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{{TennisEventInfo|2007|World Team Cup|
| date=20 May – 26 May
| edition=29th
| category=[[World Team Cup]]
| surface= [[Clay court|Clay]] / outdoor
| location=[[Düsseldorf]], [[Germany]]
| venue=Rochusclub
| champ={{flagicon|ARG}} [[Argentina]]
}}
The '''2007 ARAG World Team Cup''' was a [[tennis]] tournament play on [[Clay court|outdoor clay courts]]. It was the 29th edition of the [[World Team Cup]], and was part of the [[ATP World Tour 250 series|250 series]] of the [[2007 ATP Tour]]. It took place at the Rochusclub in [[Düsseldorf]], [[Germany]], from 20 May through 26 May 2007.

[[Croatia]] were the defending champions but they didn't participate in this edition.
[[Argentina]] defeated [[Czech Republic]] in the final, by two rubbers to one for their third title.<ref>{{cite web|title=ATP – 2007 World Team Championship|url=http://www.protennislive.com/posting/2007/615/mds.pdf|publisher=ATP|format=PDF}}</ref>

==Blue group==

===Standings===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=40|Pos.
!width=165|Country
!width=80|Points
!width=80|Matches
!width=80|Sets
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|1.
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagcountry|CZE}}
|'''3 – 0'''||7 – 2||15 – 5
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|2.
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagcountry|ESP}}
|'''2 – 1'''||6 – 3||13 – 7
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|3.
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagcountry|GER}}
|'''1 – 2'''||4 – 5||8 – 11
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|4.
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagcountry|BEL}}
|'''0 – 3'''||1 – 8||4 – 17
|}

===Germany vs. Belgium===
{{DavisCupBox3
|team1=Germany
|team2=Belgium
|venue=[[Düsseldorf]], [[Germany]]
|date=20 May 2007
|time=12:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+2)
|surface=clay
|score1=3
|score2=0
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Philipp Kohlschreiber]] |6 |1 |6  |T2P1=[[Olivier Rochus]] |3 |6 |1 }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Florian Mayer]] |6 |6 |  |T2P1=[[Kristof Vliegen]] |3 |4 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Michael Kohlmann]] |T1P2=[[Alexander Waske]] |7 |7 | |T2P1=[[Olivier Rochus]] |T2P2=[[Steve Darcis]] |6.04 |5 | }}
}}

===Czech Republic vs. Spain===
{{DavisCupBox3
|team1=Czech Republic
|team2=Spain
|venue=[[Düsseldorf]], [[Germany]]
|date=21 May 2007
|time=12:45 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+2)
|surface=clay
|score1=2
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Tomáš Berdych]] |1 |3 |  |T2P1=[[David Ferrer]] |6 |6 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Jan Hájek (tennis)|Jan Hájek]] |6 |6 |  |T2P1=[[Bartolomé Salvá-Vidal|Tomeu Salvà]] |2 |4 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Tomáš Berdych]] |T1P2=[[Martin Damm]] |5 |6 |10 |T2P1=[[David Ferrer]] |T2P2=[[Bartolomé Salvá-Vidal|Tomeu Salvà]] |7 |3 |8 }}
}}

===Germany vs. Spain===
{{DavisCupBox3
|team1=Germany
|team2=Spain
|venue=[[Düsseldorf]], [[Germany]]
|date=23 May 2007
|time=12:45 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+2)
|surface=clay
|score1=1
|score2=2
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Philipp Kohlschreiber]] |3 |5 |  |T2P1=[[David Ferrer]] |6 |7 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Florian Mayer]]  |4 |4 |  |T2P1=[[Nicolás Almagro]] |6 |6 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Michael Kohlmann]] |T1P2=[[Alexander Waske ]]|7 |6 | |T2P1=[[Nicolás Almagro]] |T2P2=[[Bartolomé Salvá-Vidal|Tomeu Salvà]] |6 |3 | }}
}}

