2021 Dubai Tennis Championships

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2021 Dubai Tennis Championships
Date7–13 March (women)
14–20 March (men)
Edition29th (men) / 21st (women)
Category ATP World Tour 500 (men)
WTA 1000 (women)
Draw48S / 16D (men)
56S / 28D (women)
Prize money$1,897,805 (men)
$1,835,490 (women)
Surface Hard, Outdoor
Location Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Venue Aviation Club Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of Russia.svg Aslan Karatsev
Women's singles
Flag of Spain.svg Garbiñe Muguruza
Men's doubles
Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Sebastián Cabal / Flag of Colombia.svg Robert Farah
Women's doubles
Flag of Chile.svg Alexa Guarachi / Flag of Croatia.svg Darija Jurak
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The 2021 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was an ATP 500 event on the 2021 ATP Tour [1] and a WTA 1000 tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour. [2] Both events were originally scheduled for February 15 to 21 and February 22 to 28 for women's and men's tournaments, respectively. They were rescheduled to March 7 to 13 and March 14 to 20 due to the Australian Open reschedule and were held at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Contents

Champions

Men's singles

This was Karatsev's first ATP Tour singles title.

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRanking1Seed
Flag of Austria.svg AUT Dominic Thiem 41
Flag of Russia.svg RUS Andrey Rublev 82
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg CAN Denis Shapovalov 113
Flag of Spain.svg ESP Roberto Bautista Agut 134
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg BEL David Goffin 145
Flag of Spain.svg ESP Pablo Carreño Busta 166
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Stan Wawrinka 207
Flag of Russia.svg RUS Karen Khachanov 218
Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS Alex de Minaur 239
Flag of Croatia.svg CRO Borna Ćorić 2410
Flag of Serbia.svg SRB Dušan Lajović 2711
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR Dan Evans 2812
Flag of Poland.svg POL Hubert Hurkacz 3013
Flag of Serbia.svg SRB Filip Krajinović 3214
Flag of the United States.svg USA Taylor Fritz 3315
Flag of Italy.svg ITA Jannik Sinner 3416
Flag of Italy.svg ITA Lorenzo Sonego 3517

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following player received entry using as a special exempt:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Colombia.svg COL Juan Sebastián Cabal Flag of Colombia.svg COL Robert Farah 31
Flag of Croatia.svg CRO Nikola Mektić Flag of Croatia.svg CRO Mate Pavić 72
Flag of the Netherlands.svg NED Wesley Koolhof Flag of Poland.svg POL Łukasz Kubot 193
Flag of Croatia.svg CRO Ivan Dodig Flag of Slovakia.svg SVK Filip Polášek 194

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRanking1Seed
Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR Elina Svitolina 51
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE Karolína Plíšková 62
Flag of Belarus.svg BLR Aryna Sabalenka 83
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE Petra Kvitová 104
Flag of the Netherlands.svg NED Kiki Bertens 115
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Belinda Bencic 126
Flag of Belarus.svg BLR Victoria Azarenka 147
Flag of Poland.svg POL Iga Świątek 158
Flag of Spain.svg ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 169
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg BEL Elise Mertens 1810
Flag of the United States.svg USA Madison Keys 1911
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE Markéta Vondroušová 2012
Flag of Croatia.svg CRO Petra Martić 2113
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg KAZ Elena Rybakina 2314
Flag of Estonia.svg EST Anett Kontaveit 2415
Flag of Greece.svg GRE Maria Sakkari 2516

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg BEL Elise Mertens Flag of Belarus.svg BLR Aryna Sabalenka 31
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE Barbora Krejčíková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE Kateřina Siniaková 152
Flag of the United States.svg USA Nicole Melichar Flag of the Netherlands.svg NED Demi Schuurs 233
Flag of Japan.svg JPN Shuko Aoyama Flag of Japan.svg JPN Ena Shibahara 294
Flag of Hungary.svg HUN Tímea Babos Flag of Russia.svg RUS Veronika Kudermetova 325
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg CAN Gabriela Dabrowski Flag of the United States.svg USA Coco Gauff 576
Flag of the United States.svg USA Hayley Carter Flag of Brazil.svg BRA Luisa Stefani 617
Flag of Chile.svg CHI Alexa Guarachi Flag of Croatia.svg CRO Darija Jurak 638

Other entrants

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

The following pairs received entry into the doubles main draw using protected rankings:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

References

  1. ↑ "Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Overview". atpworldtour.com.
  2. ↑ "Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Overview". wtatennis.com.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Women's Singles Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Official website Retrieved 05 March 2021
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