2016 Dubai Tennis Championships
| 2016 Dubai Tennis Championships | |
|---|---|
| Date | 22 – 28 February (men) 15 – 21 February (women) |
| Edition | 24th (men) / 16th (women) |
| Category | ATP World Tour 500 (men) WTA Premier (women) |
| Draw | 32S / 16D (men) 28S / 16D (women) |
| Surface | Hard, outdoor |
| Location | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| Venue | Aviation Club Tennis Centre |
| 2015 Champions | |
| Men's singles | |
 Roger Federer | |
| Women's singles | |
 Simona Halep | |
| Men's doubles | |
 Rohan Bopanna /  Daniel Nestor | |
| Women's doubles | |
 Tímea Babos /  Kristina Mladenovic | |
The 2016 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the 2016 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) will be an ATP 500 event on the 2016 ATP World Tour and a WTA Premier on the 2016 WTA Tour. Both events will be held at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament will take place from February 15–20, 2016, while the men's tournament will take place from February 22–27, 2016.
Points and prize money
Point distribution
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's Singles | 500 | 300 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 0 | 20 | — | 10 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Doubles | — | 0 | ||||||||
| Women's Singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 |
| Women's Doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's Singles | — | |||||||||
| Men's Doubles* | — | |||||||||
| Women's Singles | $465,480[1] | $254,124 | $136,138 | $35,723 | $19,809 | $10,950 | — | $5,408 | $2,951 | $1,854 |
| Women's Doubles* | $74,042[2] | $39,184 | $20,087 | $10,042 | $5,223 | — | — | — | — | — |
*per team
ATP singles main draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Ranking1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 SRB
|
Novak Djokovic | 1 | 1 |
| SUI
|
Stan Wawrinka | 4 | 2 |
 CZE
|
Tomáš Berdych | 8 | 3 |
 ESP
|
Roberto Bautista Agut | 18 | 4 |
| SRB
|
Viktor Troicki | 21 | 5 |
| ESP
|
Feliciano López | 25 | 6 |
 SVK
|
Martin Kližan | 27 | 7 |
 GER
|
Philipp Kohlschreiber | 29 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of February 15, 2016.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
Roger Federer (knee injury) →replaced by Denis Istomin
Janko Tipsarević →replaced by Simone Bolelli
ATP doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 NED
|
Jean-Julien Rojer | ROU
|
Horia Tecău | 11 | 1 |
| IND
|
Rohan Bopanna | ROU
|
Florin Mergea | 20 | 2 |
| CAN
|
Vasek Pospisil | FRA
|
Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 35 | 3 |
 FIN
|
Henri Kontinen |  AUS
|
John Peers | 40 | 4 |
- Rankings are as of February 15, 2016.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
/ - /
The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:
- /
WTA singles main draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Ranking1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROU
|
Simona Halep | 3 | 1 |
| ESP
|
Garbiñe Muguruza | 5 | 2 |
| ESP
|
Carla Suárez Navarro | 8 | 3 |
| CZE
|
Petra Kvitová | 9 | 4 |
| SUI
|
Belinda Bencic | 11 | 5 |
| CZE
|
Karolína Plíšková | 13 | 6 |
 ITA
|
Roberta Vinci | 16 | 7 |
 RUS
|
Svetlana Kuznetsova | 17 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of February 8, 2016.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
- Timea Bacsinszky →replaced by Coco Vandeweghe
Angelique Kerber →replaced by Camila Giorgi
Peng Shuai →replaced by Caroline Garcia
Agnieszka Radwańska →replaced by Lesia Tsurenko
Lucie Šafářová →replaced by Madison Brengle
Serena Williams →replaced by Barbora Strýcová
Caroline Wozniacki →replaced by Daria Gavrilova
WTA doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 USA
|
Bethanie Mattek-Sands |  KAZ
|
Yaroslava Shvedova | 10 | 1 |
| FRA
|
Caroline Garcia | FRA
|
Kristina Mladenovic | 20 | 2 |
| CZE
|
Andrea Hlaváčková | CZE
|
Lucie Hradecká | 22 | 3 |
| HUN
|
Tímea Babos | GER
|
Julia Görges | 36 | 4 |
- Rankings are as of February 8, 2016.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Champions
Men's Singles
- vs.
Women's Singles
- vs.
Men's Doubles
- / vs. /
Women's Doubles
- / vs. /