serena Williams → replaced by Denisa Allertová
Retirements
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
- 1 Rankings as of February 15, 2016.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:- Fatma Al-Nabhani / Varvara Lepchenko
- Simona Halep / Raluca Olaru
- Petra Kvitová / Barbora Strýcová
- Ons Jabeur / Olla Mourad