2022 Dubai Tennis Championships

2022 Dubai Tennis Championships
Date	14–19 February (women) 21 – 26 February (men)
Edition	30th (men) / 22nd (women)
Category	ATP Tour 500 (men) WTA 500 (women)
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$2,949,665 (men) $703,580 (women)
Surface	Hard, Outdoor
Location	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Venue	Aviation Club Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
Andrey Rublev
Women's singles
Jeļena Ostapenko
Men's doubles
Tim Pütz / Michael Venus
Women's doubles
Veronika Kudermetova / Elise Mertens
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The 2022 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was an ATP 500 event on the 2022 ATP Tour ^[1] and a WTA 500 tournament on the 2022 WTA Tour. ^[2] Both events were held at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament took place from February 14 to 19 and the men's tournament from February 21 to 26.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Men's singles	500	300	180	90	45	0	20	—N/a	10	0
Men's doubles					0	—N/a	45	—N/a	25
Women's singles	470	305	185	100	55	1	25	18	13	1
Women's doubles							—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q3	Q2	Q1
Men's singles	$523,740	$282,300	$149,870	$76,570	$40,875	$21,800	—N/a	$11,170	$6,270
Men's doubles*	$171,670	$91,560	$46,320	$23,160	$11,720	—N/a		—N/a	—N/a
Women's singles	$104,180	$64,800	$37,500	$17,500	$9,000	$6,200	$3,000	$2,000	$1,500
Women's doubles*	$36,200	$22,000	$12,500	$6,500	$3,900	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a

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Champions

Men's singles

Main article: 2022 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's singles

• Andrey Rublev def. Jiří Veselý 6–3, 6–4

Women's singles

Main article: 2022 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's singles

• Jeļena Ostapenko def. Veronika Kudermetova, 6–0, 6–4

Men's doubles

Main article: 2022 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

• Tim Pütz / Michael Venus def. Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić, 6–3, 6–7^(5–7), [16–14]

Women's doubles

Main article: 2022 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's doubles

• Veronika Kudermetova / Elise Mertens def. Lyudmyla Kichenok / Jeļena Ostapenko 6–1, 6–3

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
SRB	Novak Djokovic	1	1
RUS	Andrey Rublev	7	2
CAN	Félix Auger-Aliassime	9	3
ITA	Jannik Sinner	10	4
POL	Hubert Hurkacz	11	5
CAN	Denis Shapovalov	12	6
RUS	Aslan Karatsev	15	7
ESP	Roberto Bautista Agut	16	8

• Rankings are as of February 14, 2022.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Malek Jaziri
• Andy Murray
• Lorenzo Musetti

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Ričardas Berankis
• Taro Daniel
• Christopher O'Connell
• Jiří Veselý

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Alex Molčan
• Alexei Popyrin

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Félix Auger-Aliassime → replaced by Alexei Popyrin
• Borna Ćorić → replaced by Jan-Lennard Struff
• Gaël Monfils → replaced by Kwon Soon-woo
• Botic van de Zandschulp → replaced by Alex Molčan

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
CRO	Nikola Mektić	CRO	Mate Pavić	3	1
USA	Rajeev Ram	GBR	Joe Salisbury	7	2
AUS	John Peers	SVK	Filip Polášek	18	3
GER	Tim Pütz	NZL	Michael Venus	31	4

• Rankings are as of February 14, 2022.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Abdulrahman Al Janahi / Omar Alawadhi
• Saketh Myneni / Ramkumar Ramanathan

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Alexander Bublik / Altuğ Çelikbilek

The following pairs received entry as lucky losers:

• Dan Evans / Ken Skupski
• Jonathan Erlich / Jan-Lennard Struff

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Marin Čilić / Ivan Dodig → replaced by Jonathan Erlich / Jan-Lennard Struff
• Karen Khachanov / Andrey Rublev → replaced by Dan Evans / Ken Skupski

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Ranking1	Seed
BLR	Aryna Sabalenka	2	1
CZE	Barbora Krejčíková	3	2
ESP	Paula Badosa	5	3
ESP	Garbiñe Muguruza	6	4
GRE	Maria Sakkari	7	5
POL	Iga Świątek	8	6
EST	Anett Kontaveit	9	7
TUN	Ons Jabeur	10	8
USA	Danielle Collins	11	9
UKR	Elina Svitolina	15	10

• Rankings are as of February 7, 2022.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Caroline Garcia
• Alison Riske
• Mayar Sherif
• Vera Zvonareva

The following player received special exempts into the main draw:

• Irina-Camelia Begu

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Varvara Gracheva
• Marta Kostyuk
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse
• Kateřina Siniaková
• Markéta Vondroušová
• Dayana Yastremska

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Jil Teichmann
• Ajla Tomljanović

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Belinda Bencic → replaced by Veronika Kudermetova
• Angelique Kerber → replaced by Elise Mertens
• Anett Kontaveit → replaced by Ajla Tomljanović
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by Camila Giorgi
• Karolína Plíšková → replaced by Jeļena Ostapenko
• Elena Rybakina → replaced by Danielle Collins
• Maria Sakkari → replaced by Jil Teichmann

During the tournament

• Markéta Vondroušová (right adductor injury)

Retirements

• Danielle Collins (dizziness)

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
JPN	Ena Shibahara	CHN	Zhang Shuai	12	1
RUS	Veronika Kudermetova	BEL	Elise Mertens	13	2
CHI	Alexa Guarachi	CRO	Darija Jurak Schreiber	23	3
CAN	Gabriela Dabrowski	MEX	Giuliana Olmos	28	4

• Rankings are as of February 7, 2022.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Lucie Hradecká / Sania Mirza
• Eden Silva / Kimberley Zimmermann

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Alexa Guarachi / Nicole Melichar-Martinez → replaced by Alexa Guarachi / Darija Jurak Schreiber

References

1. "Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Overview". atpworldtour.com.
2. "Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Overview". wtatennis.com.

External links

• Official website