World Team Cup (wheelchair tennis)

The World Team Cup in wheelchair tennis has been held annually by the ITF since 1985 . This is a team competition, which in wheelchair tennis has a comparable status to the Davis Cup for men and the Fed Cup for women without disabilities.

history

The World Team Cup first took place in the United States in 1985. A total of six men's paraplegic class teams competed, including Australia, Canada, France, Israel and Japan in addition to the hosts. The event stayed in the United States up to and including 1991, and the field of participants grew continuously. 14 teams entered Belgium for the first time outside the United States in 1992. Among the women, who have also competed since 1986, the number of participants increased from initially two - the United States and the Netherlands - to nine teams. This development continued steadily. In 1997 the men's field consisted of 32 teams for the first time, the women achieved the highest number of participants to date with 16 teams for the first time in 1999. In 1998 another competition for quadriplegic players was introduced. This started with four teams and reached its highest value in 2001 with eight participating nations.

winner

Paraplegic

Men's

Event	Final location	Attendees	winner	Final opponent
2016	Japan	23	France	Japan
2015	Turkey	24	United Kingdom	France
2014	Netherlands	24	France	Netherlands
2013	Turkey	24	France	Netherlands
2012	South Korea	24	France	Netherlands
2011	South Africa	32	Netherlands	France
2010	Turkey	32	Sweden	Netherlands
2009	United Kingdom	32	France	Netherlands
2008	Italy	32	Sweden	France
2007	Sweden	32	Japan	Netherlands
2006	Brazil	32	Netherlands	France
2005	Netherlands	32	Netherlands	Japan
2004	New Zealand	29	Netherlands	Poland
2003	Poland	31	Japan	United States
2002	Italy	30th	Australia	United States
2001	Switzerland	31	Netherlands	Australia
2000	France	30th	Australia	Netherlands
1999	United States	32	Netherlands	United States
1998	Spain	32	Germany	Netherlands
1997	United Kingdom	32	United States	France
1996	Australia	28	Australia	France
1995	Netherlands	28	United States	France
1994	United Kingdom	26th	Australia	France
1993	Austria	22nd	France	United States
1992	Belgium	14th	France	United States
1991	United States	12	United States	France
1990	United States	13	United States	France
1989	United States	10	United States	France
1988	United States	10	United States	Australia
1987	United States	6th	United States	Australia
1986	United States	7th	United States	France
1985	United States	6th	United States	France

Ladies

Event	Final location	Attendees	winner	Final opponent
2016	Japan	12	Netherlands	China
2015	Turkey	12	Netherlands	Japan
2014	Netherlands	12	Netherlands	United Kingdom
2013	Turkey	12	Netherlands	United Kingdom
2012	South Korea	12	Netherlands	Japan
2011	South Africa	16	Netherlands	Germany
2010	Turkey	16	Netherlands	Japan
2009	United Kingdom	16	Netherlands	United Kingdom
2008	Italy	15th	Netherlands	France
2007	Sweden	16	Netherlands	France
2006	Brazil	16	Netherlands	Switzerland
2005	Netherlands	15th	Netherlands	South Korea
2004	New Zealand	13	Netherlands	Switzerland
2003	Poland	16	Netherlands	United States
2002	Italy	15th	Netherlands	United States
2001	Switzerland	14th	Netherlands	Japan
2000	France	16	Netherlands	Australia
1999	United States	16	Australia	Netherlands
1998	Spain	15th	Netherlands	United States
1997	United Kingdom	15th	Netherlands	Belgium
1996	Australia	12	Netherlands	United States
1995	Netherlands	16	Netherlands	France
1994	United Kingdom	10	United States	Austria
1993	Austria	9	Netherlands	France
1992	Belgium	9	Netherlands	France
1991	United States	4th	Netherlands	United States
1990	United States	4th	Netherlands	United States
1989	United States	4th	Netherlands	United States
1988	United States	4th	Netherlands	United States
1987	United States	2	Netherlands	United States
1986	United States	2	Netherlands	United States

Quadriplegic

Event	Final location	Attendees	winner	Final opponent
2016	Japan	8th	Australia	United Kingdom
2015	Turkey	8th	United States	Japan
2014	Netherlands	8th	United Kingdom	United States
2013	Turkey	8th	United States	Israel
2012	South Korea	8th	Israel	United Kingdom
2011	South Africa	8th	United States	Israel
2010	Turkey	8th	United States	Israel
2009	United Kingdom	8th	United Kingdom	United States
2008	Italy	8th	Netherlands	United States
2007	Sweden	8th	United States	Netherlands
2006	Brazil	7th	United States	Italy
2005	Netherlands	8th	United States	Israel
2004	New Zealand	8th	Israel	Netherlands
2003	Poland	8th	United States	United Kingdom
2002	Italy	8th	United Kingdom	United States
2001	Switzerland	8th	United Kingdom	Japan
2000	France	7th	Israel	United States
1999	United States	7th	Israel	United States
1998	Spain	4th	United States	United Kingdom

statistics

Paraplegic

Men's

Nations by number of wins and finals

rank	country	Victories	Final defeats
01.	United States	9	5
02.	France	7th	13
03.	Netherlands	6th	8th
04th	Australia	4th	3
05.	Japan	2	2
06th	Sweden	2	0
07th	Germany	1	0
	United Kingdom	1	0
09.	Poland	0	1

Ladies

Nations by number of wins and finals

rank	country	Victories	Final defeats
01.	Netherlands	29	1
02.	United States	1	10
03.	Australia	1	1
04th	France	0	5
05.	Japan	0	4th
06th	United Kingdom	0	3
07th	Switzerland	0	2
08th.	Belgium	0	1
	China	0	1
	Germany	0	1
	Austria	0	1
	South Korea	0	1

Quadriplegic

Nations by number of wins and finals

rank	country	Victories	Final defeats
01.	United States	9	6th
02.	Israel	4th	4th
	United Kingdom	4th	4th
04th	Netherlands	1	2
05.	Australia	1	0
06th	Japan	0	2
07th	Italy	0	1

total

Nations by number of wins and finals

rank	country	Victories	Final defeats
01.	Netherlands	36	11
02.	United States	19th	21st
03.	France	7th	18th
04th	Australia	6th	4th
05.	United Kingdom	5	7th
06th	Israel	4th	4th
07th	Japan	2	8th
08th.	Sweden	2	0
09.	Germany	1	1
10.	Switzerland	0	2
11.	Belgium	0	1
	China	0	1
	Italy	0	1
	Austria	0	1
	Poland	0	1
	South Korea	0	1

Web links

• Official site on itftennis.com (English)
• Results overview on itftennis.com