2021 Mubadala World Tennis Championship

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Tennis tournament

2021 Mubadala World Tennis Championship

Date| 16–18 December 2021
Edition| 13th
Surface| Hard
Location| Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Venue| International Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
Andrey Rublev
Women's singles
Ons Jabeur
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The 2021 Mubadala World Tennis Championship was a non-ATP/WTA-affiliated exhibition tennis tournament. It was the 13th edition of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship with some of the world's top-ranked players competing in the event, held in a knockout format. The winner received $250,000 in prize money. The event was held at the International Tennis Centre at the Zayed Sports City in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.[1][2] It served as a warm-up event for the upcoming season, with the 2022 ATP Tour beginning on January 1, 2022.[3]

Andrey Rublev (ranked No. 5) and Rafael Nadal (ranked No. 6) received byes into the semifinal. Rublev defeated Andy Murray, 6–4, 7–6(7–2), to win the men's tournament. Emma Raducanu withdrew from the event the week of her scheduled match after testing positive for COVID-19[4] and she was replaced by Ons Jabeur, who defeated Belinda Bencic, 4–6, 6–3, [10–8], to win the women's tournament.

## Champions

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### Men's singles

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Main article: 2021 Mubadala World Tennis Championship – Men's singles

* Andrey Rublev def.  Andy Murray 6–4, 7–6(7–2).

### Women's singles

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* Ons Jabeur def.  Belinda Bencic 4–6, 6–3, [10–8].

### Day-by-day summaries

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Session  | Group / round  | Winner  | Loser  | Score

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Day 1 (16 December)
Afternoon
Men's singles |  Denis Shapovalov [3] |  Taylor Fritz [4] | 6–3, 6–0
Evening  | Men's singles |  Andy Murray [6] |  Dan Evans [5] | 6–3, 6–2
Women's singles Final |  Ons Jabeur [1] |  Belinda Bencic [2] | 4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Day 2 (17 December)
Afternoon
5th place Play-off |  Taylor Fritz [4] |  Dan Evans [5] | 7–6(7–5), 4–6, [11–9]
Semifinals |  Andrey Rublev [1] |  Denis Shapovalov [3] | 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–4
Evening
Semifinals |  Andy Murray [6] |  Rafael Nadal [2] | 6–3, 7–5
Day 3 (18 December)
Afternoon
3rd place Play-off |  Denis Shapovalov [3] |  Rafael Nadal [2] | 6–7(4–7), 6–3, [10–6]
Evening  | Men's singles Final |  Andrey Rublev [1] |  Andy Murray [6] | 6–4, 7–6(7–2)

## Players

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### Men's singles

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Dominic Thiem (withdrew)
Casper Ruud (withdrew)

Country  | Player  | Ranking  | Seeding

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RUS | Andrey Rublev | 5  | 1
ESP | Rafael Nadal | 6  | 2
CAN | Denis Shapovalov | 14  | 3
USA | Taylor Fritz | 23  | 4
GBR | Dan Evans | 25  | 5
GBR | Andy Murray | 134  | 6

### Women's singles

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Emma Raducanu (withdrew)

Country  | Player  | Ranking  | Seeding

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TUN | Ons Jabeur | 10  | 1
SUI | Belinda Bencic | 23  | 2

## References

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1. ^ "About Tournament – Mubadala World Tennis Championship". mubadalawtc.com. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
2. ^ "Venue – Mubadala World Tennis Championship". mubadalawtc.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
3. ^ "ATP Releases Calendar For Opening Half Of 2022 Season". ATP Tour. 25 November 2021.
4. ^ "Emma Raducanu Tests Positive for COVID-19, Will Miss Mubadala World Tennis Championship". www.eurosport.com. Retrieved 13 December 2021.

## External links

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* Official website Archived 2021-12-05 at the Wayback Machine

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