2022 Mubadala World Tennis Championship | |
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Date | 16–18 December 2022 |
Edition | 14th |
Surface | Hard |
Location | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
Venue | International Tennis Centre |
Champions | |
Men's singles | |
Stefanos Tsitsipas | |
Women's singles | |
Ons Jabeur |
The 2022 Mubadala World Tennis Championship was a non-ATP/WTA-affiliated exhibition tennis tournament. It was the 14th 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 season, with the 2023 ATP Tour beginning on December 29, 2022. [3]
Carlos Alcaraz (world number 1) and Casper Ruud (number 3) received byes to the semifinal. Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated Andrey Rublev, 6–2, 4–6, 6–2, to win the men's tournament. Ons Jabeur defeated Emma Raducanu, 5–7, 6–3, [10–8], to win the women's tournament.
Session | Group / round | Winner | Loser | Score | |
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Day 1 (16 December) | |||||
Afternoon | Men's singles | Stefanos Tsitsipas [3] | Cameron Norrie [5] | 6–1, 6–4 | |
Evening | Men's singles | Andrey Rublev [4] | Borna Ćorić [6] | 7–6(7–4), 6–4 | |
Night | Women's singles final | Ons Jabeur [1] | Emma Raducanu [2] | 5–7, 6–3, [10–8] | |
Day 2 (17 December) | |||||
Afternoon | 5th place play-off | Cameron Norrie [5] | Borna Ćorić [6] | 6–3, 7–5 | |
Evening | Semifinals | Stefanos Tsitsipas [3] | Casper Ruud [2] | 6–2, 6–2 | |
Night | Semifinals | Andrey Rublev [4] | Carlos Alcaraz [1] | 6–2, 6–1 | |
Day 3 (18 December) | |||||
Noon | 3rd place play-off | Casper Ruud [2] | Carlos Alcaraz [1] | 6–1, 6–4 | |
Afternoon | Men's singles final | Stefanos Tsitsipas [3] | Andrey Rublev [4] | 6–2, 4–6, 6–2 |
Frances Tiafoe (withdrew)
Country | Player | Ranking | Seed |
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ESP | Carlos Alcaraz | 1 | 1 |
NOR | Casper Ruud | 3 | 2 |
GRE | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 4 | 3 |
RUS | Andrey Rublev | 8 | 4 |
GBR | Cameron Norrie | 14 | 5 |
CRO | Borna Ćorić | 26 | 6 |
Country | Player | Ranking | Seed |
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TUN | Ons Jabeur | 2 | 1 |
GBR | Emma Raducanu | 75 | 2 |
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