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.[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 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.[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 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 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 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]
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 the ATP 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.
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 Trophyedit
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]
^John Barrett, ed. (1976). World of Tennis '76 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 196. ISBN9780362002768. OCLC 650229036.
^"Tennis – Alle Sieger des World Team Cup". sportmomente.de. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
^Karolos Grohmann; Alan Baldwin (13 December 2010). "World Team Cup 2011 scrapped due to lack of a sponsor". Reuters. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
^"World Team Cup back in 2011 schedule with new sponsor". Reuters. 25 January 2011.
^"World Team Cup Event Ends After 35 Years". TennisNow. 4 Oct 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
^"ATP Discontinues World Team Cup Competition, Dusseldorf Will Get 250 Series Event Instead". SportsBusiness. October 4, 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
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This article is about tennis For the speedway tournament see Speedway World Team Cup For other uses see World Team Cup disambiguation Not to be confused with World Cup 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 Dusseldorf Germany It was generally considered to be second most prestigious men s team competition in tennis after the Davis Cup citation needed World Team CupTournament informationFounded1975Abolished2012Editions34LocationDusseldorf GermanyVenueRochusclubCategoryATP World Tour 250 seriesSurfaceClay OutdoorsDraw8 teams round robin Prize moneyUS 1 764 700WebsiteWorld Team Cup com Rochusclub clay court in Dusseldorf Germany 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 on clay courts in Dusseldorf Germany The event was generally regarded as the sports highlight of the social scene in the Dusseldorf 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 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 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 the Power Horse Cup an ATP 250 tournament in Dusseldorf 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 the ATP 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 Contents 1 Past finals 2 Titles by country 3 Point distribution 4 Fair Play Trophy 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksPast finals editYear Champions Runners up Score 1975 nbsp United States nbsp Great Britain 2 1 1976 Not held 1977 Not held 1978 nbsp Spain nbsp Australia 2 1 1979 nbsp Australia nbsp Italy 2 1 1980 nbsp Argentina nbsp Italy 3 0 1981 nbsp Czechoslovakia nbsp Australia 2 1 1982 nbsp United States nbsp Australia 2 0 1983 nbsp Spain nbsp Australia 2 1 1984 nbsp United States nbsp Czechoslovakia 2 1 1985 nbsp United States nbsp Czechoslovakia 2 1 1986 nbsp France nbsp Sweden 2 1 1987 nbsp Czechoslovakia nbsp United States 2 1 1988 nbsp Sweden nbsp United States 2 0 1989 nbsp West Germany nbsp Argentina 2 1 1990 nbsp Yugoslavia nbsp United States 3 0 1991 nbsp Sweden nbsp Yugoslavia 2 1 1992 nbsp Spain nbsp Czech Republic 2 0 1993 nbsp United States nbsp Germany 3 0 1994 nbsp Germany nbsp Spain 2 1 1995 nbsp Sweden nbsp Croatia 2 1 1996 nbsp Switzerland nbsp Czech Republic 2 1 1997 nbsp Spain nbsp Australia 3 0 1998 