2018 Dubai Tennis Championships

Point distribution

Prize money

_{*per team}

Seeds

Country	Player	Ranking1	Seed
BUL	Grigor Dimitrov	4	1
FRA	Lucas Pouille	16	2
ESP	Roberto Bautista Agut	22	3
BIH	Damir Džumhur	29	4
FRA	Richard Gasquet	34	5
GER	Philipp Kohlschreiber	35	6
SRB	Filip Krajinović	36	7
JPN	Yūichi Sugita	41	8

• Rankings are as of February 19, 2018.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Marcos Baghdatis
• Malek Jaziri
• Stefanos Tsitsipas

The following player received entry as a special exempt:

• Ilya Ivashka

The following players received entry using a protected ranking:

• Andreas Haider-Maurer
• Yoshihito Nishioka

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Ernests Gulbis
• Quentin Halys
• Yannick Maden
• Gleb Sakharov

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Blaž Kavčič

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Paolo Lorenzi → replaced by Blaž Kavčič

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
FIN	Henri Kontinen	AUS	John Peers	7	1
NED	Jean-Julien Rojer	ROU	Horia Tecău	21	2
CRO	Ivan Dodig	USA	Rajeev Ram	34	3
RSA	Raven Klaasen	NZL	Michael Venus	44	4

• Rankings are as of February 19, 2018.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• James Cerretani / Leander Paes
• Denis Istomin / Daniel Nestor

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Jan-Lennard Struff / Viktor Troicki

The following pair received entry as lucky losers:

• Andreas Haider-Maurer / Florian Mayer

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Karen Khachanov

Seeds

Country	Player	Ranking1	Seed
UKR	Elina Svitolina	3	1
ESP	Garbiñe Muguruza	4	2
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	5	3
LAT	Jeļena Ostapenko	6	4
FRA	Caroline Garcia	7	5
GER	Angelique Kerber	9	6
GBR	Johanna Konta	11	7
FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	13	8

• Rankings are as of February 12, 2018.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Catherine Bellis
• Johanna Konta
• Naomi Osaka
• Jeļena Ostapenko

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Sara Errani
• Samantha Stosur
• Lesia Tsurenko
• Sofya Zhuk

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Wang Qiang

Withdrawals

• Ashleigh Barty → replaced by Ekaterina Makarova
• Julia Görges → replaced by Carla Suárez Navarro
• Madison Keys → replaced by Elise Mertens
• Petra Kvitová → replaced by Wang Qiang
• Mirjana Lučić-Baroni → replaced by Anett Kontaveit

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
RUS	Ekaterina Makarova	RUS	Elena Vesnina	6	1
TPE	Latisha Chan	CZE	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková	7	2
CZE	Lucie Šafářová	CZE	Barbora Strýcová	22	3
TPE	Hsieh Su-wei	CHN	Peng Shuai	41	4

• Rankings are as of February 12, 2018.

Other entrants

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

• Lisa Ponomar / Eden Silva

Withdrawals

During the tournament

• Lucie Šafářová

Men's Singles

• Roberto Bautista Agut def. Lucas Pouille, 6–3, 6–4

Women's Singles

• Elina Svitolina def. Daria Kasatkina, 6–4, 6–0

Men's Doubles

• Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău def. James Cerretani / Leander Paes, 6–2, 7–6^(7–2)

Women's Doubles

• Chan Hao-ching / Yang Zhaoxuan def. Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai, 4–6, 6–2, [10–6]