2004 World Team Cup
# 2004 World Team Cup

The 2004 ARAG World Team Cup was a tennis tournament play on outdoor clay courts. It was the 26th edition of the World Team Cup, and was part of the 2004 ATP Tour. It took place at the Rochusclub in Düsseldorf, Germany, from 16 May through 21 May 2004.

Chile were the defending champions, and they won the title again, defeating Australia in the final by two rubbers to one.

## Squads

### Red group

* Rankings are as of May 17, 2004.

## Round robin

### Blue group

**Standings**

| Pos. | Country | Points | Matches | Sets |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Australia | 3 | 7–2 | 15–9 |
| 2. | Argentina | 2 | 6–3 | 14–12 |
| 3. | United States | 1 | 4–5 | 12–12 |
| 4. | Netherlands | 0 | 1–8 | 8–16 |

**Australia vs. United States**

| Australia 2 | Düsseldorf, Germany 17 May 2004 clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 17 May 2004 clay | United States 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Mark Philippoussis Vince Spadea $6^1$ $7^7$ 6 3 $7^7$ $6^4$   2 Lleyton Hewitt Robby Ginepri 7 5 $6^1$ $7^7$ 6 4   3 Wayne Arthurs / Paul Hanley Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2 6 4 6 ||||

**Netherlands vs. Argentina**

| Netherlands 0 | Düsseldorf, Germany 17 May 2004 clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 17 May 2004 clay | Argentina 3 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Sjeng Schalken Juan Ignacio Chela 3 6 7 5 5 7   2 Martin Verkerk Gastón Gaudio 6 4 2 6 4 6   3 John van Lottum / Martin Verkerk Lucas Arnold Ker / Mariano Zabaleta 6 3 3 6 3 6 ||||

**Australia vs. Netherlands**

| Australia 3 | Düsseldorf, Germany 19 May 2004 clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 19 May 2004 clay | Netherlands 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Mark Philippoussis Sjeng Schalken 4 6 $7^7$ $6^5$ 7 5   2 Lleyton Hewitt Martin Verkerk 1 6 $7^7$ $6^2$ 7 5   3 Wayne Arthurs / Paul Hanley John van Lottum / Martin Verkerk 6 4 $7^7$ $6^5$ ||||

**Argentina vs. United States**

| Argentina 2 | Düsseldorf, Germany 19 May 2004 clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 19 May 2004 clay | United States 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Juan Ignacio Chela Vince Spadea 6 3 3 6 6 4   2 Mariano Zabaleta Robby Ginepri $6^5$ $7^7$ 6 3 7 5   3 Lucas Arnold Ker / Gastón Gaudio Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 7 5 1 6 3 6 ||||

**Australia vs. Argentina**

| Australia 2 | Düsseldorf, Germany 21 May 2004 clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 21 May 2004 clay | Argentina 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Lleyton Hewitt Gastón Gaudio 3 6 7 5 $6^5$ $7^7$   2 Mark Philippoussis Mariano Zabaleta 4 6 6 3 7 5   3 Wayne Arthurs / Paul Hanley Lucas Arnold Ker / Juan Ignacio Chela 6 3 6 4 ||||

**Netherlands vs. United States**

| Netherlands 1 | Düsseldorf, Germany 21 May 2004 clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 21 May 2004 clay | United States 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Martin Verkerk Vince Spadea $7^7$ $6^5$ 6 2     2 John van Lottum Robby Ginepri 5 7 $7^8$ $6^6$ 1 6   3 Sjeng Schalken / Martin Verkerk Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 3 6 0 6 ||||

### Red group

**Standings**

| Pos. | Country | Points | Matches | Sets |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Chile | 3 | 7–2 | 13–7 |
| 2. | Germany | 2 | 5–4 | 11–8 |
| 3. | Czech Republic | 1 | 5–4 | 11–8 |
| 4. | Spain | 0 | 1–8 | 3–15 |

**Germany vs. Spain**

| Germany 2 | Düsseldorf, Germany 16 May 2004 clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 16 May 2004 clay | Spain 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Rainer Schüttler Feliciano López 6 3 6 4     2 Tommy Haas Albert Costa $6^3$ $7^7$ 2 6     3 Nicolas Kiefer / Rainer Schüttler Albert Costa / Àlex Corretja 6 2 6 3 ||||

**Chile vs. Czech Republic**

| Chile 2 | Düsseldorf, Germany 16 May 2004 clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 16 May 2004 clay | Czech Republic 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Nicolás Massú Jiří Novák $6^6$ $7^8$ 0 6     2 Fernando González Radek Štěpánek 6 3 6 4     3 Fernando González / Nicolás Massú Jiří Novák / Radek Štěpánek 4 6 6 2 6 2 ||||

**Germany vs. Czech Republic**

| Germany 2 | Düsseldorf, Germany 18 May 2004 clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 18 May 2004 clay | Czech Republic 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Rainer Schüttler Jiří Novák 6 4 6 3     2 Nicolas Kiefer Radek Štěpánek $7^7$ $6^4$ 6 3     3 Nicolas Kiefer / Rainer Schüttler Jiří Novák / Radek Štěpánek 5 7 2 6 ||||

**Chile vs. Spain**

| Chile 3 | Düsseldorf, Germany 18 May 2004 clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 18 May 2004 clay | Spain 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Nicolás Massú Albert Costa 4 1      retired 2 Fernando González Àlex Corretja 6 4 3 6 6 2   3 Adrián García / Nicolás Massú Àlex Corretja / Feliciano López 6 3 6 3 ||||

**Chile vs. Germany**

| Chile 2 | Düsseldorf, Germany 20 May 2004 clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 20 May 2004 clay | Germany 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Nicolás Massú Rainer Schüttler 6 4 4 6 6 2   2 Fernando González Tommy Haas 6 4 $7^7$ $6^4$     3 Adrián García / Nicolás Massú Tommy Haas / Rainer Schüttler 5 7 2 6 ||||

**Spain vs. Czech Republic**

| Spain 0 | Düsseldorf, Germany 20 May 2004 clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 20 May 2004 clay | Czech Republic 3 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Feliciano López Jiří Novák $6^3$ $7^7$ 1 6     2 Albert Costa Radek Štěpánek 4 6 3 6     3 Galo Blanco / Àlex Corretja Jiří Novák / Radek Štěpánek 0 6 1 6 ||||

## Final

### Chile vs. Australia

| Chile 2 | Düsseldorf, Germany 22 May 2004 clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 22 May 2004 clay | Australia 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Nicolás Massú Mark Philippoussis 6 3 6 1     2 Fernando González Lleyton Hewitt 7 5 6 2     3 Adrián García / Nicolás Massú Wayne Arthurs / Paul Hanley 4 6 4 6 ||||
