He defeated Jiri Vasili, the Czech Republic, in the final of the 30th edition
Ahmed bin Saeed crowns the Russian Rublev as the champion of "Dubai Tennis" for men. (Photos)
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His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airlines and the Group, crowned the Russian player Andrei Rublev, ranked seventh in the world, his first title in the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship, by defeating the Czech Jiri Vasily, ranked 123rd in the world, by two groups without a response (6-3 and 6-4), in the final match of the championship in its 30th edition, with a total prize money of 2.9 million dollars, which they collected today at the main stadium in the “Dubai Duty Free” stadiums in the Garhoud area of Dubai, It lasted about an hour and 21 minutes.
The coronation ceremony was attended by Sheikh Hasher bin Maktoum Al Maktoum, President of the Emirates Tennis Federation, accompanied by Colm McLoughlin, Executive Vice Chairman of Dubai Duty Free, Chief of Operations at Dubai Duty Free, Ramesh Kidami, Director of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Salah Tahlak, and Vice President for Business Affairs Marketing, Shined El Sebaei, Secretary General of the Tennis Federation Nasser Al Marzouki, and representatives of the Professional Players Association, crowned the men's 30th edition champions.
The Russian Rublev became the 19th historical champion to win the Dubai Tennis Championship, and the second in a row in the list of Russian players, after his compatriot Aslan Karatsev, the champion of last year's edition. The record holder with eight titles is the Swiss Roger Federer, champion of the editions (2003-2004-2005-2007-2012-2014-2015-2019), and Novak Djokovic (2009-2010-2011-2013-2020).
Rublev won the first place prize, amounting to 523,740 dollars, in addition to 500 points to be added to the total points of his world ranking, while the Czech Vasily won the financial prize for second place, amounting to 282,300 dollars, in addition to 300 points, knowing that The confrontation that brought the players together in Dubai is the first in the history of their meeting in the World Tennis Championships.
The Dubai Championship title is the second in two weeks for the Russian star Rublev this season, after his success on the 14th of this month in seizing the French Marseille Championship title. He won the Croatian Open.
Commenting on his victory in the first title in Dubai, the Russian Rublev said: "Winning in Dubai has another taste, after a previous attempt last year to reach the semi-finals, and I thank the fans of the tournament who have always supported me towards winning and winning the title."
He added, "I am happy to join the Dubai Championship's gold list, and I promise the Dubai fans to return next year to defend the title, and I look forward to investing the momentum of victory here in continuing to provide strong performance in my upcoming season championships."
The golden record of the "Dubai Tennis"
Swiss Roger Federer: champion copies (2003-2004-2005-2007-2012, 2014, 2015 and 2019).
Serbian Novak Djokovic: Transcript Champion (2009-2010-2011-2013-2020).
Czech Karl Novicek: Champion of the 1993 edition.
Swede Magnus Gustafsson: Champion of the 1994 edition.
South African Wayne Ferreira: 1995 edition champion.
Croatian Goran Ivanisevic: 1996 champion.
Austrian Thomas Muster: Champion of the 1997 edition.
Spain's Alex Corretja: champion of the 1998 edition.
French Jerome Gullmar: champion of the 1999 edition.
German Nicholas Kiefer: Champion of the 2000 edition.
Spain's Juan Carlos Ferrero: champion of the 2001 edition.
Frenchman Fabrez Santoro: Champion of the 2002 edition.
Spaniard Rafael Nadal: Champion of the 2006 edition.
American Andy Roddick: 2008 Champion.
Switzerland's Stam Wawrinka: 2016 champion
Britain's Andy Murray: Champion of the 2017 edition.
Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut: champion of the 2018 edition.
Russian Aslan Karatsev: champion of the 2021 edition.
Russian Andrei Rublev: Champion of the 2022 edition.
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