- 2008 Qatar Total Open
TennisEventInfo|2008|Qatar Total Open
date=February 18 –February 24
edition=8th
champs=flagicon|RUSMaria Sharapova
champd=flagicon|CZEKveta Peschke / flagicon|AUSRennae Stubbs The 2008 Qatar Total Open was a
tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 8th edition of theQatar Total Open , and was part of the Tier I Series of the2008 WTA Tour . It took place at theKhalifa International Tennis Complex inDoha ,Qatar , fromFebruary 18 throughFebruary 24 ,2008 .The field was led by WTA No. 2 and Australian Open finalist
Ana Ivanovic , US Open and Sydney runner-up and defending finalistSvetlana Kuznetsova , and Australian Open semifinalistJelena Jankovic . Other top seeds were Australian Open champion and 2005 Doha titlistMaria Sharapova , Paris winnerAnna Chakvetadze ,Venus Williams ,Daniela Hantuchova andMarion Bartoli .Champions
ingles
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Maria Sharapova def. flagicon|RUSVera Zvonareva , 6–1, 2–6, 6–0
*It was Maria Sharapova's 2nd title of the year, and her 18th overall. It was her 6th Tier I title, and her 2nd win at the event, after 2005.Doubles
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Kveta Peschke / flagicon|AUSRennae Stubbs def. flagicon|ZIMCara Black / flagicon|USALiezel Huber , 6–1, 5–7, 10–7External links
* [http://www.qatartennis.org/ Official website]
* [http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/1/global/Pdfs/events/2008/doha_draws.pdf Singles, Doubles and Qualifying Singles Draws]
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