ATP 250 Doha's wild cards are known. The Qatari event, that takes place next week, will feature the French Gael Monfils, who accepted an invitation from the organizers and so he will make his comeback thereafter ending the 2017 season due to a knee injury at the US Open.

Monfils, who also skipped Davis Cup final between France and Belgium, will make his eighth appearance in Doha, where he first played in 2005. The world No. 46 lost 2012 and 2014 finals respectively to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Rafael Nadal.

Monfils will also play the WTC Adelaide event from 8 to 10 January in preparation for the Australian Open. In February, Gael will have a full clay-court swing, playing Quito, Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro. The other two wild cards went to Malek Jaziri, who never won a match on six appearances in the Doha main draw, and local hero Jabor Al-Mutawa, who never had an ATP ranking and lost all the 20 pro main draw match.

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