Dubai Tennis Championships
Tournament information
TourATP Tour
WTA Tour
Founded1993 (1993)
LocationDubai
United Arab Emirates
VenueAviation Club Tennis Centre
SurfaceHard – outdoors
WebsiteOfficial website
Current champions (2023)
Men's singlesRussia Daniil Medvedev
Women's singlesCzech Republic Barbora Krejčíková
Men's doublesUnited States Maxime Cressy
France Fabrice Martin
Women's doublesRussia Veronika Kudermetova
Russia Liudmila Samsonova
ATP Tour
CategoryATP Tour 500
Draw32S / 24Q / 16D
Prize moneyUS$$2,855,495 (2023)
WTA Tour
CategoryWTA 1000
Draw56S / 32Q / 28D
Prize moneyUS$2,788,468 (2023)

The Dubai Tennis Championships or Dubai Open (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.

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 a more prestigious ATP 500 level tournament. On the WTA Tour, it alternates yearly between a WTA 1000 level tournament and a WTA 500 level tournament. 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 2014 Dubai Tennis Championships semifinal featuring Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic

The Dubai Tennis Championships debuted at the Aviation Club in 1993 as an ATP 250 tournament.[1] 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.[1]

In 1996, the Dubai Tennis Championships took place at the newly erected Dubai Tennis Stadium 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. Currently, the reigning champions are Aslan Karatsev and Garbiñe Muguruza.

In 2005, the Dubai Tennis Championships implemented equal prize money policy[2] 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.[3] A number of top-seeded players, among them Venus Williams,[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7]

Past finals

Dubai Tennis Championships in 2006

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

Roger Federer (winner in 2003–05, 2007, 2012, 2014–15, 2019, runner-up in 2006, 2011) holds all records in Dubai, for most titles (eight), most finals (ten), most consecutive titles (three) and most consecutive finals (five).
Novak Djokovic (winner in 2009–11, 2013, 2020, runner-up in 2015) shares with Federer the record for most consecutive titles (three).
Year Champion Runner-up Score
↓  ATP Tour 250[lower-alpha 1]  ↓
1993Czech Republic Karel NováčekFrance Fabrice Santoro6–4, 7–5
1994Sweden Magnus GustafssonSpain Sergi Bruguera6–4, 6–2
1995South Africa Wayne FerreiraItaly Andrea Gaudenzi6–3, 6–3
1996Croatia Goran IvaniševićSpain Albert Costa6–4, 6–3
1997Austria Thomas MusterCroatia Goran Ivanišević7–5, 7–6(7–3)
1998Spain Àlex CorretjaSpain Félix Mantilla7–6(7–0), 6–1
1999France Jérôme GolmardGermany Nicolas Kiefer6–4, 6–2
2000Germany Nicolas KieferSpain Juan Carlos Ferrero7–5, 4–6, 6–3
↓  ATP Tour 500[lower-alpha 2]  ↓
2001Spain Juan Carlos FerreroRussia Marat Safin6–2, 3–1 Ret.
2002France Fabrice SantoroMorocco Younes El Aynaoui6–4, 3–6, 6–3
2003Switzerland Roger FedererCzech Republic Jiří Novák6–1, 7–6(7–2)
2004Switzerland Roger Federer (2)Spain Feliciano López4–6, 6–1, 6–2
2005Switzerland Roger Federer (3)Croatia Ivan Ljubičić6–1, 6–7(6–8), 6–3
2006Spain Rafael NadalSwitzerland Roger Federer2–6, 6–4, 6–4
2007Switzerland Roger Federer (4)Russia Mikhail Youzhny6–4, 6–3
2008United States Andy RoddickSpain Feliciano López6–7(8–10), 6–4, 6–2
2009Serbia Novak DjokovicSpain David Ferrer7–5, 6–3
2010Serbia Novak Djokovic (2)Russia Mikhail Youzhny7–5, 5–7, 6–3
2011Serbia Novak Djokovic (3)Switzerland Roger Federer6–3, 6–3
2012Switzerland Roger Federer (5)United Kingdom Andy Murray7–5, 6–4
2013Serbia Novak Djokovic (4)Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych7–5, 6–3
2014Switzerland Roger Federer (6)Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych3–6, 6–4, 6–3
2015Switzerland Roger Federer (7)Serbia Novak Djokovic6–3, 7–5
2016Switzerland Stan WawrinkaCyprus Marcos Baghdatis6–4, 7–6(15–13)
2017United Kingdom Andy MurraySpain Fernando Verdasco6–3, 6–2
2018Spain Roberto Bautista AgutFrance Lucas Pouille6–3, 6–4
2019Switzerland Roger Federer (8)Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas6–4, 6–4
2020Serbia Novak Djokovic (5)Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas6–3, 6–4
2021Russia Aslan KaratsevSouth Africa Lloyd Harris6–3, 6–2
2022Russia Andrey RublevCzech Republic Jiří Veselý6–3, 6–4
2023Russia Daniil MedvedevRussia Andrey Rublev6–2, 6–2

