The 2022 ATP Cup was the third edition of the

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, an international outdoor

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men's

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tournament held by the

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(ATP). The tournament was part of the

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. Like in the previous year where it would be having an annual cross-travel between

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, but due to the uncertainties with the ongoing

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, it was held at the

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and the Sydney Super Dome in Sydney, from 1 to 9 January 2022 with 16 teams. Canada won the tournament, defeating Spain 2–0 in the final.

ATP ranking points

* Maximum 750 points for undefeated singles player, 250 points for doubles.

Entries

Fifteen countries qualified for the ATP Cup, based on the ATP ranking of its No. 1 singles player at the entry deadline on 2 December 2021. Host country Australia received a wild card.
In November, Switzerland withdrew after world number 16

Roger Federer Roger Federer (; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Weeks at No. 1, world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 310 weeks, in ...

withdrew from the event due to recovery from a knee injury. On 1 December, Spanish world number 6

Rafael Nadal Rafael Nadal Parera (, ; born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He is currently ranked world No. 2 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has been ranked List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis ...

also withdrew, but Spain qualified with their next best singles player. Austria initially qualified with world number 15

Dominic Thiem Dominic Thiem (; born 3 September 1993) is an Austrian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 3 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, which he first achieved in March 2020. He is the second-highest r ...

. However, with Thiem's withdrawal and

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's inability to travel to Australia on 29 December, the team were withdrawn from the competition, as the ATP Cup rules state at least one player from each country has to be ranked inside the top-250 and their next three players did not have this ranking. Austria were replaced with France. Serbian world number 1

Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic ( sr-Cyrl, Новак Ђоковић, translit=Novak Đoković, ; born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 1 for a record total 373 weeks, and has finished as the year-end No. 1 ...

withdrew on 29 December 2021, but Serbia remained at the ATP Cup because of their next best ranked player

Dušan Lajović Dušan Lajović ( sr-cyrl, Душан Лајовић; born 30 June 1990) is a Serbian professional tennis player. Lajović has won one singles and two doubles titles on the ATP Tour. On 29 April 2019, Lajović reached his career-high singles rank ...

met the entry criteria. Russia were to be represented by

Andrey Rublev Andrey Andreyevich Rublev (russian: Андрей Андреевич Рублёв; born 20 October 1997) is a Russian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 5 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (AT ...

and

Aslan Karatsev Aslan Kazbekovich Karatsev (russian: Аслан Казбекович Карацев, os, Хъарацаты Хъазыбеджы фырт Аслан; born 4 September 1993) is a Russian-Israeli professional tennis player. He reached a career-hi ...

, both of whom withdrew on 29 December 2021. *

Group stage

The 16 teams were divided into four groups of four teams each in a round-robin format. The winners of each group will qualify for the

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Overview

G = Group, T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets * Two-way ties between teams in Group C broken by head-to-head records

Group A

Chile vs. Spain

Serbia vs. Norway

Norway vs. Spain

Serbia vs. Chile

Norway vs. Chile

Serbia vs. Spain

Group B

Russia vs. France

Italy vs Australia

Italy vs. France

Russia vs Australia

Russia vs. Italy

Australia vs. France

Group C

* Two-way ties between teams broken by head-to-head records.

Canada vs. United States

Germany vs. Great Britain

Germany vs. United States

Canada vs. Great Britain

Great Britain vs. United States

Germany vs. Canada

Group D

Argentina vs. Georgia

Greece vs. Poland

Poland vs. Georgia

Greece vs. Argentina

Poland vs. Argentina

Greece vs. Georgia

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semifinals

Spain vs. Poland

Canada vs. Russia

Final

Spain vs. Canada

References

External links

Official websiteDraw
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