# 2014 Dubai Tennis Championships

The 2014 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the 2014 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a 500 event on the 2014 ATP World Tour and a Premier event on the 2014 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 17 February until 22 February 2014, while the men's tournament took place from 24 February until 1 March 2014. Roger Federer and Venus Williams won the singles titles.

## Finals
### Men's singles

* Roger Federer defeated Tomáš Berdych, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3

### Women's singles

* Venus Williams defeated Alizé Cornet, 6–3, 6–0

### Men's doubles

* Rohan Bopanna / Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi defeated Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić, 6–4, 6–3

### Women's doubles

* Alla Kudryavtseva / Anastasia Rodionova defeated Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears, 6–2, 5–7, [10–8]

## 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 | 20 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Women's singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 |
| Women's doubles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | $465,830 | $210,020 | $99,480 | $48,005 | $24,475 | $13,460 | $1,515 | $835 | — |
| Men's doubles | $137,620 | $62,090 | $29,280 | $14,150 | $7,270 | — | — | — | — |
| Women's singles | $471,841 | $251,648 | $135,064 | $34,891 | $18,712 | $11,888 | $5,387 | $2,835 | $1,607 |
| Women's doubles | $71,820 | $37,801 | $20,791 | $10,584 | $5,736 | — | — | — | — |
| Doubles prize money per team ||||||||||

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

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| SRB | Novak Djokovic | 2 | 1 |
| ARG | Juan Martín del Potro | 5 | 2 |
| CZE | Tomáš Berdych | 6 | 3 |
| SUI | Roger Federer | 8 | 4 |
| FRA | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 10 | 5 |
| RUS | Mikhail Youzhny | 16 | 6 |
| GER | Philipp Kohlschreiber | 25 | 7 |
| RUS | Dmitry Tursunov | 28 | 8 |
* Rankings are as of February 17, 2014.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Somdev Devvarman
* Malek Jaziri
* James Ward
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Marius Copil
* Thiemo de Bakker
* Lukáš Lacko
* Adrian Ungur

### Retirements

* Juan Martín del Potro (wrist injury)

### Withdrawals
#### During the tournament

* Nikolay Davydenko (left rib injury)
* Mikhail Youzhny (illness)

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

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| CAN | Daniel Nestor | SRB | Nenad Zimonjić | 30 | 1 |
| IND | Rohan Bopanna | PAK | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | 36 | 2 |
| POL | Mariusz Fyrstenberg | POL | Marcin Matkowski | 42 | 3 |
| CRO | Ivan Dodig | RUS | Mikhail Youzhny | 69 | 4 |
* Rankings are as of February 17, 2014.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Omar Alawadhi / Hamad Abbas Janahi
* Novak Djokovic / Carlos Gómez-Herrera
The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Nikolay Davydenko / Victor Hănescu

### Withdrawals
#### During the tournament

* Juan Martín del Potro (wrist injury)

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

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| USA | Serena Williams | 1 | 1 |
| POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 4 | 2 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 6 | 3 |
| ITA | Sara Errani | 7 | 4 |
| SRB | Jelena Janković | 8 | 5 |
| GER | Angelique Kerber | 9 | 6 |
| ROU | Simona Halep | 10 | 7 |
| DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 11 | 8 |
* Rankings are as of February 10, 2014.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Nadia Petrova
* Serena Williams
* Venus Williams
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Annika Beck
* Flavia Pennetta
* Karolína Plíšková
* Maryna Zanevska

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by Alizé Cornet

### Retirements

* Simona Halep (right ankle injury)

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

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| ITA | Sara Errani | ITA | Roberta Vinci | 2 | 1 |
| RUS | Ekaterina Makarova | RUS | Elena Vesnina | 12 | 2 |
| CZE | Květa Peschke | SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | 17 | 3 |
| ZIM | Cara Black | IND | Sania Mirza | 22 | 4 |
* Rankings are as of February 10, 2014.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Kirsten Flipkens / Petra Kvitová
* Flavia Pennetta / Samantha Stosur
* Serena Williams / Venus Williams

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Kristýna Plíšková (visa issues)