2018 Dubai Tennis Championships

The 2018 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was an ATP 500 event on the 2018 ATP World Tour and a WTA Premier event on the 2018 WTA Tour. Both events were held at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament took place from 19 February until 25 February 2018, while the men's tournament took place from 26 February through 3 March 2018.

Men's singles

 * 🇪🇸 Roberto Bautista Agut defeated 🇫🇷 Lucas Pouille, 6–3, 6–4

Women's singles

 * 🇺🇦 Elina Svitolina defeated 🇷🇺 Daria Kasatkina, 6–4, 6–0

Men's doubles

 * Jean-Julien Rojer / 🇷🇴 Horia Tecău defeated 🇺🇸 James Cerretani / 🇮🇳 Leander Paes, 6–2, 7–6(7–2)

Women's doubles

 * Chan Hao-ching / 🇨🇳 Yang Zhaoxuan defeated Hsieh Su-wei / 🇨🇳 Peng Shuai, 4–6, 6–2, [10–6]

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of February 19, 2018.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * 🇨🇾 Marcos Baghdatis
 * 🇹🇳 Malek Jaziri
 * Stefanos Tsitsipas

The following player received entry as a special exempt:
 * 🇧🇾 Ilya Ivashka

The following players received entry using a protected ranking:
 * 🇦🇹 Andreas Haider-Maurer
 * 🇯🇵 Yoshihito Nishioka

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * Ernests Gulbis
 * 🇫🇷 Quentin Halys
 * 🇩🇪 Yannick Maden
 * 🇫🇷 Gleb Sakharov

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
 * Blaž Kavčič

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇮🇹 Paolo Lorenzi → replaced by Blaž Kavčič

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of February 19, 2018.

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * 🇺🇸 James Cerretani / 🇮🇳 Leander Paes
 * 🇺🇿 Denis Istomin / 🇨🇦 Daniel Nestor

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇩🇪 Jan-Lennard Struff / 🇷🇸 Viktor Troicki

The following pair received entry as lucky losers:
 * 🇦🇹 Andreas Haider-Maurer / 🇩🇪 Florian Mayer

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇷🇺 Karen Khachanov

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of February 12, 2018.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * 🇺🇸 Catherine Bellis
 * 🇬🇧 Johanna Konta
 * 🇯🇵 Naomi Osaka
 * Jeļena Ostapenko

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇮🇹 Sara Errani
 * 🇦🇺 Samantha Stosur
 * 🇺🇦 Lesia Tsurenko
 * 🇷🇺 Sofya Zhuk

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
 * 🇨🇳 Wang Qiang

Withdrawals

 * 🇦🇺 Ashleigh Barty → replaced by 🇷🇺 Ekaterina Makarova
 * 🇩🇪 Julia Görges → replaced by 🇪🇸 Carla Suárez Navarro
 * 🇺🇸 Madison Keys → replaced by 🇧🇪 Elise Mertens
 * 🇨🇿 Petra Kvitová → replaced by 🇨🇳 Wang Qiang
 * Mirjana Lučić-Baroni → replaced by 🇪🇪 Anett Kontaveit

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of February 12, 2018.

Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
 * 🇩🇪 Lisa Ponomar / 🇬🇧 Eden Silva

Withdrawals

 * During the tournament
 * 🇨🇿 Lucie Šafářová