2023 World Tennis League

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]

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)

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

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

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

EaglesFalconsHawksKites
PlayerRankPlayerRankPlayerRankPlayerRank
Men #1 Daniil Medvedev3 Taylor Fritz10 Hubert Hurkacz9 Stefanos Tsitsipas6
Men #2 Andrey Rublenovich5 Sumit Nagal138 Casper Ruud11 Grigor Dimitrov14
Women #1 Sofia Kenin33 Elena Rybakina4 Iga Świątek1 Aryna Sabalenka2
Women #2 Mirra Andreeva57 Sorana Cîrstea26 Caroline Garcia20 Paula Badosa64
Alternate Vera Zvonareva272 Lloyd Harris140
  • Singles rankings as of 18 December 2023.

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

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

References
  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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