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2023 World Tennis League

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2023 World Tennis League
Date21–24 December 2023
Edition2nd
Draw4 teams
SurfaceHard
LocationAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
VenueEtihad Arena
Champions
Eagles
(Medvedev, Kenin, Rublev, Andreeva)
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The 2023 World Tennis League was a non-ATP/WTA-affiliated exhibition mixed-gender team tennis tournament. It was the second edition of the World Tennis League. The event was held on hard court at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates from 21 until 24 December 2023.[1]

Defending champions, Team Hawks, failed to qualify for the final, winning only one of three ties.

Team Eagles, composed of Daniil Medvedev, Sofia Kenin, Andrey Rublev and Mirra Andreeva, won the title, defeating Team Kites (Stefanos Tsitsipas, Aryna Sabalenka, Grigor Dimitrov and Paula Badosa) in the final, 29–26.[2]

Format

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The teams played each other in a round-robin format. The ties consisted of five sets, each with one men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles match. They got one point for each game they won in a tie. If the team that won the fifth set was leading the tie, the tie was over. If the team that won the fifth 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 24 December 2023.[3]

Teams and players

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

Eagles Falcons Hawks Kites
Player Rank Player Rank Player Rank Player Rank
Men #1 Daniil Medvedev 3 United States Taylor Fritz 10 Poland Hubert Hurkacz 9 Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas 6
Men #2 Andrey Rublev 5 India Sumit Nagal 138 Norway Casper Ruud 11 Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov 14
Women #1 United States Sofia Kenin 33 Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina 4 Poland Iga Świątek 1 Aryna Sabalenka 2
Women #2 Mirra Andreeva 57 Romania Sorana Cîrstea 26 France Caroline Garcia 20 Spain Paula Badosa 64
Alternate Vera Zvonareva 272 South Africa Lloyd Harris 140
  • Singles rankings as of 18 December 2023.

