Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2016 / Men

ATP World Tour
Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2016

date	02/22/2016 - 02/27/2016
Edition	24
navigation	2015 ◄ 2016 ► 2017
venue	Dubai United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
Tournament number	495
category	World Tour 500
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	32E / 16Q / 16D / 4QD
Prize money	US $ 2,249,215
Financial. Obligation	US $ 2,674,445
Website	Official website

Last year's winner (individual)	Switzerland Roger Federer
Last year's winner (double)	India Rohan Bopanna Daniel Nestor Canada

Winner (singles)	Switzerland Stan Wawrinka
Winner (doubles)	Italy Simone Bolelli Andreas Seppi Italy

Tournament director	Salah Tahlak
Tournament supervisor	Gerry Armstrong
Last direct assumption	Kazakhstan Mikhail Kukushkin (63)

As of February 27, 2016

The Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2016 was a tennis tournament that took place in Dubai from February 22nd to 27th, 2016 . It was part of the ATP World Tour 2016 and was played outdoors on hard courts. In the same week, the Abierto Mexicano Telcel was played in Acapulco and the Brasil Open in São Paulo . The former, like the tournament in Dubai, was part of the ATP World Tour 500 category , while the tournament in São Paulo was part of the lower endowed ATP World Tour 250 category .

Roger Federer was the defending champion in singles, while Rohan Bopanna and Daniel Nestor won doubles last year.

The field of participants in the individual competition consisted of 32 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 16 pairs. The total prize pool was $ 2,249,215; total financial liabilities were $ 2,674,445.

qualification

The qualification took place from February 20-21, 2016. Four qualifier places were played out in singles and one place in doubles, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament.

The following players had passed the qualification and played in the main field of the tournament:

Individual qualifiers	Qualifiers doubles
Russia Mikhail Juschny	Korea South Chung Hyeon Jiří Veselý Czech Republic
Italy Thomas Fabbiano	Korea South Chung Hyeon Jiří Veselý Czech Republic
Croatia Franko Škugor
France Lucas Pouille

Prize money and world ranking points

The following prize money and world ranking points were paid out or credited for reaching the respective round. Players who moved into the main draw via qualification received the specified qualification points in addition to those for reaching the respective round. Otherwise the amounts are not to be understood as cumulative. Prize money for the double competition applies per team.

singles
round	Points	Prize money
victory	500	$ 511,750
final	300	$ 240,340
Semifinals	180	$ 119,340
Quarter finals	90	$ 59,670
Round of 16	45	$ 30,235
First round	0	$ 15,910

Qualification individual
round	Points	Prize money
Qualifier	20th
Qualifying round	10	$ 2,655
First round	0	$ 1,460

Double
round	Points	Prize money
victory	500	$ 150,800
final	300	$ 71,270
Semifinals	180	$ 34,390
Quarter finals	90	$ 17,890
First round	0	$ 9,370

singles

Seeding list

No.	player	Round reached
01.	Serbia Novak Đoković	Quarter finals
02.	Switzerland Stan Wawrinka	victory
03.	Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych	Quarter finals
04th	Spain Roberto Bautista Agut	Quarter finals

No.	player	Round reached
05.	Serbia Viktor Troicki	1 round
06th	Spain Feliciano López	Semifinals
07th	Slovakia Martin Kližan	1 round
08th.	Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber	Quarter finals

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier
WC = wildcard
LL = Lucky Loser
ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate)
PR = Protected Ranking
SE = Special Exempt

r = retired
d = disqualification
where = walkover

Results

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

Serbia N. Đoković

6th

T. Robredo

1

2

1

Serbia N. Đoković

6th

Q

M. Juschny

4th

1

WC

M. Jaziri

1

2

WC

Tunisia M. Jaziri

6th

1

N. Đoković

3

r

WC

Y. Bhambri

6th

6 ²

0

6th

Spain F. López

6th

Czech Republic L. Rosol

2

7th

6th

L. Rosol

3

6 ⁷

G. García-López

1

6th

4th

6th

Spain F. López

6th

7th

6th

Spain F. López

6th

4th

6th

6th

F. López

6th

6 ¹

1

4th

Spain R. Bautista Agut

6th

Cyprus Republic M. Baghdatis

3

7th

6th

S. Bolelli

2

4th

Spain R. Bautista Agut

6th

Korea South H. Chung

6th

H. Chung

0

1

A. Seppi

3

4th

R. Bautista Agut

5

0

Canada V. Pospisil

6th

5

6th

Cyprus Republic M. Baghdatis

7th

6th

Q

L. Pouille

3

7th

4th

V. Pospisil

4th

2

Cyprus Republic M. Baghdatis

7th

6th

Cyprus Republic M. Baghdatis

6th

5

V. Troicki

6 ²

2

M. Baghdatis

4th

6 ¹³

7th

M. Kližan

6th

3

2

Switzerland S. Wawrinka

6th

7th

Australia N. Kyrgios

3

6th

Australia N. Kyrgios

6th

Kazakhstan M. Kukushkin

7th

M. Kukushkin

3

2

D. Istomin

5

6 ³

Australia N. Kyrgios

6th

Q

Italy T. Fabbiano

6th

3

T. Berdych

4th

L. Mayer

3

4th

Q

T. Fabbiano

2

J. Sousa

1

4th

3

Czech Republic T. Berdych

6th

3

Czech Republic T. Berdych

6th

N. Kyrgios

4th

0

r

8th

Germany P. Kohlschreiber

6th

7th

2

Switzerland S. Wawrinka

6th

3

WC

M. İlhan

1

5

8th

Germany P. Kohlschreiber

6th

7th

Croatia B. Ćorić

6th

B. Ćorić

2

6 ⁵

J. Veselý

4th

8th

P. Kohlschreiber

5

1

T. Gabashvili

2

3

2

Switzerland S. Wawrinka

7th

6th

Q

Croatia F. Škugor

6th

Q

F. Škugor

5

1

S. Stachowskyj

7th

3

5

2

Switzerland S. Wawrinka

7th

6th

2

Switzerland S. Wawrinka

5

6th

7th

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecau Romania	Quarter finals
02.	India Rohan Bopanna Florin Mergea Romania	1 round
03.	Canada Vasek Pospisil Nenad Zimonjić Serbia	1 round
04th	Finland Henri Kontinen John Peers Australia	1 round