:2016 Dubai Tennis Championships

{{GrandSlamInfo|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=32{{tooltip|S|Singles}} / 16{{tooltip|D|Doubles}} (men)
28{{tooltip|S|Singles}} / 16{{tooltip|D|Doubles}} (women)

| prize_money=$2,503,810 (ATP)
$2,000,000 (WTA)

| surface=Hard / outdoor

| location=Dubai, United Arab Emirates

| venue=Aviation Club Tennis Centre

| champms={{flagicon|SUI}} Stan Wawrinka{{cite web |title=2016 Dubai – Men's singles draw |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/dubai/495/2016/draws?MatchType=singles |publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}

| champws = {{flagicon|ITA}} Sara Errani

| champmd={{flagicon|ITA}} Simone Bolelli / {{flagicon|ITA}} Andreas Seppi{{cite web |title=2016 Dubai – Men's doubles draw |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/dubai/495/2016/draws?MatchType=doubles |publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}

| champwd={{flagicon|TPE}} Chuang Chia-jung / {{flagicon|CRO}} Darija Jurak

}}

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.

Finals

=Men's singles=

{{flagicon|SUI}} Stan Wawrinka defeated {{flagicon|CYP}} Marcos Baghdatis 6–4, 7–6^(15–13)

=Women's singles=

{{flagicon|ITA}} Sara Errani defeated {{flagicon|CZE}} Barbora Strýcová 6–0, 6–2

=Men's doubles=

{{flagicon|ITA}} Simone Bolelli / {{flagicon|ITA}} Andreas Seppi defeated {{flagicon|ESP}} Feliciano López / {{flagicon|ESP}} Marc López 6–2, 3–6, [14–12]

=Women's doubles=

{{flagicon|TPE}} Chuang Chia-jung / {{flagicon|CRO}} Darija Jurak defeated {{flagicon|FRA}} Caroline Garcia / {{flagicon|FRA}} Kristina Mladenovic 6–4, 6–4

Points and prize money

=Point distribution=

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
style="width:130px; background:#ededed;"\|Event \| style="width:80px; background:lime;"\|W \| style="width:85px; background:thistle;"\|F \| style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"\|SF \| style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"\|QF \| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"\|Round of 16 \| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"\|Round of 32 \|width=85 \|Q \|width=85 \|Q3 \|width=85 \|Q2 \|width=85 \|Q1
style="background:#f4f4f4;"\| Men's singles \|rowspan=2\|500 \|rowspan=2\|300 \|rowspan=2\|180 \|rowspan=2\|90 \|45 \|0 \|\|20 \|rowspan=2 {{n/a}} \|10 \|rowspan=2\|0
style="background:#f4f4f4;"\| Men's doubles \|0 \| {{n/a}} \|45 \|25
style="background:#f4f4f4;"\| Women's singles \|rowspan=2\|470 \|rowspan=2\|305 \|rowspan=2\|185 \|rowspan=2\|100 \|55 \|1 \|25 \|18 \|13 \|1
style="background:#f4f4f4;"\| {{nowrap\|Women's doubles}} \| 1 \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}}

