2012 Dubai Tennis Championships

Country	Player	Rank1	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

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

• Richard Gasquet (illness)

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	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

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Marsel İlhan / Malek Jaziri
• Mohammed Ghareeb / Abdullah Maqdas

Country	Player	Rank1	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

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

• Victoria Azarenka (left ankle injury)
• Petra Kvitová (illness)
• Li Na (lower back injury)
• Vera Zvonareva

• Dominika Cibulková (right hamstring strain)

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	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

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Fatma Al Nabhani / Andreja Klepač
• Casey Dellacqua / Samantha Stosur
• Flavia Pennetta / Francesca Schiavone

• Maria Kirilenko (acute neck injury)

Roger Federer def. 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.

Agnieszka Radwańska def. 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.

Mahesh Bhupathi / Rohan Bopanna def. Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski, 6–4, 3–6, [10–5]

Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond def. Sania Mirza / Elena Vesnina, 6–2, 6–1