2024 World Tennis League

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2024 World Tennis League
Date19–22 December 2024
Edition3rd
Draw4 teams
Surface Hard
Location Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Venue Etihad Arena
Champions
Falcons
(Rublev, Rybakina, Shapovalov, Garcia)
  2023  · World Tennis League ·  2025  

The 2024 World Tennis League was a non-ATP/WTA-affiliated exhibition mixed-gender team tennis tournament. It was the third edition of the World Tennis League. The event was held on hard court at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates from 19 until 22 December 2024. [1]

Contents

Team Falcons, composed of Andrey Rublev, Elena Rybakina, Denis Shapovalov and Caroline Garcia, won the title, defeating Team Hawks (Jordan Thompson, Aryna Sabalenka, Sumit Nagal and Mirra Andreeva) in the final, 20–16. [2]

Format

The teams played each other in a round-robin format. Each ties consisted of four sets: one men's singles, one women's singles, and two doubles sets, which may include men's doubles, women's doubles, or mixed doubles, as determined by the team that won the coin toss. They got one point for each game they won in a tie. If the team that won the fourth set is leading the tie, the tie was over. If the team that won the fourth 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 22 December 2024. [3]

Teams and players

16 players were drawn into four teams (Eagles, Falcons, Hawks, Kites). [3] [4]

EaglesFalconsHawksKites
PlayerRankPlayerRankPlayerRankPlayerRank
Men #1 Flag of Greece.svg Stefanos Tsitsipas 11Flag placeholder.svg Andrey Rublev 8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jordan Thompson 26 Flag of Norway.svg Casper Ruud 6
Women #1 Flag of Poland.svg Iga Świątek 2 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Elena Rybakina 6Flag placeholder.svg Aryna Sabalenka 1 Flag of Italy.svg Jasmine Paolini 4
Men #2 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Alexander Shevchenko 78 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Denis Shapovalov 56 Flag of India.svg Sumit Nagal 98 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Kyrgios nr
Women #2 Flag of Spain.svg Paula Badosa 12 Flag of France.svg Caroline Garcia 48Flag placeholder.svg Mirra Andreeva 16 Flag of Romania.svg Simona Halep 877

