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Dubai Tennis Championships

Field	Value
name	Dubai Tennis Championships
current
logo	[[File:Dubai Tennis Championships Logo 2011.png	100px]]
tour	ATP Tour
WTA Tour
founded
city	Dubai
type	joint
country	United Arab Emirates
venue	Aviation Club Tennis Centre
surface	Hard – outdoors
website	Official website
completed event	2025
men's singles	GRE Stefanos Tsitsipas
men's doubles	IND Yuki Bhambri
AUS Alexei Popyrin
women's singles	uxx Mirra Andreeva
women's doubles	CZE Kateřina Siniaková
USA Taylor Townsend
ATP category	ATP 500
ATP draw	32S / 24Q / 16D
ATP prize money	(2025)
WTA tier	WTA 1000
WTA draw	56S / 32Q / 28D
WTA prize money	(2025)

WTA Tour | men's singles = GRE Stefanos Tsitsipas | men's doubles = IND Yuki Bhambri AUS Alexei Popyrin | women's singles = uxx Mirra Andreeva | women's doubles = CZE Kateřina Siniaková USA Taylor Townsend The Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) (formerly known for sponsorship reasons as the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships and the Dubai Duty Free Men's and Women's Championships) is a professional tennis tournament owned and organized by Dubai Duty Free and held annually in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on outdoor hardcourts. It is currently listed as a WTA 1000 on the WTA Tour and an ATP 500 on the ATP Tour.

The tournament takes place at the end of February and organizes a men's and women's event. The tournament takes place under the patronage of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. In 2001 the ATP upgraded the tournament from an ATP 250-level to the more prestigious ATP 500-level tournament. On the WTA Tour, it alternated yearly between a WTA 1000-level tournament and a WTA 500-level tournament, until 2024, when it remained a WTA 1000 event from the prior year. Prior to the 1990s there was an annual Dubai Tennis Championship played at the British Embassy.

The Dubai Tennis Championships was the third tournament in pro tennis history to award equal prize money for both men and women, until 2021.

The courts usually have a medium-fast speed considered to be similar in speed to the Shanghai and Swiss Indoor (Basel) courts.

History

The Dubai Tennis Championships debuted at the Aviation Club in 1993 as an ATP 250 tournament. At the time there was no formal stadium and the tournament was hosted on hardcourts surrounded by temporary scaffold seating to host a total of 3000 viewers across all courts.

In 1996, the Dubai Tennis Championships took place at the newly erected Dubai Tennis Stadium DESIGN BY Italian architects Mario Donato and luigi Donato at the Aviation Club. The construction of the Dubai Tennis Stadium also led to the development of various food & beverage entertainment locations in and around the stadium base, like the Irish and Century Villages. In 2012, a 293-bedroom hotel was constructed on-site that hosts many of the players and officials during the 2 week event.

The inaugural ATP men's tournament was won by Karel Nováček in 1993 who was ranked world number 23 at the time. The inaugural WTA women's tournament debuted in 2001 as a Premier tournament and was won by Martina Hingis.

For five years, Swiss Roger Federer, on the men's side, and Belgian Justine Henin, on the women's side, dominated the singles' tournaments. Between 2003 and 2007, Federer and Henin each won the singles title four times. However, in 2008, neither player managed to reach the finals; Andy Roddick and Elena Dementieva became the new champions.

In 2005, the Dubai Tennis Championships implemented equal prize money policy becoming the third professional tennis event to do so after the US Open and Australian Open.

2009 Shahar Pe'er visa controversy

In February 2009, Israeli player Shahar Pe'er was denied an entry visa by the United Arab Emirates, a country that did not have diplomatic relations with Israel at the time. Tournament director Salah Tahlak said that Pe'er was refused on the grounds that her appearance could incite anger in the Arab country, after she had already faced protests earlier at the ASB Classic over the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict. A number of top-seeded players, among them Venus Williams, condemned the action not to grant Pe'er a visa.

In response, the Dubai Tennis Championship was fined a record US$300,000. The fine was appealed by DTC, but the WTA Tour Board rejected the appeal. Pe'er was awarded a guarantee to enter the next (2010) edition of the event, plus US$44,250, an amount equal to the average prize money she earned per tournament in 2008. A number of highly ranked tennis players, including 2008 winner Andy Roddick, pulled out of the men's event (ATP 500 Dubai) which was scheduled to take place the week after the women's event. As a result, the UAE issued Israeli Andy Ram a visa for the men's tournament.