Women's singles

Justine Henin (2003–04, 2006–07) collected a record total of four singles titles in Dubai.
Former world No. 1 Simona Halep clinched the title in Dubai in 2015 and 2020.
Year Champion Runner-up Score
  Premier tournament  
2001Switzerland Martina HingisFrance Nathalie Tauziat6–4, 6–4
2002France Amélie MauresmoFrance Sandrine Testud6–4, 7–6(7–3)
2003Belgium Justine Henin-HardenneUnited States Monica Seles4–6, 7–6(7–4), 7–5
2004Belgium Justine Henin-Hardenne (2)Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova7–6(7–3), 6–3
2005United States Lindsay DavenportSerbia and Montenegro Jelena Janković6–4, 3–6, 6–4
2006Belgium Justine Henin-Hardenne (3)Russia Maria Sharapova7–5, 6–2
2007Belgium Justine Henin (4)France Amélie Mauresmo6–4, 7–5
2008Russia Elena DementievaRussia Svetlana Kuznetsova4–6, 6–3, 6–2
  Premier 5 tournament  
2009United States Venus WilliamsFrance Virginie Razzano6–4, 6–2
2010United States Venus Williams (2)Belarus Victoria Azarenka6–3, 7–5
2011Denmark Caroline WozniackiRussia Svetlana Kuznetsova6–1, 6–3
  Premier tournament  
2012Poland Agnieszka RadwańskaGermany Julia Görges7–5, 6–4
2013Czech Republic Petra KvitováItaly Sara Errani6–2, 1–6, 6–1
2014United States Venus Williams (3)France Alizé Cornet6–3, 6–0
  Premier 5 tournament  
2015Romania Simona HalepCzech Republic Karolína Plíšková6–4, 7–6(7–4)
  Premier tournament  
2016Italy Sara ErraniCzech Republic Barbora Strýcová6–0, 6–2
  Premier 5 tournament  
2017Ukraine Elina SvitolinaDenmark Caroline Wozniacki6–4, 6–2
  Premier tournament  
2018Ukraine Elina Svitolina (2)Russia Daria Kasatkina6–4, 6–0
  Premier 5 tournament  
2019Switzerland Belinda BencicCzech Republic Petra Kvitová6–3, 1–6, 6–2
  Premier tournament  
2020Romania Simona Halep (2)Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
  WTA 1000 tournament  
2021Spain Garbiñe MuguruzaCzech Republic Barbora Krejčíková7–6(8–6), 6–3
  WTA 500 tournament  
2022Latvia Jeļena OstapenkoRussia Veronika Kudermetova6–0, 6–4
  WTA 1000 tournament  
2023Czech Republic Barbora KrejčíkováPoland Iga Świątek6–4, 6–2

