80 players in the 28th edition of the Al Habtoor International Women’s Tennis Championship
Dubai, November 26 / WAM / The organizing committee of the Al Habtoor International Women’s Tennis Championship announced that the 28th edition of the tournament will be held during the period from 1 to 7 December next, on the courts of the Al Habtoor Grand Resort in Dubai, with the participation of 80 players, including 3 among the top 100 in the world, in addition to one of the champions of the previous editions, after the final list of participants 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 title in the “WTA 125” championships during October 2025 in the Florianopolis Championship in Brazil, which returned her to the top 100 in the world for the first time since November 2023.
Latvian Daria Semenistaya comes second in the list of seeds, after her first participation in major tournaments through the US Open, and she was able to enter the top 100 rankings by reaching 90th place after winning the title of the “Les Français del Valles” tournament in the “W100” category.
Hungarian Dalma Galfi, ranked third and 2015 World Junior Women’s Champion, is competing in the tournament after a strong season during which she won the Women’s Oeiras and Catalunya titles in the WTA 125 category.
Ukrainian Daria Snegur, champion of the 2021 edition, stands out among the most prominent candidates, after a distinguished season in 2024 during which she achieved her best results on grassland in the Wimbledon and Nottingham tournaments, in addition to her participation in the main table of the Australian Open.
Noura Badawi, tournament director, confirmed that 9 players were awarded “wild cards” qualifying cards, including four cards for the main draw that were addressed to Christy Freya (United Kingdom), Kristina Mladenovic (France), Vendola Valdmanova (Czech Republic), and Vera Zvonareva (Russia).
Five players were also granted tickets to the qualifying rounds: Esther Vinak (Hungary), Viktoria Morvajova (Slovakia), Seven Oral (Turkey), Mika Stojsavljević (United Kingdom), and Nina Vargova (Slovakia).
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