The World Tennis League 2024 is underway in Abu Dhabi featuring some of the world's best players in a unique, exciting format.
Featuring the likes of Swiatek, Sabalenka, Tsitsipas and Kyrgios, the exhibition event is held from December 19-22.
Players are divided into four teams, who playoff in a round-robin format to decide two finalists and an eventual winner.
The Sporting News helps explains the confusing format.
World Tennis League 2024 format explained
- Round robin format
- Each tie features four sets - men's singles, women's singles and two doubles matches of men's, women's or mixed (decided by a coin toss)
- One point is scored for each game won in a tie
- If the team that wins the fourth set is trailing, the match goes to overtime
- If the leading team wins one game in overtime, it clinches the match tie
- If the tie score becomes equal, a first to 10 super shootout tiebreak is played with winner getting a point plus two bonus points
- The top two teams after the round-robin will play in the final
World Tennis League 2024 scores, results, schedule
Falcons 29-26 Hawks - Dec 19
- Women's doubles: Garcia/Rybakina (Falcons) 6-7 Andreeva/Sabalenka (Hawks)
- Women's singles: Elena Rybakina (Falcons) 6-7 Aryna Sabalenka (Hawks)
- Men's doubles: Rublev/Shapovalov (Falcons) 5-7 Nagal/Thompson (Hawks)
- Men's singles: Andrey Rublev (Falcons) 7-5 Jordan Thompson (Hawks)
- Overtime: Andrey Rublev (Falcons) 2-0 Jordan Thompson (Hawks)
- Super shoot-out: Andrey Rublev (Falcons) 1-0 Jordan Thompson (Hawks)
- Super shoot-out tiebreak winning bonus 2-0 (Falcons)
Kites 25-20 Eagles - Dec 19
- Mixed doubles: Paolini/Ruud (Kites) 6-4 Badosa/Shevchenko (Eagles)
- Men's singles: Casper Ruud (Kites) 6-4 Alexander Shevchenko (Eagles)
- Women doubles: Halep/Paolini (Kites) 7-5 Nagal/Thompson (Eagles)
- Women's singles: Jasmine Paolini (Kites) 5-7 Iga Swiatek (Eagles)
- Overtime: Jasmine Paolini (Kites) 1-0 Iga Swiatek (Eagles)
Eagles vs. Hawks - Dec 20
Falcons vs. Kites - Dec 20
Falcons vs. Eagles - Dec 21
Hawks vs. Kites - Dec 21
Final - Dec 22
World Tennis League 2024 standings
A team receives 2 bonus points for each super shoot-out tiebreak won. The top two teams will qualify for the final.
| Rank | Team | Ties | Games | Bonus points | Points total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Falcons | 1–0 | 27–26 | 2 | 29 |
| 2 | Hawks | 0–1 | 26–27 | 0 | 26 |
| 3 | Kites | 1–0 | 25–20 | 0 | 25 |
| 4 | Eagles | 0–1 | 20–25 | 0 | 20 |
World Tennis League teams/squads
Eagles
- Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Iga Swiatek
- Alexander Shevchenko
- Paula Badosa
Falcons
- Andrey Rublev
- Elena Rybakina
- Denis Shapovalov
- Caroline Garcia
Hawks
- Jordan Thompson
- Aryna Sabalenka
- Sumit Nagal
- Mirra Andreeva
Kites
- Casper Ruud
- Jasmine Paolini
- Nick Kyrgios
- Simona Halep