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       Felix Auger-Aliassime and Stefanos Tsitsipas with Dubai trophies                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p>Jack Draper is set to make his return to the ATP Tour at the 2026 Dubai Championships, while Felix Auger-Aliassime, Alexander Bublik, Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas will also star.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/stefanos-tsitsipas\">Tsitsipas<\/a> will be the defending champion at the 34th edition of the men\u2019s tournament in Dubai, having beaten Auger-Aliassime in the 2025 final.<\/p>\n<p>The event is staged on outdoor hard courts at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai. It has been an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/atp-tour\">ATP<\/a> 500 level tournament since 2000.<\/p>\n<p>Seven top 20 players \u2014 two of whom are in the top 10 \u2014 are on the Dubai ATP entry list.<\/p>\n<h2>When will the tournament take place?<\/h2>\n<p>Main draw action at this year\u2019s ATP event in Dubai will take place between 23 and 28 February after the qualifying matches are played on 21-22 February.<\/p>\n<h2>How many players will compete?<\/h2>\n<p>The ATP singles draw at the Dubai Championships features 32 players, with eight seeds, and it is played over five rounds with no first round byes.<\/p>\n<p>There are four places available to qualifiers, while there will be at least three main draw wildcards awarded.<\/p>\n<h2>ATP Tour News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-jannik-sinner-qatar-open-appearance-fees-2026-revealed\"><strong>Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner\u2019s eye-watering Qatar Open appearance fees revealed<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/atp-tour-event-introduces-no-meat-policy-due-to-drug-test-contamination-concerns\"><strong>ATP Tour event introduces \u2018no meat\u2019 policy due to drug test contamination concerns<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Which former champions will play?<\/h2>\n<p>Four Dubai champions are set to play: Tsitsipas (2025), Ugo Humbert (2024), Medvedev (2023) and Andrey Rublev (2022).<\/p>\n<h2>How much prize money is on offer at the 2026 ATP Dubai Championships?<\/h2>\n<p>The total prize money pot for the 2026 ATP event in Dubai is $3,311,005, a 10.07% increase from last year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Winner: <\/strong>$605,530<br \/>\n<strong>Finalist:<\/strong> $325,780<br \/>\n<strong>Semi-finalist:<\/strong> $173,620<br \/>\n<strong>Quarter-finalist:<\/strong> $88,700<br \/>\n<strong>Second Round:<\/strong> $47,350<br \/>\n<strong>First Round:<\/strong> $25,250<\/p>\n<h2>2026 ATP Dubai ranking points breakdown<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Winner:<\/strong> 500 points<br \/>\n<strong>Finalist:<\/strong> 330 points<br \/>\n<strong>Semi-finalist:<\/strong> 200 points<br \/>\n<strong>Quarter-finalist:<\/strong> 100 points<br \/>\n<strong>Second Round:<\/strong> 50 points<br \/>\n<strong>First Round:<\/strong> 0 points<\/p>\n<h2>Have any players withdrawn?<\/h2>\n<p>As things stand, no players on the original Dubai entry list have pulled out.<\/p>\n<h2>Have any players used a protected ranking to enter?<\/h2>\n<p>Players who have been unable to compete due to injury for a minimum of six months are eligible to use the ATP protected ranking system.<\/p>\n<p>The protected ranking will be determined by the player\u2019s average ranking position during the first three months of their injury.<\/p>\n<p>They can use the protected ranking to enter nine tournaments and for a period of nine months from the first event they play after returning.<\/p>\n<p>Shang Juncheng, who is currently ranked 261st after an injury-hit 2025 campaign, has used a protected ranking to enter.<\/p>\n<h2>2026 ATP Dubai Entry List (as of 18 February)<\/h2>\n<p>1) Felix Auger-Aliassime<br \/>\n2) Alexander Bublik<br \/>\n3) Daniil Medvedev<br \/>\n4) Jack Draper<br \/>\n5) Andrey Rublev<br \/>\n6) Jakub Mensik<br \/>\n7) Karen Khachanov<br \/>\n8) Jiri Lehecka<br \/>\nTallon Griekspoor<br \/>\nArthur Rinderknech<br \/>\nTomas Machac<br \/>\nStefanos Tsitsipas<br \/>\nDenis Shapovalov<br \/>\nUgo Humbert<br \/>\nArthur Fils<br \/>\nZizou Bergs<br \/>\nJenson Brooksby<br \/>\nFabian Marozsan<br \/>\nAlexei Popyrin<br \/>\nValentin Royer<br \/>\nMarton Fucsovics<br \/>\nHubert Hurkacz<br \/>\nShang Juncheng (PR)<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/atp-tour\/novak-djokovics-next-tournament-confirmed-qatar-open-withdrawal\">Novak Djokovic\u2019s next tournament confirmed after Qatar Open withdrawal<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ATP Dubai entry list, prize money, ranking points: Draper, Auger-Aliassime, Medvedev, Tsitsipas star Ewan West 18 Feb 2026 12:45 PM Felix Auger-Aliassime and Stefanos Tsitsipas with Dubai trophies Jack Draper is set to make his return to the ATP Tour at the 2026 Dubai Championships, while Felix Auger-Aliassime, Alexander Bublik, Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-1777994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1777994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1777994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1777994\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1777994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1777994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1777994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}