- World Team Cup
Infobox ATP Tennis Tournament
Name = ARAG ATP World Team Championship
Current =
Logo_size = 100px
City =Düsseldorf
Country = GER
Category = World Team Cup
Surface = Clay / Outdoors
Draw = 8 teams (round-robin)
Prize_Money = US$1,764,700
Web_site = [http://www.arag-world-team-cup.de/1/en/ arag-world-team-cup.de]
Notes =The ARAG ATP World Team Championship is the international team championship of the
Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The tournament has been contested annually since1978 and is considered to be second most prestigious men's team competition intennis after theDavis Cup .Every year, the eight nations whose top two male players have achieved the highest combined placings in the men's world rankings at the end of the previous year are invited to compete for the cup.
The competition is played on
clay court s inDüsseldorf ,Germany . The event is generally regarded as the sports highlight of the social scene in the Düsseldorf area. It attracts around 75,000 visitors every year and is televised to over 160 countries.Past Results
Titles by country
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Spain ,Sweden ,United States : 4
*Argentina ,Australia ,Germany : 3
*Chile ,Czechoslovakia : 2
*Croatia ,France ,Slovakia ,Switzerland ,West Germany ,Yugoslavia : 1Runners-up by country
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Australia : 6
*Czech Republic : 5
*Russia :4
*United States : 3
*Argentina ,Czechoslovakia ,Germany ,Italy ,Sweden : 2
*Croatia ,Spain ,Yugoslavia : 1ee also
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Davis Cup
*Fed Cup
*Hopman Cup External links
* [http://www.arag-world-team-cup.com/en/ World Team Cup official website]
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