2020 ATP Cup – Wikipedia

Tennis tournament

The 2020 ATP Cup was the first edition of the ATP Cup, an international outdoor hard court men’s team tennis tournament held by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Serving as the opener for the 2020 ATP Tour, it was the first ATP team tournament since the last edition of the World Team Cup in 2012. It was held on 3–12 January 2020 at three venues in the Australian cities of Brisbane, Perth, and Sydney.

Serbia won the tournament, defeating Spain 2–1 in the final.^[1]

Background[edit]

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 earlier.^[2] The tournament which at the time of the announcement had the name World Team Cup which was identical to the previous World Team Cup that took place in Düsseldorf from 1978 to 2012.^[3]

Four months later, on 15 November, 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.^[4] Those cities would later be revealed to be Sydney, Brisbane^[5] and Perth.

The Hopman Cup was axed to make way for the new tournament.^[6]

ATP ranking points[edit]

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.^[7]

Entries[edit]

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 withdrew after world number 3 rated Roger Federer withdrew from the event for personal reasons.^[8] The final six teams qualified in November, based on ATP rankings at 11 November.^[9][10][11]

  Qualified in September 2019   Qualified in November 2019

Replacement players[edit]

The 24 teams were divided into six groups of four teams each in a round-robin format. The six winners of each group and the two best runners-up would qualify for the quarter-finals. A country’s position within its group was determined by ties won, then matches won, and then sets and games won percentages unless two or more teams were tied, in which case a head-to-head win took precedence over matches won.^[7][16]

Group stage[edit]

The draw for the ATP Cup was revealed on 16 September 2019 with Brisbane getting Groups A and F, Perth getting Groups B and D, and Sydney getting Groups C and E.^[17]
On 14 November, the final five qualifiers were placed in the draw, along with Bulgaria, who were entered the competition after Switzerland withdrew after Roger Federer declined to participate due to logisitical and travel issues.^[18]

Overview[edit]

G = Group, T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets

Group A[edit]

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	S %	Games	G %
1	Serbia	3–0	7–2	15–6	71.4	114–92	55.3
2	South Africa	2–1	5–4	12–10	54.5	102–101	50.3
3	France	1–2	4–5	10–13	43.5	110–110	50.0
4	Chile	0–3	2–7	6–14	30.0	81–104	43.8

France vs. Chile[edit]

Serbia vs. South Africa[edit]

South Africa vs. Chile[edit]

Serbia vs. France[edit]

Serbia vs. Chile[edit]

France vs. South Africa[edit]

Group B[edit]

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	S %	Games	G %
1	Spain	3–0	9–0	18–2	90.0	108–56	65.9
2	Japan	2–1	5–4	11–9	55.0	99–80	55.3
3	Georgia	1–2	3–6	7–13	35.0	72–100	41.9
4	Uruguay	0–3	1–8	4–16	20.0	57–100	36.3

Japan vs. Uruguay[edit]

Spain vs. Georgia[edit]

Japan vs. Georgia[edit]

Spain vs. Uruguay[edit]

Spain vs. Japan[edit]

Georgia vs. Uruguay[edit]

Group C[edit]

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	S %	Games	G %
1	Great Britain	2–1	6–3	14–7	66.7	106–80	57.0
2	Belgium	2–1	6–3	12–10	54.5	103–97	51.5
3	Bulgaria	2–1	5–4	13–10	56.5	105–92	53.3
4	Moldova	0–3	1–8	4–16	20.0	71–116	38.0

Belgium vs. Moldova[edit]

Great Britain vs. Bulgaria[edit]

Bulgaria vs. Moldova[edit]

Belgium vs. Great Britain[edit]

Great Britain vs. Moldova[edit]

Belgium vs. Bulgaria[edit]

Group D[edit]

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	S %	Games	G %
1	Russia	3–0	8–1	16–4	80.0	111–75	59.7
2	Italy	2–1	5–4	11–9	55.0	94–94	50.0
3	Norway	1–2	3–6	6–14	30.0	80–106	43.0
4	United States	0–3	2–7	8–14	36.4	100–110	47.6

United States vs. Norway[edit]

Russia vs. Italy[edit]

Italy vs. Norway[edit]

Russia vs. United States[edit]

Russia vs. Norway[edit]

Italy vs. United States[edit]

Group E[edit]

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	S %	Games	G %
1	Argentina	2–1	5–4	12–10	54.5	100–91	52.4
2	Croatia	2–1	5–4	11–10	52.4	97–98	49.7
3	Poland	1–2	4–5	10–13	43.5	101–111	47.6
4	Austria	1–2	4–5	12–12	50.0	120–118	50.4

Argentina vs. Poland[edit]

Austria vs. Croatia[edit]

Croatia vs. Poland[edit]

Austria vs. Argentina[edit]

Austria vs. Poland[edit]

Croatia vs. Argentina[edit]

Group F[edit]

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	S %	Games	G %
1	Australia	3–0	9–0	18–5	78.3	132–101	56.7
2	Canada	2–1	5–4	12–8	60.0	99–87	53.2
3	Germany	1–2	3–6	7–13	35.0	83–98	45.9
4	Greece	0–3	1–8	5–16	23.8	86–114	43.0

Greece vs. Canada[edit]

Germany vs. Australia[edit]

Canada vs. Australia[edit]

Germany vs. Greece[edit]

Germany vs. Canada[edit]

Greece vs. Australia[edit]

Ranking of runner-up teams[edit]

Knockout stage[edit]

The knockout stage took place at the Ken Rosewall Arena in Sydney.

Bracket[edit]

Quarter-finals[edit]

Great Britain vs. Australia[edit]

Argentina vs. Russia[edit]

Serbia vs. Canada[edit]

Belgium vs. Spain[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

Serbia vs. Russia[edit]

Australia vs. Spain[edit]

Final[edit]

Serbia vs. Spain[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]