2023 World Tennis League

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2023 World Tennis League
Date21–24 December 2023
Edition2nd
Draw4 teams
Surface Hard
Location Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Venue Etihad Arena
Champions
Eagles
(Medvedev, Kenin, Rublev, Andreeva)
  2022  · World Tennis League ·  2024  

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]

Contents

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]

EaglesFalconsHawksKites
PlayerRankPlayerRankPlayerRankPlayerRank
Men #1Flag placeholder.svg Daniil Medvedev 3 Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Fritz 10 Flag of Poland.svg Hubert Hurkacz 9 Flag of Greece.svg Stefanos Tsitsipas 6
Men #2Flag placeholder.svg Andrey Rublev 5 Flag of India.svg Sumit Nagal 138 Flag of Norway.svg Casper Ruud 11 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Grigor Dimitrov 14
Women #1 Flag of the United States.svg Sofia Kenin 33 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Elena Rybakina 4 Flag of Poland.svg Iga Świątek 1Flag placeholder.svg Aryna Sabalenka 2
Women #2Flag placeholder.svg Mirra Andreeva 57 Flag of Romania.svg Sorana Cîrstea 26 Flag of France.svg Caroline Garcia 20 Flag of Spain.svg Paula Badosa 64
AlternateFlag placeholder.svg Vera Zvonareva 272 Flag of South Africa.svg Lloyd Harris 140

Results

21 December 2023: Falcons def. Hawks 27–24
EventFalconsHawksScoreTotal
Men's doubles Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Fritz / Flag of India.svg Sumit Nagal Flag of Poland.svg Hubert Hurkacz / Flag of Norway.svg Casper Ruud 7–6(8–6)7–6
Mixed doubles Flag of Romania.svg Sorana Cîrstea / Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Fritz Flag of France.svg Caroline Garcia / Flag of Poland.svg Hubert Hurkacz 6–213–8
Women's doubles Flag of Romania.svg Sorana Cîrstea / Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Elena Rybakina Flag of France.svg Caroline Garcia / Flag of Poland.svg Iga Świątek 6–419–12
Men's singles Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Fritz Flag of Norway.svg Casper Ruud 1–620–18
Women's singles Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Elena Rybakina Flag of Poland.svg Iga Świątek 4–624–24
Super shoot-out Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Elena Rybakina Flag of Poland.svg Iga Świątek 1–0(10–8)25–24
Super shoot-out tiebreak winning bonus2–027–24
21 December 2023: Kites def. Eagles 27–22
EventKitesEaglesScoreTotal
Women's doubles Flag of Spain.svg Paula Badosa / Flag placeholder.svg Aryna Sabalenka Flag placeholder.svg Mirra Andreeva / Flag of the United States.svg Sofia Kenin 6–36–3
Mixed doubles Flag of Spain.svg Paula Badosa / Flag of Greece.svg Stefanos Tsitsipas Flag of the United States.svg Sofia Kenin / Flag placeholder.svg Daniil Medvedev 6–412–7
Men's doubles Flag of Bulgaria.svg Grigor Dimitrov / Flag of Greece.svg Stefanos Tsitsipas Flag placeholder.svg Daniil Medvedev / Flag placeholder.svg Andrey Rublev 6–7(3–7)18–14
Men's singles Flag of Bulgaria.svg Grigor Dimitrov Flag placeholder.svg Andrey Rublev 3–621–20
Women's singlesFlag placeholder.svg Aryna Sabalenka Flag placeholder.svg Mirra Andreeva 6–227–22
22 December 2023: Kites def. Falcons 33–30
EventKitesFalconsScoreTotal
Women's doubles Flag of Spain.svg Paula Badosa / Flag placeholder.svg Aryna Sabalenka Flag of Romania.svg Sorana Cîrstea / Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Elena Rybakina 6–7(5–7)6–7
Men's doubles Flag of Bulgaria.svg Grigor Dimitrov / Flag of South Africa.svg Lloyd Harris Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Fritz / Flag of India.svg Sumit Nagal 6–7(5–7)12–14
Mixed doubles Flag of Spain.svg Paula Badosa / Flag of South Africa.svg Lloyd Harris Flag of Romania.svg Sorana Cîrstea / Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Fritz 5–717–21
Men's singles Flag of Bulgaria.svg Grigor Dimitrov Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Fritz 6–323–24
Women's singlesFlag placeholder.svg Aryna Sabalenka Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Elena Rybakina 7–6(7–2)30–30
Super shoot-outFlag placeholder.svg Aryna Sabalenka Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Elena Rybakina 1–0(10–6)31–30
Super shoot-out tiebreak winning bonus2–033–30
22 December 2023: Eagles def. Hawks 31–28
EventEaglesHawksScoreTotal
Mixed doublesFlag placeholder.svg Mirra Andreeva / Flag placeholder.svg Andrey Rublev Flag of Poland.svg Iga Świątek / Flag of Poland.svg Hubert Hurkacz 2–62–6
Women's doublesFlag placeholder.svg Mirra Andreeva / Flag of the United States.svg Sofia Kenin Flag of France.svg Caroline Garcia / Flag of Poland.svg Iga Świątek 6–48–10
Men's doublesFlag placeholder.svg Daniil Medvedev / Flag placeholder.svg Andrey Rublev Flag of Poland.svg Hubert Hurkacz / Flag of Norway.svg Casper Ruud 7–6(7–1)15–16
Women's singles Flag of the United States.svg Sofia Kenin Flag of France.svg Caroline Garcia 7–522–21
Men's singlesFlag placeholder.svg Daniil Medvedev Flag of Poland.svg Hubert Hurkacz 6–7(4–7)28–28
Super shoot-outFlag placeholder.svg Daniil Medvedev Flag of Poland.svg Hubert Hurkacz 1–0(10–4)29–28
Super shoot-out tiebreak winning bonus2–031–28
23 December 2023: Eagles def. Falcons 22–18
EventEaglesFalconsScoreTotal
Mixed doublesFlag placeholder.svg Mirra Andreeva / Flag placeholder.svg Andrey Rublev Flag placeholder.svg Vera Zvonareva / Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Fritz cancelled
Women's doublesFlag placeholder.svg Mirra Andreeva / Flag of the United States.svg Sofia Kenin Flag of Romania.svg Sorana Cîrstea / Flag placeholder.svg Vera Zvonareva 6–46–4
Men's doublesFlag placeholder.svg Daniil Medvedev / Flag placeholder.svg Andrey Rublev Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Fritz / Flag of India.svg Sumit Nagal 6–412–8
Women's singles Flag of the United States.svg Sofia Kenin Flag of Romania.svg Sorana Cîrstea 6–418–12
Men's singlesFlag placeholder.svg Daniil Medvedev Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Fritz 3–621–18
OvertimeFlag placeholder.svg Daniil Medvedev Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Fritz 1–022–18
23 December 2023: Hawks def. Kites 20–19
EventHawksKitesScoreTotal
Men's doubles Flag of Poland.svg Hubert Hurkacz / Flag of Norway.svg Casper Ruud Flag of Bulgaria.svg Grigor Dimitrov / Flag of South Africa.svg Lloyd Harris 4–64–6
Mixed doubles Flag of France.svg Caroline Garcia / Flag of Poland.svg Hubert Hurkacz Flag of Spain.svg Paula Badosa / Flag of South Africa.svg Lloyd Harris cancelled
Women's doubles Flag of France.svg Caroline Garcia / Flag of Poland.svg Iga Świątek Flag of Spain.svg Paula Badosa / Flag placeholder.svg Aryna Sabalenka 6–310–9
Women's singles Flag of Poland.svg Iga Świątek Flag placeholder.svg Aryna Sabalenka 4–614–15
Men's singles Flag of Norway.svg Casper Ruud Flag of Bulgaria.svg Grigor Dimitrov 6–420–19

