ATP Cup 2021

ATP Cup 2021
date	2.2.2020 - 7.2.2020
Edition	2
navigation	2020  ◄  2021  ►  2022
ATP tour
venue	Melbourne Australia
Tournament number	8888
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	Round robin, final
Prize money	US $ 4,500,000
Website	Official website
Last year's winner	Serbia Novak Đoković Dušan Lajović Nikola Milojević Nikola Čačić Viktor Troicki
winner	Russia Andrei Rublev Daniil Medvedev Evgeny Donskoi Aslan Karazew
Tournament director	Tom Larner
Tournament supervisor	Gerry Armstrong, Lars Graff
Status: February 7, 2021

The ATP Cup 2021 was a men's team tennis tournament that was played on a hard court. It was the second edition of the tournament, which took place from February 2 to 7, 2021 and was part of the ATP Tour 2021 . Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the game was only played in Melbourne , in Melbourne Park , with a reduced field of 12 nations.

The winner of the first edition last year was Serbia , whose team consisted of Novak Đoković , Dušan Lajović , Nikola Milojević , Nikola Čačić and Viktor Troicki . In the final, they met the Spanish team , which they defeated 2-1. Although brought Roberto Bautista Agut the Spaniards first with a 2: 0 win against Dušan Lajović the lead, Novak Djokovic possible but following against Rafael Nadal from whom he also defeated in straight sets. The decision brought the double game that Đoković and Viktor Troicki played against Pablo Carreño Busta and Feliciano López . The Serbs won 6: 3 and 6: 4 and thus secured the tournament victory.

In the same week, the Great Ocean Road Open and the Murray River Open took place at the same location . These both belonged to the ATP Tour 250 category .

mode

A total of 12 nations qualified for the tournament, which were divided into four groups of three teams. The teams qualified via the ATP world rankings based on the top-ranked player in a nation. To be eligible for the tournament as a nation, it had to have at least three players in the world rankings, two of them with a placement in the individual. If the host did not qualify, he was given a wild card .

In the group stage, the teams competed against each other twice in singles and once in doubles. The clashes followed a fixed order: first the second best individual players of each team met, then the best individual players. Most recently, even if one team was already in the lead, a double. The four group winners qualified for the semi-finals, where the knockout phase began.

World ranking points

World ranking points were awarded at the ATP Cup. While in singles the number of possible points depended on the opponent's position in the ranking, the position of the opponents in doubles played no role.

Game form	World ranking position	round	Points per victory against opponents listed in the world rankings
			No. 1-10	No. 11-20	No. 21-30	No. 31-50	No. 51-100	No. 101-250	No. 251+
singles	No. 1-250	final	220	180	140	100	75	45	30th
		Semifinals	150	130	100	70	45	30th	20th
		Group stage	75	65	50	35	25th	20th	15th
	No. 251+	final	55					45	30th
		Semifinals	45					30th	20th
		Group stage	25th					15th	10
Double	Irrelevant	final	100
		Semifinals	75
		Group stage	50

Preliminary round

Group A

table

Item	nation	Balance sheet	Matches	sentences	Games
1	Germany	2-0	4: 2	10: 7	88:87
2	Serbia	1: 1	3: 3	8: 7	80:75
3	Canada	0: 2	2: 4	5: 9	75:81

Results

Serbia - Canada

2 1 Venue: Melbourne Date: February 2, 2021 Playing surface: Hard court
player	player	Result
Dušan Lajović	Milos Raonic	3: 6, 4: 6
Novak Đoković	Denis Shapovalov	7: 5, 7: 5
Novak Đoković Filip Krajinović	Milos Raonic Denis Shapovalov	7: 5, 7: 6 4

Germany - Canada

2 1 Venue: Melbourne Date: February 3, 2021 Playing surface: Hard court
player	player	Result
Jan-Lennard Struff	Milos Raonic	7: 6 4 , 7: 6 2
Alexander Zverev	Denis Shapovalov	6: 7 5 , 6: 3, 7: 6 4
Kevin Krawietz Jan-Lennard Struff	Steven Diez Peter Polansky	6: 7 4 , 7: 6 6 , [3:10]

Serbia - Germany

1 2 Venue: Melbourne Date: February 5, 2021 Playing surface: Hard court
player	player	Result
Dušan Lajović	Jan-Lennard Struff	6: 3, 3: 6, 4: 6
Novak Đoković	Alexander Zverev	6: 7 3 , 6: 2, 7: 5
Nikola Čačić Novak Đoković	Jan-Lennard Struff Alexander Zverev	6: 7 4 , 7: 5, [7:10]

Group B

table

Item	nation	Balance sheet	Matches	sentences	Games
1	Spain	1: 1	4: 2	8: 3	63:50
2	Greece	1: 1	3: 3	5: 6	48:53
3	Australia	1: 1	2: 4	5: 9	60:68

Results

Spain - Australia

3 0 Venue: Melbourne Date: February 2, 2021 Playing surface: Hard court
player	player	Result
Pablo Carreño Busta	John Millman	6: 2, 6: 4
Roberto Bautista Agut	Alex de Minaur	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4
Pablo Carreño Busta Marcel Granollers	John Peers Luke Saville	6: 4, 7: 5

Greece - Australia

1 2 Venue: Melbourne Date: February 3, 2021 Playing surface: Hard court
player	player	Result
Mikhail Pervolarakis	John Millman	2: 6, 3: 6
Stefanos Tsitsipas	Alex de Minaur	6: 3, 7: 5
Michail Pervolarakis Stefanos Tsitsipas	John Peers Luke Saville	3: 6, 6: 4, [5:10]

