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2012 Dubai Tennis Championships

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Date
  
27 February – 3 March (men) 20 – 25 February (women)

Edition
  
20th (men) / 12th (women)

Category
  
ATP World Tour 500 WTA Premier event

Location
  
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Venue
  
Aviation Club Tennis Centre

The 2012 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the 2012 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a 500 event on the 2012 ATP World Tour and a Premier event on the 2012 WTA Tour. Both of the events took place at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament took place from February 20 to February 25, 2012, while the men's tournament took place from February 27 to March 3, 2012.

Contents

Seeds

  • 1 Rankings as of February 20, 2012

    • Other entrants

    The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

  • Omar Awadhy
  • Sergei Bubka
  • Marko Djokovic

    • The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • Michael Berrer
  • Marco Chiudinelli
  • Andrey Golubev
  • Lukáš Lacko

    • Retirements

  • Richard Gasquet (illness)

    • Seeds

  • 1 Rankings are as of February 20, 2012

    • Other entrants

    The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

  • Marsel İlhan / Malek Jaziri
  • Mohammed Ghareeb / Abdullah Maqdas

    • Seeds

  • 1 Rankings as of February 13, 2012

    • Other entrants

    The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

  • Fatma Al Nabhani
  • Shahar Pe'er

    • The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • Iveta Benešová
  • Simona Halep
  • Petra Martić
  • Aleksandra Wozniak

    • The following players received entry as lucky loser:

  • Polona Hercog
  • Casey Dellacqua

    • Withdrawals

  • Victoria Azarenka (left ankle injury)
  • Petra Kvitová (illness)
  • Li Na (lower back injury)
  • Vera Zvonareva

    • Retirements

  • Dominika Cibulková (right hamstring strain)

    • Seeds

  • 1 Rankings are as of February 13, 2012

    • Other entrants

    The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

  • Fatma Al Nabhani / Andreja Klepač
  • Casey Dellacqua / Samantha Stosur
  • Flavia Pennetta / Francesca Schiavone

    • Retirements

  • Maria Kirilenko (acute neck injury)

    • Men's Singles

    Roger Federer def. Andy Murray, 7–5, 6–4

  • It was Federer's 2nd title of the year and 72nd of his career. It was his 5th win at Dubai, also winning in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2007.

    • Women's Singles

    Agnieszka Radwańska def. Julia Görges, 7–5, 6–4

  • It was Radwańska's 1st title of the year and 8th of her career. It was her 2nd Premier-level tournament of her career and 4th Premier overall.

    • Men's Doubles

    Mahesh Bhupathi / Rohan Bopanna def. Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski, 6–4, 3–6, [10–5]

    Women's Doubles

    Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond def. Sania Mirza / Elena Vesnina, 6–2, 6–1

    References

    2012 Dubai Tennis Championships Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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