2009 ARAG World Team Cup

2009 World Team Cup
Date	17 May – 23 May
Edition	31st
Category	World Team Cup
Surface	Clay / outdoor
Location	Düsseldorf, Germany
Venue	Rochusclub
Champions
Serbia

The 2009 ARAG World Team Cup was a tennis tournament play on outdoor clay courts. It was the 31st edition of the World Team Cup and was part of the 250 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Rochusclub in Düsseldorf, Germany, from 17 May through 23 May 2009.

Sweden was the defending champions, but they failed to advance beyond the group stage.^[1] Serbia defeated Germany in the final, by two rubbers to one for their first title.

Squads

Blue group

Argentina Juan Martín del Potro (# 5) Máximo González (# 77) Juan Mónaco (# 52)

Italy Simone Bolelli (# 59) Francesco Piccari (# 406) Andreas Seppi (# 54)

Russia Igor Andreev (# 27) Evgeny Korolev (# 102) Dmitry Tursunov (# 23) Stanislav Vovk (# 1137)

Serbia Janko Tipsarević (# 72) Viktor Troicki (# 37) Nenad Zimonjić (# 1 Doubles)

Red group

France Jérémy Chardy (# 39) Gilles Simon (# 15) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (# 10)

Germany Nicolas Kiefer (# 113) Philipp Kohlschreiber (# 27) Rainer Schüttler (# 29) Mischa Zverev (# 53)

Sweden Robert Lindstedt (# 16 Doubles) Robin Söderling (# 9) Andreas Vinciguerra (# 657)

United States Mardy Fish (# 57) Robby Ginepri (# 102) Sam Querrey (# 25)

Round robin

Blue group

Standings

Pos.	Country	Points	Matches	Sets
1.	Serbia	3-0	7-2	14-5
2.	Argentina	2-1	7-2	13-5
3.	Italy	1-2	3-6	6-13
4.	Russia	0-3	1-8	4-14

Russia vs. Italy

Russia 1	Düsseldorf, Germany 17–18 May 2009 clay		Italy 2
1 2 3 1 Evgeny Korolev Andreas Seppi 6 4 6 4     2 Stanislav Vovk Simone Bolelli 6^1 7^7 2 6     3 Evgeny Korolev / Stanislav Vovk Simone Bolelli / Andreas Seppi 7^7 6^4 3 6 4 10

Argentina vs. Serbia

Argentina 1	Düsseldorf, Germany 17–18 May 2009 clay		Serbia 2
1 2 3 1 Máximo González Viktor Troicki 4 6 1 6     2 Juan Mónaco Janko Tipsarević 6 4 7^10 6^8     3 Juan Martín del Potro / Juan Mónaco Nenad Zimonjić / Viktor Troicki 6 4 6^4 7 8 10

Russia vs. Serbia

Russia 0	Düsseldorf, Germany 19–20 May 2009 clay		Serbia 3
1 2 3 1 Stanislav Vovk Janko Tipsarević 2 6 4 6     2 Evgeny Korolev Viktor Troicki 2 6 2 6     3 Evgeny Korolev / Stanislav Vovk Nenad Zimonjić / Viktor Troicki 1 6 1 6

Argentina vs. Italy

Argentina 3	Düsseldorf, Germany 19–20 May 2009 clay		Italy 0
1 2 3 1 Juan Martín del Potro Andreas Seppi 6 3 6 4     2 Máximo González Simone Bolelli 6 3 5 7 6 4   3 Máximo González / Juan Martín del Potro Francesco Piccari / Andreas Seppi 6 2 6 3

Argentina vs. Russia

Argentina 3	Düsseldorf, Germany 21–22 May 2009 clay		Russia 0
1 2 3 1 Juan Martín del Potro Igor Andreev 6 3 7^7 6^4     2 Máximo González Evgeny Korolev 6 3 3 6 6 3   3 Máximo González / Juan Martín del Potro Evgeny Korolev / Dmitry Tursunov 2 2       retired

Serbia vs. Italy

Serbia 2	Düsseldorf, Germany 21–22 May 2009 clay		Italy 1
1 2 3 1 Viktor Troicki Andreas Seppi 1 6 4 6     2 Janko Tipsarević Francesco Piccari 6 2 6 3     3 Nenad Zimonjić / Viktor Troicki Francesco Piccari / Andreas Seppi 6 0 7^7 6^5

Red group

Standings

Pos.	Country	Points	Matches	Sets
1.	Germany	3-0	7-2	15-8
2.	Sweden	2-1	5-4	13-10
3.	United States	1-2	4-5	11-13
4.	France	0-3	2-7	8-16

Germany vs. USA

Germany 2	Düsseldorf, Germany 17–18 May 2009 clay		United States 1
1 2 3 1 Rainer Schüttler Sam Querrey 6 2 4 6 2 6   2 Philipp Kohlschreiber Robby Ginepri 6^5 7^7 7^7 6^4 6 0   3 Nicolas Kiefer / Mischa Zverev Mardy Fish / Sam Querrey 4 6 6 4 10 1

France vs. Sweden

France 1	Düsseldorf, Germany 17–18 May 2009 clay		Sweden 2
1 2 3 1 Gilles Simon Robin Söderling 6 4 2 6 0 6   2 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Andreas Vinciguerra 4 6 6 3 6 4   3 Jérémy Chardy / Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Robert Lindstedt / Robin Söderling 2 6 6 3 7 10

Germany vs. France

Germany 3	Düsseldorf, Germany 19–20 May 2009 clay		France 0
1 2 3 1 Rainer Schüttler Gilles Simon 6 4 6 4     2 Philipp Kohlschreiber Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6^2 7^7 6 3 6 3   3 Nicolas Kiefer / Mischa Zverev Jérémy Chardy / Gilles Simon 6 0 6 4

USA vs. Sweden

United States 1	Düsseldorf, Germany 19–20 May 2009 clay		Sweden 2
1 2 3 1 Sam Querrey Robin Söderling 2 6 2 6     2 Robby Ginepri Andreas Vinciguerra 5 7 4 6     3 Mardy Fish / Sam Querrey Robert Lindstedt / Robin Söderling 2 6 6 2 10 3

France vs. USA

France 1	Düsseldorf, Germany 21 May 2009 clay		United States 2
1 2 3 1 Gilles Simon Sam Querrey 5 7 3 6     2 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Robby Ginepri 3 6 6 2 6 4   3 Jérémy Chardy / Gilles Simon Mardy Fish / Sam Querrey 6 2 4 6 7 10

Sweden vs. Germany

Sweden 1	Düsseldorf, Germany 21–22 May 2009 clay		Germany 2
1 2 3 1 Robin Söderling Rainer Schüttler 6 0 6 0     2 Andreas Vinciguerra Philipp Kohlschreiber 1 6 2 6     3 Robert Lindstedt / Robin Söderling Nicolas Kiefer / Mischa Zverev 6^4 7^7 6 4 11 13

Final

Serbia vs. Germany

Serbia 2	Düsseldorf, Germany 23 May 2009 clay		Germany 1
1 2 3 1 Viktor Troicki Rainer Schüttler 6 4 7^7 6^5     2 Janko Tipsarević Philipp Kohlschreiber 6 2 6 4     3 Nenad Zimonjić / Viktor Troicki Nicolas Kiefer / Mischa Zverev 5 7 6 4 7 10

References

1. "ATP – 2009 World Team Championship" (PDF). ATP.

External links

• Official site
• Teams squads