12-time world champion Rob Fahey lost the championship for the first time since 1994 to challenger Camden Riviere by a score of 7–2.

As the defending champion, Robert Fahey qualified directly to the World Championship Challenge.

Riviere had previously challenged for the world championship on two occasions, in 2008 and most recently in 2014, both times losing to defending champion Robert Fahey.

[4] Virgona had qualified to be the World Championship challenger on two occasions: first in 2010 in Melbourne and again in 2012 at the Queen's Club, losing both times to Fahey.

Alongside Riviere, he won his first World Doubles Championship at his home club of Tuxedo in 2015.

Due to Sayer's absence, Riviere received direct entry to the final eliminator.

Riviere needed just one set on the final day to qualify for the Championship challenge, which he did comfortably.

The pair had previously met in twice in World Championship Challenges, all of which featured Fahey as the defending champion.

Since then, the pair had only met twice, first at the 2014 US Pro at the National Tennis Club in Newport, Rhode Island, and the 2015 US Open in Boston, both times Riviere won in 4 sets.

[12] Riviere won the match 7-2 to become the 25th person to hold the title of Real Tennis World Champion.

It was the first time that Fahey had lost a World Championship challenge, after winning 12 consecutive titles from 1994 to 2014.