How to watch WTA Qatar Open live on TV or stream in the UK, USA or Australia
WTAMonday, 02 February 2026 at 07:00
The first WTA 1000 of the season will take place in Doha with the Qatar Open, a tournament held since 2001, which will be played from February 8 to 14 at the International Tennis and Squash Complex — featuring a main draw of 56 players in singles and with Amanda Anisimova as the defending champion.
It will be the first major event of the Middle East Swing — just one week before the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships — and will feature an almost complete lineup of the top WTA stars. Joining the defending champion are world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, the recent Australian Open champion Elena Rybakina, and three-time Doha Open champion Iga Swiatek.
In fact, the entire top 10 will be present, with only two confirmed absences among the top 30: Naomi Osaka (No. 14) and Marta Kostyuk (No. 23) were the first players to withdraw from the tournament.
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It will be a key moment for American players, considering that defending champion Anisimova (No. 4) and semifinalist Jessica Pegula (No. 6) have a significant number of points to defend, while for Coco Gauff (No. 5), it will be a golden opportunity to earn points and distance herself from her competitors for the No. 1 American ranking — especially since she lost in the first round in 2025 and did not gain points.
We will also see several highly anticipated returns to the courts after long injury breaks. Players such as Paula Badosa, Zheng Qinwen, and Barbora Krejcikova will face an important event where they will have the chance to earn points to recover in the rankings after a long period of inactivity — all having spent several months off the tour during the second half of 2025 — and even complicated early starts in 2026.
How to watch the WTA Qatar Open live on TV or stream
| Region | Territory | Channel |
| Australasia | Australia | Nine, Stan Sport |
| Australasia | New Zealand | Sky NZ |
| Americas | Anguilla, Antigua-and-Barbuda, Aruba, Bermuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Kitts-and-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent-and-the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad-and-Tobago, Turks and Caicos | ESPN International |
| Americas | Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Francesca, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Venezuela, Uruguay | ESPN Latin America |
| Americas | Brazil | ESPN Latin America |
| Americas | Canada | TSN, RDS |
| Americas | USA | ESPN, Tennis Channel |
| Europe | Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican. | TNT Sports, Discovery+ |
| Europe | Switzerland | SRG SSR |
| Central Asia | Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. | Eurosport |
| Central Asia | Afghanistan | Sony Sports |
| Asia | China | GDTV, iQiYi, YouKu |
| Asia | India | Sony Sports |
| Asia | Japan | WOWOW |
| Asia | Taiwan | Sportcast |
| Africa | Algeria, Djibouti, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan | BelnSports |
| Africa | Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Republic of), Côte d'Ivoire, DR Congo Eritrea, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Cape Verde, Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, Socotra, St. Helena and Ascension, Seychelles | SuperSport |
| Pacific Islands | Cook Islands, Fiji, Nauru, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna, Samoa, Kiribati, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Niue | Digicel |
| In-Flight & In-Ship | Global | Sport24 |
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- Pegula will never beat any of the top players, in a Slam final, because the draw riggers have no confidence that she can even play tennis. Which is the reason why every tournament, her entire draw consist of opponents from the KIDDIE department. Just like Iga, Sabalenka, and some of the other tops on tour, they consistenly get hard draws, which helps them get better. When someone has to cheat to help you, it only weakens you as a players. Because you do not know what part of your game needs improvement.
- Those Doping Agents are controlled by the American Government. It an American players test is hot, they are going to sweep it under the carpet.
- Djokovic is the GOAT. He has the most Slams. Simple as that.
- "It’s difficult to say we don’t agree” Correction: It’s difficult to say [ I ] don’t agree. While she is an intelligent and well educated person, she may not be all that aware of certain character flaws. Perhaps a psychologist or ten might be of some help?
- Sabalenka should ignore that nonsense and continue doing what she does. The sport of tennis has been corrupted by the American government. And America is the most racist country on earth. It is clear that some players are being targeted for discrimination based on their nationality. Screaming hasn't just start in tennis. Sharapova, Serena, etc. always did scream and nothing was said. You cannot control ignorance.
- If she wants privacy, then she should quit tennis. The same thing happened to Sabalenka at the US Open after she loss the final, and no one was talking about privacy. Instead they criticized Sabalenka. Anyone who knows Gauff is well aware that she is a sore loser and cannot control her anger after a loss. You cannot tell someone where to place their cameras. She needs to separate herself from her parents and GROW UP. She is 21 years old.
- Coco is a sore loser. She does that all the time. At least now, she goes behind closed doors, instead of interrupting the matches with her meltdown. The same thing happened to Sabalenka at the US Open. The only difference is, Sabalenka knows how to handle things like an adult. Gauff on the other hand needs to GROW UP. She is 21 and she needs to act like it. There is no way you can play a sport and cannot stand to lose.
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