2021 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Entry List with Thiem, Rublev

Dubai Tennis Championships made the quiet appearance in the ATP calendar in 1993, with the modest infrastructure and players' facilities, growing ever since and becoming one of the most prominent events!

The first significant change came with the Aviation Club Tennis Centre opening in 1996 and 2001 when it became the ATP 500 tournament. Over the years, many notable players have lifted the trophy in Dubai, including Goran Ivanisevic, Thomas Muster, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Andy Roddick, Rafael Nadal and Stan Wawrinka. However, the two most standout competitors are Roger Federer with record-breaking seven titles and Novak Djokovic, who won it five times, including the last season.

Novak Djokovic will not defend the title, but the fans awaited to see Roger Federer in Dubai after playing in Doha. However, the Swiss withdrew and so Dominic Thiem and Andrey Rublev will be the top seeds in Dubai. They will face tough competition of Denis Shapovalov, Stan Wawrinka and Roberto Bautista Agut en route to the title, with the increased draw from 32 to 48 players.

1 THIEM, Dominic AUT 3
2 RUBLEV, Andrey RUS 8
3 SHAPOVALOV, Denis CAN 12
4 BAUTISTA AGUT, Roberto ESP 13
5 GOFFIN, David BEL 15
6 CARRENO BUSTA, Pablo ESP 16
7 WAWRINKA, Stan SUI 18
8 KHACHANOV, Karen RUS 20
9 DE MINAUR, Alex AUS 23
10 CORIC, Borna CRO 25
11 EVANS, Daniel GBR 26
12 LAJOVIC, Dusan SRB 27
13 HURKACZ, Hubert POL 30
14 FRITZ, Taylor USA 31
15 SINNER, Jannik ITA 32
16 KRAJINOVIC, Filip SRB 33
17 SONEGO, Lorenzo ITA 35
18 STRUFF, Jan-Lennard GER 37
19 OPELKA, Reilly USA 38
20 MILLMAN, John AUS 39
21 BASILASHVILI, Nikoloz GEO 40
22 NISHIKORI, Kei JPN 42
23 BUBLIK, Alexander KAZ 45
24 RAMOS-VINOLAS, Albert ESP 46
25 GASQUET, Richard FRA 48
26 THOMPSON, Jordan AUS 4929 BEDENE, Aljaz SLO 57
30 NISHIOKA, Yoshihito JPN 58
31 [WC]
32 [WC]
33 [WC]
34 [WC]
35 [WC]
36 [PB]
37 [PB]
38 [PB]
39 [PB]
40 [PB]
41 [Q]
42 [Q]
43 [Q]
44 [Q]
45 [Q]
46 [Q]
47 [Q]
48 [Q]

MAIN DRAW ALTERNATES
CHARDY, Jeremy FRA 61
TSONGA, Jo-Wilfried FRA 62
POSPISIL, Vasek CAN 63
VERDASCO, Fernando ESP 67
VESELY, Jiri CZE 68