Four-time Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships champion Novak Djokovic will bid for a fifth title next week, and his first since 2013.
Djokovic, who owns a 13-0 record on the season with an Australian Open title, will square off with Tunisia’s Malek Jaziri in the first round. If he advances he’ll face either Philipp Kohlschreiber or Mohamed Safwat in the second round.
See the full draw below:
Djokovic is 36-6 lifetime at Dubai, and is making his first appearance there since 2016.
Here are the projected quarterfinalists if the seeds hold:
Other top players in the draw are 2018 champion Roberto Bautista Agut, who is seeded fifth, as well as No.2-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas and No.3-seeded Gael Monfils. Monfils enters the draw carrying a nine-match winning streak having won back-to-back titles at Montpellier and Rotterdam. Tsitsipas is playing the Marseille final on Sunday.