# 2020 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's singles

Novak Djokovic won the title, defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final, 6–3, 6–4. Djokovic saved three match points in his semifinal match against Gaël Monfils.
Roger Federer was the defending champion, but withdrew from the tournament after undergoing surgery on his right knee.

## Seeds

* Novak Djokovic (champion)
* Stefanos Tsitsipas (final)
* Gaël Monfils (semifinals)
* Fabio Fognini (first round)
* Roberto Bautista Agut (first round)
* Andrey Rublev (quarterfinals)
* Karen Khachanov (quarterfinals)
* Benoît Paire (second round)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Novak Djokovic | 2 | 7$^{10}$ | 6 | | | | |
| 3 | Gaël Monfils | 6 | 6$^8$ | 1 | | | | |
| 3 | Gaël Monfils | 6 | 6$^8$ | 1 | 1 | Novak Djokovic | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 2 | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 3 | 4 |
| | Dan Evans | 2 | 3 | | 2 | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | N Djokovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Jaziri | 1 | 2 | | 1 | N Djokovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Kohlschreiber | 4 | 6 | 6 | | P Kohlschreiber | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Safwat | 6 | 4 | 0 | | | | | 1 | N Djokovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | P Gunneswaran | 4 | 3 | | | | | | 7 | K Khachanov | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| Q | D Novak | 6 | 6 | | Q | D Novak | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Kukushkin | 6$^2$ | 1 | | 7 | K Khachanov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | K Khachanov | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | N Djokovic | 2 | 7$^{10}$ | 6 |
| 3 | G Monfils | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | G Monfils | 6 | 6$^8$ | 1 |
| | M Fucsovics | 4 | 5 | | 3 | G Monfils | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | Y-h Lu | 6 | 1 | 2 | Q | Y Uchiyama | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Y Uchiyama | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | 3 | G Monfils | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | L Harris | 6$^5$ | 4 | | | | | | | R Gasquet | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| | R Gasquet | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | R Gasquet | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Čilić | 6 | 5 | 6$^1$ | 8 | B Paire | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | B Paire | 2 | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | A Rublev | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Musetti | 4 | 4 | | 6 | A Rublev | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Sousa | 6 | 3 | 3 | | F Krajinović | 6$^3$ | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Krajinović | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 6 | A Rublev | 2 | 6$^9$ | | | | | |
| | Y Nishioka | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | D Evans | 6 | 7$^{11}$ | | | | | |
| | P-H Herbert | 7 | 6 | | | P-H Herbert | 5 | 6 | 6$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Evans | 3 | 6 | 7 | | D Evans | 7 | 3 | 7$^9$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | F Fognini | 6 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | D Evans | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | R Bautista Agut | 6$^2$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | S Tsitsipas | 6 | 6 |
| | J-L Struff | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | J-L Struff | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Basilashvili | 5 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | N Basilashvili | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Berankis | 7 | 6$^2$ | 3 | | | | | | | J-L Struff | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| | H Hurkacz | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | 2 | S Tsitsipas | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Bublik | 6 | 7 | | | A Bublik | 6$^1$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Carreño Busta | 6$^1$ | 1 | | 2 | S Tsitsipas | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | S Tsitsipas | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Mikael Ymer (first round, retired)
* Philipp Kohlschreiber (moved to main draw)
* Yūichi Sugita (qualifying competition)
* Lloyd Harris (qualified)
* Dennis Novak (qualified)
* Yasutaka Uchiyama (qualified)
* Alexei Popyrin (first round)
* Emil Ruusuvuori (qualifying competition, retired)

### Qualifiers

* Lorenzo Musetti
* Dennis Novak
* Yasutaka Uchiyama
* Lloyd Harris

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Mikael Ymer | 4 | 3$^r$ | | | | |
| | Evgeny Donskoy | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | Evgeny Donskoy | 6 | 3 | | Evgeny Donskoy | 6$^7$ | 6$^1$ |
| | | | | WC | Lorenzo Musetti | 7$^9$ | 7$^7$ |
| WC | Lorenzo Musetti | 6 | 7$^7$ | WC | Lorenzo Musetti | 7$^9$ | 7$^7$ |
| 7 | Alexei Popyrin | 3 | 6$^1$ | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| Alt | Yannick Hanfmann | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Simon Carr | 6$^3$ | 1 | | | | | |
| WC | Simon Carr | 6$^3$ | 1 | | Alt | Yannick Hanfmann | 3 | 4 |
| | | | | | 5 | Dennis Novak | 6 | 6 |
| | Blaž Rola | 6$^3$ | 7$^7$ | 4 | 5 | Dennis Novak | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | Dennis Novak | 7$^7$ | 6$^3$ | 6 | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Yūichi Sugita | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Petros Tsitsipas | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| WC | Petros Tsitsipas | 3 | 2 | | 3 | Yūichi Sugita | 4 | 6$^7$ |
| | | | | | 6 | Yasutaka Uchiyama | 6 | 7$^9$ |
| | Zhang Zhizhen | 7 | 6$^2$ | 2$^r$ | 6 | Yasutaka Uchiyama | 6 | 7$^9$ |
| 6 | Yasutaka Uchiyama | 5 | 7$^7$ | 2 | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Lloyd Harris | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | Thomas Fabbiano | 7 | 4 | 3 | | | |
| | Thomas Fabbiano | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Lloyd Harris | 1 |
| | | | | | 8 | Emil Ruusuvuori | 0$^r$ |
| | Peter Gojowczyk | 5 | 0$^r$ | | 8 | Emil Ruusuvuori | 0$^r$ |
| 8 | Emil Ruusuvuori | 7 | 0 | | | | |