| 2013 Dubai Tennis Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 25 February – 3 March (men) 18 – 24 February (women)[1] | |||
| Edition | 21st (men) / 13th (women) | |||
| Category | ATP World Tour 500 WTA Premier event | |||
| Draw | 32S / 16D 28S / 16D | |||
| Prize money | $2,413,300 $2,000,000 | |||
| Surface | Hard | |||
| Location | Dubai,United Arab Emirates | |||
| Venue | Aviation Club Tennis Centre | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Men's singles | ||||
 Novak Djokovic | ||||
| Women's singles | ||||
 Petra Kvitová | ||||
| Men's doubles | ||||
 Mahesh Bhupathi / Michaël Llodra | ||||
| Women's doubles | ||||
 Bethanie Mattek-Sands /Sania Mirza | ||||
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The2013 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the2013 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a500 event on the2013 ATP World Tour and aPremier event on the2013 WTA Tour. Both of the events took place at theAviation Club Tennis Centre inDubai,United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament took place February 18 to 23, while the men's tournament took place from February 25 to March 2.[2]
Novak Djokovic defeatedTomáš Berdych 7–5, 6–3Petra Kvitová defeated
Sara Errani, 6–2, 1–6, 6–1Mahesh Bhupathi /Michaël Llodra defeated
Robert Lindstedt /Nenad Zimonjić, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(8–6)Bethanie Mattek-Sands /Sania Mirza defeated
Nadia Petrova /
Katarina Srebotnik, 6–4, 2–6, [10–7]| 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 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Women's singles | 470 | 320 | 200 | 120 | 60 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 1 |
| Women's doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | $429,600 | $193,700 | $91,750 | $44,275 | $22,575 | $12,415 | $1,400 | $770 | — |
| Men's doubles * | $126,900 | $57,300 | $27,000 | $13,050 | $6,700 | — | — | — | — |
| Women's singles | $442,198 | $240,644 | $128,910 | $33,225 | $18,382 | $10,183 | $5,005 | $2,727 | $1,726 |
| Women's doubles * | $69,039 | $36,376 | $18,640 | $9,320 | $4,850 | — | — | — | — |
* per team
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| SRB | Novak Djokovic | 1 | 1 |
 SUI | Roger Federer | 2 | 2 |
| CZE | Tomáš Berdych | 6 | 3 |
 ARG | Juan Martín del Potro | 7 | 4 |
| FRA | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 8 | 5 |
| SRB | Janko Tipsarević | 9 | 6 |
| ITA | Andreas Seppi | 19 | 7 |
| RUS | Mikhail Youzhny | 32 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Bernard Tomic (illness)| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 ESP | Marc López | ESP | Marcel Granollers | 8 | 1 |
 PAK | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |  NED | Jean-Julien Rojer | 27 | 2 |
| SWE | Robert Lindstedt | SRB | Nenad Zimonjić | 29 | 3 |
 POL | Mariusz Fyrstenberg | POL | Marcin Matkowski | 35 | 4 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 BLR | |||
| USA | Serena Williams | 2 | 2 |
| POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 4 | 3 |
 GER | Angelique Kerber | 6 | 4 |
| ITA | Sara Errani | 7 | 5 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 8 | 6 |
| AUS | Samantha Stosur | 9 | 7 |
 DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 10 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry as lucky loser:
Victoria Azarenka (right foot injury)Maria Kirilenko (shoulder injury)
Li Na (left ankle injury)Serena Williams (lower back injury)| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUS | RUS | ||||
| RUS | Nadia Petrova | SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | 20 | 2 |
| USA | Raquel Kops-Jones | USA | Abigail Spears | 27 | 3 |
| ESP | Nuria Llagostera Vives | CHN | Zheng Jie | 29 | 4 |
 TPE | Hsieh Su-wei | USA | Liezel Huber | 32 | 5 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry as alternates:
Elena Vesnina (viral illness)Květa Peschke (left thigh strain)