===Belgium vs. Czech Republic===
{{DavisCupBox3
|team1=Belgium
|team2=Czech Republic
|venue=[[Düsseldorf]], [[Germany]]
|date=23 May 2007
|time=12:45 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+2)
|surface=clay
|score1=1
|score2=2
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Olivier Rochus]]  |3 |0 |  |T2P1=[[Tomáš Berdych]] |6 |6 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Kristof Vliegen]] |6 |4 |  |T2P1=[[Jan Hájek (tennis)|Jan Hájek]] |7 |6 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Steve Darcis]] |T1P2=[[Olivier Rochus]] |6 |3 |10 |T2P1=[[Tomáš Berdych]] |T2P2=[[Martin Damm]] |4 |6 |7 }}
}}

===Germany vs. Czech Republic===
{{DavisCupBox3
|team1=Germany
|team2=Czech Republic
|venue=[[Düsseldorf]], [[Germany]]
|date=25 May 2007
|time=12:45 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+2)
|surface=clay
|score1=0
|score2=3
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Philipp Kohlschreiber]] |3 |2 |  |T2P1=[[Tomáš Berdych]] |6 |6 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Florian Mayer]] |6.04 |2 |  |T2P1=[[Jan Hájek (tennis)|Jan Hájek]] |7 |6 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Benjamin Becker]] |T1P2=[[Michael Kohlmann]] |4 |4 | |T2P1=[[Tomáš Berdych]] |T2P2=[[Martin Damm]] |6 |6 | }}
}}

===Belgium vs. Spain===
{{DavisCupBox3
|team1=Belgium
|team2=Spain
|venue=[[Düsseldorf]], [[Germany]]
|date=25 May 2007
|time=12:45 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+2)
|surface=clay
|score1=0
|score2=3
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Olivier Rochus]] |3 |4 |  |T2P1=[[David Ferrer]] |6 |6 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Kristof Vliegen]] |2 |1 |  |T2P1=[[Nicolás Almagro]] |6 |6 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Steve Darcis]] |T1P2=[[Olivier Rochus]] |3 |6 |8 |T2P1=[[David Ferrer]] |T2P2=[[Bartolomé Salvá-Vidal|Tomeu Salvà]] |6 |3 |10 }}
}}

==Red group==

===Standings===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=40|Pos.
!width=165|Country
!width=80|Points
!width=80|Matches
!width=80|Sets
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|1.
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagcountry|ARG}}
|'''2 – 1'''||6 – 3||13 – 8
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|2.
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagcountry|CHI}}
|'''2 – 1'''||4 – 5||9 – 12 
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|3.
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagcountry|SWE}}
|'''1 – 2'''||4 – 5||12 – 11
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|4.
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagcountry|USA}}
|'''1 – 2'''||4 – 5||9 – 12

|}

===Argentina vs. Sweden===
{{DavisCupBox3
|team1=Argentina
|team2=Sweden
|venue=[[Düsseldorf]], [[Germany]]
|date=20 May 2007
|time=12:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+2)
|surface=clay
|score1=2
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Juan Ignacio Chela]] |1 |4 |  |T2P1=[[Robin Söderling]] |6 |6 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[José Acasuso]] |6.03 |7 |6  |T2P1=[[Jonas Björkman]] |7 |6.07 |4 }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Agustín Calleri]] |T1P2=[[Juan Ignacio Chela]] |6 |4 |10 |T2P1=[[Jonas Björkman]] |T2P2=[[Thomas Johansson]] |4 |6 |6 }}
}}

===United States vs. Chile===
{{DavisCupBox3
|team1=United States
|team2=Chile
|venue=[[Düsseldorf]], [[Germany]]
|date=21 May 2007
|time=12:45 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+2)
|surface=clay
|score1=1
|score2=2
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[James Blake (tennis)|James Blake]] |4 |5 |  |T2P1= [[Fernando González]] |6 |7 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Mardy Fish]] |4 |6.01 |  |T2P1=[[Nicolás Massú]] |6 |7 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Mike Bryan]] |T1P2=[[Bob Bryan]] |6 |6 | |T2P1=[[Jorge Aguilar]] |T2P2=[[Julio Peralta]] |1 |2 | }}
}}

