Borna Coric is the latest addition to the Mubadala World Tennis Championship. The Croatian player will replace Frances Tiafoe, who got injured. At the International Tennis Centre in Zayed Sports City, Coric will face Rublev on the first day of the competition at 6 o’clock.

The world number 26 commented: “I’m excited to be making my Mubadala World Tennis Championship debut in Abu Dhabi. I know there are a lot of Croatian sports fans in the region, so it will be great to play in front of them. Playing in the Championship, with such a strong line-up, is the perfect start to my 2023 season.”

Schedules

These are the revised schedules with Borna.

FRIDAY 16TH

Men’s QF1: Stefanos Tsitsipas v Cameron Norrie @ 4pm (the winner will face Casper Ruud)

Men’s QF2: Andrey Rublev v Borna Coric @ 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 Borna Coric @ NB 7pm

SUNDAY 18TH

3rd Place Play-Off: 1pm

Men’s Championship Match: NB 3pm

Trophy Ceremony: Post-Match

Borna Coric in 2022

Borna Coric

21 - 25win/loss

Hard

8-13

I Hard

9-4

Clay

3-7

Grass

1-1

Rank
97

High
12

27 year old

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2024 Highlights

F

laMontpellier

RR

Australia

3rd

Winston

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Currently the world no.26, Borna played his last match on the 25^th of November when he beat world no.93 Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-4 6-3 in the Rubber 1 of the Davis Cup (draw).

This season Borna has a 27-17 match record. Borna has won 2 titles in 2022 in the Parma Challenger and Cincinnati.

Davis Cup

Coric's Record

Frances Tiafoe in 2022

Frances Tiafoe

33 - 27win/loss

Hard

21-13

I Hard

4-5

Clay

5-6

Grass

3-3

Rank
18

High
10

26 year old

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2024 Highlights

F

HoustonCincinnati

SF

Delray BeachWashingtonU.S. Open

QF

Hong KongDallasStuttgartAtlantaAlmaty

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At the moment ranked no.19, Tiafoe played his last match on the 24^th 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).

During this season the American achieved a compiled 35-25 win-loss record. Frances Tiafoe’s best result of the present year was reaching the final in Estoril and Tokyo.

Davis Cup

Tiafoe's Record

Borna Coric and Frances Tiafoe played each other only 1 time. Their current head to head is 1-0 for Coric. When they played, Borna Coric won 6-7(0) 6-1 6-7(11) 6-1 6-3 in the Rubber 5 in 2 (Davis Cup, World Group, SF, CRO) in September 2018.