DOHA, January 12, 2017
The 25th edition of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, held at the Khalifa Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha, concluded on Saturday with a thrilling final between World No. 1 Andy Murray and defending champion Novak Djokovic. The latter eventually prevailed in an almost three hours fight on Centre Court.
The week was packed with great tennis action, including Djokovic saving five match points to survive Fernando Verdasco in the semi-finals on Friday. The partnership between Frenchmen Jeremy Chardy and Fabrice Martin yielded a sweet reward as they emerged new doubles champions in Doha. It was a great start into the 2017 season on the ATP World Tour.
Photo Gallery Qatar ExxonMobil Open Doha 2017 (by Brigitte Urban & Florian Heer):
- 25th Qatar ExxonMobil Open Doha
- Alessandro Giannessi
- Marco Baghdatis with his wife Karolina Sprem
- Alessandro Giannessi
- David Marrero and Nenad Zimonjic
- Radek Stepanek
- ATP supervisor Gerry Armstrong
- Vasek Pospisil
- Dustin Brown
- 25th anniversary Gala Dinner Doha (photo: QTF)
- Facundo Bagnis
- Jan-Lennard Struff
- Nicolas Almagro
- Novak Djokovic
- Paolo Lorenzi
- Fabrice Santoro
- Fernando Verdasco
- Marcos Baghdatis
- Radek Stepanek
- Novak Djokovic in Doha – photo: Brigitte Urban
- Malek Jaziri (photo: Brigitte Urban)
- Ivo Karlovic
- Karen Khachanov
- Fernando Verdasco will take on the defending champion in the semi-finals in Doha
- Philipp Kohlschreiber
- Fernando Verdasco will take on the defending champion in the semi-finals in Doha
- Tomas Berdych
- Nenad Zimonjic with his son León
- Nicolas Almagro
- Andy Murray
- David Marrero with daughter Martina
- Gerald Melzer
- Fernando Verdasco
- Andy Murray Mannequin Doha
- Novak Djokovic
- Andy Murray
- Novak Djokovic battles past Fernando Verdasco to reach the final in Doha
- Fernando Verdasco
- Qatar ExxonMobil Open Doha
- Khalifa Tennis Complex Doha
- Jeremy Chardy
- Champions: Fabrice Martin and Jeremy Chardy with runners-up: Vasek Pospisil and Radek Stepanek
- Doubles Ceremony
- Jamie Delgado
- Singles Final Doha
- Singles Final Doha
- Singles Final Doha
- Final umpire: Carlos Bernardes
- Centre Court Final
- Novak Djokovic
- Andy Murray
- Djokovic Murry shake hands
- Doha champion: Novak Djokovic
- Falcon trophy Doha
- Novak Djokovic
- Novak Djokovic crowned Doha champion
- Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray
- Novak Djokovic
- Novak Djokovic with his second Doha falcon
- Doha runner-up: Andy Murray
- 2017 Doha champion Novak Djokovic