2020 Dubai Tennis Championships
Tennis Facts
Date 17 – 22 February (women)
24 – 29 February (men)
Edition 28th (men) / 20th (women)
Category ATP Tour 500 (men)
WTA Premier (women)
Draw 32S / 16D (men)
30S / 28D (women)
Prize money $2,950,420 (men) (2020)
$2,643,670 (women) (2020)
Surface Hard, Outdoor
Location Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Venue Aviation Club Tennis Centre
Champions
Men’s Singles
Serbia Novak Djokovic
Women’s Singles
Romania Simona Halep
Men’s Doubles
Australia John Peers / New Zealand Michael Venus
Women’s Doubles
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei / Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
Dubai Tennis Championships Facts
| Tour | ATP World Tour WTA Tour |
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| Founded | 1993; 27 years ago | ||||||||
| Location | Dubai United Arab Emirates |
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| Venue | Aviation Club Tennis Centre | ||||||||
| Surface | Hard – outdoors | ||||||||
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Schedule
Dubai Tennis Championships tournament starts from 17 – 22 February (women) , 24 – 29 February (men) at Aviation Club Tennis Centre
Prize Money
Point distribution
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men’s Singles | 500 | 300 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 0 | 20 | N/A | 10 | 0 |
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| Men’s Doubles | 0 | N/A | 45 | 25 | ||||||
| Women’s Singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 |
| Women’s Doubles | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Prize Money
ATP Total Prize Money: $2,950,420 (men) (2020)
WTA Total Prize Money: $2,643,670 (women) (2020)
Players List
ATP Singles
Seeds
| Country | Player | Ranking1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| SRB | Novak Djokovic | 1 | 1 |
| GRE | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 6 | 2 |
| FRA | Gaël Monfils | 9 | 3 |
| ITA | Fabio Fognini | 11 | 4 |
| ESP | Roberto Bautista Agut | 12 | 5 |
| RUS | Andrey Rublev | 14 | 6 |
| RUS | Karen Khachanov | 17 | 7 |
| FRA | Benoît Paire | 20 | 8 |
Wildcards
Prajnesh Gunneswaran
Malek Jaziri
Mohamed Safwat
Protected ranking
Lu Yen-hsun
Qualifying draw:
Lloyd Harris
Lorenzo Musetti
Dennis Novak
Yasutaka Uchiyama
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
Roger Federer → replaced by Yoshihito Nishioka
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga → replaced by Ričardas Berankis
ATP Doubles
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | Rajeev Ram | GBR | Joe Salisbury | 11 | 1 |
| CRO | Ivan Dodig | SVK | Filip Polášek | 17 | 2 |
| GER | Kevin Krawietz | GER | Andreas Mies | 25 | 3 |
| NED | Wesley Koolhof | CRO | Nikola Mektić | 38 | 4 |
Wildcards
Abdulrahman Al Janahi / Fares Al Janahi
Matthew Ebden / Leander Paes
Qualifying draw:
Henri Kontinen / Jan-Lennard Struff
WTA singles
Seeds
| Country | Player | Ranking1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROU | Simona Halep | 2 | 1 |
| CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 3 | 2 |
| UKR | Elina Svitolina | 4 | 3 |
| SUI | Belinda Bencic | 5 | 4 |
| USA | Sofia Kenin | 7 | 5 |
| NED | Kiki Bertens | 8 | 6 |
| BLR | Aryna Sabalenka | 13 | 7 |
| CRO | Petra Martić | 15 | 8 |
| ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | 16 | 9 |
Wildcards
Kim Clijsters
Ons Jabeur
Garbiñe Muguruza
Elina Svitolina
Special exempt:
Elena Rybakina
Qualifying draw:
Jennifer Brady
Sorana Cîrstea
Veronika Kudermetova
Kristina Mladenovic
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Kateřina Siniaková
Lucky loser:
Hsieh Su-wei
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
Bianca Andreescu → replaced by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Ashleigh Barty → replaced by Wang Qiang
Kiki Bertens → replaced by Hsieh Su-wei
Madison Keys → replaced by Barbora Strýcová
Johanna Konta → replaced by Anastasija Sevastova
WTA Doubles
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPE | Hsieh Su-wei | CZE | Barbora Strýcová | 3 | 1 |
| TPE | Chan Hao-ching | TPE | Latisha Chan | 24 | 2 |
| USA | Nicole Melichar | CHN | Xu Yifan | 27 | 3 |
| CAN | Gabriela Dabrowski | CHN | Zhang Shuai | 29 | 4 |
| CZE | Barbora Krejčiková | CHN | Zheng Saisai | 33 | 5 |
| CZE | Květa Peschke | NED | Demi Schuurs | 35 | 6 |
| CHN | Duan Yingying | RUS | Veronika Kudermetova | 42 | 7 |
| JPN | Shuko Aoyama | JPN | Ena Shibahara | 53 | 8 |
Wildcard
Monique Adamczak / Yana Sizikova
Caroline Garcia / Sania Mirza
Withdrawals
During the tournament
Markéta Vondroušová (right adductor strain)
Draws
Past Champions
Men’s singles
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
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| 2010 | Novak Djokovic (2) | Mikhail Youzhny | 7–5, 5–7, 6–3 |
| 2011 | Novak Djokovic (3) | Roger Federer | 6–3, 6–3 |
