2020 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's singles

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Men's singles
2020 Dubai Tennis Championships
Final
Champion Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic
Runner-up Flag of Greece.svg Stefanos Tsitsipas
Score6–3, 6–4
Details
Draw32 (4 Q / 3 WC )
Seeds8
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
  2019  · Dubai Tennis Championships ·  2021  

Roger Federer was the defending champion, [1] but withdrew from the tournament after undergoing surgery on his right knee. [2]

Contents

Novak Djokovic won the title, defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final, 6–3, 6–4. Djokovic saved three match points in his semifinal match against Gaël Monfils.

Seeds

  1. Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic (champion)
  2. Flag of Greece.svg Stefanos Tsitsipas (final)
  3. Flag of France.svg Gaël Monfils (semifinals)
  4. Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Fognini (first round)
  5. Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Bautista Agut (first round)
  6. Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Rublev (quarterfinals)
  7. Flag of Russia.svg Karen Khachanov (quarterfinals)
  8. Flag of France.svg Benoît Paire (second round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
1 Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic 2 7106
3 Flag of France.svg Gaël Monfils 6681
1 Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic 66
2 Flag of Greece.svg Stefanos Tsitsipas 3 4
  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dan Evans 2 3
2 Flag of Greece.svg Stefanos Tsitsipas 66

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Flag of Serbia.svg N Djokovic 66
WC Flag of Tunisia.svg M Jaziri 1 2 1 Flag of Serbia.svg N Djokovic 66
Flag of Germany.svg P Kohlschreiber 4 66 Flag of Germany.svg P Kohlschreiber 3 1
WC Flag of Egypt.svg M Safwat 64 0 1 Flag of Serbia.svg N Djokovic 66
WC Flag of India.svg P Gunneswaran 4 3 7 Flag of Russia.svg K Khachanov 2 2
Q Flag of Austria.svg D Novak 66Q Flag of Austria.svg D Novak 3 4
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg M Kukushkin 621 7 Flag of Russia.svg K Khachanov 66
7 Flag of Russia.svg K Khachanov 7761 Flag of Serbia.svg N Djokovic 2 7106
3 Flag of France.svg G Monfils 673 Flag of France.svg G Monfils 6681
Flag of Hungary.svg M Fucsovics 4 5 3 Flag of France.svg G Monfils 66
PR Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Y-h Lu 61 2 Q Flag of Japan.svg Y Uchiyama 1 2
Q Flag of Japan.svg Y Uchiyama 3 663 Flag of France.svg G Monfils 66
Q Flag of South Africa.svg L Harris 654 Flag of France.svg R Gasquet 3 3
Flag of France.svg R Gasquet 776 Flag of France.svg R Gasquet 66
Flag of Croatia.svg M Čilić 65 618 Flag of France.svg B Paire 4 4
8 Flag of France.svg B Paire 2 777

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6 Flag of Russia.svg A Rublev 66
Q Flag of Italy.svg L Musetti 4 4 6 Flag of Russia.svg A Rublev 776
Flag of Portugal.svg J Sousa 63 3 Flag of Serbia.svg F Krajinović 630
Flag of Serbia.svg F Krajinović 4 666 Flag of Russia.svg A Rublev 2 69
Flag of Japan.svg Y Nishioka 5 2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg D Evans 6711
Flag of France.svg P-H Herbert 76 Flag of France.svg P-H Herbert 5 667
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg D Evans 3 67 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg D Evans 73 79
4 Flag of Italy.svg F Fognini 64 5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg D Evans 2 3
5 Flag of Spain.svg R Bautista Agut 625 2 Flag of Greece.svg S Tsitsipas 66
Flag of Germany.svg J-L Struff 777 Flag of Germany.svg J-L Struff 66
Flag of Georgia.svg N Basilashvili 5 776 Flag of Georgia.svg N Basilashvili 1 0
Flag of Lithuania.svg R Berankis 7623 Flag of Germany.svg J-L Struff 64 4
Flag of Poland.svg H Hurkacz 2 5 2 Flag of Greece.svg S Tsitsipas 4 66
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg A Bublik 67 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg A Bublik 614
Flag of Spain.svg P Carreño Busta 611 2 Flag of Greece.svg S Tsitsipas 776
2 Flag of Greece.svg S Tsitsipas 776

Qualifying

Seeds

  1. Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Ymer (first round, retired)
  2. Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Kohlschreiber (moved to main draw)
  3. Flag of Japan.svg Yūichi Sugita (qualifying competition)
  4. Flag of South Africa.svg Lloyd Harris (qualified)
  5. Flag of Austria.svg Dennis Novak (qualified)
  6. Flag of Japan.svg Yasutaka Uchiyama (qualified)
  7. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alexei Popyrin (first round)
  8. Flag of Finland.svg Emil Ruusuvuori (qualifying competition, retired)

Qualifiers

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
1 Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Ymer 4 3r
  Flag of Russia.svg Evgeny Donskoy 63
  Flag of Russia.svg Evgeny Donskoy 6761
WC Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Musetti 7977
WC Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Musetti 677
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alexei Popyrin 3 61

Second qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
Alt Flag of Germany.svg Yannick Hanfmann 776
WC Flag of Ireland.svg Simon Carr 631
Alt Flag of Germany.svg Yannick Hanfmann 3 4
5 Flag of Austria.svg Dennis Novak 66
  Flag of Slovenia.svg Blaž Rola 63774
5 Flag of Austria.svg Dennis Novak 77636

Third qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
3 Flag of Japan.svg Yūichi Sugita 66
WC Flag of Greece.svg Petros Tsitsipas 3 2
3 Flag of Japan.svg Yūichi Sugita 4 67
6 Flag of Japan.svg Yasutaka Uchiyama 679
  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Zhizhen 7622r
6 Flag of Japan.svg Yasutaka Uchiyama 5 772

Fourth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
4 Flag of South Africa.svg Lloyd Harris 5 66
  Flag of Italy.svg Thomas Fabbiano 74 3
4 Flag of South Africa.svg Lloyd Harris 1
8 Flag of Finland.svg Emil Ruusuvuori 0r
  Flag of Germany.svg Peter Gojowczyk 5 0r
8 Flag of Finland.svg Emil Ruusuvuori 70

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