2012 Dubai Tennis Championships

2012 Dubai Tennis Championships
Date	27 February – 3 March (men) 20 – 25 February (women)[1]
Edition	20th (men) / 12th (women)
Category	ATP World Tour 500 WTA Premier event
Location	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Venue	Aviation Club Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's Singles
Roger Federer
Women's Singles
Agnieszka Radwańska
Men's Doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi / Rohan Bopanna
Women's Doubles
Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond

The 2012 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the 2012 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a 500 event on the 2012 ATP World Tour and a Premier event on the 2012 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 from February 20 to February 25, 2012, while the men's tournament took place from February 27 to March 3, 2012.

ATP singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
SRB	Novak Djokovic	1	1
SUI	Roger Federer	3	2
GBR	Andy Murray	4	3
FRA	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6	4
CZE	Tomáš Berdych	7	5
USA	Mardy Fish	8	6
SRB	Janko Tipsarević	9	7
ARG	Juan Martín del Potro	10	8

• ¹ Rankings as of February 20, 2012

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Omar Awadhy
• Sergei Bubka
• Marko Djokovic

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Michael Berrer
• Marco Chiudinelli
• Andrey Golubev
• Lukáš Lacko

Retirements

• Richard Gasquet (illness)

ATP doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
FRA	Michaël Llodra	SRB	Nenad Zimonjić	11	1
SWE	Robert Lindstedt	ROU	Horia Tecău	17	2
POL	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	POL	Marcin Matkowski	24	3
IND	Mahesh Bhupathi	IND	Rohan Bopanna	26	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of February 20, 2012

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Marsel İlhan / Malek Jaziri
• Mohammed Ghareeb / Abdullah Maqdas

WTA singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
BLR	Victoria Azarenka	1	1
CZE	Petra Kvitová	3	2
DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	4	3
AUS	Samantha Stosur	5	4
POL	Agnieszka Radwańska	6	5
FRA	Marion Bartoli	7	6
ITA	Francesca Schiavone	11	7
SRB	Jelena Janković	13	8
GER	Sabine Lisicki	14	9

• ¹ Rankings as of February 13, 2012

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Fatma Al Nabhani
• Shahar Pe'er

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Iveta Benešová
• Simona Halep
• Petra Martić
• Aleksandra Wozniak

The following players received entry as lucky loser:

• Polona Hercog
• Casey Dellacqua

Withdrawals

• Victoria Azarenka (left ankle injury)
• Petra Kvitová (illness)
• Li Na (lower back injury)
• Vera Zvonareva

Retirements

• Dominika Cibulková (right hamstring strain)

ATP doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
USA	Liezel Huber	USA	Lisa Raymond	3	1
IND	Sania Mirza	RUS	Elena Vesnina	15	2
SVK	Daniela Hantuchová	POL	Agnieszka Radwańska	37	3
ESP	Nuria Llagostera Vives	AUS	Anastasia Rodionova	50	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of February 13, 2012

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Fatma Al Nabhani / Andreja Klepač
• Casey Dellacqua / Samantha Stosur
• Flavia Pennetta / Francesca Schiavone

Retirements

• Maria Kirilenko (acute neck injury)

Champions

Men's Singles

Roger Federer def. Andy Murray, 7–5, 6–4

• It was Federer's 2nd title of the year and 72nd of his career. It was his 5th win at Dubai, also winning in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2007.

Women's Singles

Agnieszka Radwańska def. Julia Görges, 7–5, 6–4

• It was Radwańska's 1st title of the year and 8th of her career. It was her 2nd Premier-level tournament of her career and 4th Premier overall.

Men's Doubles

Mahesh Bhupathi / Rohan Bopanna def. Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski, 6–4, 3–6, [10–5]

Women's Doubles

Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond def. Sania Mirza / Elena Vesnina, 6–2, 6–1

References

1. Tournament Schedule

External links

• Official website
• Television Broadcasters