Dubai Tennis Championships

Dubai Tennis Championships
Tournament information
TourATP Tour
WTA Tour
Founded1993; 31 years ago (1993)
LocationDubai
United Arab Emirates
VenueAviation Club Tennis Centre
SurfaceHard – outdoors
WebsiteOfficial website
Current champions (2024)
Men's singlesFrance Ugo Humbert
Women's singlesItaly Jasmine Paolini
Men's doublesNetherlands Tallon Griekspoor
Germany Jan-Lennard Struff
Women's doublesAustralia Storm Hunter
Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková
ATP Tour
CategoryATP Tour 500
Draw32S / 24Q / 16D
Prize moneyUS$2,941,785 (2024)
WTA Tour
CategoryWTA 1000
Draw56S / 32Q / 28D
Prize moneyUS$3,211,715 (2024)

The Dubai Tennis Championships or Dubai Open (also known as the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) (formerly known for sponsorship reasons as the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships and the Dubai Duty Free Men's and Women's Championships) is a professional tennis tournament owned and organized by Dubai Duty Free and held annually in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on outdoor hardcourts.

The tournament takes place at the end of February and organizes a men's and women's event. The tournament takes place under the patronage of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. In 2001 the ATP upgraded the tournament from an ATP 250 level to the more prestigious ATP 500 level tournament. On the WTA Tour, it alternated yearly between a WTA 1000 level tournament and a WTA 500 level tournament, until 2024, when it remained a WTA 1000 event from the prior year. Prior to the 1990s there was an annual Dubai Tennis Championship played at the British Embassy.

The Dubai Tennis Championships was the third tournament in pro tennis history to award equal prize money for both men and women, until 2021.[citation needed]

The courts usually have a medium-fast speed considered to be similar in speed to the Shanghai and Swiss Indoor (Basel) courts.[citation needed]