DUSSELDORF, Germany, May 27 (UPI) -- Croatia Saturday beat host Germany to win the ATP World Team Championships title.
Ivo Karlovic and Ivan Ljubicic won their singles matches Saturday to give the Croats an insurmountable 2-0 lead in the best-of-three tie.
Karlovic defeated Germany's Alexander Waske, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4, to give Croatia the early lead in the final, and Ljubicic sealed it with a 6-4, 6-4, win over Nicolas Kiefer.
The meaningless doubles match was delayed by rain before the German team of Waske and Michael Kohlmann posted a 7-6 (7-3), 6-3, victory over Karlovic and Ljubicic.
Croatia and Germany each went 3-0 during the round-robin portion of the event to qualify for the final.
Germany defeated Argentina in last year's final and also won in 1998, 1994 and 1989.
