This Monday, a highly anticipated WTA event is returning in Doha featuring seven of the top 10 female tennis professionals. Here you can read details about schedule, tv, live stream, and seed information on the upcoming WTA Doha 2023.
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The WTA Doha is a long running professional women’s tennis event, better known as Qatar Ladies Open. However, the event is currently begin run under the title “Qatar TotalEnergies Open” due to sponsorship. The upcoming tournament will mark the 21st official iteration of the WTA 1000 event.
WTA singles ranking leading professional Iga Swiatek is also the leading seed at WTA Doha 2023 event. The three times major champion has been holding her lead ranking since last April. Last year, she won two grand slams, at French Open and US Open. Swiatek recently reached the fourth round at Australian Open 2023. She is the current defending champion of the event.
Jessica Pegula is the 2nd seed at the upcoming Doha event. The American professional dropped to 4th rank in WTA singles this January. She earned her first WTA 1000 title at last year’s doubles tournament at WTA Doha. Pegula also won the Canadian Open as her second WTA 1000 doubles title same year. She was part of the United Cup champion team in 2023 and reached quarterfinals at recent Australian Open.
French female professional, Caroline Garcia is the 3rd seed at the upcoming Middle Eastern tennis event. The WTA singles 5th ranked player won the WTA Tour finals singles in 2022. Additionally, Garcia was a semifinalist at US Open which pushed her singles rank to career highest 4th. She recently reached the 4th round at Australian Open 2023.
When will be WTA Doha held?
- Date: Monday, February 13, 2023
- Time: 06:00 a.m. ET
The upcoming WTA Doha is announced to start this Monday, February 13, 2023. The event will begin with first match of round of 32 scheduled to initiate at 06:00 a.m. ET.
WTA Doha 2023 Schedule:
| Round | Date | Time (ET) |
| Round of 32 | February 13 – February 14 | 06:00 a.m. |
| Round of 16 | February 15 – February 16 | TBD |
| Quarterfinals | February 17 | TBD |
| Semifinals | February 18 | TBD |
| Final | February 19 | TBD |
How to watch WTA Doha 2023 on TV?
- Eurosport
- TSN
- Tennis Channel
Eurosport will provide a live telecast of the upcoming Qatari WTA event in the United Kingdom. While TSN is set to air the event for fans in Canada. While Tennis Channel will provide live broadcasts of the event like usual in the United States.
How to Live Stream the event?
- Amazon Prime Video
- DAZN
- Tennis Channel
Amazon Prime will provide live stream of the WTA Doha 2023 event matches for Prime Video subscribers within UK. While in Canada, DAZN is set to stream the event live for tennis fans. However, Tennis Channel will live stream all games of the upcoming WTA 1000 event alongside tv broadcast in USA.
Where will the event be held?
- Venue: Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex
- Location: Doha, Qatar
Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex is selected as the hosting venue for WTA Doha 2023 event. The tennis complex features 24 outdoor hard courts with 7,000 seat capacities. It is located in Doha, Qatar
WTA Doha 2023 Seeds:
The official seed list of the upcoming WTA Doha tennis event is provided below –
| Seed Placement | Participant |
| 1 | Iga Swiatek |
| 2 | Jessica Pegula |
| 3 | Caroline Garcia |
| 4 | Coco Gauff |
| 5 | Maria Sakkari |
| 6 | Daria Kasatkina |
| 7 | Belinda Bencic |
| 8 | Veronika Kudermetova |
