ARAG ATP World Team Championship 2010
First held in 1978, the ARAG ATP World Team Championship is a prestigious competition between nations hosted at Düsseldorf’s Rochusclub. The first seven countries with the lowest aggregate South African Airways ATP Ranking position of their top two players on November 17, 2008 qualified for this year’s championship, while one wild card team will also compete in the tournament.
Location: DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY
Dates: SUNDAY 16 MAY–SATURDAY 22 MAY 2010
Prize Money: €750,000 (Total Financial Commitment €1,075,000)
8 TEAM ROUND ROBIN
Site: ROCHUSCLUB, ROLANDER WEG 15, 40629 DÜSSELDORF
Surface: Clay
Balls: Dunlop - Roland Garros
Web Site: arag-world-team-cup.com
Main draw: Friday, May 14, 11:30 a.m. (tbc)
ATP Ranking Points
Singles 1
1st R: +35
2nd R: +35
3rd R: +35
*Finals: +95
**Bonus Points: +50
Singles 2
1st R: +25
2nd R: +25
3rd R: +25
*Finals: +50
**Bonus Points: +50
Doubles Deciding Match
1st R: +35
2nd R: +35
3rd R: +35
*Finals: +95
**Bonus Points: +50
Doubles Dead Rubber
1st R: +10
2nd R: +10
3rd R: +10
*Finals: +20
**Bonus Points: 0
* Player who only play the finals will be awarded points from the previous round
** Players must win all 4 matches and be part of the winning team in order to earn the Bonus Points
Entry List:
Czech Republic
Tomas Berdych
OUT Radek Stepanek
Jan Hajek
IN Lukas Dlouhy
USA
John Isner
Sam Querrey
Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
France
Jeremy Chardy
Paul-Henri Mathieu
Nicolas Mahut
Germany
Philipp Kohlschreiber
Florian Mayer
Andreas Beck
Christopher Kas
Serbia
Viktor Troicki
Janko Tipsarevic
Nenad Zimonjic
Argentina
Juan Monaco
Horacio Zeballos
Eduardo Schwank
IN David Nalbandian
Spain
Nicolas Almagro
Daniel Gimeno-Traver
Marc Lopez
Australia
Lleyton Hewitt
Peter Luczak
Paul Hanley