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{{TennisEventInfo|2008|World Team Cup|
| date=18 May – 24 May
| edition=30th
| category=[[World Team Cup]]
| surface= [[Clay court|Clay]] / outdoor
| location=[[Düsseldorf]], [[Germany]]
| venue=Rochusclub
| champ={{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sweden]]
}}
The '''2008 ARAG World Team Cup''' was a [[tennis]] tournament play on [[Clay court|outdoor clay courts]]. It was the 30th edition of the [[World Team Cup]], and was part of the [[ATP World Tour 250 series|250 series]] of the [[2008 ATP Tour]]. It took place at the Rochusclub in [[Düsseldorf]], [[Germany]], from 18 May through 24 May 2008.

[[Argentina]] were the defending champions but they failed to advance beyond the group stage.
[[Sweden]] defeated [[Russia]] in the final, by two rubbers to one for their fourth title.<ref>{{cite web|title=ATP – 2008 World Team Championship|url=http://www.protennislive.com/posting/2008/615/mds.pdf|publisher=ATP|format=PDF}}</ref> It was also their first title since 1995.

==Blue group==

===Standings===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=40|Pos.
!width=165|Country
!width=80|Points
!width=80|Matches
!width=80|Sets
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|1.
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagcountry|RUS}}
|'''2 – 1'''||6 – 3||12 – 9
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|2.
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagcountry|ITA}}
|'''2 – 1'''||5 – 4||13 – 9
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|3.
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagcountry|GER}}
|'''1 – 2'''||3 – 6||8 – 13
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|4.
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagcountry|ESP}}
|'''1 – 2'''||4 – 5||9 – 11
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|}

===Germany vs. Spain===
{{DavisCupBox3
|team1=Germany
|team2=Spain
|venue=[[Düsseldorf]], [[Germany]]
|date={{Start date|2008|05|18}} + 19 May 2008
|surface=clay
|score1=2
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Philipp Kohlschreiber]] |6 |6 |  |T2P1=[[David Ferrer]] |1 |0 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Denis Gremelmayr]] |4 |3 |  |T2P1=[[Feliciano López]] |6 |6 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Christopher Kas]] |T1P2=[[Philipp Petzschner]] |6.05 |6 |10 |T2P1=[[Marcel Granollers]] |T2P2=[[Feliciano López]] |7 |4 |5 }}
}}

===Russia vs. Italy===
{{DavisCupBox3
|team1=Russia
|team2=Italy
|venue=[[Düsseldorf]], [[Germany]]
|date=18 May + 19 May 2008
|surface=clay
|score1=2
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Mikhail Youzhny]] |6 |5 |6  |T2P1=[[Potito Starace]] |4 |7 |2 }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Igor Andreev]] |6 |6.02 |6  |T2P1=[[Simone Bolelli]] |3 |7 |3 }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Igor Andreev]] |T1P2=[[Dmitry Tursunov]] |4 |4 | |T2P1=[[Simone Bolelli]] |T2P2=[[Potito Starace]] |6 |6 | }}
}}

===Germany vs. Italy===
{{DavisCupBox3
|team1=Germany
|team2=Italy
|venue=[[Düsseldorf]], [[Germany]]
|date=20 May + 21 May 2008
|surface=clay
|score1=1
|score2=2
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Philipp Kohlschreiber]] | 6| 7|  |T2P1=[[Potito Starace]] | 2| 6.05| }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Nicolas Kiefer]] | 6.04| 6|  |T2P1=[[Simone Bolelli]] | 7|7 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Christopher Kas]] |T1P2=[[Philipp Petzschner]] | 6| 3| 4|T2P1=[[Potito Starace]] |T2P2=[[Simone Bolelli]] | 2| 6| 10|}}
}}

