World Team Cup

World Team Cup
Tournament information
Founded 1975
Abolished 2012
Location Düsseldorf
 Germany
Category ATP World Tour 250 series
Surface Clay / Outdoors
Draw 8 teams (round-robin)
Prize money US$1,764,700
Website World-Team-Cup.com
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.

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.

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.

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 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] Initially the proposal was backed by a consortium including footballer Gerard Piqué.[9] In January 2018 it was mooted to start in 2019 or 2020 with the backing from Tennis Australia,[10] In March 2018 it was revealed that the ITF and ATP had been in discussions. The Kosmos group which Gerard Piqué was involved in was now involved in the proposal to revamp the Davis Cup.[11]

Past results

YearChampionsRunners-upScore in final
1975United States United States United Kingdom Great Britain2–1
1976Not held
1977Not held
1978Spain Spain Australia Australia2–1
1979Australia Australia Italy Italy2–1
1980Argentina Argentina Italy Italy3–0
1981Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Australia Australia2–1
1982United States United States Australia Australia2–0
1983Spain Spain Australia Australia2–1
1984United States United States Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia2–1
1985United States United States Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia2–1
1986France France Sweden Sweden2–1
1987Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia United States United States2–1
1988Sweden Sweden United States United States2–0
1989West Germany West Germany Argentina Argentina2–1
1990Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia United States United States3–0
1991Sweden Sweden Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia2–1
1992Spain Spain Czech Republic Czech Republic2–0
1993United States United States Germany Germany3–0
1994Germany Germany Spain Spain2–1
1995Sweden Sweden Croatia Croatia2–1
1996Switzerland Switzerland Czech Republic Czech Republic2–1
1997Spain Spain Australia Australia3–0
1998Germany Germany Czech Republic Czech Republic3–0
1999Australia Australia Sweden Sweden2–1
2000Slovakia Slovakia Russia Russia3–0
2001Australia Australia Russia Russia2–1
2002Argentina Argentina Russia Russia3–0
2003Chile Chile Czech Republic Czech Republic2–1
2004Chile Chile Australia Australia2–1
2005Germany Germany Argentina Argentina2–1
2006Croatia Croatia Germany Germany2–1
2007Argentina Argentina Czech Republic Czech Republic2–1
2008Sweden Sweden Russia Russia2–1
2009Serbia Serbia Germany Germany2–1
2010Argentina ArgentinaUnited States United States2–1
2011Germany Germany Argentina Argentina2–1
2012Serbia Serbia Czech Republic Czech Republic3–0

Titles by country

Titles wonCountryYears WonRunners Up
5Germany Germany1989, 1994, 1998, 2005, 2011 (5)1993, 2006, 2009 (3)
United States United States1975, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1993 (5)1987, 1988, 1990, 2010 (4)
4Argentina Argentina1980, 2002, 2007, 2010 (4)1989, 2005, 2011 (3)
Sweden Sweden1988, 1991, 1995, 2008 (4)1986, 1999 (2)
Spain Spain1978, 1983, 1992, 1997 (4)1994 (1)
3Australia Australia1979, 1999, 2001 (3)1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1997, 2004 (6)
2Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia1981, 1987 (2)1984, 1985 (2)
Chile Chile2003, 2004 (2)
Serbia Serbia2009, 2012 (2)
1Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia1990 (1)1991 (1)
Croatia Croatia2006 (1)1995 (1)
France France1986 (1)
Switzerland Switzerland1996 (1)
Slovakia Slovakia2000 (1)
0Czech Republic Czech Republic1992, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2007, 2012 (6)
Russia Russia2000, 2001, 2002, 2008 (4)
Italy Italy1979, 1980 (2)

Point distribution

World Team Cup
Match type1st round2nd round3rd roundFinalsPointsBonusTotal
Singles 13535359520050250
Singles 22525255012550175
Deciding match (doubles)3535359520050250
Dead rubber (doubles)101010205050
  • Players who only play the finals will be awarded points from the previous round.[12]
  • Players must win all 4 matches and be part of the winning team in order to earn the Bonus Points.[12]

See also

References

  1. John Barrett, ed. (1976). World of Tennis '76 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 196. ISBN 9780362002768. OCLC 650229036.
  2. John Barrett, ed. (1980). World of Tennis 1980 : a BP yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 238. ISBN 9780362020120. OCLC 237184610.
  3. "Tennis – Alle Sieger des World Team Cup". Sporthelden.de. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  4. Karolos Grohmann; Alan Baldwin (13 December 2010). "World Team Cup 2011 scrapped due to lack of a sponsor". Reuters. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
  5. "World Team Cup back in 2011 schedule with new sponsor". Reuters. 25 January 2011.
  6. "World Team Cup Event Ends After 35 Years". TennisNow. 4 Oct 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  7. "ATP Discontinues World Team Cup Competition, Dusseldorf Will Get 250 Series Event Instead". SportsBusiness. October 4, 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  8. https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-tennis-men-world-exclusive/exclusive-tennis-world-team-cup-with-ranking-points-could-start-in-2019-idUKKCN1BI2V2
  9. http://www.espn.co.uk/tennis/story/_/id/19363814/gerard-pique-world-cup-tennis-proposal-backed-rafael-nadal-novak-djokovic-andy-murray
  10. http://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/Tennis_Stories/50445/world-team-cup-to-be-reintroduced-in-the-atp-calendar-in-2019-or-2020/
  11. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/16/sports/tennis/davis-cup.html?&moduleDetail=section-news-3&action=click&contentCollection=Tennis&region=Footer&module=MoreInSection&version=WhatsNext&contentID=WhatsNext&pgtype=article
  12. 1 2 "Frequently Asked Questions". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 2011-03-13.
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