Past finals

In the men's singles, Roger Federer (winner in 2003–05, 2007, 2012, 2014–15, 2019, runner-up in 2006, 2011) holds the records for most titles (eight), most finals (ten), and most consecutive titles (three), sharing the last record with Novak Djokovic (winner in 2009–11, 2013, 2020, runner-up in 2015). In the women's singles, Justine Henin (2003–04, 2006–07) holds the record for most titles (four) and shares with Venus Williams (2009–10, 2014) and Elina Svitolina (2017–18) the record for most consecutive titles (two). In men's doubles, Mahesh Bhupathi (1998, 2004, 2008, 2012–13) has won the most overall titles (five), and co-holds with Grant Connell (1995–96) the record for most consecutive titles (two). In women's doubles, Liezel Huber (2007–09, 2011–12) took the most titles (five) and, alongside partner Cara Black (2007–09), the most back-to-back titles (three).

Men's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
↓ ATP Tour 250 ↓
1993	CZE Karel Nováček	FRA Fabrice Santoro	6–4, 7–5
1994	SWE Magnus Gustafsson	ESP Sergi Bruguera	6–4, 6–2
1995	RSA Wayne Ferreira	ITA Andrea Gaudenzi	6–3, 6–3
1996	CRO Goran Ivanišević	ESP Albert Costa	6–4, 6–3
1997	AUT Thomas Muster	CRO Goran Ivanišević	7–5, 7–6(7–3)
1998	ESP Àlex Corretja	ESP Félix Mantilla	7–6(7–0), 6–1
1999	FRA Jérôme Golmard	GER Nicolas Kiefer	6–4, 6–2
2000	GER Nicolas Kiefer	ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero	7–5, 4–6, 6–3
↓ ATP Tour 500 ↓
2001	ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero	RUS Marat Safin	6–2, 3–1 Ret.
2002	FRA Fabrice Santoro	MAR Younes El Aynaoui	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
2003	SUI Roger Federer	CZE Jiří Novák	6–1, 7–6(7–2)
2004	SUI Roger Federer (2)	ESP Feliciano López	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
2005	SUI Roger Federer (3)	CRO Ivan Ljubičić	6–1, 6–7(6–8), 6–3
2006	ESP Rafael Nadal	SUI Roger Federer	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
2007	SUI Roger Federer (4)	RUS Mikhail Youzhny	6–4, 6–3
2008	USA Andy Roddick	ESP Feliciano López	6–7(8–10), 6–4, 6–2
2009	SRB Novak Djokovic	ESP David Ferrer	7–5, 6–3
2010	SRB Novak Djokovic (2)	RUS Mikhail Youzhny	7–5, 5–7, 6–3
2011	SRB Novak Djokovic (3)	SUI Roger Federer	6–3, 6–3
2012	SUI Roger Federer (5)	GBR Andy Murray	7–5, 6–4
2013	SRB Novak Djokovic (4)	CZE Tomáš Berdych	7–5, 6–3
2014	SUI Roger Federer (6)	CZE Tomáš Berdych	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
2015	SUI Roger Federer (7)	SRB Novak Djokovic	6–3, 7–5
2016	SUI Stan Wawrinka	CYP Marcos Baghdatis	6–4, 7–6(15–13)
2017	GBR Andy Murray	ESP Fernando Verdasco	6–3, 6–2
2018	ESP Roberto Bautista Agut	FRA Lucas Pouille	6–3, 6–4
2019	SUI Roger Federer (8)	GRE Stefanos Tsitsipas	6–4, 6–4
2020	SRB Novak Djokovic (5)	GRE Stefanos Tsitsipas	6–3, 6–4
2021	RUS Aslan Karatsev	RSA Lloyd Harris	6–3, 6–2
2022	RUS Andrey Rublev	CZE Jiří Veselý	6–3, 6–4
2023	Daniil Medvedev	Andrey Rublev	6–2, 6–2
2024	FRA Ugo Humbert	KAZ Alexander Bublik	6–4, 6–3
2025	GRE Stefanos Tsitsipas	CAN Félix Auger-Aliassime	6–3, 6–3

