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World Team Cup
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | World Team Cup |
| logo | World Team Cup logo.png |
| logo size | 100px |
| city | Düsseldorf |
| country | |
| venue | Rochusclub |
| founded | 1975 |
| abolished | 2012 |
| editions | 34 |
| 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 |
tennis

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
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | USA United States | GBR Great Britain | 2–1 |
| 1976 | Not held | ||
| 1977 | Not held | ||
| 1978 | ESP Spain | AUS Australia | 2–1 |
| 1979 | AUS Australia | ITA Italy | 2–1 |
| 1980 | ARG Argentina | ITA Italy | 3–0 |
| 1981 | TCH Czechoslovakia | AUS Australia | 2–1 |
| 1982 | USA United States | AUS Australia | 2–0 |
| 1983 | ESP Spain | AUS Australia | 2–1 |
| 1984 | USA United States | TCH Czechoslovakia | 2–1 |
| 1985 | USA United States | TCH Czechoslovakia | 2–1 |
| 1986 | FRA France | SWE Sweden | 2–1 |
| 1987 | TCH Czechoslovakia | USA United States | 2–1 |
| 1988 | SWE Sweden | USA United States | 2–0 |
| 1989 | FRG West Germany | ARG Argentina | 2–1 |
| 1990 | YUG Yugoslavia | USA United States | 3–0 |
| 1991 | SWE Sweden | YUG Yugoslavia | 2–1 |
| 1992 | ESP Spain | CZE Czech Republic | 2–0 |
| 1993 | USA United States | GER Germany | 3–0 |
| 1994 | GER Germany | ESP Spain | 2–1 |
| 1995 | SWE Sweden | CRO Croatia | 2–1 |
| 1996 | SUI Switzerland | CZE Czech Republic | 2–1 |
| 1997 | ESP Spain | AUS Australia | 3–0 |
| 1998 | GER Germany | CZE Czech Republic | 3–0 |
| 1999 | AUS Australia | SWE Sweden | 2–1 |
| 2000 | SVK Slovakia | RUS Russia | 3–0 |
| 2001 | AUS Australia | RUS Russia | 2–1 |
| 2002 | ARG Argentina | RUS Russia | 3–0 |
| 2003 | CHI Chile | CZE Czech Republic | 2–1 |
| 2004 | CHI Chile | AUS Australia | 2–1 |
| 2005 | GER Germany | ARG Argentina | 2–1 |
| 2006 | CRO Croatia | GER Germany | 2–1 |
| 2007 | ARG Argentina | CZE Czech Republic | 2–1 |
| 2008 | SWE Sweden | RUS Russia | 2–1 |
| 2009 | SRB Serbia | GER Germany | 2–1 |
| 2010 | ARG Argentina | USA United States | 2–1 |
| 2011 | GER Germany | ARG Argentina | 2–1 |
| 2012 | SRB Serbia | CZE Czech Republic | 3–0 |
| 2020 | SRB Serbia | SPA Spain | 2–1 |
| 2021 | RUS Russia | ITA Italy | 2–0 |
| 2022 | CAN Canadá | SPA Spain | 2–0 |
Titles by country
| Titles won | Country | Years Won | Runners Up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | USA United States | 1975, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1993 (5) | 1987, 1988, 1990, 2010 (4) |
| GER Germany | 1989, 1994, 1998, 2005, 2011 (5) | 1993, 2006, 2009 (3) | |
| 4 | ARG Argentina | 1980, 2002, 2007, 2010 (4) | 1989, 2005, 2011 (3) |
| SWE Sweden | 1988, 1991, 1995, 2008 (4) | 1986, 1999 (2) | |
| ESP Spain | 1978, 1983, 1992, 1997 (4) | 1994 (1) | |
| 3 | AUS Australia | 1979, 1999, 2001 (3) | 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1997, 2004 (6) |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia | 1981, 1987 (2) | 1984, 1985 (2) |
| CHI Chile | 2003, 2004 (2) | ||
| SRB Serbia | 2009, 2012 (2) | ||
| 1 | YUG Yugoslavia | 1990 (1) | 1991 (1) |
| CRO Croatia | 2006 (1) | 1995 (1) | |
| FRA France | 1986 (1) | ||
| SUI Switzerland | 1996 (1) | ||
| SVK Slovakia | 2000 (1) | ||
| 0 | CZE Czech Republic | 1992, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2007, 2012 (6) | |
| RUS Russia | 2000, 2001, 2002, 2008 (4) | ||
| ITA Italy | 1979, 1980 (2) | ||
| GBR Great Britain | 1975 (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.
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 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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- "Tennis – Alle Sieger des World Team Cup". sportmomente.de.
- Karolos Grohmann. (13 December 2010). "World Team Cup 2011 scrapped due to lack of a sponsor". Reuters.
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- "ATP Unveils 'ATP Cup' Team Event For 2020 Season - ATP Tour - Tennis".
- "Berdych presented Fair Play Trophy in Düsseldorf".
- "Power Horse World Team Cup – Fair Play Trophy".
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