2016 Dubai Tennis Championships
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 to 20, 2016, while the men's tournament took place from February 22 to 27, 2016.
2016 Dubai Tennis Championships | |
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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) |
Surface | Hard, Outdoor |
Location | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
Venue | Aviation Club Tennis Centre |
Champions | |
Men's Singles | |
Women's Singles | |
Men's Doubles | |
Women's Doubles | |
Points and prize money
Point distribution
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 | N/A | 10 | 0 |
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Men's Doubles | 0 | N/A | 45 | 25 | ||||||
Women's Singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 |
Women's Doubles | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Prize money
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 | N/A | $2,655 | $1,460 |
Men's Doubles* | $150,800 | $71,270 | $34,390 | $17,890 | $9,370 | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Women's Singles | $465,480[1] | $254,124 | $136,138 | $35,723 | $19,809 | $10,950 | $5,408 | $2,951 | $1,854 |
Women's Doubles* | $74,042[2] | $39,184 | $20,087 | $10,042 | $5,223 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
*per team
ATP singles main draw entrants
Seeds
Country | Player | Ranking1 | Seed |
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Novak Djokovic | 1 | 1 | |
Stan Wawrinka | 4 | 2 | |
Tomáš Berdych | 8 | 3 | |
Roberto Bautista Agut | 18 | 4 | |
Viktor Troicki | 21 | 5 | |
Feliciano López | 25 | 6 | |
Martin Kližan | 27 | 7 | |
Philipp Kohlschreiber | 29 | 8 |
- Rankings were as of February 15, 2016.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
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)
ATP doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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Jean-Julien Rojer | Horia Tecău | 11 | 1 | ||
Rohan Bopanna | Florin Mergea | 20 | 2 | ||
Vasek Pospisil | Nenad Zimonjić | 30 | 3 | ||
Henri Kontinen | John Peers | 40 | 4 |
- Rankings were as of February 15, 2016.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:
Hyeon Chung / Jiří Veselý
WTA singles main draw entrants
Seeds
Country | Player | Ranking1 | Seed |
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Simona Halep | 3 | 1 | |
Garbiñe Muguruza | 5 | 2 | |
Carla Suárez Navarro | 8 | 3 | |
Petra Kvitová | 9 | 4 | |
Belinda Bencic | 11 | 5 | |
Karolína Plíšková | 13 | 6 | |
Roberta Vinci | 16 | 7 | |
Svetlana Kuznetsova | 17 | 8 |
- Rankings were as of February 8, 2016.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
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
WTA doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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Bethanie Mattek-Sands | Yaroslava Shvedova | 10 | 1 | ||
Caroline Garcia | Kristina Mladenovic | 20 | 2 | ||
Andrea Hlaváčková | Lucie Hradecká | 22 | 3 | ||
Tímea Babos | Julia Görges | 36 | 4 |
- Rankings were as of February 8, 2016.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Champions
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