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2014 Davis Cup

2014 edition of the Davis Cup

2014 Davis Cup

Details
Duration	31 January – 23 November 2014
Edition	103rd
Champion
Winning nation	Switzerland
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The 2014 Davis Cup (also known as the 2014 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas for sponsorship purposes) was the 103rd edition of the tournament between national teams in men's tennis.^[1] The final took place between the 21–23 of November 2014 in Lille, France, with Switzerland winning the title for the first time, defeating hosts France in the final.^[2][3][4]

World Group[edit]

Participating teams
Argentina	Australia	Belgium	Canada
Czech Republic	France	Germany	Great Britain
Italy	Japan	Kazakhstan	Netherlands
Serbia	Spain	Switzerland	United States

Seeds[edit]

 Serbia (first round)

 Spain (first round)

 Argentina (first round)

 France (final)

 United States (first round)

 Canada (first round)

 Kazakhstan (quarterfinals)

Draw[edit]

	First round 31 January –2 February					Quarterfinals 4–6 April					Semifinals 12–14 September					Final 21–23 November
	Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor hard)
	1	Czech Republic	3
						Tokyo, Japan (indoor hard)
		Netherlands	2
						1	Czech Republic	5
	Tokyo, Japan (indoor hard)
							Japan	0
	7	Canada	1
											Paris, France (clay)
		Japan	4
											1	Czech Republic	1
	Frankfurt, Germany (indoor hard)
											5	France	4
	3	Spain	1
						Nancy, France (indoor hard)
		Germany	4
							Germany	2
	Mouilleron-le-Captif, France (indoor clay)
						5	France	3
	5	France	5
																Lille, France (indoor clay)
		Australia	0
																5	France	1
	San Diego, United States (clay)
																	Switzerland	3
		Great Britain	3
						Naples, Italy (clay)
	6	United States	1
						Great Britain		2
	Mar del Plata, Argentina (clay)
						Italy		3
		Italy	3
											Geneva, Switzerland (indoor hard)
	4	Argentina	1
											Italy		2
	Astana, Kazakhstan (indoor hard)
											Switzerland		3
		Belgium	2
						Geneva, Switzerland (indoor hard)
	8	Kazakhstan	3
						8	Kazakhstan	2
	Novi Sad, Serbia (indoor hard)
							Switzerland	3
		Switzerland	3
	2	Serbia	2

Final[edit]

France 1	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille, France[5][6] 21–23 November 2014 Clay (i)		Switzerland 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Stan Wawrinka 1 6 6 3 3 6 2 6     2 Gaël Monfils Roger Federer 6 1 6 4 6 3       3 Julien Benneteau / Richard Gasquet Roger Federer / Stan Wawrinka 3 6 5 7 4 6       4 Richard Gasquet Roger Federer 4 6 2 6 2 6       5 Gaël Monfils Stan Wawrinka           not played

World Group play-offs[edit]

Date: 12–14 September

The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties and eight winners of the Zonal Group I final round ties competed in the World Group play-offs for spots in the 2015 World Group. The draw took place on April 8 in London, England.

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface
India	2–3	Serbia	Bangalore	KSLTA Tennis Stadium	Outdoor	Hard
Brazil	3–1	Spain	São Paulo	Ginásio do Ibirapuera	Indoor	Clay
Israel	2–3	Argentina	Sunrise, United States[7][8]	Sunrise Tennis Club[7][8]	Outdoor	Hard
Canada	3–2	Colombia	Halifax	Halifax Metro Centre	Indoor	Hard
United States	5–0	Slovakia	Chicago	Sears Centre	Indoor	Hard
Australia	5–0	Uzbekistan	Perth	Cottesloe Tennis Club	Outdoor	Grass
Netherlands	2–3	Croatia	Amsterdam	Ziggo Dome	Indoor	Clay
Ukraine	2–3	Belgium	Tallinn, Estonia[7][9]	Tere Tennis Centre[7][9]	Indoor	Hard

Note: Due to security concerns, the International Tennis Federation Board of Directors decided to move the World Group play-off ties originally scheduled to be held in Israel and Ukraine. Israel and Ukraine exercised their option of nominating neutral venues for their ties against Argentina and Belgium, respectively.^[7]

•  Argentina,  Australia,  Belgium,  Canada,  Serbia and  United States remained in the World Group in 2015.
•  Brazil and  Croatia were promoted to the World Group in 2015.
•  Colombia,  India  Israel,  Slovakia,  Ukraine and  Uzbekistan remained in Zonal Group I in 2015.
•  Netherlands and  Spain were relegated to Zonal Group I in 2015.

