2024 World Tennis League

2024 World Tennis League
Date19–22 December 2024
Edition3rd
Draw4 teams
SurfaceHard
LocationAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
VenueEtihad Arena
Champions
Falcons
(Rublev, Rybakina, Shapovalov, Garcia)

The 2024 World Tennis League was a non-ATP/WTA-affiliated exhibition mixed-gender team tennis tournament. It was the third edition of the World Tennis League. The event was held on hard court at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates from 19 until 22 December 2024.[1]

Team Falcons, composed of Andrey Rublev, Elena Rybakina, Denis Shapovalov and Caroline Garcia, won the title, defeating Team Hawks (Jordan Thompson, Aryna Sabalenka, Sumit Nagal and Mirra Andreeva) in the final, 20–16.[2]

Format

The teams played each other in a round-robin format. Each ties consisted of four sets: one men's singles, one women's singles, and two doubles sets, which may include men's doubles, women's doubles, or mixed doubles, as determined by the team that won the coin toss. They got one point for each game they won in a tie. If the team that won the fourth set is leading the tie, the tie was over. If the team that won the fourth set was trailing in the match, the match went to overtime. If the leading team won one game in overtime, it won the match tie. If the overall game score became equal, a first to 10 'super shoot-out tiebreak was played, which was worth one game point plus two bonus points.

Following the round-robin phase, the top two teams faced off in the final on 22 December 2024.[3]

Teams and players

16 players were drawn into four teams (Eagles, Falcons, Hawks, Kites).[3][4]

Eagles Falcons Hawks Kites
Player Rank Player Rank Player Rank Player Rank
Men #1 Stefanos Tsitsipas 11 Andrey Rublev 8 Jordan Thompson 26 Casper Ruud 6
Women #1 Iga Świątek 2 Elena Rybakina 6 Aryna Sabalenka 1 Jasmine Paolini 4
Men #2 Alexander Shevchenko 78 Denis Shapovalov 56 Sumit Nagal 98 Nick Kyrgios nr
Women #2 Paula Badosa 12 Caroline Garcia 48 Mirra Andreeva 16 Simona Halep 877
  • Singles rankings as of 16 December 2024.
  • nr = not ranked

Results

19 December 2024: Falcons def. Hawks 29–26
Event Falcons Hawks Score Total
Women's doubles C Garcia / E Rybakina M Andreeva / A Sabalenka 6–7(5–7) 6–7
Women's singles Elena Rybakina Aryna Sabalenka 6–7(3–7) 12–14
Men's doubles A Rublev / D Shapovalov S Nagal / J Thompson 5–7 17–21
Men's singles Andrey Rublev Jordan Thompson 7–5 24–26
Overtime Andrey Rublev Jordan Thompson 2–0 26–26
Super shoot-out Andrey Rublev Jordan Thompson 1–0(10–6) 27–26
Super shoot-out tiebreak winning bonus 2–0 29–26
19 December 2024: Kites def. Eagles 25–20
Event Kites Eagles Score Total
Mixed doubles J Paolini / C Ruud P Badosa / A Shevchenko 6–4 6–4
Men's singles Casper Ruud Alexander Shevchenko 6–4 12–8
Women's doubles S Halep / J Paolini P Badosa / I Świątek 7–5 19–13
Women's singles Jasmine Paolini Iga Świątek 5–7 24–20
Overtime Jasmine Paolini Iga Świątek 1–0 25–20
20 December 2024: Hawks def. Eagles 21–14
Event Hawks Eagles Score Total
Women's doubles M Andreeva / A Sabalenka P Badosa / I Świątek 6–1 6–1
Women's singles Aryna Sabalenka Paula Badosa 6–2 12–3
Men's doubles S Nagal / J Thompson A Shevchenko / S Tsitsipas 6–4 18–7
Men's singles Sumit Nagal Alexander Shevchenko 2–6 20–13
Overtime Sumit Nagal Alexander Shevchenko 1–1 21–14
20 December 2024: Falcons def. Kites 24–21
Event Falcons Kites Score Total
Women's doubles C Garcia / E Rybakina S Halep / J Paolini 7–6(7–5) 7–6
Women's singles Elena Rybakina Simona Halep 6–4 13–10
Mixed doubles C Garcia / D Shapovalov J Paolini / N Kyrgios 5–7 18–17
Men's singles Andrey Rublev Nick Kyrgios 6–4 24–21
21 December 2024: Eagles def. Falcons 20–15
Event Eagles Falcons Score Total
Women's singles Iga Świątek Elena Rybakina 6–3 6–3
Women's doubles P Badosa / I Świątek C Garcia / E Rybakina 6–2 12–5
Men's doubles A Shevchenko / S Tsitsipas A Rublev / D Shapovalov 6–4 18–9
Men's singles Stefanos Tsitsipas Andrey Rublev 1–6 19–15
Overtime Stefanos Tsitsipas Andrey Rublev 1–0 20–15
21 December 2024: Hawks def. Kites 20–17
Event Hawks Kites Score Total
Women's doubles M Andreeva / A Sabalenka S Halep / J Paolini 6–1 6–1
Women's singles Mirra Andreeva Jasmine Paolini 6–4 12–5
Men's doubles S Nagal / J Thompson N Kyrgios / C Ruud 4–6 16–11
Men's singles Sumit Nagal Casper Ruud 3–6 19–17
Overtime Sumit Nagal Casper Ruud 1–0 20–17

Standings

A team received 2 bonus points for each super shoot-out tiebreak won. The top two teams qualified for the final.

Rank Team Ties Games Bonus
points 		Points
total
1 Falcons 2–1 66–67 2 68
2 Hawks 2–1 67–58 0 67
3 Kites 1–2 63–64 0 63
4 Eagles 1–2 54–61 0 54

Final

22 December 2024: Falcons def. Hawks 20–16
Event Falcons Hawks Score Total
Women's doubles C Garcia / E Rybakina M Andreeva / A Sabalenka 6–7(5–7) 6–7
Women's singles Elena Rybakina Mirra Andreeva 2–6 8–13
Men's doubles A Rublev / D Shapovalov S Nagal / J Thompson 6–2 14–15
Men's singles Andrey Rublev Sumit Nagal 6–1 20–16

References

  1. ^ "World Tennis League announces new partnership ahead of third season". The Nation. 17 October 2024.
  2. ^ "World Tennis League 2024 Final: Andrey Rublev leads Falcons featuring Elena Rybakina from two wins down to title in UAE". Tennisuptodate.com. 22 December 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Swiatek, Sabalenka and Medvedev set for World Tennis League in Abu Dhabi". Khaleej Times. 11 November 2024.
  4. ^ "World Tennis League 2024: Dates, schedule, format, teams and TV channel for exhibition event in Abu Dhabi". London Evening Standard. 17 December 2024.
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