The Dubai Tennis Championships (), also known as the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons (formerly known for sponsorship reasons as the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships and the Dubai Duty Free Men's and Women's Championships) is a professional tennis tournament owned and organized by Dubai Duty Free and held annually in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on outdoor hardcourts. It is currently listed as a WTA 1000 on the WTA Tour and an ATP 500 on the ATP Tour.

The tournament takes place at the end of February and organizes a men's and women's event. The tournament takes place under the patronage of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. In 2001 the ATP upgraded the tournament from an ATP 250-level to the more prestigious ATP 500-level tournament. On the WTA Tour, it alternated yearly between a WTA 1000-level tournament and a WTA 500-level tournament, until 2024, when it remained a WTA 1000 event from the prior year. Prior to the 1990s there was an annual Dubai Tennis Championship played at the British Embassy.

The Dubai Tennis Championships was the third tournament in pro tennis history to award equal prize money for both men and women, until 2021.

The courts usually have a medium-fast speed considered to be similar in speed to the Shanghai and Swiss Indoor (Basel) courts.

History

The Dubai Tennis Championships debuted at the Aviation Club in 1993 as an ATP 250 tournament. At the time there was no formal stadium and the tournament was hosted on hardcourts surrounded by temporary scaffold seating to host a total of 3000 viewers across all courts.

In 1996, the Dubai Tennis Championships took place at the newly erected Dubai Tennis Stadium DESIGN BY Italian architects Mario Donato and luigi Donato at the Aviation Club. The construction of the Dubai Tennis Stadium also led to the development of various food & beverage entertainment locations in and around the stadium base, like the Irish and Century Villages. In 2012, a 293-bedroom hotel was constructed on-site that hosts many of the players and officials during the 2 week event.

The inaugural ATP men's tournament was won by Karel Nováček in 1993 who was ranked world number 23 at the time. The inaugural WTA women's tournament debuted in 2001 as a Premier tournament and was won by Martina Hingis.

For five years, Swiss Roger Federer, on the men's side, and Belgian Justine Henin, on the women's side, dominated the singles' tournaments. Between 2003 and 2007, Federer and Henin each won the singles title four times. However, in 2008, neither player managed to reach the finals; Andy Roddick and Elena Dementieva became the new champions.

In 2005, the Dubai Tennis Championships implemented equal prize money policy becoming the third professional tennis event to do so after the US Open and Australian Open.

2009 Shahar Pe'er visa controversy In February 2009, Israeli player Shahar Pe'er was denied an entry visa by the United Arab Emirates, a country that did not have diplomatic relations with Israel at the time. Tournament director Salah Tahlak said that Pe'er was refused on the grounds that her appearance could incite anger in the Arab country, after she had already faced protests earlier at the ASB Classic over the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict. A number of top-seeded players, among them Venus Williams,Mondays With Bob Greene: We do not wish to politicize sports condemned the action not to grant Pe'er a visa.

In response, the Dubai Tennis Championship was fined a record US$300,000. The fine was appealed by DTC, but the WTA Tour Board rejected the appeal.http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1242212395267&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull Pe'er was awarded a guarantee to enter the next (2010) edition of the event, plus US$44,250, an amount equal to the average prize money she earned per tournament in 2008. A number of highly ranked tennis players, including 2008 winner Andy Roddick, pulled out of the men's event (ATP 500 Dubai) which was scheduled to take place the week after the women's event. As a result, the UAE issued Israeli Andy Ram a visa for the men's tournament.

Past finals

In the men's singles, Roger Federer (winner in 2003–05, 2007, 2012, 2014–15, 2019, runner-up in 2006, 2011) holds the records for most titles (eight), most finals (ten), and most consecutive titles (three), sharing the last record with Novak Djokovic (winner in 2009–11, 2013, 2020, runner-up in 2015). In the women's singles, Justine Henin (2003–04, 2006–07) holds the record for most titles (four) and shares with Venus Williams (2009–10, 2014) and Elina Svitolina (2017–18) the record for most consecutive titles (two). In men's doubles, Mahesh Bhupathi (1998, 2004, 2008, 2012–13) has won the most overall titles (five), and co-holds with Grant Connell (1995–96) the record for most consecutive titles (two). In women's doubles, Liezel Huber (2007–09, 2011–12) took the most titles (five) and, alongside partner Cara Black (2007–09), the most back-to-back titles (three).

