2021 Dubai Tennis Championships

The 2021 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was an ATP 500 event on the 2021 ATP Tour[1] and a WTA 1000 tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour.[2] Both events were originally scheduled for February 15 to 21 and February 22 to 28 for women's and men's tournaments, respectively. They were rescheduled to March 7 to 13 and March 14 to 20 due to the Australian Open reschedule and were held at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

2021 Dubai Tennis Championships
Date7–13 March (women)
14–20 March (men)
Edition29th (men) / 21st (women)
CategoryATP World Tour 500 (men)
WTA 1000 (women)
Draw48S / 16D (men)
56S / 28D (women)
Prize money$1,897,805 (men)
$1,835,490 (women)
SurfaceHard, Outdoor
LocationDubai, United Arab Emirates
VenueAviation Club Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
Russia Aslan Karatsev
Women's singles
Spain Garbiñe Muguruza
Men's doubles
Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal / Colombia Robert Farah
Women's doubles
Chile Alexa Guarachi / Croatia Darija Jurak
← 2020 · Dubai Tennis Championships · 2022 →

Champions

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Men's singles

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This was Karatsev's first ATP Tour singles title.

Women's singles

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Men's doubles

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Women's doubles

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ATP singles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Ranking1 Seed
  AUT Dominic Thiem 4 1
  RUS Andrey Rublev 8 2
  CAN Denis Shapovalov 11 3
  ESP Roberto Bautista Agut 13 4
  BEL David Goffin 14 5
  ESP Pablo Carreño Busta 16 6
   SUI Stan Wawrinka 20 7
  RUS Karen Khachanov 21 8
  AUS Alex de Minaur 23 9
  CRO Borna Ćorić 24 10
  SRB Dušan Lajović 27 11
  GBR Dan Evans 28 12
  POL Hubert Hurkacz 30 13
  SRB Filip Krajinović 32 14
  USA Taylor Fritz 33 15
  ITA Jannik Sinner 34 16
  ITA Lorenzo Sonego 35 17
  • Rankings are as of March 8, 2021.

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following player received entry using as a special exempt:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament

Retirements

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ATP doubles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
  COL Juan Sebastián Cabal   COL Robert Farah 3 1
  CRO Nikola Mektić   CRO Mate Pavić 7 2
  NED Wesley Koolhof   POL Łukasz Kubot 19 3
  CRO Ivan Dodig   SVK Filip Polášek 19 4
  • Rankings are as of March 8, 2021.

Other entrants

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The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament

WTA singles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Ranking1 Seed
  UKR Elina Svitolina 5 1
  CZE Karolína Plíšková 6 2
  BLR Aryna Sabalenka 8 3
  CZE Petra Kvitová 10 4
  NED Kiki Bertens 11 5
   SUI Belinda Bencic 12 6
  BLR Victoria Azarenka 14 7
  POL Iga Świątek 15 8
  ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 16 9
  BEL Elise Mertens 18 10
  USA Madison Keys 19 11
  CZE Markéta Vondroušová 20 12
  CRO Petra Martić 21 13
  KAZ Elena Rybakina 23 14
  EST Anett Kontaveit 24 15
  GRE Maria Sakkari 25 16
  • Rankings are as of March 1, 2021.

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament

Retirements

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WTA doubles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
  BEL Elise Mertens   BLR Aryna Sabalenka 3 1
  CZE Barbora Krejčíková   CZE Kateřina Siniaková 15 2
  USA Nicole Melichar   NED Demi Schuurs 23 3
  JPN Shuko Aoyama   JPN Ena Shibahara 29 4
  HUN Tímea Babos   RUS Veronika Kudermetova 32 5
  CAN Gabriela Dabrowski   USA Coco Gauff 57 6
  USA Hayley Carter   BRA Luisa Stefani 61 7
  CHI Alexa Guarachi   CRO Darija Jurak 63 8
  • Rankings are as of March 1, 2021.

Other entrants

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The following pairs received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

The following pairs received entry into the doubles main draw using protected rankings:

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament

Retirements

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References

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  1. ^ "Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Overview". atpworldtour.com.
  2. ^ "Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Overview". wtatennis.com.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Women's Singles Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Official website Retrieved 05 March 2021
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