2017 Dubai Tennis Championships

The 2017 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the 2017 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was an ATP 500 event on the 2017 ATP World Tour and a WTA Premier 5 on the 2017 WTA Tour. Both events were held at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament took place from February 20 to 26, 2017 while the men's tournament took place from February 27 through March 4, 2017.

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of February 20, 2017.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * Omar Alawadhi
 * 🇪🇸 Roberto Bautista Agut
 * 🇪🇬 Mohamed Safwat

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇷🇴 Marius Copil
 * 🇷🇺 Evgeny Donskoy
 * 🇺🇿 Denis Istomin
 * 🇨🇿 Lukáš Rosol

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
 * 🇮🇹 Andreas Seppi

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇨🇾 Marcos Baghdatis → replaced by 🇪🇸 Guillermo García López
 * 🇩🇪 Florian Mayer → replaced by 🇮🇹 Andreas Seppi

Retirements

 * 🇨🇿 Lukáš Rosol (left leg injury)

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of February 20, 2017.

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * Omar Alawadhi / Amirvala Madanchi
 * 🇮🇪 James McGee / 🇮🇪 David O'Hare

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇺🇸 James Cerretani / 🇦🇹 Philipp Oswald

Withdrawals

 * During the tournament
 * 🇫🇷 Lucas Pouille (bicep strain)

Seeds

 * Rankings were as of February 13, 2017.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * 🇩🇪 Mona Barthel
 * 🇹🇷 Çağla Büyükakçay
 * 🇨🇳 Peng Shuai

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * Chang Kai-chen
 * 🇹🇳 Ons Jabeur
 * 🇧🇪 Elise Mertens
 * 🇧🇾 Aryna Sabalenka
 * 🇪🇸 Sílvia Soler Espinosa
 * 🇨🇳 Zhang Kailin
 * 🇨🇳 Zheng Saisai
 * 🇨🇳 Zhu Lin

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
 * 🇱🇺 Mandy Minella

Withdrawals

 * Timea Bacsinszky → replaced by 🇺🇸 Catherine Bellis
 * 🇨🇦 Eugenie Bouchard → replaced by 🇨🇿 Kristýna Plíšková
 * 🇺🇸 Louisa Chirico → replaced by 🇺🇸 Madison Brengle
 * 🇫🇷 Alizé Cornet → replaced by 🇪🇸 Lara Arruabarrena
 * 🇮🇹 Sara Errani → replaced by 🇺🇦 Lesia Tsurenko
 * 🇷🇴 Simona Halep → replaced by Jelena Janković
 * 🇬🇧 Johanna Konta → replaced by 🇱🇺 Mandy Minella
 * 🇮🇹 Karin Knapp → replaced by 🇸🇪 Johanna Larsson
 * 🇷🇺 Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by Viktorija Golubic
 * 🇷🇴 Monica Niculescu → replaced by 🇨🇳 Wang Qiang
 * 🇪🇸 Carla Suárez Navarro → replaced by 🇧🇬 Tsvetana Pironkova

Seeds

 * Rankings were as of February 13, 2017.

Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
 * Fatma Al-Nabhani / 🇩🇪 Mona Barthel

Men's singles

 * 🇬🇧 Andy Murray defeated 🇪🇸 Fernando Verdasco, 6–3, 6–2

Women's singles

 * 🇺🇦 Elina Svitolina defeated Caroline Wozniacki, 6–4, 6–2

Men's doubles

 * Jean-Julien Rojer / 🇷🇴 Horia Tecău defeated 🇮🇳 Rohan Bopanna / 🇵🇱 Marcin Matkowski, 4–6, 6–3, [10–3]

Women's doubles

 * 🇷🇺 Ekaterina Makarova / 🇷🇺 Elena Vesnina defeated 🇨🇿 Andrea Hlaváčková / 🇨🇳 Peng Shuai, 6–2, 4–6, [10–7]