2019 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's Singles

She saved six match points en route to the title, in the third round against Aryna Sabalenka. For the second time in her career, Bencic defeated four consecutive top-ten players en route to a Premier 5 title. This was her first WTA singles title since winning the Premier 5 Rogers Cup title in 2015, and lifted her back inside the top 25 in rankings for the first time in over two and a half years.

Women's singles
2019 Dubai Tennis Championships
Final
Champion	Belinda Bencic
Runner-up	Petra Kvitová
Score	6–3, 1–6, 6–2
Details
Draw	56
Seeds	16
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
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Elina Svitolina was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Bencic.

The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.

Key

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
		Carla Suárez Navarro	2	3
	6	Elina Svitolina	6	6
								6	Elina Svitolina	2	6	63
									Belinda Bencic	6	3	77
	3	Simona Halep	6	4	2
		Belinda Bencic	4	6	6
																Belinda Bencic	6	1	6
															2	Petra Kvitová	3	6	2
		Hsieh Su-wei	6	1	7
	4	Karolina Plíšková	4	6	5
									Hsieh Su-wei	6	2	4
								2	Petra Kvitová	3	6	6
		Viktória Kužmová	4	0
	2	Petra Kvitová	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								1	N Osaka	3	3
		K Mladenovic	6	6					K Mladenovic	6	6
	WC	F Al-Nabhani	1	1												K Mladenovic	5	5
		B Strýcová	1	3												C Suárez Navarro	7	7
		C Suárez Navarro	6	6					C Suárez Navarro	6	6
		S Zhang	77	6					S Zhang	4	4
	15	A Kontaveit	63	3																			C Suárez Navarro	2	3
	12	G Muguruza	4	6	6																	6	E Svitolina	6	6
		D Yastremska	6	3	3			12	G Muguruza	7	6
		A Tomljanović	2	6	5				S Zheng	5	2
		S Zheng	6	4	7										12	G Muguruza	1	2
		O Jabeur	6	711											6	E Svitolina	6	6
		D Vekić	4	69					O Jabeur	64	0r
								6	E Svitolina	77	4

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								3	S Halep	77	6
	WC	E Bouchard	6	6				WC	E Bouchard	64	4
		V Lapko	3	4											3	S Halep	6	7
		L Tsurenko	6	2												L Tsurenko	3	5
		Y Putintseva	3	0r					L Tsurenko	6	65	6
	Q	L Zhu	5	6	7			Q	L Zhu	4	77	3
	16	E Mertens	7	4	5																	3	S Halep	6	4	2
	LL	P Hercog	3	2																			B Bencic	4	6	6
	LL	S Vögele	6	6				LL	S Vögele	1	1
		B Bencic	6	78					B Bencic	6	6
	Q	L Hradecká	4	66												B Bencic	6	2	79
	Q	I Jorović	4	6	6										8	A Sabalenka	4	6	67
	WC	S Errani	6	4	2			Q	I Jorović	4	0
								8	A Sabalenka	6	6

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								5	A Kerber	77	6
	LL	D Jakupović	1	6	6			LL	D Jakupović	64	3
	Q	Z Diyas	6	1	2										5	A Kerber	7	4	0
		E Makarova	6	5	4											S-w Hsieh	5	6	6
		A Sasnovich	0	7	6				A Sasnovich	1	2
		S-w Hsieh	6	6					S-w Hsieh	6	6
	10	A Sevastova	4	2																			S-w Hsieh	6	1	7
	13	J Görges	4	5																		4	Ka Plíšková	4	6	5
		A Riske	6	7					A Riske	6	6
		A Cornet	6	6					A Cornet	2	3
		T Babos	4	3												A Riske	63	65
	Q	L Arruabarrena	7	1	2										4	Ka Plíšková	77	77
		D Cibulková	5	6	6				D Cibulková	2	6	3
								4	Ka Plíšková	6	3	6

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								7	K Bertens	2	6	66
		V Kužmová	77	77					V Kužmová	6	4	78
	Q	B Pera	62	63												V Kužmová	1	7	6
		S Kenin	6	6												S Kenin	6	5	2
		M Buzărnescu	3	0					S Kenin	6	2	6
	Q	M Fręch	3	6	4			11	D Kasatkina	3	6	4
	11	D Kasatkina	6	3	6																		V Kužmová	4	0
	14	C Garcia	6	6																		2	P Kvitová	6	6
		A Pavlyuchenkova	2	0				14	C Garcia	4	5
	Q	J Brady	6	6				Q	J Brady	6	7
		J Ostapenko	4	0											Q	J Brady	5	6	3
		K Siniaková	6	6											2	P Kvitová	7	1	6
		P Martić	4	3					K Siniaková	77	4	4
								2	P Kvitová	63	6	6

Seeds

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Draw

First qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	1	Bernarda Pera	6	6
	WC	Nikita Uberoi	1	0
								1	Bernarda Pera	4	6	6
								15	Anhelina Kalinina	6	3	2
		Asia Muhammad	3	3
	15	Anhelina Kalinina	6	6

Second qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	2	Stefanie Vögele	6	6
		Xu Shilin	1	0
								2	Stefanie Vögele	4	4
								12	Ivana Jorović	6	6
		Valeriya Strakhova	0	0
	12	Ivana Jorović	6	6

Third qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	3	Dalila Jakupović	77	6
		Chloé Paquet	63	3
								3	Dalila Jakupović	0	3
								13	Jennifer Brady	6	6
		Alexandra Dulgheru	2	5
	13	Jennifer Brady	6	7

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	4	Polona Hercog	5	79	6
	WC	Julia Elbaba	7	67	3
								4	Polona Hercog	6	5	0
								Alt	Lucie Hradecká	2	7	6
	WC	Eden Silva	6	2	1
	Alt	Lucie Hradecká	2	6	6

Fifth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	5	Kristýna Plíšková	4	2
		Liudmila Samsonova	6	6
									Liudmila Samsonova	3	4
								11	Zhu Lin	6	6
		Irina Bara	7	0	5
	11	Zhu Lin	5	6	7

Sixth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	6	Lara Arruabarrena	6	6
		Tereza Mrdeža	3	2
								6	Lara Arruabarrena	6	6
									Gabriela Dabrowski	4	3
		Gabriela Dabrowski	6	6
	16	Sabina Sharipova	2	1

Seventh qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	7	Zarina Diyas	6	6
	WC	Sabine Lisicki	1	2
								7	Zarina Diyas	6	6
								10	Monica Niculescu	4	4
		Ankita Raina	1	1
	10	Monica Niculescu	6	6

Eighth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	Alt	Darija Jurak	3	1
		Magdalena Fręch	6	6
									Magdalena Fręch	4	6	6
								14	Misaki Doi	6	3	1
		Han Xinyun	4	6	0
	14	Misaki Doi	6	3	6