ATP Cup 2021: Djokovic, Nadal will Lead in 12 countries Field in Melbourne
Serbian, Novak Djokovic and Spaniard, Rafael Nadal will fight for the prestigious ATP Trophy comprises the 12 countries field in at the 2nd edition ATP Cup 2021 which takes place in Next month from 1-5 February in Melbourne Australia.
In 2020, Djokovic inspired Serbia to victory in the inaugural ATP Cup, with his singles win over Rafael Nadal helping them beat Spain 2-1 last year.
The 2021 ATP Cup will consists of 14 of the Top 15 players in the FedEx ATP Rankings. Each team will comprises of four players from each country.
Qualification for the 2021 ATP Cup is based on the FedEx ATP Ranking of each country’s top-ranked singles player, while Australia qualifies by way of a host wild card. Alex de Minaur, who won two Top 15 wins at last year’s inaugural ATP Cup, will once again lead the way for Australia.
When will the draw, seeding schedule & Format, how is works, Prize money of ATP Cup 2021?
This year's ATP Cup will show up in Melbourne Park alongside two ATP 250 events, three of which will take place the week before the Australian Open.
The draw is scheduled will take place on 20 January, where the 12 teams will be split into four groups of three for the round-robin stage.
The four winners of the group will progress to the semi-finals.
Each tie will be comprised of two singles matches and one doubles match. The country that wins two matches will win the tie.
Doubles will feature No-Ad scoring and a Match Tie-break in lieu of a third set.
Base-level prize money of ATP Cup is $7.5 million before any reductions based on permitted attendance are applied.
Full List of 12 Countries field & Their Squads, Team Players.
Team Serbia Novak Djokovic Dusan Lajovic Filip Krajinovic Nikola Cacic |
Team Argentina
Diego Schwartzman |
Team Spain Rafael Nadal Roberto Bautista Agut Marcel Granollers Pablo Carreno Busta |
Team Italy Matteo Berrettini Fabio Fognini Simone Bolelli Andrea Vavassori |
Team Austria Dominic Thiem Dennis Novak Philipp Oswald Tristan-Samuel Weissborn |
Team Japan
Kei Nishikori |
Team Russia Daniil Medvedev Andrey Rublev Aslan Karatsev Evgeny Dosnkoy |
Team France Gael Monfils Benoit Paire Nicolas Mahut Edouard Roger-Vasselin |
Team Greece |
Team Canada
Denis Shapovalov |
Team Germany |
Team Australia Alex de Minaur John Millman John Peers Luke Saville |
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