The 2015 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the 2015 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was an ATP 500 event on the 2015 ATP World Tour and a WTA Premier 5 on the 2015 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 15 to 21, 2015, while the men's tournament took place from February 23 to 28, 2015.
Finals
Men's singles
Roger Federer defeated Novak Djokovic, 6–3, 7–5
Women's singles
Simona Halep defeated Karolína Plíšková, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Men's doubles
Rohan Bopanna / Daniel Nestor defeated Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi / Nenad Zimonjić, 6–4, 6–1
Women's doubles
Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic defeated Garbiñe Muguruza / Carla Suárez Navarro, 6–3, 6–2
Points and prize money
Point distribution EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64QQ2Q1 Men's singles50030018090450rowspan=2 20100 Men's doubles 0 Women's singles90058535019010560130201 1
Prize money EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Q2Q1Men's singles$505,000$227,640$107,830$52,030$26,530$14,590rowspan=2 $910 $149,170$67,300$31,730$15,340$7,870 Women's singles$456,000Women's singles main draw $227,860$113,850$52,430$26,000$13,340$7,474$3,820Women's singles qualifying draw$1,965$130,300Women's doubles main draw$65,920$32,740$16,420$8,290$4,115 Doubles prize money per team
ATP singles main-draw entrants Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedNovak Djokovic11Roger Federer22Andy Murray43Tomáš Berdych84Ernests Gulbis135Feliciano López146Roberto Bautista Agut167David Goffin208 Rankings are as of February 16, 2015.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Marcos Baghdatis James McGee Alexander Zverev
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Marsel İlhan Fabrice Martin Lucas Pouille James Ward
The following player received entry as a lucky loser: Borna Ćorić
Withdrawals Before the tournament Philipp Kohlschreiber (illness) → replaced by Borna Ćorić Nick Kyrgios (back injury) → replaced by Sergiy Stakhovsky
Retirements Marcos Baghdatis (cramping) Richard Gasquet (lower back pain)
ATP doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedBob BryanMike Bryan21Jean-Julien RojerHoria Tecău202Vasek PospisilÉdouard Roger-Vasselin223Rohan BopannaDaniel Nestor304 Rankings are as of February 16, 2015.
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Laslo Djere / Novak Djokovic Roger Federer / Michael Lammer
The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw: Jamie Murray / John Peers
The following pair received entry as lucky losers: Andrey Golubev / Denis Istomin
Withdrawals Before the tournament Philipp Kohlschreiber (illness)
WTA singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 Seed Simona Halep31Petra Kvitová42Caroline Wozniacki53Ana Ivanovic64Agnieszka Radwańska85Ekaterina Makarova96Angelique Kerber107Venus Williams118Andrea Petkovic129Flavia Pennetta1410Lucie Šafářová1511Jelena Janković1612Carla Suárez Navarro1713Dominika Cibulková1814Alizé Cornet1915Peng Shuai2116Karolína Plíšková2217 Rankings are as of February 9, 2015.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Eugenie Bouchard Çağla Büyükakçay Casey Dellacqua Daniela Hantuchová Flavia Pennetta
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw: Vera Zvonareva
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Tímea Babos Yuliya Beygelzimer Gabriela Dabrowski Jarmila Gajdošová Kateryna Kozlova Mirjana Lučić-Baroni Arina Rodionova Wang Qiang
The following players received entry as lucky losers: Julia Görges Kateřina Siniaková Elena Vesnina
Withdrawals Before the tournament Eugenie Bouchard (arm injury) → replaced by Kateřina Siniaková Dominika Cibulková → replaced by Elena Vesnina Varvara Lepchenko → replaced by Monica Puig Serena Williams (illness) → replaced by Julia Görges
Retirements Kaia Kanepi CoCo Vandeweghe
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedHsieh Su-weiSania Mirza111Ekaterina MakarovaElena Vesnina162Martina HingisFlavia Pennetta173Peng ShuaiKvěta Peschke204Raquel Kops-JonesAbigail Spears225Garbiñe MuguruzaCarla Suárez Navarro296Caroline GarciaKatarina Srebotnik437Tímea BabosKristina Mladenovic448 Rankings are as of February 9, 2015.
Other entrants The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw: Fatma Al-Nabhani / Mona Barthel
The following pair received entry as alternates: Aleksandrina Naydenova / Evgeniya Rodina
Withdrawals Before the tournament Karin Knapp (illness)
References
External links Official website ATP tournament profile