When is the draw? Can IGA Swiatek return to No. 1? Will Madison Keys and Emma Raducanu play?

The Dubai event is the second WTA 1000 event of the 2025 tennis season and is also the second leg of the Middle East WTA 1000 swing after opening the Qatar.

Jasmine Paolini is the defending champion and she is sown fourth for the tournament, but here we see some fascinating puzzle parts in Dubai.

When and where will the 2025 Dubai Tennis Championships take place?

The Dubai Tennis Championships begin on Sunday, February 16, and come to a conclusion on Saturday, February 22nd of the Aviation Club Tennis Center in the United Arab Emirates.

The 2025 tournament is the 25th edition of the women’s event and marks the third year in a row that it is a permanent WTA tour 1000 tournament (it was previously changed with Qatar).

The total financial commitment to the 56-player singles tournament and the 28-player double event is $ 3,654,963.

Point structure: winner 1000 points, second -placed 650 points, semi -finalists 390 points, quarter -finalists 215 points, 120 points round of 16, 65 points round of 32 and 10 points of 64.

Eight players will come through qualifications, four will come through placeholder, while the eight top seeds in the second round have Byes.

What happened at the 2024 tournament?

Iga Swiadek chased the Qatar title in the Middle East Double last week after winning the Qatar title, but her trip ended by the qualification Anna Kalinskaya in the semi-finals.

Kalinskaya was just winning sets to set up a final against another surprise package in Jasmine Paolini, and it was the Italian who won the title.

Kalinskaya also defeated Coco Gaisl in the quarter -finals, while the second seed Aryna Sabalenka was annoyed in Donna Vekic’s third round.

Who will compete in the VAE in 2025?

World No. 4 Paolini will be back to defend your title, while the world No. 1 Sabalenka, No. 2 Swiatek and No 3 Gauff and No. 5 Jessica Pegula will also be in action.

The other big names that will show are Elena Rybakina, Zheng Qinwen, Paula Badosa, Mirra Andreeva and Belinda Bencic (who used their protected ranking to admission). Ons Jabeur will also return because her ranking of 39 was sufficient for a direct entry.

Who will not compete at the 2025 Dubai event?

2025 Australian Open winner Madison Keys will again be the biggest absentee because she is still recovering from a thigh injury. She did not show last year due to a shoulder injury.

The American colleague Danielle Collins is also on the road with a foot injury and the reigning Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova has a back injury, while Kalinskaya will also be absent (unspecific reason).

When things stand, Emma Raducanu and Naomi Osaka did not make the cut for direct entries, but the former was still able to bring a wildcard into the main release. However, Osaka is injured, so it is not available.

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When does the draw take place?

The draw is planned for Saturday, February 15 at 1 p.m. local time (9:00 a.m. GMT).

Can IGA Swiatek Aryna Sabalenka replace at No. 1 after the tournament?

It is waiting and seeing because it depends on what happens in the last few games of the open Qatar.

The current status in the live ranking list has Sabalenka on 8,956 points after the early exit, while Swiatek is 7,985 points before her quarter-finals.

When Swiadek wins the title, she switches to 8,770 and leaves Sabalenka with a lead of 186 points.

Sabalenka, however, defends only 65 points in Dubai, while Swiatek drops 390 points, so that everything depends on Swiatek’s performance in Qatar.