===United States vs. Argentina===
{{DavisCupBox3
|team1=United States
|team2=Argentina
|venue=[[Düsseldorf]], [[Germany]]
|date=22 May 2007
|time=12:45 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+2)
|surface=clay
|score1=2
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[James Blake (tennis)|James Blake]] |2 |6 | 6 |T2P1=[[Agustín Calleri]] |6 |3 |4 }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Mardy Fish]] |5 |4 |  |T2P1=[[José Acasuso]] |7 |6 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Mike Bryan]] |T1P2=[[Bob Bryan]] |6 |6 | |T2P1=[[Agustín Calleri]] |T2P2=[[Juan Ignacio Chela]] |2 |1 | }}
}}

===Chile vs. Sweden===
{{DavisCupBox3
|team1=Chile
|team2=Sweden
|venue=[[Düsseldorf]], [[Germany]]
|date=22  & 23 May 2007
|time=12:45 & 11:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+2)
|surface=clay
|score1=2
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Nicolás Massú]] |7 |6 | 6 |T2P1= [[Jonas Björkman]] |5 |7 |0 }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Fernando González]] |4 |7 | 6 |T2P1=[[Robin Söderling]] |6 |5 |4 }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Fernando González]]  |T1P2=[[Nicolás Massú]]  |7 |3 |7 |T2P1=[[Jonas Björkman]] |T2P2=[[Thomas Johansson]] |5 |6 |10 }}
}}

===Sweden vs. United States===
{{DavisCupBox3
|team1=Sweden
|team2=United States
|venue=[[Düsseldorf]], [[Germany]]
|date=24 May 2007
|time=12:45 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+2)
|surface=clay
|score1=2
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Thomas Johansson]]  |6 |6 |  |T2P1=[[Mike Bryan]] |3 |3 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Robin Söderling]] |6 |6 |  |T2P1=[[James Blake (tennis)|James Blake]] |3 |3 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Thomas Johansson]] |T1P2=[[Robin Söderling]] |2 |1 | |T2P1=[[Bob Bryan]] |T2P2=[[Mike Bryan]] |6 |6 | }}
}}

===Argentina vs. Chile===
{{DavisCupBox3
|team1=Argentina
|team2=Chile
|venue=[[Düsseldorf]], [[Germany]]
|date=24 May 2007
|time=12:45 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+2)
|surface=clay
|score1=3
|score2=0
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Juan Ignacio Chela]]|6 |7|  |T2P1=[[Fernando González]]   |3 |5 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[José Acasuso]]  |6 |6 |  |T2P1=[[Nicolás Massú]]  |3|4 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Agustín Calleri]] |T1P2=[[Sebastián Prieto (tennis)|Sebastián Prieto]] |6 |7 | |T2P1=[[Jorge Aguilar]] |T2P2=[[Julio Peralta]] |4 |5 | }}
}}

==Final==

===Argentina vs. Czech Republic===
{{DavisCupBox3
|team1=Argentina
|team2=Czech Republic
|venue=[[Düsseldorf]], [[Germany]]
|date=26 May 2007
|time=11:45 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+2)
|surface=clay
|score1=2
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Juan Ignacio Chela]] |6 |3 |6.05 |T2P1=[[Tomáš Berdych]] |3 |6 |7 }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Agustín Calleri]] |6 |6 |  |T2P1=[[Jan Hájek (tennis)|Jan Hájek]] |3 |1 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[José Acasuso]] |T1P2=[[Agustín Calleri]] |2 |6 |10 |T2P1=[[Tomáš Berdych]] |T2P2=[[Martin Damm]] |6 |4 |4 }}
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{World Team Cup}}
{{2007 in tennis}}

[[Category:2007 ATP Tour|World Team Cup]]
[[Category:World Team Cup]]
[[Category:2007 in German tennis|ARAG World Team]]
[[Category:May 2007 sports events in Germany|ARAG World Team]]