2012 Dubai Tennis Championships

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2012 Dubai Tennis Championships
Date27 February – 3 March (men)
20 – 25 February (women) [1]
Edition20th (men) / 12th (women)
Category ATP World Tour 500
WTA Premier event
SurfaceHard / outdoor
Location Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Venue Aviation Club Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roger Federer
Women's singles
Flag of Poland.svg Agnieszka Radwańska
Men's doubles
Flag of India.svg Mahesh Bhupathi / Flag of India.svg Rohan Bopanna
Women's doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Liezel Huber / Flag of the United States.svg Lisa Raymond
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The 2012 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the 2012 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a 500 event on the 2012 ATP World Tour and a Premier event on the 2012 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 from February 20 to February 25, 2012, while the men's tournament took place from 27 February to 3 March 2012. Roger Federer and Agnieszka Radwańska won the singles titles.

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Finals

Men's singles

Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roger Federer defeated Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Murray, 7–5, 6–4

Women's singles

Flag of Poland.svg Agnieszka Radwańska defeated Flag of Germany.svg Julia Görges, 7–5, 6–4

Men's doubles

Flag of India.svg Mahesh Bhupathi / Flag of India.svg Rohan Bopanna defeated Flag of Poland.svg Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Flag of Poland.svg Marcin Matkowski, 6–4, 3–6, [10–5]

Women's doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Liezel Huber / Flag of the United States.svg Lisa Raymond defeated Flag of India.svg Sania Mirza / Flag of Russia.svg Elena Vesnina, 6–2, 6–1

ATP singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Novak Djokovic 11
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI Roger Federer 32
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Andy Murray 43
Flag of France.svg  FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 64
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Tomáš Berdych 75
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Mardy Fish 86
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Janko Tipsarević 97
Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Juan Martín del Potro 108

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Retirements

ATP doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of France.svg  FRA Michaël Llodra Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Nenad Zimonjić 111
Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Robert Lindstedt Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Horia Tecău 172
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Mariusz Fyrstenberg Flag of Poland.svg  POL Marcin Matkowski 243
Flag of India.svg  IND Mahesh Bhupathi Flag of India.svg  IND Rohan Bopanna 264

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

WTA singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Victoria Azarenka 11
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Petra Kvitová 32
Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Caroline Wozniacki 43
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Samantha Stosur 54
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Agnieszka Radwańska 65
Flag of France.svg  FRA Marion Bartoli 76
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Francesca Schiavone 117
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Jelena Janković 138
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Sabine Lisicki 149

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Retirements

ATP doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Liezel Huber Flag of the United States.svg  USA Lisa Raymond 31
Flag of India.svg  IND Sania Mirza Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Elena Vesnina 152
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Daniela Hantuchová Flag of Poland.svg  POL Agnieszka Radwańska 373
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Nuria Llagostera Vives Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Anastasia Rodionova 504

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Retirements

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