# 2013 Dubai Tennis Championships

The 2013 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the 2013 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a 500 event on the 2013 ATP World Tour and a Premier event on the 2013 WTA Tour. Both of the events took place at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament took place February 18 to 23, while the men's tournament took place from February 25 to March 2.

## Finals
### Men's singles

* Novak Djokovic defeated Tomáš Berdych 7–5, 6–3

### Women's singles

* Petra Kvitová defeated Sara Errani, 6–2, 1–6, 6–1

### Men's doubles

* Mahesh Bhupathi / Michaël Llodra defeated Robert Lindstedt / Nenad Zimonjić, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$

### Women's doubles

* Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Sania Mirza defeated Nadia Petrova / Katarina Srebotnik, 6–4, 2–6, [10–7]

## 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 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Women's singles | 470 | 320 | 200 | 120 | 60 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 1 |
| Women's doubles | 470 | 320 | 200 | 120 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | $429,600 | $193,700 | $91,750 | $44,275 | $22,575 | $12,415 | $1,400 | $770 | — |
| Men's doubles * | $126,900 | $57,300 | $27,000 | $13,050 | $6,700 | — | — | — | — |
| Women's singles | $442,198 | $240,644 | $128,910 | $33,225 | $18,382 | $10,183 | $5,005 | $2,727 | $1,726 |
| Women's doubles * | $69,039 | $36,376 | $18,640 | $9,320 | $4,850 | — | — | — | — |
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## ATP singles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| SRB | Novak Djokovic | 1 | 1 |
| SUI | Roger Federer | 2 | 2 |
| CZE | Tomáš Berdych | 6 | 3 |
| ARG | Juan Martín del Potro | 7 | 4 |
| FRA | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 8 | 5 |
| SRB | Janko Tipsarević | 9 | 6 |
| ITA | Andreas Seppi | 19 | 7 |
| RUS | Mikhail Youzhny | 32 | 8 |
* Rankings are as of February 18, 2013.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Malek Jaziri
* Rajeev Ram
* Dmitry Tursunov
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Daniel Brands
* Igor Kunitsyn
* Florent Serra
* Matteo Viola

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Philipp Kohlschreiber
* Radek Štěpánek

### Retirements

* Bernard Tomic (illness)

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

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| ESP | Marc López | ESP | Marcel Granollers | 8 | 1 |
| PAK | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | NED | Jean-Julien Rojer | 27 | 2 |
| SWE | Robert Lindstedt | SRB | Nenad Zimonjić | 29 | 3 |
| POL | Mariusz Fyrstenberg | POL | Marcin Matkowski | 35 | 4 |
* Rankings are as of February 18, 2013.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Omar Awadhy / Hamad Abbas Janahi
* Novak Djokovic / Marko Djokovic

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

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| BLR | Victoria Azarenka | 1 | 1 |
| USA | Serena Williams | 2 | 2 |
| POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 4 | 3 |
| GER | Angelique Kerber | 6 | 4 |
| ITA | Sara Errani | 7 | 5 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 8 | 6 |
| AUS | Samantha Stosur | 9 | 7 |
| DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 10 | 8 |
* Rankings are as of February 11, 2013.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Marion Bartoli
* Yulia Putintseva
* Laura Robson
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Daniela Hantuchová
* Svetlana Kuznetsova
* Urszula Radwańska
* Zheng Jie
The following player received entry as lucky loser:
* Carla Suárez Navarro

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Victoria Azarenka (right foot injury)
* Maria Kirilenko (shoulder injury)
* Li Na (left ankle injury)
* Serena Williams (lower back injury)

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

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| RUS | Ekaterina Makarova | RUS | Elena Vesnina | 19 | 1 |
| RUS | Nadia Petrova | SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | 20 | 2 |
| USA | Raquel Kops-Jones | USA | Abigail Spears | 27 | 3 |
| ESP | Nuria Llagostera Vives | CHN | Zheng Jie | 29 | 4 |
| TPE | Hsieh Su-wei | USA | Liezel Huber | 32 | 5 |
* Rankings are as of February 11, 2013.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Fatma Al-Nabhani / Alicja Rosolska
* Julia Görges / Angelique Kerber
* Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur
The following pair received entry as alternates:
* Vera Dushevina / Klára Zakopalová

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Elena Vesnina (viral illness)

### Retirements

* Květa Peschke (left thigh strain)