Men's singles

YearChampionRunner-upScore↓  ATP Tour 250  ↓1993 Karel Nováček Fabrice Santoro 6–4, 7–51994 Magnus Gustafsson Sergi Bruguera 6–4, 6–21995 Wayne Ferreira Andrea Gaudenzi 6–3, 6–31996 Goran Ivanišević Albert Costa 6–4, 6–3 1997 Thomas Muster Goran Ivanišević 7–5, 7–6(7–3) 1998 Àlex Corretja Félix Mantilla 7–6(7–0), 6–11999 Jérôme Golmard Nicolas Kiefer 6–4, 6–22000 Nicolas Kiefer Juan Carlos Ferrero 7–5, 4–6, 6–3↓  ATP Tour 500  ↓2001 Juan Carlos Ferrero Marat Safin 6–2, 3–1 Ret.2002 Fabrice Santoro Younes El Aynaoui 6–4, 3–6, 6–32003 Roger Federer Jiří Novák 6–1, 7–6(7–2)2004 Roger Federer Feliciano López 4–6, 6–1, 6–22005 Roger Federer Ivan Ljubičić 6–1, 6–7(6–8), 6–32006 Rafael Nadal Roger Federer 2–6, 6–4, 6–42007 Roger Federer Mikhail Youzhny 6–4, 6–32008 Andy Roddick Feliciano López 6–7(8–10), 6–4, 6–22009 Novak Djokovic David Ferrer 7–5, 6–32010 Novak Djokovic Mikhail Youzhny 7–5, 5–7, 6–32011 Novak Djokovic Roger Federer 6–3, 6–32012 Roger Federer Andy Murray 7–5, 6–4 2013 Novak Djokovic Tomáš Berdych 7–5, 6–32014 Roger Federer Tomáš Berdych 3–6, 6–4, 6–32015 Roger Federer Novak Djokovic 6–3, 7–52016 Stan Wawrinka Marcos Baghdatis 6–4, 7–6(15–13)2017 Andy Murray Fernando Verdasco 6–3, 6–22018 Roberto Bautista Agut Lucas Pouille 6–3, 6–42019 Roger Federer Stefanos Tsitsipas 6–4, 6–42020 Novak Djokovic Stefanos Tsitsipas 6–3, 6–42021 Aslan Karatsev Lloyd Harris 6–3, 6–22022 Andrey Rublev Jiří Veselý 6–3, 6–42023 Daniil Medvedev Andrey Rublev 6–2, 6–22024 Ugo Humbert Alexander Bublik 6–4, 6–32025 Stefanos Tsitsipas Félix Auger-Aliassime 6–3, 6–32026 Daniil Medvedev Tallon Griekspoor walkover

Women's singles

YearChampionRunner-upScore↓  Premier tournament   ↓2001 Martina Hingis Nathalie Tauziat 6–4, 6–42002 Amélie Mauresmo Sandrine Testud 6–4, 7–6(7–3) 2003 Justine Henin-Hardenne Monica Seles 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 7–52004 Justine Henin-Hardenne Svetlana Kuznetsova 7–6(7–3), 6–32005 Lindsay Davenport Jelena Janković 6–4, 3–6, 6–42006 Justine Henin-Hardenne Maria Sharapova 7–5, 6–22007 Justine Henin Amélie Mauresmo 6–4, 7–52008 Elena Dementieva Svetlana Kuznetsova 4–6, 6–3, 6–2↓  Premier 5 tournament   ↓2009 Venus Williams Virginie Razzano 6–4, 6–22010 Venus Williams Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 7–52011 Caroline Wozniacki Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–1, 6–3↓  Premier tournament   ↓2012 Agnieszka Radwańska Julia Görges 7–5, 6–42013 Petra Kvitová Sara Errani 6–2, 1–6, 6–12014 Venus Williams 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 Daria Kasatkina 6–4, 6–0↓  Premier 5 tournament   ↓2019 Belinda Bencic Petra Kvitová 6–3, 1–6, 6–2↓  Premier tournament   ↓2020 Simona Halep (2) Elena Rybakina 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)↓  WTA 1000 tournament   ↓2021 Garbiñe Muguruza Barbora Krejčíková 7–6(8–6), 6–3↓  WTA 500 tournament   ↓2022 Jeļena Ostapenko Veronika Kudermetova 6–0, 6–4↓  WTA 1000 tournament   ↓2023 Barbora Krejčíková Iga Świątek 6–4, 6–22024 Jasmine Paolini Anna Kalinskaya 4–6, 7–5, 7–52025 Mirra Andreeva Clara Tauson 7–6(7–1), 6–12026 Jessica Pegula Elina Svitolina 6–2, 6–4

