The 2017 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the 2017 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was an ATP 500 event on the 2017 ATP World Tour and a WTA Premier 5 on the 2017 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 20 to 26, 2017 while the men's tournament took place from February 27 through March 4, 2017.
Points and prize money
Point distribution EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 56QQ2Q1 Men's singles50030018090450rowspan=2 20100 Men's doubles0 4525 Women's singles90058535019010560130201 1
Prize money
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 56Q2Q1Men's singles$523,330$256,565$129,100$65,655$34,100$17,980rowspan=2 $3,980$2,030$157,570$77,140$38,690$19,860$10,270Women's singles$457,245$243,621$121,690$56,115$27,790$14,265$7,335$4,080$2,099$139,300$70,480$34,880$17,560$8,900$4,395 Doubles prize money per team
ATP singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Ranking1 SeedAndy Murray11Stan Wawrinka32Roger Federer93Gaël Monfils124Tomáš Berdych145Roberto Bautista Agut156Lucas Pouille177Gilles Müller278 Rankings are as of February 20, 2017.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Omar Alawadhi Roberto Bautista Agut Mohamed Safwat
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Marius Copil Evgeny Donskoy Denis Istomin Lukáš Rosol
The following player received entry as a lucky loser: Andreas Seppi
Withdrawals Before the tournament Marcos Baghdatis → replaced by Guillermo García López Florian Mayer → replaced by Andreas Seppi
Retirements Lukáš Rosol (left leg injury)
ATP doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedHenri KontinenJohn Peers111Ivan DodigMarcel Granollers272Daniel NestorÉdouard Roger-Vasselin363Jean-Julien RojerHoria Tecău454 Rankings are as of February 20, 2017.
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Omar Alawadhi / Amirvala Madanchi James McGee / David O'Hare
The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw: James Cerretani / Philipp Oswald
Withdrawals During the tournament Lucas Pouille (bicep strain)
WTA singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Ranking1 SeedAngelique Kerber21Karolína Plíšková32Dominika Cibulková53Agnieszka Radwańska64Garbiñe Muguruza75Johanna Konta106Elina Svitolina137Elena Vesnina168Barbora Strýcová179Caroline Wozniacki1810CoCo Vandeweghe2011Samantha Stosur2112Kiki Bertens2213Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova2314Caroline Garcia2415Roberta Vinci2516Yulia Putintseva2717 Rankings were as of February 13, 2017.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Mona Barthel Çağla Büyükakçay Peng Shuai
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Chang Kai-chen Ons Jabeur Elise Mertens Aryna Sabalenka Sílvia Soler Espinosa Zhang Kailin Zheng Saisai Zhu Lin
The following player received entry as a lucky loser: Mandy Minella
Withdrawals Timea Bacsinszky → replaced by Catherine Bellis Eugenie Bouchard → replaced by Kristýna Plíšková Louisa Chirico → replaced by Madison Brengle Alizé Cornet → replaced by Lara Arruabarrena Sara Errani → replaced by Lesia Tsurenko Simona Halep → replaced by Jelena Janković Johanna Konta → replaced by Mandy Minella Karin Knapp → replaced by Johanna Larsson Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by Viktorija Golubic Monica Niculescu → replaced by Wang Qiang Carla Suárez Navarro → replaced by Tsvetana Pironkova
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedCaroline GarciaKristina Mladenovic61Ekaterina MakarovaElena Vesnina112Sania MirzaBarbora Strýcová193Chan Yung-janMartina Hingis214Chan Hao-chingYaroslava Shvedova245Andrea HlaváčkováPeng Shuai266Abigail SpearsKatarina Srebotnik467Lucie HradeckáKateřina Siniaková488 Rankings were as of February 13, 2017.
Other entrants The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw: Fatma Al-Nabhani / Mona Barthel
Finals
Men's singles
Andy Murray defeated Fernando Verdasco, 6–3, 6–2
Women's singles
Elina Svitolina defeated Caroline Wozniacki, 6–4, 6–2
Men's doubles
Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău defeated Rohan Bopanna / Marcin Matkowski, 4–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Women's doubles
Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina defeated Andrea Hlaváčková / Peng Shuai, 6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
References
External links Official website ATP tournament profile