Simona Halep defeated Elena Rybakina in the final, 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5) to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2020 Dubai Tennis Championships. It was her 20th WTA Tour singles title. Halep saved a match point en route to the title, against Ons Jabeur in the second round.
Belinda Bencic was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
This tournament marked the return of former world No. 1 Kim Clijsters, who lost to Garbiñe Muguruza in the first round. It was Clijsters' first professional match since August 29, 2012.
Seeds The top two seeds received a bye into the second round.
Draw
Finals
Top half
Bottom half
Qualifying
Seeds
Qualifiers
Lucky loser
Qualifying draw
First qualifier
Second qualifier
Third qualifier
Fourth qualifier
Fifth qualifier
Sixth qualifier
References
External links Main draw Qualifying draw