2022 World Tennis League Schedule of Play with Djokovic vs Kyrgios

Monday, 21 November 2022 at 09:30

Updated at Monday, 20 January 2025 at 11:17

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byZachary Wimer

From December 19th to 24th, some of the best ATP and WTA players in the world will compete in Dubai's World Tennis League, and the schedule of play is already known.

The World Tennis League is a new exhibition event held during the off-season that will see 18 tennis players compete over the course of six days at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai.

But it won't be only about the players, as popular DJs Tiesto and Armin Van Buren will perform the opening and closing ceremonies.

The Kites, The Hawks, The Falcons, and The Eagles are the four teams who will participate in Dubai. The competition will include men's singles, women's singles, and mixed doubles matches.

It will all start on December 19th, 2022, with a tie between The Kites and The Eagles. In an opening match, Felix Auger-Aliassime will take on Nick Kyrgios as Iga Swiatek will meet Caroline Garcia in the following women's singles match. In the mixed doubles, Gael Monfils will team up with Sania Mirza, while Caroline Garcia will play with Rohan Bopanna.

The Falcons and The Hawks will meet on December 20th, 2022, with Wizkid performing on the night. Novak Djokovic will play against Alexander Zverev in the men's match, and Aryna Sabalenka will meet Elena Rybakina in the women's match. In the mixed doubles, Grigor Dimitrov and Paula Badosa will play against Dominic Thiem and Anett Kontaveit.

The Falcons will play again on December 21st, 2022, but this time against The Eagles. Novak Djokovic and Nick Kyrgios will meet in a Wimbledon rematch and their match will be followed by Paula Badosa against Caroline Garcia. In the mixed doubles, Grigor Dimitrov and Aryna Sabalenka will play against Bianca Andreescu and Andreas Seppi. The artist performing will be Ne-Yo.

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December 22nd, 2022, will be accompanied by music from Deadmaus as The Hawks will meet The Kites. Dominic Thiem will start the tie against Gael Monfils as Anett Kontaveit will take on Iga Swiatek in the second match. Alexander Zverev will team up with Elena Rybakina to play against Felix Auger-Aliassime and Eugenie Bouchard in the mixed doubles.

On December 23rd, 2022, the finalists will be decided, and Mohamed Ramadan will be the artist of the day. First, The Eagles will play against The Hawks with Nick Kyrgios opening the day against Alexander Zverev.

Caroline Garcia will play against Elena Rybakina in the women's singles match, and in mixed doubles, Rohan Bopanna and Bianca Andreescu will clash with Dominic Thiem and Anett Kontaveit.

In the second tie of the day, The Falcons will play against The Kites. Novak Djokovic will begin against Felix Auger-Aliassime, who defeated him at this year's Laver Cup, and Aryna Sabalenka will play against Iga Swiatek, who she beat at this year's WTA Finals.

The group stage will be finished with a mixed doubles match between Grigor Dimitrov and Paula Badosa against Gael Monfils and Sania Mirza. After that, the top two teams from the round-robin stage will meet in the final match on December 24th.

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