World Team Cup
The Power Horse World Team Cup was the tennis -Mannschafts- World Cup the ATP (men). It was organized annually from 1978 to 2012 by the Düsseldorf Rochus Club and was endowed with 2.1 million euros in prize money (2004). It took place a week before the French Open every year .
The World Team Cup was played between eight nations . Seven teams qualified via the tennis world rankings by adding the positions of the two top players. The eighth nation entered via a wildcard . The tournament was one of the most important sporting events in the Düsseldorf area, with around 75,000 spectators annually and television broadcasts in over 160 countries. The event was last by the German ARAG (General legal expenses insurance AG) at all sponsored and therefore was called "ARAG World Team Cup".
After intermittent financial difficulties due to the withdrawal of the main sponsor ARAG, the World Team Cup was also secured in 2011 in mid-January. The ATP announced at its annual players' meeting in Melbourne that the tournament would take place from May 15-21, 2011. The Austrian energy drink manufacturer Power Horse has been won as the new main sponsor. On October 8, 2012 it was officially confirmed that the 2013 World Team Cup will be removed from the ATP tournament calendar.
qualification
For the World Team Cup, the eight best nations that finished in the first eight places on the ATP annual ranking were qualified. In contrast to this, the organizer could issue a wildcard for a nation. In 2012, the German team took part in the tournament as the eighth team, although it was only ninth on the ATP ranking of December 5, 2011.
Competition mode
A team in this tournament usually consisted of four to five players, whose position within the team was determined by their world ranking position. Two singles were played in which the currently first and second placed players of the two teams competed against each other. Which one of them was played first was determined randomly. In the doubles, which was played after the singles, the line-up was left to the team. It was Round Robin played in two groups of four teams. The first two of the group contested the final.
For the victories in the singles and doubles matches, World Cup points were also awarded by the ATP after a certain time in order to increase the attractiveness for the top players. For the singles between the two top players of each team and the decisive double during the group stage (round robin), 35 World Cup points were awarded. 25 points were awarded for the second individual and 10 points for a no longer decisive double when the score was 2: 0 for a team during the group phase. For the finalists of the first singles and decisive doubles 95 points were awarded, for the second singles in the final 50 and for a doubles that were no longer decisive 20 points were awarded. If a player won all four games including the final and was part of the winning team, he received another 50 bonus points. Thus the number one of the team, if he could play all individual games victoriously up to the final, got a maximum of 250, the second individual player a maximum of 175 points. Thus the points for the number one of the victorious team corresponded to a victory in a tournament of the 250 series of the ATP. If the top player was involved in all the winning doubles, he received another 250 points. Thus, the top player of the victorious team could, if he finished all four singles and doubles victoriously, collect a maximum of 500 world ranking points. This corresponded to a tournament victory in a 500 series tournament.
history
The first tournament was held from May 8th to 15th, 1978. From 1978 to 1981 the competition took place under the name "Ambre Solaire Nations Cup", from 1982 to 1986 under the "Ambre Solaire World Team Cup", 1987 to 1999 under the "Peugeot World Team Cup", 2000 to 2010 under the "ARAG World Team" Cup "and most recently until 2012 is the official name of the tournament" POWER HORSE World Team Cup ".
As of 2009, a further sponsor could be won with Tennis-Point, who is already the title sponsor of the tennis Bundesliga. Another innovation in 2009 was the award of world ranking points for both singles and doubles.
With a new marketing concept in which the television rights are no longer marketed centrally by the ATP, but by the tournament organizer himself, it is hoped that over 1000 hours of live broadcasting in over 200 countries around the world will compensate for the decline in viewers over the past few years and the tournament permanently in the tournament calendar of the ATP. Only in this way can sponsors such as the current title sponsor Power-Horse be permanently interested in the event.
In order to further increase the attractiveness of the tournament, the prize money was raised from 750,000 to 800,000 euros in 2011, of which the winning team alone received 260,000 euros. Another 168,000 euros will go to the finalist. The two group runners-up in the preliminary round will each receive 75,000 euros.
How the traditional tournament will continue from 2013 on was not decided for a long time. At the end of 2012 negotiations began between the tournament management and the ATP to discuss the future of the tournament. On October 1st, 2012 it became known that the Romanian millionaire and former tennis player and manager of Boris Becker, Ion Țiriac, had acquired the tournament name “World Team Cup” from the Düsseldorf Rochus Club for the equivalent of 1.6 million euros.
As the SID announced on October 2nd, the 2013 tournament will no longer be held. It will be replaced by an ATP 250 tournament, which, like the two years before, was sponsored by the energy drink manufacturer Power Horse. The new event was held under the name Power Horse Open 2013 and 2014 and was then discontinued. The prize money was around 420,000 euros.
