Felix Auger-Aliassime, Alexander Bublik, Daniil Medvedev, Jack Draper and Stefanos Tsitsipas will all star at the 2026 Dubai Championships, and the draw for the ATP event is out.<\/p>\n
The ATP 500 tournament in Dubai is staged on outdoor hard courts at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre.<\/p>\n
This will be the 34th edition of the men\u2019s event in Dubai, and main draw action will take place from 23 to 28 February, after the qualifying matches on 21-22 February.<\/p>\n
Tsitsipas<\/a> is the reigning champion, with the Greek having beaten Auger-Aliassime in the 2025 championship match to secure his maiden title at the event.<\/p>\n Jaume Munar is the only player who has withdrawn, and the Spaniard\u2019s place in the draw has been taken by Valentin Royer.<\/p>\n The Dubai main draw features 32 players, with eight seeds, and it is played over five rounds with no byes.<\/p>\n Seven top 20 players will compete, and the seeds are: Auger-Aliassime (1), Bublik (2), Medvedev (3), Draper (4), Andrey Rublev (5), Jakub Mensik (6), Karen Khachanov (7) and Jiri Lehecka (8).<\/p>\n Top half<\/p>\n World No 7 and top seed Auger-Aliassime will play Zhang Zhizhen in his first match, while he could face Moez Ecahrgui or a qualifier in the second round, before a potential quarter-final meeting with eighth seed Lehecka.<\/p>\n Lehecka faces a tough draw, with Arthur Fils in the first round and either Tomas Machac or Denis Shapovalov in the second round.<\/p>\n No 3 seed Daniil Medvedev will start his campaign against Shang Juncheng, while he could play either Stan Wawrinka or Benjamin Hassan \u2014 both wildcards \u2014 in the second round.<\/p>\n Medvedev\u2019s projected quarter-final opponent is Khachanov, who will start against a qualifier before a possible second round meeting with Zizou Bergs or Jenson Brooksby.<\/p>\n ATP Tour News<\/p>\n How has Arthur Fils\u2019 Qatar Open run affected his ATP ranking? <\/a><\/p>\n Carlos Alcaraz lambasts \u2018absurd\u2019 rule after umpire argument at Qatar Open<\/a><\/p>\n Want more from Tennis365? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/p>\n Bottom half<\/p>\n Fifth seed Rublev is at the top of the bottom half, and he will play Valentin Royer in his first match.<\/p>\n Tsitsipas will face fellow unseeded star Ugo Humbert in a brutal opening round draw, and the winner could play Rublev in the second round.<\/p>\n The player who comes through this section is projected to meet No 4 seed Draper in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n