Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2018 / Men

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Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2018
Logo of the tournament "Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2018"
date February 26, 2018 - March 3, 2018
Edition 26th
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ATP World Tour
venue Dubai United Arab Emirates
United Arab EmiratesUnited 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 $ 2,623,485 
Financial. Obligation US $ 3,057,135 
Website Official website
Last year's winner (individual) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Andy Murray
Last year's winner (double) NetherlandsNetherlands Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecau
RomaniaRomania 
Winner (singles) SpainSpain Roberto Bautista Agut
Winner (doubles) NetherlandsNetherlands Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecau
RomaniaRomania 
Tournament director Salah Tahlak
Tournament supervisor Gerry Armstrong
Hans-Jürgen Ochs
Last direct assumption FranceFrance Pierre-Hugues Herbert (74)
As of March 4, 2018

The Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2018 was a tennis tournament that took place in Dubai from February 26th to March 3rd, 2018 . It was part of the ATP World Tour 2018 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 . Like the tournament in Dubai, the former was part of the ATP World Tour 500 category , while the tournament in São Paulo was part of the lower endowment category ATP World Tour 250 .

Andy Murray was the defending champion in singles, in doubles Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau won 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 $ 2,623,485; total financial liabilities were $ 3,057,135.

qualification

The qualification took place from February 24th to 25th, 2018. 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. There was also a lucky loser.

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

Qualifiers Lucky Loser
singles Double singles Double
LatviaLatvia Ernests Gulbis GermanyGermany Jan-Lennard Struff Viktor Troicki
SerbiaSerbia 		SloveniaSlovenia Blaž Kavčič AustriaAustria Andreas Haider-Maurer Florian Mayer
GermanyGermany
GermanyGermany Yannick Maden
FranceFrance Quentin Halys
FranceFrance Gleb Sakharov

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 $ 565,530
final 300 $ 277,255
Semifinals 180 $ 139,510
Quarter finals 90 $ 70,950
Round of 16 45 $ 36,845
First round 0 $ 19,435
Qualification individual
round Points Prize money
Qualifier 20th
Qualifying round 10 $ 4,300
First round 0 $ 2,195
Double
round Points Prize money
victory 500 $ 170,270
final 300 $ 83,360
Semifinals 180 $ 41,810
Quarter finals 90 $ 21,460
First round 0 $ 11,090
Qualification doubles
round Points Prize money
Qualifier 45
Qualifying round 25th
First round 0

singles

Seeding list

No. player Round reached

01. BulgariaBulgaria Grigor Dimitrov 1 round
02. FranceFrance Lucas Pouille final
03. SpainSpain Roberto Bautista Agut victory
04th Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Damir Džumhur Round of 16
No. player Round reached
05. FranceFrance Richard Gasquet 1 round

06th GermanyGermany Philipp Kohlschreiber Round of 16

07th SerbiaSerbia Filip Krajinović Semifinals

08th. JapanJapan Yūichi Sugita Quarter finals

Explanation of symbols

  • r = retired
  • d = disqualification
  • where = walkover

Results

First round   Round of 16   Quarter finals   Semifinals   final
1  BulgariaBulgaria G. Dimitrov 6th 5 4th                        
WC  TunisiaTunisia M. Jaziri 4th 7th 6th   WC  TunisiaTunisia M. Jaziri 7th 7th
 NetherlandsNetherlands R. Haase 7th 2 6th    NetherlandsNetherlands R. Haase 6 4 6 3  
Q  FranceFrance Q. Halys 5 6th 4th     WC  TunisiaTunisia M. Jaziri 6th 3 6th
WC  GreeceGreece S. Tsitsipas 6th 6 5 6th   WC  GreeceGreece S. Tsitsipas 4th 6th 3  
 KazakhstanKazakhstan M. Kukushkin 2 7th 3   WC  GreeceGreece S. Tsitsipas 4th 6th 6th  
Q  FranceFrance G. Sakharov 4th 2   6th  GermanyGermany P. Kohlschreiber 6th 3 4th  
6th  GermanyGermany P. Kohlschreiber 6th 6th     WC  TunisiaTunisia M. Jaziri 3 4th
3  SpainSpain R. Bautista Agut 6th 6th   3  SpainSpain R. Bautista Agut 6th 6th  
 GermanyGermany F. Mayer 3 4th   3  SpainSpain R. Bautista Agut 6th 6 2 6th  
 PortugalPortugal J. Sousa 6th 4th 6 8    FranceFrance P.-H. Herbert 4th 7th 1  
 FranceFrance P.-H. Herbert 4th 6th 7th     3  SpainSpain R. Bautista Agut 7th 6th
PR  JapanJapan Y. Nishioka 7th 4th 1    CroatiaCroatia B. Ćorić 6 4 4th  
 FranceFrance B. Paire 5 6th 6th    FranceFrance B. Paire 1 4th  
 CroatiaCroatia B. Ćorić 6th 6th    CroatiaCroatia B. Ćorić 6th 6th  
5  FranceFrance R. Gasquet 4th 3     3  SpainSpain R. Bautista Agut 6th 6th
7th  SerbiaSerbia F. Krajinović 0 6th 6th   2  FranceFrance L. Pouille 3 4th
 ItalyItaly T. Fabbiano 6th 2 2   7th  SerbiaSerbia F. Krajinović 7th 6th  
WC  Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus M. Baghdatis 7th 6th   WC  Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus M. Baghdatis 6 2 4th  
 SerbiaSerbia V. Troicki 5 2     7th  SerbiaSerbia F. Krajinović 6th 6th
 RussiaRussia J. Donskoi 6th 6th    RussiaRussia J. Donskoi 1 2  
LL  SloveniaSlovenia B. Kavčič 3 4th    RussiaRussia J. Donskoi 6th 6th  
Q  GermanyGermany Y. maggots 3 4th   4th  Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina D. Džumhur 1 1  
4th  Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina D. Džumhur 6th 6th     7th  SerbiaSerbia F. Krajinović 3 7th 6 5
8th  JapanJapan Y. Sugita 7th 6th   2  FranceFrance L. Pouille 6th 6 4 7th  
SE  BelarusBelarus I. Ivashka 5 1   8th  JapanJapan Y. Sugita 7th 6th  
PR  AustriaAustria A. Haider-Maurer 2 4th    GermanyGermany J.-L. Struff 6 4 4th  
 GermanyGermany J.-L. Struff 6th 6th     8th  JapanJapan Y. Sugita 6th 3 2
 RussiaRussia K. Khachanov 7th 7th   2  FranceFrance L. Pouille 3 6th 6th  
 UzbekistanUzbekistan D. Istomin 6 1 6 0    RussiaRussia K. Khachanov 4th 6th 3  
Q  LatviaLatvia E. Gulbis 4th 4th   2  FranceFrance L. Pouille 6th 3 6th  
2  FranceFrance L. Pouille 6th 6th    

