2014 Dubai Tennis Championships
# 2014 Dubai Tennis Championships

The 2014 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the 2014 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a 500 event on the 2014 ATP World Tour and a Premier event on the 2014 WTA Tour. Both of the events took place at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament took place February 17 to 22, while the men's tournament took place from February 24 to March 1.

## 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 | 10 | 0 | — |
| Men's doubles | 500 | 300 | 180 | 90 | — | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Women's singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 |
| Women's doubles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Men's singles | $465,830 | $210,020 | $99,480 | $48,005 | $24,475 | $13,460 | $1,515 | $835 | — |
| Men's doubles * | $137,620 | $62,090 | $29,280 | $14,150 | $7,270 | — | — | — | — |
| Women's singles | $471,841 | $251,648 | $135,064 | $34,891 | $18,712 | $11,888 | $5,387 | $2,835 | $1,607 |
| Women's doubles * | $71,820 | $37,801 | $20,791 | $10,584 | $5,736 | — | — | — | — |

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## ATP singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| SRB | Novak Djokovic | 2 | 1 |
| ARG | Juan Martín del Potro | 5 | 2 |
| CZE | Tomáš Berdych | 6 | 3 |
| SUI | Roger Federer | 8 | 4 |
| FRA | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 10 | 5 |
| RUS | Mikhail Youzhny | 16 | 6 |
| GER | Philipp Kohlschreiber | 25 | 7 |
| RUS | Dmitry Tursunov | 28 | 8 |

* Rankings are as of February 17, 2014.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Somdev Devvarman
* Malek Jaziri
* James Ward

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Marius Copil
* Thiemo de Bakker
* Lukáš Lacko
* Adrian Ungur

### Retirements

* Juan Martín del Potro (wrist injury)

### Withdrawals

**During the tournament**

* Nikolay Davydenko (left rib injury)
* Mikhail Youzhny (illness)

## ATP doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| CAN | Daniel Nestor | SRB | Nenad Zimonjić | 30 | 1 |
| IND | Rohan Bopanna | PAK | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | 36 | 2 |
| POL | Mariusz Fyrstenberg | POL | Marcin Matkowski | 42 | 3 |
| CRO | Ivan Dodig | RUS | Mikhail Youzhny | 69 | 4 |

* Rankings are as of February 17, 2014.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Omar Alawadhi / Hamad Abbas Janahi
* Novak Djokovic / Carlos Gómez-Herrera

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Nikolay Davydenko / Victor Hănescu

### Withdrawals

**During the tournament**

* Juan Martín del Potro (wrist injury)

## WTA singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| USA | Serena Williams | 1 | 1 |
| POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 4 | 2 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 6 | 3 |
| ITA | Sara Errani | 7 | 4 |
| SRB | Jelena Janković | 8 | 5 |
| GER | Angelique Kerber | 9 | 6 |
| ROU | Simona Halep | 10 | 7 |
| DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 11 | 8 |

* Rankings are as of February 10, 2014.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Nadia Petrova
* Serena Williams
* Venus Williams

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Annika Beck
* Flavia Pennetta
* Karolína Plíšková
* Maryna Zanevska

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by Alizé Cornet

### Retirements

* Simona Halep (right ankle injury)

## WTA doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ITA | Sara Errani | ITA | Roberta Vinci | 2 | 1 |
| RUS | Ekaterina Makarova | RUS | Elena Vesnina | 12 | 2 |
| CZE | Květa Peschke | SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | 17 | 3 |
| ZIM | Cara Black | IND | Sania Mirza | 22 | 4 |

* Rankings are as of February 10, 2014.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Kirsten Flipkens / Petra Kvitová
* Flavia Pennetta / Samantha Stosur
* Serena Williams / Venus Williams

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Kristýna Plíšková (visa issues)

## Champions

### Men's singles

* Roger Federer def. Tomáš Berdych, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3

### Women's singles

* Venus Williams def. Alizé Cornet, 6–3, 6–0

### Men's doubles

* Rohan Bopanna / Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi def. Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić, 6–4, 6–3

### Women's doubles

* Alla Kudryavtseva / Anastasia Rodionova def. Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears, 6–2, 5–7, [10–8]
