Qatar ExxonMobil Open - Doha

An ATP 500 on outdoor hard in Doha, in the run before Dubai and Indian Wells. The court plays much slower than these players are used to, so free points are scarce: aces are few, tiebreaks rarer still, and a set is usually settled by a break rather than a shootout. Three quarters of matches end in straights, so class beats upset pricing. Rublev and Bautista-Agut have two titles each.