Results

19 December 2024: Falcons def. Hawks 29–26
EventFalconsHawksScoreTotal
Women's doubles Flag of France.svg C Garcia / Flag of Kazakhstan.svg E Rybakina Flag placeholder.svg M Andreeva / Flag placeholder.svg A Sabalenka 6–7(5–7)6–7
Women's singles Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Elena Rybakina Flag placeholder.svg Aryna Sabalenka 6–7(3–7)12–14
Men's doublesFlag placeholder.svg A Rublev / Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg D Shapovalov Flag of India.svg S Nagal / Flag of Australia (converted).svg J Thompson 5–717–21
Men's singlesFlag placeholder.svg Andrey Rublev Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jordan Thompson 7–524–26
OvertimeFlag placeholder.svg Andrey Rublev Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jordan Thompson 2–026–26
Super shoot-outFlag placeholder.svg Andrey Rublev Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jordan Thompson 1–0(10–6)27–26
Super shoot-out tiebreak winning bonus2–029–26
19 December 2024: Kites def. Eagles 25–20
EventKitesEaglesScoreTotal
Mixed doubles Flag of Italy.svg J Paolini / Flag of Norway.svg C Ruud Flag of Spain.svg P Badosa / Flag of Kazakhstan.svg A Shevchenko 6–46–4
Men's singles Flag of Norway.svg Casper Ruud Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Alexander Shevchenko 6–412–8
Women's doubles Flag of Romania.svg S Halep / Flag of Italy.svg J Paolini Flag of Spain.svg P Badosa / Flag of Poland.svg I Świątek 7–519–13
Women's singles Flag of Italy.svg Jasmine Paolini Flag of Poland.svg Iga Świątek 5–724–20
Overtime Flag of Italy.svg Jasmine Paolini Flag of Poland.svg Iga Świątek 1–025–20
20 December 2024: Hawks def. Eagles 21–14
EventHawksEaglesScoreTotal
Women's doublesFlag placeholder.svg M Andreeva / Flag placeholder.svg A Sabalenka Flag of Spain.svg P Badosa / Flag of Poland.svg I Świątek 6–16–1
Women's singlesFlag placeholder.svg Aryna Sabalenka Flag of Spain.svg Paula Badosa 6–212–3
Men's doubles Flag of India.svg S Nagal / Flag of Australia (converted).svg J Thompson Flag of Kazakhstan.svg A Shevchenko / Flag of Greece.svg S Tsitsipas 6–418–7
Men's singles Flag of India.svg Sumit Nagal Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Alexander Shevchenko 2–620–13
Overtime Flag of India.svg Sumit Nagal Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Alexander Shevchenko 1–121–14
20 December 2024: Falcons def. Kites 24–21
EventFalconsKitesScoreTotal
Women's doubles Flag of France.svg C Garcia / Flag of Kazakhstan.svg E Rybakina Flag of Romania.svg S Halep / Flag of Italy.svg J Paolini 7–6(7–5)7–6
Women's singles Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Elena Rybakina Flag of Romania.svg Simona Halep 6–413–10
Mixed doubles Flag of France.svg C Garcia / Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg D Shapovalov Flag of Italy.svg J Paolini / Flag of Australia (converted).svg N Kyrgios 5–718–17
Men's singlesFlag placeholder.svg Andrey Rublev Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Kyrgios 6–424–21
21 December 2024: Eagles def. Falcons 20–15
EventEaglesFalconsScoreTotal
Women's singles Flag of Poland.svg Iga Świątek Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Elena Rybakina 6–36–3
Women's doubles Flag of Spain.svg P Badosa / Flag of Poland.svg I Świątek Flag of France.svg C Garcia / Flag of Kazakhstan.svg E Rybakina 6–212–5
Men's doubles Flag of Kazakhstan.svg A Shevchenko / Flag of Greece.svg S Tsitsipas Flag placeholder.svg A Rublev / Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg D Shapovalov 6–418–9
Men's singles Flag of Greece.svg Stefanos Tsitsipas Flag placeholder.svg Andrey Rublev 1–619–15
Overtime Flag of Greece.svg Stefanos Tsitsipas Flag placeholder.svg Andrey Rublev 1–020–15
21 December 2024: Hawks def. Kites 20–17
EventHawksKitesScoreTotal
Women's doublesFlag placeholder.svg M Andreeva / Flag placeholder.svg A Sabalenka Flag of Romania.svg S Halep / Flag of Italy.svg J Paolini 6–16–1
Women's singlesFlag placeholder.svg Mirra Andreeva Flag of Italy.svg Jasmine Paolini 6–412–5
Men's doubles Flag of India.svg S Nagal / Flag of Australia (converted).svg J Thompson Flag of Australia (converted).svg N Kyrgios / Flag of Norway.svg C Ruud 4–616–11
Men's singles Flag of India.svg Sumit Nagal Flag of Norway.svg Casper Ruud 3–619–17
Overtime Flag of India.svg Sumit Nagal Flag of Norway.svg Casper Ruud 1–020–17

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
1Falcons2–166–67268
2Hawks2–167–58067
3Kites1–263–64063
4Eagles1–254–61054

Final

22 December 2024: Falcons def. Hawks 20–16
EventFalconsHawksScoreTotal
Women's doubles Flag of France.svg C Garcia / Flag of Kazakhstan.svg E Rybakina Flag placeholder.svg M Andreeva / Flag placeholder.svg A Sabalenka 6–7(5–7)6–7
Women's singles Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Elena Rybakina Flag placeholder.svg Mirra Andreeva 2–68–13
Men's doublesFlag placeholder.svg A Rublev / Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg D Shapovalov Flag of India.svg S Nagal / Flag of Australia (converted).svg J Thompson 6–214–15
Men's singlesFlag placeholder.svg Andrey Rublev Flag of India.svg Sumit Nagal 6–120–16

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