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

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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. 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

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.World Tennis Challenge order of play
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Players and teams

Champions

References

External links

* {{Tennis exhibition tournaments Hard court tennis tournaments Tennis tournaments in Australia Sport in Adelaide Exhibition tennis tournaments Tennis in South Australia Defunct tennis tournaments in Australia