2018 Dubai Tennis Championships

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2018 Dubai Tennis Championships
Date19–25 February (women)
26 February – 3 March (men)
Edition26th (men) / 18th (women)
Category ATP World Tour 500 (men)
WTA Premier (women)
Draw32S / 16D (men)
28S / 16D (women)
Prize money$ (ATP)
$2,000,000 (WTA)
Surface Hard, Outdoor
Location Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Venue Aviation Club Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Bautista Agut [1]
Women's singles
Flag of Ukraine.svg Elina Svitolina
Men's doubles
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jean-Julien Rojer / Flag of Romania.svg Horia Tecău [2]
Women's doubles
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Hao-ching / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Zhaoxuan
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The 2018 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was an ATP 500 event on the 2018 ATP World Tour and a WTA Premier event on the 2018 WTA Tour. Both events were held at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament took place from 19 February until 25 February 2018, while the men's tournament took place from 26 February through 3 March 2018.

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$254,124$136,138$35,723$19,809$10,950$5,408$2,951$1,854
Women's doubles$74,042$39,184$20,087$10,042$5,223
Doubles prize money per team

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRanking1Seed
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  BUL Grigor Dimitrov 41
Flag of France.svg  FRA Lucas Pouille 162
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Roberto Bautista Agut 223
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  BIH Damir Džumhur 294
Flag of France.svg  FRA Richard Gasquet 345
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Philipp Kohlschreiber 356
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Filip Krajinović 367
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Yūichi Sugita 418

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following player received entry as a special exempt:

The following players received entry using a protected ranking:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Henri Kontinen Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS John Peers 71
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Jean-Julien Rojer Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Horia Tecău 212
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Ivan Dodig Flag of the United States.svg USA Rajeev Ram 343
Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Raven Klaasen Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Michael Venus 444

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following pair received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRanking1Seed
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Elina Svitolina 31
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 42
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Karolína Plíšková 53
Flag of Latvia.svg  LAT Jeļena Ostapenko 64
Flag of France.svg  FRA Caroline Garcia 75
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Angelique Kerber 96
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Johanna Konta 117
Flag of France.svg  FRA Kristina Mladenovic 138

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:

Withdrawals

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Ekaterina Makarova Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Elena Vesnina 61
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Latisha Chan Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková 72
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Lucie Šafářová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Strýcová 223
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Hsieh Su-wei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Peng Shuai 414

Other entrants

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

Withdrawals

During the tournament

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References

  1. "2018 Dubai – Men's singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. "2018 Dubai – Men's doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).