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The inaugural ATP Cup is upon us
Witness the world’s top tennis stars on the mens circuit battle it out for their country.
The ATP Cup begins tomorrow, 3 January, pitting 24 nations across six groups against each other.
Heading to Brisbane, Sydney and Perth, the Group Stages see six groups of four countries compete across three cities from 3-8 January.
The top eight teams will then meet in Sydney to compete in the Finals from 9-12 January.
Groups
Each tie will consist of three matches. Two singles matches see the top two players from each nation compete against each other, as well as a doubles match.
The country winning two of the three matches takes out the tie.
| Brisbane | Sydney | Perth |
Group A:
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Group C:
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Group B:
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Group F:
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Group E:
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Group D:
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The Australian team check out Brisbane in preparation for the ATP Cup
Who’s playing?
With eight of the top ten, 18 of the top 24 and 23 of the top 30 on the ATP circuit all locked in to play, there is going to be some serious talent on court this summer.
Check out each nation’s top two competitors here:
| Argentina | Diego Schwartzman | Guido Pella |
| Australia | Alex De Minaur | Nick Kyrgios |
| Austria | Dominic Thiem | Dennis Novak |
| Belgium | David Goffin | Steve Darcis |
| Bulgaria | Grigor Dimitrov | Dimitar Kuzmanov |
| Canada | Denis Shapovalov | Felix Auger-Aliassime |
| Chile | Cristian Garin | Nicolas Jarry |
| Croatia | Borna Coric | Marin Cilic |
| France | Gael Monfils | Benoit Paire |
| Georgia | Nikoloz Basilashvili | Aleksandre Metreveli |
| Germany | Alexander Zverev | Jan-Lennard Struff |
| Great Britain | Daniel Evans | Cameron Norrie |
| Greece | Stefanos Tsitsipas | Michail Pervolarakis |
| Italy | Fabio Fognini | Stefano Travaglia |
| Japan | Yoshihito Nishioka | Go Soeda |
| Moldova | Radu Albot | Alexander Cozbinov |
| Norway | Casper Ruud | Viktor Durasovic |
| Poland | Hubert Hurkacz | Kamil Majchrzak |
| Russia | Daniil Medvedev | Karen Khachanov |
| Serbia | Novak Djokovic | Dusan Lajovic |
| Spain | Rafael Nadal | Roberto Bautista Agut |
| South Africa | Kevin Anderson | Lloyd Harris |
| United States | John Isner | Taylor Fritz |
| Uruguay | Pablo Cuevas | Martin Cuevas |
You can purchase tickets to the ATP Cup Group Stages in both Brisbane and Sydney, as well as the Finals in Sydney now from Ticketmaster.com.au.