===Spain vs. Russia===
{{DavisCupBox3
|team1=Spain
|team2=Russia
|venue=[[Düsseldorf]], [[Germany]]
|date=20 May + 21 May 2008
|surface=clay
|score1=2
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[David Ferrer]] |6 | 6|  |T2P1=[[Mikhail Youzhny]] | 3| 3| }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Feliciano López]] | 6| 6|  |T2P1=[[Igor Andreev]] | 4| 4| }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Marcel Granollers]] |T1P2=[[Feliciano López]] |3 |4 | |T2P1=[[Dmitry Tursunov]] |T2P2=[[Mikhail Youzhny]] |6 |6 | }}
}}

===Russia vs. Germany===
{{DavisCupBox3
|team1=Russia
|team2=Germany
|venue=[[Düsseldorf]], [[Germany]]
|date=22 May + 23 May 2008
|surface=clay
|score1=3
|score2=0
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Igor Andreev]] | 6| 6|  |T2P1=[[Philipp Kohlschreiber]] | 4| 3| }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Dmitry Tursunov]] | 6| 3|  7|T2P1=[[Nicolas Kiefer]] | 4| 6| 5}}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Dmitry Tursunov]] |T1P2=[[Mikhail Youzhny]] | 7| 6| |T2P1=[[Christopher Kas]] |T2P2=[[Philipp Petzschner]] | 6.02| 3| }}
}}

===Spain vs. Italy===
{{DavisCupBox3
|team1=Spain
|team2=Italy
|venue=[[Düsseldorf]], [[Germany]]
|date=22 May + 23 May 2008
|surface=clay
|score1=1
|score2=2
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[David Ferrer]] | 6| 3| 6|T2P1=[[Potito Starace]] | 3| 6| 3}}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Feliciano López]] | 4| 3|  |T2P1=[[Simone Bolelli]] | 6| 6| }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Marcel Granollers]] |T1P2=[[Feliciano López]] | 4| 6.03| |T2P1=[[Simone Bolelli]] |T2P2=[[Potito Starace]] | 6| 7| }}
}}

==Red group==

===Standings===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=40|Pos.
!width=165|Country
!width=80|Points
!width=80|Matches
!width=80|Sets
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|1.
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagcountry|SWE}}
|'''3 – 0'''||8 – 1||16 – 6
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|2.
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagcountry|USA}}
|'''2 – 1'''||4 – 5||10 – 12 
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|3.
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagcountry|ARG}}
|'''1 – 2'''||4 – 5||10 – 10
|- style="background:#ffffff;"
|4.
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagcountry|CZE}}
|'''0 – 3'''||2 – 7||7 – 15
|}

===United States vs. Czech Republic===
{{DavisCupBox3
|team1=United States
|team2=Czech Republic
|venue=[[Düsseldorf]], [[Germany]]
|date=18 May + 19 May 2008
|surface=clay
|score1=2
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[James Blake (tennis)|James Blake]] |6.05 |6.05 |  |T2P1=[[Tomáš Berdych]] |7 |7 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Wayne Odesnik]] |6 |6 |  |T2P1=[[Ivo Minář]] |2 |1 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[James Blake (tennis)|James Blake]] |T1P2=[[Wayne Odesnik]] |0 |7 |10 |T2P1=[[Tomáš Berdych]] |T2P2=[[Pavel Vízner]] |6 |5 |8 }}
}}

===Argentina vs. Sweden===
{{DavisCupBox3
|team1=Argentina
|team2=Sweden
|venue=[[Düsseldorf]], [[Germany]]
|date=18 May + 19 May 2008
|surface=clay
|score1=1
|score2=2
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Guillermo Cañas]] |3 |1 |  |T2P1= [[Robin Söderling]] |6 |6 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Juan Ignacio Chela]] |6 |6 |  |T2P1=[[Thomas Johansson]] |2 |1 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Lucas Arnold Ker]] |T1P2=[[Sebastián Prieto (tennis)|Sebastián Prieto]] |5 |2 | |T2P1=[[Robin Söderling]] |T2P2=[[Robert Lindstedt]] |7 |6 | }}
}}

