Mens Tennis: ARAG ATP World Team Championship

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The World Team Cup is the international team championship of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The tournament has been contested annually since 1978 and is generally considered to be second most prestigious men's team competition in tennis 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.

The event's main sponsor is the ARAG Insurance Group, and its present sponsored name is the "ARAG World Team Cup".

 

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Past Winners

2009 Serbia
2008 Sweden
2007 Argentina
2006 Croatia
2005 Germany
2004 Chile
2003 Chile
2002 Argentina
2001 Australia
2000 Slovakia
1999 Australia
1998 Germany
1997 Spain
1996 Switzerland
1995 Sweden
1994 Germany
1993 United States
1992 Spain
1991 Sweden
1990 Yugoslavia
1989 West Germany
1988 Sweden
1987 Czechoslovakia
1986 France
1985 United States
1984 United States
1983 Spain
1982 United States
1981 Czechoslovakia
1980 Argentina
1979 Australia
1978 Spain

 

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Kohlschreiber boosts Germany hopes

Philipp Kohlschreiber handed Germany a boost after their defeat to France with victory in the first rubber of their meeting with Argentina in the ARAG ATP World Team Championship.

Expectation is high in Germany that the hosts can do well in Dussseldorf and Kohlschreiber handed them some momentum with a 6-3 6-4 win over Horacio Zeballos.

"I am really happy that I got this victory," Kohlschreiber said. "My opponent made it difficult for me, so I'm really relieved."

http://www.espn.co.uk/tennis/sport/story/23308.html

 

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Americans split with Australians

Sam Querrey beat Peter Luczak to give the United States an early lead over Australia on the first day of play at the ATP World Team Championship, but Lleyton Hewitt topped John Isner to give the Aussies a split of the opening round-robin matchup.

Querrey rallied for a 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 triumph to give the U.S. the first point of the day, but Hewitt posted a 6-2, 6-4 triumph for Australia in Red Group action.



Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/16/1632342/americans-split-with-australia.html#ixzz0oKcR6O8P

 

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Doubles joy for United States

The United States shook off the absence of the Bryan brothers to beat Australia 2-1 at the ARAG ATP World Team Championship.

 

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Isner injured as U.S. ties Spain at Worlds

U.S. aces leader John Isner pulled out of the ATP World Team Championship with an arm injury Tuesday, and his replacement lost a match to the Spanish team.

Isner, instrumental in the U.S. victory over Australia in the first round of the round-robin event in Dusseldorf, Germany, was replaced on the American squad by former top-20 performer Robby Ginepri -- who was outlasted by Spaniard Nicolas Almagro 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (7-4) in second-round Red Group play.

 

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Doubles does it for United States

France, Argentina, the United States and the Czech Republic all completed victories in their opening group games of the ARAG ATP World Team Championship in Dusseldorf on Monday.

The doubles pairing of John Isner and Sam Querrey saw the USA past Australia after the two teams had been locked at 1-1 following Sunday's singles matches.

 

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Defending champions Serbia slip to second defeat

2009 ARAG ATP World Team Championship winners Serbia saw their chances of retaining their title wiped away as they slipped to their second straight defeat against France.

With the two country's Red Group fixture deadlocked at 1-1, Serbia began the day knowing they had to win the remaining doubles match to stay in with a chance of defending their crown. That chance looked alive when Viktor Troicki and Nenad Zimonjic, who helped Serbia lift the trophy last year, broke Jeremy Chardy and Nicolas Mahut twice in the opening set. The French pair replied each time though and, after winning the first set on a tiebreak, eased to a 7-6(4) 6-2 win.

 

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US Takes lead

Sam Querrey gave the United States a 1-0 lead over the Czech Republic in the Red Group decider Thursday at the ATP World Team Championship.

The hot Querrey beat Czech Jan Hajek, 6-3, 7-5, in 83 minutes on Day 5.



Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/20/1639588/us-takes-lead-against-czechs-at.html#ixzz0oY6h22mN

 

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Argentina tops U.S. for World Team title

Horacio Zeballos outlasted American Robby Ginepri in three sets to give Argentina the title at the ATP World Team Championship.

Zeballos earned a 6-4, 6-7 (7-9), 7-5 victory in the second of Saturday's singles matches to give Argentina an insurmountable 2-0 edge in the best-of- three series. Juan Monaco picked up the first point of the day for the Argentines with a 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 win over American Sam Querrey.



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