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 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

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
Stepanek def. Simon 7-6, 6-0
Tomic def. Ginepri 7-6 6-4
Men's Singles
Leconte def. Bahrami 8-5
Cash def. McEnroe 8-6
Men's doubles
Stepanek/Bahrami def. Simon/Leconte 7-5
Ginepri & McEnroe def. Tomic & Cash 6-7
Results – Thursday 14 January
CURRENT PLAYERS

Bernard Tomic def. Gilles Simon 6-0, 6-7,

Radek Štěpánek def. Robby Ginepri 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
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 are based on the state colours of South Australia.

Players and teams

Champions