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'''The World Team Cup''' is the international team championship of the [[Association of Tennis Professionals]] (ATP). The tournament has been contest annually since [[1978]] and is considered to be second most prestigious men's team competition in [[tennis]] after the [[Davis Cup]].
{{distinguish|World Cup (disambiguation){{!}}World Cup}}
 
{{Infobox tennis tournament
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 are invited to compete for the cup.
| name = World Team Cup
| current =
| logo = World Team Cup logo.png
| logo size = 100px
| city = [[Düsseldorf]]
| country = {{GER}}
| venue = [[Rochusclub]]
| founded = 1975
| abolished = 2012
| editions = 34
| category = [[ATP World Tour 250 series]]
| surface = [[Clay court|Clay]] / outdoors
| draw = 8 teams (round-robin)
| prize money = US$1,764,700
| website = [http://www.world-team-cup.com/en World-Team-Cup.com]
| notes =
}}
 
[[Image:Rochusclub Duesseldorf.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Rochusclub clay court in Düsseldorf, Germany]]
The competition is played on [[clay court]]s in [[Düsseldorf]], [[Germany]]. The event is generally regarded as the sports highlight of the social scene in the Düsseldorf area. It attracts around 75,000 visitors every year and is televised to over 160 countries.
 
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|Kingston]], [[Jamaica]] and was called the '''Nations Cup'''.<ref name=wot76>{{cite book|title=World of Tennis '76 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook|year=1976|publisher=Queen Anne Press|___location=London|isbn=9780362002768|oclc=650229036|page=196|editor=John Barrett|editor-link=John Barrett (tennis)}}</ref><ref name=wot1980>{{cite book|title=World of Tennis 1980 : a BP yearbook|year=1980|publisher=Queen Anne Press|___location=London|isbn=9780362020120|oclc=237184610|page=238|editor=John Barrett|editor-link=John Barrett (tennis)}}</ref> 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|date=September 2013}}
 
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|date=September 2013}}
==Past Champions==
 
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The competition was played on [[clay court]]s 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|date=September 2013}}
|- bgcolor="#ccccff"
 
| '''Year'''
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 Group|ARAG Insurance Group]], and its sponsored name was the "ARAG World Team Cup".<ref>{{cite web|title=Tennis – Alle Sieger des World Team Cup|url=https://sportmomente.de/tennis-alle-sieger-des-world-team-cup/|publisher=sportmomente.de|access-date=17 January 2023}}</ref>
| '''Winning Team'''
 
After ARAG discontinued sponsorship for the event and organizers failed to find a new sponsor, the 2011 edition of the tournament was initially cancelled.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://ca.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idCATRE6BC1X120101213 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329064535/http://ca.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idCATRE6BC1X120101213 | url-status=dead | archive-date=March 29, 2012 | title=World Team Cup 2011 scrapped due to lack of a sponsor | access-date=13 December 2010 | date= 13 December 2010 | publisher= Reuters | author= Karolos Grohmann|author2=Alan Baldwin }}</ref> 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".<ref>{{cite news| url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE70O2IM20110125 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124063123/https://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE70O2IM20110125 | url-status=dead | archive-date=November 24, 2020 | work=Reuters | title=World Team Cup back in 2011 schedule with new sponsor | date=25 January 2011}}</ref>
 
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.<ref>{{cite web|title=World Team Cup Event Ends After 35 Years|url=http://www.tennisnow.com/Blogs/Industry-Insider/October-2012/World-Team-Cup-Event-Ends-After-35-Years.aspx|publisher=TennisNow|access-date=18 October 2012|date=4 Oct 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=ATP Discontinues World Team Cup Competition, Dusseldorf Will Get 250 Series Event Instead|url=http://m.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Global/Issues/2012/10/04/Events-and-Attractions/Tennis-World-Team-Cup.aspx|publisher=SportsBusiness|access-date=18 October 2012|date=October 4, 2012}}</ref>
 
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.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170908122041/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-tennis-men-world-exclusive/exclusive-tennis-world-team-cup-with-ranking-points-could-start-in-2019-idUKKCN1BI2V2 Reuters]</ref>
 
