2021 Mubadala World Tennis Championship

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2021 Mubadala World Tennis Championship
Date16–18 December 2021
Edition13th
Surface Hard
Location Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Venue International Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Rublev
Women's singles
Flag of Tunisia.svg Ons Jabeur
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The 2021 Mubadala World Tennis Championship was a non-ATP/WTA-affiliated exhibition tennis tournament. It was the 13th edition of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship with some of the world's top-ranked players competing in the event, held in a knockout format. The winner received $250,000 in prize money. The event was held at the International Tennis Centre at the Zayed Sports City in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. [1] [2] It served as a warm-up event for the upcoming season, with the 2022 ATP Tour beginning on January 1, 2022. [3]

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Andrey Rublev (ranked No. 5) and Rafael Nadal (ranked No. 6) received byes into the semifinal. Rublev defeated Andy Murray, 6–4, 7–6(7–2), to win the men's tournament. Emma Raducanu withdrew from the event the week of her scheduled match after testing positive for COVID-19 [4] and she was replaced by Ons Jabeur, who defeated Belinda Bencic, 4–6, 6–3, [10–8], to win the women's tournament.

Champions

Men's singles

Women's singles

Day-by-day summaries

Players

Men's singles

Flag of Austria.svg Dominic Thiem (withdrew)
Flag of Norway.svg Casper Ruud (withdrew)

CountryPlayerRankingSeeding
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Andrey Rublev 51
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Rafael Nadal 62
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Denis Shapovalov 143
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Taylor Fritz 234
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Dan Evans 255
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Andy Murray 1346

Women's singles

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Emma Raducanu (withdrew)

CountryPlayerRankingSeeding
Flag of Tunisia.svg  TUN Ons Jabeur 101
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Belinda Bencic 232

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