World_Tennis_Challenge

World Tennis Challenge

World Tennis Challenge

Tennis tournament

The World Tennis Challenge was a three night professional exhibition tennis tournament held in the week before the Australian Open in Adelaide, South Australia as part of the Australian Open Series. The tournament was created by a consortium of past players including Jim Courier, Darren Cahill, Mark Woodforde and Roger Rasheed And Alistair (Macdonald)It had four teams of two players, a 'legend' and a current player and are paired into areas e.g. Americas or represent their countries. The current players play each other in a best of 3 match with a match tiebreaker for a 3rd set. The legends play a pro set, and the doubles if needed is a normal set with no a rules before a super tie break if needed.[1]

Quick Facts Tournament information, Founded ...

The event was first held in 2009 for an initial period of 3 years.[2] 2

2009

Players and teams

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2010

Played between 12 and 14 January.

Players and teams

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Schedule

Tuesday Night: Australia v Americas and International v Europe

Wednesday Night: Australia v International and Europe v Americas

Thursday Night: Australia v Europe and International v Americas [5]

Results

Results - Tuesday 12 Jan

Men's Singles (Current)

Stepanek def. Simon 7-6 (4), 6-0
Tomic def. Ginepri 7-6 (4) 6-4

Men's Singles (Legends)

Leconte def. Bahrami 8-5
Cash def. McEnroe 8-6

Men's doubles

Stepanek/Bahrami (International) def. Simon/Leconte (Europe) 7-5
Ginepri & McEnroe (Americas) def. Tomic & Cash (Australia) 6-7 (5)

Results – Thursday 14 January

CURRENT PLAYERS
Bernard Tomic (291) def. Gilles Simon (15) 6-0, 6-7 (4-7), (10-6)
Radek Štěpánek (13) def. Robby Ginepri (96) 6-4, 6-0

PAST PLAYERS
Pat Rafter def. John McEnroe 8-6
Pat Cash def. Henri Leconte 8-4

DOUBLES
Tomic/Cash def. Simon/ Leconte 7-6 (7-5)
McEnroe/Ginepri def. Stepanek/Rafter 6-3

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2011

Played between 11 and 13 January.

Players and teams

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[4] 11 Jan Australasia v Americas Internationals v Europe 12 Jan Australasia v Internationals Americas v Europe 13 Jan Australasia v Europe Americas v Internationals [9]

2012

Played between 10 and 12 January.

Players and teams

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2017

The 2017 World Tennis Challenge ran from the 10th until the 12th of January 2017 as part of the Australian Open Series. The team names (Red, Blue and Gold) are based on the state colours of South Australia.[10]

Players and teams

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Champions

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References

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    WTC World Tennis Challenge
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    World Tennis Challenge appoints IEC in Sports
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    World Tennis Challenge order of play
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