2019 Dubai Tennis Championships

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^[1] and a WTA Premier 5 event on the 2019 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 17 to 23 February and the men's tournament from 25 February–2 March.

2019 Dubai Tennis Championships
Date	17–23 February (women) 25 February – 2 March (men)
Edition	27th (men) / 19th (women)
Category	ATP Tour 500 (men) WTA Premier 5 (women)
Draw	32S / 16D (men) 56S / 28D (women)
Prize money	$2,887,895 (ATP) $2,828,000 (WTA)
Surface	Hard, Outdoor
Location	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Venue	Aviation Club Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
Roger Federer
Women's singles
Belinda Bencic
Men's doubles
Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury
Women's doubles
Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 56	Q	Q2	Q1
Men's singles	500	300	180	90	45	0	—	20	10	0
Men's doubles					0	—		45	25
Women's singles	900	585	350	190	105	60	1	30	20	1
Women's doubles						1	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 56	Q2	Q1
Men's singles	$523,330	$256,565	$129,100	$65,655	$34,100	$17,980	—	$3,980	$2,030
Men's doubles*	$157,570	$77,140	$38,690	$19,860	$10,270	—		—	—
Women's singles	$520,615	$260,310	$130,030	$59,960	$29,695	$15,240	$7,835	$4,360	$2,245
Women's doubles*	$148,845	$75,310	$37,275	$18,765	$9,510	$4,695	—	—	—

_{*per team}

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Ranking1	Seed
JPN	Kei Nishikori	6	1
SUI	Roger Federer	7	2
CRO	Marin Čilić	10	3
RUS	Karen Khachanov	11	4
GRE	Stefanos Tsitsipas	12	5
CRO	Borna Ćorić	13	6
CAN	Milos Raonic	14	7
RUS	Daniil Medvedev	15	8

• 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	Seed
AUT	Oliver Marach	CRO	Mate Pavić	16	1
RSA	Raven Klaasen	NZL	Michael Venus	26	2
FIN	Henri Kontinen	AUS	John Peers	35	3
USA	Rajeev Ram	GBR	Joe Salisbury	45	4

• 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	Seed
JPN	Naomi Osaka	1	1
CZE	Petra Kvitová	2	2
ROU	Simona Halep	3	3
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	5	4
GER	Angelique Kerber	6	5
UKR	Elina Svitolina	7	6
NED	Kiki Bertens	8	7
BLR	Aryna Sabalenka	9	8
DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	10	9
LAT	Anastasija Sevastova	12	10
RUS	Daria Kasatkina	14	11
ESP	Garbiñe Muguruza	15	12
GER	Julia Görges	16	13
FRA	Caroline Garcia	19	14
EST	Anett Kontaveit	20	15
BEL	Elise Mertens	21	16

• 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	Seed
HUN	Tímea Babos	FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	6	1
USA	Nicole Melichar	CZE	Květa Peschke	24	2
TPE	Hsieh Su-wei	CZE	Barbora Strýcová	27	3
CAN	Gabriela Dabrowski	CHN	Xu Yifan	28	4
AUS	Samantha Stosur	CHN	Zhang Shuai	33	5
LAT	Jeļena Ostapenko	CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	38	6
CZE	Lucie Hradecká	RUS	Ekaterina Makarova	38	7
GER	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	NED	Demi Schuurs	40	8
TPE	Chan Hao-ching	TPE	Latisha Chan	41	9

• 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

Main article: 2019 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's singles

• Roger Federer def. Stefanos Tsitsipas, 6–4, 6–4

Women's singles

Main article: 2019 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's singles

• Belinda Bencic def. Petra Kvitová, 6–3, 1–6, 6–2

Men's doubles

Main article: 2019 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

• Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury def. Ben McLachlan / Jan-Lennard Struff, 7–6^(7–4), 6–4

Women's doubles

Main article: 2019 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's doubles

• Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová def. Lucie Hradecká / Ekaterina Makarova, 6–4, 6–4