World Tennis Challenge

The World Tennis Challenge is a three night exhibition tournament held in the week before the Australian Open in Adelaide, South Australia. The tournament was created by a consortium of past players including Jim Courier, Darren Cahill, Mark Woodforde and Roger Rasheed. 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.^[1].

The event was first held in 2009 for an initial period of 3 years.^[2] 2011 dates are 11–13 January.

2009

Players and teams

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2010

Played between the 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 ^[5]

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

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2011

Played between the 11 and 13 January.

Players and teams

^[4] 11th Jan Australasia v Americas Internationals v Europe 12th Jan Austrilasia v Internationals Americas v Europe 13 Jan Austrilasia v Europe Americas v Internationals ^[9]

Champions

References