UAE Royals

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UAE Royals
UAE Royals International Premier Tennis League Team logo.png
SportTeam tennis
Founded2014 (2014)
Folded2016
League International Premier Tennis League
Team history2014–2016
Based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Stadium Dubai Duty Free Stadium
ColorsBlack, Red, Green, Metallic Gold     
OwnerNeelesh Bhatanagar, Sachin Gadoya and Virat Kohli
Head coach John-Laffnie de Jager
Broadcasters Abu Dhabi Media
Website www.uaeroyals.com

The UAE Royals is a tennis team based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates that competed in the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL). It is one of four charter franchises that participated in the IPTL's inaugural 2014 season where it finished as runners-up. The team started its 2015 season with marquee signings in Roger Federer and Ana Ivanovic.

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Team history

Founding of franchise

On 21 January 2014, IPTL announced that one of the charter franchises for the league's inaugural 2014 season would be based in the Middle East. [1] [2] On 2 March 2014, IPTL revealed that the Middle East franchise would play its home matches in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. [3] The team is owned by Neelesh Bhatnagar, [4] a leading Dubai-based businessman, and Sachin Gadoya, managing director of Musafir.com, an Internet-based travel agency. Indian cricketer Virat Kohli was also introduced as the co-owner of the franchise on September 10, 2015. [5] [6]

Inaugural draft

The Dubai franchise participated in the IPTL inaugural draft on 2 March 2014, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Players selected by Dubai were [3]

PlayerIPTL Category
Men
Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic (Serbian : Новак Ђоковић)Icon players
Flag of Serbia.svg Janko Tipsarević (Serbian : Јанко Типсаревић)Category D
Flag of Croatia.svg Goran Ivanišević Past champions
Flag of Serbia.svg Nenad Zimonjić (Serbian : Ненад Зимоњић)Doubles players
Flag of Tunisia.svg Malek Jaziri (Arabic : مالك الجزيري)Uncategorized
Women
Flag of Denmark.svg Caroline Wozniacki Icon players
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Martina Hingis Category C

Team name

By May 2014, the team was being referred to as the UAE Falcons. [7] By June 2014, the Falcons had become known as the UAE Royals. [6]

Home venue

The UAE Royals will play their home matches at the Dubai Duty Free Stadium [8] for the 2015 season. The team played their home matches at the Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Sports Complex [6] during the first season of the league.

First coach

On 27 October 2014, John-Laffnie de Jager was named the Royals' first coach. [9]

Inaugural season

The Royals opened their inaugural season with a road match on 28 November 2014, against the Manila Mavericks in Pasay, Metropolitan Manila, Philippines. It played its first home match on 11 December 2014, also against the Mavericks. [10]

Television coverage

On 22 August 2014, IPTL announced it had reached an agreement for the Middle East and North Africa television broadcasting rights with Abu Dhabi Media. [11] The rights continue with Abu Dhabi Media for 2015 season.

Current roster

Player
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Martina Hingis
Flag of Serbia.svg Ana Ivanovic
Flag of Croatia.svg Marin Čilić
Flag of Croatia.svg Goran Ivanišević
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Berdych
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Nestor
Flag of France.svg Kristina Mladenovic

See also

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  5. ↑ "Get Together at Wimbledon with Announcement of Team Owners for India, Singapore, Manila and UAE" (PDF) (Press release). International Premier Tennis League. 19 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
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