WTA - Dubai 1R start

First round commenced in Dubai.

2025 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, a WTA 1000 tournament, on Hard Outdoor, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 16-22 February 2025.

Defending champion:

Jasmine Paolini who defeated qualifier Anna Kalinskaya 4-6 7-5 7-5

First round results:

- Elina Svitolina defeated Anna Kalinskaya (15) 6-1 6-2

- Linda Noskova defeated Yulia Putintseva 6-2 7-6(5)

- Liudmila Samsonova defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2 6-2

- Wildcard Emma Raducanu defeated Maria Sakkari 6-4 6-2

- Karolina Muchova (14) defeated qualifier Suzan Lamens 6-2 6-2

- Qualifier Alycia Parks defeated Wang Xinyu 6-3 6-3

- Belinda Bencic defeated qualifier Aoi Ito 6-0 6-2

- Elise Mertens defeated Leylah Fernandez 6-2 6-2

- Paula Badosa (9) defeated Lulu Sun 6-3 6-4

- Wildcard Sofia Kenin defeated Donna Vekic (16) 7-5 6-3

- Marketa Vondrousova defeated wildcard Caroline Garcia 6-2 6-2

- Dayana Yastremska defeated Magda Linette 6-3 7-5