The 2023 Dubai event will be the 23rd edition of the WTA event and it will run from the 19th to the 25th of February with a packed field of players due to the magnitude of the event.
Dubai is a WTA 1000 event so it's not a surprise to see all the best players in the world taking part in the event. The field will be packed as we'll see Swiatek, Pegula, Gauff, Garcia, Sakkari. Last year's champion was Jelena Ostapenko as she made a surprise run to the trophy. She'll have a decent chance this year and will be back to try and do so.
Due to the event being a WTA 1000 event most of the best players are set to take part. Only one player from the top 20 of the WTA rankings is missing from the entry list. Check out the full entry list below.
1 Iga Swiatek 1 1
2 Aryna Sabalenka 2 5
3 Jessica Pegula 4 3
4 Caroline Garcia 5 4
5 Coco Gauff 6 7
6 Maria Sakkari 7 6
7 Daria Kasatkina 8 8
8 Belinda Bencic 9 10
9 Elena Rybakina 10 25
10 Veronika Kudermetova 11 9
11 Beatriz Haddad Maia 12 14
12 Petra Kvitova 13 15
13 Jelena Ostapenko 14 17
14 Liudmila Samsonova 15 20
15 Victoria Azarenka 17 24
16 Ekaterina Alexandrova 18 18
Karolina Pliskova 19 31
Paula Badosa 20 16
Shuai Zhang 22 22
Madison Keys 23 13
Qinwen Zheng 24 28
Martina Trevisan 25 21
Marie Bouzkova 26 26
Jil Teichmann 28 33
Barbora Krejcikova 29 23
Petra Martic 30 37
Anastasia Potapova 31 44
Anhelina Kalinina 33 39
Amanda Anisimova 35 27
Bianca Andreescu 36 43
Irina-Camelia Begu 38 30
Leylah Fernandez 39 40
Danielle Collins 42 11
Yulia Putintseva 43 47
Aliaksandra Sasnovich 44 38
Bernarda Pera 45 41
Shelby Rogers 46 51
Kaia Kanepi 48 29
(WC) Linda Fruhvirtova 52
(WC) Marta Kostyuk 55
Alizé Cornet 60 34
Sorana Cirstea 70 42
Marketa Vondrousova 74 32
Karolina Muchova 123 22
(WC) Ipek Oz 196
(WC) Sofia Kenin 210
(WC) Vera Zvonareva 435
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 730 21
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Alternates
Name Rk ER
1 Danka Kovinic 63 55
2 Lauren Davis 49 57
3 Anna Kalinskaya 56 59
4 Claire Liu 57 62
5 Ana Bogdan 76 63
6 Jasmine Paolini 64 66
7 Rebecca Marino 75 67
8 Alison Van Uytvanck 73 68
9 Madison Brengle 81 72
10 Evgeniya Rodina 430 73
11 Tereza Martincova 98 74
12 Tamara Korpatsch 83 76
13 Maryna Zanevska 78 80
14 Linda Fruhvirtova 52 82
15 Julia Grabher 90 85
16 Viktoriya Tomova 100 91
17 Rebeka Masarova 95 93
18 Harriet Dart 109 96
19 Cristina Bucsa 89 100
20 Margarita Betova - 100
Withdrawals
Name Rk ER
Ons Jabeur 3 2
Anett Kontaveit 27 19