The Entry List for the Dubai DFC features 8 of the top 20 players

After Roger Federer announced his surgery today the Dubai Duty Free Championship field got a bit weaker but it's still a very good one. Eight of the top 20 players headline the entry list. The most well-known participant is Novak Djokovic who returns to Dubai to in a bid to capture his 4th title here. He was a spectacular score here only losing once in the final.

He will be joined by top 10 players Gael Monfils and Stefanos Tsitsipas. Monfils is enjoying his best year to date having captured already two titles. Tsitsipas, on the other hand, hasn't been that great lately but he will look to change that in Dubai.

Some good players to feature as well are Rublev and Khachanov. The Russian duo is capable hard court player's and can be tricky opponents. Khachanov lives and trains in Dubai during the offseason so he will be motivated to do well at 'home'.

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1 DJOKOVIC, Novak SRB 2
2 FEDERER, Roger SUI 3
3 TSITSIPAS, Stefanos GRE 6
4 BAUTISTA AGUT, Roberto ESP 9
5 MONFILS, Gael FRA 10
6 FOGNINI, Fabio ITA 12
7 KHACHANOV, Karen RUS 16
8 RUBLEV, Andrey RUS 18
9 PAIRE, Benoit FRA 24
10 BASILASHVILI, Nikoloz GEO 29
11 CARRENO BUSTA, Pablo ESP 30
12 EVANS, Daniel GBR 33
13 HURKACZ, Hubert POL 34
14 STRUFF, Jan-Lennard GER 37
15 CILIC, Marin CRO 39
16 KRAJINOVIC, Filip SRB 41
17 BUBLIK, Alexander KAZ 55
18 SOUSA, Joao POR 58
19 GASQUET, Richard FRA 59
20 HERBERT, Pierre-Hugues FRA 64
21 FUCSOVICS, Marton HUN 66
22 KUKUSHKIN, Mikhail KAZ 67
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