2016 Dubai Tennis Championships

The 2016 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the 2016 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was an ATP 500 event on the 2016 ATP World Tour and a WTA Premier on the 2016 WTA Tour. Both events were held at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament took place from 15 to 20 February 2016, while the men's tournament took place from 22 to 27 February 2016.

Men's singles

 * Stan Wawrinka defeated 🇨🇾 Marcos Baghdatis 6–4, 7–6(15–13)

Women's singles

 * 🇮🇹 Sara Errani defeated 🇨🇿 Barbora Strýcová 6–0, 6–2

Men's doubles

 * 🇮🇹 Simone Bolelli / 🇮🇹 Andreas Seppi defeated 🇪🇸 Feliciano López / 🇪🇸 Marc López 6–2, 3–6, [14–12]

Women's doubles

 * Chuang Chia-jung / Darija Jurak defeated 🇫🇷 Caroline Garcia / 🇫🇷 Kristina Mladenovic 6–4, 6–4

Seeds

 * Rankings were as of February 15, 2016.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * 🇮🇳 Yuki Bhambri
 * 🇹🇷 Marsel İlhan
 * 🇹🇳 Malek Jaziri

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇮🇹 Thomas Fabbiano
 * 🇫🇷 Lucas Pouille
 * Franko Škugor
 * 🇷🇺 Mikhail Youzhny

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * Roger Federer (knee injury) → replaced by 🇮🇹 Simone Bolelli
 * 🇷🇸 Janko Tipsarević → replaced by 🇺🇿 Denis Istomin

Retirements

 * 🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic (eye infection)
 * 🇦🇺 Nick Kyrgios (back pain)

Seeds

 * Rankings were as of February 15, 2016.

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * 🇮🇳 Mahesh Bhupathi / 🇵🇰 Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
 * 🇺🇦 Sergei Bubka / 🇺🇦 Sergiy Stakhovsky

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇰🇷 Hyeon Chung / 🇨🇿 Jiří Veselý

Seeds

 * Rankings were as of February 8, 2016.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * 🇩🇪 Julia Görges
 * 🇷🇴 Simona Halep
 * 🇨🇿 Petra Kvitová
 * 🇨🇿 Karolína Plíšková

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇸🇰 Jana Čepelová
 * 🇧🇬 Tsvetana Pironkova
 * 🇰🇿 Yaroslava Shvedova
 * 🇨🇳 Zheng Saisai

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * Timea Bacsinszky (gastrointestinal illness) → replaced by 🇺🇸 CoCo Vandeweghe
 * 🇩🇪 Angelique Kerber (right upper thigh injury) → replaced by 🇮🇹 Camila Giorgi
 * 🇨🇳 Peng Shuai (right hand injury) → replaced by 🇫🇷 Caroline Garcia
 * 🇵🇱 Agnieszka Radwańska (left leg injury) → replaced by 🇺🇦 Lesia Tsurenko
 * 🇨🇿 Lucie Šafářová (ongoing illness and bacterial infection) → replaced by 🇺🇸 Madison Brengle
 * 🇺🇸 Serena Williams (illness) → replaced by 🇨🇿 Barbora Strýcová
 * 🇩🇰 Caroline Wozniacki (left knee injury) → replaced by 🇦🇺 Daria Gavrilova

Seeds

 * Rankings were as of February 8, 2016.

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * Fatma Al-Nabhani / 🇧🇬 Tsvetana Pironkova
 * 🇨🇿 Petra Kvitová / 🇵🇱 Alicja Rosolska