World Tennis Challenge

World Tennis Challenge
Tournament information
Founded 2009
Location Adelaide
Australia
Venue Memorial Drive Park (2009–present)
Surface Hard court
Draw RR 4 teams
Website WorldTennisChallenge.com

The World Tennis Challenge is a three night exhibition tournament held in the week before the Australian Open in Adelaide, South Australia as part of the Australian Open Series. The tournament was created by a consortium of past players including Jim Courier, Darren Cahill, Mark Woodforde and Roger Rasheed And Alistair (Macdonald)It has four teams of two players, a 'legend' and a current player and are paired into areas e.g. Americas or represent their countries. The current players play each other in a best of 3 match with a match tiebreaker for a 3rd set. The legends play a pro set, and the doubles if needed is a normal set with no a rules before a super tie break if needed.[1]

The event was first held in 2009 for an initial period of 3 years.[2] 2

2009

Players and teams

Team Pro Player Legend
 Australia Mark Philippoussis/Mark Verryth Pat Cash
 France Gaël Monfils/Fabrice Santoro Henri Leconte
 Sweden Joachim Johansson Mats Wilander/Mansour Bahrami
 United States Taylor Dent Jim Courier

[3] [4]

2010

Played between 12 and 14 January.

Players and teams

Team Pro Player Legend
 Australasia Bernard Tomic Pat Cash
European Union Europe Gilles Simon Henri Leconte
United Nations Internationals Radek Štěpánek Pat Rafter/Mansour Bahrami
United States Americas Robby Ginepri John McEnroe

Schedule

Tuesday Night: Australia v Americas and International v Europe

Wednesday Night: Australia v International and Europe v Americas

Thursday Night: Australia v Europe and International v Americas [5]

Results

Results - Tuesday 12 Jan

Men's Singles (Current)

Stepanek def. Simon 7-6 (4), 6-0
Tomic def. Ginepri 7-6 (4) 6-4

Men's Singles (Legends)

Leconte def. Bahrami 8-5
Cash def. McEnroe 8-6

Men's doubles

Stepanek/Bahrami (International) def. Simon/Leconte (Europe) 7-5
Ginepri & McEnroe (Americas) def. Tomic & Cash (Australia) 6-7 (5)

Results – Thursday 14 January

CURRENT PLAYERS
Bernard Tomic (291) def. Gilles Simon (15) 6-0, 6-7 (4-7), (10-6)
Radek Štěpánek (13) def. Robby Ginepri (96) 6-4, 6-0

PAST PLAYERS
Pat Rafter def. John McEnroe 8-6
Pat Cash def. Henri Leconte 8-4

DOUBLES
Tomic/Cash def. Simon/ Leconte 7-6 (7-5)
McEnroe/Ginepri def. Stepanek/Rafter 6-3

[6] [7]

2011

Played between 11 and 13 January.

Players and teams

Team Pro Player Legend
 Australasia Kei Nishikori Pat Cash
European Union Europe Michaël Llodra Henri Leconte
United Nations Internationals Ivan Ljubičić Ivan Lendl
United States Americas James Blake (replaced by Ryan Harrison)[8] John McEnroe

[4] 11 Jan Australasia v Americas Internationals v Europe 12 Jan Austrilasia v Internationals Americas v Europe 13 Jan Austrilasia v Europe Americas v Internationals [9]

2012

Played between 10 and 12 January.

Players and teams

Team Pro Player Legend
 Australasia Alexandr Dolgopolov Patrick Rafter
European Union Europe Michaël Llodra Henri Leconte
United Nations Internationals Stanislas Wawrinka Brad Gilbert/Mansour Bahrami
United States Americas Tommy Haas John McEnroe

Champions

Year Team
2009 United States Americas
2010  Australasia
2011 United States Americas
2012 United States Americas

References

  1. ↑ WTC World Tennis Challenge
  2. ↑ World Tennis Challenge appoints IEC in Sports
  3. ↑ WTC World Tennis Challenge
  4. 1 2 WTC World Tennis Challenge
  5. ↑ WTC World Tennis Challenge
  6. ↑ WTC World Tennis Challenge
  7. ↑ WTC World Tennis Challenge
  8. ↑ WTC World Tennis Challenge
  9. ↑ WTC World Tennis Challenge
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