2016 Dubai Tennis Championships

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2016 Dubai Tennis Championships
Date15–20 February (women)
22–27 February (men)
Edition24th (men) / 16th (women)
Category ATP World Tour 500 (men)
WTA Premier (women)
Draw32S / 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
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stan Wawrinka [1]
Women's singles
Flag of Italy.svg Sara Errani
Men's doubles
Flag of Italy.svg Simone Bolelli / Flag of Italy.svg Andreas Seppi [2]
Women's doubles
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chuang Chia-jung / Flag of Croatia.svg 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

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1
Men's singles5003001809045020100
Men's doubles04525
Women's singles4703051851005512518131
Women's doubles1

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q3Q2Q1
Men's singles$511,750$240,340$119,340$59,670$30,235$15,910$2,655$1,460
Men's doubles$150,800$71,270$34,390$17,890$9,370
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
Doubles prize money per team

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRanking1Seed
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Novak Djokovic 11
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI Stan Wawrinka 42
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Tomáš Berdych 83
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Roberto Bautista Agut 184
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Viktor Troicki 215
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Feliciano López 256
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Martin Kližan 277
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Philipp Kohlschreiber 298

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

Retirements

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Jean-Julien Rojer Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Horia Tecău 111
Flag of India.svg  IND Rohan Bopanna Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Florin Mergea 202
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Vasek Pospisil Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Nenad Zimonjić 303
Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Henri Kontinen Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS John Peers 404

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRanking1Seed
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Simona Halep 31
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 52
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 83
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Petra Kvitová 94
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI Belinda Bencic 115
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Karolína Plíšková 136
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Roberta Vinci 167
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 178

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

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova 101
Flag of France.svg  FRA Caroline Garcia Flag of France.svg  FRA Kristina Mladenovic 202
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Andrea Hlaváčková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Lucie Hradecká 223
Flag of Hungary.svg  HUN Tímea Babos Flag of Germany.svg  GER Julia Görges 364

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

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