Dubai Durty Free Open Tennis Champianship

The Dubai Tennis Championship, also known as the Dubai Duty Free Men's and Women's Open was held from February 20, 2006 to March 4, 2006.

This is the biggest tennis event in the Middle East and matches took place in the Dubai Tennis Stadium. The $1,000,000 Dubai Duty Free Women's Open featured six Grand Slam champions with the 14th ATP tournament with the same prize value following it soon.

It is to be noted that though the 2006 event attracted the best line-up ever, the organizers made certain to freeze ticket prizes at the 2004-2005 levels.

2006 Dubai Duty Free Women's line-up 2006 included the following players

• Amelie Mauresmo (FRA)
• Lubsay Davenport (USA)
• Maria Sharapova (RUS)
• Justine Henin-Hardenne (BEL)
• Nadia Petrova (RUS)
• Anastasia Myskina (RUS)
• (FRA)ncesca Schiavone (ITA)
• Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)
• Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)
• Elena Likhovtseva (RUS)
• Jelena Jankovic ( SCG)
• Maria Kirilenko (RUS)
• Ai Sugiyama (JPN)
• Marion Bartoli (FRN)
• Lucie Safarova (CZE)
• Vera Zvonareva (RUS)
• Kveta Peschke (CZE)
• Sania Mirza (IND)
  

Dubai Duty Free Men's Line Up included the following players

• Roger Federer (SUI)
• Rafael Nadal (ESP)
• Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)
• Andre Agassi (USA)
• David Ferrer (ESP)
• Dominik Hrbaty (SVK)
• Radek Stepanek (CZE)
• Tomas Berdych (CZE)
• Igor Andreev (RUS)
• Jarkko Nieminen FIN
• Olivier Rochus (BEL)
• Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)
• Fabrice Santoro (FRA)
• Feliciano Lopez (ESP)
• Tim Henman (GBR)
• Greg RUSedski (GBR)
• Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)
• Marat Safin (RUS)
• Christophe Rochus (BEL)
• Andreas Seppi (ITA)
• Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)
• Wesley Moodie (RSA)
• Robin Vik (CZE)
• Daniele Bracciali (ITA)
• Bjorn Phau (GER)
• Rainer Schuettler (GER)
• Mohammed Al Ghareeb (KUW)
• Omar Behroozian (wc) UAE 1096
  

Winner of the 2006 Women's Open was Justine Henin-Hardenne (Maria Sharapova, runner up). The 2006 Men's Open champion was Rafael Nadal (Roger Federer, runner up)

The 2007 event will be from 19-25 February (Dubai Duty Free Women's Open) and from 26 February - 3 March (Dubai Duty Free Men's Open).

The Dubai Tennis Championship is owned and organized by Dubai Duty Free and takes place under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai.

The event has won a total of 12 ATP/WTA awards including the Tournament of the Year award from the WTA in 2001 following the inaugural Dubai Duty Free Women's Open, and the equivalent award from the ATP in 1998, 2003 and 2004 for the Dubai Duty Free Men's Open.