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center

style="width:130px; background:#ededed;"|Event

| style="width:80px; background:lime;"|W

| style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F

| style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF

| style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16

| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32

|width=85 |Q

|width=85 |Q3

|width=85 |Q2

|width=85 |Q1

style="background:#f4f4f4;"| Men's singles

|rowspan=2|500

|rowspan=2|300

|rowspan=2|180

|rowspan=2|90

|45

||20

|rowspan=2 {{n/a}}

|10

|rowspan=2|0

style="background:#f4f4f4;"| Men's doubles

| {{n/a}}

|45

|25

style="background:#f4f4f4;"| Women's singles

|rowspan=2|470

|rowspan=2|305

|rowspan=2|185

|rowspan=2|100

|55

|25

|18

|13

style="background:#f4f4f4;"| {{nowrap|Women's doubles}}

| 1

| {{n/a}}

=Prize money=

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center

style="width:130px; background:#ededed;"|Event

| style="width:80px; background:lime;"|W

| style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F

| style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF

| style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16

| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32

|width=85|Q3

|width=85|Q2

|width=85|Q1

style="background:#f4f4f4;"|Men's singles

|$511,750

|$240,340

|$119,340

|$59,670

|$30,235

|$15,910

|rowspan=2 {{n/a}}

|$2,655

|$1,460

style="background:#f4f4f4;"|{{nowrap|Men's doubles}}

|$150,800

|$71,270

|$34,390

|$17,890

|$9,370

|{{n/a}}

style="background:#f4f4f4;"|Women's singles

|$465,480{{Cite web |url=http://www.dubaidutyfreetennischampionships.com/~/media/dubai/files/2016-draws/dubai-2016-womens-mds1.ashx |title=Dubai women's singles |access-date=2016-02-14 |archive-date=2017-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170502041327/http://www.dubaidutyfreetennischampionships.com/~/media/dubai/files/2016-draws/dubai-2016-womens-mds1.ashx |url-status=dead }}

|$254,124

|$136,138

|$35,723

|$19,809

|$10,950

|$5,408

|$2,951

|$1,854

style="background:#f4f4f4;"|{{nowrap|Women's doubles}}

|$74,042{{Cite web |url=http://www.dubaidutyfreetennischampionships.com/~/media/dubai/files/2016-draws/dubai-2016-womens-mdd1.ashx |title=Dubai women's doubles |access-date=2016-02-14 |archive-date=2016-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010124504/http://www.dubaidutyfreetennischampionships.com/~/media/dubai/files/2016-draws/dubai-2016-womens-mdd1.ashx |url-status=dead }}

|$39,184

|$20,087

|$10,042

|$5,223

| {{n/a}}

colspan=9|Doubles prize money per team

ATP singles main-draw entrants

= Seeds =

class="sortable wikitable"
width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Ranking¹ ! Seed
{{flag\|SRB}} \|Novak Djokovic \|1 \|1
style="background:#cfc;" \|{{flag\|SUI}} \|Stan Wawrinka \|4 \|2
{{flag\|CZE}} \|Tomáš Berdych \|8 \|3
{{flag\|ESP}} \|Roberto Bautista Agut \|18 \|4
{{flag\|SRB}} \|Viktor Troicki \|21 \|5
{{flag\|ESP}} \|Feliciano López \|25 \|6
{{flag\|SVK}} \|Martin Kližan \|27 \|7
{{flag\|GER}} \|Philipp Kohlschreiber \|29 \|8

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Ranking¹

! Seed

|Novak Djokovic

style="background:#cfc;"

|{{flag|SUI}}

|Stan Wawrinka

|Tomáš Berdych

|Roberto Bautista Agut

|18

|Viktor Troicki

|21

|Feliciano López

|25

|Martin Kližan

|27

|Philipp Kohlschreiber

|29

Rankings were as of February 15, 2016.

=Other entrants=

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

{{flagicon|IND}} Yuki Bhambri
{{flagicon|TUR}} Marsel İlhan
{{flagicon|TUN}} Malek Jaziri

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

{{flagicon|ITA}} Thomas Fabbiano
{{flagicon|FRA}} Lucas Pouille
{{flagicon|CRO}} Franko Škugor
{{flagicon|RUS}} Mikhail Youzhny

=Withdrawals=

;Before the tournament

{{flagicon|SUI}} Roger Federer (knee injury) → replaced by {{flagicon|ITA}} Simone Bolelli
{{flagicon|SRB}} Janko Tipsarević → replaced by {{flagicon|UZB}} Denis Istomin

=Retirements=

{{flagicon|SRB}} Novak Djokovic (eye infection)
{{flagicon|AUS}} Nick Kyrgios (back pain)

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

= Seeds =

class="sortable wikitable"
width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank¹ ! Seed
{{flag\|NED}} \|Jean-Julien Rojer \|{{flag\|ROU}} \|Horia Tecău \|11 \|1
{{flag\|IND}} \|Rohan Bopanna \|{{flag\|ROU}} \|Florin Mergea \|20 \|2
{{flag\|CAN}} \|Vasek Pospisil \|{{flag\|SRB}} \|Nenad Zimonjić \|30 \|3
{{flag\|FIN}} \|Henri Kontinen \|{{flag\|AUS}} \|John Peers \|40 \|4

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank¹

! Seed

|{{flag|ROU}}

|11

|{{flag|ROU}}

|20

|{{flag|SRB}}

|30

|{{flag|AUS}}

|40

Rankings were as of February 15, 2016.

