The top players on the ATP tour will travel to Dubai, United Arab Emirates for the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, which will be held from February 26-March 2, 2024.
An ATP 500 event, the hard court tournament will see 32 singles players and 16 doubles teams compete for their respective titles. The Dubai Championships has a rich history of prestigious champions, with Roger Federer, Rafale Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray all prevailing on different occasions.
Australian Open finalist Daniil Medvedev will be the top seed at the event, and the Russian will be looking to defend the title he won last year. Compatriots Andrey Rublev and Karen Khachanov are also slated to compete, alongside Polish star Hubert Hurkacz. Former champion Murray will be participating, and he will be joined by Canadians Milos Raonic and Denis Shapovalov. Below is the full list of entrants.
Growing up in a household where soccer was king, my earliest memories are filled with chants from packed stadiums and the rhythm of a ball being passed across neighborhood streets. But somewhere along the way, the quiet elegance and raw emotion of tennis pulled me in. What began as a curiosity became a lifelong passion; not just for the sport itself, but for the stories it tells: of grit, of heartbreak, of improbable comebacks and human resilience.
As a tennis writer, I bring the observational lens of someone who didn’t grow up in the sport, but fell in love with it as an outsider; a perspective that lets me see both its technical beauty and its emotional depth. Over the years working with TennisUpToDate, I’ve had the privilege of reaching more than 3.5 million readers worldwide, with one of my features ranking among the site’s top three articles.
With a background in storytelling and a creative mind always searching for meaning beyond the scoreboard, I aim to craft narratives that go deeper than results and rankings. Whether it’s a rising star breaking through or a veteran fighting off Father Time, I try to capture the heartbeat behind the headlines.