Top men's and women's tennis returns to Qatar this month when the Qatar Open takes place in consecutive weeks at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha.
First on court will be the stars of the WTA circuit, with top seed Aryna Sabalenka among those looking to dethrone reigning champion Iga Swiatek.
The Polish player has won the last three editions of the tournament and did so without dropping a set last year, beating Elena Rybakina 7-6 6-2 in the final.
Two days after the women’s champion is completed, many of the best male players in the world will descend on Doha.
The field this year is led by 2025 Australian Open winner Jannik Sinner and two-time former Qatar Open champion Novak Djokovic.
Karen Khachanov is also set to return to defend the title he won when beating Jakub Mensik in straight sets at last year’s final.
The WTA Qatar Open is scheduled to take place between 9th February and 15th October 2025.
The ATP Qatar Open begins on 17th February and runs through to the 22nd February, when the final will take place.
The Qatar Open takes place at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha, Qatar.
The outdoor, hard-court facility, which hosted the year-ending WTA Tour Championships between 2008 and 2010, includes a 7,000-seat stadium court and 23 other courts in the complex.
The WTA Qatar Open has been on the calendar since 2001 and gained further prominence in 2024 when its status as one of the 10 WTA 1000 tournaments on the circuit returned.
The ATP Qatar Open has been held since 1993 and in 2025 the tournament was upgraded to an ATP 500 level event.
Swiatek became the first female player to win three Qatar Open titles last year, moving one clear of Petra Kvitova, Victoria Azarenka and Anastasia Myskina.
Kvitova and Azarenka also both have losing final appearances to their names, unlike Swiatek.
She has not tasted defeat in Doha since 2020 and has not dropped a set at the event since the first match of her 2022 victory.
Boris Becker was the first male champion back in 1993 after he defeated Goran Ivanisevic in a nail-biting three-set final.
Stefan Edberg and Petr Korda each won two of the next five editions before the era’s biggest stars began to dominate.
Roger Federer won it three times, Andy Murray and Djokovic took two titles apiece, while Rafael Nadal’s solitary Qatar Open crown came back in 2014.
His fellow Spaniard Roberto Bautista-Agut outdid him with two winning efforts in 2019 and 2022, plus a losing final appearance in 2021, when Georgia’s Nikoloz Basilashvili reigned supreme in Doha.