Women's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
↓ Premier tournament ↓
2001	SUI Martina Hingis	FRA Nathalie Tauziat	6–4, 6–4
2002	FRA Amélie Mauresmo	FRA Sandrine Testud	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
2003	BEL Justine Henin-Hardenne	USA Monica Seles	4–6, 7–6(7–4), 7–5
2004	BEL Justine Henin-Hardenne (2)	RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova	7–6(7–3), 6–3
2005	USA Lindsay Davenport	SCG Jelena Janković	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
2006	BEL Justine Henin-Hardenne (3)	RUS Maria Sharapova	7–5, 6–2
2007	BEL Justine Henin (4)	FRA Amélie Mauresmo	6–4, 7–5
2008	RUS Elena Dementieva	RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
↓ Premier 5 tournament ↓
2009	USA Venus Williams	FRA Virginie Razzano	6–4, 6–2
2010	USA Venus Williams (2)	BLR Victoria Azarenka	6–3, 7–5
2011	DEN Caroline Wozniacki	RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova	6–1, 6–3
↓ Premier tournament ↓
2012	POL Agnieszka Radwańska	GER Julia Görges	7–5, 6–4
2013	CZE Petra Kvitová	ITA Sara Errani	6–2, 1–6, 6–1
2014	USA Venus Williams (3)	FRA Alizé Cornet	6–3, 6–0
↓ Premier 5 tournament ↓
2015	ROU Simona Halep	CZE Karolína Plíšková	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
↓ Premier tournament ↓
2016	ITA Sara Errani	CZE Barbora Strýcová	6–0, 6–2
↓ Premier 5 tournament ↓
2017	UKR Elina Svitolina	DEN Caroline Wozniacki	6–4, 6–2
↓ Premier tournament ↓
2018	UKR Elina Svitolina (2)	RUS Daria Kasatkina	6–4, 6–0
↓ Premier 5 tournament ↓
2019	SUI Belinda Bencic	CZE Petra Kvitová	6–3, 1–6, 6–2
↓ Premier tournament ↓
2020	ROU Simona Halep (2)	KAZ Elena Rybakina	3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
↓ WTA 1000 tournament ↓
2021	ESP Garbiñe Muguruza	CZE Barbora Krejčíková	7–6(8–6), 6–3
↓ WTA 500 tournament ↓
2022	LAT Jeļena Ostapenko	RUS Veronika Kudermetova	6–0, 6–4
↓ WTA 1000 tournament ↓
2023	CZE Barbora Krejčíková	POL Iga Świątek	6–4, 6–2
2024	ITA Jasmine Paolini	Anna Kalinskaya	4–6, 7–5, 7–5
2025	Mirra Andreeva	DEN Clara Tauson	7–6(7–1), 6–1

