# 2024 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's singles

Jasmine Paolini defeated Anna Kalinskaya in the final, 4–6, 7–5, 7–5 to win the women's singles title at the 2024 Dubai Tennis Championships. It was her first WTA 1000 title and second WTA Tour singles title overall. Paolini avenged her loss to Kalinskaya at the Australian Open, where both players had progressed to the second week of a major for the first time. Kalinskaya was the second qualifier to contest a WTA 1000 final, following Caroline Garcia at the 2022 Cincinnati Open.
Barbora Krejčíková was the reigning champion, but withdrew before the tournament began.
Celine Simunyu received a wildcard for the qualifying event, becoming the first Irish player to be awarded a wildcard at a WTA Tour event.
Iga Świątek retained the world No. 1 ranking after Aryna Sabalenka lost in the second round.

## Seeds

The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.
    01. Iga Świątek (semifinals)
    02. Aryna Sabalenka (second round)
    03. Coco Gauff (quarterfinals)
    04. Elena Rybakina (quarterfinals, withdrew)
    05. Ons Jabeur (withdrew)
    06. Zheng Qinwen (quarterfinals)
    07. Markéta Vondroušová (quarterfinals)
    08. Maria Sakkari (third round)
    09. Jeļena Ostapenko (third round)
    10. Daria Kasatkina (first round)
    11. Beatriz Haddad Maia (first round)
    12. Liudmila Samsonova (third round)
    13. Veronika Kudermetova (second round)
    14. Ekaterina Alexandrova (first round)
    15. Elina Svitolina (third round)
    16. Caroline Garcia (first round)
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

## 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
* NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant

### Finals

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Iga Świątek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Zheng Qinwen | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Zheng Qinwen | 3 | 2 | | 1 | Iga Świątek | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | | | | | Q | Anna Kalinskaya | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 3 | Coco Gauff | 6 | 4 | 2 | Q | Anna Kalinskaya | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | Anna Kalinskaya | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Anna Kalinskaya | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | Q | Anna Kalinskaya | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Jasmine Paolini | 4 | 7 | 7 |
| | Jasmine Paolini | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | Jasmine Paolini | 4 | 7 | 7 |
| 4 | Elena Rybakina | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Elena Rybakina | | | | | Jasmine Paolini | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Sorana Cîrstea | 2 | 6$^6$ | | | | | |
| 7 | Markéta Vondroušová | 6 | 6$^1$ | 2 | | Sorana Cîrstea | 2 | 6$^6$ | | | | | |
| | Sorana Cîrstea | 2 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 1 | I Świątek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Stephens | 6 | 1 | 6 | | S Stephens | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | C Burel | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | 1 | I Świątek | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | V Gracheva | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | 15 | E Svitolina | 1 | 4 | | | | |
| | T Maria | 6 | 6 | | | T Maria | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kalinina | 3 | 6$^7$ | | 15 | E Svitolina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | E Svitolina | 6 | 7$^9$ | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | I Świątek | 6 | 6 |
| 10 | D Kasatkina | 6$^5$ | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Q Zheng | 3 | 2 |
| LL | L Bronzetti | 7$^7$ | 4 | 7 | LL | L Bronzetti | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Zhu | 6 | 2 | 4 | | A Potapova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Potapova | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | A Potapova | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| Q | N Hibino | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | 6 | Q Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Linette | 2 | 6 | 4 | Q | N Hibino | 7 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Q Zheng | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 3 | C Gauff | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Mertens | 6 | 3 | 6$^3$ | LL | E Cocciaretto | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | E Cocciaretto | 1 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | 3 | C Gauff | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Ka Plíšková | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | Ka Plíšková | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| WC | S Zhang | 3 | 5 | | | Ka Plíšková | 6$^2$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Krueger | 3 | 6 | 6 | WC | A Krueger | 7$^7$ | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | C Garcia | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | C Gauff | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 9 | J Ostapenko | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | Q | A Kalinskaya | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| Q | Xiy Wang | 7 | 2 | 3 | 9 | J Ostapenko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | P Badosa | 4 | 0$^r$ | | WC | L Sun | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | L Sun | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | 9 | J Ostapenko | 4 | 5 | | | | | | |
| Q | A Kalinskaya | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | A Kalinskaya | 6 | 7 | | | | | | |
| Q | S Hunter | 1 | 2 | | Q | A Kalinskaya | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | LL | C Bucșa | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 8 | M Sakkari | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Siniaková | 6 | 5 | 4 | | E Navarro | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Navarro | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | M Sakkari | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| | L Fernandez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | J Paolini | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | B Pera | 3 | 2 | | | L Fernandez | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Paolini | 4 | 6 | 6 | | J Paolini | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | B Haddad Maia | 6 | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | J Paolini | w/o |
| 14 | E Alexandrova | 6$^2$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | E Rybakina | |
| Q | M Fręch | 7$^7$ | 6 | | Q | M Fręch | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | P Martić | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | P Martić | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | C Dolehide | 4 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | Q | M Fręch | 6$^5$ | 6 | 4 | | | |
| | A Rus | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | 4 | E Rybakina | 7$^7$ | 3 | 6 | | | |
| | V Azarenka | 6 | 6 | | | V Azarenka | 6 | 2 | 0$^r$ | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | E Rybakina | 4 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 7 | M Vondroušová | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Andreeva | 2 | 6 | 1 | | P Stearns | 1 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Stearns | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | 7 | M Vondroušová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | A Pavlyuchenkova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 12 | L Samsonova | 2 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | M Bouzková | 4 | 3 | | | A Pavlyuchenkova | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | V Tomova | 6$^2$ | 3 | | 12 | L Samsonova | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | L Samsonova | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | M Vondroušová | 6 | 6$^1$ | 2 |
| 13 | V Kudermetova | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | S Cîrstea | 2 | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| WC | D Yastremska | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | V Kudermetova | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Kenin | 3 | 6$^2$ | | | S Cîrstea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Cîrstea | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | S Cîrstea | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | Xin Wang | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | D Vekić | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | | |
| | D Vekić | 6 | 6 | | | D Vekić | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | A Sabalenka | 7$^7$ | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Anna Kalinskaya (qualified)
* Kateřina Siniaková (moved to main draw)
* Clara Burel (qualified)
* Magdalena Fręch (qualified)
* Elisabetta Cocciaretto (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Lucia Bronzetti (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Martina Trevisan (first round)
* Wang Xiyu (qualified)
* Danielle Collins (withdrew)
* Cristina Bucșa (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Viktoriya Tomova (qualified)
* Jaqueline Cristian (first round)
* Yulia Putintseva (qualifying competition)
* Bernarda Pera (qualified)
* Greet Minnen (first round)
* Kamilla Rakhimova (qualifying competition)

