2021 Mubadala World Tennis Championship

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2021 Mubadala World Tennis Championship
Date	16–18 December 2021
Edition	13th
Surface	Hard
Location	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Venue	International Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
Andrey Rublev
Women's singles
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.^[1][2] It served as a warm-up event for the upcoming season, with the 2022 ATP Tour beginning on January 1, 2022.^[3]

Andrey Rublev (ranked No. 5) and Rafael Nadal (ranked No. 6) received byes into the semifinal. Rublev defeated Andy Murray, 6–4, 7–6^(7–2), to win the men's tournament. Emma Raducanu withdrew from the event the week of her scheduled match after testing positive for COVID-19^[4] and she was replaced by Ons Jabeur, who defeated Belinda Bencic, 4–6, 6–3, [10–8], to win the women's tournament.

• Andrey Rublev def. Andy Murray 6–4, 7–6^(7–2).

• Ons Jabeur def. Belinda Bencic 4–6, 6–3, [10–8].

Session	Group / round	Winner	Loser	Score
Day 1 (16 December)
Afternoon
	Men's singles	Denis Shapovalov [3]	Taylor Fritz [4]	6–3, 6–0
Evening	Men's singles	Andy Murray [6]	Dan Evans [5]	6–3, 6–2
	Women's singles Final	Ons Jabeur [1]	Belinda Bencic [2]	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Day 2 (17 December)
Afternoon
	5th place Play-off	Taylor Fritz [4]	Dan Evans [5]	7–6(7–5), 4–6, [11–9]
	Semifinals	Andrey Rublev [1]	Denis Shapovalov [3]	7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–4
Evening
	Semifinals	Andy Murray [6]	Rafael Nadal [2]	6–3, 7–5
Day 3 (18 December)
Afternoon
	3rd place Play-off	Denis Shapovalov [3]	Rafael Nadal [2]	6–7(4–7), 6–3, [10–6]
Evening	Men's singles Final	Andrey Rublev [1]	Andy Murray [6]	6–4, 7–6(7–2)

Dominic Thiem (withdrew)
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

Emma Raducanu (withdrew)

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

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