2014 Dubai Tennis Championships

2014 Dubai Tennis Championships
Date	24 February – 1 March (men) 17 – 22 February (women)
Edition	22nd (men) / 14th (women)
Category	ATP World Tour 500 WTA Premier event
Draw	32S / 16D 28S / 16D
Prize money	$1,928,340 (ATP) $2,000,000 (WTA)
Surface	Hard
Location	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Venue	Aviation Club Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
Roger Federer
Women's singles
Venus Williams
Men's doubles
Rohan Bopanna / Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Women's doubles
Alla Kudryavtseva / Anastasia Rodionova
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The 2014 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the 2014 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a 500 event on the 2014 ATP World Tour and a Premier event on the 2014 WTA Tour. Both of the events took place at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament took place February 17 to 22, while the men's tournament took place from February 24 to March 1.

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	10	0	N/A
Men's doubles					N/A	0		0		N/A
Women's singles	470	305	185	100	55	1	25	18	13	1
Women's doubles					1	N/A	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	$465,830	$210,020	$99,480	$48,005	$24,475	$13,460	$1,515	$835	N/A
Men's doubles *	$137,620	$62,090	$29,280	$14,150	$7,270	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Women's singles	$471,841	$251,648	$135,064	$34,891	$18,712	$11,888	$5,387	$2,835	$1,607
Women's doubles *	$71,820	$37,801	$20,791	$10,584	$5,736	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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ATP singles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
SRB	Novak Djokovic	2	1
ARG	Juan Martín del Potro	5	2
CZE	Tomáš Berdych	6	3
SUI	Roger Federer	8	4
FRA	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	10	5
RUS	Mikhail Youzhny	16	6
GER	Philipp Kohlschreiber	25	7
RUS	Dmitry Tursunov	28	8

• Rankings are as of February 17, 2014.

Other entrants[]

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Somdev Devvarman
• Malek Jaziri
• James Ward

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Marius Copil
• Thiemo de Bakker
• Lukáš Lacko
• Adrian Ungur

Retirements[]

• Juan Martín del Potro (wrist injury)

Withdrawals[]

During the tournament

• Nikolay Davydenko (left rib injury)
• Mikhail Youzhny (illness)

ATP doubles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
CAN	Daniel Nestor	SRB	Nenad Zimonjić	30	1
IND	Rohan Bopanna	PAK	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	36	2
POL	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	POL	Marcin Matkowski	42	3
CRO	Ivan Dodig	RUS	Mikhail Youzhny	69	4

• Rankings are as of February 17, 2014.

Other entrants[]

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Omar Alawadhi / Hamad Abbas Janahi
• Novak Djokovic / Carlos Gómez-Herrera

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Nikolay Davydenko / Victor Hănescu

Withdrawals[]

During the tournament

• Juan Martín del Potro (wrist injury)

WTA singles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
USA	Serena Williams	1	1
POL	Agnieszka Radwańska	4	2
CZE	Petra Kvitová	6	3
ITA	Sara Errani	7	4
SRB	Jelena Janković	8	5
GER	Angelique Kerber	9	6
ROU	Simona Halep	10	7
DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	11	8

• Rankings are as of February 10, 2014.

Other entrants[]

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Nadia Petrova
• Serena Williams^[1]
• Venus Williams^[1]

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Annika Beck
• Flavia Pennetta
• Karolína Plíšková
• Maryna Zanevska

Withdrawals[]

Before the tournament

• Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by Alizé Cornet

Retirements[]

• Simona Halep (right ankle injury)

WTA doubles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ITA	Sara Errani	ITA	Roberta Vinci	2	1
RUS	Ekaterina Makarova	RUS	Elena Vesnina	12	2
CZE	Květa Peschke	SLO	Katarina Srebotnik	17	3
ZIM	Cara Black	IND	Sania Mirza	22	4

• Rankings are as of February 10, 2014.

Other entrants[]

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Kirsten Flipkens / Petra Kvitová
• Flavia Pennetta / Samantha Stosur
• Serena Williams / Venus Williams

Withdrawals[]

Before the tournament

• Kristýna Plíšková (visa issues)

Champions[]

Men's singles[]

• Roger Federer def. Tomáš Berdych, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3

Women's singles[]

• Venus Williams def. Alizé Cornet, 6–3, 6–0

Men's doubles[]

• Rohan Bopanna / Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi def. Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić, 6–4, 6–3

Women's doubles[]

• Alla Kudryavtseva / Anastasia Rodionova def. Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears, 6–2, 5–7, [10–8]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website