Novak Djokovic, Andrey Rublev, Felix Auger Aliassime and Jannik Sinner will be the top seeds of the upcoming tournament in Dubai. The event will be staged next week, with Karatsev being the defending champion (and the seed no.7).
Andy Murray was awarded a wild-card for the main draw. Unfortunately, the tournament lost the participation of Gael Monfils and Borna Coric.
This tournament will be extremely interesting for the comeback to competitions of Novak Djokovic, who hasn’t played a single match in 2022. In addition, Jannik Sinner will play for the first time with his new coaching team.
This is the latest main draw entry list.
| Seed | Player | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Novak Djokovic | 1 |
| 2 | Andrey Rublev | 7 |
| 3 | Felix Auger-Aliassime | 9 |
| 4 | Jannik Sinner | 10 |
| 5 | Hubert Hurkacz | 11 |
| 6 | Denis Shapovalov | 12 |
| 7 | Aslan Karatsev | 15 |
| 8 | Roberto Bautista Agut | 16 |
| Nikoloz Basilashvili | 22 | |
| Marin Cilic | 24 | |
| Karen Khachanov | 27 | |
| Daniel Evans | 28 | |
| Alexander Bublik | 31 | |
| Alex de Minaur | 32 | |
| Lloyd Harris | 35 | |
| Marton Fucsovics | 36 | |
| Filip Krajinovic | 44 | |
| Alejandro Davidovich Fokina | 47 | |
| David Goffin | 48 | |
| Ilya Ivashka | 49 | |
| Botic van de Zandschulp | 50 | |
| Mackenzie McDonald | 51 | |
| Soonwoo Kwon | 55 | |
| Jan-Lennard Struff | 58 | |
| Arthur Rinderknecht | 61 | |
| (WC) Andy Murray | 87 |
Novak Djokovic in 2022
LWWWWWWLWW Ranked world no.1, the Serbian played his last match on the 3rd of December 2021 when he defeated world no.24 Marin Cilic 6-4 6-2 in the Rubber 2 of the Davis Cup (draw).
Currently, during this year the Serbian achieved a 0-0 record.
Rublev in Marseille, ranking, and results in 2022
Currently the world no.7, Rublev has achieved a composed 7-2 match record in 2022. Rublev is now playing in Marseille where he overcame Richard Gasquet 4-6 6-3 7-63 and Lucas Pouille 6-3 1-6 6-2.
Andrey Rublev will fight against the world no.69 Benjamin Bonzi in the semifinal on Saturday at 3:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. They have never played each other until now in top events.
The Russian won 8 titles in his career: 2 on hard courts, 2 on clay courts and 4 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
Novak Djokovic and Andrey Rublev played each other just on 1 occasion. Their actual record is 1-0 for Djokovic. When they played, Novak Djokovic won 6-3 6-2 in the round robin in Turin (Nitto ATP Finals) in November 2021.
Here the video highlights.
Auger-Aliassime in Marseille, ranking, and results in 2022
L Ranked world no.9 (career-high), the Canadian has an overall 14-3 match record in 2022. Felix is playing in Marseille where he beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-63 6-2 and Ilya Ivashka 6-3 6-4.
Felix Auger Aliassime will compete against the world no.163 Roman Safiullin in the semifinal on Saturday at 5:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In the past, they have never competed against each other as of now in top competitions.
Auger-Aliassime has won 1 title in 2022 in Rotterdam.
Jannik Sinner in 2022
WWWWWWWWWW Currently the world no.10, Jannik played his last match on the 26th of January when he was defeated by world no.4 Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in Australian Open (draw).
Presently, during this year Jannik has a 7-1 match record.
Felix Auger Aliassime and Jannik Sinner have never played each other till now in top events.
