2012 Power Horse World Team Cup

The 2012 Power Horse World Team Cup was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 34th edition of the World Team Cup, and was part of the 250 series of the 2012 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Rochusclub in Düsseldorf, Germany from May 20–26, 2012.

Points

World Team Cup
Match type	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Finals	Points	Bonus	Total
Singles 1	35	35	35	95	200	50	250
Singles 2	25	25	25	50	125	50	175
Deciding match (doubles)	35	35	35	95	200	50	250
Dead rubber (doubles)	10	10	10	20	50		50

• Players who only play the finals will be awarded points from the previous round.^[1]
• Players must win all 4 matches and be part of the winning team in order to earn the Bonus Points.^[1]

Players

The field was announced earlier,^[2][3] with Japan receiving a wild card later on.^[4]

Red Group

Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych (#7) Radek Štěpánek (#25) František Čermák (#21 Doubles)

United States Andy Roddick (#27) Ryan Harrison (#57) James Blake (#98)

Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela (#37) Carlos Berlocq (#38) Leonardo Mayer (#68) Juan Pablo Brzezicki (#433)

Japan Go Soeda (#61) Tatsuma Ito (#70) Bumpei Sato (#785)

Blue Group

Serbia Janko Tipsarević (#8) Viktor Troicki (#29) Nenad Zimonjić (#6 Doubles) Miki Janković (#887)

Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber (#24) Florian Mayer (#28) Philipp Petzschner (#93) Christopher Kas (#22 Doubles)

Russia Alex Bogomolov Jr. (#44) Dmitry Tursunov (#86) Igor Kunitsyn (#87)

Croatia Ivo Karlović (#60) Ivan Dodig (#74) Lovro Zovko (#89 Doubles)

Round robin

Red Group

Standings

Pos.	Country	Points	Matches	Sets
1	Czech Republic	3–0	7–2	17–8
2	Argentina	2–1	7–2	16–8
3	United States	1–2	2–7	6–15
4	Japan	0–3	2–7	7–15

Argentina vs United States

Argentina 3	Düsseldorf, Germany 20 May 2012 clay		United States 0
1 2 3 1 Carlos Berlocq Andy Roddick 6 2 6 2     2 Leonardo Mayer Ryan Harrison 6 4 5 7 6 3   3 Carlos Berlocq / Juan Ignacio Chela James Blake / Ryan Harrison 7^7 6^2 6 4

Czech Republic vs Japan

Czech Republic 2	Düsseldorf, Germany 20–21 May 2012 clay		Japan 1
1 2 3 1 Tomáš Berdych Go Soeda 6 1 3 6 6 1   2 Radek Štěpánek Tatsuma Ito 6 3 4 6 4 6   3 František Čermák / Radek Štěpánek Tatsuma Ito / Go Soeda 6 2 7^7 6^4

Argentina vs Japan

Argentina 3	Düsseldorf, Germany 22–23 May 2012 clay		Japan 0
1 2 3 1 Carlos Berlocq Go Soeda 6 3 6 4     2 Leonardo Mayer Tatsuma Ito 6 4 6 4     3 Juan Ignacio Chela / Juan Pablo Brzezicki Tatsuma Ito / Bumpei Sato 6^3 7^7 6 1 [10] [7]

Czech Republic vs United States

Czech Republic 3	Düsseldorf, Germany 22–23 May 2012 clay		United States 0
1 2 3 1 Tomáš Berdych Andy Roddick 6 1 6 2     2 Radek Štěpánek James Blake 6 2 6 1     3 František Čermák / Radek Štěpánek Andy Roddick / Ryan Harrison 7^7 6^5 5 7 [10] [8]

Czech Republic vs Argentina

Czech Republic 2	Düsseldorf, Germany 24–25 May 2012 clay		Argentina 1
1 2 3 1 Tomáš Berdych Carlos Berlocq 6 1 6^2 7^7 6 3   2 Radek Štěpánek Leonardo Mayer 7^7 6^4 5 7 4 6   3 František Čermák / Radek Štěpánek Carlos Berlocq / Leonardo Mayer 6 4 4 6 [10] [3]

