The 2022 ATP Tour begins with the ATP Cup in Australia.
2022 ATP Cup - an ATP team tournament, on Hard, in Sydney, Australia, 1-9 January 2022.
Defending champion:
Russia which defeated Italy in the final in Melbourne in February 2021.
16 nations will compete in the tournament.
Initially, 15 nations qualified based on the ATP ranking of their #1 singles player, and host nation Australia was granted a wildcard.
On 1 December, Spain’s #1 Rafael Nadal, withdrew, but Spain remained qualified with their next best singles player Roberto Bautista Agut.
Austria initially qualified with Dominic Thiem. However, with his withdrawal, and that of Austria’s #2 Dennis Novak, Austria were withdrawn from the competition. The ATP Cup rules require at least one player to be ranked inside the top 250, and Austria now failed to meet this commitment.
Alternate team France took the place of Austria.
Novak Djokovic withdrew on 29 December, but as a ‘late withdrawal’, the ATP Cup rules allowed Serbia to remain in the competition. Rankings of other players in the team enabled this.
The teams were split into four groups of four. The four will play each other in round robin contests, and the winner of each group will be semi finalists.
Contests will consist of three matches - two singles and one doubles.
Semi finals will be:
Winner Group A v Winner Group D
Winner Group C v Winner Group B
The teams are:
Group A:
Serbia
Norway
Chile
Spain
.
Group B:
Russia
Italy
France (alternate)
Australia (wildcard)
Group C:
Germany
Canada
Great Britain
USA
Group D:
Greece
Poland
Argentina
Georgia