Men's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
↓ ATP Tour 250 ↓
1993	AUS John Fitzgerald
SWE Anders Järryd	CAN Grant Connell
USA Patrick Galbraith	6–2, 6–1
1994	AUS Todd Woodbridge
AUS Mark Woodforde	AUS Darren Cahill
AUS John Fitzgerald	6–7, 6–4, 6–2
1995	CAN Grant Connell
USA Patrick Galbraith	ESP Tomás Carbonell
ESP Francisco Roig	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
1996	CAN Grant Connell (2)
ZIM Byron Black	CZE Karel Nováček
CZE Jiří Novák	6–0, 6–1
1997	NED Sander Groen
CRO Goran Ivanišević	AUS Sandon Stolle
CZE Cyril Suk	7–6, 6–3
1998	IND Mahesh Bhupathi
IND Leander Paes	USA Donald Johnson
USA Francisco Montana	6–2, 7–5
1999	ZIM Wayne Black
AUS Sandon Stolle	RSA David Adams
RSA John-Laffnie de Jager	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
2000	CZE Jiří Novák
CZE David Rikl	RSA Robbie Koenig
AUS Peter Tramacchi	6–2, 7–5
↓ ATP Tour 500 ↓
2001	AUS Joshua Eagle
AUS Sandon Stolle (2)	CAN Daniel Nestor
FR Yugoslavia Nenad Zimonjić	6–4, 6–4
2002	BAH Mark Knowles
CAN Daniel Nestor	AUS Joshua Eagle
AUS Sandon Stolle	3–6, 6–3, [13–11]
2003	IND Leander Paes
CZE David Rikl (2)	ZIM Wayne Black
ZIM Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 6–0
2004	IND Mahesh Bhupathi (2)
FRA Fabrice Santoro	SWE Jonas Björkman
IND Leander Paes	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
2005	CZE Martin Damm
CZE Radek Štěpánek	SWE Jonas Björkman
FRA Fabrice Santoro	6–2, 6–4
2006	AUS Paul Hanley
ZIM Kevin Ullyett	BAH Mark Knowles
CAN Daniel Nestor	1–6, 6–2, [10–1]
2007	FRA Fabrice Santoro (2)
SRB Nenad Zimonjić	IND Mahesh Bhupathi
CZE Radek Štěpánek	7–5, 6–7(3–7), [10–7]
2008	IND Mahesh Bhupathi (3)
BAH Mark Knowles (2)	CZE Martin Damm
CZE Pavel Vízner	7–5, 7–6(9–7)
2009	RSA Rik de Voest
RUS Dmitry Tursunov	CZE Martin Damm
SWE Robert Lindstedt	4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
2010	SWE Simon Aspelin
AUS Paul Hanley	CZE Lukáš Dlouhý
IND Leander Paes	6–2, 6–3
2011	UKR Sergiy Stakhovsky
RUS Mikhail Youzhny	FRA Jérémy Chardy
ESP Feliciano López	4–6, 6–3, [10–3]
2012	IND Mahesh Bhupathi (4)
IND Rohan Bopanna	POL Mariusz Fyrstenberg
POL Marcin Matkowski	6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
2013	IND Mahesh Bhupathi (5)
FRA Michaël Llodra	SWE Robert Lindstedt
SRB Nenad Zimonjić	7–6(8–6), 7–6(8–6)
2014	IND Rohan Bopanna (2)
PAK Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	CAN Daniel Nestor
SRB Nenad Zimonjić	6–4, 6–3
2015	IND Rohan Bopanna (3)
CAN Daniel Nestor (2)	PAK Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
SRB Nenad Zimonjić	6–4, 6–1
2016	ITA Simone Bolelli
ITA Andreas Seppi	ESP Feliciano López
ESP Marc López	6–2, 3–6, [14–12]
2017	NED Jean-Julien Rojer
ROU Horia Tecău	IND Rohan Bopanna
POL Marcin Matkowski	4–6, 6–3, [10–3]
2018	NED Jean-Julien Rojer (2)
ROU Horia Tecău (2)	USA James Cerretani
IND Leander Paes	6–2, 7–6(7–2)
2019	USA Rajeev Ram
GBR Joe Salisbury	JPN Ben McLachlan
GER Jan-Lennard Struff	7–6(7–4), 6–3
2020	AUS John Peers
NZL Michael Venus	RSA Raven Klaasen
AUT Oliver Marach	6–3, 6–2
2021	COL Juan Sebastián Cabal
COL Robert Farah	CRO Nikola Mektić
CRO Mate Pavić	7–6(7–0), 7–6(7–4)
2022	GER Tim Pütz
NZL Michael Venus	CRO Nikola Mektić
CRO Mate Pavić	6–3, 6–7(5–7), [16–14]
2023	USA Maxime Cressy
FRA Fabrice Martin	GBR Lloyd Glasspool
FIN Harri Heliövaara	7–6(7–2), 6–4
2024	NED Tallon Griekspoor
GER Jan-Lennard Struff	CRO Ivan Dodig
USA Austin Krajicek	6–4, 4–6, [10–6]
2025	IND Yuki Bhambri
AUS Alexei Popyrin	FIN Harri Heliövaara
GBR Henry Patten	3–6, 7–6(14–12), [10–8]