### Qualifiers

* Anna Kalinskaya
* Viktoriya Tomova
* Clara Burel
* Magdalena Fręch
* Bernarda Pera
* Nao Hibino
* Storm Hunter
* Wang Xiyu

### Lucky losers

* Elisabetta Cocciaretto
* Lucia Bronzetti
* Cristina Bucșa

### Draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Anna Kalinskaya | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Rebeka Masarova | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| | Rebeka Masarova | 4 | 3 | 1 | Anna Kalinskaya | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 16 | Kamilla Rakhimova | 2 | 2 |
| | Alycia Parks | 6$^2$ | 1 | 16 | Kamilla Rakhimova | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Kamilla Rakhimova | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| Alt | Tímea Babos | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | |
| | Maria Timofeeva | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | Maria Timofeeva | 2 | 6 | 3 | Alt | Tímea Babos | 4 | 3 |
| | | | | | 11 | Viktoriya Tomova | 6 | 6 |
| WC | Ankita Raina | 4 | 0 | | 11 | Viktoriya Tomova | 6 | 6 |
| 11 | Viktoriya Tomova | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Clara Burel | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Aliaksandra Sasnovich | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| | Aliaksandra Sasnovich | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Clara Burel | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Eva Lys | 2 | 1 |
| | Eva Lys | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | Eva Lys | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | Jaqueline Cristian | 6 | 6$^3$ | 2 | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Magdalena Fręch | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Arina Rodionova | 6 | 3 | 1$^r$ | | | | | |
| | Arina Rodionova | 6 | 3 | 1$^r$ | 4 | Magdalena Fręch | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| | | | | | 13 | Yulia Putintseva | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| WC | Coumba Ben Niangadou | 1 | 1 | | 13 | Yulia Putintseva | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| 13 | Yulia Putintseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |

#### Fifth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 5 | Elisabetta Cocciaretto | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| WC | Zeynep Sönmez | 3 | 0 | | | | | | |
| WC | Zeynep Sönmez | 3 | 0 | | 5 | Elisabetta Cocciaretto | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| | | | | | 14 | Bernarda Pera | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| | Laura Siegemund | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | Bernarda Pera | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| 14 | Bernarda Pera | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

#### Sixth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 6 | Lucia Bronzetti | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Tereza Martincová | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Tereza Martincová | 1 | 4 | 6 | Lucia Bronzetti | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| | | | | | Nao Hibino | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| | Nao Hibino | 6 | 6 | | Nao Hibino | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| 15 | Greet Minnen | 4 | 2 | | | | | |

#### Seventh qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 7 | Martina Trevisan | 5 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Storm Hunter | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Storm Hunter | 7 | 6 | | Storm Hunter | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 10 | Cristina Bucșa | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| WC | Celine Simunyu | 0 | 3 | 10 | Cristina Bucșa | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 10 | Cristina Bucșa | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

#### Eighth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 8 | Wang Xiyu | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Erika Andreeva | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| | Erika Andreeva | 4 | 2 | 8 | Wang Xiyu | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | Sara Errani | 3 | 2 |
| | Sara Errani | 6 | 6 | | Sara Errani | 3 | 2 |
| Alt | İpek Öz | 3 | 0 | | | | |