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 | |
|---|---|
| Date | 7–13 March (women) 14–20 March (men) |
| Edition | 29th (men) / 21st (women) |
| Category | ATP World Tour 500 (men) WTA 1000 (women) |
| Draw | 48S / 16D (men) 56S / 28D (women) |
| Prize money | $1,897,805 (men) $1,835,490 (women) |
| Surface | Hard, Outdoor |
| Location | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| Venue | Aviation Club Tennis Centre |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles | |
 Aslan Karatsev | |
| Women's singles | |
 Garbiñe Muguruza | |
| Men's doubles | |
 Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah | |
| Women's doubles | |
 Alexa Guarachi /  Darija Jurak | |
Champions edit
Men's singles edit
Aslan Karatsev def. 
Lloyd Harris, 6–3, 6–2
This was Karatsev's first ATP Tour singles title.
Women's singles edit
Garbiñe Muguruza def. 
Barbora Krejčíková, 7–6(8–6), 6–3
Men's doubles edit
Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah def. 
Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić, 7–6(7–0), 7–6(7–4)
Women's doubles edit
Alexa Guarachi / Darija Jurak def. 
Xu Yifan / Yang Zhaoxuan, 6–0, 6–3
ATP singles main-draw entrants edit
Seeds edit
| 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 |
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| RUS
|
Karen Khachanov | 21 | 8 |
 AUS
|
Alex de Minaur | 23 | 9 |
| CRO |
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 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 edit
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:
Yuki Bhambri- Lloyd Harris
Mikhail Kukushkin
Christopher O'Connell
Emil Ruusuvuori- Bernabé Zapata Miralles
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals edit
- Before the tournament
Matteo Berrettini → replaced by Alejandro Davidovich Fokina- Borna Ćorić → replaced by Lorenzo Giustino
Roger Federer → replaced by 
Yoshihito Nishioka- Nick Kyrgios → replaced by
Aljaž Bedene 
Gaël Monfils → replaced by 
Márton Fucsovics- Stan Wawrinka → replaced by
Radu Albot
Retirements edit
ATP doubles main-draw entrants edit
Seeds edit
| 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 edit
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:
Withdrawals edit
- Before the tournament
- Henri Kontinen / Édouard Roger-Vasselin → replaced by Henri Kontinen / Jordan Thompson
Sander Gillé / Joran Vliegen → replaced by David Goffin / Joran Vliegen- Karen Khachanov / Andrey Rublev → replaced by
Marcelo Arévalo / 
Matwé Middelkoop
WTA singles main-draw entrants edit
Seeds edit
| 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 |
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| 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 edit
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:
Irina-Camelia Begu- Ana Bogdan
Kaia Kanepi- Ana Konjuh
Liang En-shuo- Tereza Martincová
Lesia Tsurenko- Katarina Zavatska
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals edit
- Before the tournament
Bianca Andreescu[3] → replaced by Alizé Cornet
Victoria Azarenka → replaced by Martina Trevisan- Paula Badosa → replaced by Misaki Doi
- Ashleigh Barty[3] → replaced by Kateřina Siniaková
Jennifer Brady[3] → replaced by Bernarda Pera- Danielle Collins → replaced by Kristýna Plíšková
- Fiona Ferro → replaced by
Viktoriya Tomova - Simona Halep[3] → replaced by Jessica Pegula
- Sofia Kenin[3] → replaced by Kristina Mladenovic
Magda Linette → replaced by Jil Teichmann- Karolína Muchová[3] → replaced by Barbora Krejčíková
- Yulia Putintseva → replaced by Paula Badosa
- Alison Riske[3] → replaced by
Anastasija Sevastova - Barbora Strýcová → replaced by
Laura Siegemund - Donna Vekić[3] → replaced by Patricia Maria Țig
- Zhang Shuai[3] → replaced by Shelby Rogers
Retirements edit
- Petra Kvitová (right adductor)
WTA doubles main-draw entrants edit
Seeds edit
| 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 edit
The following pairs received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
The following pairs received entry into the doubles main draw using protected rankings:
- Natela Dzalamidze /
Cornelia Lister - Andreja Klepač / Sania Mirza
Aleksandra Krunić / Alexandra Panova- Elena Rybakina / Yaroslava Shvedova
Withdrawals edit
- Before the tournament
- Zhang Shuai / Zheng Saisai → replaced by Shelby Rogers / Zheng Saisai
- Sharon Fichman / Monica Niculescu → replaced by Monica Niculescu / Anastasia Potapova
Retirements edit
- Monica Niculescu / Anastasia Potapova (eye injury)
References edit
- ^ "Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Overview". atpworldtour.com.
- ^ "Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Overview". wtatennis.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Women's Singles Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Official website Retrieved 05 March 2021