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
Switzerland Roger Federer
Women's Singles
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
Men's Doubles
India Mahesh Bhupathi / India Rohan Bopanna
Women's Doubles
United States Liezel Huber / United States 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 Rank1 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

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Retirements

ATP doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 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

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

WTA singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 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

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Retirements

ATP doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 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

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Retirements

Champions

Men's Singles

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

Women's Singles

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

Men's Doubles

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

Women's Doubles

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

References

External links

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