The Aberdeen Cup was an annual tennis

Tennis

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 tournament held between national teams representing England

England

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 and Scotland

Scotland

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. It was hosted in Aberdeen

Aberdeen

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, in north-eastern Scotland. The tournament has not been played since 2006 and there has been no indication that the tournament will be played again.

The tournament was held in a similar form to a Davis Cup

Davis Cup

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 match. There were rubbers in both singles

Singles (tennis)

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 and doubles play. Unlike the Davis Cup, there were also junior players taking part, with each of their rubbers worth half that of a senior rubber, and one ladies player on each team. Furthermore, with the exception of the 'headline' matches, between the two team captains, senior matches were only two sets long, with a 1-1 tie settled by tie-break. The junior matches were played over four games (see: Tennis score

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).

Interest in a match-up between English and Scottish tennis players was piqued by the emergence of Scotland's Andy Murray

Andrew Murray (tennis player)

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 as one of the United Kingdom's best tennis players in 2005. The inaugural tournament, held in that year, was won by Scotland by 4½ to 2½. Scotland successfully defended their title in 2006, winning by the margin of 6½ to 1.

Both tournaments held were broadcast on Sky Sports

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.

Results

Year	Winner	Score	Loser	Score
2005	Scotland	4½	England	2½
2006	Scotland	6½	England	1