Men's doubles

Mahesh Bhupathi (1998, 2004, 2008, 2012–13) took five doubles titles at the tournament, each time with a different partner.
Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓  ATP Tour 250[lower-alpha 1]  ↓
1993Australia John Fitzgerald
Sweden Anders Järryd
Canada Grant Connell
United States Patrick Galbraith
6–2, 6–1
1994Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
Australia Darren Cahill
Australia John Fitzgerald
6–7, 6–4, 6–2
1995Canada Grant Connell
United States Patrick Galbraith
Spain Tomás Carbonell
Spain Francisco Roig
6–2, 4–6, 6–3
1996Canada Grant Connell (2)
Zimbabwe Byron Black
Czech Republic Karel Nováček
Czech Republic Jiří Novák
6–0, 6–1
1997Netherlands Sander Groen
Croatia Goran Ivanišević
Australia Sandon Stolle
Czech Republic Cyril Suk
7–6, 6–3
1998India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes
United States Donald Johnson
United States Francisco Montana
6–2, 7–5
1999Zimbabwe Wayne Black
Australia Sandon Stolle
South Africa David Adams
South Africa John-Laffnie de Jager
4–6, 6–1, 6–4
2000Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Czech Republic David Rikl
South Africa Robbie Koenig
Australia Peter Tramacchi
6–2, 7–5
↓  ATP Tour 500[lower-alpha 2]  ↓
2001Australia Joshua Eagle
Australia Sandon Stolle (2)
Canada Daniel Nestor
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nenad Zimonjić
6–4, 6–4
2002The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
Australia Joshua Eagle
Australia Sandon Stolle
3–6, 6–3, [13–11]
2003India Leander Paes
Czech Republic David Rikl (2)
Zimbabwe Wayne Black
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
6–3, 6–0
2004India Mahesh Bhupathi (2)
France Fabrice Santoro
Sweden Jonas Björkman
India Leander Paes
6–2, 4–6, 6–4
2005Czech Republic Martin Damm
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
Sweden Jonas Björkman
France Fabrice Santoro
6–2, 6–4
2006Australia Paul Hanley
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
1–6, 6–2, [10–1]
2007France Fabrice Santoro (2)
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
India Mahesh Bhupathi
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
7–5, 6–7(3–7), [10–7]
2008India Mahesh Bhupathi (3)
The Bahamas Mark Knowles (2)
Czech Republic Martin Damm
Czech Republic Pavel Vízner
7–5, 7–6(9–7)
2009South Africa Rik de Voest
Russia Dmitry Tursunov
Czech Republic Martin Damm
Sweden Robert Lindstedt
4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
2010Sweden Simon Aspelin
Australia Paul Hanley
Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý
India Leander Paes
6–2, 6–3
2011Ukraine Sergiy Stakhovsky
Russia Mikhail Youzhny
France Jérémy Chardy
Spain Feliciano López
4–6, 6–3, [10–3]
2012India Mahesh Bhupathi (4)
India Rohan Bopanna
Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
2013India Mahesh Bhupathi (5)
France Michaël Llodra
Sweden Robert Lindstedt
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
7–6(8–6), 7–6(8–6)
2014India Rohan Bopanna (2)
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Canada Daniel Nestor
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
6–4, 6–3
2015India Rohan Bopanna (3)
Canada Daniel Nestor (2)
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
6–4, 6–1
2016Italy Simone Bolelli
Italy Andreas Seppi
Spain Feliciano López
Spain Marc López
6–2, 3–6, [14–12]
2017Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer
Romania Horia Tecău
India Rohan Bopanna
Poland Marcin Matkowski
4–6, 6–3, [10–3]
2018Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer (2)
Romania Horia Tecău (2)
United States James Cerretani
India Leander Paes
6–2, 7–6(7–2)
2019United States Rajeev Ram
United Kingdom Joe Salisbury
Japan Ben McLachlan
Germany Jan-Lennard Struff
7–6(7–4), 6–3
2020Australia John Peers
New Zealand Michael Venus
South Africa Raven Klaasen
Austria Oliver Marach
6–3, 6–2
2021Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal
Colombia Robert Farah
Croatia Nikola Mektić
Croatia Mate Pavić
7–6(7–0), 7–6(7–4)
2022Germany Tim Pütz
New Zealand Michael Venus
Croatia Nikola Mektić
Croatia Mate Pavić
6–3, 6–7(5–7), [16–14]
2023United States Maxime Cressy
France Fabrice Martin
United Kingdom Lloyd Glasspool
Finland Harri Heliövaara
7–6(7–2), 6–4

