2013 Dubai Tennis Championships

2013 Dubai Tennis Championships 25 February – 3 March (men)18 – 24 February (women)Tournament Schedule 21st (men) / 13th (women) 32S / 16D28S / 16D Hard $2,413,300$2,000,000 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Aviation Club Tennis Centre ATP World Tour 500WTA Premier event SRB Novak Djokovic CZE Petra Kvitová IND Mahesh Bhupathi / FRA Michaël Llodra USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands / IND Sania Mirza The 2013 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the 2013 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a 500 event on the 2013 ATP World Tour and a Premier event on the 2013 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 February 18 to 23, while the men's tournament took place from February 25 to March 2.http://www.ameinfo.com/stars-return-dubai-duty-free-tennis-325123 Stars return for Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Ame Info 19 February 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130310075235/http://www.ameinfo.com/stars-return-dubai-duty-free-tennis-325123 2013-03-10 dead Finals Men's singles 2013 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's singles SRB Novak Djokovic defeated CZE Tomáš Berdych 7–5, 6–3 Women's singles 2013 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's singles CZE Petra Kvitová defeated ITA Sara Errani, 6–2, 1–6, 6–1 Men's doubles 2013 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's doubles IND Mahesh Bhupathi / FRA Michaël Llodra defeated SWE Robert Lindstedt / SRB Nenad Zimonjić, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(8–6) Women's doubles 2013 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's doubles USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands / IND Sania Mirza defeated RUS Nadia Petrova / SLO Katarina Srebotnik, 6–4, 2–6, [10–7] Points and prize money Point distribution EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1 Men's singles5003001809045020100 Men's doubles 0 Women's singles470320200120601201281 Women's doubles 1 Prize money EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q3Q2Q1Men's singles$429,600$193,700$91,750$44,275$22,575$12,415$1,400$770 Men's doubles *$126,900$57,300$27,000$13,050$6,700 Women's singles$442,198$240,644$128,910$33,225$18,382$10,183$5,005$2,727$1,726Women's doubles *$69,039$36,376$18,640$9,320$4,850 * per team ATP singles main-draw entrants Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedSRB Novak Djokovic11SUIRoger Federer22CZETomáš Berdych63ARGJuan Martín del Potro74FRAJo-Wilfried Tsonga85SRBJanko Tipsarević96ITAAndreas Seppi197RUSMikhail Youzhny328 Rankings are as of February 18, 2013. http://www.ahlanlive.com/tennis-stars-headed-the-2013-dubai-duty-free-tennis-championship-229490.html Tennis Stars Headed to the 2013 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship AhlanLive.com 12 January 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130308095341/http://www.ahlanlive.com/tennis-stars-headed-the-2013-dubai-duty-free-tennis-championship-229490.html 8 March 2013 dead dmy-all Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: TUN Malek Jaziri USA Rajeev Ram RUS Dmitry Tursunov The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: GER Daniel Brands RUS Igor Kunitsyn FRA Florent Serra ITA Matteo Viola Withdrawals Before the tournament GER Philipp Kohlschreiber CZE Radek Štěpánek Retirements AUS Bernard Tomic (illness) ATP doubles main-draw entrants Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedESPMarc LópezESPMarcel Granollers81PAKAisam-ul-Haq QureshiNEDJean-Julien Rojer272SWERobert LindstedtSRBNenad Zimonjić293POLMariusz FyrstenbergPOLMarcin Matkowski354 Rankings are as of February 18, 2013. Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: UAE Omar Awadhy / UAE Hamad Abbas Janahi SRB Novak Djokovic / SRB Marko Djokovic WTA singles main-draw entrants Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedBLRVictoria Azarenka11USASerena Williams22POLAgnieszka Radwańska43GERAngelique Kerber64ITASara Errani75CZEPetra Kvitová86AUSSamantha Stosur97DENCaroline Wozniacki108 Rankings are as of February 11, 2013. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: FRA Marion Bartoli KAZ Yulia Putintseva GBR Laura Robson The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: SVK Daniela Hantuchová RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova POL Urszula Radwańska CHN Zheng Jie The following player received entry as lucky loser: ESP Carla Suárez Navarro Withdrawals Before the tournament BLR Victoria Azarenka (right foot injury) RUS Maria Kirilenko (shoulder injury) CHN Li Na (left ankle injury) USA Serena Williams (lower back injury) WTA doubles main-draw entrants Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedRUSEkaterina MakarovaRUSElena Vesnina191RUSNadia PetrovaSLOKatarina Srebotnik202USARaquel Kops-JonesUSAAbigail Spears273ESPNuria Llagostera VivesCHNZheng Jie294TPEHsieh Su-weiUSALiezel Huber325 Rankings are as of February 11, 2013. Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: OMA Fatma Al-Nabhani / POL Alicja Rosolska GER Julia Görges / GER Angelique Kerber USA Lisa Raymond / AUS Samantha Stosur The following pair received entry as alternates: RUS Vera Dushevina / CZE Klára Zakopalová Withdrawals Before the tournament RUS Elena Vesnina (viral illness) Retirements CZE Květa Peschke (left thigh strain) References External links Official website ATP tournament profile 2013 Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai Tennis Championships Category:February 2013 sports events in Asia Category:March 2013 sports events in Asia Category:2010s in Dubai Category:2013 in Emirati tennis