The Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships is ringing in its 25th anniversary—and its first official year as a permanent WTA 1000 tournament—with a stacked field including nine of the world’s Top 10 players, headlined by Top 2 seeds Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek. Only Madison Keys, fresh off her Australian Open victory, is absent from the draw.
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Dubai, which previously traded the 1000-level sanction with the Qatar TotalEnergies Open, will remain a WTA 1000 for a second straight year, with plans to expand the grounds with renovated stadium courts in the next two years.
“The line-up is absolutely fantastic,” said Ramesh Cidambi, Managing Director of Dubai Duty Free and Chairman of the Tournament’s Organising Committee, to kick off the tournament’s official Draw Ceremony.
2024 finalist Anna Kalinskaya and wild card Sorana Cirstea were both on hand for the draw ceremony, each speaking about their experiences playing in Dubai.
