World Team Cup

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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 tennis' second most prestigious men's team competition 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 are invited to compete for the cup.

The competition is played on clay courts 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.


Past Champions

Year Winning Team
1978 Spain
1979 Australia
1980 Argentina
1981 Czechoslovakia
1982 USA
1983 Spain
1984 USA
1985 USA
1986 France
1987 Czechoslovakia
1988 Sweden
1989 Germany
1990 Yugoslavia
1991 Sweden
1992 Spain
1993 USA
1994 Germany
1995 Sweden
1996 Switzerland
1997 Spain
1998 Germany
1999 Australia
2000 Slovakia
2001 Australia
2002 Argentina
2003 Chile
2004 Chile