2018 Dubai Tennis Championships

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 February 19 to 25, while the men's tournament took place from February 26 through March 3.

2018 Dubai Tennis Championships
Date19 – 25 February (women)
26 February – 3 March (men)
Edition26th (men) / 18th (women)
CategoryATP World Tour 500 (men)
WTA Premier (women)
Draw32S / 16D (men)
28S / 16D (women)
Prize money$ (ATP)
$2,000,000 (WTA)
SurfaceHard, Outdoor
LocationDubai, United Arab Emirates
VenueAviation Club Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's Singles
Roberto Bautista Agut
Women's Singles
Elina Svitolina
Men's Doubles
Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău
Women's Doubles
Chan Hao-ching / Yang Zhaoxuan

Points and prize money

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 N/A 10 0
Men's Doubles 0 N/A 45 25
Women's Singles 470 305 185 100 55 1 25 18 13 1
Women's Doubles 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Prize money
Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q3 Q2 Q1
Men's Singles $511,750 $240,340 $119,340 $59,670 $30,235 $15,910 N/A $2,655 $1,460
Men's Doubles* $150,800 $71,270 $34,390 $17,890 $9,370 N/A N/A N/A
Women's Singles $465,480 $254,124 $136,138 $35,723 $19,809 $10,950 $5,408 $2,951 $1,854
Women's Doubles* $74,042 $39,184 $20,087 $10,042 $5,223 N/A N/A N/A N/A

*per team

ATP singles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Ranking1 Seed
 BUL Grigor Dimitrov 4 1
 FRA Lucas Pouille 16 2
 ESP Roberto Bautista Agut 22 3
 BIH Damir Džumhur 29 4
 FRA Richard Gasquet 34 5
 GER Philipp Kohlschreiber 35 6
 SRB Filip Krajinović 36 7
 JPN Yūichi Sugita 41 8
  • Rankings are as of February 19, 2018.

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 using a protected ranking:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals
Before the tournament

ATP doubles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 FIN Henri Kontinen  AUS John Peers 7 1
 NED Jean-Julien Rojer  ROU Horia Tecău 21 2
 CRO Ivan Dodig  USA Rajeev Ram 34 3
 RSA Raven Klaasen  NZL Michael Venus 44 4
  • Rankings are as of February 19, 2018.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following pair received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals
Before the tournament

WTA singles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Ranking1 Seed
 UKR Elina Svitolina 3 1
 ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 4 2
 CZE Karolína Plíšková 5 3
 LAT Jeļena Ostapenko 6 4
 FRA Caroline Garcia 7 5
 GER Angelique Kerber 9 6
 GBR Johanna Konta 11 7
 FRA Kristina Mladenovic 13 8
  • Rankings are as of February 12, 2018.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

WTA doubles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 RUS Ekaterina Makarova  RUS Elena Vesnina 6 1
 TPE Latisha Chan  CZE Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková 7 2
 CZE Lucie Šafářová  CZE Barbora Strýcová 22 3
 TPE Hsieh Su-wei  CHN Peng Shuai 41 4
  • Rankings are as of February 12, 2018.

Other entrants

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

Withdrawals
During the tournament

Champions

Men's Singles
Main article: 2018 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's Singles

Women's Singles
Main article: 2018 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's Singles

Men's Doubles
Main article: 2018 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles

Women's Doubles
Main article: 2018 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles

References
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