World Tennis Challenge

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World Tennis Challenge
World Tennis Challenge Logo.jpg
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded2009
Abolished2019
Location Adelaide
Australia
Venue Memorial Drive Park (2009–2019)
CategoryExhibition
Surface Hard court
DrawRR 4 teams
Website WorldTennisChallenge.com

The World Tennis Challenge was a three night professional exhibition tennis tournament held in the week before the Australian Open in Adelaide, South Australia as part of the Australian Open Series. The tournament was created by a consortium of past players including Jim Courier, Darren Cahill, Mark Woodforde and Roger Rasheed And Alistair (Macdonald)It had four teams of two players, a 'legend' and a current player and are paired into areas e.g. Americas or represent their countries. The current players play each other in a best of 3 match with a match tiebreaker for a 3rd set. The legends play a pro set, and the doubles if needed is a normal set with no a rules before a super tie break if needed. [1]

Contents

The event was first held in 2009 for an initial period of 3 years. [2] 2

2009

Players and teams

TeamPro PlayerLegend
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Mark Philippoussis/Mark Verryth Pat Cash
Flag of France.svg  France Gaël Monfils/Fabrice Santoro Henri Leconte
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Joachim Johansson Mats Wilander/Mansour Bahrami
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Taylor Dent Jim Courier

[3] [4]

2010

Played between 12 and 14 January.

Players and teams

TeamPro PlayerLegend
Flag of Australasian team for Olympic games.svg Australasia Bernard Tomic Pat Cash
Flag of Europe.svg Europe Gilles Simon Henri Leconte
Flag of the United Nations.svg Internationals Radek Štěpánek Pat Rafter/Mansour Bahrami
Flag of the United States.svg Americas Robby Ginepri John McEnroe

Schedule

Tuesday Night: Australia v Americas and International v Europe

Wednesday Night: Australia v International and Europe v Americas

Thursday Night: Australia v Europe and International v Americas [5]

Results

Results - Tuesday 12 Jan

Men's Singles (Current)

Stepanek def. Simon 7-6 (4), 6-0
Tomic def. Ginepri 7-6 (4) 6-4

Men's Singles (Legends)

Leconte def. Bahrami 8-5
Cash def. McEnroe 8-6

Men's doubles

Stepanek/Bahrami (International) def. Simon/Leconte (Europe) 7-5
Ginepri & McEnroe (Americas) def. Tomic & Cash (Australia) 6-7 (5)

Results – Thursday 14 January

CURRENT PLAYERS
Bernard Tomic (291) def. Gilles Simon (15) 6-0, 6-7 (4-7), (10-6)
Radek Štěpánek (13) def. Robby Ginepri (96) 6-4, 6-0

PAST PLAYERS
Pat Rafter def. John McEnroe 8-6
Pat Cash def. Henri Leconte 8-4

DOUBLES
Tomic/Cash def. Simon/ Leconte 7-6 (7-5)
McEnroe/Ginepri def. Stepanek/Rafter 6-3 [6] [7]

2011

Played between 11 and 13 January.

Players and teams

TeamPro PlayerLegend
Flag of Australasian team for Olympic games.svg Australasia Kei Nishikori Pat Cash
Flag of Europe.svg Europe Michaël Llodra Henri Leconte
Flag of the United Nations.svg Internationals Ivan Ljubičić Ivan Lendl
Flag of the United States.svg Americas James Blake (replaced by Ryan Harrison) [8] John McEnroe

[4] 11 Jan Australasia v Americas Internationals v Europe 12 Jan Australasia v Internationals Americas v Europe 13 Jan Australasia v Europe Americas v Internationals [9]

2012

Played between 10 and 12 January.

Players and teams

TeamPro PlayerLegend
Flag of Australasian team for Olympic games.svg Australasia Alexandr Dolgopolov Patrick Rafter
Flag of Europe.svg Europe Michaël Llodra Henri Leconte
Flag of the United Nations.svg Internationals Stanislas Wawrinka Brad Gilbert/Mansour Bahrami
Flag of the United States.svg Americas Tommy Haas John McEnroe

2017

The 2017 World Tennis Challenge ran from the 10th until the 12th of January 2017 as part of the Australian Open Series. The team names (Red, Blue and Gold) are based on the state colours of South Australia. [10]

Players and teams

TeamMen's DoublesMen's SinglesLegend's Singles
Team Red Flag of the United States.svg Bob Bryan / Flag of the United States.svg Mike Bryan Flag of the United States.svg Sam Querrey Flag of France.svg Fabrice Santoro
Team Blue Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Nestor / Flag of France.svg Edouard Roger-Vasselin Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomas Berdych Flag of Croatia.svg Goran Ivanisevic
Team Gold Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Peers / Flag of Finland.svg Henri Kontinen Flag of Ukraine.svg Alexandr Dolgopolov Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Philippoussis

Champions

YearTeam
2009 Flag of the United States.svg Americas
2010Flag of Australasian team for Olympic games.svg Australasia
2011 Flag of the United States.svg Americas
2012 Flag of the United States.svg Americas

References