Founded 2009 Surface Hard court | Location AdelaideAustralia Draw RR 4 teams | |
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Website WorldTennisChallenge.com Venue Memorial Drive Park (2009–) | ||
Team cash vs team noah highlights world tennis challenge 2014
The World Tennis Challenge is 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 has 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.
Contents
- Team cash vs team noah highlights world tennis challenge 2014
- World tennis challenge day three preview world tennis challenge 2017
- 2010
- Schedule
- Results
- 2011
- Players and teams
- 2012
- 2017
- References
The event was first held in 2009 for an initial period of 3 years. 2
World tennis challenge day three preview world tennis challenge 2017
2010
Played between 12 and 14 January.
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.
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.