title: 2012 Dubai Tennis Championships
text: # 2012 Dubai Tennis Championships
  
  The 2012 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the 2012 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a 500 event on the 2012 ATP World Tour and a Premier event on the 2012 WTA Tour. Both of the events took place at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament took place from February 20 to February 25, 2012, while the men's tournament took place from 27 February to 3 March 2012. Roger Federer and Agnieszka Radwańska won the singles titles.
  
  ## ATP singles main draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | SRB | Novak Djokovic | 1 | 1 |
  | SUI | Roger Federer | 3 | 2 |
  | GBR | Andy Murray | 4 | 3 |
  | FRA | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 6 | 4 |
  | CZE | Tomáš Berdych | 7 | 5 |
  | USA | Mardy Fish | 8 | 6 |
  | SRB | Janko Tipsarević | 9 | 7 |
  | ARG | Juan Martín del Potro | 10 | 8 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings as of February 20, 2012
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  
  * Omar Awadhy
  * Sergei Bubka
  * Marko Djokovic
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Michael Berrer
  * Marco Chiudinelli
  * Andrey Golubev
  * Lukáš Lacko
  
  ### Retirements
  
  * Richard Gasquet (illness)
  
  ## ATP doubles main draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | FRA | Michaël Llodra | SRB | Nenad Zimonjić | 11 | 1 |
  | SWE | Robert Lindstedt | ROU | Horia Tecău | 17 | 2 |
  | POL | Mariusz Fyrstenberg | POL | Marcin Matkowski | 24 | 3 |
  | IND | Mahesh Bhupathi | IND | Rohan Bopanna | 26 | 4 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings are as of February 20, 2012
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
  
  * Marsel İlhan / Malek Jaziri
  * Mohammed Ghareeb / Abdullah Maqdas
  
  ## WTA singles main draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | BLR | Victoria Azarenka | 1 | 1 |
  | CZE | Petra Kvitová | 3 | 2 |
  | DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 4 | 3 |
  | AUS | Samantha Stosur | 5 | 4 |
  | POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 6 | 5 |
  | FRA | Marion Bartoli | 7 | 6 |
  | ITA | Francesca Schiavone | 11 | 7 |
  | SRB | Jelena Janković | 13 | 8 |
  | GER | Sabine Lisicki | 14 | 9 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings as of February 13, 2012
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
  
  * Fatma Al Nabhani
  * Shahar Pe'er
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Iveta Benešová
  * Simona Halep
  * Petra Martić
  * Aleksandra Wozniak
  
  The following players received entry as lucky loser:
  
  * Polona Hercog
  * Casey Dellacqua
  
  ### Withdrawals
  
  * Victoria Azarenka (left ankle injury)
  * Petra Kvitová (illness)
  * Li Na (lower back injury)
  * Vera Zvonareva
  
  ### Retirements
  
  * Dominika Cibulková (right hamstring strain)
  
  ## ATP doubles main draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | USA | Liezel Huber | USA | Lisa Raymond | 3 | 1 |
  | IND | Sania Mirza | RUS | Elena Vesnina | 15 | 2 |
  | SVK | Daniela Hantuchová | POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 37 | 3 |
  | ESP | Nuria Llagostera Vives | AUS | Anastasia Rodionova | 50 | 4 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings are as of February 13, 2012
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
  
  * Fatma Al Nabhani / Andreja Klepač
  * Casey Dellacqua / Samantha Stosur
  * Flavia Pennetta / Francesca Schiavone
  
  ### Retirements
  
  * Maria Kirilenko (acute neck injury)
  
  ## Finals
  
  ### Men's singles
  
  Roger Federer defeated Andy Murray, 7–5, 6–4
  
  * It was Federer's 2nd title of the year and 72nd of his career. It was his 5th win at Dubai, also winning in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2007.
  
  ### Women's singles
  
  Agnieszka Radwańska defeated Julia Görges, 7–5, 6–4
  
  * It was Radwańska's 1st title of the year and 8th of her career. It was her 2nd Premier-level tournament of her career and 4th Premier overall.
  
  ### Men's doubles
  
  Mahesh Bhupathi / Rohan Bopanna defeated Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski, 6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
  
  ### Women's doubles
  
  Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond defeated Sania Mirza / Elena Vesnina, 6–2, 6–1
  
  