Post by Helene on Jan 8, 2012 8:50:56 GMT -8
World Tennis Challenge Event Draw
The draw for the World Tennis Challenge to be held at Memorial Drive in Adelaide, South Australia is as follows below.
Two courts are used simultaneously each night with all teams playing each other once over the three nights. Three games take place on each court – 2 singles matches (currents vs currents; legends vs legends) and 1 doubles match.
Gates open 4pm, play commences 6.30pm
Tuesday 10 Jan: Europe v Australasia
Match 1: Michael Llodra v Alexandr Dolgopolov
Match 2: Henri Leconte v Pat Rafter
Match 3: Llodra / Leconte v Dolgopolov / Rafter
Americas v Internationals
Match 1: Tommy Haas v Stan Wawrinka
Match 2: John McEnroe v Brad Gilbert
Match 3 Haas / McEnroe v Wawrinka / Gilbert
Key match-ups: Haas v Warwinka
Wildcard: Mansour Bahrami
Wednesday 11 Jan: Americas v Europe
Match 1: Tommy Haas v Michael Llodra
Match 2: John McEnroe v Henri Leconte
Match 3: Haas / McEnroe v Llodra / Leconte
Australasia v Internationals
Match 1: Alexandr Dolgopolov v Stan Wawrinka
Match 2: Pat Rafter v Brad Gilbert
Match 3 Dolgopolov / Rafter v Wawrinka / Gilbert
Key Match-ups: Dolgopolov v Warwinka
Wildcard: Mansour Bahrami
Thursday 12 Jan: Americas v Australasia
Match 1: Tommy Haas v Alexandr Dolgopolov
Match 2: John McEnroe v Pat Rafter
Match 3: Haas / McEnroe v Dolgopolov / Rafter
Europe v Internationals
Match 1: Michael Llodra v Stan Wawrinka
Match 2: Henri Leconte v Brad Gilbert
Match 3 Llodra / Leconte v Wawrinka / Gilbert
Key Match-ups: McEnroe v Rafter
Wildcard: Mansour Bahrami
Match Formats
1st Match: Two current players compete in a best of two sets singles, with a super tiebreak for the third set if required.
2nd Match: Two past players compete in a pro-set. First to 8 games, tiebreak at 7 games all.
3rd Match: Doubles match between the two pairs (current and past player) in a one set doubles shootout with a super tiebreak if required. There will be no-advantage scoring in the doubles.
Team Scoring - 1 point is allocated to a team for each match won by its member/ members.
Defending champion from 2011 is Team America
The draw for the World Tennis Challenge to be held at Memorial Drive in Adelaide, South Australia is as follows below.
Two courts are used simultaneously each night with all teams playing each other once over the three nights. Three games take place on each court – 2 singles matches (currents vs currents; legends vs legends) and 1 doubles match.
Gates open 4pm, play commences 6.30pm
Tuesday 10 Jan: Europe v Australasia
Match 1: Michael Llodra v Alexandr Dolgopolov
Match 2: Henri Leconte v Pat Rafter
Match 3: Llodra / Leconte v Dolgopolov / Rafter
Americas v Internationals
Match 1: Tommy Haas v Stan Wawrinka
Match 2: John McEnroe v Brad Gilbert
Match 3 Haas / McEnroe v Wawrinka / Gilbert
Key match-ups: Haas v Warwinka
Wildcard: Mansour Bahrami
Wednesday 11 Jan: Americas v Europe
Match 1: Tommy Haas v Michael Llodra
Match 2: John McEnroe v Henri Leconte
Match 3: Haas / McEnroe v Llodra / Leconte
Australasia v Internationals
Match 1: Alexandr Dolgopolov v Stan Wawrinka
Match 2: Pat Rafter v Brad Gilbert
Match 3 Dolgopolov / Rafter v Wawrinka / Gilbert
Key Match-ups: Dolgopolov v Warwinka
Wildcard: Mansour Bahrami
Thursday 12 Jan: Americas v Australasia
Match 1: Tommy Haas v Alexandr Dolgopolov
Match 2: John McEnroe v Pat Rafter
Match 3: Haas / McEnroe v Dolgopolov / Rafter
Europe v Internationals
Match 1: Michael Llodra v Stan Wawrinka
Match 2: Henri Leconte v Brad Gilbert
Match 3 Llodra / Leconte v Wawrinka / Gilbert
Key Match-ups: McEnroe v Rafter
Wildcard: Mansour Bahrami
Match Formats
1st Match: Two current players compete in a best of two sets singles, with a super tiebreak for the third set if required.
2nd Match: Two past players compete in a pro-set. First to 8 games, tiebreak at 7 games all.
3rd Match: Doubles match between the two pairs (current and past player) in a one set doubles shootout with a super tiebreak if required. There will be no-advantage scoring in the doubles.
Team Scoring - 1 point is allocated to a team for each match won by its member/ members.
Defending champion from 2011 is Team America