In January 2018 it was mooted to start in 2019 or 2020 with the backing from Tennis Australia,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/Tennis_Stories/50445/world-team-cup-to-be-reintroduced-in-the-atp-calendar-in-2019-or-2020/|title=World Team Cup to be re-introduced in the ATP Calendar in 2019 or 2020|website=Tennis World USA|date=5 January 2018 |access-date=13 January 2019}}</ref> In the end, the ATP decided to launch the competition as the [[ATP Cup]], a separate tournament to the World Team Cup, in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/news/atp-unveils-atp-cup-team-event-for-2020-season|title=ATP Unveils 'ATP Cup' Team Event For 2020 Season - ATP Tour - Tennis|website=ATP Tour|access-date=13 January 2019}}</ref>
 
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==
 
{| class=wikitable
!style="width:40px"|Year
!style="width:200px"|Champions
!style="width:200px"|Runners-up
!style="width:50px" class="unsortable"|Score
|-
| [[1975 Nations Cup (tennis)|1975]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[United States]] || {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Great Britain]] || align=center|2–1
| [[1978]]
| [[Spain]]
|-
| 1976 || colspan=3 align=center style="background:#efefef"|Not held
| [[1979]]
| [[Australia]]
|-
| 1977 || colspan=3 align=center style="background:#efefef"|Not held
| [[1980]]
| [[Argentina]]
|-
| [[1978 Nations Cup (tennis)|1978]] || {{flagicon|ESP|1977}} [[Spain]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Australia]] || align=center|2–1
| [[1981]]
| [[Czechoslovakia]]
|-
| [[1979 Nations Cup (tennis)|1979]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Australia]] || {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italy]] || align=center|2–1
| [[1982]]
| [[USA]]
|-
| 1980 || {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Argentina]] || {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italy]] || align=center|3–0
| [[1983]]
| [[Spain]]
|-
| 1981 || {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Czechoslovakia]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Australia]] || align=center|2–1
| [[1984]]
| [[USA]]
|-
| 1982 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[United States]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Australia]] || align=center|2–0
| [[1985]]
| [[USA]]
|-
| 1983 || {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Spain]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Australia]] || align=center|2–1
| [[1986]]
| [[France]]
|-
| 1984 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[United States]] || {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Czechoslovakia]] || align=center|2–1
| [[1987]]
| [[Czechoslovakia]]
|-
| 1985 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[United States]] || {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Czechoslovakia]] || align=center|2–1
| [[1988]]
| [[Sweden]]
|-
| 1986 || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[France]] || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sweden]] || align=center|2–1
| [[1989]]
| [[Germany]]
|-
| 1987 || {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Czechoslovakia]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[United States]] || align=center|2–1
| [[1990]]
| [[Yugoslavia]]
|-
| 1988 || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sweden]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[United States]] || align=center|2–0
| [[1991]]
| [[Sweden]]
|-
| 1989 || {{flagicon|FRG}} [[West Germany]] || {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Argentina]] || align=center|2–1
| [[1992]]
| [[Spain]]
|-
| 1990 || {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[United States]] || align=center|3–0
| [[1993]]
| [[USA]]
|-
| 1991 || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sweden]] || {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] || align=center|2–1
| [[1994]]
| [[Germany]]
|-
| 1992 || {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Spain]] || {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Czech Republic]] || align=center|2–0
| [[1995]]
| [[Sweden]]
|-
| 1993 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[United States]] || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Germany]] || align=center|3–0
| [[1996]]
| [[Switzerland]]
|-
| 1994 || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Germany]] || {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Spain]] || align=center|2–1
| [[1997]]
| [[Spain]]
|-
| 1995 || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sweden]] || {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Croatia]] || align=center|2–1
| [[1998]]
| [[Germany]]
|-
| 1996 || {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Switzerland]] || {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Czech Republic]] || align=center|2–1
| [[1999]]
| [[Australia]]
|-
| 1997 || {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Spain]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Australia]] || align=center|3–0
| [[2000]]
| [[Slovakia]]
|-
| 1998 || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Germany]] || {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Czech Republic]] || align=center|3–0
| [[2001]]
| [[Australia]]
|-
| 1999 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Australia]] || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sweden]] || align=center|2–1
| [[2002]]
| [[Argentina]]
|-
| 2000 || {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Slovakia]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Russia]] || align=center|3–0
| [[2003]]
| [[Chile]]
|-
| 2001 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Australia]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Russia]] || align=center|2–1
| [[2004]]
| [[Chile]]
|-
| [[2002 ARAG World Team Cup|2002]] || {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Argentina]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Russia]] || align=center|3–0
|-
| [[2003 ARAG World Team Cup|2003]] || {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Chile]] || {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Czech Republic]] || align=center|2–1
|-
| [[2004 World Team Cup|2004]] || {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Chile]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Australia]] || align=center|2–1
|-
| [[2005 World Team Cup|2005]] || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Germany]] || {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Argentina]] || align=center|2–1
|-
| [[2006 World Team Cup|2006]] || {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Croatia]] || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Germany]] || align=center|2–1
|-
| [[2007 World Team Cup|2007]] || {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Argentina]] || {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Czech Republic]] || align=center|2–1
|-
| [[2008 World Team Cup|2008]] || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sweden]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Russia]] || align=center|2–1
|-
| [[2009 World Team Cup|2009]] || {{flagicon|SRB|2004}} [[Serbia]] || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Germany]] || align=center|2–1
|-
| [[2010 ARAG World Team Cup|2010]] || {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Argentina]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[United States]] || align=center|2–1
|-
| [[2011 Power Horse World Team Cup|2011]] || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Germany]] || {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Argentina]] || align=center|2–1
|-
| [[2012 Power Horse World Team Cup|2012]] || {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Serbia]] || {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Czech Republic]] || align=center|3–0
|}
 