Spain - Greece

1 2 Venue: Melbourne Date: February 5, 2021 Playing surface: Hard court
player	player	Result
Pablo Carreño Busta	Mikhail Pervolarakis	6: 3, 6: 4
Roberto Bautista Agut	Stefanos Tsitsipas	5: 7, 5: 7
Pablo Carreño Busta Marcel Granollers	Michail Pervolarakis Stefanos Tsitsipas	0: 1 up

Group C

table

Item	nation	Balance sheet	Matches	sentences	Games
1	Italy	2-0	4: 2	8: 4	61:48
2	France	1: 1	3: 3	6: 4	50:46
3	Austria	0: 2	2: 4	2: 8	37:54

Results

Austria - Italy

1 2 Venue: Melbourne Date: February 2, 2021 Playing surface: Hard court
player	player	Result
Dennis Novak	Fabio Fognini	6: 3, 6: 2
Dominic Thiem	Matteo Berrettini	2: 6, 4: 6
Dennis Novak Dominic Thiem	Matteo Berrettini Fabio Fognini	1: 6, 4: 6

Italy - France

2 1 Venue: Melbourne Date: February 3, 2021 Playing surface: Hard court
player	player	Result
Fabio Fognini	Benoît Paire	6: 1, 7: 6 2
Matteo Berrettini	Gaël Monfils	6: 4, 6: 2
Simone Bolelli Andrea Vavassori	Nicolas Mahut Édouard Roger-Vasselin	3: 6, 4: 6

Austria - France

1 2 Venue: Melbourne Date: February 5, 2021 Playing surface: Hard court
player	player	Result
Dennis Novak	Nicolas Mahut	6: 7 2 , 2: 6
Dominic Thiem	Benoît Paire	6: 1, r
Philipp Oswald Tristan-Samuel Weissborn	Nicolas Mahut Édouard Roger-Vasselin	3: 6, 3: 6

Group D

table

Item	nation	Balance sheet	Matches	sentences	Games
1	Russia	2-0	4: 2	9: 4	68:45
2	Argentina	1: 1	3: 2	9: 5	67:56
3	Japan	0: 2	1: 4	3:12	42:76

Results

Russia - Argentina

2 1 Venue: Melbourne Date: February 2, 2021 Playing surface: Hard court
player	player	Result
Andrei Rublev	Guido Pella	6: 1, 6: 2
Daniil Medvedev	Diego Schwartzman	7: 5, 6: 3
Andrei Rublev Aslan Karazew	Máximo González Horacio Zeballos	4: 6, 6: 7 4

Russia - Japan

2 1 Venue: Melbourne Date: February 3, 2021 Playing surface: Hard court
player	player	Result
Andrei Rublev	Yoshihito Nishioka	6: 1, 6: 3
Daniil Medvedev	Kei Nishikori	6: 2, 6: 4
Yevgeny Donskoy Aslan Karazew	Ben McLachlan Yoshihito Nishioka	6: 4, 3: 6, [10:12]

Argentina - Japan

3 0 Venue: Melbourne Date: February 6, 2021 Playing surface: Hard court
player	player	Result
Guido Pella	Yoshihito Nishioka	6: 3, 7: 6 4
Diego Schwartzman	Kei Nishikori	6: 1, 6: 7 4 , 6: 0
Máximo González Horacio Zeballos	Ben McLachlan Yoshihito Nishioka	6: 2, 6: 2

Final round

	Semi-finals February 6, 2021					Final February 7, 2021
		Germany	1
		Russia	2
							Russia	2
							Italy	0
		Italy	3
		Spain	0

Semifinals

Germany - Russia

1 2 Venue: Melbourne Date: February 6, 2021 Playing surface: Hard court
player	player	Result
Jan-Lennard Struff	Andrei Rublev	6: 3, 1: 6, 2: 6
Alexander Zverev	Daniil Medvedev	6: 3, 3: 6, 5: 7
Kevin Krawietz Jan-Lennard Struff	Yevgeny Donskoy Aslan Karazew	6: 3, 7: 6 2

Italy - Spain

3 0 Venue: Melbourne Date: February 6, 2021 Playing surface: Hard court
player	player	Result
Fabio Fognini	Pablo Carreño Busta	6: 2, 1: 6, 6: 4
Matteo Berrettini	Roberto Bautista Agut	6: 3, 7: 5
Simone Bolelli Andrea Vavassori	Pablo Carreño Busta Marcel Granollers	Where

final

Russia - Italy

2 0 Venue: Melbourne Date: February 7, 2021 Playing surface: Hard court
player	player	Result
Andrei Rublev	Fabio Fognini	6: 1, 6: 2
Daniil Medvedev	Matteo Berrettini	6: 4, 6: 2
Yevgeny Donskoy Aslan Karazew	Simone Bolelli Andrea Vavassori	canceled

Web links

• The ATP Cup website (English)
• Tournament Results (English)
• Tournament sheet (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kevin Mitchell: Novak Djokovic leads Serbia to glory against Spain in the inaugural ATP Cup. In: theguardian.com. The Guardian , January 12, 2020, accessed October 10, 2020 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} ATP Cup FAQ. Association of Tennis Professionals , December 23, 2019, accessed October 10, 2020 . 
3. ↑ ATP Cup Rules. Tennis Australia , accessed January 10, 2020 .