Standings

A team received 2 bonus points for each super shoot-out tiebreak won. The top two teams qualified for the final.

RankTeamTiesGamesBonus
points
Points
total
1Kites2–177–72279
2Eagles2–173–73275
3Falcons1–273–77275
4Hawks1–272–73072

Final

24 December 2023: Eagles def. Kites 29–26
EventEaglesKitesScoreTotal
Mixed doublesFlag placeholder.svg Mirra Andreeva / Flag placeholder.svg Daniil Medvedev Flag of Spain.svg Paula Badosa / Flag of Greece.svg Stefanos Tsitsipas 6–7(5–7)6–7
Women's doublesFlag placeholder.svg Mirra Andreeva / Flag of the United States.svg Sofia Kenin Flag of Spain.svg Paula Badosa / Flag placeholder.svg Aryna Sabalenka 7–513–12
Men's doublesFlag placeholder.svg Daniil Medvedev / Flag placeholder.svg Andrey Rublev Flag of Bulgaria.svg Grigor Dimitrov / Flag of South Africa.svg Lloyd Harris 6–319–15
Women's singles Flag of the United States.svg Sofia Kenin Flag placeholder.svg Aryna Sabalenka 6–425–19
Men's singlesFlag placeholder.svg Andrey Rublev Flag of Bulgaria.svg Grigor Dimitrov 3–628–25
OvertimeFlag placeholder.svg Andrey Rublev Flag of Bulgaria.svg Grigor Dimitrov 1–129–26

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