==Titles by country==
{| class=wikitable
|-
! width=25 |Titles won !! width=150|Country !! width=275|Years Won !! width=280|Runners Up
|-
|rowspan=2 align=center bgcolor=#efefef|'''5''' ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[United States]] || '''[[1975 Nations Cup (tennis)|1975]], 1982, 1984, 1985, 1993 (5)''' || 1987, 1988, 1990, [[2010 ARAG World Team Cup|2010]] (4)
|-
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Germany]] ||'''1989, 1994, 1998, 2005, [[2011 Power Horse World Team Cup|2011]] (5)''' || 1993, [[2006 World Team Cup|2006]], [[2009 World Team Cup|2009]] (3)
|-
|rowspan=3 align=center bgcolor=#efefef|'''4''' ||{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Argentina]] ||'''[[1980 Nations Cup (tennis)|1980]], [[2002 ARAG World Team Cup|2002]], [[2007 World Team Cup|2007]], [[2010 ARAG World Team Cup|2010]] (4)''' || 1989, 2005, [[2011 Power Horse World Team Cup|2011]] (3)
|-
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sweden]] ||'''1988, 1991, 1995, [[2008 World Team Cup|2008]] (4)''' || 1986, 1999 (2)
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Spain]] ||'''[[1978 Nations Cup (tennis)|1978]], 1983, 1992, 1997 (4)''' || 1994 (1)
|-
|rowspan=1 align=center bgcolor=#efefef|'''3''' ||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Australia]] ||'''[[1979 Nations Cup (tennis)|1979]], 1999, 2001 (3)''' || [[1978 Nations Cup (tennis)|1978]], 1981, 1982, 1983, 1997, 2004 (6)
|-
|rowspan=3 align=center bgcolor=#efefef|'''2''' ||{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[Czechoslovakia]] || '''1981, 1987 (2)'''|| 1984, 1985 (2)
|-
|{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Chile]] ||'''[[2003 ARAG World Team Cup|2003]], 2004 (2)''' ||
|-
|{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Serbia]] ||'''[[2009 World Team Cup|2009]], [[2012 World Team Cup|2012]] (2)''' ||
|-
|rowspan=5 align=center bgcolor=#efefef|'''1''' ||{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] ||'''1990 (1)''' || 1991 (1)
|-
|{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Croatia]] ||'''[[2006 World Team Cup|2006]] (1)''' || 1995 (1)
|-
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[France]] ||'''1986 (1)''' ||
|-
|{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Switzerland]] ||'''1996 (1)''' ||
|-
|{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Slovakia]] ||'''2000 (1)'''||
|-
|rowspan=4 align=center bgcolor=#efefef|'''0''' ||{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Czech Republic]] || || 1992, 1996, 1998, [[2003 ARAG World Team Cup|2003]], [[2007 World Team Cup|2007]], [[2012 World Team Cup|2012]] (6)
|-
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Russia]] || || 2000, 2001, [[2002 ARAG World Team Cup|2002]], [[2008 World Team Cup|2008]] (4)
|-
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italy]] || || [[1979 Nations Cup (tennis)|1979]], [[1980 Nations Cup (tennis)|1980]] (2)
|-
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Great Britain]] || || [[1975 Nations Cup (tennis)|1975]] (1)
|}
 
