2020 Dubai Tennis Championships

The 2020 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was an ATP Tour 500 event on the 2020 ATP Tour[1] and a Premier tournament on the 2020 WTA Tour.[2] Both events were held at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament took place from February 17 to 22 and the men's tournament from February 24 to 29.

2020 Dubai Tennis Championships
Date17–22 February (women)
24–29 February (men)
Edition28th (men) / 20th (women)
CategoryATP Tour 500 (men)
WTA Premier (women)
Draw32S / 16D (men)
30S / 28D (women)
Prize money$2,950,420 (men) (2020)
$2,643,670 (women) (2020)
SurfaceHard, Outdoor
LocationDubai, United Arab Emirates
VenueAviation 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

The Women's event was expanded to 30 places in the main draw, and 48 places in qualifying; following the cancellation of the Hungarian Ladies Open, which was scheduled in the same week as the Dubai Tennis Championships.[3]

Points

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 10 0
Men's doubles 0 45 25
Women's singles 470 305 185 100 55 1 25 18 13 1
Women's doubles 1

ATP singles main-draw entrants

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
  • Rankings are as of February 17, 2020.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

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
  • Rankings are as of February 17, 2020.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

WTA singles main-draw entrants

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
  • Rankings are as of February 10, 2020.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following player received entry as a special exempt:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

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
  • Rankings are as of February 10, 2020.

Other entrants

The following pairs received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

During the tournament

Champions

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

References

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