2012 Dubai Tennis Championships

February 2012 2012 Dubai Tennis Championships 27 February – 3 March (men)20 – 25 February (women)Tournament Schedule 20th (men) / 12th (women) ATP World Tour 500WTA Premier event Hard / outdoor Dubai, United Arab Emirates Aviation Club Tennis Centre SUI Roger Federer POL Agnieszka Radwańska IND Mahesh Bhupathi / IND Rohan Bopanna USA Liezel Huber / USA 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 27 February to 3 March 2012. Roger Federer and Agnieszka Radwańska won the singles titles. Finals Men's singles 2012 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's singles SUI Roger Federer defeated GBR Andy Murray, 7–5, 6–4 It was Federer's 2nd title of the year and 72nd of his career. It was his 5th win at Dubai, also winning in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2007. Women's singles 2012 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's singles POL Agnieszka Radwańska defeated GER Julia Görges, 7–5, 6–4 It was Radwańska's 1st title of the year and 8th of her career. It was her 2nd Premier-level tournament of her career and 4th Premier overall. Men's doubles 2012 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's doubles IND Mahesh Bhupathi / IND Rohan Bopanna defeated POL Mariusz Fyrstenberg / POL Marcin Matkowski, 6–4, 3–6, [10–5] Women's doubles 2012 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's doubles USA Liezel Huber / USA Lisa Raymond defeated IND Sania Mirza / RUS Elena Vesnina, 6–2, 6–1 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 1 Rankings as of February 20, 2012 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: UAE Omar Awadhy UKR Sergei Bubka SRB Marko Djokovic The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: GER Michael Berrer SUI Marco Chiudinelli KAZ Andrey Golubev SVK Lukáš Lacko Retirements FRA Richard Gasquet (illness) ATP doubles main draw entrants Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedFRAMichaël LlodraSRBNenad Zimonjić111SWE Robert LindstedtROU Horia Tecău172POLMariusz FyrstenbergPOL Marcin Matkowski243INDMahesh BhupathiIND Rohan Bopanna264 1 Rankings are as of February 20, 2012 Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: TUR Marsel İlhan / TUN Malek Jaziri KUW Mohammed Ghareeb / KUW Abdullah Maqdas WTA singles main draw entrants Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedBLRVictoria Azarenka11CZEPetra Kvitová32DENCaroline Wozniacki43AUSSamantha Stosur54POLAgnieszka Radwańska65FRAMarion Bartoli76ITAFrancesca Schiavone117SRBJelena Janković138GERSabine Lisicki149 1 Rankings as of February 13, 2012 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: OMA Fatma Al Nabhani ISR Shahar Pe'er The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: CZE Iveta Benešová ROU Simona Halep CRO Petra Martić CAN Aleksandra Wozniak The following players received entry as lucky loser: SLO Polona Hercog AUS Casey Dellacqua Withdrawals BLR Victoria Azarenka (left ankle injury) CZE Petra Kvitová (illness) CHN Li Na (lower back injury) RUS Vera Zvonareva Retirements SVK Dominika Cibulková (right hamstring strain) ATP doubles main draw entrants Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedUSALiezel HuberUSALisa Raymond31IND Sania MirzaRUS Elena Vesnina152SVKDaniela HantuchováPOL Agnieszka Radwańska373ESPNuria Llagostera VivesAUS Anastasia Rodionova504 1 Rankings are as of February 13, 2012 Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: OMA Fatma Al Nabhani / SLO Andreja Klepač AUS Casey Dellacqua / AUS Samantha Stosur ITA Flavia Pennetta / ITA Francesca Schiavone Retirements RUS Maria Kirilenko (acute neck injury) References External links Official website ATP tournament profile 2012 Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai Tennis Championships Category:2012 in Emirati tennis Category:2010s in Dubai Category:February 2012 sports events in Asia Category:March 2012 sports events in Asia