nbsp Germany nbsp Czech Republic 3 0 1999 nbsp Australia nbsp Sweden 2 1 2000 nbsp Slovakia nbsp Russia 3 0 2001 nbsp Australia nbsp Russia 2 1 2002 nbsp Argentina nbsp Russia 3 0 2003 nbsp Chile nbsp Czech Republic 2 1 2004 nbsp Chile nbsp Australia 2 1 2005 nbsp Germany nbsp Argentina 2 1 2006 nbsp Croatia nbsp Germany 2 1 2007 nbsp Argentina nbsp Czech Republic 2 1 2008 nbsp Sweden nbsp Russia 2 1 2009 nbsp Serbia nbsp Germany 2 1 2010 nbsp Argentina nbsp United States 2 1 2011 nbsp Germany nbsp Argentina 2 1 2012 nbsp Serbia nbsp Czech Republic 3 0Titles by country editTitles won Country Years Won Runners Up 5 nbsp United States 1975 1982 1984 1985 1993 5 1987 1988 1990 2010 4 nbsp Germany 1989 1994 1998 2005 2011 5 1993 2006 2009 3 4 nbsp Argentina 1980 2002 2007 2010 4 1989 2005 2011 3 nbsp Sweden 1988 1991 1995 2008 4 1986 1999 2 nbsp Spain 1978 1983 1992 1997 4 1994 1 3 nbsp Australia 1979 1999 2001 3 1978 1981 1982 1983 1997 2004 6 2 nbsp Czechoslovakia 1981 1987 2 1984 1985 2 nbsp Chile 2003 2004 2 nbsp Serbia 2009 2012 2 1 nbsp Yugoslavia 1990 1 1991 1 nbsp Croatia 2006 1 1995 1 nbsp France 1986 1 nbsp Switzerland 1996 1 nbsp Slovakia 2000 1 0 nbsp Czech Republic 1992 1996 1998 2003 2007 2012 6 nbsp Russia 2000 2001 2002 2008 4 nbsp Italy 1979 1980 2 nbsp Great Britain 1975 1 Point distribution editThis section is transcluded from Template World Team Championships ATP Points edit history 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 editPresented 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 nbsp Stefan Edberg 1990 nbsp Martin Jaite 1991 nbsp Eric Jelen 1992 nbsp Guy Forget 1993 nbsp Pete Sampras 1994 nbsp Magnus Gustafsson 1995 nbsp Stefan Edberg 2 1996 nbsp Jakob Hlasek 1997 nbsp Michael Stich 1998 nbsp Petr Korda 1999 nbsp Alex Corretja 2000 nbsp Patrick Rafter 2001 nbsp Patrick Rafter 2 2002 nbsp Pete Sampras 2 2003 nbsp Todd Martin 2004 nbsp Sjeng Schalken 2005 nbsp Jonas Bjorkman 2006 nbsp James Blake 2007 nbsp Jonas Bjorkman 2 2008 nbsp James Blake 2 2009 nbsp Rainer Schuttler 2010 nbsp Lleyton Hewitt 2011 nbsp Philipp Kohlschreiber nbsp Robin Soderling 2012 nbsp Tomas BerdychSee also editDavis Cup ATP Cup Fed Cup Hopman CupReferences edit John Barrett ed 1976 World of Tennis 76 a BP and Commercial Union yearbook London Queen Anne Press p 196 ISBN 9780362002768 OCLC 650229036 John Barrett ed 1980 World of Tennis 1980 a BP yearbook London Queen Anne Press p 238 ISBN 9780362020120 OCLC 237184610 Tennis Alle Sieger des World Team Cup sportmomente de Retrieved 17 January 2023 Karolos Grohmann Alan Baldwin 13 December 2010 World Team Cup 2011 scrapped due to lack of a sponsor Reuters Retrieved 13 December 2010 World Team Cup back in 2011 schedule with new sponsor Reuters 25 January 2011 World Team Cup Event Ends After 35 Years TennisNow 4 Oct 2012 Retrieved 18 October 2012 ATP Discontinues World Team Cup Competition Dusseldorf Will Get 250 Series Event Instead SportsBusiness October 4 2012 Retrieved 18 October 2012 Reuters World Team Cup to be re introduced in the ATP Calendar in 2019 or 2020 Tennis World USA 5 January 2018 Retrieved 13 January 2019 ATP Unveils ATP Cup Team Event For 2020 Season ATP Tour Tennis ATP Tour Retrieved 13 January 2019 a b Frequently Asked Questions atpworldtour com Retrieved 2011 03 13 Berdych presented Fair Play Trophy in Dusseldorf Archived from the original on 29 June 2012 Power Horse World Team Cup Fair Play Trophy Archived from the original on 1 May 2012 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to World Team Cup Official website World Team Cup at the Association of Tennis Professionals Retrieved from https en 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