Americas Zone[edit]

Group I[edit]

Draw[edit]

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

1

Brazil

bye

Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)

bye

1

Brazil

3

Venezuela

Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)

Ecuador

1

Ecuador

3

Caracas, Venezuela (hard)

Venezuela

2

Venezuela

1

Uruguay

4

Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep. (hard)

Dominican Republic

4

Uruguay

0

Cali, Colombia (clay)

Uruguay

Dominican Republic

1

bye

2

Colombia

4

bye

2

Colombia

•  Venezuela relegated to Group II in 2015.
•  Brazil and  Colombia advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II[edit]

Draw[edit]

	Play-offs					First round					Second round					Third round
						Bridgetown, Barbados (hard)
						1	Chile	2
	Santiago, Chile (clay)						Barbados	3			Bridgetown, Barbados (hard)
	1	Chile	5									Barbados	4
		Paraguay	0			Asunción, Paraguay (clay)					4	El Salvador	1
						4	El Salvador	3
							Paraguay	2								Bridgetown, Barbados (hard)
																Barbados		3
						Trinidad, Bolivia (clay)										Mexico		2
							Bolivia	2
	Cochabamba, Bolivia (clay)					3	Peru	3			Puebla, Mexico (hard)
	Bolivia		3								3	Peru	2
	Guatemala		1			Guatemala City, Guatemala (hard)					2	Mexico	3
							Guatemala	2
						2	Mexico	3

•  Paraguay and  Guatemala relegated to Group III in 2015.
•  Barbados promoted to Group I in 2015.

Group III[edit]

 Bermuda

 Costa Rica – promoted to Group II in 2015

 Cuba

 Honduras

 Jamaica

 Panama

 Puerto Rico – promoted to Group II in 2015

 Trinidad and Tobago

Asia/Oceania Zone[edit]

Group I[edit]

Draw[edit]

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

1

Uzbekistan

bye

Tianjin, China (hard)

bye

1

Uzbekistan

3

New Zealand

Tianjin, China (hard, indoor)

China

2

New Zealand

1

Christchurch, NZ (hard, indoor)

China

3

New Zealand

4

Chinese Taipei

1

Indore, India (hard)

Chinese Taipei

0

Kaohsiung City, Taiwan (hard, indoor)

India

5

Busan, Korea Republic (hard)

Chinese Taipei

1

India

3

2

South Korea

3

2

South Korea

1

bye

2

South Korea

•  Chinese Taipei relegated to Group II in 2015.
•  Uzbekistan and  India advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II[edit]

Draw[edit]

	Play-offs					First Round					Second Round					Third Round
						Colombo, Sri Lanka (hard)
						1	Philippines	3
	Da Lat, Vietnam (hard)						Sri Lanka	1			Manila, Philippines (clay)
	Sri Lanka		3								1	Philippines	2
	Vietnam		2			Da Lat, Vietnam (hard)					4	Pakistan	3
						4	Pakistan	3
							Vietnam	2								Nonthaburi, Thailand (hard)
																4	Pakistan	1
						Phuket, Thailand (hard, indoor)										3	Thailand	4
							Hong Kong	1
	Jakarta, Indonesia (hard)					3	Thailand	4			Nonthaburi, Thailand (hard)
		Hong Kong	1								3	Thailand	4
	2	Indonesia	3			Mishref, Kuwait (hard)						Kuwait	1
							Kuwait	3
						2	Indonesia	2

•  Vietnam and  Hong Kong relegated to Group III in 2015.
•  Thailand promoted to Group I in 2015.

Group III[edit]

 Iran – promoted to Group II in 2015

 Lebanon – promoted to Group II in 2015

 Malaysia

 Singapore – relegated to Group IV in 2015

 Syria

 Turkmenistan

 United Arab Emirates – relegated to Group IV in 2015

Group IV[edit]

 Bangladesh

 Iraq

 Jordan

 Kyrgyzstan

 Mongolia

 Oman

 Pacific Oceania

 Qatar – promoted to Group III in 2015

 Saudi Arabia – promoted to Group III in 2015

Europe/Africa Zone[edit]

Group I[edit]

Seeds:  Croatia  Austria  Israel  Sweden

Remaining nations:  Latvia  Poland  Portugal  Romania  Russia  Slovakia  Slovenia  Ukraine

Draw[edit]

All seeded teams get a bye into the second round.

