World Tennis League in 2022: Players, teams, schedule, matchups

The World Tennis League is a brand-new concept featuring the best names in tennis. There are four teams, and Novak Djokovic heads one of them.

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The World Tennis League 2022, the last tennis calendar event, will take place from December 19 to 24. Novak Djokovic will be playing in the tournament among the famous players.

The Diriyah Tennis Cup and the Mubadala World Tennis Championship have been concluded. The earlier World No.1 Novak Djokovic, Iga Swiatek, and Dominik Thiem are some famous names participating in the tournament. This is the last event in the tennis calendar. Many people in Australia, the USA, and the UK will be following this tournament, and rightfully so. This has become one of the sought-after events in tennis-playing countries.

The World Tennis League is a brand-new concept featuring the best names in tennis. There are four teams, and Djokovic heads one of them. Each day two of the four teams will play against each other and compete in a men’s singles, a women’s singles then, followed by mixed doubles. The two best teams will then get to compete in the finals.


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Team Kites has Iga Swiatek, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Holger Rune and Eugenie Bouchard. The details of the tournament and the playing times are given below;
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Date

Tie

Start Time

Match

December 19, 2022

Kites vs Eagles

6:00 PM

Holger Rune/Eugenie Bouchard vs Bianca Andreescu/Rohan Bopanna

December 19, 2022

Kites vs Eagles

followed by

Iga Swiatek vs Caroline Garcia

December 19, 2022

Kites vs Eagles

followed by

Felix Auger-Aliassime vs Nick Kyrgios

December 20. 2022

Falcons vs Hawks

6:00 PM

Paula Badosa/Grigor Dimitrov vs Anett Kontaveit/Dominic Thiem

December 20, 2022

Falcons vs Hawks

followed by

Aryna Sabalenka vs Elena Rybakina

December 20, 2022

Falcons vs Hawks

followed by

Novak Djokovic vs Alexander Zverev

December 21, 2022

Falcons vs Eagles

6:00 PM

Aryna Sabalenka/Grigor Dimitrov vs Bianca Andreescu/Andreas Seppi

December 21, 2022

Falcons vs Eagles

followed by

Paula Badosa vs Caroline Garcia

December 21, 2022

Falcons vs Eagles

followed by

Novak Djokovic vs Nick Kyrgios

December 22, 2022

Hawks vs Kites

6:00 PM

Elena Rybakina/Alexander Zverev vs Eugenie Bouchard/Felix Auger-Aliassime

December 22, 2022

Hawks vs Kites

followed by

Anett Kontaveit vs Iga Swiatek

December 22, 2022

Hawks vs Kites

followed by

Dominic Thiem vs Holger Rune

December 23, 2022

Eagles vs Hawks

2:30 PM

Bianca Andreescu/Rohan Bopanna vs Anett Kontaveit/Dominic Thiem

December 23, 2022

Eagles vs Hawks

followed by

Caroline Garcia vs Elena Rybakina

December 23, 2022

Eagles vs Hawks

followed by

Nick Kyrgios vs Alexander Zverev

December 23, 2022

Falcons vs Kites

6:00 PM

Paula Badosa/Grigor Dimitrov vs Eugenie Bouchard/Holger Rune

December 23, 2022

Falcons vs Kites

followed by

Aryna Sabalenka vs Iga Swiatek

December 23, 2022

Falcons vs Kites

followed by

Novak Djokovic vs Felix Auger-Aliassime

December 24, 2022

Final

6:00 PM

TBA



Tennis Channel will be broadcasting the matches in the UK and the USA. In Australia, the matches will be shown on Stan Sport.

FAQs:

  1. How many grand slams did Novak Djokovic win?
    Twenty-One
  2. What is Novak Djokovic’s net worth?
    $153 million
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