The international tennis elite is currently scattered across the globe. Some are playing on clay in South America, others on hardcourt in the Arab world – such as at the prestigious ATP Dubai tournament, which takes place in the last week of February.
Here is all the information on the ATP Dubai 2025 tournament: schedule, TV and streaming coverage, participants, seedings, prize money and tournament winner betting odds.
ATP Dubai 2025: date, participants, coverage
date & schedule: When is the ATP Dubai 2025 tournament
The ATP Dubai 2025 tournament, officially also known as the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, has been in existence since 1993. It is part of the ATP Tour 500 category, the second highest within the ATP Tour.
This year, the ATP Dubai tournament will take place from February 24 to March 1.
Round 1 and Round 2 in the main competition will be played from Monday (February 24) to Wednesday (February 25). The four quarter-final matches on the ATP Dubai 2025 schedule are scheduled for Thursday. The semi-finals will take place on Friday (28.2.).
The final will be played exceptionally on Saturday (March 1) from 4:00 pm so that the players can leave for the USA on Sunday to prepare for the Masters1000 event in Indian Wells, which begins on March 5.
TV & Stream: The ATP Dubai 2025 broadcast live
In the live tennis TV program in Germany, most ATP tournaments are broadcast live on the pay TV channel Sky. This week’s Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2025 is no exception.
The live broadcast of the ATP Dubai 2025 tournament is available in Germany live on Sky. The pay-TV channel will be broadcasting live every day from Monday (February 24) until the final on March 1 on the channel “Sky Sport Tennis”.
From Monday to Thursday, the ATP Dubai 2025 broadcast starts daily at 11:00 am. On Friday (28.2.) the semi-finals will be broadcast live from 16:00, the final on Saturday from 16:00.
In addition to the TV broadcast, anyone with a Sky subscription can also watch the ATP Dubai 2025 live stream in the Sky Go app.
ATP Dubai 2025 participants: seeding list, favorites & betting odds
Which players are taking part in the traditional “desert tournament” in Dubai and who are among the favorites to win the tournament?
The seeding list for the ATP Dubai Tournament 2025 is headed by Daniil Medvedev, who is ranked 6th in the ATP world rankings. Alex de Minaur, ranked eighth in the world, is seeded at No. 2.
The third and fourth seeds are Andrey Rublev (RUS/ATP no. 10) and Stefanos Tsitsipas, ranked 11th in the world.
In the ATP Dubai 2025 betting odds offered by betting providers with a German license, Medvedev (winner in 2023) and de Minaur, who are the only top 10 players at the tournament, are rated as the biggest title favourites.
Medvedev recently reached the semi-finals of the ATP250 tournament, while de Minaur reached the final of the ATP500 in Rotterdam.
Last year’s winner Ugo Humbert (FRA), who is ranked 14th in the world and recently won the ATP250 tournament in Marseille, can be counted among the ATP Dubai 2025 favorites in the run-up to the event.
Andrey Rublev (RUS), the world number 10 and number 2 seed who won the 2022 tournament, is another ex-winner alongside Medvedev who will be arriving with title ambitions.
In view of their world ranking, Grigor Dimitrov (BUL, world no. 15) and Artur Fils (no. 18) are also considered to have a good chance of winning the title at the prestigious desert tournament in the United Arab Emirates before the start of the tournament.
Alexander Zverev will instead play at the ATP500 tournament in Acapulco, which is taking place at the same time.
Prize money and world ranking points
This year, the prize money at the ATP Dubai 2025 tournament amounts to a total of 3,237,670 US dollars.
The prize money for the tournament winner is $ 605,530 and there are also 500 points for the ATP world rankings.
The losing finalist can console himself with ATP Dubai prize money of $325,780 and 330 world ranking points.
The two players who were eliminated in the semi-finals will each receive USD 173,620 and 200 ATP points. The quarter-finalists each pocket 88,700 dollars.
The tournament rewards all 32 players who compete in the singles. Those who are eliminated in the first round can take home 25,250 US dollars. However, there are no world ranking points for losing in the first round
