# 2018 Dubai Tennis Championships

The 2018 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was an ATP 500 event on the 2018 ATP World Tour and a WTA Premier event on the 2018 WTA Tour. Both events were held at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament took place from 19 February until 25 February 2018, while the men's tournament took place from 26 February through 3 March 2018.

## Finals
### Men's singles

* Roberto Bautista Agut defeated Lucas Pouille, 6–3, 6–4

### Women's singles

* Elina Svitolina defeated Daria Kasatkina, 6–4, 6–0

### Men's doubles

* Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău defeated James Cerretani / Leander Paes, 6–2, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$

### Women's doubles

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

## 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 | 500 | 300 | 180 | 90 | 0 | — | 45 | — | 25 | 0 |
| Women's singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 |
| Women's doubles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | $511,750 | $240,340 | $119,340 | $59,670 | $30,235 | $15,910 | — | $2,655 | $1,460 |
| Men's doubles | $150,800 | $71,270 | $34,390 | $17,890 | $9,370 | — | — | — | — |
| Women's singles | $465,480 | $254,124 | $136,138 | $35,723 | $19,809 | $10,950 | $5,408 | $2,951 | $1,854 |
| Women's doubles | $74,042 | $39,184 | $20,087 | $10,042 | $5,223 | — | — | — | — |
| Doubles prize money per team ||||||||||

## ATP singles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Ranking$^1$ | 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

## ATP doubles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | 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

## WTA singles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Ranking$^1$ | 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

## WTA doubles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | 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