ORDER OF PLAY

CENTRE COURT - 2:00 P.M. START
Amanda ANISIMOVA (USA) vs. Barbora STRYCOVA (CZE)
Alison RISKE (USA) vs. [WC] Ons JABEUR (TUN)
Not before 7:00 P.M.
[WC] Kim CLIJSTERS (BEL) vs. [9] Garbiñe MUGURUZA (ESP)
20th anniversary presentation
Marketa VONDROUSOVA (CZE) vs. Anastasija SEVASTOVA (LAT)

COURT 1 - 10:30 A.M. START
Kristina MLADENOVIC (FRA) vs. Polona HERCOG (SLO) - qualifying
Katerina SINIAKOVA (CZE) vs. Alison VAN UYTVANCK (BEL) - qualifying
Not before 2:00 P.M.
Elise MERTENS (BEL) vs. WANG Qiang (CHN)
Makoto NINOMIYA (JPN) / Zhaoxuan YANG (CHN) vs. Simona HALEP (ROU) / Julia GOERGES (GER)
Kirsten FLIPKENS (BEL) / Alison VAN UYTVANCK (BEL) vs. [6] Kveta PESCHKE (CZE) / Demi SCHURRS (NED)

COURT 2 - 10:30 A.M. START
Ana BOGDAN (ROU) vs. Aliaksandra SASNOVICH (BLR) - qualifying
[6] HSIEH Su-wei (TPE) vs. [9] Jennifer BRADY (USA) - qualifying
Not before 2:00 P.M.
Darija JURAK (CRO) / Yaroslava SHVEDOVA (KAZ) vs. Lyudmyla KICHENOK (UKR) / Nadiia KICHENOK (UKR)

COURT 3 - 10:30 A.M. START
Veronika KUDERMETOVA (RUS) vs. Bethanie MATTEK-SANDS (USA) - qualifying
Sorana CIRSTEA (ROU) vs. Carla SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP) - qualifying
Not before 2:00 P.M.
Viktorija GOLUBIC (SUI) / Jil TEICHMANN (SUI) vs. [7] DUAN Ying-ying (CHN) / Veronika KUDERMETOVA (RUS)
Sofia KENIN (USA) / Bethanie MATTEK-SANDS (USA) vs. [WC] Monique ADAMCZAK (AUS) / Yana SIZIKOVA (RUS)

MATCH POINTS

Four-time Grand Slam champion makes her return to professional tennis when she faces No.9 seed and Australian Open runner-up Garbiñe Muguruza in her opening match. Initially draw against Kiki Bertens, but the Dutchwoman withdrew on Sunday prior to winning the St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy in Russia.

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Clijsters never competed in Dubai in either of her previous active periods on the WTA, and her match between Muguruza is the lone first-round clash on Monday to have never been played.

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On Centre Court, Alison Riske, Amanda Anisimova and Marketa Vondrousova all own 1-0 records against their first round foes - Ons Jabeur, Barbora Strycova and Anastasija Sevastova - while on Court 1, Wang Qiang owns a 2-1 record against Elise Mertens, with all three matches between the two having gone three sets. 

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Strycova was runner-up in Dubai in 2016, while Muguruza is a two-time semifinalist and Sevastova reached the final four in 2017. 2019 semifinalist Hsieh Su-wei and quarterfinalist Carla Suárez Navarro are among those seeking main draw berths in the final qualifying round. 

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