The 2015 Delray Beach Open featured a team tennis competition between Team USA and Team International. The event is officially recognized by the ATP Champions Tour.
Each team is composed by 3 players, and each player will face all 3 players of the other team. A win awards a point for his respective team. All matches are played at best of 3 sets, with a champions tie-break at the third set if necessary.
Team International won the tournament 6–3 over Team USA.
This tournament marked the official debut of James Blake in the ATP Champions Tour, after retiring from professional tennis in 2012. Blake qualified to the tour after winning the Davis Cup in 2007.
Players For a player to be eligible for play on this tour, he must be in the year of his 35th birthday or have been retired from the ATP World Tour for two years or more. Each player must have been either a world No. 1, a Grand Slam finalist, or a singles player in a winning Davis Cup team. Each event can also invite two players of its choice to take wild cards.
The draw was announced on 13 February 2015 Player Age* Ranking Grand Slams Davis Cup Entry criteria Team United States James Blake No. 4 Quarterfinals Champion Eligible Brad Gilbert No. 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Wild card Justin Gimelstob No. 63 Third round Semifinals Wild card Team International Goran Ivanišević No. 2 Champion SemifinalsThe Davis Cup won by Croatia in 2005 is not considered, as Goran Ivanišević wasn't part of any singles rubber in the entire season. Eligible Mark Philippoussis No. 8 Runner-up Champion Eligible Mikael Pernfors No. 10 Runner-up Runner-up EligibleWithdrew before the tournament Michael Chang No. 2 Champion Champion Withdrew(hamstring injury) Emilio Sánchez No. 7 Quarterfinals Semifinals Withdrew(groin injury)Emilio Sánchez was replaced by Mikael Pernfors
Draw All times are local, EST (UTC−5).
Day 1 (13 February) Matches started at 18:00 No. USA player INT player Winner Score 1 James Blake Mark Philippoussis Blake 6–7(3–7), 6–3, [10–8] 1 0 2 Brad Gilbert Goran Ivanišević Ivanišević 6–2, 6–4 1 1
Day 2 (14 February) Matches started at 12:00 No. USA player INT player Winner Score 3 Justin Gimelstob Mark Philippoussis Philippoussis 6–3, 6–1 1 2 4 Brad Gilbert Mikael Pernfors Pernfors 6–2, 6–3 1 3 5 Justin Gimelstob Goran Ivanišević Ivanišević 7–5, 5–7, [10–6] 1 4 6 James Blake Mikael Pernfors Blake 7–5, 6–2 2 4
Day 3 (15 February) Matches started at 12:00 No. USA player INT player Winner Score 7 Brad Gilbert Mark Philippoussis Philippoussis 6–2, 6–4 2 5 8 Justin Gimelstob Mikael Pernfors Pernfors 6–4, 4–6, [10–6] 2 6 9 James Blake Goran Ivanišević Blake 6–7(3–7), 6–1, [10–4] 3 6
Winners
References
External links Official Results Archive (ATP)