Patty heads to Doha next. The draw for the $1.3 million Tier II Qatar Total Open in Doha has been released and Patty is the #5 seed.

Patty got a tough draw considering this is a Tier II tournament. In the first round Patty will face Aravane Rezai of France. If she wins her first round, in the second round she will have to face either the American Meghann Shuaghnessy or Anabel Medina Garrigues from Spain. Patty is seeded to meet top seed Justine Henin of Belgium in the quarters. Martina Hingis and Svetlana Kuznetsova are on the other half of the draw

Patty didn’t play this tournament last year and there are no ranking points to defend. Patty has played Doha once before in 2005 and got to the 2nd round.

Patty will play her first round on Tuesday.

The top four seeds playing in the tournament are No. 1 Justine Henin, second-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova, No. 3 Martina Hingis and fourth-seeded Jelena Jankovic. Defending champion, Nadia Petrova, is not in the field this year. The tournament champion will earn $222,000.