List of winners
The winners of the World Team Cup since it was first held in 1978:
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Number of victories
14 nations were able to enter the list of winners of the World Team Cup, another three nations took part in a final.
| country | Victories | winner | Final participation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
 Germany
|
5 | 1989, 1994, 1998, 2005, 2011 | 1993, 2006, 2009 |
| 2. |
 United States
|
4th | 1982, 1984, 1985, 1993 | 1987, 1988, 1990, 2010 |
| 3. |
 Argentina
|
4th | 1980, 2002, 2007 , 2010 | 1989, 2005, 2011 |
| 4th |
 Sweden
|
4th | 1988, 1991, 1995, 2008 | 1986, 1999 |
| 5. |
 Spain
|
4th | 1978, 1983, 1992, 1997 | 1994 |
| 6th |
 Australia
|
3 | 1979, 1999, 2001 | 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1997, 2004 |
| 7th |
 Czechoslovakia
|
2 | 1981, 1987 | 1984, 1985 |
| 8th. |
 Chile
|
2 | 2003, 2004 | |
 Serbia
|
2 | 2009 , 2012 | ||
| 10. |
 Croatia
|
1 | 2006 | 1995 |
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|
1 | 1990 | 1991 | |
| 12. |
 France
|
1 | 1986 | |
 Switzerland
|
1 | 1996 | ||
 Slovakia
|
1 | 2000 | ||
| 15th |
 Czech Republic
|
1992, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2007 , 2012 | ||
 Russia
|
2000, 2001, 2002, 2008 | |||
 Italy
|
1979, 1980 |
Fair Play Trophy
For exemplary behavior on and next to the tennis court, a special award has been given to professionals since 1989: the Fair Play Trophy . In 2011, Robin Söderling and Philipp Kohlschreiber were the only two winners of the challenge cup.
| year | player |
|---|---|
| 2012 |
Tomáš Berdych
|
| 2011 |
Robin Söderling Philipp Kohlschreiber
|
| 2010 |
Lleyton Hewitt
|
| 2009 |
Rainer Schüttler
|
| 2008 |
James Blake
|
| 2007 |
Jonas Björkman
|
| 2006 |
James Blake
|
| 2005 |
Jonas Björkman
|
| 2004 |
 Sjeng Schalken
|
| 2003 |
Todd Martin
|
| 2002 |
Pete Sampras
|
| 2001 |
Patrick Rafter
|
| 2000 |
Patrick Rafter
|
| 1999 |
Alex Corretja
|
| 1998 |
Petr Korda
|
| 1997 |
Michael Stich
|
| 1996 |
Jakob Hlasek
|
| 1995 |
Stefan Edberg
|
| 1994 |
Magnus Gustafsson
|
| 1993 |
Pete Sampras
|
| 1992 |
Guy Forget
|
| 1991 |
Eric Jelen
|
| 1990 |
Martin Jaite
|
| 1989 |
Stefan Edberg
|
See also
Web links
- Photo gallery World Team Cup 2004
- Finals and winners of the Fair Play Trophy
- Video: Germany wins World Team Cup
Individual evidence
- ↑ World Team Cup in Düsseldorf officially saved. In: derwesten.de. January 15, 2011, accessed April 23, 2019 .
- ↑ Düsseldorf gets ATP tournament. In: sport1.de. October 9, 2012, accessed April 23, 2019 .
- ↑ Defending champion Germany also at the start in 2012. Power Horse World Team Cup, archived from the original on February 3, 2012 ; Retrieved July 17, 2017 .
- ↑ German team at World Cup tournament. In: sport1.de. December 5, 2011, accessed April 23, 2019 .
- ↑ Tennis-Point is the first sponsor of the Arag World Team Cup 2009. In: blogspan.de. March 30, 2009, archived from the original on January 22, 2012 ; accessed on April 23, 2019 .
- ↑ Profile on the tournament page. In: atpworldtour.com. April 23, 2019, archived from the original on May 16, 2014 ; accessed on April 23, 2019 (English).
- ^ Power Horse Cup Düsseldorf. In: tennis-weblog.de. Retrieved April 23, 2019 .
- ↑ More prize money at the World Team Cup. In: sport1.de. February 25, 2011, accessed April 23, 2019 .
- ↑ The future of the World Team Cup remains open. In: welt.de. November 21, 2011, accessed April 23, 2019 .
- ↑ Michael Ryberg: World Team Cup in Düsseldorf is on hold. In: derwesten.de. October 1, 2012, accessed April 23, 2019 .
- ^ Off for the World Team Cup. In: spiegel.de. October 2, 2012, accessed April 23, 2019 .
- ^ Medals from the Tennis World Team Cup in Düsseldorf. In: medailleinfo.info. Retrieved March 23, 2019 .
- ^ All final results since 1978. Power Horse World Team Cup, archived from the original on August 4, 2012 ; Retrieved July 17, 2017 .
- ^ Fair Play Trophy. Power Horse World Team Cup, archived from the original on August 4, 2012 ; Retrieved July 17, 2017 .
- ↑ For the first time two winners for the Fair Play Trophy. Power Horse World Team Cup, archived from the original on February 3, 2012 ; Retrieved July 17, 2017 .