2016 Dubai Tennis Championships

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2016 Dubai Tennis Championships
Date	15–20 February (women) 22–27 February (men)
Edition	24th (men) / 16th (women)
Category	ATP World Tour 500 (men) WTA Premier (women)
Draw	32S / 16D (men) 28S / 16D (women)
Prize money	$2,503,810 (ATP) $2,000,000 (WTA)
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Venue	Aviation Club Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
Stan Wawrinka ^[1]
Women's singles
Sara Errani
Men's doubles
Simone Bolelli / Andreas Seppi ^[2]
Women's doubles
Chuang Chia-jung / Darija Jurak

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The 2016 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the 2016 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was an ATP 500 event on the 2016 ATP World Tour and a WTA Premier on the 2016 WTA Tour. Both events were held at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament took place from 15 to 20 February 2016, while the men's tournament took place from 22 to 27 February 2016.

Contents

Finals

Men's singles

Stan Wawrinka defeated Marcos Baghdatis 6–4, 7–6^(15–13)

Women's singles

Sara Errani defeated Barbora Strýcová 6–0, 6–2

Men's doubles

Simone Bolelli / Andreas Seppi defeated Feliciano López / Marc López 6–2, 3–6, [14–12]

Women's doubles

Chuang Chia-jung / Darija Jurak defeated Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic 6–4, 6–4

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	N/a	10	0
Men's doubles	500	300	180	90	0	N/a	45	N/a	25	0
Women's singles	470	305	185	100	55	1	25	18	13	1
Women's doubles	470	305	185	100	1	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q3	Q2	Q1
Men's singles	$511,750	$240,340	$119,340	$59,670	$30,235	$15,910	N/a	$2,655	$1,460
Men's doubles	$150,800	$71,270	$34,390	$17,890	$9,370	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Women's singles	$465,480^[3]	$254,124	$136,138	$35,723	$19,809	$10,950	$5,408	$2,951	$1,854
Women's doubles	$74,042^[4]	$39,184	$20,087	$10,042	$5,223	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Doubles prize money per team

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Ranking¹	Seed
SRB	Novak Djokovic	1	1
SUI	Stan Wawrinka	4	2
CZE	Tomáš Berdych	8	3
ESP	Roberto Bautista Agut	18	4
SRB	Viktor Troicki	21	5
ESP	Feliciano López	25	6
SVK	Martin Kližan	27	7
GER	Philipp Kohlschreiber	29	8

Rankings were as of February 15, 2016.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Roger Federer (knee injury) → replaced by Simone Bolelli
Janko Tipsarević → replaced by Denis Istomin

Retirements

Novak Djokovic (eye infection)
Nick Kyrgios (back pain)

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
NED	Jean-Julien Rojer	ROU	Horia Tecău	11	1
IND	Rohan Bopanna	ROU	Florin Mergea	20	2
CAN	Vasek Pospisil	SRB	Nenad Zimonjić	30	3
FIN	Henri Kontinen	AUS	John Peers	40	4

Rankings were as of February 15, 2016.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

Hyeon Chung / Jiří Veselý

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Ranking¹	Seed
ROU	Simona Halep	3	1
ESP	Garbiñe Muguruza	5	2
ESP	Carla Suárez Navarro	8	3
CZE	Petra Kvitová	9	4
SUI	Belinda Bencic	11	5
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	13	6
ITA	Roberta Vinci	16	7
RUS	Svetlana Kuznetsova	17	8

Rankings were as of February 8, 2016.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Timea Bacsinszky (gastrointestinal illness) → replaced by CoCo Vandeweghe
Angelique Kerber (right upper thigh injury) → replaced by Camila Giorgi
Peng Shuai (right hand injury) → replaced by Caroline Garcia
Agnieszka Radwańska (left leg injury) → replaced by Lesia Tsurenko
Lucie Šafářová (ongoing illness and bacterial infection) → replaced by Madison Brengle
Serena Williams (illness) → replaced by Barbora Strýcová
Caroline Wozniacki (left knee injury) → replaced by Daria Gavrilova

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
USA	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	KAZ	Yaroslava Shvedova	10	1
FRA	Caroline Garcia	FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	20	2
CZE	Andrea Hlaváčková	CZE	Lucie Hradecká	22	3
HUN	Tímea Babos	GER	Julia Görges	36	4

Rankings were as of February 8, 2016.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

References

↑ "2016 Dubai – Men's singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
↑ "2016 Dubai – Men's doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
↑ "Dubai women's singles". Archived from the original on 2017-05-02. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
↑ "Dubai women's doubles". Archived from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2016-02-14.

External links

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