ATP Cup

ATP Cup
2020 ATP Cup
Tournament information
Founded	2020 (2020)
Location	Brisbane, Perth, and Sydney, Australia
Venue	Pat Rafter Arena Perth Arena Ken Rosewall Arena
Surface	Hardcourt
Draw	24 teams
Prize money	$15,000,000
Website	ATPCup.com

The ATP Cup is an international outdoor hard court men's tennis tournament between competing nations, which premiered in January 2020. The tournament is played across three Australian cities over ten days in the lead up to the Australian Open and features teams from 24 countries.

The event sees the return of an ATP team competition into the calendar for the first time since the ATP World Team Cup, which was held in Düsseldorf from 1978 to 2012. The inaugural tournament is currently taking place between 3 and 12 January 2020, being played in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth. Sydney will host the finals of the competition for the first three events between 2020 and 2022.

History

On 2 July 2018, ATP director, Chris Kermode announced that he had plans to organize a men's team tennis tournament which came after the Davis Cup changed their format six months prior to the announcement. The tournament which at the time of the announcement had the name World Team Cup which was similar to the previous World Team Cup that took place in Düsseldorf from 1978 to 2012. Four months later, on November 15, the ATP with Tennis Australia announced that the tournament was renamed to the ATP Cup with twenty four teams playing at three cities in preparation for the Australian Open. Those cities would later be revealed to be Sydney, Brisbane and Perth with the Hopman Cup being axed due to the new tournament.

Qualification

The teams that participate in the Cup are determined by the singles ranking of their best player. On the week after the US Open, 18 teams are announced, based on the best player singles ranking. For a country to qualify, it must have at least three players with ATP ranking, and two of them with singles ranking. The next six teams are announced the week of the ATP Finals. If the host does not qualify on the first deadline of September, it will be awarded a wild card, leaving only five spots for the November deadline.

Tournament

The format saw 24 teams divided into six groups of four teams each. The teams will face in ties composed of two singles match and one doubles match. The match between the No. 2 of each team will open the tie, then the No.1 of each team, and the doubles match closing the tie. The doubles match will be played regardless whether the tie is decided or not. The winner from each group will be joined by the two best second places in the quarterfinals of the tournament for three knock-out rounds until a champion team is crowned.

Finals

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2020

Results by nation

Country	2020
	Rnd	W–L
Argentina	QF	2–2
Australia	SF	4–0
Austria	RR	1–2
Belgium	QF	2–1
Bulgaria	RR	2–1
Canada	QF	2–2
Chile	RR	0–3
Croatia	RR	2–1
France	RR	1–2
Georgia	RR	1–2
Germany	RR	1–2
Great Britain	QF	2–2
Greece	RR	0–3
Italy	RR	2–1
Japan	RR	2–1
Moldova	RR	0–3
Norway	RR	1–2
Poland	RR	1–2
Russia	SF	4–0
Serbia	SF	4–0
South Africa	RR	2–1
Spain	QF	3–0
United States	RR	0–3
Uruguay	RR	0–3

ATP ranking points

Type	Player ranked	Round	Points per win vs. opponent ranked
			No. 1–10	No. 11–20	No. 21–30	No. 31–50	No. 51–100	No. 101+
Singles	No. 1–300	Final	250	200	150	105	75	50
		Semi-finals	180	140	105	75	50	35
		Quarter-finals	120	100	75	50	35	25
		Group stage	75	65	50	35	25	20
	No. 301+	Final	85					55
		Semi-finals	55					35
		Quarter-finals	35					25
		Group stage	25					15
Doubles	Any	Final	80
		Semi-finals	75
		Quarter-finals	55
		Group stage	40

• Maximum 750 points for undefeated singles player, 250 points for doubles.

External links

• Official website