Women's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up
↓ Premier tournament ↓
2001	INA Yayuk Basuki
NED Caroline Vis	SWE Åsa Svensson
SVK Karina Habšudová	6–0, 4–6, 6–2
2002	DEU Barbara Rittner
VEN María Vento-Kabchi	FRA Sandrine Testud
ITA Roberta Vinci	6–3, 6–2
2003	RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova
USA Martina Navratilova	ZIM Cara Black
RUS Elena Likhovtseva	6–3, 7–6(9–7)
2004	SVK Janette Husárová
ESP Conchita Martínez	RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova
RUS Elena Likhovtseva	6–0, 1–6, 6–3
2005	ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual
ARG Paola Suárez	RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova
AUS Alicia Molik	6–7(7–9), 6–2, 6–1
2006	CZE Květa Peschke
ITA Francesca Schiavone	RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova
RUS Nadia Petrova	3–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–3
2007	ZIM Cara Black
USA Liezel Huber	RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova
AUS Alicia Molik	7–6(8–6), 6–4
2008	ZIM Cara Black (2)
USA Liezel Huber (2)	CHN Zheng Jie
CHN Yan Zi	7–5, 6–2
↓ Premier 5 tournament ↓
2009	ZIM Cara Black (3)
USA Liezel Huber (3)	RUS Maria Kirilenko
POL Agnieszka Radwańska	6–3, 6–3
2010	ESP Nuria Llagostera Vives
ESP María José Martínez Sánchez	CZE Květa Peschke
SLO Katarina Srebotnik	7–6(7–5), 6–4
2011	USA Liezel Huber (4)
ESP María José Martínez Sánchez (2)	CZE Květa Peschke
SLO Katarina Srebotnik	7–6(7–5), 6–3
↓ Premier tournament ↓
2012	USA Liezel Huber (5)
USA Lisa Raymond	IND Sania Mirza
RUS Elena Vesnina	6–2, 6–1
2013	USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands
IND Sania Mirza	RUS Nadia Petrova
SLO Katarina Srebotnik	6–4, 2–6, [10–7]
2014	RUS Alla Kudryavtseva
AUS Anastasia Rodionova	USA Raquel Kops-Jones
USA Abigail Spears	6–2, 5–7, [10–8]
↓ Premier 5 tournament ↓
2015	HUN Tímea Babos
FRA Kristina Mladenovic	ESP Garbiñe Muguruza
ESP Carla Suárez Navarro	6–3, 6–2
↓ Premier tournament ↓
2016	TPE Chuang Chia-jung
CRO Darija Jurak	FRA Caroline Garcia
FRA Kristina Mladenovic	6–4, 6–4
↓ Premier 5 tournament ↓
2017	RUS Ekaterina Makarova
RUS Elena Vesnina	CZE Andrea Hlaváčková
CHN Peng Shuai	6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
↓ Premier tournament ↓
2018	TPE Chan Hao-ching
CHN Yang Zhaoxuan	TPE Hsieh Su-wei	4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
↓ Premier 5 tournament ↓
2019	TPE Hsieh Su-wei
CZE Barbora Strýcová	CZE Lucie Hradecká
RUS Ekaterina Makarova	6–4, 6–4
↓ Premier tournament ↓
2020	TPE Hsieh Su-wei (2)
CZE Barbora Strýcová (2)	CZE Barbora Krejčíková
CHN Zheng Saisai	7–5, 3–6, [10–5]
↓ WTA 1000 tournament ↓
2021	CHI Alexa Guarachi
CRO Darija Jurak (2)	CHN Xu Yifan
CHN Yang Zhaoxuan	6–0, 6–3
↓ WTA 500 tournament ↓
2022	RUS Veronika Kudermetova
BEL Elise Mertens	UKR Lyudmyla Kichenok
LAT Jeļena Ostapenko	6–1, 6–3
↓ WTA 1000 tournament ↓
2023	Veronika Kudermetova (2)
Liudmila Samsonova	TPE Chan Hao-ching
TPE Latisha Chan	6–4, 6–7(4–7), [10–1]
2024	AUS Storm Hunter
CZE Kateřina Siniaková	USA Nicole Melichar-Martinez
AUS Ellen Perez	6–4, 6–2
2025	CZE Kateřina Siniaková (2)
USA Taylor Townsend	TPE Hsieh Su-wei
LAT Jeļena Ostapenko	7–6(7–5), 6–4

Notes

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