2017 Dubai Tennis Championships

Last updated January 25, 2026

2017 Dubai Tennis Championships
Date	20–26 February (women) 27 February – 4 March (men)
Edition	25th (men) / 17th (women)
Category	ATP World Tour 500 (men) WTA Premier 5 (women)
Draw	32S / 16D (men) 56S / 28D (women)
Prize money	$ (ATP) $2,666,000 (WTA)
Surface	Hard, Outdoor
Location	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Venue	Aviation Club Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
Andy Murray ^[1]
Women's singles
Elina Svitolina
Men's doubles
Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău ^[2]
Women's doubles
Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina

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The 2017 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the 2017 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was an ATP 500 event on the 2017 ATP World Tour and a WTA Premier 5 on the 2017 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 20 to 26, 2017 while the men's tournament took place from February 27 through March 4, 2017.

Contents

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	N/a	20	10	0
Men's doubles	500	300	180	90	0	N/a	N/a	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	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a

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	N/a	$3,980	$2,030
Men's doubles	$157,570	$77,140	$38,690	$19,860	$10,270	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Women's singles	$457,245	$243,621	$121,690	$56,115	$27,790	$14,265	$7,335	$4,080	$2,099
Women's doubles	$139,300	$70,480	$34,880	$17,560	$8,900	$4,395	N/a	N/a	N/a
Doubles prize money per team

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Ranking¹	Seed
GBR	Andy Murray	1	1
SUI	Stan Wawrinka	3	2
SUI	Roger Federer	9	3
FRA	Gaël Monfils	12	4
CZE	Tomáš Berdych	14	5
ESP	Roberto Bautista Agut	15	6
FRA	Lucas Pouille	17	7
LUX	Gilles Müller	27	8

Rankings are as of February 20, 2017.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Andreas Seppi

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Marcos Baghdatis → replaced by Guillermo García López
Florian Mayer → replaced by Andreas Seppi

Retirements

Lukáš Rosol (left leg injury)

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
FIN	Henri Kontinen	AUS	John Peers	11	1
CRO	Ivan Dodig	ESP	Marcel Granollers	27	2
CAN	Daniel Nestor	FRA	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	36	3
NED	Jean-Julien Rojer	ROU	Horia Tecău	45	4

Rankings are as of February 20, 2017.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

James Cerretani / Philipp Oswald

Withdrawals

During the tournament

Lucas Pouille (bicep strain)

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Ranking¹	Seed
GER	Angelique Kerber	2	1
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	3	2
SVK	Dominika Cibulková	5	3
POL	Agnieszka Radwańska	6	4
ESP	Garbiñe Muguruza	7	5
~~GBR~~	~~Johanna Konta~~	10	6
UKR	Elina Svitolina	13	7
RUS	Elena Vesnina	16	8
CZE	Barbora Strýcová	17	9
DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	18	10
USA	CoCo Vandeweghe	20	11
AUS	Samantha Stosur	21	12
NED	Kiki Bertens	22	13
RUS	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	23	14
FRA	Caroline Garcia	24	15
ITA	Roberta Vinci	25	16
KAZ	Yulia Putintseva	27	17

Rankings were as of February 13, 2017.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Mandy Minella

Withdrawals

Timea Bacsinszky → replaced by Catherine Bellis
Eugenie Bouchard → replaced by Kristýna Plíšková
Louisa Chirico → replaced by Madison Brengle
Alizé Cornet → replaced by Lara Arruabarrena
Sara Errani → replaced by Lesia Tsurenko
Simona Halep → replaced by Jelena Janković
Johanna Konta → replaced by Mandy Minella
Karin Knapp → replaced by Johanna Larsson
Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by Viktorija Golubic
Monica Niculescu → replaced by Wang Qiang
Carla Suárez Navarro → replaced by Tsvetana Pironkova

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
FRA	Caroline Garcia	FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	6	1
RUS	Ekaterina Makarova	RUS	Elena Vesnina	11	2
IND	Sania Mirza	CZE	Barbora Strýcová	19	3
TPE	Chan Yung-jan	SUI	Martina Hingis	21	4
TPE	Chan Hao-ching	KAZ	Yaroslava Shvedova	24	5
CZE	Andrea Hlaváčková	CHN	Peng Shuai	26	6
USA	Abigail Spears	SLO	Katarina Srebotnik	46	7
CZE	Lucie Hradecká	CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	48	8

Rankings were as of February 13, 2017.

Other entrants

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

Fatma Al-Nabhani / Mona Barthel

Finals

Men's singles

Andy Murray defeated Fernando Verdasco, 6–3, 6–2

Women's singles

Elina Svitolina defeated Caroline Wozniacki, 6–4, 6–2

Men's doubles

Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău defeated Rohan Bopanna / Marcin Matkowski, 4–6, 6–3, [10–3]

Women's doubles

Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina defeated Andrea Hlaváčková / Peng Shuai, 6–2, 4–6, [10–7]

References

↑ "2017 Dubai – Men's singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
↑ "2017 Dubai – Men's doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

External links

Dubai Tennis Championships

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