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World Team Cup

World Team Cup

FieldValue
nameWorld Team Cup
logoWorld Team Cup logo.png
logo size100px
cityDüsseldorf
country
venueRochusclub
founded1975
abolished2012
editions34
categoryATP World Tour 250 series
surfaceClay / outdoors
draw8 teams (round-robin)
prize moneyUS$1,764,700
websiteWorld-Team-Cup.com
Note

tennis

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. 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".

After ARAG discontinued sponsorship for the event and organizers failed to find a new sponsor, the 2011 edition of the tournament was initially cancelled. 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".

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.

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.

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

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
1975USA United StatesGBR Great Britain2–1
1976Not held
1977Not held
1978ESP SpainAUS Australia2–1
1979AUS AustraliaITA Italy2–1
1980ARG ArgentinaITA Italy3–0
1981TCH CzechoslovakiaAUS Australia2–1
1982USA United StatesAUS Australia2–0
1983ESP SpainAUS Australia2–1
1984USA United StatesTCH Czechoslovakia2–1
1985USA United StatesTCH Czechoslovakia2–1
1986FRA FranceSWE Sweden2–1
1987TCH CzechoslovakiaUSA United States2–1
1988SWE SwedenUSA United States2–0
1989FRG West GermanyARG Argentina2–1
1990YUG YugoslaviaUSA United States3–0
1991SWE SwedenYUG Yugoslavia2–1
1992ESP SpainCZE Czech Republic2–0
1993USA United StatesGER Germany3–0
1994GER GermanyESP Spain2–1
1995SWE SwedenCRO Croatia2–1
1996SUI SwitzerlandCZE Czech Republic2–1
1997ESP SpainAUS Australia3–0
1998GER GermanyCZE Czech Republic3–0
1999AUS AustraliaSWE Sweden2–1
2000SVK SlovakiaRUS Russia3–0
2001AUS AustraliaRUS Russia2–1
2002ARG ArgentinaRUS Russia3–0
2003CHI ChileCZE Czech Republic2–1
2004CHI ChileAUS Australia2–1
2005GER GermanyARG Argentina2–1
2006CRO CroatiaGER Germany2–1
2007ARG ArgentinaCZE Czech Republic2–1
2008SWE SwedenRUS Russia2–1
2009SRB SerbiaGER Germany2–1
2010ARG ArgentinaUSA United States2–1
2011GER GermanyARG Argentina2–1
2012SRB SerbiaCZE Czech Republic3–0
2020SRB SerbiaSPA Spain2–1
2021RUS RussiaITA Italy2–0
2022CAN CanadáSPA Spain2–0

Titles by country

Titles wonCountryYears WonRunners Up
5USA United States1975, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1993 (5)1987, 1988, 1990, 2010 (4)
GER Germany1989, 1994, 1998, 2005, 2011 (5)1993, 2006, 2009 (3)
4ARG Argentina1980, 2002, 2007, 2010 (4)1989, 2005, 2011 (3)
SWE Sweden1988, 1991, 1995, 2008 (4)1986, 1999 (2)
ESP Spain1978, 1983, 1992, 1997 (4)1994 (1)
3AUS Australia1979, 1999, 2001 (3)1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1997, 2004 (6)
2Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia1981, 1987 (2)1984, 1985 (2)
CHI Chile2003, 2004 (2)
SRB Serbia2009, 2012 (2)
1YUG Yugoslavia1990 (1)1991 (1)
CRO Croatia2006 (1)1995 (1)
FRA France1986 (1)
SUI Switzerland1996 (1)
SVK Slovakia2000 (1)
0CZE Czech Republic1992, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2007, 2012 (6)
RUS Russia2000, 2001, 2002, 2008 (4)
ITA Italy1979, 1980 (2)
GBR Great Britain1975 (1)

Point distribution

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.

YearPlayer
Sweden Stefan Edberg
Argentina Martín Jaite
Germany Eric Jelen
France Guy Forget
United States Pete Sampras
Sweden Magnus Gustafsson
Sweden Stefan Edberg (2)
Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
Germany Michael Stich
Czech Republic Petr Korda
Spain Àlex Corretja
Australia Patrick Rafter
Australia Patrick Rafter (2)
United States Pete Sampras (2)
United States Todd Martin
Netherlands Sjeng Schalken
Sweden Jonas Björkman
United States James Blake
Sweden Jonas Björkman (2)
United States James Blake (2)
Germany Rainer Schüttler
Australia Lleyton Hewitt
Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber
Sweden Robin Söderling
Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych

References

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  7. (October 4, 2012). "ATP Discontinues World Team Cup Competition, Dusseldorf Will Get 250 Series Event Instead". SportsBusiness.
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  10. "ATP Unveils 'ATP Cup' Team Event For 2020 Season - ATP Tour - Tennis".
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  12. "Power Horse World Team Cup – Fair Play Trophy".
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