Polish star Iga Swiatek is a three-time Qatar Open champion.
The first tournament was held in 2001 as Qatar Total FinaElf Open for the prize money of $170,000, as a Tier III tournament. In 2004, the tournament got the Tier II category because of an increase in prize money to $585,000, and in 2007 to $600,000.
For the 2008 season, which was the last season it was held, the tournament became Tier I for the prize money of $2,500,000. The event took a two-year break due to the venue hosting the WTA Tour Championships, thus was not played in 2009 or 2010.
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It then returned in 2011 as a Premier Event with prize money of $721,000 and a 32-competitor singles draw (16-pair doubles draw). The tournament received Premier 5 status from 2012 to 2014, but in the 2015 WTA Season, the tournament was back to a Premier event.
It then switched back to being a Premier 5 tournament in 2016, when the Dubai Tennis Championships was downgraded to Premier. Since then, the two tournaments alternated between Premier 5 and Premier (now known as WTA 1000 and WTA 500) status every year, until 2024, when both events were held as WTA 1000 events.
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The Qatar Open is held annually at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, with a housing capacity of 6,911. The inaugural edition of the event in 2001 was won by Martina Hingis who defeated Sandrine Testud comfortably in straight sets.
Only one player has clinched the Qatar Open title three times — Iga Swiatek. The Polish star has dominated in Doha, winning three consecutive titles and proving unbeatable on these courts.
WTA Qatar Open: List of winners
Singles Champions:
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
| 2001 | Martina Hingis | Sandrine Testud | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 2002 | Monica Seles | Tamarine Tanasugarn | 7–6(8–6), 6–3 |
| 2003 | Anastasia Myskina | Elena Likhovtseva | 6–3, 6–1 |
| 2004 | Anastasia Myskina | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 2005 | Maria Sharapova | Alicia Molik | 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
| 2006 | Nadia Petrova | Amélie Mauresmo | 6–3, 7–5 |
| 2007 | Justine Henin | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 6–4, 6–2 |
| 2008 | Maria Sharapova | Vera Zvonareva | 6–1, 2–6, 6–0 |
| 2011 | Vera Zvonareva | Caroline Wozniacki | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 2012 | Victoria Azarenka | Samantha Stosur | 6–1, 6–2 |
| 2013 | Victoria Azarenka | Serena Williams | 7–6(8–6), 2–6, 6–3 |
| 2014 | Simona Halep | Angelique Kerber | 6–2, 6–3 |
| 2015 | Lucie Safarova | Victoria Azarenka | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 2016 | Carla Suárez Navarro | Jeļena Ostapenko | 1–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 2017 | Karolína Pliskova | Caroline Wozniacki | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 2018 | Petra Kvitova | Garbiñe Muguruza | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 2019 | Elise Mertens | Simona Halep | 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| 2020 | Aryna Sabalenka | Petra Kvitová | 6–3, 6–3 |
| 2021 | Petra Kvitova | Garbiñe Muguruza | 6–2, 6–1 |
| 2022 | Iga Swiatek | Anett Kontaveit | 6–2, 6–0 |
| 2023 | Iga Swiatek | Jessica Pegula | 6–3, 6–0 |
| 2024 | Iga Swiatek | Elena Rybakina | 7–6(10–8), 6–2 |
| 2025 | Amanda Anisimova | Jelena Ostapenko | 6-4, 6-3 |
Doubles Champions:
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
| 2001 | Sandrine Testud / Roberta Vinci | Kristie Boogert / Miriam Oremans | 7–5, 7–6 |
| 2002 | Janette Husárová / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Alexandra Fusai / Caroline Vis | 6–3, 6–3 |
| 2003 | Janet Lee / Wynne Prakusya | María Vento-Kabchi / Angelique Widjaja | 6–1, 6–3 |
| 2004 | Svetlana Kuznetsova / Elena Likhovtseva | Janette Husárová / Conchita Martínez | 7–6, 6–2 |
| 2005 | Francesca Schiavone / Alicia Molik | Cara Black / Liezel Huber | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 2006 | Daniela Hantuchová / Ai Sugiyama | Li Ting / Sun Tiantian | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 2007 | Martina Hingis / Maria Kirilenko | Ágnes Szávay / Vladimíra Uhlířová | 6–1, 6–1 |
| 2008 | Květa Peschke / Rennae Stubbs | Cara Black / Liezel Huber | 6–1, 5–7, [10–7] |
| 2011 | Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik | Liezel Huber / Nadia Petrova | 7–5, 6–7(2–7), [10–8] |
| 2012 | Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond | Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears | 6–3, 6–1 |
| 2013 | Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci | Nadia Petrova / Katarina Srebotnik | 2–6, 6–3, [10–6] |
| 2014 | Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai | Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik | 6–4, 6–0 |
| 2015 | Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears | Hsieh Su-wei / Sania Mirza | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 2016 | Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan | Sara Errani / Carla Suárez Navarro | 6–3, 6–3 |
| 2017 | Abigail Spears / Katarina Srebotnik | Olga Savchuk / Yaroslava Shvedova | 6–3, 7–6(9–7) |
| 2018 | Gabriela Dabrowski / Jeļena Ostapenko | Andreja Klepač / María José Martínez Sánchez | 6–3, 6–3 |
| 2019 | Chan Hao-ching / Latisha Chan | Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Demi Schuurs | 6–1, 3–6, [10–6] |
| 2020 | Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová | Gabriela Dabrowski / Jeļena Ostapenko | 6–2, 5–7, [10–2] |
| 2021 | Nicole Melichar / Demi Schuurs | Monica Niculescu / Jeļena Ostapenko | 6–2, 2–6, [10–8] |
| 2022 | Coco Gauff / Jessica Pegula | Veronika Kudermetova / Elise Mertens | 3–6, 7–5, [10–5] |
| 2023 | Coco Gauff / Jessica Pegula | Lyudmyla Kichenok / Jeļena Ostapenko | 6–4, 2–6, [10–7] |
| 2024 | Demi Schuurs / Luisa Stefani | Caroline Dolehide / Desirae Krawczyk | 6–4, 6–2 |
| 2025 | Jasmine Paolini/Sara Errani | Jiang Xinyu/Wu Fang-Hsien | 7-5, 7-6(10) |
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