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World Team Cup
Tournament information
Founded1975
Abolished2012
Editions34
LocationDüsseldorf
Germany
VenueRochusclub
CategoryATP World Tour 250 series
SurfaceClay/ outdoors
Draw8 teams (round-robin)
Prize moneyUS$1,764,700
WebsiteWorld-Team-Cup.com
Rochusclub clay court in Düsseldorf, Germany

TheWorld Team Cupwas the international men's team championship of theAssociation of Tennis Professionals(ATP). The inaugural edition of the tournament was contested in 1975 inKingston,Jamaicaand was called theNations Cup.[1][2]No tournament was held in 1976 and 1977. From 1978 through 2012 the tournament was held annually inDüsseldorf,Germany.It was generally considered to be second most prestigious men's team competition intennisafter theDavis Cup.[citation needed]

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 onclay courtsinDüsseldorf,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 theARAG 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 thePower 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 theATP 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[edit]

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1975 United StatesUnited States United KingdomGreat Britain 2–1
1976 Not held
1977 Not held
1978 SpainSpain AustraliaAustralia 2–1
1979 AustraliaAustralia ItalyItaly 2–1
1980 ArgentinaArgentina ItalyItaly 3–0
1981 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia AustraliaAustralia 2–1
1982 United StatesUnited States AustraliaAustralia 2–0
1983 SpainSpain AustraliaAustralia 2–1
1984 United StatesUnited States CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 2–1
1985 United StatesUnited States CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 2–1
1986 FranceFrance SwedenSweden 2–1
1987 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia United StatesUnited States 2–1
1988 SwedenSweden United StatesUnited States 2–0
1989 West GermanyWest Germany ArgentinaArgentina 2–1
1990 Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaYugoslavia United StatesUnited States 3–0
1991 SwedenSweden Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaYugoslavia 2–1
1992 SpainSpain Czech RepublicCzech Republic 2–0
1993 United StatesUnited States GermanyGermany 3–0
1994 GermanyGermany SpainSpain 2–1
1995 SwedenSweden CroatiaCroatia 2–1
1996 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Czech RepublicCzech Republic 2–1
1997 SpainSpain AustraliaAustralia 3–0
1998 GermanyGermany Czech RepublicCzech Republic 3–0
1999 AustraliaAustralia SwedenSweden 2–1
2000 SlovakiaSlovakia RussiaRussia 3–0
2001 AustraliaAustralia RussiaRussia 2–1
2002 ArgentinaArgentina RussiaRussia 3–0
2003 ChileChile Czech RepublicCzech Republic 2–1
2004 ChileChile AustraliaAustralia 2–1
2005 GermanyGermany ArgentinaArgentina 2–1
2006 CroatiaCroatia GermanyGermany 2–1
2007 ArgentinaArgentina Czech RepublicCzech Republic 2–1
2008 SwedenSweden RussiaRussia 2–1
2009 SerbiaSerbia GermanyGermany 2–1
2010 ArgentinaArgentina United StatesUnited States 2–1
2011 GermanyGermany ArgentinaArgentina 2–1
2012 SerbiaSerbia Czech RepublicCzech Republic 3–0

Titles by country[edit]

Titles won Country Years Won Runners Up
5 United StatesUnited States 1975,1982, 1984, 1985, 1993 (5) 1987, 1988, 1990,2010(4)
GermanyGermany 1989, 1994, 1998, 2005,2011(5) 1993,2006,2009(3)
4 ArgentinaArgentina 1980,2002,2007,2010(4) 1989, 2005,2011(3)
SwedenSweden 1988, 1991, 1995,2008(4) 1986, 1999 (2)
SpainSpain 1978,1983, 1992, 1997 (4) 1994 (1)
3 AustraliaAustralia 1979,1999, 2001 (3) 1978,1981, 1982, 1983, 1997, 2004 (6)
2 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 1981, 1987 (2) 1984, 1985 (2)
ChileChile 2003,2004 (2)
SerbiaSerbia 2009,2012(2)
1 Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaYugoslavia 1990 (1) 1991 (1)
CroatiaCroatia 2006(1) 1995 (1)
FranceFrance 1986 (1)
SwitzerlandSwitzerland 1996 (1)
SlovakiaSlovakia 2000 (1)
0 Czech RepublicCzech Republic 1992, 1996, 1998,2003,2007,2012(6)
RussiaRussia 2000, 2001,2002,2008(4)
ItalyItaly 1979,1980(2)
United KingdomGreat Britain 1975(1)

Point distribution[edit]

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World Team Cup
Match type 1st round 2nd round 3rd round Finals Points Bonus Total
Singles 1 35 35 35 95 200 50 250
Singles 2 25 25 25 50 125 50 175
Deciding match (doubles) 35 35 35 95 200 50 250
Dead rubber(doubles) 10 10 10 20 50 50
  • Players who only play the finals will be awarded points from the previous round.[11]
  • Players must win all 4 matches and be part of the winning team in order to earn the Bonus Points.[11]


Fair Play Trophy[edit]

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]

Year Player
1989
 SwedenStefan Edberg
1990
 ArgentinaMartín Jaite
1991
 GermanyEric Jelen
1992
 FranceGuy Forget
1993
 United StatesPete Sampras
1994
 SwedenMagnus Gustafsson
1995
 SwedenStefan Edberg(2)
1996
 SwitzerlandJakob Hlasek
1997
 GermanyMichael Stich
1998
 Czech RepublicPetr Korda
1999
 SpainÀlex Corretja
2000
 AustraliaPatrick Rafter
2001
 AustraliaPatrick Rafter(2)
2002
 United StatesPete Sampras(2)
2003
 United StatesTodd Martin
2004
 NetherlandsSjeng Schalken
2005
 SwedenJonas Björkman
2006
 United StatesJames Blake
2007
 SwedenJonas Björkman(2)
2008
 United StatesJames Blake(2)
2009
 GermanyRainer Schüttler
2010
 AustraliaLleyton Hewitt
2011
 GermanyPhilipp Kohlschreiber
SwedenRobin Söderling
2012
 Czech RepublicTomáš Berdych

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^John Barrett,ed. (1976).World of Tennis '76: a BP and Commercial Union yearbook.London: Queen Anne Press. p. 196.ISBN9780362002768.OCLC650229036.
  2. ^John Barrett,ed. (1980).World of Tennis 1980: a BP yearbook.London: Queen Anne Press. p. 238.ISBN9780362020120.OCLC237184610.
  3. ^"Tennis – Alle Sieger des World Team Cup".sportmomente.de.Retrieved17 January2023.
  4. ^Karolos Grohmann; Alan Baldwin (13 December 2010)."World Team Cup 2011 scrapped due to lack of a sponsor".Reuters.Retrieved13 December2010.
  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.Retrieved18 October2012.
  7. ^"ATP Discontinues World Team Cup Competition, Dusseldorf Will Get 250 Series Event Instead".SportsBusiness. October 4, 2012.Retrieved18 October2012.
  8. ^Reuters
  9. ^"World Team Cup to be re-introduced in the ATP Calendar in 2019 or 2020".Tennis World USA.5 January 2018.Retrieved13 January2019.
  10. ^"ATP Unveils 'ATP Cup' Team Event For 2020 Season - ATP Tour - Tennis".ATP Tour.Retrieved13 January2019.
  11. ^ab"Frequently Asked Questions".atpworldtour.com.Retrieved2011-03-13.
  12. ^"Berdych presented Fair Play Trophy in Düsseldorf".Archived fromthe originalon 29 June 2012.
  13. ^"Power Horse World Team Cup – Fair Play Trophy".Archived fromthe originalon 1 May 2012.

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