2022 World Tennis League

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]

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)

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
FalconsEaglesKitesHawks
PlayerRankPlayerRankPlayerRankPlayerRank
Men #1 Novak Djokovic5 Nick Kyrgios22 Félix Auger-Aliassime6 Alexander Zverev12
Women #1 Aryna Sabalenka5 Caroline Garcia4 Iga Świątek1 Elena Rybakina21
Men #2 Grigor Dimitrov28 Andreas Seppi354 Holger Rune11 Dominic Thiem102
Women #2 Paula Badosa13 Bianca Andreescu46 Sania Mirza– Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova368
Men #3 Rohan Bopanna– Sebastian Ofner (Alt)193
Women #3 Eugenie Bouchard327
  • Singles rankings as of 19 December 2022.

Results
19 December 2022: Kites def. Eagles 35–27
EventKitesEaglesScoreGamesBonusTotal
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
EventHawksFalconsScoreGamesBonusTotal
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
EventEaglesFalconsScoreGamesBonusTotal
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
EventKitesHawksScoreGamesBonusTotal
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
EventHawksEaglesScoreGamesBonusTotal
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
EventKitesFalconsScoreGamesBonusTotal
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
EventHawksKitesScoreGamesBonusTotal
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. "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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