Dubai, United Arab Emirates – The organizing committee of the Al Habtoor International Women’s Tennis Championship announced that the 28th edition of the tournament will be held from December 1 to 7, on the courts of the Al Habtoor Grand Resort in Dubai.
This is with the participation of 80 players, including 3 among the top 100 players in the world.
In addition to one of the heroines of previous editions, after the final list of participations was approved.
The organizing committee will hold the tournament draw ceremony on Sunday, with the rest of the technical and organizational details revealed.
Austrian Julie Gerber, ranked first, enters the competition after winning her second WTA 125 title in October 2025 at the Florianópolis Championship in Brazil.
Which brought it back to the top 100 globally for the first time since November 2023.
Latvian Daria Semenistaya comes second in the rankings, after her first participation in major tournaments via the US Open, and she was able to enter the top 100 by reaching 90th place after winning the title of the “Les Francises del Valles” tournament in the “W100” category.
Hungarian Dalma Galvi, ranked third and 2015 world junior champion, is competing in the tournament after a strong season during which she won the “Oiras Women’s” and “Catalonia” titles in the “WTA 125” category.
Ukrainian Daria Senigor, the 2021 champion, stands out among the most prominent candidates, after a distinguished season in 2024 during which she achieved her best results on grass in the Wimbledon and Nottingham tournaments, in addition to her participation in the main table of the Australian Open.
Noura Badawi, the tournament director, confirmed that 9 players were given qualifying cards, “Wild Card”.
Of these, four cards for the main draw were dealt to Christy Freya (United Kingdom), Christina Mladenovic (France), Vindola Valdmanova (Czech Republic), and Vera Zvonareva (Russia).
Five players were also awarded cards for the qualifying rounds: Esther Finak (Hungary), Victoria Morvayova (Slovakia), Sevin Ural (Turkey), Mika Stoisavljevic (United Kingdom), and Nina Vargova (Slovakia).
