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2021 Dubai Tennis Championships
2021 Dubai Tennis Championships
Date	7–13 March (women); 14–20 March (men)
Edition	29th (men) / 21st (women)
Category	ATP World Tour 500 (men); WTA 1000 (women)
Draw	48S / 16D (men); 56S / 28D (women)
Prize money	$1,897,805 (men) ; $1,835,490 (women)
Surface	Hard, Outdoor
Location	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Venue	Aviation Club Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
	Aslan Karatsev
Women's singles
	Garbiñe Muguruza
Men's doubles
	Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah
Women's doubles
	Alexa Guarachi / Darija Jurak

The 2021 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was an ATP 500 event on the 2021 ATP Tour^[1] and a WTA 1000 tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour.^[2] Both events were originally scheduled for February 15 to 21 and February 22 to 28 for women's and men's tournaments, respectively. They were rescheduled to March 7 to 13 and March 14 to 20 due to the Australian Open reschedule and were held at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Champions

Men's singles

Aslan Karatsev def. Lloyd Harris, 6–3, 6–2

This was Karatsev's first ATP Tour singles title.

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Ranking¹	Seed
AUT	Dominic Thiem	4	1
RUS	Andrey Rublev	8	2
CAN	Denis Shapovalov	11	3
ESP	Roberto Bautista Agut	13	4
BEL	David Goffin	14	5
ESP	Pablo Carreño Busta	16	6
~~SUI~~	~~Stan Wawrinka~~	20	7
RUS	Karen Khachanov	21	8
AUS	Alex de Minaur	23	9
~~CRO~~	~~Borna Ćorić~~	24	10
SRB	Dušan Lajović	27	11
GBR	Dan Evans	28	12
POL	Hubert Hurkacz	30	13
SRB	Filip Krajinović	32	14
USA	Taylor Fritz	33	15
ITA	Jannik Sinner	34	16
ITA	Lorenzo Sonego	35	17

Rankings are as of March 8, 2021.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following player received entry using as a special exempt:

Matthew Ebden

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Matteo Berrettini → replaced by Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Borna Ćorić → replaced by Lorenzo Giustino
Roger Federer → replaced by Yoshihito Nishioka
Nick Kyrgios → replaced by Aljaž Bedene
Gaël Monfils → replaced by Márton Fucsovics
Stan Wawrinka → replaced by Radu Albot

Retirements

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
COL	Juan Sebastián Cabal	COL	Robert Farah	3	1
CRO	Nikola Mektić	CRO	Mate Pavić	7	2
NED	Wesley Koolhof	POL	Łukasz Kubot	19	3
CRO	Ivan Dodig	SVK	Filip Polášek	19	4

Rankings are as of March 8, 2021.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

Lorenzo Sonego / Andrea Vavassori

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Henri Kontinen / Édouard Roger-Vasselin → replaced by Henri Kontinen / Jordan Thompson
Sander Gillé / Joran Vliegen → replaced by David Goffin / Joran Vliegen
Karen Khachanov / Andrey Rublev → replaced by Marcelo Arévalo / Matwé Middelkoop

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Ranking¹	Seed
UKR	Elina Svitolina	5	1
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	6	2
BLR	Aryna Sabalenka	8	3
CZE	Petra Kvitová	10	4
NED	Kiki Bertens	11	5
SUI	Belinda Bencic	12	6
~~BLR~~	~~Victoria Azarenka~~	14	7
POL	Iga Świątek	15	8
ESP	Garbiñe Muguruza	16	9
BEL	Elise Mertens	18	10
USA	Madison Keys	19	11
CZE	Markéta Vondroušová	20	12
CRO	Petra Martić	21	13
KAZ	Elena Rybakina	23	14
EST	Anett Kontaveit	24	15
GRE	Maria Sakkari	25	16

Rankings are as of March 1, 2021.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:

Yaroslava Shvedova

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Bianca Andreescu^[3] → replaced by Alizé Cornet
Victoria Azarenka → replaced by Martina Trevisan
Paula Badosa → replaced by Misaki Doi
Ashleigh Barty^[3] → replaced by Kateřina Siniaková
Jennifer Brady^[3] → replaced by Bernarda Pera
Danielle Collins → replaced by Kristýna Plíšková
Fiona Ferro → replaced by Viktoriya Tomova
Simona Halep^[3] → replaced by Jessica Pegula
Sofia Kenin^[3] → replaced by Kristina Mladenovic
Magda Linette → replaced by Jil Teichmann
Karolína Muchová^[3] → replaced by Barbora Krejčíková
Yulia Putintseva → replaced by Paula Badosa
Alison Riske^[3] → replaced by Anastasija Sevastova
Barbora Strýcová → replaced by Laura Siegemund
Donna Vekić^[3] → replaced by Patricia Maria Țig
Zhang Shuai^[3] → replaced by Shelby Rogers

Retirements

Petra Kvitová (right adductor)

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
BEL	Elise Mertens	BLR	Aryna Sabalenka	3	1
CZE	Barbora Krejčíková	CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	15	2
USA	Nicole Melichar	NED	Demi Schuurs	23	3
JPN	Shuko Aoyama	JPN	Ena Shibahara	29	4
HUN	Tímea Babos	RUS	Veronika Kudermetova	32	5
CAN	Gabriela Dabrowski	USA	Coco Gauff	57	6
USA	Hayley Carter	BRA	Luisa Stefani	61	7
CHI	Alexa Guarachi	CRO	Darija Jurak	63	8