Men's doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore↓  ATP Tour 250  ↓1993 John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith 6–2, 6–11994 Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde Darren Cahill John Fitzgerald 6–7, 6–4, 6–21995 Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig 6–2, 4–6, 6–31996 Grant Connell Byron Black Karel Nováček Jiří Novák 6–0, 6–11997 Sander Groen Goran Ivanišević Sandon Stolle Cyril Suk 7–6, 6–31998 Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes Donald Johnson Francisco Montana 6–2, 7–51999 Wayne Black Sandon Stolle David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager 4–6, 6–1, 6–42000 Jiří Novák David Rikl Robbie Koenig Peter Tramacchi 6–2, 7–5↓  ATP Tour 500  ↓2001 Joshua Eagle Sandon Stolle Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić 6–4, 6–42002 Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor Joshua Eagle Sandon Stolle 3–6, 6–3, [13–11]2003 Leander Paes David Rikl Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett 6–3, 6–02004 Mahesh Bhupathi Fabrice Santoro Jonas Björkman Leander Paes 6–2, 4–6, 6–42005 Martin Damm Radek Štěpánek Jonas Björkman Fabrice Santoro 6–2, 6–42006 Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor 1–6, 6–2, [10–1]2007 Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić Mahesh Bhupathi Radek Štěpánek 7–5, 6–7(3–7), [10–7]2008 Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles Martin Damm Pavel Vízner 7–5, 7–6(9–7)2009 Rik de Voest Dmitry Tursunov Martin Damm Robert Lindstedt 4–6, 6–3, [10–5]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 Rohan Bopanna Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski 6–4, 3–6, [10–5]2013 Mahesh Bhupathi Michaël Llodra Robert Lindstedt Nenad Zimonjić 7–6(8–6), 7–6(8–6)2014 Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić 6–4, 6–32015 Rohan Bopanna Daniel Nestor Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Nenad Zimonjić 6–4, 6–12016 Simone Bolelli Andreas Seppi Feliciano López Marc López 6–2, 3–6, [14–12]2017 Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău Rohan Bopanna Marcin Matkowski 4–6, 6–3, [10–3]2018 Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău James Cerretani Leander Paes 6–2, 7–6(7–2)2019 Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury Ben McLachlan Jan-Lennard Struff 7–6(7–4), 6–32020 John Peers Michael Venus Raven Klaasen Oliver Marach 6–3, 6–22021 Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić 7–6(7–0), 7–6(7–4)2022 Tim Pütz Michael Venus Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić 6–3, 6–7(5–7), [16–14]2023 Maxime Cressy Fabrice Martin Lloyd Glasspool Harri Heliövaara 7–6(7–2), 6–42024 Tallon Griekspoor Jan-Lennard Struff Ivan Dodig Austin Krajicek 6–4, 4–6, [10–6]2025 Yuki Bhambri Alexei Popyrin Harri Heliövaara Henry Patten 3–6, 7–6(14–12), [10–8]2026 Harri Heliövaara Henry Patten Marcelo Arévalo Mate Pavić 7–5, 7–5

Women's doubles