Djokovic To Open New Season In Doha

2017 Doha champion Novak Djokovic

STARNBERG, November 20, 2018

Although the 2018 ATP World Tour has just come to an end, the new season is just around the corner. From 31 December 2018 to 5 January 2019, many of the world’s best players will meet at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex to open the new tennis year with the Qatar Exxon Mobil Open.

Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic have won multiple titles at the ATP 250 event, with Nadal’s haul including the 2014 singles title and four doubles crowns (2005, 2009, 2011 and 2015). Djokovic won back-to-back titles in 2016 and 2017 and will lead this year’s entry list, which was revealed on Monday.

Entry list:

1 DJOKOVIC, Novak SRB 1 
2 THIEM, Dominic AUT 8 
3 KHACHANOV, Karen RUS 11 
4 CECCHINATO, Marco ITA 20 
5 BASILASHVILI, Nikoloz GEO 21 
6 GOFFIN, David BEL 22 
7 BAUTISTA AGUT, Roberto ESP 24 
8 GASQUET, Richard FRA 26 
9 VERDASCO, Fernando ESP 28 
10 KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp GER 35 
11 FUCSOVICS, Marton HUN 37 
12 SEPPI, Andreas ITA 38 
13 MANNARINO, Adrian FRA 42 
14 JARRY, Nicolas CHI 43 
15 DZUMHUR, Damir BIH 47 
16 LAJOVIC, Dusan SRB 48 
17 HAASE, Robin NED 50 
18 KUKUSHKIN, Mikhail KAZ 53 
19 BERRETTINI, Matteo ITA 54 
20 HERBERT, Pierre-Hugues FRA 55 
21 PELLA, Guido ARG 58 
22 GOJOWCZYK, Peter GER 59 
23 COPIL, Marius ROU 60 
24 LOPEZ, Feliciano ESP 64 
25 RAMOS-VINOLAS, Albert ESP 65