World number one Iga Swiatek leads the line up at the Dubai Tennis Championship.
Dubai Tennis Championships: Draw, how to watch, is Emma Raducanu playing and more
The Dubai Tennis Championships is the first of several hard-court WTA 1000 events set to take place in the coming months.
With a prize pool of nearly $2.8 million (£2.3 million) available, and 900 ranking points for the winner, the stakes at this week’s tournament in Dubai will be high.
GiveMeSport Women runs through everything you need to know about the Dubai Tennis Championships, including the schedule, the draw and how to watch.
When is the Dubai Tennis Championships?
With qualifiers already underway, the main draw at the Dubai Tennis Championships gets underway tomorrow (February 19th).
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Competition will run until Saturday – February 25th – when the singles and doubles finals will take place.
Where is the Dubai Tennis Championships?
This week’s tournament will be contested on outdoor hard courts at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium. The main court has an attendance capacity of 5,000.
Who’s playing at the Dubai Tennis Championships?
In total, 18 of the world’s top 20 will be competing at the Dubai Tennis Championships.
This includes world number one Iga Świątek, who will play the Qatar Open final against Jessica Pegula tomorrow. Her American opponent will also be competing in Dubai next.
Aryna Sabalenka will make her first on-court appearance since winning the Australian Open, while Caroline Garcia, Coco Gauff, Maria Sakkari and Daria Kasatkina are all set to feature.
Reigning Olympic champion Belinda Bencic completes the list of eight seeded players, while Jeļena Ostapenko will be back to defend her title.
Will Emma Raducanu be playing at the Dubai Tennis Championships?
Emma Raducanu will not be playing at the Dubai Tennis Championships. Her next tournament is set to be the inaugural ATX Open in Austin.
With this getting underway on February 27th, it would be logistically difficult for Raducanu to compete at both the Dubai Tennis Championships and ATX Open.
The Dubai Tennis Championships draw
The main draw for the Dubai Tennis Championships can be found below. A notable first round encounter is between Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina and 2019 US Open winner Bianca Andreescu.
If young talent Leylah Fernandez defeats an unknown qualifier in the first round, she will come up against Swiatek in the second.
How to watch the Dubai Tennis Championships
The Dubai Tennis Championships will be broadcast on Amazon Prime for UK viewers.
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