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. FinlandFinland Henri Kontinen John Peers
AustraliaAustralia  		1 round
02. NetherlandsNetherlands Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecau
RomaniaRomania  		victory
03. CroatiaCroatia Ivan Dodig Rajeev Ram
United StatesUnited States  		Semifinals
04th South AfricaSouth Africa Raven Klaasen Michael Venus
New ZealandNew Zealand  		Quarter finals

Explanation of symbols

  • r = retired
  • d = disqualification
  • where = walkover

Results

First round   Quarter finals   Semifinals   final
1  FinlandFinland H. Kontinen J. Peers
 AustraliaAustralia  		6 4 6 2        
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina D. Džumhur F. Krajinović
 SerbiaSerbia  		7th 7th      Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina D. Džumhur F. Krajinović
 SerbiaSerbia  		w. O.  
WC  UzbekistanUzbekistan D. Istomin D. Nestor
 CanadaCanada  		1 6 3    FranceFrance R. Gasquet P.-H. Herbert
 FranceFrance  		 
 FranceFrance R. Gasquet P.-H. Herbert
 FranceFrance  		6th 7th        Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina D. Džumhur F. Krajinović
 SerbiaSerbia  		4th 2  
4th  South AfricaSouth Africa R. Klaasen M. Venus
 New ZealandNew Zealand  		6th 2 [10]     WC  United StatesUnited States J. Cerretani L. Paes
 IndiaIndia  		6th 6th  
 IndiaIndia R. Bopanna É. Roger Vasselin
 FranceFrance  		4th 6th [6]     4th  South AfricaSouth Africa R. Klaasen M. Venus
 New ZealandNew Zealand  		6th 4th [7]  
LL  AustriaAustria A. Haider-Maurer F. Mayer
 GermanyGermany  		3 1   WC  United StatesUnited States J. Cerretani L. Paes
 IndiaIndia  		2 6th [10]  
WC  United StatesUnited States J. Cerretani L. Paes
 IndiaIndia  		6th 6th       WC  United StatesUnited States J. Cerretani L. Paes
 IndiaIndia  		2 6 2
Q  GermanyGermany J.-L. Struff V. Troicki
 SerbiaSerbia  		4th 4th     2  NetherlandsNetherlands J.-J. Rojer H. Tecau
 RomaniaRomania  		6th 7th
 NetherlandsNetherlands R. Haase M. Middelkoop
 NetherlandsNetherlands  		6th 6th      NetherlandsNetherlands R. Haase M. Middelkoop
 NetherlandsNetherlands  		3 6 6    
 SpainSpain M. Granollers, N. Zimonjić
 SerbiaSerbia  		7th 2 [6]   3  CroatiaCroatia I. Dodig R. Ram
 United StatesUnited States  		6th 7th  
3  CroatiaCroatia I. Dodig R. Ram
 United StatesUnited States  		6 4 6th [10]       3  CroatiaCroatia I. Dodig R. Ram
 United StatesUnited States  		5 3
 IndiaIndia D. Sharan Y. Sugita
 JapanJapan  		5 1     2  NetherlandsNetherlands J.-J. Rojer H. Tecau
 RomaniaRomania  		7th 6th  
 PolandPoland M. Matkowski A. ul-H. Qureshi
 PakistanPakistan  		7th 6th      PolandPoland M. Matkowski A. ul-H. Qureshi
 PakistanPakistan  		4th 4th  
 New ZealandNew Zealand M. Daniell D. Inglot
 United KingdomUnited Kingdom  		3 7th [7]   2  NetherlandsNetherlands J.-J. Rojer H. Tecau
 RomaniaRomania  		6th 6th  
2  NetherlandsNetherlands J.-J. Rojer H. Tecau
 RomaniaRomania  		6th 6 8 [10]    

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