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2021 Mubadala World Tennis Championship
Date16–18 December 2021
Edition13th
SurfaceHard
LocationAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
VenueInternational Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
Russia Andrey Rublev
Women's singles
Tunisia 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. It served as a warm-up event for the upcoming season, with the 2022 ATP Tour beginning on January 1, 2022.

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

Champions

Men's singles

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

Women's singles

Day-by-day summaries

Session Group / round Winner Loser Score
Day 1 (16 December)
Afternoon
Men's singles Canada Denis Shapovalov United States Taylor Fritz 6–3, 6–0
Evening Men's singles United Kingdom Andy Murray United Kingdom Dan Evans 6–3, 6–2
Women's singles Final Tunisia Ons Jabeur Switzerland Belinda Bencic 4–6, 6–3,
Day 2 (17 December)
Afternoon
5th place Play-off United States Taylor Fritz United Kingdom Dan Evans 7–6, 4–6,
Semifinals Russia Andrey Rublev Canada Denis Shapovalov 7–6, 3–6, 6–4
Evening
Semifinals United Kingdom Andy Murray Spain Rafael Nadal 6–3, 7–5
Day 3 (18 December)
Afternoon
3rd place Play-off Canada Denis Shapovalov Spain Rafael Nadal 6–7, 6–3,
Evening Men's singles Final Russia Andrey Rublev United Kingdom Andy Murray 6–4, 7–6

Players

Men's singles

Austria Dominic Thiem (withdrew)
Norway Casper Ruud (withdrew)

Country Player Ranking Seeding
 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

United Kingdom Emma Raducanu (withdrew)

Country Player Ranking Seeding
 TUN Ons Jabeur 10 1
  SUI Belinda Bencic 23 2

References

  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.

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