# 2019 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's singles

Roberto Bautista Agut was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Nikoloz Basilashvili.
Roger Federer won his 8th Dubai title, and 100th ATP singles title overall, defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas, 6–4, 6–4, in the final. Federer became the second male tennis player in history after Jimmy Connors in 1983 to win 100 ATP singles titles.
Following his run to the final, Tsitsipas entered the top 10 in the ATP rankings for the first time in his career, becoming the first Greek player to achieve this feat.

## Seeds

* Kei Nishikori (second round)
* Roger Federer (champion)
* Marin Čilić (first round)
* Karen Khachanov (first round)
* Stefanos Tsitsipas (final)
* Borna Ćorić (semifinals)
* Milos Raonic (first round)
* Daniil Medvedev (first 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 |
| 5 | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 4 | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | Gaël Monfils | 6 | 6$^4$ | 6$^4$ | | | | |
| | Gaël Monfils | 6 | 6$^4$ | 6$^4$ | 5 | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 4 | 4 |
| | | | | | 2 | Roger Federer | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | Borna Ćorić | 2 | 2 | | 2 | Roger Federer | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Roger Federer | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

### Top 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 | Semifinals |
| 1 | K Nishikori | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Paire | 4 | 3 | | 1 | K Nishikori | 5 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Hurkacz | 6 | 7 | | | H Hurkacz | 7 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | C Moutet | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | H Hurkacz | 6$^4$ | 7$^7$ | 1 | | | | | |
| Q | E Gerasimov | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | 5 | S Tsitsipas | 7$^7$ | 6$^1$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | R Haase | 6$^2$ | 6$^5$ | | Q | E Gerasimov | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Ebden | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | S Tsitsipas | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | S Tsitsipas | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | S Tsitsipas | 4 | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ |
| 3 | M Čilić | 3 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | G Monfils | 6 | 6$^4$ | 6$^4$ |
| | G Monfils | 6 | 4 | 6 | | G Monfils | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Safwat | 6 | 3 | 4 | WC | M Baghdatis | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Baghdatis | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | G Monfils | 6 | 6$^3$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Berrettini | 6 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | Q | R Berankis | 1 | 7$^7$ | 2 | | | | | |
| | D Kudla | 2 | 7 | 7 | | D Kudla | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Berankis | 6 | 6 | | Q | R Berankis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | D Medvedev | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | B Ćorić | 7 | 3 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | J Veselý | 5 | 6 | 6$^4$ | 6 | B Ćorić | 1 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Berdych | 6 | 4 | 7$^7$ | | T Berdych | 6 | 1 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | I Ivashka | 4 | 6 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | 6 | B Ćorić | 4 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | R Bautista Agut | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | N Basilashvili | 6 | 2 | 6$^1$ | | | | |
| WC | R Ramanathan | 4 | 3 | | | R Bautista Agut | 7$^7$ | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Basilashvili | 6 | 6 | | | N Basilashvili | 6$^2$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | K Khachanov | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | B Ćorić | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | M Raonic | 4 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | R Federer | 6 | 6 |
| | J-L Struff | 6 | 5 | 6 | | J-L Struff | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Džumhur | 1 | 6$^5$ | | | M Fucsovics | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Fucsovics | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | M Fucsovics | 6$^6$ | 4 | | | | | |
| Q | T Fabbiano | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | 2 | R Federer | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | F Verdasco | 3 | 6 | 6 | | F Verdasco | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Kohlschreiber | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | R Federer | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | R Federer | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Ilya Ivashka (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Thomas Fabbiano (qualified)
* Jiří Veselý (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Ričardas Berankis (qualified)
* Corentin Moutet (qualified)
* Antoine Hoang (qualifying competition)
* Egor Gerasimov (qualified)
* Mirza Bašić (qualifying competition)

### Qualifiers

* Corentin Moutet
* Thomas Fabbiano
* Egor Gerasimov
* Ričardas Berankis

### Lucky losers

* Ilya Ivashka
* Jiří Veselý

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Ilya Ivashka | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | Alexey Vatutin | 7 | 5 | 2 | | | | |
| | Alexey Vatutin | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | Ilya Ivashka | 1 | 3 |
| | | | | | 5 | Corentin Moutet | 6 | 6 |
| WC | Karim-Mohamed Maamoun | 3 | 6$^0$ | | 5 | Corentin Moutet | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | Corentin Moutet | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Thomas Fabbiano | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Rudolf Molleker | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| | Rudolf Molleker | 3 | 3 | 2 | Thomas Fabbiano | 7$^8$ | 7 |
| | | | | 6 | Antoine Hoang | 6$^6$ | 5 |
| WC | Adham Gabr | 1 | 0 | 6 | Antoine Hoang | 6$^6$ | 5 |
| 6 | Antoine Hoang | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Jiří Veselý | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | James Ward | 6$^4$ | 6$^4$ | | | | |
| | James Ward | 6$^4$ | 6$^4$ | 3 | Jiří Veselý | 6$^5$ | 4 |
| | | | | 7 | Egor Gerasimov | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | Aleksandr Nedovyesov | 6$^3$ | 5 | 7 | Egor Gerasimov | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| 7 | Egor Gerasimov | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Ričardas Berankis | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | Constant Lestienne | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| | Constant Lestienne | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | Ričardas Berankis | 7$^9$ | 6 |
| | | | | | 8 | Mirza Bašić | 6$^7$ | 4 |
| WC | Simon Carr | 3 | 3 | | 8 | Mirza Bašić | 6$^7$ | 4 |
| 8 | Mirza Bašić | 6 | 6 | | | | | |