# 2022 Dubai Tennis Championships

The 2022 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was an ATP 500 event on the 2022 ATP Tour and a WTA 500 tournament on the 2022 WTA Tour. Both events were held at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament took place from February 14 to 19 and the men's tournament from February 21 to 26.

## 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 | 55 | 1 | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | $523,740 | $282,300 | $149,870 | $76,570 | $40,875 | $21,800 | — | $11,170 | $6,270 |
| Men's doubles* | $171,670 | $91,560 | $46,320 | $23,160 | $11,720 | — | — | — | — |
| Women's singles | $104,180 | $64,800 | $37,500 | $17,500 | $9,000 | $6,200 | $3,000 | $2,000 | $1,500 |
| Women's doubles* | $36,200 | $22,000 | $12,500 | $6,500 | $3,900 | — | — | — | — |
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## Champions
### Men's singles

* Andrey Rublev def. Jiří Veselý 6–3, 6–4

### Women's singles

* Jeļena Ostapenko def. Veronika Kudermetova, 6–0, 6–4

### Men's doubles

* Tim Pütz / Michael Venus def. Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić, 6–3, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, [16–14]

### Women's doubles

* Veronika Kudermetova / Elise Mertens def. Lyudmyla Kichenok / Jeļena Ostapenko 6–1, 6–3

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

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| SRB | Novak Djokovic | 1 | 1 |
| RUS | Andrey Rublev | 7 | 2 |
| CAN | Félix Auger-Aliassime | 9 | 3 |
| ITA | Jannik Sinner | 10 | 4 |
| POL | Hubert Hurkacz | 11 | 5 |
| CAN | Denis Shapovalov | 12 | 6 |
| RUS | Aslan Karatsev | 15 | 7 |
| ESP | Roberto Bautista Agut | 16 | 8 |
* Rankings are as of February 14, 2022.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Malek Jaziri
* Andy Murray
* Lorenzo Musetti
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Ričardas Berankis
* Taro Daniel
* Christopher O'Connell
* Jiří Veselý
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
* Alex Molčan
* Alexei Popyrin

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Félix Auger-Aliassime → replaced by Alexei Popyrin
* Borna Ćorić → replaced by Jan-Lennard Struff
* Gaël Monfils → replaced by Kwon Soon-woo
* Botic van de Zandschulp → replaced by Alex Molčan

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

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| CRO | Nikola Mektić | CRO | Mate Pavić | 3 | 1 |
| USA | Rajeev Ram | GBR | Joe Salisbury | 7 | 2 |
| AUS | John Peers | SVK | Filip Polášek | 18 | 3 |
| GER | Tim Pütz | NZL | Michael Venus | 31 | 4 |
* Rankings are as of February 14, 2022.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Abdulrahman Al Janahi / Omar Alawadhi
* Saketh Myneni / Ramkumar Ramanathan
The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Alexander Bublik / Altuğ Çelikbilek
The following pairs received entry as lucky losers:
* Dan Evans / Ken Skupski
* Jonathan Erlich / Jan-Lennard Struff

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Marin Čilić / Ivan Dodig → replaced by Jonathan Erlich / Jan-Lennard Struff
* Karen Khachanov / Andrey Rublev → replaced by Dan Evans / Ken Skupski

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

| Country | Player | Ranking$^1$ | Seed |
| BLR | Aryna Sabalenka | 2 | 1 |
| CZE | Barbora Krejčíková | 3 | 2 |
| ESP | Paula Badosa | 5 | 3 |
| ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | 6 | 4 |
| GRE | Maria Sakkari | 7 | 5 |
| POL | Iga Świątek | 8 | 6 |
| EST | Anett Kontaveit | 9 | 7 |
| TUN | Ons Jabeur | 10 | 8 |
| USA | Danielle Collins | 11 | 9 |
| UKR | Elina Svitolina | 15 | 10 |
* Rankings are as of February 7, 2022.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Caroline Garcia
* Alison Riske
* Mayar Sherif
* Vera Zvonareva
The following player received special exempts into the main draw:
* Irina-Camelia Begu
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Varvara Gracheva
* Marta Kostyuk
* Elena-Gabriela Ruse
* Kateřina Siniaková
* Markéta Vondroušová
* Dayana Yastremska
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
* Jil Teichmann
* Ajla Tomljanović

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Belinda Bencic → replaced by Veronika Kudermetova
* Angelique Kerber → replaced by Elise Mertens
* Anett Kontaveit → replaced by Ajla Tomljanović
* Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by Camila Giorgi
* Karolína Plíšková → replaced by Jeļena Ostapenko
* Elena Rybakina → replaced by Danielle Collins
* Maria Sakkari → replaced by Jil Teichmann

#### During the tournament

* Markéta Vondroušová (right adductor injury)

### Retirements

* Danielle Collins (dizziness)

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

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| JPN | Ena Shibahara | CHN | Zhang Shuai | 12 | 1 |
| RUS | Veronika Kudermetova | BEL | Elise Mertens | 13 | 2 |
| CHI | Alexa Guarachi | CRO | Darija Jurak Schreiber | 23 | 3 |
| CAN | Gabriela Dabrowski | MEX | Giuliana Olmos | 28 | 4 |
* Rankings are as of February 7, 2022.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Lucie Hradecká / Sania Mirza
* Eden Silva / Kimberley Zimmermann

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Alexa Guarachi / Nicole Melichar-Martinez → replaced by Alexa Guarachi / Darija Jurak Schreiber