===United States vs. Argentina===
{{DavisCupBox3
|team1=United States
|team2=Argentina
|venue=[[Düsseldorf]], [[Germany]]
|date=20 May + 21 May 2008
|surface=clay
|score1=2
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[James Blake (tennis)|James Blake]] |7 |6 |  |T2P1=[[Guillermo Cañas]] |6.04 |4 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Wayne Odesnik]] | 5| 1|  |T2P1=[[Juan Ignacio Chela]] |7 | 6| }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Wayne Odesnik]] |T1P2=[[Bobby Reynolds]] |6 |6.05 | 10|T2P1=[[Lucas Arnold Ker]] |T2P2=[[Sebastián Prieto (tennis)|Sebastián Prieto]] |3 |7 | 7}}
}}

===Czech Republic vs. Sweden===
{{DavisCupBox3
|team1=Czech Republic
|team2=Sweden
|venue=[[Düsseldorf]], [[Germany]]
|date=20 May + 21 May 2008
|surface=clay
|score1=0
|score2=3
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Tomáš Berdych]] |4 |6 |3  |T2P1=[[Robin Söderling]] |6 |1 |6 }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Michal Tabara]] |2 |6 |6.05  |T2P1=[[Thomas Johansson]] |6 |4 |7 }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Michal Tabara]] |T1P2=[[Pavel Vízner]] | 4| 5| |T2P1=[[Robert Lindstedt]] |T2P2=[[Robin Söderling]] | 6| 7| }}
}}

===United States vs. Sweden===
{{DavisCupBox3
|team1=United States
|team2=Sweden
|venue=[[Düsseldorf]], [[Germany]]
|date=22 May + 23 May 2008
|surface=clay
|score1=0
|score2=3
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[James Blake (tennis)|James Blake]] | 7| 3| 0 |T2P1=[[Robin Söderling]] | 5| 6| 6}}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Bobby Reynolds]] | 3| 6| 3 |T2P1=[[Thomas Johansson]] | 6| 2| 6}}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Wayne Odesnik]] |T1P2=[[Bobby Reynolds]] |1 |2 | |T2P1=[[Robert Lindstedt]] |T2P2=[[Robin Söderling]] | 6| 6| }}
}}

===Argentina vs. Czech Republic===
{{DavisCupBox3
|team1=Argentina
|team2=Czech Republic
|venue=[[Düsseldorf]], [[Germany]]
|date=22 May + 23 May 2008
|surface=clay
|score1=2
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Guillermo Cañas]] | 2| 6| 3 |T2P1=[[Tomáš Berdych]] | 6| 3|6 }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Juan Ignacio Chela]] |6 |6 |  |T2P1=[[Michal Tabara]] |0 |4 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Lucas Arnold Ker]] |T1P2=[[Sebastián Prieto (tennis)|Sebastián Prieto]] |7 |6 | |T2P1=[[Tomáš Berdych]] |T2P2=[[Pavel Vízner]] |6.03 |3 | }}
}}

==Final==

===Russia vs. Sweden===
{{DavisCupBox3
|team1=Russia
|team2=Sweden
|venue=[[Düsseldorf]], [[Germany]]
|date=24 May 2008
|surface=clay
|score1=1
|score2=2
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Mikhail Youzhny]] | 3| 1| |T2P1=[[Robin Söderling]] | 6| 6| }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Igor Andreev]] | 2| 6|  6|T2P1=[[Thomas Johansson]] | 6| 3| 4}}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=[[Dmitry Tursunov]] |T1P2=[[Mikhail Youzhny]] | 6| 6.05| 9|T2P1=[[Robert Lindstedt]] |T2P2=[[Robin Söderling]] | 4| 7| 11}}
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{2008 ATP Tour}}
{{World Team Cup}}
{{2008 in tennis}}

[[Category:2008 ATP Tour|World Team Cup]]
[[Category:2008 in German tennis|Arag World Team Cup, 2008]]
[[Category:World Team Cup]]
[[Category:May 2008 sports events in Germany]]
[[Category:21st century in North Rhine-Westphalia]]