2015 Dubai Tennis Championships
# 2015 Dubai Tennis Championships

The 2015 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the 2015 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was an ATP 500 event on the 2015 ATP World Tour and a WTA Premier 5 on the 2015 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 15 to 21, 2015, while the men's tournament took place from February 23 to 28, 2015.

## Points and prize money

### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Men's singles | 500 | 300 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 0 | — | 20 | 10 | 0 |
| Men's doubles | 500 | 300 | 180 | 90 | 45 | — | — | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Women's singles | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | 30 | 20 | 1 |
| Women's doubles | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 1 | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Men's singles | $505,000 | $227,640 | $107,830 | $52,030 | $26,530 | $14,590 | — | $910 | |
| Men's doubles* | $149,170 | $67,300 | $31,730 | $15,340 | $7,870 | — | — | | |
| Women's singles | $456,000 | $227,860 | $113,850 | $52,430 | $26,000 | $13,340 | $7,474 | $3,820 | $1,965 |
| Women's doubles* | $130,300 | $65,920 | $32,740 | $16,420 | $8,290 | $4,115 | — | — | — |

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## ATP singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| SRB | Novak Djokovic | 1 | 1 |
| SUI | Roger Federer | 2 | 2 |
| GBR | Andy Murray | 4 | 3 |
| CZE | Tomáš Berdych | 8 | 4 |
| LAT | Ernests Gulbis | 13 | 5 |
| ESP | Feliciano López | 14 | 6 |
| ESP | Roberto Bautista Agut | 16 | 7 |
| BEL | David Goffin | 20 | 8 |

* Rankings are as of February 16, 2015.

**Other entrants**

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Marcos Baghdatis
* James McGee
* Alexander Zverev

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Marsel İlhan
* Fabrice Martin
* Lucas Pouille
* James Ward

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

* Borna Ćorić

**Withdrawals**

**Before the tournament**

* Philipp Kohlschreiber (illness) → replaced by Borna Ćorić
* Nick Kyrgios (back injury) → replaced by Sergiy Stakhovsky

**Retirements**

* Marcos Baghdatis (cramping)
* Richard Gasquet (lower back pain)

## ATP doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| USA | Bob Bryan | USA | Mike Bryan | 2 | 1 |
| NED | Jean-Julien Rojer | ROU | Horia Tecău | 20 | 2 |
| CAN | Vasek Pospisil | FRA | Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 22 | 3 |
| IND | Rohan Bopanna | CAN | Daniel Nestor | 30 | 4 |

* Rankings are as of February 16, 2015.

**Other entrants**

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Laslo Djere / Novak Djokovic
* Roger Federer / Michael Lammer

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Jamie Murray / John Peers

The following pair received entry as lucky losers:

* Andrey Golubev / Denis Istomin

**Withdrawals**

**Before the tournament**

* Philipp Kohlschreiber (illness)

## WTA singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| ROU | Simona Halep | 3 | 1 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 4 | 2 |
| DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 5 | 3 |
| SRB | Ana Ivanovic | 6 | 4 |
| POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 8 | 5 |
| RUS | Ekaterina Makarova | 9 | 6 |
| GER | Angelique Kerber | 10 | 7 |
| USA | Venus Williams | 11 | 8 |
| GER | Andrea Petkovic | 12 | 9 |
| ITA | Flavia Pennetta | 14 | 10 |
| CZE | Lucie Šafářová | 15 | 11 |
| SRB | Jelena Janković | 16 | 12 |
| ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 17 | 13 |
| SVK | Dominika Cibulková | 18 | 14 |
| FRA | Alizé Cornet | 19 | 15 |
| CHN | Peng Shuai | 21 | 16 |
| CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 22 | 17 |

* Rankings are as of February 9, 2015.

**Other entrants**

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Eugenie Bouchard
* Çağla Büyükakçay
* Casey Dellacqua
* Daniela Hantuchová
* Flavia Pennetta

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

* Vera Zvonareva

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Tímea Babos
* Yuliya Beygelzimer
* Gabriela Dabrowski
* Jarmila Gajdošová
* Kateryna Kozlova
* Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
* Arina Rodionova
* Wang Qiang

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

* Julia Görges
* Kateřina Siniaková
* Elena Vesnina

**Withdrawals**

**Before the tournament**

* Eugenie Bouchard (arm injury) → replaced by Kateřina Siniaková
* Dominika Cibulková → replaced by Elena Vesnina
* Varvara Lepchenko → replaced by Monica Puig
* Serena Williams (illness) → replaced by Julia Görges

**Retirements**

* Kaia Kanepi
* CoCo Vandeweghe

## WTA doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TPE | Hsieh Su-wei | IND | Sania Mirza | 11 | 1 |
| RUS | Ekaterina Makarova | RUS | Elena Vesnina | 16 | 2 |
| SUI | Martina Hingis | ITA | Flavia Pennetta | 17 | 3 |
| CHN | Peng Shuai | CZE | Květa Peschke | 20 | 4 |
| USA | Raquel Kops-Jones | USA | Abigail Spears | 22 | 5 |
| ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 29 | 6 |
| FRA | Caroline Garcia | SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | 43 | 7 |
| HUN | Tímea Babos | FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 44 | 8 |

* Rankings are as of February 9, 2015.

**Other entrants**

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

* Fatma Al-Nabhani / Mona Barthel

The following pair received entry as alternates:

* Aleksandrina Naydenova / Evgeniya Rodina

**Withdrawals**

**Before the tournament**

* Karin Knapp (illness)

## Champions

### Men's singles

* Roger Federer def. Novak Djokovic, 6–3, 7–5

### Women's singles

* Simona Halep def. Karolína Plíšková, 6–4, $7–6^{(7–4)}$

### Men's doubles

* Rohan Bopanna / Daniel Nestor def. Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi / Nenad Zimonjić, 6–4, 6–1

### Women's doubles

* Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic def. Garbiñe Muguruza / Carla Suárez Navarro, 6–3, 6–2
