2019 Mubadala World Tennis Championship – Men's singles

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Men's singles
2019 Mubadala World Tennis Championship
Champion Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Nadal
Runner-up Flag of Greece.svg Stefanos Tsitsipas
Final score6–7(3–7), 7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
  2018  · Mubadala World Tennis Championship ·  2020  

Novak Djokovic was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Stefanos Tsitsipas. [1] [2]

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Rafael Nadal won his record fifth title beating debutante Tsitsipas in the final. [3]

Seeds

  1. Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Nadal (champion)
  2. Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic (semifinals) (third place)
  3. Flag of Greece.svg Stefanos Tsitsipas (final) (runner-up)
  4. Flag of Russia.svg Karen Khachanov (semifinals) (fourth place)
  5. Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Rublev (quarterfinals) (fifth place)
  6. Flag of South Korea.svg Hyeon Chung (quarterfinals) (sixth place)

Draw

Key

Draw

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Nadal 66
4 Flag of Russia.svg Karen Khachanov 1 3
4 Flag of Russia.svg Karen Khachanov 776
6 Flag of South Korea.svg Hyeon Chung 644
1 Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Nadal 63777
3 Flag of Greece.svg Stefanos Tsitsipas 775 63
3 Flag of Greece.svg Stefanos Tsitsipas 66
5 Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Rublev 3 4
3 Flag of Greece.svg Stefanos Tsitsipas 3 776Third Place Match
2 Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic 6644
4 Flag of Russia.svg Karen Khachanov 5 3  
2 Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic 76 

Play-offs

Fifth Place Match
     
6 Flag of South Korea.svg Hyeon Chung 6561 
5 Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Rublev 7777 

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