The 2015 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the 2015 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was an ATP 500 event on the 2015 ATP World Tour and a WTA Premier 5 on the 2015 WTA Tour. Both events were held at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament took place from February 15 to 21, 2015, while the men's tournament took place from February 23 to 28, 2015.
Points and prize money
Point distribution
Prize money
*per team
ATP singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
Rankings are as of February 16, 2015.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Marcos Baghdatis James McGee Alexander Zverev
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Marsel İlhan Fabrice Martin Lucas Pouille James Ward
The following player received entry as a lucky loser: Borna Ćorić
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
Philipp Kohlschreiber (illness) → replaced by Borna Ćorić
Nick Kyrgios (back injury) → replaced by Sergiy Stakhovsky
Retirements
Marcos Baghdatis (cramping) Richard Gasquet (lower back pain)
ATP doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
Rankings are as of February 16, 2015.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Laslo Djere / Novak Djokovic Roger Federer / Michael Lammer
The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw: Jamie Murray / John Peers
The following pair received entry as lucky losers: Andrey Golubev / Denis Istomin
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
Philipp Kohlschreiber (illness)
WTA singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
Rankings are as of February 9, 2015.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Eugenie Bouchard Çağla Büyükakçay Casey Dellacqua Daniela Hantuchová Flavia Pennetta
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw: Vera Zvonareva
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Tímea Babos Yuliya Beygelzimer Gabriela Dabrowski Jarmila Gajdošová Kateryna Kozlova Mirjana Lučić-Baroni Arina Rodionova Wang Qiang
The following players received entry as lucky losers: Julia Görges Kateřina Siniaková Elena Vesnina
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
Eugenie Bouchard (arm injury) → replaced by Kateřina Siniaková
Dominika Cibulková → replaced by Elena Vesnina
Varvara Lepchenko → replaced by Monica Puig
Serena Williams (illness) → replaced by Julia Görges
Retirements
Kaia Kanepi
CoCo Vandeweghe
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
Rankings are as of February 9, 2015.
Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw: Fatma Al-Nabhani / Mona Barthel
The following pair received entry as alternates: Aleksandrina Naydenova / Evgeniya Rodina
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
Karin Knapp (illness)
Champions
Men's singles
Roger Federer def. Novak Djokovic, 6–3, 7–5
Women's singles
Simona Halep def. Karolína Plíšková, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Men's doubles
Rohan Bopanna / Daniel Nestor def. Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi / Nenad Zimonjić, 6–4, 6–1
Women's doubles
Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic def. Garbiñe Muguruza / Carla Suárez Navarro, 6–3, 6–2