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2016 Dubai Tennis Championships

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Surface
  
Hard, outdoor

Date
  
15 – 20 February (women) 22 – 27 February (men)

Edition
  
24th (men) / 16th (women)

Category
  
ATP World Tour 500 (men) WTA Premier (women)

Draw
  
32S / 16D (men) 28S / 16D (women)

Prize money
  
$2,503,810 (ATP) $2,000,000 (WTA)

The 2016 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the 2016 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was an ATP 500 event on the 2016 ATP World Tour and a WTA Premier on the 2016 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 15–20, 2016, while the men's tournament took place from February 22–27, 2016.

Contents

Prize money

*per team

Seeds

  • Rankings were as of February 15, 2016.

    • Other entrants

    The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

  • Yuki Bhambri
  • Marsel İlhan
  • Malek Jaziri

    • The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • Thomas Fabbiano
  • Lucas Pouille
  • Franko Škugor
  • Mikhail Youzhny

    • Withdrawals

    Before the tournament
  • Roger Federer (knee injury) →replaced by Simone Bolelli
  • Janko Tipsarević →replaced by Denis Istomin

    • Retirements

  • Novak Djokovic (eye infection/problem/ailment)
  • Nick Kyrgios (back pain/problem)

    • Seeds

  • Rankings were as of February 15, 2016.

    • Other entrants

    The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

  • Mahesh Bhupathi / Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
  • Sergei Bubka / Sergiy Stakhovsky

    • The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • Hyeon Chung / Jiří Veselý

    • Seeds

  • Rankings were as of February 8, 2016.

    • Other entrants

    The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

  • Julia Görges
  • Simona Halep
  • Petra Kvitová
  • Karolína Plíšková

    • The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • Jana Čepelová
  • Tsvetana Pironkova
  • Yaroslava Shvedova
  • Zheng Saisai

    • Withdrawals

    Before the tournament
  • Timea Bacsinszky (gastrointestinal illness) →replaced by Coco Vandeweghe
  • Angelique Kerber (right upper thigh injury)→replaced by Camila Giorgi
  • Peng Shuai (right hand injury)→replaced by Caroline Garcia
  • Agnieszka Radwańska (left leg injury)→replaced by Lesia Tsurenko
  • Lucie Šafářová (ongoing illness and bacterial infection)→replaced by Madison Brengle
  • Serena Williams (illness)→replaced by Barbora Strýcová
  • Caroline Wozniacki (left knee injury)→replaced by Daria Gavrilova

    • Seeds

  • Rankings were as of February 8, 2016.

    • Other entrants

    The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

  • Fatma Al-Nabhani / Tsvetana Pironkova
  • Petra Kvitová / Alicja Rosolska

    • Men's Singles

  • Stan Wawrinka def. Marcos Baghdatis 6–4, 7–6(15–13)

    • Women's Singles

  • Sara Errani def. Barbora Strýcová 6–0, 6–2

    • Men's Doubles

  • Simone Bolelli / Andreas Seppi def. Feliciano López / Marc López 6–2, 3–6, [14–12]

    • Women's Doubles

  • Chuang Chia-jung / Darija Jurak def. Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic 6–4, 6–4

    • References

    2016 Dubai Tennis Championships Wikipedia
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