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The finals possibilities in Dubai were pretty good – until unseeded Tallon Griekspoor came along and spoiled the party, eliminating defending champion Andrey Rublev.
Griekspoor has had a sub-par year so far. But he had a chance to pick off a 500 title if he can get past a suddenly-improving Daniil Medevedev, who won five titles in 2023, but managed none in 2024, just one small one at the end of 2025 and opened the season by taking another in Brisbane.
Except, that didn’t happen. Griekspoor withdrew before the final, handing Medevedev the title.
(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
Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026
Final results
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Singles final
[3] Daniil Medvedev (RUS) def Tallon Griekspoor (NED) WALKOVER
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Doubles final
[3] Harri Heliovaara (FIN) / Henry Patten (GBR) def [2] Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) / Mate Pavic (CRO) 75 75
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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
Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026
Final results
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Singles final
[5] Flavio Cobolli (ITA) def [8] Frances Tiafoe (USA) 76 (4) 64
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Doubles final
Marcelo Melo (BRA) / Alexander Zverev (GER) def Alexander Erler (AUS) / Robert Galloway (USA) 63 64
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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
Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026
Final results
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Doubles final
[2] Orlando Luz / Rafael Matos (BRA) def Ariel Behar (URU) / Matthew Romios (AUS) 64 63
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Singles, semifinals
Yannick Hanfmann (GER) def [1] Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) 63 64
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[2] Luciano Darderi (ITA) def [3] Sebastian Baez (ARG) 64 63
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