Uae Royals

It is one of four charter franchises that participated in the IPTL's inaugural 2014 season where it finished as runners-up. The team started its 2015 season with marquee signings in Roger Federer and Ana Ivanovic.

UAE Royals

Sport	Team tennis
Founded	2014 (2014)
Folded	2016
League	International Premier Tennis League
Team history	2014–2016
Based in	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Stadium	Dubai Duty Free Stadium
Colors	Black, Red, Green, Metallic Gold
Owner	Neelesh Bhatanagar, Sachin Gadoya and Virat Kohli
Head coach	John-Laffnie de Jager
Broadcasters	Abu Dhabi Media
Website	www.uaeroyals.com
Current season

Founding of franchise

On 21 January 2014, IPTL announced that one of the charter franchises for the league's inaugural 2014 season would be based in the Middle East. On 2 March 2014, IPTL revealed that the Middle East franchise would play its home matches in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The team is owned by Neelesh Bhatnagar, a leading Dubai-based businessman, and Sachin Gadoya, managing director of Musafir.com, an Internet-based travel agency. Indian cricketer Virat Kohli was also introduced as the co-owner of the franchise on September 10, 2015.

Inaugural draft

The Dubai franchise participated in the IPTL inaugural draft on 2 March 2014, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Players selected by Dubai were

Player	IPTL Category
Men
Novak Djokovic (Serbian: Новак Ђоковић)	Icon players
Janko Tipsarević (Serbian: Јанко Типсаревић)	Category D
Goran Ivanišević	Past champions
Nenad Zimonjić (Serbian: Ненад Зимоњић)	Doubles players
Malek Jaziri (Arabic: مالك الجزيري)	Uncategorized
Women
Caroline Wozniacki	Icon players
Martina Hingis	Category C

Team name

By May 2014, the team was being referred to as the UAE Falcons. By June 2014, the Falcons had become known as the UAE Royals.

Home venue

The UAE Royals will play their home matches at the Dubai Duty Free Stadium for the 2015 season. The team played their home matches at the Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Sports Complex during the first season of the league.

First coach

On 27 October 2014, John-Laffnie de Jager was named the Royals' first coach.

Inaugural season

The Royals opened their inaugural season with a road match on 28 November 2014, against the Manila Mavericks in Pasay, Metropolitan Manila, Philippines. It played its first home match on 11 December 2014, also against the Mavericks.

On 22 August 2014, IPTL announced it had reached an agreement for the Middle East and North Africa television broadcasting rights with Abu Dhabi Media. The rights continue with Abu Dhabi Media for 2015 season.