The 2018 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was an ATP 500 event on the 2018 ATP World Tour and a WTA Premier event on the 2018 WTA Tour. Both events were held at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament took place from 19 February until 25 February 2018, while the men's tournament took place from 26 February through 3 March 2018.
2018 Dubai Tennis Championships | |
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Date | 19–25 February (women) 26 February – 3 March (men) |
Edition | 26th (men) / 18th (women) |
Category | ATP World Tour 500 (men) WTA Premier (women) |
Draw | 32S / 16D (men) 28S / 16D (women) |
Prize money | $ (ATP) $2,000,000 (WTA) |
Surface | Hard, Outdoor |
Location | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
Venue | Aviation Club Tennis Centre |
Champions | |
Men's singles | |
Roberto Bautista Agut[1] | |
Women's singles | |
Elina Svitolina | |
Men's doubles | |
Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău[2] | |
Women's doubles | |
Chan Hao-ching / Yang Zhaoxuan |
Finals edit
Men's singles edit
- Roberto Bautista Agut defeated Lucas Pouille, 6–3, 6–4
Women's singles edit
- Elina Svitolina defeated Daria Kasatkina, 6–4, 6–0
Men's doubles edit
- Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău defeated James Cerretani / Leander Paes, 6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Women's doubles edit
- Chan Hao-ching / Yang Zhaoxuan defeated Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai, 4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Points and prize money edit
Point distribution edit
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 |
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Men's doubles | 0 | — | 45 | 25 | ||||||
Women's singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 |
Women's doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Prize money edit
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
Men's singles | $511,750 | $240,340 | $119,340 | $59,670 | $30,235 | $15,910 | — | $2,655 | $1,460 |
Men's doubles | $150,800 | $71,270 | $34,390 | $17,890 | $9,370 | — | — | — | |
Women's singles | $465,480 | $254,124 | $136,138 | $35,723 | $19,809 | $10,950 | $5,408 | $2,951 | $1,854 |
Women's doubles | $74,042 | $39,184 | $20,087 | $10,042 | $5,223 | — | — | — | — |
Doubles prize money per team |
ATP singles main-draw entrants edit
Seeds edit
Country | Player | Ranking1 | Seed |
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BUL | Grigor Dimitrov | 4 | 1 |
FRA | Lucas Pouille | 16 | 2 |
ESP | Roberto Bautista Agut | 22 | 3 |
BIH | Damir Džumhur | 29 | 4 |
FRA | Richard Gasquet | 34 | 5 |
GER | Philipp Kohlschreiber | 35 | 6 |
SRB | Filip Krajinović | 36 | 7 |
JPN | Yūichi Sugita | 41 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of February 19, 2018.
Other entrants edit
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following player received entry as a special exempt:
The following players received entry using a protected ranking:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals edit
- Before the tournament
- Paolo Lorenzi → replaced by Blaž Kavčič
ATP doubles main-draw entrants edit
Seeds edit
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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FIN | Henri Kontinen | AUS | John Peers | 7 | 1 |
NED | Jean-Julien Rojer | ROU | Horia Tecău | 21 | 2 |
CRO | Ivan Dodig | USA | Rajeev Ram | 34 | 3 |
RSA | Raven Klaasen | NZL | Michael Venus | 44 | 4 |
- Rankings are as of February 19, 2018.
Other entrants edit
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following pair received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals edit
- Before the tournament
WTA singles main-draw entrants edit
Seeds edit
Country | Player | Ranking1 | Seed |
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UKR | Elina Svitolina | 3 | 1 |
ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | 4 | 2 |
CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 5 | 3 |
LAT | Jeļena Ostapenko | 6 | 4 |
FRA | Caroline Garcia | 7 | 5 |
GER | Angelique Kerber | 9 | 6 |
GBR | Johanna Konta | 11 | 7 |
FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 13 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of February 12, 2018.
Other entrants edit
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals edit
- Ashleigh Barty → replaced by Ekaterina Makarova
- Julia Görges → replaced by Carla Suárez Navarro
- Madison Keys → replaced by Elise Mertens
- Petra Kvitová → replaced by Wang Qiang
- Mirjana Lučić-Baroni → replaced by Anett Kontaveit
WTA doubles main-draw entrants edit
Seeds edit
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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RUS | Ekaterina Makarova | RUS | Elena Vesnina | 6 | 1 |
TPE | Latisha Chan | CZE | Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková | 7 | 2 |
CZE | Lucie Šafářová | CZE | Barbora Strýcová | 22 | 3 |
TPE | Hsieh Su-wei | CHN | Peng Shuai | 41 | 4 |
- Rankings are as of February 12, 2018.
Other entrants edit
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
Withdrawals edit
- During the tournament
References edit
- ^ "2018 Dubai – Men's singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- ^ "2018 Dubai – Men's doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).