World Team Cup
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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.[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".
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
Titles by country
| Titles won | Country | Years Won | Runners Up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | United States United States | 1975, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1993 (5) | 1987, 1988, 1990, 2010 (4) |
| Germany Germany | 1989, 1994, 1998, 2005, 2011 (5) | 1993, 2006, 2009 (3) | |
| 4 | Argentina Argentina | 1980, 2002, 2007, 2010 (4) | 1989, 2005, 2011 (3) |
| Sweden Sweden | 1988, 1991, 1995, 2008 (4) | 1986, 1999 (2) | |
| Spain Spain | 1978, 1983, 1992, 1997 (4) | 1994 (1) | |
| 3 | Australia Australia | 1979, 1999, 2001 (3) | 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1997, 2004 (6) |
| Serbia Serbia | 2009, 2012, 2020 (3) | ||
| 2 | Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia | 1981, 1987 (2) | 1984, 1985 (2) |
| Chile Chile | 2003, 2004 (2) | ||
| 1 | Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia | 1990 (1) | 1991 (1) |
| Croatia Croatia | 2006 (1) | 1995 (1) | |
| France France | 1986 (1) | ||
| Switzerland Switzerland | 1996 (1) | ||
| Slovakia Slovakia | 2000 (1) | ||
| 0 | Czech Republic Czech Republic | 1992, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2007, 2012 (6) | |
| Russia Russia | 2000, 2001, 2002, 2008 (4) | ||
| Italy Italy | 1979, 1980 (2) | ||
| United Kingdom Great Britain | 1975 (1) |
Point distribution
| 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.
- Players must win all 4 matches and be part of the winning team in order to earn the Bonus Points.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1989 | Sweden Stefan Edberg |
| 1990 | Argentina Martín Jaite |
| 1991 | Germany Eric Jelen |
| 1992 | France Guy Forget |
| 1993 | United States Pete Sampras |
| 1994 | Sweden Magnus Gustafsson |
| 1995 | Sweden Stefan Edberg (2) |
| 1996 | Switzerland Jakob Hlasek |
| 1997 | Germany Michael Stich |
| 1998 | Czech Republic Petr Korda |
| 1999 | Spain Àlex Corretja |
| 2000 | Australia Patrick Rafter |
| 2001 | Australia Patrick Rafter (2) |
| 2002 | United States Pete Sampras (2) |
| 2003 | United States Todd Martin |
| 2004 | Netherlands Sjeng Schalken |
| 2005 | Sweden Jonas Björkman |
| 2006 | United States James Blake |
| 2007 | Sweden Jonas Björkman (2) |
| 2008 | United States James Blake (2) |
| 2009 | Germany Rainer Schüttler |
| 2010 | Australia Lleyton Hewitt |
| 2011 | Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber |
| Sweden Robin Söderling | |
| 2012 | Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych |