The Mubadala World Tennis Championship will start next week. The prestigious competition has only 6 male players to compete. In addition, there will be a match between 2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu and Ons Jabeur.
Who is going to play the Mubadala World Tennis Championship?
The 6 players are: Stefanos Tsitsipas, Carlos Alcaraz, Cameron Norrie, Frances Tiafoe, Andrey Rublev and Casper Ruud. As mentioned, Emma Raducanu and Ons Jabeur will play singles.
The Draw, Order of Play, Schedule
There will be 2 quarterfinals and the winners will clash against Casper Ruud in the upper part of the draw and Carlos Alcaraz in the lower part.
FRIDAY 16TH
Men’s QF1: Stefanos Tsitsipas v Cameron Norrie @ 4pm (the winner will face Casper Ruud)
Men’s QF2: Andrey Rublev v Frances Tiafoe @ NB 6pm (the winner will play against Carlos Alcaraz)
Women’s Match: Ons Jabeur v Emma Raducanu @ NB 8pm
SATURDAY 17TH
5th Place Play-Off: 3pm
Men’s SF1: Casper Ruud v Stefanos Tsitsipas or Cameron Norrie @ NB 5pm
Men’s SF2: Carlos Alcaraz v Andrey Rublev or Frances Tiafoe @ NB 7pm
SUNDAY 18TH
3rd Place Play-Off: 1pm
Men’s Championship Match: NB 3pm
Trophy Ceremony: Post-Match
Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2022
Currently ranked no.4, Tsitsipas played his last match on the 8th of December when he capitulated to world no.14 Cameron Norrie 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in (draw).
This year the Greek has a 61-24 record. Tsitsipas clinched 2 titles in 2022 in Monte-Carlo and Mallorca. Stefanos was the finalist in Rotterdam, Rome, Cincinnati, Astana and Stockholm.
Carlos Alcaraz in 2022
At the moment ranked no.1, Carlos played his last match on the 4th of November when he had to retire when playing against world no.11 Holger Rune in the quarter and the scoreline was 6-3 6-6
.During this season Carlos has achieved an overall 57-13 match record. The Spaniard has won 5 titles in 2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Miami, Barcelona, Madrid and U.S. Open. Carlos reached the final in Hamburg and Umag.
Stefanos Tsitsipas and Carlos Alcaraz squared off 3 times. Their current record is 3-0
for Alcaraz. The last time they squared off, Carlos Alcaraz won 6-4 5-7 6-2 in the quarter in Barcelona (Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell) on the 22nd of April 2022.Here the video highlights.
Cameron Norrie in 2022
Ranked world no.14, Cameron played his last match on the 9th of December when he capitulated to world no.9 Taylor Fritz 7-6(4) 4-6 10-6 in the semifinal in (draw).
Presently, during this year the Brit has a 49-26 record. The Brit has won 2 titles in 2022 in Delray Beach and Lyon. Cameron was the finalist in Acapulco and in Los Cabos.
Frances Tiafoe in 2022
Currently ranked no.19, Tiafoe played his last match on the 24th of November when he lost to world no.45 Lorenzo Sonego 6-3 7-6(7) in the Rubber 1 of the Davis Cup (draw).
Currently, during this season the American has a 35-25 match record. Frances Tiafoe’s most significant result of the year was getting to the final in Estoril and Tokyo.
Cameron Norrie and Frances Tiafoe played each other once. The head to head is 1-0 for Norrie. When they played, Cameron Norrie won 6-0 3-6 6-4 in the quarter in Delray Beach (Delray Beach Open) in January 2021.