WTA 500 DOHA ENTRY LIST. Barty, Halep, Kenin, Svitolina to star in the main draw

The WTA500 in Doha has a rather glorious Entry List with the notable exception of Naomi Osaka, Serena Williams, and Vika Azarenka

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Ashleigh Barty And Simona Halep

Ashleigh Barty, Simona Halep, Sofia Kenin and Elina Svitolina are going to top the draw of the upcoming WTA event that will be played in Doha (1-6th March).

The tournament will be staged right before the WTA1000 that will be played in Dubai the following week.

Entry list without Naomi Osaka, Serena Williams, Azarenka

It is quite noticeable that the only top players that will not be part of this draw are Naomi Osaka, Serena Williams and Vika Azarenka.

Naomi is well-known for being rather careful with her schedule and she has recently revealed that she will not compete in the Middle East. Serena is not very keen to travel around too much especially during this pandemic, to put her focus fully on Grand Slams. Azarenka has recently crashed out in the first round of the Australian Open with some undisclosed health issues. She has also withdrawn from the upcoming event in Adelaide.

Here the entry list.

  1. Ashleigh Barty (No.1)
  2. Simona Halep (No.2)
  3. Sofia Kenin (No.4)
  4. Elina Svitolina (No.5)
  5. Karolina Pliskova (No.6)
  6. Aryna Sabalenka (No.7)
  7. Bianca Andreescu (No.8)
  8. Petra Kvitova (No.9)
  9. Kiki Bertens (No.10)
  10. Belinda Bencic (No.12)
  11. Garbiñe Muguruza (No.15)
  12. Madison Keys (No.16)
  13. Iga Swiatek (No.17)
  14. Elena Rybakina (No.19)
  15. Marketa Vondrousova (No.21)
  16. Maria Sakkari (No.22)
  17. Anett Kontaveit (No.23)
  18. Jennifer Brady (No.24)
  19. Angelique Kerber (No.25)
  20. SE
  21. WC
  22. WC
  23. WC
  24. WC
  25. Q
  26. Q
  27. Q
  28. Q

The defending champion is Aryna Sabalenka that last year defeated Petra Kvitova in the final 6-3 6-3

Past Champions Doha

Barty at the Australian Open, ranking, and results in 2021

Ashleigh Barty Stats info

Currently ranked no.1, the Australian has managed to achieve a compiled 5-0 win-loss record in 2021. Ashleigh is playing at the Australian Open where she beat Danka Kovinic 6-0 6-0.

Ashleigh Barty will play Gavrilova in the 2nd round. Their record is 3-1 for Barty.

Ashleigh conquered 1 title in 2021 in Melbourne.

Ashleigh won 9 titles in her career: 5 on hard courts, 1 on clay courts, 1 on indoor courts and 2 on grass courts. (See the list of her titles)

Halep at the Australian Open, ranking, and results in 2021

Simona Halep Stats info

At the moment ranked no.2, the Romanian has achieved an overall 3-1 match record in 2021. The Romanian is currently having a run at the Australian Open where she managed to beat Lizette Cabrera 6-2 6-1.

Simona Halep will come up against Tomljanovic in the 2nd round. Their record is 4-0 for Halep.

Simona won 22 titles in her career: 9 on hard courts, 9 on clay courts, 2 on indoor courts and 2 on grass courts. (See the list of her titles)

Ashleigh Barty and Simona Halep played each other 4 times. Their record is 3-1 for Halep. Previously, the last time when they fought against each other, Simona Halep won 3-6 6-1 10-8 in the semifinal in Adelaide (A Day At The Drive) on the 29th of January 2021.

Kenin at the Australian Open, ranking, and results in 2021

Sofia Kenin Stats info

Currently ranked no.4 (career-high), Kenin has achieved a compiled 6-2 win-loss record in 2021. Kenin is currently having a run at the Australian Open where she conquered Maddison Inglis 7-5 6-4.

Sofia Kenin will square off with Kanepi in the 2nd round. Their current head to head is 1-0 for Kanepi.

The American won 5 titles in her career: 3 on hard courts, 1 on indoor courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of her titles)

 

Svitolina at the Australian Open, ranking, and results in 2021

Elina Svitolina Stats info

Now the world no.5, Elina owns a compiled 6-2 win-loss record in 2021. The Ukrainian is now having a run at the Australian Open where she ousted Marie Bouzkova 6-3 7-65.

Elina Svitolina will compete against Gauff in the 2nd round. They have never competed against each other till now on the main tour.

Elina won 15 titles in her career: 8 on hard courts, 5 on clay courts and 2 on indoor courts. (See the list of her titles)

Sofia Kenin and Elina Svitolina played each other 5 times. The head to head is 3-2 for Svitolina. Previously, the last time they played each other, Elina Svitolina won 7-5 7-6(10) in the round robin in Shenzhen (WTA Finals) in November 2019.

You can watch the highlights in the following video.

Ashleigh Barty, Simona Halep

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