2018 Dubai Tennis Championships

This article does not cite any sources. Please help by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources:  –  ·  ·  · scholar · JSTOR (January 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

2018 Dubai Tennis Championships
Date	19–25 February (women) 26 February – 3 March (men)
Edition	26th (men) / 18th (women)
Category	ATP World Tour 500 (men) WTA Premier (women)
Draw	32S / 16D (men) 28S / 16D (women)
Prize money	$ (ATP) $2,000,000 (WTA)
Surface	Hard, Outdoor
Location	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Venue	Aviation Club Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
Roberto Bautista Agut
Women's singles
Elina Svitolina
Men's doubles
Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău
Women's doubles
Chan Hao-ching / Yang Zhaoxuan
← 2017 · Dubai Tennis Championships · 2019 →

The 2018 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was an ATP 500 event on the 2018 ATP World Tour and a WTA Premier event on the 2018 WTA Tour. Both events were held at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament took place from February 19 to 25, while the men's tournament took place from February 26 through March 3.

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		25
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	$511,750	$240,340	$119,340	$59,670	$30,235	$15,910	N/A	$2,655	$1,460
Men's doubles*	$150,800	$71,270	$34,390	$17,890	$9,370	N/A		N/A	N/A
Women's singles	$465,480	$254,124	$136,138	$35,723	$19,809	$10,950	$5,408	$2,951	$1,854
Women's doubles*	$74,042	$39,184	$20,087	$10,042	$5,223	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

_{*per team}

ATP singles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Ranking1	Seed
BUL	Grigor Dimitrov	4	1
FRA	Lucas Pouille	16	2
ESP	Roberto Bautista Agut	22	3
BIH	Damir Džumhur	29	4
FRA	Richard Gasquet	34	5
GER	Philipp Kohlschreiber	35	6
SRB	Filip Krajinović	36	7
JPN	Yūichi Sugita	41	8

• Rankings are as of February 19, 2018.

Other entrants[]

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Marcos Baghdatis
• Malek Jaziri
• Stefanos Tsitsipas

The following player received entry as a special exempt:

• Ilya Ivashka

The following players received entry using a protected ranking:

• Andreas Haider-Maurer
• Yoshihito Nishioka

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Ernests Gulbis
• Quentin Halys
• Yannick Maden
• Gleb Sakharov

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Blaž Kavčič

Withdrawals[]

Before the tournament

• Paolo Lorenzi → replaced by Blaž Kavčič

ATP doubles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
FIN	Henri Kontinen	AUS	John Peers	7	1
NED	Jean-Julien Rojer	ROU	Horia Tecău	21	2
CRO	Ivan Dodig	USA	Rajeev Ram	34	3
RSA	Raven Klaasen	NZL	Michael Venus	44	4

• Rankings are as of February 19, 2018.

Other entrants[]

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• James Cerretani / Leander Paes
• Denis Istomin / Daniel Nestor

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Jan-Lennard Struff / Viktor Troicki

The following pair received entry as lucky losers:

• Andreas Haider-Maurer / Florian Mayer

Withdrawals[]

Before the tournament

• Karen Khachanov

WTA singles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Ranking1	Seed
UKR	Elina Svitolina	3	1
ESP	Garbiñe Muguruza	4	2
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	5	3
LAT	Jeļena Ostapenko	6	4
FRA	Caroline Garcia	7	5
GER	Angelique Kerber	9	6
GBR	Johanna Konta	11	7
FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	13	8

• Rankings are as of February 12, 2018.

Other entrants[]

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Catherine Bellis
• Johanna Konta
• Naomi Osaka
• Jeļena Ostapenko

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Sara Errani
• Samantha Stosur
• Lesia Tsurenko
• Sofya Zhuk

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Wang Qiang

Withdrawals[]

• Ashleigh Barty → replaced by Ekaterina Makarova
• Julia Görges → replaced by Carla Suárez Navarro
• Madison Keys → replaced by Elise Mertens
• Petra Kvitová → replaced by Wang Qiang
• Mirjana Lučić-Baroni → replaced by Anett Kontaveit

WTA doubles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
RUS	Ekaterina Makarova	RUS	Elena Vesnina	6	1
TPE	Latisha Chan	CZE	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková	7	2
CZE	Lucie Šafářová	CZE	Barbora Strýcová	22	3
TPE	Hsieh Su-wei	CHN	Peng Shuai	41	4

• Rankings are as of February 12, 2018.

Other entrants[]

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

• Lisa Ponomar / Eden Silva

Withdrawals[]

During the tournament

• Lucie Šafářová

Champions[]

Men's singles[]

• Roberto Bautista Agut def. Lucas Pouille, 6–3, 6–4

Women's singles[]

• Elina Svitolina def. Daria Kasatkina, 6–4, 6–0

Men's doubles[]

• Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău def. James Cerretani / Leander Paes, 6–2, 7–6^(7–2)

Women's doubles[]

• Chan Hao-ching / Yang Zhaoxuan def. Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai, 4–6, 6–2, [10–6]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website