2021 ATP Cup explained

The 2021 ATP Cup was the second edition of the ATP Cup, an international outdoor hard court men's team tennis tournament held by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). It was held with 12 teams at Melbourne Park in Australia, from 2 to 7 February 2021.[1] [2]

It was originally supposed to take place with 24 teams in Brisbane, Perth and Sydney from 1 to 10 January 2021, but was changed due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

Following a case of COVID-19 in the tournament's quarantine hotel, all matches scheduled for 4 February have been suspended.[4]

Team Serbia was the defending champion, but got eliminated in the group stage. Team Russia won the tournament, defeating Italy 2–0 in the final.[5] [6]

ATP ranking points

width=80 rowspan=2 Type !width=80 rowspan=2 Player
ranked !		width=90 rowspan=2 Round !Points per win vs. opponent ranked
width=80 No. 1–10 !width=80 No. 11–20 !width=80 No. 21–30 !width=80 No. 31–50 !width=80 No. 51–100 !width=80 No. 101–250 !width=80 No. 251+
bgcolor=efefef rowspan=6 Singles bgcolor=efefef rowspan=3 No. 1–250bgcolor=thistle align=left Final 220 180 140 100 75 45 30
bgcolor=yellow align=left Semifinals 150 130 100 70 45 30 20
bgcolor=afeeee align=left Group stage 75 65 50 35 25 20 15
bgcolor=efefef rowspan=3 No. 251+bgcolor=thistle align=left Final 55 45 30
bgcolor=yellow align=left Semifinals 45 30 20
bgcolor=afeeee align=left Group stage 25 15 10
bgcolor=efefef rowspan=3 Doubles bgcolor=efefef rowspan=3 Anybgcolor=thistle align=left Final 100
bgcolor=yellow align=left Semifinals 75
bgcolor=afeeee align=left Group stage 50

Entries

11 countries qualified based on the ATP ranking of its highest-ranked singles player on 4 January 2021, and their commitment to play at the event. Host country Australia received a wild card.[8] [9] Switzerland withdrew after world number 5 Roger Federer was ruled unfit to compete at the event due to a knee injury.[10]

width=130Nationwidth=150No. 1 playerRankwidth=150No. 2 playerRankwidth=150No. 3 playerwidth=150No. 4 playerwidth=150Captain
1align=left align=left 1 align=left 26 align=left align=left align=left Viktor Troicki
2align=left align=left 2 align=left 13 align=left align=left align=left Pepe Vendrell
3align=left align=left 3 align=left 100 align=left align=left align=left Wolfgang Thiem
4align=left align=left 4 align=left 8 align=left align=left align=left Evgeny Donskoy
5align=left align=left 6 align=left 462 align=left align=left align=left Apostolos Tsitsipas
6align=left align=left 7 align=left 37 align=left align=left align=left Mischa Zverev
7align=left align=left 9 align=left 44 align=left align=left align=left Diego Schwartzman
8align=left align=left 10 align=left 17 align=left align=left align=left Vincenzo Santopadre
9align=left align=left 10 () align=left 57 align=left align=left align=left Max Mirnyi
10align=left align=left 11 align=left 28 align=left align=left align=left Richard Ruckelshausen
11align=left align=left 12 align=left 14 align=left align=left align=left Peter Polansky
12 align=left align=left 23 align=left 38 align=left align=left align=left Lleyton Hewitt

Group stage

The 12 teams were divided into four groups of three teams each in a round-robin format. The winners of each group will qualify for the semifinals.

Qualified for the knockout stage
Eliminated

Overview

T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets

GroupFirst placeSecond placeThird place
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Group A

width=40Pos.width=140Countrywidth=70Tieswidth=70Matcheswidth=70Setswidth=55S %width=70Games width=55G %
12–04–210–758.888–8750.3
21–13–38–753.380–7551.6
30–22–45–935.775–8148.1

Serbia vs. Germany

Group B

width=40Pos.width=140Countrywidth=70Tieswidth=70Matcheswidth=70Setswidth=55S %width=70Games width=55G %
11–14–28–372.763–5055.8
21–13–35–645.548–5347.5
31–12–45–935.760–6846.9

Spain vs. Greece

Note: By ATP Cup rules retired match is not counting into percentage of sets and games.

Group C

width=40Pos.width=140Countrywidth=70Tieswidth=70Matcheswidth=70Setswidth=55S %width=70Games width=55G %
12–04–28–466.761–4856.0
21–13–36–460.050–4652.1
30–22–42–820.037–5440.7

Austria vs. France

Note: By ATP Cup rules retired match is not counting into percentage of sets and games.

Group D

width=40Pos.width=140Countrywidth=70Tieswidth=70Matcheswidth=70Setswidth=55S %width=70Games width=55G %
12–04–29–469.268–4560.2
21–14–28–561.567–5654.5
30–21–53–1121.442–7635.6

Argentina vs. Japan

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Italy vs. Spain

Final

Russia vs. Italy

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ATP Announces Updated Start To 2021 Calendar. ATP Tour. 16 December 2020.
  2. News: Shortened ATP Cup coming after men's tour confirms Australian Open dates. The Age. 17 December 2020. Scott. Spits. 10 July 2022.
  3. Web site: ATP Cup 2021 Confirmed For February. ATP Cup. 19 December 2020. 21 December 2020. 20 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201220114114/https://www.atpcup.com/articles/event-news/atp-cup-2021-confirmed-february. dead.
  4. Web site: Play Suspended At Melbourne Park Thursday. ATP Tour. 3 February 2021.
  5. Web site: Marvellous Medvedev fires Russia to ATP Cup win. Reuters. 7 February 2021.
  6. Web site: Daniil Medvedev lifts Russia past Italy for ATP Cup title. 7 February 2021. ESPN. 9 February 2021.
  7. Web site: ATP Cup 2021 FAQ. ATP Tour. 4 January 2021.
  8. Web site: Djokovic, Nadal Lead Field For 2021 ATP Cup. ATP Tour. 4 January 2021.
  9. Web site: ATP Cup Standings. ATP Tour. 4 January 2021.
  10. Web site: Roger Federer will not be back before late February. Le 10 Sport. 29 December 2020.

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