2022 World Tennis League

2022 World Tennis League
Date19–24 December 2022
Edition1st
Draw4 teams
SurfaceHard
LocationDubai, United Arab Emirates
VenueCoca-Cola Arena
Champions
Hawks
(Zverev, Rybakina, Thiem, Pavlyuchenkova)

The 2022 World Tennis League was a non-ATP/WTA-affiliated exhibition mixed-gender team tennis tournament. It was the inaugural edition of the World Tennis League. The event was held on hard court at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 19 until 24 December 2022.[1]

Team Hawks, composed of Alexander Zverev, Elena Rybakina, Dominic Thiem and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, won the title,[2] after defeating Team Kites (Félix Auger-Aliassime, Iga Świątek, Holger Rune and Sania Mirza) in the final, 32-25.

Format

18 players were drawn into four teams (Falcons, Eagles, Kites, Hawks). The teams played each other in a round-robin format that consist of one men’s singles match, one women’s singles match and a mixed doubles match. They got one point for each game they win in a tie, plus one bonus point for a win in a third-set match tiebreak and five bonus points for winning the tie.[3] Following the round-robin phase, the top two teams faced off in the final on 24 December 2022.[4]

Teams and players

Falcons Eagles Kites Hawks
Player Rank Player Rank Player Rank Player Rank
Men #1 Novak Djokovic 5 Nick Kyrgios 22 Félix Auger-Aliassime 6 Alexander Zverev 12
Women #1 Aryna Sabalenka 5 Caroline Garcia 4 Iga Świątek 1 Elena Rybakina 21
Men #2 Grigor Dimitrov 28 Andreas Seppi 354 Holger Rune 11 Dominic Thiem 102
Women #2 Paula Badosa 13 Bianca Andreescu 46 Sania Mirza – Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 368
Men #3 Rohan Bopanna – Sebastian Ofner (Alt) 193
Women #3 Eugenie Bouchard 327
  • Singles rankings as of 19 December 2022.

Results

19 December 2022: Kites def. Eagles 35–27
Event Kites Eagles Score Games Bonus Total
Mixed doubles E Bouchard / H Rune B Andreescu / N Kyrgios 2–6, 3–6 5–12 – 5–12
Women's singles Iga Świątek Caroline Garcia 6–3, 6–4 12–7 – 17–19
Men's singles Félix Auger-Aliassime Nick Kyrgios 7–5, 6–3 13–8 – 30–27
Tie winning bonus 5–0 35–27
20 December 2022: Hawks def. Falcons 35–27
Event Hawks Falcons Score Games Bonus Total
Mixed doubles A Pavlyuchenkova / D Thiem P Badosa / G Dimitrov 7–5, 3–6, [4–10] 10–12 0–1 10–13
Women's singles Elena Rybakina Aryna Sabalenka 0–6, 6–1, [10–6] 7–7 1–0 18–20
Men's singles Alexander Zverev Novak Djokovic 6–3, 6–4 12–7 – 30–27
Tie winning bonus 5–0 35–27
21 December 2022: Eagles def. Falcons 38–31
Event Eagles Falcons Score Games Bonus Total
Mixed doubles B Andreescu / R Bopanna A Sabalenka / G Dimitrov 6–2, 6–7(4–7), [7–10] 12–10 0–1 12–11
Women's singles Caroline Garcia Paula Badosa 6–4, 6–3 12–7 – 24–18
Men's singles Nick Kyrgios Grigor Dimitrov 6–7(5–7), 3–6 9–13 – 33–31
Tie winning bonus 5–0 38–31
22 December 2022: Kites def. Hawks 42–31
Event Kites Hawks Score Games Bonus Total
Mixed doubles S Mirza / F Auger-Aliassime E Rybakina / A Zverev 5–7, 6–3, [5–10] 11–11 0–1 11–12
Women's singles Iga Świątek Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–4, 6–3 12–7 – 23–19
Men's singles Félix Auger-Aliassime Dominic Thiem 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–6) 14–12 – 37–31
Tie winning bonus 5–0 42–31
23 December 2022: Hawks def. Eagles 40–24
Event Hawks Eagles Score Games Bonus Total
Mixed doubles A Pavlyuchenkova / D Thiem B Andreescu / N Kyrgios 4–6, 6–4, [7–10] 10–11 0–1 10–12
Women's singles Elena Rybakina Caroline Garcia 7–5, 6–1 13–6 – 23–18
Men's singles Alexander Zverev Andreas Seppi 6–4, 6–2 12–6 – 35–24
Tie winning bonus 5–0 40–24
23 December 2022: Kites def. Falcons 36–26
Event Kites Falcons Score Games Bonus Total
Mixed doubles S Mirza / H Rune P Badosa / G Dimitrov 6–2, 4–6, [10–5] 11–8 1–0 12–8
Women's singles Iga Świątek Aryna Sabalenka 6–1, 6–3 12–4 – 24–12
Men's singles Sebastian Ofner Novak Djokovic 7–6(7–5), 0–6, [7–10] 7–13 0–1 31–26
Tie winning bonus 5–0 36–26

Standings

A team received 5 bonus points for each tie won and 1 bonus point for each third-set match tiebreak won.[3] The top two teams qualified for the final.

Rank Team Ties
win–loss 		Games
won 		Bonus
points 		Points
total
1 Kites 3–0 97 16 113
2 Hawks 2–1 94 12 106
3 Eagles 1–2 83 6 89
4 Falcons 0–3 81 3 84

Final

24 December 2022: Hawks def. Kites 32–25
Event Hawks Kites Score Games Bonus Total
Women's singles Elena Rybakina Iga Świątek 6–3, 6–1 12–4 – 12–4
Men's singles Alexander Zverev Félix Auger-Aliassime 4–6, 3–6 7–12 – 19–16
Mixed doubles A Pavlyuchenkova / D Thiem S Mirza / H Rune 7–6(7–4), 6–3 13–9 – 32–25

References

  1. ^ "Nick Kyrgios excited for Wimbledon final "rematch" with Novak Djokovic in World Tennis League". sportskeeda. 17 November 2022.
  2. ^ "High-flying Hawks steal the show in Dubai". Kaleej Times. 24 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b "The Kites rally to clinch victory on the opening night of World Tennis League". Gulf News. 19 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Novak Djokovic, Iga Swiatek at World Tennis League, Rafael Nadal v Casper Ruud: Who's playing which exhibition?". Eurosport. 16 November 2022.
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