World No1 Aryna Sabalenka, five-time Grand Slam winner Iga Swiatek, and reigning Dubai champion Jasmine Paolini lead a star-studded lineup that includes the world’s high 10 WTA gamers forward of the milestone 25th anniversary Dubai Responsibility Free Tennis Championships’ ladies’s match.
Paolini’s unimaginable yr has seen her tie the document for the highest-ranked Italian girl in WTA rankings historical past, with the World No4 successful her second profession title in Dubai, ending runner-up at Roland Garros and Wimbledon, after which triumphing with Italy in doubles at each the Paris Olympics and in Malaga.
Sabalenka, in the meantime, was just lately voted WTA Participant of the Yr for the primary time after successful 4 titles in 2024, together with a second Australian Open and maiden US Open triumph. That spectacular run has seen her reclaim the highest rating from Swiatek, who was overwhelmed in straight units by World No3 Coco Gauff in Saudi Arabia’s season-ending match.
Ramesh Cidambi, Managing Director of Dubai Responsibility Free and Chairman of the match’s Organising Committee, expressed his pleasure at welcoming the world’s high WTA gamers to Dubai as soon as extra.
“This yr marks an necessary landmark as we rejoice the twenty fifth anniversary of the WTA Championships in Dubai,” Cidambi stated. “The match’s elevation to everlasting WTA 1000 standing final yr underlines the calibre of expertise this competitors persistently attracts and with the world’s high 10 gamers now confirmed to take part,Dubai continues to solidify its standing as a premier vacation spot on the worldwide tennis stage.”
One other former Dubai champion, Barbora Krejcikova, will function on the WTA 1000 match, in addition to World No5 Qinwen Zheng – who made historical past by successful China’s first tennis singles gold medal on the Paris Olympics earlier this yr. Daria Kasatkina, a finalist in Dubai in 2018,and Jessica Pegula, a semi-finalist right here in 2023, will even compete on the Dubai Responsibility Free Tennis Stadium.
Match Director and Deputy Managing Director of Dubai Responsibility Free, Salah Tahlak added:“We’re delighted to have so most of the world’s high ladies’s gamers competing in Dubai as we rejoice an unimaginable milestone on this match’s historical past.Our WTA occasion continues to develop yearly and 2025 guarantees to be particular.”
In the meantime, a powerful males’s line up is primed for the thirty third version of the ATP Tour match. Theemirate’s long-standing tennis championships will once more run as back-to-back competitions, with the WTA week getting underneath approach on 16 February, instantly adopted by the ATP occasion on24 February. Tickets can be found to buy at dubaidutyfreetennischampionships.com and ticketmaster.ae.
The Dubai Responsibility Free Tennis Championships is owned and organised by Dubai Responsibility Free and held underneath the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