=Other entrants=

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

{{flagicon|IND}} Mahesh Bhupathi / {{flagicon|PAK}} Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
{{flagicon|UKR}} Sergei Bubka / {{flagicon|UKR}} Sergiy Stakhovsky

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

{{flagicon|KOR}} Hyeon Chung / {{flagicon|CZE}} Jiří Veselý

WTA singles main-draw entrants

= Seeds =

class="sortable wikitable"
width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Ranking¹ ! Seed
{{flag\|ROU}} \|Simona Halep \|3 \|1
{{flag\|ESP}} \|Garbiñe Muguruza \|5 \|2
{{flag\|ESP}} \|Carla Suárez Navarro \|8 \|3
{{flag\|CZE}} \|Petra Kvitová \|9 \|4
{{flag\|SUI}} \|Belinda Bencic \|11 \|5
{{flag\|CZE}} \|Karolína Plíšková \|13 \|6
{{flag\|ITA}} \|Roberta Vinci \|16 \|7
{{flag\|RUS}} \|Svetlana Kuznetsova \|17 \|8

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Ranking¹

! Seed

|Simona Halep

|Garbiñe Muguruza

|Carla Suárez Navarro

|11

|13

|16

|17

Rankings were as of February 8, 2016.

=Other entrants=

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

{{flagicon|GER}} Julia Görges
{{flagicon|ROU}} Simona Halep
{{flagicon|CZE}} Petra Kvitová
{{flagicon|CZE}} Karolína Plíšková

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

{{flagicon|SVK}} Jana Čepelová
{{flagicon|BUL}} Tsvetana Pironkova
{{flagicon|KAZ}} Yaroslava Shvedova
{{flagicon|CHN}} Zheng Saisai

=Withdrawals=

;Before the tournament

{{flagicon|SUI}} Timea Bacsinszky (gastrointestinal illness) → replaced by {{flagicon|USA}} CoCo Vandeweghe
{{flagicon|GER}} Angelique Kerber (right upper thigh injury) → replaced by {{flagicon|ITA}} Camila Giorgi
{{flagicon|CHN}} Peng Shuai (right hand injury) → replaced by {{flagicon|FRA}} Caroline Garcia
{{flagicon|POL}} Agnieszka Radwańska (left leg injury) → replaced by {{flagicon|UKR}} Lesia Tsurenko
{{flagicon|CZE}} Lucie Šafářová (ongoing illness and bacterial infection) → replaced by {{flagicon|USA}} Madison Brengle
{{flagicon|USA}} Serena Williams (illness) → replaced by {{flagicon|CZE}} Barbora Strýcová
{{flagicon|DNK}} Caroline Wozniacki (left knee injury) → replaced by {{flagicon|AUS}} Daria Gavrilova

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

= Seeds =

class="sortable wikitable"
width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank¹ ! Seed
{{flagu\|USA}} \|Bethanie Mattek-Sands \|{{flag\|KAZ}} \|Yaroslava Shvedova \|10 \|1
style="background:#fcc;" \|{{flag\|FRA}} \|Caroline Garcia \|{{flag\|FRA}} \|Kristina Mladenovic \|20 \|2
{{flag\|CZE}} \|Andrea Hlaváčková \|{{flag\|CZE}} \|Lucie Hradecká \|22 \|3
{{flag\|HUN}} \|Tímea Babos \|{{flag\|GER}} \|Julia Görges \|36 \|4

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank¹

! Seed

|Bethanie Mattek-Sands

|{{flag|KAZ}}

|Yaroslava Shvedova

|10

style="background:#fcc;"