Tennis 2022 exhibition, schedule and field: Everything you may need to know about the end-of-season exhibition tournaments

Here is the lowdown on all the exhibition events scheduled at the end of the 2022 tennis season

29 November 2022

Andrey Rublev and Andy Murray with their trophies at the 2021 Mubadala World Tennis Championship

Andrey Rublev celebrates with the trophy alongside Andy Murray after winning the final match at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in December 2021 Image Credit: AI / Reuters / Panoramic

Haresh Ramchandani

Which are the major tennis 2022 exhibition events scheduled at the end of the season?

The following exhibition events are confirmed at the end of the 2022 tennis season:

Latin American exhibition series (between Rafael Nadal and Casper Ruud) from November 23 to December 1
Diryah Tennis Cup in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia from December 8-10
Mubadala World Tennis Championships in Abu Dhabi from December 16-18
World Tennis League in Dubai from December 19-24
Open Markal de Bourg-de-Péage from December 9-11 in France

Which players are competing in the exhibition events scheduled at the end of the season?

The current player fields announced for the post-season exhibitions events is as below:

Latin American exhibition series – Rafael Nadal, Casper Ruud
Diriyah Tennis Cup – a total of 12 players will compete. Daniil Medvedev, Alexander Zverev, Andrey Rublev, Taylor Fritz (the eventual champion), Cameron Norrie, Nick Kyrgios, Dominic Thiem and Stan Wawrinka are confirmed.
Mubadala World Tennis Championships – Carlos Alcaraz, Casper Ruud, Andrey Rublev, Ons Jabeur and Emma Raducanu

Congratulations @EmmaRaducanu 🙌
See you #InAbuDhabi soon! https://t.co/gNss896lbQ
— Mubadala World Tennis Championship (@MubadalaWTC) November 29, 2022

World Tennis League – Novak Djokovic, Alexander Zverev, Nick Kyrgios, Iga Swiatek, Elena Rybakina, Anett Kontaviet, Dominic Thiem, Aryna Sabalenka, Bianca Andreescu, Sania Mirza, Grigor Dimitrov, Paula Badosa, Rohan Bopanna, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Caroline Garcia, Gael Monfils, Andreas Seppi, and Eugenie Bouchard
Open Markal de Bourg-de-Péage – Alex de Minaur, Holger Rune (who won the event), Alexander Bublik, Fabio Fognini, Gabriel Debru, David Goffin and Richard Gasquet
Holger Rune followed up with another win in France, this time at the Caen Open.

Who are the defending champions at the exhibition events scheduled at the end of the 2022 season?

Mubadala World Tennis Championships – Andrey Rublev and Ons Jabeur are the defending champions
World Tennis League – First edition in 2022
Open Markal de Bourg-de-Péage – Alex De Minaur and Katie Boulter are the defending champions

What is the schedule for the LatAm exhibition series between Nadal and Ruud?

The exhibition series between Rafael Nadal and Casper Ruud began on November 23 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, before traveling to Santiago, Chile on November 25. The tour then moves on to Bogota, Colombia, on November 26, and Quito, Ecuador, on November 27, to Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on November 29, and finally ending on December 1 in Mexico City.