United States vs Japan

United States 2	Düsseldorf, Germany 24 May 2012 clay		Japan 1
1 2 3 1 Andy Roddick Go Soeda 5 7 6^5 7^7     2 Ryan Harrison Tatsuma Ito 6 2 7^7 6^5     3 James Blake / Ryan Harrison Tatsuma Ito / Bumpei Sato 4 6 6 0 [10] [3]

Blue Group

Standings

Pos.	Country	Points	Matches	Sets
1	Serbia	3–0	6–3	12–7
2	Germany	2–1	7–2	15–6
3	Russia	1–2	3–6	7–13
4	Croatia	0–3	2–7	6–14

Croatia vs Serbia

Croatia 1	Düsseldorf, Germany 20–21 May 2012 clay		Serbia 2
1 2 3 1 Lovro Zovko Janko Tipsarević 0 6 0 6     2 Ivan Dodig Viktor Troicki 3 6 6^3 7^7     3 Ivan Dodig / Lovro Zovko Viktor Troicki / Nenad Zimonjić 7^7 6^5 7^7 6^4

Germany vs Russia

Germany 3	Düsseldorf, Germany 20–21 May 2012 clay		Russia 0
1 2 3 1 Philipp Kohlschreiber Alex Bogomolov, Jr. 6 0 6 2     2 Florian Mayer Igor Andreev 6 2 7^9 6^7     3 Christopher Kas / Florian Mayer Igor Kunitsyn / Dmitry Tursunov 6 4 3 6 [10] [8]

Croatia vs Germany

Croatia 0	Düsseldorf, Germany 22–23 May 2012 clay		Germany 3
1 2 3 1 Lovro Zovko Philipp Kohlschreiber 2 6 6^2 7^7     2 Ivan Dodig Florian Mayer 1 6 1 6     3 Ivan Dodig / Lovro Zovko Christopher Kas / Philipp Petzschner 4 6 6 1 [3] [10]

Serbia vs Russia

Serbia 2	Düsseldorf, Germany 22–23 May 2012 clay		Russia 1
1 2 3 1 Janko Tipsarević Alex Bogomolov, Jr. 6 1 6 3     2 Viktor Troicki Dmitry Tursunov 6 3 6 2     3 Miki Janković / Nenad Zimonjić Dmitry Tursunov / Igor Kunitsyn 5 7 6^6 7^8

Serbia vs Germany

Serbia 2	Düsseldorf, Germany 24–25 May 2012 clay		Germany 1
1 2 3 1 Janko Tipsarević Philipp Kohlschreiber 6 4 3 6 7 5   2 Viktor Troicki Florian Mayer 7^8 6^6 6 3     3 Miki Janković / Nenad Zimonjić Christopher Kas / Philipp Petzschner 4 6 4 6

Russia vs Croatia

Russia 2	Düsseldorf, Germany 24–25 May 2012 clay		Croatia 1
1 2 3 1 Alex Bogomolov Jr. Lovro Zovko 6 4 6 2     2 Igor Kunitsyn Ivan Dodig 6^0 7^7 4 6     3 Igor Kunitsyn / Dmitri Tursunov Ivan Dodig / Lovro Zovko 2 6 6 3 [10] [3]

Final

Czech Republic 0	Düsseldorf, Germany 26 May 2012 clay		Serbia 3
1 2 3 1 Tomáš Berdych Janko Tipsarević 5 7 6^8 7^10     2 Radek Štěpánek Viktor Troicki 6 2 4 6 3 6   3 Tomáš Berdych / František Čermák Janko Tipsarević / Nenad Zimonjić 3 6 1 6

References

1. "Frequently Asked Questions". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 2011-03-13.
2. "Best field of entries for years!". world-team-cup.com. 2012-04-23.
3. "Players". world-team-cup.com.
4. "Wild card goes to Japan". world-team-cup.com. 2012-04-23.

External links

• Official Website
• Main Draw