The 2024 World Tennis League has concluded, with the Elena Rybakina-led Falcons emerging victorious. In addition to Rybakina, the tournament featured several heavyweights, including Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka, and Nick Kyrgios.
Falcons, comprising Andrey Rublev, Elena Rybakina, Denis Shapovalov, and Caroline Garcia, faced off against Hawks - made up of Aryna Sabalenka, Jordan Thompson, Sumit Nagal, and Mirra Andreeva - in the final of the 2024 World Tennis League on December 22. Hawks took the early 7-6 lead in the contest as Sabalenka-Andreeva edged past Rybakina-Garcia in a set tiebreaker.
Andreeva extended Hawks' lead to 13-8 after comfortably beating Rybakina 6-2. Falcons roared back into the final in the third match of the day. Rublev-Shapovalov bettered Nagal-Thomspon in the men's doubles contest 6-2 to cut Hawks' lead to 14-15. Rublev then completed a stunning comeback for the Falcons as he downed Nagal in the men's singles 6-1 to lead his team to victory 20-16.
This was Andrey Rublev's second World Tennis League title on the trot after holding the champions' trophy in 2023 with the Eagles. 2024 was also Rybakina's second WTL title after winning the inaugural edition in 2022 with the Hawks.
World Tennis League 2024: Complete set of results
Round-robin
Day 1 - December 19
Falcons def. Hawks 29-26
Caroline Garcia/Elena Rybakina vs. Mirra Andreeva/Aryna Sabalenka (6-7)
Elena Rybakina vs. Aryna Sabalenka (6-7)
Andrey Rublev/Denis Shapovalov vs. Sumit Nagal/Jordan Thompson (5-7)
Rublev vs. Thompson (7-5)
Overtime - Rublev vs. Thompson (2-0)
Super shoot-out - Rublev vs. Thompson (1-0) (29-26)
Kites def. Eagles 25-20
Jasmine Paolini/Casper Ruud vs. Paula Badosa/Alexander Shevchenko (6-4)
Ruud vs. Shevchenko (6-4)
Simona Halep/Paolini vs. Badosa/ Iga Swiatek (7-5)
Paolini vs. Swiatek (5-7)
Overtime- Paolini vs. Swiatek (1-0) (25-20)
Day 2 - December 20
Hawks def. Eagles 21-14
Andreeva/Sabalenka vs. Badosa/Swiatek (6-1)
Sabalenka vs. Badosa (6-2)
Nagal/Thompson vs. Shevchenko/Tsitsipas (6-4)
Nagal vs. Shevchenko (2-6)
Overtime- Nagal vs. Shevchenko (1-1) (21-14)
Falcons def. Kites 24-21
Garcia/Rybakina vs. Halep/Paolini (7-6)
Rybakina vs. Halep (6-4)
Garcia/Shapovalov vs. Paolini/Kyrgios (5-7)
Rublev vs. Kyrgios (6-4) (24-21)
Day 3 - December 21
Eagles def. Falcons 20-15
Swiatek vs. Rybakina (6-3)
Badosa/Swiatek vs. Garcia/Rybakina (6-2)
Shevchenko/Tsitsipas vs. Rublev/Shapovalov (6-4)
Tsitsipas vs. Rublev (1-6)
Tsitsipas vs. Rublev (1-0) (20-15)
Hawks def. Kites 20-17
Andreeva/Sabalenka vs. Halep/Paolini (6-1)
Andreeva vs. Paolini (6-4)
Nagal/Thompson vs. Kyrgios/Ruud (4-6)
Nagal vs. Ruud (3-6)
Overtime- Nagal vs. Ruud (1-0) (20-17)
Final
Day 4 - December 22
Falcons def. Hawks 20–16
Garcia/Rybakina vs. Andreeva/Sabalenka (6-7)
Rybakina vs. Andreeva (2-6)
Rublev/Shapovalov vs. Nagal/Thompson (6-2)
Rublev vs. Nagal (6-1) (20-16)