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]

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]

	Eagles		Falcons		Hawks		Kites
	Player	Rank	Player	Rank	Player	Rank	Player	Rank
Men #1	Daniil Medvedev	3	Taylor Fritz	10	Hubert Hurkacz	9	Stefanos Tsitsipas	6
Men #2	Andrey Rublev	5	Sumit Nagal	138	Casper Ruud	11	Grigor Dimitrov	14
Women #1	Sofia Kenin	33	Elena Rybakina	4	Iga Świątek	1	Aryna Sabalenka	2
Women #2	Mirra Andreeva	57	Sorana Cîrstea	26	Caroline Garcia	20	Paula Badosa	64
Alternate			Vera Zvonareva	272			Lloyd Harris	140

• Singles rankings as of 18 December 2023.

Results

21 December 2023: Falcons def. Hawks 27–24

Event	Falcons	Hawks	Score	Total
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

Event	Kites	Eagles	Score	Total
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

Event	Kites	Falcons	Score	Total
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

Event	Eagles	Hawks	Score	Total
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

Event	Eagles	Falcons	Score	Total
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

Event	Hawks	Kites	Score	Total
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.

Final

24 December 2023: Eagles def. Kites 29–26

Event	Eagles	Kites	Score	Total
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

External links

• Official website

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