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. Both of the events took place at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament took place from February 20 to February 25, 2012, while the men's tournament took place from 27 February to 3 March 2012. Roger Federer and Agnieszka Radwańska won the singles titles.

ATP singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of February 20, 2012

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *

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* Marko Djokovic The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Michael Berrer * Marco Chiudinelli * Andrey Golubev * Lukáš Lacko

Retirements

* Richard Gasquet (illness)

ATP doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings are as of February 20, 2012

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * Marsel İlhan / Malek Jaziri *

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/ Abdullah Maqdas

WTA singles main draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings as of February 13, 2012

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw: *

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* Shahar Pe'er The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Iveta Benešová * Simona Halep *

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* Aleksandra Wozniak The following players received entry as lucky loser: * Polona Hercog *

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Withdrawals

* Victoria Azarenka (left ankle injury) * Petra Kvitová (illness) * Li Na (lower back injury) * Vera Zvonareva

Retirements

* Dominika Cibulková (right hamstring strain)

ATP doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings are as of February 13, 2012

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: *

/ Andreja Klepač *

/ Samantha Stosur * Flavia Pennetta / Francesca Schiavone

Retirements

* Maria Kirilenko (acute neck injury)

Finals

Men's singles

Roger Federer defeated

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, 7–5, 6–4 *It was Federer's 2nd title of the year and 72nd of his career. It was his 5th win at Dubai, also winning in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2007.

Women's singles

Agnieszka Radwańska defeated

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, 7–5, 6–4 *It was Radwańska's 1st title of the year and 8th of her career. It was her 2nd Premier-level tournament of her career and 4th Premier overall.

Men's doubles

Mahesh Bhupathi / Rohan Bopanna defeated Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski, 6–4, 3–6, 0–5

Women's doubles

Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond defeated Sania Mirza / Elena Vesnina, 6–2, 6–1

References

External links

Official website

Television broadcasters
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