The 2018 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was an ATP 500 event on the 2018 ATP World Tour and a WTA Premier event on the 2018 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 19 to 25, while the men's tournament took place from February 26 through March 3.
Points and prize money
Point distribution
Prize money
*per team
ATP singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
Rankings are as of February 19, 2018.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Marcos Baghdatis Malek Jaziri Stefanos Tsitsipas
The following player received entry as a special exempt: Ilya Ivashka
The following players received entry using a protected ranking: Andreas Haider-Maurer Yoshihito Nishioka
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Ernests Gulbis Quentin Halys Yannick Maden Gleb Sakharov
The following player received entry as a lucky loser: Blaž Kavčič
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
Paolo Lorenzi → replaced by Blaž Kavčič
ATP doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
Rankings are as of February 19, 2018.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: James Cerretani / Leander Paes Denis Istomin / Daniel Nestor
The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw: Jan-Lennard Struff / Viktor Troicki
The following pair received entry as lucky losers: Andreas Haider-Maurer / Florian Mayer
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
Karen Khachanov
WTA singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
Rankings are as of February 12, 2018.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Catherine Bellis Johanna Konta Naomi Osaka Jeļena Ostapenko
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Sara Errani Samantha Stosur Lesia Tsurenko Sofya Zhuk
The following player received entry as a lucky loser: Wang Qiang
Withdrawals
Ashleigh Barty → replaced by Ekaterina Makarova
Julia Görges → replaced by Carla Suárez Navarro
Madison Keys → replaced by Elise Mertens
Petra Kvitová → replaced by Wang Qiang
Mirjana Lučić-Baroni → replaced by Anett Kontaveit
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
Rankings are as of February 12, 2018.
Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw: Lisa Ponomar / Eden Silva
Withdrawals
During the tournament
Lucie Šafářová
Champions
Men's singles
Roberto Bautista Agut def. Lucas Pouille, 6–3, 6–4
Women's singles
Elina Svitolina def. Daria Kasatkina, 6–4, 6–0
Men's doubles
Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău def. James Cerretani / Leander Paes, 6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Women's doubles
Chan Hao-ching / Yang Zhaoxuan def. Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai, 4–6, 6–2, [10–6]