title: 2017 Dubai Tennis Championships
text: # 2017 Dubai Tennis Championships
  
  The 2017 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the 2017 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was an ATP 500 event on the 2017 ATP World Tour and a WTA Premier 5 on the 2017 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 20 to 26, 2017 while the men's tournament took place from February 27 through March 4, 2017.
  
  ## Points and prize money
  
  ### Point distribution
  
  | Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 56 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Men's singles | 500 | 300 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 0 | — | 20 | 10 | 0 |
  | Men's doubles | 500 | 300 | 180 | 90 | 0 | — | — | 45 | 25 | 0 |
  | Women's singles | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | 30 | 20 | 1 |
  | Women's doubles | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
  
  ### Prize money
  
  | Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 56 | Q2 | Q1 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Men's singles | $523,330 | $256,565 | $129,100 | $65,655 | $34,100 | $17,980 | — | $3,980 | $2,030 |
  | Men's doubles* | $157,570 | $77,140 | $38,690 | $19,860 | $10,270 | — | — | — | — |
  | Women's singles | $457,245 | $243,621 | $121,690 | $56,115 | $27,790 | $14,265 | $7,335 | $4,080 | $2,099 |
  | Women's doubles* | $139,300 | $70,480 | $34,880 | $17,560 | $8,900 | $4,395 | — | — | — |
  
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  ## ATP singles main-draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Ranking^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | GBR | Andy Murray | 1 | 1 |
  | SUI | Stan Wawrinka | 3 | 2 |
  | SUI | Roger Federer | 9 | 3 |
  | FRA | Gaël Monfils | 12 | 4 |
  | CZE | Tomáš Berdych | 14 | 5 |
  | ESP | Roberto Bautista Agut | 15 | 6 |
  | FRA | Lucas Pouille | 17 | 7 |
  | LUX | Gilles Müller | 27 | 8 |
  
  * Rankings are as of February 20, 2017.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  
  * Omar Alawadhi
  * Roberto Bautista Agut
  * Mohamed Safwat
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Marius Copil
  * Evgeny Donskoy
  * Denis Istomin
  * Lukáš Rosol
  
  The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
  
  * Andreas Seppi
  
  ### Withdrawals
  
  **Before the tournament**
  
  * Marcos Baghdatis → replaced by Guillermo García López
  * Florian Mayer → replaced by Andreas Seppi
  
  ### Retirements
  
  * Lukáš Rosol (left leg injury)
  
  ## ATP doubles main-draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | FIN | Henri Kontinen | AUS | John Peers | 11 | 1 |
  | CRO | Ivan Dodig | ESP | Marcel Granollers | 27 | 2 |
  | CAN | Daniel Nestor | FRA | Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 36 | 3 |
  | NED | Jean-Julien Rojer | ROU | Horia Tecău | 45 | 4 |
  
  * Rankings are as of February 20, 2017.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
  
  * Omar Alawadhi / Amirvala Madanchi
  * James McGee / David O'Hare
  
  The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * James Cerretani / Philipp Oswald
  
  ### Withdrawals
  
  **During the tournament**
  
  * Lucas Pouille (bicep strain)
  
  ## WTA singles main-draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Ranking^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | GER | Angelique Kerber | 2 | 1 |
  | CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 3 | 2 |
  | SVK | Dominika Cibulková | 5 | 3 |
  | POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 6 | 4 |
  | ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | 7 | 5 |
  | GBR | Johanna Konta | 10 | 6 |
  | UKR | Elina Svitolina | 13 | 7 |
  | RUS | Elena Vesnina | 16 | 8 |
  | CZE | Barbora Strýcová | 17 | 9 |
  | DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 18 | 10 |
  | USA | CoCo Vandeweghe | 20 | 11 |
  | AUS | Samantha Stosur | 21 | 12 |
  | NED | Kiki Bertens | 22 | 13 |
  | RUS | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 23 | 14 |
  | FRA | Caroline Garcia | 24 | 15 |
  | ITA | Roberta Vinci | 25 | 16 |
  | KAZ | Yulia Putintseva | 27 | 17 |
  
  * Rankings were as of February 13, 2017.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  
  * Mona Barthel
  * Çağla Büyükakçay
  * Peng Shuai
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Chang Kai-chen
  * Ons Jabeur
  * Elise Mertens
  * Aryna Sabalenka
  * Sílvia Soler Espinosa
  * Zhang Kailin
  * Zheng Saisai
  * Zhu Lin
  
  The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
  
  * Mandy Minella
  
  ### Withdrawals
  
  * Timea Bacsinszky → replaced by Catherine Bellis
  * Eugenie Bouchard → replaced by Kristýna Plíšková
  * Louisa Chirico → replaced by Madison Brengle
  * Alizé Cornet → replaced by Lara Arruabarrena
  * Sara Errani → replaced by Lesia Tsurenko
  * Simona Halep → replaced by Jelena Janković
  * Johanna Konta → replaced by Mandy Minella
  * Karin Knapp → replaced by Johanna Larsson
  * Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by Viktorija Golubic
  * Monica Niculescu → replaced by Wang Qiang
  * Carla Suárez Navarro → replaced by Tsvetana Pironkova
  
  ## WTA doubles main-draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | FRA | Caroline Garcia | FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 6 | 1 |
  | RUS | Ekaterina Makarova | RUS | Elena Vesnina | 11 | 2 |
  | IND | Sania Mirza | CZE | Barbora Strýcová | 19 | 3 |
  | TPE | Chan Yung-jan | SUI | Martina Hingis | 21 | 4 |
  | TPE | Chan Hao-ching | KAZ | Yaroslava Shvedova | 24 | 5 |
  | CZE | Andrea Hlaváčková | CHN | Peng Shuai | 26 | 6 |
  | USA | Abigail Spears | SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | 46 | 7 |
  | CZE | Lucie Hradecká | CZE | Kateřina Siniaková | 48 | 8 |
  
  * Rankings were as of February 13, 2017.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
  
  * Fatma Al-Nabhani / Mona Barthel
  
  ## Champions
  
  ### Men's singles
  
  * Andy Murray def. Fernando Verdasco, 6–3, 6–2
  
  ### Women's singles
  
  * Elina Svitolina def. Caroline Wozniacki, 6–4, 6–2
  
  ### Men's doubles
  
  * Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău def. Rohan Bopanna / Marcin Matkowski, 4–6, 6–3, [10–3]
  
  ### Women's doubles
  
  * Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina def. Andrea Hlaváčková / Peng Shuai, 6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
  