2016 Dubai Tennis Championships
Date	15–20 February (women) 22–27 February (men)
Edition	24th (men) / 16th (women)
Category	ATP World Tour 500 (men) WTA Premier (women)
Draw	32S / 16D (men) 28S / 16D (women)
Prize money	$2,503,810 (ATP) $2,000,000 (WTA)
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Venue	Aviation Club Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
Stan Wawrinka[1]
Women's singles
Sara Errani
Men's doubles
Simone Bolelli / Andreas Seppi[2]
Women's doubles
Chuang Chia-jung / Darija Jurak
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The 2016 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the 2016 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was an ATP 500 event on the 2016 ATP World Tour and a WTA Premier on the 2016 WTA Tour. Both events were held at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament took place from 15 to 20 February 2016, while the men's tournament took place from 22 to 27 February 2016.

• Stan Wawrinka defeated Marcos Baghdatis 6–4, 7–6^(15–13)

• Sara Errani defeated Barbora Strýcová 6–0, 6–2

• Simone Bolelli / Andreas Seppi defeated Feliciano López / Marc López 6–2, 3–6, [14–12]

• Chuang Chia-jung / Darija Jurak defeated Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic 6–4, 6–4

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Men's singles	500	300	180	90	45	0	20	—	10	0
Men's doubles					0	—	45		25
Women's singles	470	305	185	100	55	1	25	18	13	1
Women's doubles					1	—	—	—	—	—

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q3	Q2	Q1
Men's singles	$511,750	$240,340	$119,340	$59,670	$30,235	$15,910	—	$2,655	$1,460
Men's doubles	$150,800	$71,270	$34,390	$17,890	$9,370	—		—	—
Women's singles	$465,480[3]	$254,124	$136,138	$35,723	$19,809	$10,950	$5,408	$2,951	$1,854
Women's doubles	$74,042[4]	$39,184	$20,087	$10,042	$5,223	—	—	—	—
Doubles prize money per team

Country	Player	Ranking1	Seed
SRB	Novak Djokovic	1	1
SUI	Stan Wawrinka	4	2
CZE	Tomáš Berdych	8	3
ESP	Roberto Bautista Agut	18	4
SRB	Viktor Troicki	21	5
ESP	Feliciano López	25	6
SVK	Martin Kližan	27	7
GER	Philipp Kohlschreiber	29	8

• Rankings were as of February 15, 2016.

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Yuki Bhambri
• Marsel İlhan
• Malek Jaziri

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Thomas Fabbiano
• Lucas Pouille
• Franko Škugor
• Mikhail Youzhny

Before the tournament

• Roger Federer (knee injury) → replaced by Simone Bolelli
• Janko Tipsarević → replaced by Denis Istomin

• Novak Djokovic (eye infection)
• Nick Kyrgios (back pain)

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
NED	Jean-Julien Rojer	ROU	Horia Tecău	11	1
IND	Rohan Bopanna	ROU	Florin Mergea	20	2
CAN	Vasek Pospisil	SRB	Nenad Zimonjić	30	3
FIN	Henri Kontinen	AUS	John Peers	40	4

• Rankings were as of February 15, 2016.

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Mahesh Bhupathi / Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
• Sergei Bubka / Sergiy Stakhovsky

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Hyeon Chung / Jiří Veselý

Country	Player	Ranking1	Seed
ROU	Simona Halep	3	1
ESP	Garbiñe Muguruza	5	2
ESP	Carla Suárez Navarro	8	3
CZE	Petra Kvitová	9	4
SUI	Belinda Bencic	11	5
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	13	6
ITA	Roberta Vinci	16	7
RUS	Svetlana Kuznetsova	17	8

• Rankings were as of February 8, 2016.

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Julia Görges
• Simona Halep
• Petra Kvitová
• Karolína Plíšková

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Jana Čepelová
• Tsvetana Pironkova
• Yaroslava Shvedova
• Zheng Saisai

Before the tournament

• Timea Bacsinszky (gastrointestinal illness) → replaced by CoCo Vandeweghe
• Angelique Kerber (right upper thigh injury) → replaced by Camila Giorgi
• Peng Shuai (right hand injury) → replaced by Caroline Garcia
• Agnieszka Radwańska (left leg injury) → replaced by Lesia Tsurenko
• Lucie Šafářová (ongoing illness and bacterial infection) → replaced by Madison Brengle
• Serena Williams (illness) → replaced by Barbora Strýcová
• Caroline Wozniacki (left knee injury) → replaced by Daria Gavrilova

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
USA	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	KAZ	Yaroslava Shvedova	10	1
FRA	Caroline Garcia	FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	20	2
CZE	Andrea Hlaváčková	CZE	Lucie Hradecká	22	3
HUN	Tímea Babos	GER	Julia Görges	36	4

• Rankings were as of February 8, 2016.

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Fatma Al-Nabhani / Tsvetana Pironkova
• Petra Kvitová / Alicja Rosolska

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• ATP tournament profile