2021 Dubai Tennis Championships
The 2021 Dubai Tennis Championships was an ATP 500 event on the 2021 ATP Tour and a WTA 1000 tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour. Both events were originally scheduled for February 15 to 21 and February 22 to 28 for women's and men's tournaments, respectively. They were rescheduled to March 7 to 13 and March 14 to 20 due to the Australian Open reschedule and were held at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Champions
Men's singles
Aslan Karatsev def. Lloyd Harris, 6–3, 6–2This was Karatsev's first ATP Tour singles title.
Women's singles
Garbiñe Muguruza def. Barbora Krejčíková, 7–6, 6–3Men's doubles
Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah def. Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić, 7–6, 7–6Women's doubles
Alexa Guarachi / Darija Jurak def. Xu Yifan / Yang Zhaoxuan, 6–0, 6–3ATP singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:The following player received entry using as a special exempt:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Yuki Bhambri
- Lloyd Harris
- Mikhail Kukushkin
- Christopher O'Connell
- Emil Ruusuvuori
- Bernabé Zapata Miralles
Withdrawals
;Before the tournament- Matteo Berrettini → replaced by Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Borna Ćorić → replaced by Lorenzo Giustino
- Roger Federer → replaced by Yoshihito Nishioka
- Nick Kyrgios → replaced by Aljaž Bedene
- Gaël Monfils → replaced by Márton Fucsovics
- Stan Wawrinka → replaced by Radu Albot
Retirements
ATP doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
- Rankings are as of March 8, 2021.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:
Withdrawals
;Before the tournament- Henri Kontinen / Édouard Roger-Vasselin → replaced by Henri Kontinen / Jordan Thompson
- Sander Gillé / Joran Vliegen → replaced by David Goffin / Joran Vliegen
- Karen Khachanov / Andrey Rublev → replaced by Marcelo Arévalo / Matwé Middelkoop
WTA singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
- Rankings are as of March 1, 2021.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Irina-Camelia Begu
- Ana Bogdan
- Kaia Kanepi
- Ana Konjuh
- Liang En-shuo
- Tereza Martincová
- Lesia Tsurenko
- Katarina Zavatska
Withdrawals
;Before the tournament- Bianca Andreescu → replaced by Alizé Cornet
- Victoria Azarenka → replaced by Martina Trevisan
- Paula Badosa → replaced by Misaki Doi
- Ashleigh Barty → replaced by Kateřina Siniaková
- Jennifer Brady → replaced by Bernarda Pera
- Danielle Collins → replaced by Kristýna Plíšková
- Fiona Ferro → replaced by Viktoriya Tomova
- Simona Halep → replaced by Jessica Pegula
- Sofia Kenin → replaced by Kristina Mladenovic
- Magda Linette → replaced by Jil Teichmann
- Karolína Muchová → replaced by Barbora Krejčíková
- Yulia Putintseva → replaced by Paula Badosa
- Alison Riske → replaced by Anastasija Sevastova
- Barbora Strýcová → replaced by Laura Siegemund
- Donna Vekić → replaced by Patricia Maria Țig
- Zhang Shuai → replaced by Shelby Rogers
Retirements
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
- Rankings are as of March 1, 2021.
Other entrants
The following pairs received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:The following pairs received entry into the doubles main draw using protected rankings:
- Natela Dzalamidze / Cornelia Lister
- Andreja Klepač / Sania Mirza
- Aleksandra Krunić / Alexandra Panova
- Elena Rybakina / Yaroslava Shvedova
Withdrawals
;Before the tournament- Zhang Shuai / Zheng Saisai → replaced by Shelby Rogers / Zheng Saisai
- Sharon Fichman / Monica Niculescu → replaced by Monica Niculescu / Anastasia Potapova