The 2019 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was an ATP Tour 500 event on the 2019 ATP Tour and a WTA Premier 5 event on the 2019 WTA Tour. Both events were held at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament took place from 17 to 23 February and the men's tournament from 25 February–2 March.
Points and prize money
Point distribution EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 56QQ2Q1 Men's singles50030018090450rowspan=2 20100 Men's doubles0 4525 Women's singles90058535019010560130201 1
Prize money
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 56Q2Q1Men's singles$523,330$256,565$129,100$65,655$34,100$17,980rowspan=2 $3,980$2,030$157,570$77,140$38,690$19,860$10,270Women's singles$520,615$260,310$130,030$59,960$29,695$15,240$7,835$4,360$2,245$148,845$75,310$37,275$18,765$9,510$4,695 *per team
ATP singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Ranking1 SeedKei Nishikori61Roger Federer72Marin Čilić103Karen Khachanov114Stefanos Tsitsipas125Borna Ćorić136Milos Raonic147Daniil Medvedev158 Rankings are as of February 18, 2019.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Marcos Baghdatis Ramkumar Ramanathan Mohamed Safwat
The following players received entry from the qualifying Ričardas Berankis Thomas Fabbiano Egor Gerasimov Corentin Moutet
The following players received entry as lucky losers: Ilya Ivashka Jiří Veselý
Withdrawals Aljaž Bedene → replaced by Ilya Ivashka Chung Hyeon → replaced by Benoît Paire Pierre-Hugues Herbert → replaced by Denis Kudla Mikhail Kukushkin → replaced by Jiří Veselý Andy Murray → replaced by Robin Haase
ATP doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedOliver MarachMate Pavić161Raven KlaasenMichael Venus262Henri KontinenJohn Peers353Rajeev RamJoe Salisbury454 Rankings are as of February 18, 2019.
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Leander Paes / Benoît Paire Jürgen Melzer / Nenad Zimonjić
The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw: Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan / Purav Raja
WTA singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Ranking1 SeedNaomi Osaka11Petra Kvitová22 Simona Halep33Karolína Plíšková54Angelique Kerber65Elina Svitolina76Kiki Bertens87Aryna Sabalenka98Caroline Wozniacki109Anastasija Sevastova1210Daria Kasatkina1411Garbiñe Muguruza1512Julia Görges1613Caroline Garcia1914Anett Kontaveit2015Elise Mertens2116 Rankings are as of February 11, 2019.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Fatma Al-Nabhani Eugenie Bouchard Sara Errani Samantha Stosur
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Lara Arruabarrena Jennifer Brady Zarina Diyas Magdalena Fręch Lucie Hradecká Ivana Jorović Bernarda Pera Zhu Lin
The following players received entry as lucky losers: Polona Hercog Dalila Jakupović Stefanie Vögele
Withdrawals
Before the tournament Ashleigh Barty → replaced by Ons Jabeur Danielle Collins → replaced by Ekaterina Makarova Camila Giorgi → replaced by Dalila Jakupović Madison Keys → replaced by Dayana Yastremska Maria Sakkari → replaced by Tímea Babos Samantha Stosur → replaced by Stefanie Vögele Wang Qiang → replaced by Vera Lapko Caroline Wozniacki → replaced by Polona Hercog
Retirements Ons Jabeur (right shoulder injury) Yulia Putintseva (low back injury)
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedTímea BabosKristina Mladenovic61Nicole MelicharKvěta Peschke242Hsieh Su-weiBarbora Strýcová273Gabriela DabrowskiXu Yifan284Samantha StosurZhang Shuai335Jeļena OstapenkoKateřina Siniaková386Lucie HradeckáEkaterina Makarova387Anna-Lena GrönefeldDemi Schuurs408Chan Hao-chingLatisha Chan419 Rankings are as of February 11, 2019.
Other entrants The following pairs received a wildcard into the doubles main draw: Julia Elbaba / Alena Fomina Sarah Beth Grey / Eden Silva
The following pairs received entry as alternates: Eugenie Bouchard / Sofia Kenin Prarthana Thombare / Eva Wacanno
Withdrawals Before the tournament Elise Mertens (left hip injury) Anastasija Sevastova (low back injury) Samantha Stosur (personal reasons)
During the tournament Eugenie Bouchard (left abdominal injury) Ons Jabeur (right shoulder injury)
Champions
Men's singles
Roger Federer def. Stefanos Tsitsipas, 6–4, 6–4
Women's singles
Belinda Bencic def. Petra Kvitová, 6–3, 1–6, 6–2
Men's doubles
Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury def. Ben McLachlan / Jan-Lennard Struff, 7–6(7–4), 6–4
Women's doubles
Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová def. Lucie Hradecká / Ekaterina Makarova, 6–4, 6–4
References
External links Official website