The 2015 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the 2015 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was an ATP World Tour 500 series, ATP 500 event on the 2015 ATP World Tour and a WTA Premier tournaments, WTA Premier 5 on the 2015 WTA Tour. Both events were held at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament took place from February 15 to 21, 2015, while the men's tournament took place from February 23 to 28, 2015.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

_{*per team}

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of February 16, 2015.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Marcos Baghdatis * James McGee (tennis), James McGee * Alexander Zverev The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Marsel İlhan * Fabrice Martin * Lucas Pouille * James Ward (tennis), James Ward The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Borna Ćorić

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament * Philipp Kohlschreiber (illness) → replaced by Borna Ćorić * Nick Kyrgios (back injury) → replaced by Sergiy Stakhovsky

Retirements

* Marcos Baghdatis (cramping) * Richard Gasquet (lower back pain)

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of February 16, 2015.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * Laslo Djere / Novak Djokovic * Roger Federer / Michael Lammer The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw: * Jamie Murray / John Peers The following pair received entry as lucky losers: * Andrey Golubev / Denis Istomin

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament * Philipp Kohlschreiber (illness)

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of February 9, 2015.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * ~~Eugenie Bouchard~~ * Çağla Büyükakçay * Casey Dellacqua * Daniela Hantuchová * Flavia Pennetta The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw: * Vera Zvonareva The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Tímea Babos * Yuliya Beygelzimer * Gabriela Dabrowski * Jarmila Gajdošová * Kateryna Kozlova * Mirjana Lučić-Baroni * Arina Rodionova * Wang Qiang (tennis), Wang Qiang The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Julia Görges * Kateřina Siniaková * Elena Vesnina

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament * Eugenie Bouchard (arm injury) → replaced by Kateřina Siniaková * Dominika Cibulková → replaced by Elena Vesnina * Varvara Lepchenko → replaced by Monica Puig * Serena Williams (illness) → replaced by Julia Görges

Retirements

* Kaia Kanepi * CoCo Vandeweghe

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of February 9, 2015.

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw: * Fatma Al-Nabhani / Mona Barthel The following pair received entry as alternates: * Aleksandrina Naydenova / Evgeniya Rodina

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament * Karin Knapp (illness)

Champions

Men's singles

* Roger Federer def. Novak Djokovic, 6–3, 7–5

Women's singles

* Simona Halep def. Karolína Plíšková, 6–4, 7–6^(7–4)

Men's doubles

* Rohan Bopanna / Daniel Nestor def. Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi / Nenad Zimonjić, 6–4, 6–1

Women's doubles

* Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic def. Garbiñe Muguruza / Carla Suárez Navarro, 6–3, 6–2

References

External links

Official website
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