Dubai Tennis Championships 2026: Where to Watch, Live Streaming, Broadcast Details, and Schedule

World No.1 Carlos Alcaraz and World No.2 Jannik Sinner will skip the Dubai Tennis Championships.

Dubai Tennis Championships 2026: Where to Watch, Live Streaming, Broadcast Details, and Schedule

Jack Draper, Daniil Medvedev, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Stefanos Tsitsipas (Image via X/Jack Draper Fans, Daniil Medvedev, US Open Tennis, Game, Set & Talk)

The Dubai Tennis Championships is the final event of the Middle East Swing. For the men’s and women’s tennis, the events fall under the categories of ATP 500 and WTA 1000, respectively. Jessica Pegula clinched the title by defeating Elina Svitolina in the final.

On the men’s side, Stefanos Tsitsipas will be playing as the defending champion. The three-time Grand Slam finalist defeated Felix Auger-Aliassime in the final, 6–3, 6–3, becoming an ATP 500 champion for the first time (lost his previous 11 ATP 500 finals).

The Greek ace, however, hasn’t yet lifted a title since that triumph as he is struggling to play consistently due to his back issues. Before Dubai, Tsitsipas featured at the Qatar Open, losing in the quarterfinals to defending champion Andrey Rublev.

Auger-Aliassime is playing as the first seed, while Alexander Bublik, Daniil Medvedev, and Jack Draper are the second, third, and fourth seeds, respectively. The Canadian ace will be bidding to reach his third final of the season and win his second title, having clinched the Open Sud de France by defeating Adrian Mannarino. He then lost to Alex de Minaur in the Rotterdam Open final.

Bublik will also be chasing his second title of the season. He lifted the Hong Kong Open against Lorenzo Musetti, winning his fifth title since the 2025 season. The Kazakh ace, in fact, hasn’t yet lost a final since losing to Ugo Humbert in the final here back in 2024.

Medvedev, who is a former champion in Dubai, will also be aiming to win his second title of the season, as he beat Brandon Nakashima in the Brisbane International final. Last year, the 2021 US Open champion ended his title drought by beating Corentin Moutet in the Almaty Open final, winning his first title since the 2023 Italian Open. Since winning his career’s first clay-court title in Rome, he has yet to win a title above the ATP 250 level. Medvedev clinched the Dubai Open by defeating Andrey Rublev in 2023.

Draper will finally compete in a singles event since the 2025 US Open. Because of an arm injury, Draper was forced to withdraw from every event since he pulled out of the second round of the US Open. Earlier this month, Draper featured in a Davis Cup match but went on to withdraw from the Rotterdam Open.

Rublev, the champion in Dubai in 2022 (beat Jiri Vesely), will be chasing his first title since the 2025 Qatar Open, which he won by defeating Draper. In the Doha event this year, his run was ended by eventual champion Carlos Alcaraz in the semifinals.

Dubai Tennis Championships 2026 schedule

The main draw of the Dubai Tennis Championships started on February 23. The final is set to be held on February 28th.

Daniil Medvedev
Daniil Medvedev (Image via X/Daniil Medvedev)
Date Event
February 23, 2026First round
February 24, 2026First round
February 25, 2026Second round
February 26, 2026Quarterfinals
February 27, 2026Semifinals
February 28, 2026Final

The Dubai Tennis Championships announced a total prize money of $3,311,005. From this, the winner will earn $619,160, while the runner-up will pocket $333,160.

The player to win the most titles in the tournament is Roger Federer, lifting it eight times (2003–05, 2007, 2012, 2014–15, and 2019). He also ended the event as runner-up in 2006 and 2011. The Swiss maestro and Novak Djokovic hold the record for most consecutive titles (2).

Djokovic, who lost this year’s Australian Open final to Carlos Alcaraz in four sets, won the Dubai event in 2009, 11, 2013, 2020, and finished as a runner-up in 2015. The 24-time Grand Slam champion also skipped the Qatar Open and is expected to be back for the Sunshine Doubles.

Where to watch the Dubai Tennis Championships 2026?

  • USA – Tennis Channel
  • UK – Sky UK
  • Canada – TSN
  • Australia – beIN Sports
  • India – Discovery India

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