World Team Cup

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World Team Cup
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Tournament information
Founded1975
Abolished2012
Editions34
Location Düsseldorf
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Venue Rochusclub
Category ATP World Tour 250 series
Surface Clay / outdoors
Draw8 teams (round-robin)
Prize moneyUS$1,764,700
Website World-Team-Cup.com
Rochusclub clay court in Dusseldorf, Germany Rochusclub Duesseldorf.jpg
Rochusclub clay court in Düsseldorf, Germany

The World Team Cup was the international men's team championship of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The inaugural edition of the tournament was contested in 1975 in Kingston, Jamaica and was called the Nations Cup. [1] [2] No tournament was held in 1976 and 1977. From 1978 through 2012 the tournament was held annually in Düsseldorf, Germany. It was generally considered to be second most prestigious men's team competition in tennis after the Davis Cup.[ citation needed ]

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Every year, the eight nations whose top two male players have achieved the highest combined placings in the men's world rankings at the end of the previous year were invited to compete for the cup.[ citation needed ]

The competition was played on clay courts in Düsseldorf, Germany. The event was generally regarded as the sports highlight of the social scene in the Düsseldorf area. It attracted around 75,000 visitors every year and was televised to over 160 countries.[ citation needed ]

From 1978 to 1981 the tournament was held under the name "Ambre Solaire Nations Cup", from 1982 until 1986 it was named "Ambre Solaire World Team Cup", from 1987–1999 "Peugeot World Team Cup" and from 2000 the event's main sponsor until 2010 was the ARAG Insurance Group, and its sponsored name was the "ARAG World Team Cup". [3]

After ARAG discontinued sponsorship for the event and organizers failed to find a new sponsor, the 2011 edition of the tournament was initially cancelled. [4] However, a new sponsor — Power Horse — was found in January 2011 and the 2011 edition took place between May 15–21 under the name "Power Horse World Team Cup". [5]

In October 2012 it was announced that the World Team Cup event would be discontinued and replaced by the Power Horse Cup, an ATP 250 tournament in Düsseldorf. [6] [7]

In September 2017 it was announced that there were plans to revive the tournament: the ATP had proposed a 24 team tournament to be played over 10 days at venues around Australia in January, which would offer 1000 ranking points to any player who won all their matches. [8]

In January 2018 it was mooted to start in 2019 or 2020 with the backing from Tennis Australia, [9] In the end, the ATP decided to launch the competition as the ATP Cup, a separate tournament to the World Team Cup, in 2020. [10]

On 7 August 2022, Tennis Australia announced that the ATP Cup would be shut down, to be replaced by a mixed-gender United Cup from 2023.

Past finals

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
1975 Flag of the United States.svg United States Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 2–1
1976Not held
1977Not held
1978 Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg Spain Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 2–1
1979 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Flag of Italy.svg Italy 2–1
1980 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Flag of Italy.svg Italy 3–0
1981 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 2–1
1982 Flag of the United States.svg United States Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 2–0
1983 Flag of Spain.svg Spain Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 2–1
1984 Flag of the United States.svg United States Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia 2–1
1985 Flag of the United States.svg United States Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia 2–1
1986 Flag of France.svg France Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 2–1
1987 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia Flag of the United States.svg United States 2–1
1988 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Flag of the United States.svg United States 2–0
1989 Flag of Germany.svg West Germany Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 2–1
1990 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia Flag of the United States.svg United States 3–0
1991 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia 2–1
1992 Flag of Spain.svg Spain Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 2–0
1993 Flag of the United States.svg United States Flag of Germany.svg Germany 3–0
1994 Flag of Germany.svg Germany Flag of Spain.svg Spain 2–1
1995 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 2–1
1996 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 2–1
1997 Flag of Spain.svg Spain Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 3–0
1998 Flag of Germany.svg Germany Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 3–0
1999 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 2–1
2000 Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia Flag of Russia.svg Russia 3–0
2001 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Flag of Russia.svg Russia 2–1
2002 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Flag of Russia.svg Russia 3–0
2003 Flag of Chile.svg Chile Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 2–1
2004 Flag of Chile.svg Chile Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 2–1
2005 Flag of Germany.svg Germany Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 2–1
2006 Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Flag of Germany.svg Germany 2–1
2007 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 2–1
2008 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Flag of Russia.svg Russia 2–1
2009 Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg Serbia Flag of Germany.svg Germany 2–1
2010 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Flag of the United States.svg United States 2–1
2011 Flag of Germany.svg Germany Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 2–1
2012 Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 3–0

Titles by country

Titles wonCountryYears WonRunners Up
5 Flag of the United States.svg United States 1975, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1993 (5)1987, 1988, 1990, 2010 (4)
Flag of Germany.svg Germany 1989, 1994, 1998, 2005, 2011 (5)1993, 2006, 2009 (3)
4 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 1980, 2002, 2007, 2010 (4)1989, 2005, 2011 (3)
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 1988, 1991, 1995, 2008 (4)1986, 1999 (2)
Flag of Spain.svg Spain 1978, 1983, 1992, 1997 (4)1994 (1)
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 1979, 1999, 2001 (3) 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1997, 2004 (6)
2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia 1981, 1987 (2)1984, 1985 (2)
Flag of Chile.svg Chile 2003, 2004 (2)
Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 2009, 2012 (2)
1 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia 1990 (1)1991 (1)
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 2006 (1)1995 (1)
Flag of France.svg France 1986 (1)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland 1996 (1)
Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 2000 (1)
0 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 1992, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2007, 2012 (6)
Flag of Russia.svg Russia 2000, 2001, 2002, 2008 (4)
Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1979, 1980 (2)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 1975 (1)

Point distribution

World Team Cup
Match type1st round2nd round3rd roundFinalsPointsBonusTotal
Singles 13535359520050250
Singles 22525255012550175
Deciding match (doubles)3535359520050250
Dead rubber (doubles)101010205050

Fair Play Trophy

Presented since 1989, the Fair Play Trophy was awarded by an international jury of tennis journalists and the captains of the competing nations. [12] [13]

YearPlayer
1989
Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Edberg
1990
Flag of Argentina.svg Martín Jaite
1991
Flag of Germany.svg Eric Jelen
1992
Flag of France.svg Guy Forget
1993
Flag of the United States.svg Pete Sampras
1994
Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Gustafsson
1995
Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Edberg (2)
1996
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jakob Hlasek
1997
Flag of Germany.svg Michael Stich
1998
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Korda
1999
Flag of Spain.svg Àlex Corretja
2000
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Patrick Rafter
2001
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Patrick Rafter (2)
Flag of the United States.svg Pete Sampras (2)
Flag of the United States.svg Todd Martin
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sjeng Schalken
Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Björkman
Flag of the United States.svg James Blake
Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Björkman (2)
Flag of the United States.svg James Blake (2)
Flag of Germany.svg Rainer Schüttler
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lleyton Hewitt
Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Kohlschreiber
Flag of Sweden.svg Robin Söderling
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Berdych

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