2019 Dubai Tennis Championships
# 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 and a WTA Premier 5 event on the 2019 WTA Tour. 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.

## 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 | 500 | 300 | 180 | 90 | 0 | — | — | 45 | 25 | 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 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 | — | — | — |

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## ATP singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Ranking^1$ | 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 | $Rank^1$ | 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 | $Ranking^1$ | 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 | $Rank^1$ | 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

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

### Women's singles

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

### Men's doubles

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

### Women's doubles

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