2022 World Tennis League

2022 World Tennis League
Date	19–24 December 2022
Edition	1st
Draw	4 teams
Surface	Hard
Location	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Venue	Coca-Cola Arena
Champions
Hawks (Zverev, Rybakina, Thiem, Pavlyuchenkova)
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The 2022 World Tennis League was a non-ATP/WTA-affiliated exhibition mixed-gender team tennis tournament. It was the inaugural edition of the World Tennis League. The event was held on hard court at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 19 until 24 December 2022. ^[1]

Team Hawks, composed of Alexander Zverev, Elena Rybakina, Dominic Thiem and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, won the title, ^[2] after defeating Team Kites (Félix Auger-Aliassime, Iga Świątek, Holger Rune and Sania Mirza) in the final, 32-25.

Format

18 players were drawn into four teams (Falcons, Eagles, Kites, Hawks). The teams played each other in a round-robin format that consist of one men’s singles match, one women’s singles match and a mixed doubles match. They got one point for each game they win in a tie, plus one bonus point for a win in a third-set match tiebreak and five bonus points for winning the tie. ^[3] Following the round-robin phase, the top two teams faced off in the final on 24 December 2022. ^[4]

Teams and players

	Falcons		Eagles		Kites		Hawks
	Player	Rank	Player	Rank	Player	Rank	Player	Rank
Men #1	Novak Djokovic	5	Nick Kyrgios	22	Félix Auger-Aliassime	6	Alexander Zverev	12
Women #1	Aryna Sabalenka	5	Caroline Garcia	4	Iga Świątek	1	Elena Rybakina	21
Men #2	Grigor Dimitrov	28	Andreas Seppi	354	Holger Rune	11	Dominic Thiem	102
Women #2	Paula Badosa	13	Bianca Andreescu	46	Sania Mirza	–	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	368
Men #3			Rohan Bopanna	–	Sebastian Ofner (Alt)	193
Women #3					Eugenie Bouchard	327

• Singles rankings as of 19 December 2022.

Results

19 December 2022: Kites def. Eagles 35–27

Event	Kites	Eagles	Score	Games	Bonus	Total
Mixed doubles	E Bouchard / H Rune	B Andreescu / N Kyrgios	2–6, 3–6	5–12	–	5–12
Women's singles	Iga Świątek	Caroline Garcia	6–3, 6–4	12–7	–	17–19
Men's singles	Félix Auger-Aliassime	Nick Kyrgios	7–5, 6–3	13–8	–	30–27
Tie winning bonus					5–0	35–27

20 December 2022: Hawks def. Falcons 35–27

Event	Hawks	Falcons	Score	Games	Bonus	Total
Mixed doubles	A Pavlyuchenkova / D Thiem	P Badosa / G Dimitrov	7–5, 3–6, [4–10]	10–12	0–1	10–13
Women's singles	Elena Rybakina	Aryna Sabalenka	0–6, 6–1, [10–6]	7–7	1–0	18–20
Men's singles	Alexander Zverev	Novak Djokovic	6–3, 6–4	12–7	–	30–27
Tie winning bonus					5–0	35–27

21 December 2022: Eagles def. Falcons 38–31

Event	Eagles	Falcons	Score	Games	Bonus	Total
Mixed doubles	B Andreescu / R Bopanna	A Sabalenka / G Dimitrov	6–2, 6–7(4–7), [7–10]	12–10	0–1	12–11
Women's singles	Caroline Garcia	Paula Badosa	6–4, 6–3	12–7	–	24–18
Men's singles	Nick Kyrgios	Grigor Dimitrov	6–7(5–7), 3–6	9–13	–	33–31
Tie winning bonus					5–0	38–31

22 December 2022: Kites def. Hawks 42–31

Event	Kites	Hawks	Score	Games	Bonus	Total
Mixed doubles	S Mirza / F Auger-Aliassime	E Rybakina / A Zverev	5–7, 6–3, [5–10]	11–11	0–1	11–12
Women's singles	Iga Świątek	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	6–4, 6–3	12–7	–	23–19
Men's singles	Félix Auger-Aliassime	Dominic Thiem	7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–6)	14–12	–	37–31
Tie winning bonus					5–0	42–31

23 December 2022: Hawks def. Eagles 40–24

Event	Hawks	Eagles	Score	Games	Bonus	Total
Mixed doubles	A Pavlyuchenkova / D Thiem	B Andreescu / N Kyrgios	4–6, 6–4, [7–10]	10–11	0–1	10–12
Women's singles	Elena Rybakina	Caroline Garcia	7–5, 6–1	13–6	–	23–18
Men's singles	Alexander Zverev	Andreas Seppi	6–4, 6–2	12–6	–	35–24
Tie winning bonus					5–0	40–24

23 December 2022: Kites def. Falcons 36–26

Event	Kites	Falcons	Score	Games	Bonus	Total
Mixed doubles	S Mirza / H Rune	P Badosa / G Dimitrov	6–2, 4–6, [10–5]	11–8	1–0	12–8
Women's singles	Iga Świątek	Aryna Sabalenka	6–1, 6–3	12–4	–	24–12
Men's singles	Sebastian Ofner	Novak Djokovic	7–6(7–5), 0–6, [7–10]	7–13	0–1	31–26
Tie winning bonus					5–0	36–26

Standings

A team received 5 bonus points for each tie won and 1 bonus point for each third-set match tiebreak won. ^[3] The top two teams qualified for the final.

Rank	Team	Ties win–loss	Games won	Bonus points	Points total
1	Kites	3–0	97	16	113
2	Hawks	2–1	94	12	106
3	Eagles	1–2	83	6	89
4	Falcons	0–3	81	3	84

Final

24 December 2022: Hawks def. Kites 32–25

Event	Hawks	Kites	Score	Games	Bonus	Total
Women's singles	Elena Rybakina	Iga Świątek	6–3, 6–1	12–4	–	12–4
Men's singles	Alexander Zverev	Félix Auger-Aliassime	4–6, 3–6	7–12	–	19–16
Mixed doubles	A Pavlyuchenkova / D Thiem	S Mirza / H Rune	7–6(7–4), 6–3	13–9	–	32–25

References

1. "Nick Kyrgios excited for Wimbledon final "rematch" with Novak Djokovic in World Tennis League". sportskeeda. 17 November 2022.
2. "High-flying Hawks steal the show in Dubai". Kaleej Times. 24 December 2022.
3. "The Kites rally to clinch victory on the opening night of World Tennis League". Gulf News. 19 December 2022.
4. "Novak Djokovic, Iga Swiatek at World Tennis League, Rafael Nadal v Casper Ruud: Who's playing which exhibition?". Eurosport. 16 November 2022.

External links

• Official website