2020 Dubai Tennis Championships
The 2020 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was an ATP Tour 500 event on the 2020 ATP Tour and a Premier tournament on the 2020 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 17 to 22 and the men's tournament from February 24 to 29.
| 2020 Dubai Tennis Championships | |
|---|---|
| Date | 17–22 February (women) 24–29 February (men) |
| Edition | 28th (men) / 20th (women) |
| Category | ATP Tour 500 (men) WTA Premier (women) |
| Draw | 32S / 16D (men) 30S / 28D (women) |
| Prize money | $2,950,420 (men) (2020) $2,643,670 (women) (2020) |
| Surface | Hard, Outdoor |
| Location | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| Venue | Aviation Club Tennis Centre |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles | |
 Novak Djokovic | |
| Women's singles | |
 Simona Halep | |
| Men's doubles | |
 John Peers /  Michael Venus | |
| Women's doubles | |
 Hsieh Su-wei /  Barbora Strýcová | |
The Women's event was expanded to 30 places in the main draw, and 48 places in qualifying; following the cancellation of the Hungarian Ladies Open, which was scheduled in the same week as the Dubai Tennis Championships.
Points
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 | — | 10 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's doubles | 0 | — | 45 | 25 | ||||||
| Women's singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 |
| Women's doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
ATP singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Ranking1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| SRB | Novak Djokovic | 1 | 1 |
 GRE | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 6 | 2 |
 FRA | Gaël Monfils | 9 | 3 |
 ITA | Fabio Fognini | 11 | 4 |
 ESP | Roberto Bautista Agut | 12 | 5 |
 RUS | Andrey Rublev | 14 | 6 |
| RUS | Karen Khachanov | 17 | 7 |
| FRA | Benoît Paire | 20 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of February 17, 2020.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
Roger Federer → replaced by 
Yoshihito Nishioka
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga → replaced by 
Ričardas Berankis
ATP doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 USA | Rajeev Ram |  GBR | Joe Salisbury | 11 | 1 |
 CRO | Ivan Dodig |  SVK | Filip Polášek | 17 | 2 |
 GER | Kevin Krawietz | GER | Andreas Mies | 25 | 3 |
 NED | Wesley Koolhof | CRO | Nikola Mektić | 38 | 4 |
- Rankings are as of February 17, 2020.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:
WTA singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Ranking1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROU | Simona Halep | 2 | 1 |
| CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 3 | 2 |
 UKR | Elina Svitolina | 4 | 3 |
 SUI | Belinda Bencic | 5 | 4 |
| USA | Sofia Kenin | 7 | 5 |
| NED | |||
 BLR | Aryna Sabalenka | 13 | 7 |
| CRO | Petra Martić | 15 | 8 |
| ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | 16 | 9 |
- Rankings are as of February 10, 2020.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following player received entry as a special exempt:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Jennifer Brady
Sorana Cîrstea
Veronika Kudermetova- Kristina Mladenovic
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Kateřina Siniaková
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
Bianca Andreescu → replaced by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Ashleigh Barty → replaced by 
Wang Qiang
Kiki Bertens → replaced by 
Hsieh Su-wei- Madison Keys → replaced by Barbora Strýcová
Johanna Konta → replaced by 
Anastasija Sevastova
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPE | Hsieh Su-wei | CZE | Barbora Strýcová | 3 | 1 |
| TPE | Chan Hao-ching | TPE | Latisha Chan | 24 | 2 |
| USA | Nicole Melichar |  CHN | Xu Yifan | 27 | 3 |
 CAN | Gabriela Dabrowski | CHN | Zhang Shuai | 29 | 4 |
| CZE | Barbora Krejčiková | CHN | Zheng Saisai | 33 | 5 |
| CZE | Květa Peschke | NED | Demi Schuurs | 35 | 6 |
| CHN | Duan Yingying | RUS | Veronika Kudermetova | 42 | 7 |
 JPN | Shuko Aoyama | JPN | Ena Shibahara | 53 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of February 10, 2020.
Other entrants
The following pairs received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
Withdrawals
- During the tournament
- Markéta Vondroušová (right adductor strain)
Champions
Men's singles
Novak Djokovic def. 
Stefanos Tsitsipas, 6–3, 6–4
Women's singles
- Simona Halep def.
Elena Rybakina, 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Men's doubles
- John Peers /
Michael Venus def. 
Raven Klaasen / 
Oliver Marach, 6–3, 6–2
Women's doubles
- Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová def. Barbora Krejčiková / Zheng Saisai, 7–5, 3–6, [10–5]
References
External links
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