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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The 2013 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the 2013 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a 500 event on the 2013 ATP World Tour and a Premier event on the 2013 WTA Tour. Both of the events took place at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, 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]

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

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ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

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

• Rankings are as of February 18, 2013.

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Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Malek Jaziri
• Rajeev Ram
• Dmitry Tursunov

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Daniel Brands
• Igor Kunitsyn
• Florent Serra
• Matteo Viola

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Philipp Kohlschreiber
• Radek Štěpánek

Retirements

• Bernard Tomic (illness)

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

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

• Rankings are as of February 18, 2013.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Omar Awadhy / Hamad Abbas Janahi
• Novak Djokovic / Marko Djokovic

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
BLR	Victoria Azarenka	1	1
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

• Rankings are as of February 11, 2013.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Marion Bartoli
• Yulia Putintseva
• Laura Robson

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Daniela Hantuchová
• Svetlana Kuznetsova
• Urszula Radwańska
• Zheng Jie

The following player received entry as lucky loser:

• Carla Suárez Navarro

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Victoria Azarenka (right foot injury)
• Maria Kirilenko (shoulder injury)
• Li Na (left ankle injury)
• Serena Williams (lower back injury)

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
RUS	Ekaterina Makarova	RUS	Elena Vesnina	19	1
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

• Rankings are as of February 11, 2013.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Fatma Al-Nabhani / Alicja Rosolska
• Julia Görges / Angelique Kerber
• Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Vera Dushevina / Klára Zakopalová

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Elena Vesnina (viral illness)

Retirements

• Květa Peschke (left thigh strain)

Champions

Men's singles

• Novak Djokovic defeated Tomáš Berdych 7–5, 6–3

Women's singles

• Petra Kvitová defeated Sara Errani, 6–2, 1–6, 6–1

Men's doubles

• Mahesh Bhupathi / Michaël Llodra defeated Robert Lindstedt / Nenad Zimonjić, 7–6^(8–6), 7–6^(8–6)

Women's doubles

• Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Sania Mirza defeated Nadia Petrova / Katarina Srebotnik, 6–4, 2–6, [10–7]