Results

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21 December 2023: Falcons def. Hawks 27–24
Event Falcons Hawks Score Total
Men's doubles United States Taylor Fritz / India Sumit Nagal Poland Hubert Hurkacz / Norway Casper Ruud 7–6(8–6) 7–6
Mixed doubles Romania Sorana Cîrstea / United States Taylor Fritz France Caroline Garcia / Poland Hubert Hurkacz 6–2 13–8
Women's doubles Romania Sorana Cîrstea / Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina France Caroline Garcia / Poland Iga Świątek 6–4 19–12
Men's singles United States Taylor Fritz Norway Casper Ruud 1–6 20–18
Women's singles Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina Poland Iga Świątek 4–6 24–24
Super shoot-out Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina Poland Iga Świątek [10–8] 25–24
Super shoot-out tiebreak winning bonus 2–0 27–24
21 December 2023: Kites def. Eagles 27–22
Event Kites Eagles Score Total
Women's doubles Spain Paula Badosa / Aryna Sabalenka Mirra Andreeva / United States Sofia Kenin 6–3 6–3
Mixed doubles Spain Paula Badosa / Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas United States Sofia Kenin / Daniil Medvedev 6–4 12–7
Men's doubles Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov / Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas Daniil Medvedev / Andrey Rublev 6–7(3–7) 18–14
Men's singles Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov Andrey Rublev 3–6 21–20
Women's singles Aryna Sabalenka Mirra Andreeva 6–2 27–22
22 December 2023: Kites def. Falcons 33–30
Event Kites Falcons Score Total
Women's doubles Spain Paula Badosa / Aryna Sabalenka Romania Sorana Cîrstea / Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina 6–7(5–7) 6–7
Men's doubles Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov / South Africa Lloyd Harris United States Taylor Fritz / India Sumit Nagal 6–7(5–7) 12–14
Mixed doubles Spain Paula Badosa / South Africa Lloyd Harris Romania Sorana Cîrstea / United States Taylor Fritz 5–7 17–21
Men's singles Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov United States Taylor Fritz 6–3 23–24
Women's singles Aryna Sabalenka Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina 7–6(7–2) 30–30
Super shoot-out Aryna Sabalenka Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina [10–6] 31–30
Super shoot-out tiebreak winning bonus 2–0 33–30
22 December 2023: Eagles def. Hawks 31–28
Event Eagles Hawks Score Total
Mixed doubles Mirra Andreeva / Andrey Rublev Poland Iga Świątek / Poland Hubert Hurkacz 2–6 2–6
Women's doubles Mirra Andreeva / United States Sofia Kenin France Caroline Garcia / Poland Iga Świątek 6–4 8–10
Men's doubles Daniil Medvedev / Andrey Rublev Poland Hubert Hurkacz / Norway Casper Ruud 7–6(7–1) 15–16
Women's singles United States Sofia Kenin France Caroline Garcia 7–5 22–21
Men's singles Daniil Medvedev Poland Hubert Hurkacz 6–7(4–7) 28–28
Super shoot-out Daniil Medvedev Poland Hubert Hurkacz 1–0(10–4) 29–28
Super shoot-out tiebreak winning bonus 2–0 31–28
23 December 2023: Eagles def. Falcons 22–18
Event Eagles Falcons Score Total
Mixed doubles Mirra Andreeva / Andrey Rublev Vera Zvonareva / United States Taylor Fritz cancelled
Women's doubles Mirra Andreeva / United States Sofia Kenin Romania Sorana Cîrstea / Vera Zvonareva 6–4 6–4
Men's doubles Daniil Medvedev / Andrey Rublev United States Taylor Fritz / India Sumit Nagal 6–4 12–8
Women's singles United States Sofia Kenin Romania Sorana Cîrstea 6–4 18–12
Men's singles Daniil Medvedev United States Taylor Fritz 3–6 21–18
Overtime Daniil Medvedev United States Taylor Fritz 1–0 22–18
23 December 2023: Hawks def. Kites 20–19
Event Hawks Kites Score Total
Men's doubles Poland Hubert Hurkacz / Norway Casper Ruud Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov / South Africa Lloyd Harris 4–6 4–6
Mixed doubles France Caroline Garcia / Poland Hubert Hurkacz Spain Paula Badosa / South Africa Lloyd Harris cancelled
Women's doubles France Caroline Garcia / Poland Iga Świątek Spain Paula Badosa / Aryna Sabalenka 6–3 10–9
Women's singles Poland Iga Świątek Aryna Sabalenka 4–6 14–15
Men's singles Norway Casper Ruud Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov 6–4 20–19

Standings

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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 Kites 2–1 77–72 2 79
2 Eagles 2–1 73–73 2 75
3 Falcons 1–2 73–77 2 75
4 Hawks 1–2 72–73 0 72

Final

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24 December 2023: Eagles def. Kites 29–26
Event Eagles Kites Score Total
Mixed doubles Mirra Andreeva / Daniil Medvedev Spain Paula Badosa / Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas 6–7(5–7) 6–7
Women's doubles Mirra Andreeva / United States Sofia Kenin Spain Paula Badosa / Aryna Sabalenka 7–5 13–12
Men's doubles Daniil Medvedev / Andrey Rublev Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov / South Africa Lloyd Harris 6–3 19–15
Women's singles United States Sofia Kenin Aryna Sabalenka 6–4 25–19
Men's singles Andrey Rublev Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov 3–6 28–25
Overtime Andrey Rublev Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov 1–1 29–26

References

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  1. ^ "World Tennis League comes to Abu Dhabi for Season 2 in December 2023". Zawya. 26 July 2023.
  2. ^ "World Tennis League: Kenin inspires Eagles to lift trophy". Tennis Majors. 24 December 2023.
  3. ^ "World Tennis League 2023: Players, teams, schedule, order of play and more". Sportskeeda. 21 December 2023.
  4. ^ "2023 World Tennis League Draw - Tsitsipas & Badosa Teamed Up". Yardbreaker. 11 November 2023.
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