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.

Team Hawks, composed of Alexander Zverev, Elena Rybakina, Dominic Thiem and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, won the title, 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. Following the round-robin phase, the top two teams faced off in the final on 24 December 2022.

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

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. The top two teams qualified for the final. RankTeamTieswin–lossGameswonBonuspointsPointstotal 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

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