| 2012 | Roger Federer (5) | Andy Murray | 7–5, 6–4 |
| 2013 | Novak Djokovic (4) | Tomáš Berdych | 7–5, 6–3 |
| 2014 | Roger Federer (6) | Tomáš Berdych | 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| 2015 | Roger Federer (7) | Novak Djokovic | 6–3, 7–5 |
| 2016 | Stan Wawrinka | Marcos Baghdatis | 6–4, 7–6(15–13) |
| 2017 | Andy Murray | Fernando Verdasco | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 2018 | Roberto Bautista Agut | Lucas Pouille | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 2019 | Roger Federer (8) | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 2020 | Novak Djokovic (5) | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 6–3, 6–4 |
Women’s singles
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score | ||||
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| ? Premier 5 tournament ? | |||||||
| 2009 | Venus Williams | Virginie Razzano | 6–4, 6–2 | ||||
| 2010 | Venus Williams (2) | Victoria Azarenka | 6–3, 7–5 | ||||
| 2011 | Caroline Wozniacki | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 6–1, 6–3 | ||||
| ? Premier tournament ? | |||||||
| 2012 | Agnieszka Radwanska | Julia Görges | 7–5, 6–4 | ||||
| 2013 | Petra Kvitová | Sara Errani | 6–2, 1–6, 6–1 | ||||
| 2014 | Venus Williams (3) | Alizé Cornet | 6–3, 6–0 | ||||
| ? Premier 5 tournament ? | |||||||
| 2015 | Simona Halep | Karolína Plíšková | 6–4, 7–6(7–4) | ||||
| ? Premier tournament ? | |||||||
| 2016 | Sara Errani | Barbora Strýcová | 6–0, 6–2 | ||||
| ? Premier 5 tournament ? | |||||||
| 2017 | Elina Svitolina | Caroline Wozniacki | 6–4, 6–2 | ||||
| ? Premier tournament ? | |||||||
| 2018 | Elina Svitolina (2) | Daria Kasatkina | 6–4, 6–0 | ||||
| 2019 | Belinda Bencic | Petra Kvitová | 6–3, 1–6, 6–2 | ||||
| 2020 | Simona Halep (2) | Elena Rybakina | 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5) | ||||
Men’s doubles
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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| 2010 | Simon Aspelin Paul Hanley |
Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes |
6–2, 6–3 |
| 2011 | Sergiy Stakhovsky Mikhail Youzhny |
Jérémy Chardy Feliciano López |
4–6, 6–3, [10–3] |
| 2012 | Mahesh Bhupathi Rhan Bopanna |
Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski |
6–4, 3–6, [10–5] |
| 2013 | Mahesh Bhupathi Michaël Llodra |
Robert Lindstedt Nenad Zimonjic |
7–6(8–6), 7–6(8–6) |
| 2014 | Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjic |
6–4, 6–3 |
| 2015 | Rohan Bopanna Daniel Nestor |
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Nenad Zimonjic |
6–4, 6–1 |
| 2016 | Simone Bolelli Andreas Seppi |
Feliciano López Marc López |
6–2, 3–6, [14–12] |
| 2017 | Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecau |
Rohan Bopanna Marcin Matkowski |
4–6, 6–3, [10–3] |
| 2018 | Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecau |
James Cerretani Leander Paes |
6–2, 7–6(7–2) |
| 2019 | Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury |
Ben McLachlan Jan-Lennard Struff |
7–6(7–4), 6–3 |
| 2020 | John Peers Michael Venus |
Raven Klaasen Oliver Marach |
6–3, 6–2 |
Women’s doubles
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score | ||||
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| ? Premier 5 tournament ? | |||||||
| 2009 | Cara Black (3) Liezel Huber (3) | Maria Kirilenko Agnieszka Radwanska |
6–3, 6–3 | ||||
| 2010 | Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez |
Kveta Peschke Katarina Srebotnik |
7–6(7–5), 6–4 | ||||
| 2011 | Liezel Huber (4) María José Martínez Sánchez (2) | Kveta Peschke Katarina Srebotnik |
7–6(7–5), 6–3 | ||||
| ? Premier tournament ? | |||||||
| 2012 | Liezel Huber (5) Lisa Raymond | Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina |
6–2, 6–1 | ||||
| 2013 | Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sania Mirza |
Nadia Petrova Katarina Srebotnik |
6–4, 2–6, [10–7] | ||||
| 2014 | Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova |
Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears |
6–2, 5–7, [10–8] | ||||
| ? Premier 5 tournament ? | |||||||
| 2015 | Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic |
Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro |
6–3, 6–2 | ||||
| ? Premier tournament ? | |||||||
| 2016 | Chuangv Chia-jung Darija Jurak |
Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic |
6–4, 6–4 | ||||
| ? Premier 5 tournament ? | |||||||
| 2017 | Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina | Andrea Hlavácková Peng Shuai |
6–2, 4–6, [10–7] | ||||
| ? Premier tournament ? | |||||||
| 2018 | Chan Hao-ching Yang Zhaoxuan | Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai |
4–6, 6–2, [10–6] | ||||
| 2019 | Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová |
Lucie Hradecká Ekaterina Makarova |
6–4, 6–4 | ||||
| 2020 | Hsieh Su-wei (2) Barbora Strýcová (2) |
Barbora Krejčíková Zheng Saisai |
7–5, 3–6, [10–5] | ||||