Where to watch 2019 WTA Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, Live Stream Details, TV Schedule and more

The much-anticipated 2019 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, also called as Dubai Tennis Championships is here and some of the top players from the ATP circuit will take on each other in one of the best ATP 500 tournaments in Tennis. The ATP 500 tournament will get underway on February 25 and go all the way till March 2. But, before that, the best women on the WTA circuit will battle it out for the title in a WTA Premier 5 event that got underway at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates on February 17.

As many as 64 female competitors from around the world will be a part of the tournament which will have the reigning US Open and Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka as the top seed. World number 2 Petra Kvitova, Simona Halep, Karolina Pliskova, Angelique Kerber, Elina Svitolina etc. will be a part of the tournament. The WTA tournament will have nine of the top 10 ranked players in the WTA circuit and the only one who is missing is American international Sloane Stephens, who is ranked number 4 in the world.

Ukraine's Elina Svitolina is the defending champion in the tournament as she defeated Russia's Daria Kasatkina 6-4, 6-0 in the final of the 2018 edition and she is back again as the fifth seed to defend her title. This is the year's first Premier 5 event and a maximum of 900 points and prize money of $2,828,000 will be at stake for the WTA tournament.

Here is all you need to know about the WTA Dubai Tennis Championships:

Tournament name: 2019 Dubai Tennis Championships

Date: February 17-23, 2019

Category: Premier 5

Location: Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, UAE

Surface: Hard

Year it started in: 2001

Defending champion: Russia's Daria Kasatkina 6-4, 6-0 in the final of the 2018 Dubai Open

Where to watch the WTA Dubai Tennis Championships in the USA?

beIN Sports will telecast the Dubai Tennis Championships in the USA

Where to watch in the WTA Dubai Tennis Championships in Australia?

beIN Sports will telecast the Dubai Tennis Championships in Australia.

Where to watch the WTA Dubai Tennis Championships in the United Kingdom?

BT Sport will telecast the Dubai Tennis Championships in the UK.

Where to watch the WTA Dubai Tennis Championships in India?

No telecast available in India.

Where to Live Stream the WTA Dubai Tennis Championships?

Worldwide Live Streaming: WTA's official website via WTA TV. However, you will need a subscription for the service.

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