France wins this year's French Open Elite Men's Team Country Award by a hairline against archrival, Spain. Three Frenchmen and three Spanish men have made it through the fourth round, so I had to use their current rankings to determine the winning country. Spain's fourth round entrants were Rafael Nadal (#1), David Ferrer (#7) and Albert Montanes (#38) so their country had a total 46 points.
On the other hand, France's fourth round entrants are Gael Monfils (#8), Richard Gasquet (#16) and Gilles Simon (#19), for a total of 43 points, 3 points lower than Spain. So France gets the award this year, and most fittingly, in the French Open grand slam!
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