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Félix Auger-Aliassime is the No. 1 seed at the ATP 500 in Dubai, as both Alcaraz and Sinner played Doha, but are skipping Dubai. He gets a talented but inconsistent opening around.
And in other news, Jack Draper is FINALLY in a draw, and is set to face qualfier Quentin Halys in his first match since withdrawing from his second-round match at the US Open, with the exception of a Davis Cup match against Norway earlier this month.
And in other news, former champ Alex de Minaur is ousted at the first hurdle by qualfier Patrick Kypson.
(Santiago is 2 hours ahead of ET; Dubai 9 hours ahead and Acapulco an hour behind)
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Dubai Duty Free Championships
Location: Dubai, UAE
Category: ATP 500
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Feb. 23 – 28, 2026
Prize Money: $3,311,005
Draws: S32 – D16
Monday, Feb. 23, 2026
Final results–
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Singles, first round
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[4] Jack Draper (GBR) def [Q] Quentin Halys (FRA) 76 (8) 63
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Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (FRA) def [WC] Moez Echargui (TUN) 76(3) 67 (3) 76 (4)
[WC] Stan Wawrinka (SUI) def. [WC] Benjamin Hassan (LIB) 75 63
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Doubles, first round
[2] Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) / Mate Pavic (CRO) def Sander Arends (NED) / Romain Arneodo (MON) 75 64
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Petr Nouza / Patrik Rikl (CZE) def Tallon Griekspoor (Ned) / Arhur Rinderknech (FRA) 63 62
Alexander Bublik (KAZ) / Juncheng Shang (CHN) def [WC] Ray Ho (TPE) / Hendrik Jebens (GER) 46 62 [12-10]
Francisco Cabral (POL) / Lucas Miedler (AUT) def [LL] Karol Drzewiecki / Piotr Matuszewski (POL) 46 63 [10-7]
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Abierto Mexicano Telcel
Location: Acapulco, Mexico
Category: ATP 500
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Feb. 23 – 28, 2026
Prize Money: $2,469,450
Draws: S32 – D16
Monday, Feb. 23, 2026
Final results
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Singles, first round
[Q] Patrick Kypson (USA) def [2] Alex de Minaur (AUS) 61 67 (4) 76 (4)
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[4] Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) def Daniel Altmaier (GER) 75 63
[6] Valentin Vacherot (MON) def [LL] Coleman Wong (HKG) 46 63 62
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[WC] Rafael Jodar (ESP) def [7] Cameron Norrie (GBR) 63 62
Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) def. Tristan Schoolkate (AUS) 62 62
Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA) def Adam Walton (AUS) 76 (1) 76 (3)
Brandon Nakashima (USA) def. [Q] Elias Ymer (SWE) 63 64
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Doubles, first round
[WC] Nuno Borges (POR) / Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) def [2] Hugo Nys (MON) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 63 63
Flavio Cobolli (ITA) / Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) def [4] Luke Johnson (GBR) / Jan Zielinski (POL) 76 (6) 26 [10-8]
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BCI Seguros Chile Open
Location: Santiago, Chile
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Dates: Feb. 23 – March 1, 2025
Prize Money: $700,045
Draws: S28 – D16
Monday, Feb. 23, 2026
Final results
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Singles, first round
[7] Francisco Comesana (ARG) def. Pedro Martinez (ESP) 64 26 76 (4)
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Yannick Hanfmann (GER) def Dusan Lajovic (SRB) 60 63
[Q] Andrea Pellegrino (ITA) def [Q] Alex Barrena (ARG) 62 26 61
[Q] Dino Prizmic (CRO) def [WC] Nicolas Jarry (CHI) 63 57 62
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Doubles, first round
[4] Sander Gille (BEL) / Sem Verbeek (NED) def Nicolas Barrientos (COL) / Emilio Nava (USA) 76 (4) 46 [10-6]
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Ariel Behar (URU) / Matthew Romios (AUS) def [PR] Arjun Kadhe (IND) / Takeru Yuzuki (JPN) 67 (6) 76 (8) [10-6]
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