# 2002 ARAG World Team Cup

The 2002 ARAG World Team Cup was a men's team tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 24th edition of the World Team Cup and was part of the International Series of the 2002 ATP Tour. It took place at the Rochusclub in Düsseldorf in Germany from May 19 through May 25, 2002.
Australia were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Argentina defeated Russia in the final to win the title for the second time.

## Round robin
### Red Group
#### Standings

| Pos. | Country | Points | Matches | Sets |
| 1 | Argentina | 2–1 | 5–4 | 11–11 |
| 2 | Sweden | 2–1 | 6–3 | 15–10 |
| 3 | France | 1–2 | 5–4 | 11–7 |
| 4 | United States | 1–2 | 2–7 | 9–14 |

#### United States vs. France

| United States 0 | Düsseldorf, Germany 19 May 2002 Clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 19 May 2002 Clay | France 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Andy Roddick Arnaud Clément 6 3 4 6 3 6   2 Pete Sampras Nicolas Escudé 6$^3$ 7$^7$ 6 2 6$^2$ 7$^7$   3 James Blake / Jared Palmer Arnaud Clément / Nicolas Escudé 1 6 1 6 ||||

#### Sweden vs. Argentina

| Sweden 1 | Düsseldorf, Germany 20 May 2002 Clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 20 May 2002 Clay | Argentina 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Thomas Enqvist José Acasuso 4 6 6 1 7$^7$ 6$^5$   2 Thomas Johansson Guillermo Cañas 2 6 6 4 0 6   3 Jonas Björkman / Thomas Johansson Lucas Arnold / Gastón Etlis 3 6 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 9 11 ||||

#### United States vs. Argentina

| United States 2 | Düsseldorf, Germany 21 May 2002 Clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 21 May 2002 Clay | Argentina 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Andy Roddick José Acasuso 6 3 6 2     2 Pete Sampras Guillermo Cañas 7 5 2 6 6$^5$ 7$^7$   3 James Blake / Jared Palmer Lucas Arnold / Gastón Etlis 7 5 6 2 ||||

#### Sweden vs. France

| Sweden 2 | Düsseldorf, Germany 21 May 2002 Clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 21 May 2002 Clay | France 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Thomas Enqvist Nicolas Escudé 6 4 6 4     2 Jonas Björkman Arnaud Clément 1 6 6 4 4 6   3 Jonas Björkman / Thomas Enqvist Arnaud Clément / Nicolas Escudé 6 3 4 6 10 3 ||||

#### United States vs. Sweden

| United States 0 | Düsseldorf, Germany 23 May 2002 Clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 23 May 2002 Clay | Sweden 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 James Blake Thomas Enqvist 6 4 5 7 6$^4$ 7$^7$   2 Pete Sampras Thomas Johansson 2 6 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 6$^5$ 7$^7$   3 James Blake / Jared Palmer Jonas Björkman / Thomas Johansson 3 6 4 6 ||||

#### France vs. Argentina

| France 1 | Düsseldorf, Germany 23 May 2002 Clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 23 May 2002 Clay | Argentina 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Arnaud Clément José Acasuso 6$^1$ 7$^7$ 3 6     2 Nicolas Escudé Guillermo Cañas 5 7 2 6     3 Arnaud Clément / Nicolas Escudé Lucas Arnold / Gastón Etlis 6 1 6 4 ||||

### Blue Group
#### Standings

| Pos. | Country | Points | Matches | Sets |
| 1 | Russia | 2–1 | 5–4 | 11–9 |
| 2 | Spain | 2–1 | 6–3 | 13–7 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 1–2 | 4–5 | 9–10 |
| 4 | Germany | 1–2 | 3–3 | 6–11 |

#### Spain vs. Great Britain

| Spain 2 | Düsseldorf, Germany 19 May 2002 Clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 19 May 2002 Clay | Great Britain 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Àlex Corretja Martin Lee 6 3 6 4     2 Albert Costa Tim Henman 4 6 6 3 6 2   3 Galo Blanco / Àlex Corretja Martin Lee / Miles Maclagan 3 6 5 7 ||||

#### Russia vs. Germany

| Russia 1 | Düsseldorf, Germany 20 May 2002 Clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 20 May 2002 Clay | Germany 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov Tommy Haas 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 3 6     2 Marat Safin Nicolas Kiefer 4 6 6 2 6$^5$ 7$^7$   3 Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Marat Safin Karsten Braasch / Lars Burgsmüller 6 1 6 1 ||||

#### Germany vs. Great Britain

| Germany 1 | Düsseldorf, Germany 22 May 2002 Clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 22 May 2002 Clay | Great Britain 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Nicolas Kiefer Tim Henman 6$^6$ 7$^8$ 3 6     2 Lars Burgsmüller Martin Lee 6 3 6 3     3 Lars Burgsmüller / Nicolas Kiefer Martin Lee / Miles Maclagan 4 6 1 2   retired ||||

#### Russia vs. Spain

| Russia 2 | Düsseldorf, Germany 22 May 2002 Clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 22 May 2002 Clay | Spain 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Marat Safin Àlex Corretja 6 4 6 4     2 Yevgeny Kafelnikov Albert Costa 3 6 6$^6$ 7$^8$     3 Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Marat Safin Àlex Corretja / Albert Costa 6$^1$ 7$^7$ 6 3 10 5 ||||

#### Spain vs. Germany

| Spain 3 | Düsseldorf, Germany 24 May 2002 Clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 24 May 2002 Clay | Germany 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Albert Costa Nicolas Kiefer 6 2 6 2     2 Àlex Corretja Philipp Kohlschreiber 6 3 6 4     3 Àlex Corretja / Albert Costa Karsten Braasch / Philipp Kohlschreiber 6 3 6 2 ||||

#### Russia vs. Great Britain

| Russia 2 | Düsseldorf, Germany 24 May 2002 Clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 24 May 2002 Clay | Great Britain 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov Tim Henman 2 6 6$^6$ 7$^8$     2 Marat Safin Martin Lee 7 5 7 5     3 Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Marat Safin Martin Lee / Miles Maclagan 6 1 6 0 ||||

## Final
### Russia vs. Argentina

| Russia 0 | Düsseldorf, Germany 25 May 2002 Clay | Düsseldorf, Germany 25 May 2002 Clay | Argentina 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Marat Safin José Acasuso 6 2 2 6 0 3 retired  2 Yevgeny Kafelnikov Guillermo Cañas 4 6 2 6     3 Andrei Cherkasov / Yevgeny Kafelnikov Lucas Arnold / Gastón Etlis 4 6 1 6 ||||