World Tennis Championship
| Mubadala World Tennis Championship | |
|---|---|
Abu Dhabi International Tennis Complex | |
| Category | Exhibition |
| Surface | Hard |
| Draw | 6S (Men); 2S (Women) (exhibition) |
| Current champion | Stefanos Tsitsipas |
| Website | mubadalawtc.com |
The Mubadala World Tennis Championship is a men's and women's singles
History
The inaugural Capitala World Tennis Championship took place from January 1 to January 3, 2009, with
As of October 2009, Federer, Nadal and Davydenko announced they would return for the 2010 edition, with
For the 2011 edition of the tournament, Nadal, Federer and Söderling returned with Tomáš Berdych, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Marcos Baghdatis completing the six-man line-up. Nadal defended the title with a hard-fought victory over Federer after they respectively beat Berdych and Söderling in the semi-finals.
The second 2011 edition (held on December 29–31, 2011) featured Nadal, Federer, Ferrer, Tsonga, Novak Djokovic and Gaël Monfils. Djokovic won the title by beating Monfils and Federer before defeating Ferrer in the final. In the battle for third place, Nadal triumphed over Federer.
On December 30, 2017, Jeļena Ostapenko defeated Serena Williams in the first-ever women's match at the tournament.[3]
Past finals
Men's singles
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
2009 |
 Andy Murray |
 Rafael Nadal |
6–4, 5–7, 6–3 |
2010 |
Rafael Nadal |
 Robin Söderling |
7–6(7–3), 7–5 |
2011 (Jan.) |
Rafael Nadal (2) |
 Roger Federer |
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–3) |
2011 (Dec.) |
 Novak Djokovic |
David Ferrer |
6–2, 6–1 |
| 2012 | Novak Djokovic (2) |
Nicolás Almagro |
6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–4 |
| 2013 | Novak Djokovic (3) |
David Ferrer |
7–5, 6–2 |
| 2015 | Andy Murray (2) |
Novak Djokovic |
( walkover )
|
| 2016 (Jan.) | Rafael Nadal (3) |
 Milos Raonic |
7–6(7–2), 6–3 |
| 2016 (Dec.) | Rafael Nadal (4) |
 David Goffin |
6–4, 7–6(7–5) |
| 2017 |  Kevin Anderson |
Roberto Bautista Agut |
6–4, 7–6(7–0) |
| 2018 | Novak Djokovic (4) |
Kevin Anderson |
4–6, 7–5, 7–5 |
| 2019 | Rafael Nadal (5) |
 Stefanos Tsitsipas |
6–7(3–7), 7–5, 7–6(7–3) |
| 2020 | Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4] | ||
| 2021 |  Andrey Rublev |
Andy Murray |
6–4, 7–6(7–2) |
| 2022 | Stefanos Tsitsipas |
Andrey Rublev |
6–2, 4–6, 6–2 |
Women's singles
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 |  Jeļena Ostapenko |
 Serena Williams |
6–2, 3–6, [10–5] |
| 2018 | Venus Williams |
Serena Williams |
4–6, 6–3, [10–8] |
| 2019 | Maria Sharapova |
 Ajla Tomljanović |
6–4, 7–5 |
| 2020 | Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
| 2021 |  Ons Jabeur |
Belinda Bencic |
4–6, 6–3, [10–8] |
| 2022 | Ons Jabeur |
Emma Raducanu |
5–7, 6–3, [10–8] |
Records
Men's singles
| Most titles | Rafael Nadal
|
5 |
|---|---|---|
| Most finals | Rafael Nadal
|
6 |
| Most consecutive titles | Novak Djokovic
|
3 |
| Most matches played | Rafael Nadal
|
22 |
| Most matches won | Rafael Nadal
|
15 |
| Most editions played | Rafael Nadal
|
11 |
| Best winning % | Novak Djokovic
|
92% |
| Youngest champion | Andy Murray
|
21y, 7m, 23d |
| Oldest champion | Rafael Nadal
|
33y, 6m, 21d |
| Longest final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 (38 games) | |||||
| Rafael Nadal
|
63 | 7 | 77 | ||
| Stefanos Tsitsipas
|
77 | 5 | 63 | ||
| Shortest final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 (15 games) | |||||
| Novak Djokovic
|
6 | 6 | |||
| David Ferrer
|
2 | 1 | |||
References
- ^ a b "Flash, IMG and Capitala launch Abu Dhabi's first international tennis tournament". ameinfo.com. 2008-11-11. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
- ^ "Murray battles to win over Nadal". BBC Sport. 2009-01-03. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
- ^ "Serena says good to be back, despite loss to Ostapenko in Abu Dhabi" Yahoo! Sports; retrieved January 7, 2018
- ^ Mubadala World Tennis Championship [@MubadalaWTC] (December 16, 2020). "Tournament owners Flash Entertainment have made the difficult decision to not host the 2020 edition of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship after consultation with stakeholders and tennis governing bodies. The decision is a result of scheduling challenges in the tennis calendar of events due to the international response to COVID-19. The safety and wellbeing of our guests, players, officials, and spectators always comes first and we look forward to welcoming the Championship back in 2021" (Tweet) – via Twitter.