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Since its debut competition in 1993, the Dubai Duty-Free Championships have reliably exhibited the World's best players in the rivalry. In 2005 two ARP World Tour Champions Andre Agassi and Roger Federer scaled the notable lodging the Burj Al Arab for a well-disposed practice session over the helipad on the rooftop.

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The 2011 Championships were played from 21st - 26th February on hard deco turf II with the victor bringing home $386,000 and the Runner Up taking $181,500.

The 2011 men's seeds were

1. Roger Federer

1. Novak Djokovic

1. Tomas Berdych

1. Mikhail Youzhny

1. Ivan Ljubicic

1. Viktor Troicki

1. Marcos Baghdatis

1. Ernests Gulbis

Youzhny was the principal seed to fall when he was beaten in the first round by Frenchman Gilles Simon 6-3/7-5. Troicki was next when he additionally lost in the first round to German Philipp Petzschner 6-1/7-6(2).

Two additional seeds had to resign because of damage mid-coordinate in the first round. Ljubicic surrendered the match to Sergei Bubka after the principal round of the subsequent set and Baghdatis resigned after only four games.

Gulbis lost in the second round to Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-3/5-7/6-1 so just three seeds advanced through to the Semi-Final.

Roger Federer easily handled Frenchman Richard Gasquet beating him 6-2/7-5 to verify his place in his fifth Dubai Final. It was the Frenchman's first ATP World Tour Semi-Final of the period and he rose 7 places in the rankings after the Championships.

The Number 2 and 3 seeds struggled it out in the base portion of the draw however it was a tragic end for Berdych who had to resign when he was 6-7/2-6/2-4 down to Novak Djokovic.

The Final was a clash of the Champions. Federer won the Dubai Title in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007 and Djokovic was a two-timed Defending Champion going for a third continuous title.

Djokovic was resolved to score the cap stunt of Dubai titles having separately beaten David Ferrer and Mikhail Youzhny in the past two finals. Federer was showing up in the Dubai Final for a long time.

The Serb had beaten Federer in two past significant competitions, the 2010 US Open and the 2011 Australian Open both at Semi-Final stage yet in the no holds barred stakes Federer drove with 13 triumphs to Djokovic's 7 so he was most loved to win his fifth title.

Be that as it may, it was Djokovic who overwhelmed the match breaking Federer to take the principal set 6-3. From that point forward, regardless of being 1-3 down in the second set, he was consistently in charge and Federer was second best all through.

In the wake of crushing spirit in the subsequent set to level at 3-all Federer always lost another game and Djokovic asserted his third back to back Dubai Title 6-3/6-3.