Dubai Tennis Championships

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Dubai Tennis Championships

Location	Dubai United Arab Emirates
Surface	Hard / Outdoors
Official website
ATP Tour
Category	International Series Gold
Draw	32S / 16Q / 16D
Prize Money	US$1,500,000
Sony Ericsson WTA Tour
Tier	Tier II
Draw	28M / 32Q / 16D
Prize Money	US$1,500,000

Dubai Tennis Championships 2006

The Dubai Tennis Championships is a professional tennis tournament held in Dubai, U.A.E. on outdoor hardcourts. The tournament organizes both a men's and women's event, going under the names of Dubai Duty Free Men's and Women's Open. The 2007 event was held from February 19 to March 3 at the Dubai Tennis Stadium.

It is owned and organised by the Dubai Duty Free Company and takes place under the patronage of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.

For the past five years Swiss Roger Federer, on the men's side, and Belgian Justine Henin (Hardenne), on the women's side, dominated the singles' tournaments. Between 2003 and 2007, Federer and Henin each won the singles title four times. However, in 2008 neither player managed to reach the final meaning a new champion was crowned.

1 Past finals
2 External links

[edit] Past finals

[edit] Men

[edit] Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1993	Karel Nováček	Fabrice Santoro	6–4, 7–5
1994	Magnus Gustafsson	Sergi Bruguera	6–4, 6–2
1995	Wayne Ferreira	Andrea Gaudenzi	6–3, 6–3
1996	Goran Ivanišević	Albert Costa	6–4, 6–3
1997	Thomas Muster	Goran Ivanišević	7–5, 7–6(3)
1998	Àlex Corretja	Félix Mantilla	7–6(0), 6–1
1999	Jérôme Golmard	Nicolas Kiefer	6–4, 6–2
2000	Nicolas Kiefer	Juan Carlos Ferrero	7–5, 4–6, 6–3
2001	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Marat Safin	6–2, 3–1 retired
2002	Fabrice Santoro	Younes El Aynaoui	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
2003	Roger Federer	Jiří Novák	6–1, 7–6(2)
2004	Roger Federer	Feliciano López	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
2005	Roger Federer	Ivan Ljubičić	6–1, 6–7(6), 6–3
2006	Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
2007	Roger Federer	Mikhail Youzhny	6–4, 6–3
2008	Andy Roddick	Feliciano López	6–7(8), 6–4, 6–2

[edit] Doubles

Year	Champions	Runner-ups	Score
1993	John Fitzgerald / Anders Järryd	Grant Connell / Patrick Galbraith	6–2, 6–1
1994	Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde	Darren Cahill / John Fitzgerald	6–7, 6–4, 6–2
1995	Grant Connell / Patrick Galbraith	Tomás Carbonell / Francisco Roig	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
1996	Grant Connell / Byron Black	Karel Nováček / Jiří Novák	6–0, 6–1
1997	Sander Groen / Goran Ivanišević	Sandon Stolle / Cyril Suk	7–6, 6–3
1998	Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes	Donald Johnson / Francisco Montana	6–2, 7–5
1999	Wayne Black / Sandon Stolle	David Adams / John-Laffnie de Jager	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
2000	Jiří Novák / David Rikl	Robbie Koenig / Peter Tramacchi	6-2, 7-5
2001	Joshua Eagle / Sandon Stolle	Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić	6–4, 6–4
2002	Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor	Joshua Eagle / Sandon Stolle	3–6, 6–3, 13–11 (MTB)
2003	Leander Paes / David Rikl	Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 6–0
2004	Mahesh Bhupathi / Fabrice Santoro	Jonas Björkman / Leander Paes	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
2005	Martin Damm / Radek Štěpánek	Jonas Björkman / Fabrice Santoro	6–2, 6–4
2006	Paul Hanley / Kevin Ullyett	Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor	1–6, 6–2, 10–1
2007	Fabrice Santoro / Nenad Zimonjić	Mahesh Bhupathi / Radek Štěpánek	7–5, 6–7, 10–7
2008	Mahesh Bhupathi / Mark Knowles	Martin Damm / Pavel Vízner	7–5, 7–6

[edit] Women

[edit] Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2001	Martina Hingis	Nathalie Tauziat	6–4, 6–4
2002	Amélie Mauresmo	Sandrine Testud	6–4, 7–6(3)
2003	Justine Henin-Hardenne	Monica Seles	4–6, 7–6(4), 7–5
2004	Justine Henin-Hardenne	Svetlana Kuznetsova	7–6(3), 6–3
2005	Lindsay Davenport	Jelena Janković	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
2006	Justine Henin-Hardenne	Maria Sharapova	7–5, 6–2
2007	Justine Henin	Amélie Mauresmo	6–4, 7–5
2008	Elena Dementieva	Svetlana Kuznetsova	4–6, 6–3, 6–2

[edit] Doubles

Year	Champions	Runner-ups	Score
2001	Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis	Åsa Svensson / Karina Habšudová	6–0, 4–6, 6–2
2002	Barbara Rittner / Maria Vento-Kabchi	Sandrine Testud / Roberta Vinci	6–3, 6–2
2003	Svetlana Kuznetsova / Martina Navrátilová	Cara Black / Elena Likhovtseva	6–3, 7–6
2004	Janette Husárová / Conchita Martínez	Svetlana Kuznetsova / Elena Likhovtseva	6–0, 1–6, 6–3
2005	Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova / Alicia Molik	6–7, 6–2, 6–1
2006	Květa Peschke / Francesca Schiavone	Svetlana Kuznetsova / Nadia Petrova	3–6, 7–6, 6–3
2007	Cara Black / Liezel Huber	Svetlana Kuznetsova / Alicia Molik	7–6, 6–4
2008	Cara Black / Liezel Huber	Zheng Jie / Yan Zi	7–5, 6–2

[edit] External links

Official Website

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