Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship 2012
Dubai Duty Free Championship 2012 is around the corner and we will be seeing the big-wigs of the tennis world. To say the least this championship has created a niche for itself from the day of its inception. Tennis has always been a favorite sport for me from the days when Andre Agassi had is long hair to going bald and Pete Sampras with his near perfect serves. Novak Djokovic has carved a name for himself among the unassailable Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray. Guess what 3 of the top 4 players except Nadal will be here to compete among themselves at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis championship. The women’s line up is impressive, with most of the top 30 ladies attending the title competition.
The Dubai Duty Free Championship qualifying round for women will start on 18th of February and on 25th of February for Men. The 1st round of play will begin on 20th Fed for women and on 27th for men.
Here are the names of Men who will participate in this tournament:
(Ranking as per 30th January, 2012)
The Men who will vie for the Dubai Title:
| Player Name | Nat. | Rank |
Novak Djokovic |
SRB | 1 |
| Roger Federer |
SUI | 3 |
| Andy Murray |
GBR | 4 |
| Jo-Wilfried Tsonga |
FRA | 6 |
| Tomas Berdych |
CZE | 7 |
| Mardy Fish |
USA | 8 |
| Janko Tipsarevic |
SRB | 9 |
| Juan Martin del Potro |
SRB | 10 |
| Feliciano Lopez |
ESP | 15 |
| Richard Gasquet |
FRA | 16 |
| Alexandr Dolgopolov |
UKR | 18 |
| Ivan Ljubicic |
CRO | 32 |
| Mikhail Youzhny |
RUS | 39 |
| Michael Llodra |
FRA | 43 |
| Marcos Baghdatis |
CYP | 45 |
| Dmitry Tursunov |
RUS | 49 |
| Nikolay Davydenko |
RUS | 52 |
| Sergiy Stakhovsky |
UKR | 67 |
| Flavio Cipolla |
ITA | 75 |
| Nicolas Mahut |
FRA | 78 |
| Igor Kunitsyn |
RUS | 80 |
| Lukas Rosol |
CZE | 81 |
| Benjamin Becker |
GER | 344 |
List of confirmed women who will participate:
| Player Name | Nat. | Rank |
| Victoria Azarenka |
BLR | 1 |
| Petra Kvitova |
CZE | 2 |
| Caroline Wozniacki |
DEN | 4 |
| Samantha Stosur |
AUS | 5 |
| Agnieszka Radwanska |
POL | 6 |
| Marion Bartoli |
FRA | 7 |
| Vera Zvonareva |
RUS | 8 |
| Na Li |
CHN | 9 |
| Francesca Schiavone |
ITA | 11 |
| Jelena Jankovic |
SRB | 13 |
| Sabine Lisiki |
GER | 14 |
| Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova |
RUS | 15 |
| Dominika Cibulkova |
SVK | 16 |
| Shuai Peng |
CHN | 17 |
| Ana Ivanovic |
SRB | 18 |
| Svetlana Kuznetsova |
RUS | 19 |
| Daniela Hantuchova |
SVK | 20 |
| Julia Goerges |
GER | 21 |
| Flavia Pennetta |
ITA | 22 |
| Annabel Medina Garrigues |
ESP | 24 |
| Kaia Kanepi |
EST | 25 |
| Maria Kirilenko |
RUS | 26 |
| Lucie Safarova |
CZE | 28 |
| Yanina Wickmayer |
BEL | 29 |
So be there to witness the titans of the game. Reserve your tickets right away!
Source: Dubai Tennis Official portal.