==Point distribution==
{{transcluded section|source=Template:World Team Championships ATP Points}}
{{World Team Championships ATP 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Berdych presented Fair Play Trophy in Düsseldorf |url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2012/05/21/Dusseldorf-Friday-Berdych-Receives-Fair-Play-Trophy.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629145123/http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2012/05/21/Dusseldorf-Friday-Berdych-Receives-Fair-Play-Trophy.aspx |archive-date=29 June 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Power Horse World Team Cup – Fair Play Trophy |url=http://www.world-team-cup.com/en/fair_play_trophy |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501181852/http://www.world-team-cup.com/en/fair_play_trophy |archive-date=1 May 2012 }}</ref>
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Player
|-
|{{center|1989}}
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Stefan Edberg]]
|-
|{{center|1990}}
|{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Martín Jaite]]
|-
|{{center|1991}}
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Eric Jelen]]
|-
|{{center|1992}}
|{{flagicon|France}} [[Guy Forget]]
|-
|{{center|1993}}
|{{flagicon|United States}} [[Pete Sampras]]
|-
|{{center|1994}}
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Magnus Gustafsson]]
|-
|{{center|1995}}
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} Stefan Edberg {{small|(2)}}
|-
|{{center|1996}}
|{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Jakob Hlasek]]
|-
|{{center|1997}}
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Michael Stich]]
|-
|{{center|1998}}
|{{flagicon|Czech Republic}} [[Petr Korda]]
|-
|{{center|1999}}
|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Àlex Corretja]]
|-
|{{center|2000}}
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Patrick Rafter]]
|-
|{{center|2001}}
|{{flagicon|Australia}} Patrick Rafter {{small|(2)}}
|-
|{{center|[[2002 ARAG World Team Cup|2002]]}}
|{{flagicon|United States}} Pete Sampras {{small|(2)}}
|-
|{{center|[[2003 ARAG World Team Cup|2003]]}}
|{{flagicon|United States}} [[Todd Martin]]
|-
|{{center|[[2004 ARAG World Team Cup|2004]]}}
|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Sjeng Schalken]]
|-
|{{center|[[2005 World Team Cup|2005]]}}
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Jonas Björkman]]
|-
|{{center|[[2006 World Team Cup|2006]]}}
|{{flagicon|United States}} [[James Blake (tennis)|James Blake]]
|-
|{{center|[[2007 World Team Cup|2007]]}}
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} Jonas Björkman {{small|(2)}}
|-
|{{center|[[2008 World Team Cup|2008]]}}
|{{flagicon|United States}} James Blake {{small|(2)}}
|-
|{{center|[[2009 World Team Cup|2009]]}}
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Rainer Schüttler]]
|-
|{{center|[[2010 ARAG World Team Cup|2010]]}}
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Lleyton Hewitt]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{center|[[2011 Power Horse World Team Cup|2011]]}}
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Philipp Kohlschreiber]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Robin Söderling]]
|-
|{{center|[[2012 Power Horse World Team Cup|2012]]}}
|{{flagicon|Czech Republic}} [[Tomáš Berdych]]
|}
 
==See also==
* [[Davis Cup]]
* [[ATP Cup]]
* [[Fed Cup]]
* [[Hopman Cup]]
 
==References==
{{Reflist}}
 
==External Linkslinks==
{{commons category|World Team Cup}}
*[http://www.arag-world-team-cup.com/en/ World Team Cup Official Website]
*{{official website|http://www.world-team-cup.com/en/}}
*{{ATP Tournament|id=615}}
 
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