The Mubadala World Tennis Championship, now in its fourth year, is one of the region's most eagerly anticipated sporting event bringing six of the world's top tennis players to the Abu Dhabi International Tennis Complex in Zayed Sports City. Don't miss out on three days of thrilling action to entertain the entire family leading up to the new year.
The global tennis season starts here in Abu Dhabi with the world's best competing for the Championship title and USD $250,000 prize money. This year's line-up is the best in the tournament's history and welcomes World #1 Novak Djokovic who is making his debut to the event. He is joined by World #2 and defending champion Rafael Nadal along with 16-time grand slam winner and World #3 Roger Federer. The remainder of the field, all within the top 10 in the world, includes the fiery World #6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and the forceful World #15 Gael Monfils, both from France, rounded out with the competitive World #5, David Ferrer.
With pride at stake, rivalries will be renewed when these global tennis icons play to a sold-out stadium of 5,000 spectators per day. Millions around the world will tune in to watch an event that is now firmly established on the global tennis calendar as one of the most admired tennis events.
Alongside the stars competing this year at the three day event, the Mubadala World Tennis Championship will feature a multitude of other attractions including a unique spectator village full of family-friendly interactive components and exciting activities to engage and entertain visitors. Join the fun on Day 1 of the event for Family Day with some competitive tennis and a lot of exciting activities to keep everyone fully entertained.
Through community engagement initiatives like the Mubadala Community Cup and the Mubadala Tennis In Schools Programme, the Championship has quickly established itself as an event 'where something is always happening' on the UAE event calendar while it works to raise awareness of the benefits of tennis and the importance of living an active healthy lifestyle, whilst leaving a legacy for the community beyond the tournament.
Six of the world's top men's players will compete in a single elimination series of matches with two players being given a bye from Thursday's Day 1 matches on 29th December 2011. Semi-Final matches will take place on Day 2 (Friday, 30th December 2011) with the final and consolation (3rd & 4th place) matches taking place on Day 3 (Saturday 31st December 2011).
FEDERER and NADAL are bye through the semis.
Note: First match begins daily at 3:00 PM
THE VENUE
Abu Dhabi International Tennis Complex
at Zayed Sports City
| PLAYERS | COUNTRY | RANKING |
|---|---|---|
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 |  | 2 |
 |  | 3 |
 | | 5 |
 |  | 6 |
 | | 15 |
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