2020 Dubai Tennis Championships

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2020 Dubai Tennis Championships
Date17–22 February (women)
24–29 February (men)
Edition28th (men) / 20th (women)
Category ATP Tour 500 (men)
WTA Premier (women)
Draw32S / 16D (men)
30S / 28D (women)
Prize money$2,950,420 (men) (2020)
$2,643,670 (women) (2020)
Surface Hard, Outdoor
Location Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Venue Aviation Club Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic
Women's singles
Flag of Romania.svg Simona Halep
Men's doubles
Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Peers / Flag of New Zealand.svg Michael Venus
Women's doubles
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Su-wei / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Strýcová
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The 2020 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was an ATP Tour 500 event on the 2020 ATP Tour [1] and a Premier tournament on the 2020 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 17 to 22 and the men's tournament from February 24 to 29.

Contents

The Women's event was expanded to 30 places in the main draw, and 48 places in qualifying; following the cancellation of the Hungarian Ladies Open, which was scheduled in the same week as the Dubai Tennis Championships. [3]

Points

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1
Men's singles5003001809045020N/A100
Men's doubles0N/A4525
Women's singles4703051851005512518131
Women's doubles1N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRanking1Seed
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Novak Djokovic 11
Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Stefanos Tsitsipas 62
Flag of France.svg  FRA Gaël Monfils 93
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Fabio Fognini 114
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Roberto Bautista Agut 125
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Andrey Rublev 146
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Karen Khachanov 177
Flag of France.svg  FRA Benoît Paire 208

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

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

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg USA Rajeev Ram Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Joe Salisbury 111
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Ivan Dodig Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Filip Polášek 172
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Kevin Krawietz Flag of Germany.svg  GER Andreas Mies 253
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Wesley Koolhof Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Nikola Mektić 384

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRanking1Seed
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Simona Halep 21
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Karolína Plíšková 32
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Elina Svitolina 43
Flag of Switzerland.svg   SUI Belinda Bencic 54
Flag of the United States.svg USA Sofia Kenin 75
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Kiki Bertens 86
Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Aryna Sabalenka 137
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Petra Martić 158
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 169

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 from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Hsieh Su-wei Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Strýcová 31
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chan Hao-ching Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Latisha Chan 242
Flag of the United States.svg USA Nicole Melichar Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Xu Yifan 273
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Gabriela Dabrowski Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zhang Shuai 294
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Krejčiková Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zheng Saisai 335
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Květa Peschke Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Demi Schuurs 356
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Duan Yingying Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Veronika Kudermetova 427
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Shuko Aoyama Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Ena Shibahara 538

Other entrants

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

Withdrawals

During the tournament

Champions

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

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