2020 ATP Cup
| 2020 ATP Cup | |
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| Date | 3 – 12 January |
| Edition | 1st |
| Category | ATP Cup |
| Draw | 24 teams |
| Prize money | $15,000,000 |
| Surface | Hard |
| Location | Sydney, Brisbane and Perth, Australia |
| Venue | Pat Rafter Arena Perth Arena Ken Rosewall Arena |
The 2020 ATP Cup will be a men's team tennis tournament held at three venues in Brisbane, Perth and Sydney. This is the first edition of the tournament and will be the first time that there has been an ATP team tournament since the last edition of the World Team Cup back in 2012.
Background
On 1 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.[1] 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 placed in Düsseldorf from 1978 to 2012.[2] 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.[3] Those cities would later be revealed to be Sydney, Brisbane[4] and Perth, with the Hopman Cup being axed due to the new tournament.[5]
Entries
In September 2019, the first 18 countries in the ATP Cup Standings qualified for the ATP Cup, based on the ATP Ranking of its No. 1 singles player on 9 September and their commitment to play the event. Host country Australia received a wild card. Switzerland was withdrawn as a qualifying country after Roger Federer withdrew from the event. The final six teams qualified in November, based on ATP Rankings at 11 November.[6][7][8]
Qualified in September 2019
Qualified in November 2019
Format
The 24 teams are divided into six groups of four teams each in a round-robin format. The six winners of each group and the two best second-placed finishers will qualify for the quarterfinals.[9]
Round Robin
The draw for the ATP Cup was revealed on 16 September 2019 with Brisbane getting Group A + F, Perth getting Group B + D while Sydney got the remaining two groups.[10] On 14 November, the final five qualifiers were placed in the draw, along with Bulgaria who replaced Switzerland after they withdrew from the competition.
Group A (Brisbane)
| Pos. | Country | Points | Matches | Sets | 
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| 1 | Serbia
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| 2 | France
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| 3 | South Africa
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| 4 | Chile
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Group B (Perth)
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| 1 | Spain
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| 2 | Japan
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| 3 | Georgia
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| 4 | Uruguay
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Group C (Sydney)
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| 1 | Belgium
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| 2 | Great Britain
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| 3 | Bulgaria
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| 4 | Moldova
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Group D (Perth)
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| 1 | Russia
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| 2 | Italy
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| 3 | United States
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| 4 | Norway
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Group E (Sydney)
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| 1 | Austria
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| 2 | Croatia
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| 3 | Argentina
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| 4 | Poland
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Group F (Brisbane)
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| 1 | Germany
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| 2 | Greece
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| 3 | Canada
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| 4 | Australia
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Knockout stage
The Final Eight will take place in the Ken Rosewall Arena in Sydney.
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 10 January 2020 | ||||||||||
| Winner Group A | ||||||||||
| 11 January 2020 | ||||||||||
| Second Runner-up | ||||||||||
| 9 January 2020 | ||||||||||
| Winner Group D | ||||||||||
| 12 January 2020 | ||||||||||
| Winner Group E | ||||||||||
| 9 January 2020 | ||||||||||
| Winner Group C | ||||||||||
| 11 January 2020 | ||||||||||
| Winner Group F | ||||||||||
| 10 January 2020 | ||||||||||
| Winner Group B | ||||||||||
| First Runner-up | ||||||||||
References
- ^ "Davis Cup: ITF plans to introduce 18-team World Cup of Tennis Finals in revamp". BBC. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ "ATP World Team Cup: New 24-team tournament to launch in 2020". BBC. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ "ATP Unveils 'ATP Cup' Team Event For 2020 Season". ATP World Tour. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ Barrett, Chris (7 January 2019). "Big guns to light up Sydney next year in new $22m ATP Cup finals". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ Weber, David (28 March 2019). "Hopman Cup axed from Perth in favour of men's-only ATP Cup tournament". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ "Top 18 Countries & World's Top 10 Commit To Play 2020 ATP Cup". ATP Tour. 13 September 2019.
- ^ "24-Country Field Set For Inaugural 2020 ATP Cup". ATP Tour. 13 November 2019.
- ^ "ATP Cup Standings". ATP Tour. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- ^ "ATP Cup FAQs". ATP Tour. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ "ATP Cup Groups & Schedule Announced". ATP Tour. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.