	Second round play-offs					First round play-offs					First round					Second round
											1	Croatia
																Warsaw, Poland (hard, indoor)
												bye
						bye										1	Croatia	3
											Moscow, Russia (hard, indoor)
						Russia											Poland	1
											Russia		2
	Moscow, Russia (indoor hard)
											Poland		3
	Russia		4
	Portugal		1
											3	Israel
																Portorož, Slovenia (clay)
												bye
						bye										3	Israel	3
											Kranj, Slovenia (hard, indoor)
						Portugal											Slovenia	1
											Portugal		2
											Slovenia		3
											Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine (hard, indoor)
											Ukraine		3
						Bucharest, Romania (clay)										Malmö, Sweden (hard, indoor)
											Romania		1
							Romania	3									Ukraine	4
						4	Sweden	1								4	Sweden	1
												bye
	Jönköping, Sweden (indoor hard)
											4	Sweden
	4	Sweden	3
											Bratislava, Slovak Rep. (hard, indoor)
		Latvia	2
											Slovakia		5
						Valmiera, Latvia (indoor hard)										Bratislava, Slovakia (hard, indoor)
											Latvia		0
							Latvia	1									Slovakia	4
						2	Austria	4								2	Austria	1
												bye
											2	Austria

•  Portugal and  Latvia relegated to Group II in 2015.
•  Croatia,  Israel,  Ukraine, and  Slovakia advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II[edit]

Draw[edit]

	Play-offs					First round					Second round					Third round
						Centurion, South Africa (hard)
						1	South Africa	3
	Oslo, Norway (hard, indoor)										Centurion, South Africa (hard)
							Monaco	2
	Monaco		5								1	South Africa	2
						Oslo, Norway (hard, indoor)
	Norway		0								8	Lithuania	3
						8	Lithuania	5
																Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herz. (hard, indoor)
							Norway	0
																8	Lithuania	3
						Helsinki, Finland (hard, indoor)
																5	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2
						3	Finland	3
	Athens, Greece (clay)										Helsinki, Finland (hard, indoor)
							Bulgaria	2
	Bulgaria		4								3	Finland	2
						Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herz. (carpet, indoor)
	Greece		1								5	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3
						5	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3
							Greece	1
						Minsk, Belarus (hard, indoor)
							Ireland	1
	Dublin, Ireland (hard, indoor)										Chișinău, Moldova (hard, indoor)
						6	Belarus	4
	Ireland		3								6	Belarus	1
						Chișinău, Moldova (hard, indoor)
	Egypt		2								4	Moldova	4
							Egypt	1
																Kolding, Denmark (carpet, indoor)
						4	Moldova	4
																4	Moldova	2
						Rabat, Morocco (clay)
																2	Denmark	3
							Morocco	2
	Casablanca, Morocco (clay)										Hillerød, Denmark (hard, indoor)
						7	Luxembourg	3
	Morocco		4								7	Luxembourg	0
						Copenhagen, Denmark (hard, indoor)
	Cyprus		1								2	Denmark	5
							Cyprus	1
						2	Denmark	4

•  Norway,  Greece,  Egypt, and  Cyprus relegated to Group III in 2015.
•  Lithuania and  Denmark promoted to Group I in 2015.

Group III Europe[edit]

 Armenia

 Estonia

 Georgia

 Hungary – promoted to Group II in 2015

 Iceland

 Liechtenstein

 Macedonia

 Malta

 Montenegro

 San Marino

 Turkey – promoted to Group II in 2015

Group III Africa[edit]

 Benin

 Botswana

 Congo

 Kenya

 Libya

 Madagascar – promoted to Group II in 2015

 Mozambique

 Namibia

 Nigeria

 Rwanda

 Zimbabwe – promoted to Group II in 2015

Note:  Tunisia was suspended from Davis Cup competition for one year for violation of ITF rules, after the Tunisian Tennis Federation ordered Malek Jaziri not to play against Israeli opponent Amir Weintraub during the 2013 Tashkent Challenger, an ATP Challenger Tour event in October 2013.

See also[edit]

• 2014 Fed Cup

References[edit]