# 2005 World Team Cup

The 2005 ARAG World Team Cup was a tennis tournament play on outdoor clay courts. It was the 27th edition of the World Team Cup, and was part of the 2005 ATP Tour. It took place at the Rochusclub in Düsseldorf, Germany, from 15 May through 21 May 2005.
Chile were the two time defending champions, but they failed to advance beyond the group stage. Germany won the title, defeating Argentina in the final, by two rubbers to one.

## Squads
### Red group

* Rankings are as of May 16, 2005.

## Round robin
### Blue group
#### Standings

| Pos. | Country | Points | Matches | Sets |
| 1. | Germany | 3 | 6–3 | 13–8 |
| 2. | Spain | 2 | 5–4 | 11–10 |
| 3. | Sweden | 1 | 4–5 | 10–10 |
| 4. | United States | 0 | 3–6 | 7–13 |

#### Germany vs. United States

| Germany 2 | Düsseldorf, Germany 15 May 2005 clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 15 May 2005 clay | United States 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Tommy Haas Vince Spadea 6 4 6 2     2 Nicolas Kiefer Jeff Morrison 6 2 6 2     3 Tommy Haas / Alexander Waske Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 5 7 ||||

#### Spain vs. Sweden

| Spain 2 | Düsseldorf, Germany 16 May 2005 clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 16 May 2005 clay | Sweden 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Tommy Robredo Thomas Johansson 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 1 6     2 David Ferrer Jonas Björkman 6 4 6 1     3 Tommy Robredo / Santiago Ventura Jonas Björkman / Thomas Johansson 6$^6$ 7$^8$ 6 3 6 3 ||||

#### Germany vs. Sweden

| Germany 2 | Düsseldorf, Germany 18 May 2005 clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 18 May 2005 clay | Sweden 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Tommy Haas Joachim Johansson 6 0 3 6 6 3   2 Nicolas Kiefer Thomas Johansson 4 6 2 6     3 Tommy Haas / Alexander Waske Jonas Björkman / Thomas Johansson 6 4 6 4 ||||

#### Spain vs. United States

| Spain 2 | Düsseldorf, Germany 18 May 2005 clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 18 May 2005 clay | United States 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Tommy Robredo Vince Spadea 6 3 2 6 6 3   2 David Ferrer Jeff Morrison 6 4 7$^9$ 6$^7$     3 Álex López Morón / Santiago Ventura Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2 6 3 6 ||||

#### Germany vs. Spain

| Germany 2 | Düsseldorf, Germany 20 May 2005 clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 20 May 2005 clay | Spain 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Tommy Haas Tommy Robredo 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 4 6     2 Florian Mayer David Ferrer 3 6 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 6 3   3 Tommy Haas / Alexander Waske Tommy Robredo / Santiago Ventura 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 6 3 ||||

#### Sweden vs. United States

| Sweden 2 | Düsseldorf, Germany 20 May 2005 clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 20 May 2005 clay | United States 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Joachim Johansson Vince Spadea 3 6 4 6     2 Thomas Johansson Jeff Morrison 6 1 6 4     3 Jonas Björkman / Thomas Johansson Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 6 4 6 2 ||||

### Red group
#### Standings

| Pos. | Country | Points | Matches | Sets |
| 1. | Argentina | 3 | 7–2 | 15–5 |
| 2. | Chile | 2 | 4–5 | 9–10 |
| 3. | France | 1 | 4–5 | 8–10 |
| 4. | Czech Republic | 0 | 3–6 | 6–13 |

#### Chile vs. Czech Republic

| Chile 2 | Düsseldorf, Germany 15 May 2005 clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 15 May 2005 clay | Czech Republic 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Fernando González Jiří Novák 6 3 6 1     2 Nicolás Massú Tomáš Berdych 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 6 3     3 Adrián García / Hermes Gamonal Tomáš Berdych / Jiří Novák 4 6 4 6 ||||

#### Argentina vs. France

| Argentina 2 | Düsseldorf, Germany 16 May 2005 clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 16 May 2005 clay | France 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Gastón Gaudio Arnaud Clément 6 4 6 4     2 Guillermo Coria Michaël Llodra 6 1 6 4     3 Guillermo Cañas / Juan Ignacio Chela Arnaud Clément / Michaël Llodra 1 6 4 6 ||||

#### Chile vs. France

| Chile 2 | Düsseldorf, Germany 17 May 2005 clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 17 May 2005 clay | France 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Nicolás Massú Arnaud Clément 6 4 6 4     2 Fernando González Sébastien Grosjean 6 4 6 4     3 Adrián García / Hermes Gamonal Arnaud Clément / Michaël Llodra 3 6 1 6 ||||

#### Argentina vs. Czech Republic

| Argentina 2 | Düsseldorf, Germany 17 May 2005 clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 17 May 2005 clay | Czech Republic 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Guillermo Coria Jiří Novák 6 3 7 5     2 Guillermo Cañas Tomáš Berdych 6 4 6 2     3 Juan Ignacio Chela / Gastón Gaudio Tomáš Berdych / Jiří Novák 1 6 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 2 6 ||||

#### Argentina vs. Chile

| Argentina 3 | Düsseldorf, Germany 19 May 2005 clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 19 May 2005 clay | Chile 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Gastón Gaudio Fernando González 6 4 6 2     2 Guillermo Cañas Nicolás Massú 6 2 1 6 6 3   3 Juan Ignacio Chela / Guillermo Coria Adrián García / Hermes Gamonal 6 4 6 3 ||||

#### Czech Republic vs. France

| Czech Republic 1 | Düsseldorf, Germany 19 May 2005 clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 19 May 2005 clay | France 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Jiří Novák Sébastien Grosjean 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 3 6     2 Tomáš Berdych Michaël Llodra 6 2 6 1     3 Tomáš Berdych / Jiří Novák Arnaud Clément / Michaël Llodra 1 6 1 6 ||||

## Final
### Argentina vs. Germany

| Argentina 1 | Düsseldorf, Germany 21 May 2005 clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 21 May 2005 clay | Germany 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Guillermo Coria Florian Mayer 6 1 6 1     2 Gastón Gaudio Tommy Haas 4 6 3 6     3 Guillermo Cañas / Guillermo Coria Tommy Haas / Alexander Waske 1 6 2 6 ||||