The 2018 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was an ATP 500 event on the 2018 ATP World Tour and a WTA Premier event on the 2018 WTA Tour. Both events were held at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament took place from 19 February until 25 February 2018, while the men's tournament took place from 26 February through 3 March 2018.
Finals
Men's singles
Roberto Bautista Agut defeated Lucas Pouille, 6–3, 6–4
Women's singles
Elina Svitolina defeated Daria Kasatkina, 6–4, 6–0
Men's doubles
Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău defeated James Cerretani / Leander Paes, 6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Women's doubles
Chan Hao-ching / Yang Zhaoxuan defeated Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai, 4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Points and prize money
Point distribution EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1 Men's singles5003001809045020rowspan=2 100 Men's doubles0 4525 Women's singles4703051851005512518131 1
Prize money
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q3Q2Q1Men's singles$511,750$240,340$119,340$59,670$30,235$15,910rowspan=2 $2,655$1,460$150,800$71,270$34,390$17,890$9,370Women's singles$465,480$254,124$136,138$35,723$19,809$10,950$5,408$2,951$1,854$74,042$39,184$20,087$10,042$5,223 Doubles prize money per team
ATP singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Ranking1 SeedGrigor Dimitrov41Lucas Pouille162Roberto Bautista Agut223Damir Džumhur294Richard Gasquet345Philipp Kohlschreiber356Filip Krajinović367Yūichi Sugita418 Rankings are as of February 19, 2018.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Marcos Baghdatis Malek Jaziri Stefanos Tsitsipas
The following player received entry as a special exempt: Ilya Ivashka
The following players received entry using a protected ranking: Andreas Haider-Maurer Yoshihito Nishioka
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Ernests Gulbis Quentin Halys Yannick Maden Gleb Sakharov
The following player received entry as a lucky loser: Blaž Kavčič
Withdrawals Before the tournament Paolo Lorenzi → replaced by Blaž Kavčič
ATP doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedHenri KontinenJohn Peers71Jean-Julien RojerHoria Tecău212Ivan DodigRajeev Ram343Raven KlaasenMichael Venus444 Rankings are as of February 19, 2018.
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: James Cerretani / Leander Paes Denis Istomin / Daniel Nestor
The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw: Jan-Lennard Struff / Viktor Troicki
The following pair received entry as lucky losers: Andreas Haider-Maurer / Florian Mayer
Withdrawals Before the tournament Karen Khachanov
WTA singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Ranking1 SeedElina Svitolina31Garbiñe Muguruza42Karolína Plíšková53Jeļena Ostapenko64Caroline Garcia75Angelique Kerber96Johanna Konta117Kristina Mladenovic138 Rankings are as of February 12, 2018.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Catherine Bellis Johanna Konta Naomi Osaka Jeļena Ostapenko
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Sara Errani Samantha Stosur Lesia Tsurenko Sofya Zhuk
The following player received entry as a lucky loser: Wang Qiang
Withdrawals Ashleigh Barty → replaced by Ekaterina Makarova Julia Görges → replaced by Carla Suárez Navarro Madison Keys → replaced by Elise Mertens Petra Kvitová → replaced by Wang Qiang Mirjana Lučić-Baroni → replaced by Anett Kontaveit
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedEkaterina MakarovaElena Vesnina61Latisha ChanAndrea Sestini Hlaváčková72Lucie ŠafářováBarbora Strýcová223Hsieh Su-weiPeng Shuai414 Rankings are as of February 12, 2018.
Other entrants The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw: Lisa Ponomar / Eden Silva
Withdrawals During the tournament Lucie Šafářová
References
External links Official website ATP tournament profile