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
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Darren Cahill
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Mark Woodforde
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Woodforde was born in Adelaide, and joine ...
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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.
The event was first held in 2009 for an initial period of 3 years. 2
2009
Players and teams
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2010
Played between 12 and 14 January.
Players and teams
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
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
2011
Played between 11 and 13 January.
Players and teams
11 Jan
Australasia v Americas
Internationals v Europe
12 Jan
Australasia v Internationals
Americas v Europe
13 Jan
Australasia v Europe
Americas v Internationals
2012
Played between 10 and 12 January.
Players and teams
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
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
.World Tennis Challenge order of play
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Players and teams
Champions
References
External links
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