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Tennis tournament

World Tennis Challenge

Defunct tennis tournament
Founded| 2009
Abolished| 2019
Location| Adelaide
Australia
Venue| Memorial Drive Park (2009–2019)
Category| Exhibition
Surface| Hard court
Draw| RR 4 teams
Website| WorldTennisChallenge.com

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]

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

## 2009

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### Players and teams

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Team  | Pro Player  | Legend

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Australia | Mark Philippoussis/Mark Verryth | Pat Cash
France | Gaël Monfils/Fabrice Santoro | Henri Leconte
Sweden | Joachim Johansson | Mats Wilander/Mansour Bahrami
United States | Taylor Dent | Jim Courier

[3] [4]

## 2010

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Played between 12 and 14 January.

### Players and teams

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Team  | Pro Player  | Legend

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Australasia | Bernard Tomic | Pat Cash
Europe  | Gilles Simon | Henri Leconte
Internationals  | Radek Štěpánek | Pat Rafter/Mansour Bahrami
Americas  | Robby Ginepri | John McEnroe

### Schedule

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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

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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

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Played between 11 and 13 January.

### Players and teams

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Team  | Pro Player  | Legend

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Australasia | Kei Nishikori | Pat Cash
Europe  | Michaël Llodra | Henri Leconte
Internationals  | Ivan Ljubičić | Ivan Lendl
Americas  | James Blake (replaced by Ryan Harrison)[8] | John McEnroe

[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

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Played between 10 and 12 January.

### Players and teams

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Team  | Pro Player  | Legend

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Australasia | Alexandr Dolgopolov | Patrick Rafter
Europe  | Michaël Llodra | Henri Leconte
Internationals  | Stanislas Wawrinka | Brad Gilbert/Mansour Bahrami
Americas  | Tommy Haas | John McEnroe

## 2017

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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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Team  | Men's Doubles  | Men's Singles  | Legend's Singles

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Team Red  |  Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan |  Sam Querrey |  Fabrice Santoro
Team Blue  |  Daniel Nestor /  Edouard Roger-Vasselin |  Tomas Berdych |  Goran Ivanisevic
Team Gold  |  John Peers /  Henri Kontinen |  Alexandr Dolgopolov |  Mark Philippoussis

## Champions

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Year  | Team

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2009  |  Americas
2010  |  Australasia
2011  |  Americas
2012  |  Americas

## References

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1. ^ WTC World Tennis Challenge
2. ^ World Tennis Challenge appoints IEC in Sports
3. ^ WTC World Tennis Challenge
4. ^ a b WTC World Tennis Challenge
5. ^ WTC World Tennis Challenge
6. ^ WTC World Tennis Challenge
7. ^ WTC World Tennis Challenge
8. ^ WTC World Tennis Challenge
9. ^ WTC World Tennis Challenge
10. ^ World Tennis Challenge order of play

## External links

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* Official website

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* Torneo Tenis Playa (1971–1985, 1995–2013, from 2022)
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Past|

* 1973, 1985, 1992, 1998: Battle of the Sexes
* 1981–1989: Challenge of Champions
* Hamlet Challenge Cup
* 1982–1991: ECC Antwerp
* 1988–1989: Eurocard Open
* 1999–2011: Hong Kong Tennis Classic
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* 2007: Turbo Tennis
* 2008–2009: Masters France
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* 2009–2014: Diamond Games
* 2009–2017: BNP Paribas Showdown
* 2009–2019: World Tennis Challenge
* 2010: Hit for Haiti (Australian Open)
* 2010–2018: Match for Africa
* 2011: Rally for Relief
* 2011: Bratislava Tennis Exhibition
* 2011: Li Na & Friends
* 2011: Singapore Women's Tennis Exhibition
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