Women's doubles

Liezel Huber (2007–09, 2011–12) is the most successful player in women's doubles, with five titles in Dubai.
Year Champions Runners-up Score
  Premier tournament  
2001Indonesia Yayuk Basuki
Netherlands Caroline Vis
Sweden Åsa Svensson
Slovakia Karina Habšudová
6–0, 4–6, 6–2
2002Germany Barbara Rittner
Venezuela María Vento-Kabchi
France Sandrine Testud
Italy Roberta Vinci
6–3, 6–2
2003Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
United States Martina Navratilova
Zimbabwe Cara Black
Russia Elena Likhovtseva
6–3, 7–6(9–7)
2004Slovakia Janette Husárová
Spain Conchita Martínez
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
Russia Elena Likhovtseva
6–0, 1–6, 6–3
2005Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
Australia Alicia Molik
6–7(7–9), 6–2, 6–1
2006Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Italy Francesca Schiavone
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
Russia Nadia Petrova
3–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–3
2007Zimbabwe Cara Black
United States Liezel Huber
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
Australia Alicia Molik
7–6(8–6), 6–4
2008Zimbabwe Cara Black (2)
United States Liezel Huber (2)
China Zheng Jie
China Yan Zi
7–5, 6–2
  Premier 5 tournament  
2009Zimbabwe Cara Black (3)
United States Liezel Huber (3)
Russia Maria Kirilenko
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
6–3, 6–3
2010Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
7–6(7–5), 6–4
2011United States Liezel Huber (4)
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez (2)
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
7–6(7–5), 6–3
  Premier tournament  
2012United States Liezel Huber (5)
United States Lisa Raymond
India Sania Mirza
Russia Elena Vesnina
6–2, 6–1
2013United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
India Sania Mirza
Russia Nadia Petrova
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
6–4, 2–6, [10–7]
2014Russia Alla Kudryavtseva
Australia Anastasia Rodionova
United States Raquel Kops-Jones
United States Abigail Spears
6–2, 5–7, [10–8]
  Premier 5 tournament  
2015Hungary Tímea Babos
France Kristina Mladenovic
Spain Garbiñe Muguruza
Spain Carla Suárez Navarro
6–3, 6–2
  Premier tournament  
2016Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
Croatia Darija Jurak
France Caroline Garcia
France Kristina Mladenovic
6–4, 6–4
  Premier 5 tournament  
2017Russia Ekaterina Makarova
Russia Elena Vesnina
Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
China Peng Shuai
6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
  Premier tournament  
2018Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching
China Yang Zhaoxuan
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei

China Peng Shuai

4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
  Premier 5 tournament  
2019Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Russia Ekaterina Makarova
6–4, 6–4
  Premier tournament  
2020Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei (2)
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová (2)
Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková
China Zheng Saisai
7–5, 3–6, [10–5]
  WTA 1000 tournament  
2021Chile Alexa Guarachi
Croatia Darija Jurak (2)
China Xu Yifan
China Yang Zhaoxuan
6–0, 6–3
  WTA 500 tournament  
2022Russia Veronika Kudermetova
Belgium Elise Mertens
Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok
Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko
6–1, 6–3
  WTA 1000 tournament  
2023Russia Veronika Kudermetova (2)
Russia Liudmila Samsonova
Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching
Chinese Taipei Latisha Chan
6–4, 6–7(4–7), [10–1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Known as World Series from 1990 till 1999. International Series from 2000 till 2008.
  2. 1 2 Known as International Series Gold from 2000 till 2008.

References

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