World Tennis Challenge

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, Darren Cahill, Mark Woodforde 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.

World Tennis Challenge
Tournament information
Founded	2009
Abolished	2019
Location	Adelaide Australia
Venue	Memorial Drive Park (2009–2019)
Category	Exhibition
Surface	Hard court
Draw	RR 4 teams
Website	WorldTennisChallenge.com

The event was first held in 2009 for an initial period of 3 years. 2

2009

Players and teams

Team	Pro Player	Legend
Australia	Mark Philippoussis/Mark Verryth	Pat Cash
France	Gaël Monfils/Fabrice Santoro	Henri Leconte
Sweden	Joachim Johansson	Mats Wilander/Mansour Bahrami
United States	Taylor Dent	Jim Courier

2010

Played between 12 and 14 January.

Players and teams

Team	Pro Player	Legend
Australasia	Bernard Tomic	Pat Cash
Europe	Gilles Simon	Henri Leconte
Internationals	Radek Štěpánek	Pat Rafter/Mansour Bahrami
Americas	Robby Ginepri	John McEnroe

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

Team	Pro Player	Legend
Australasia	Kei Nishikori	Pat Cash
Europe	Michaël Llodra	Henri Leconte
Internationals	Ivan Ljubičić	Ivan Lendl
Americas	James Blake (replaced by Ryan Harrison)	John McEnroe

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

Team	Pro Player	Legend
Australasia	Alexandr Dolgopolov	Patrick Rafter
Europe	Michaël Llodra	Henri Leconte
Internationals	Stanislas Wawrinka	Brad Gilbert/Mansour Bahrami
Americas	Tommy Haas	John McEnroe

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.

Players and teams

Team	Men's Doubles	Men's Singles	Legend's Singles
Team Red	Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan	Sam Querrey	Fabrice Santoro
Team Blue	Daniel Nestor / Edouard Roger-Vasselin	Tomas Berdych	Goran Ivanisevic
Team Gold	John Peers / Henri Kontinen	Alexandr Dolgopolov	Mark Philippoussis

Champions

Year	Team
2009	Americas
2010	Australasia
2011	Americas
2012	Americas

External links

• Official website