The Top 8 seeds will receive byes into the second round. The main draw features 18 of the Hologic WTA Tour's Top 20, led by No.1 Iga Swiatek. The doubles final will begin at 5:00 p.m., followed by the singles final at 7:00 p.m. The singles and doubles finals will be played on Saturday, Feb. The Dunlop Australian Open ball will be used. It is played on outdoor hard courts at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium. The tournament features a 56-player singles draw and 28-team doubles draw. The Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships is the first WTA 1000 event of the 2023 season. Here's what you need to know about the 2023 edition of Dubai: When does the tournament start?

Dubai kicks off a busy and high-stakes spring hard-court season, which will continue with back-to-back WTA 1000 events in Indian Wells and Miami in March.īy the numbers: Dubai, Indian Wells, Miami kick off WTA 1000 season The first WTA 1000 of the season is set to get underway next week at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.

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