2007 Davis Cup

2007 Davis Cup

Details
Duration	6 February – 2 December 2007
Edition	96th
Champion
Winning nation	United States
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The 2007 Davis Cup was the 96th edition of the Davis Cup, a national teams competition in men's tennis. Sixteen teams participated in the World Group and 123 took part in different regional groups. The final took place 30 November - 2 December at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon, United States, with the United States defeating Russia 4-1 for their 32nd title.^[1]

Participating Teams
Argentina	Australia	Austria	Belarus
Belgium	Chile	Croatia	Czech Republic
France	Germany	Romania	Russia
Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	United States

	First round 9-11 February					Quarterfinals 6-8 April					Semifinals 21-23 September					Final 30 November - 2 December
	La Serena, Chile (clay)
	1	Russia	3
						Moscow, Russia (indoor clay)
		Chile	2
						1	Russia	3
	Clermont-Ferrand, France (indoor hard)
						7	France	2
	7	France	4
											Moscow, Russia (indoor clay)
		Romania	1
											1	Russia	3
	Krefeld, Germany (indoor hard)
												Germany	2
	3	Croatia	2
						Ostend, Belgium (indoor clay)
		Germany	3
						Germany		3
	Liège, Belgium (indoor clay)
						Belgium		2
	5	Australia	2
																Portland, United States (indoor hard)
		Belgium	3
																1	Russia	1
	Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor clay)
																6	United States	4
		Czech Republic	1
						Winston-Salem, United States (indoor hard)
	6	United States	4
						6	United States	4
	Geneva, Switzerland (indoor carpet)
						4	Spain	1
		Switzerland	2
											Gothenburg, Sweden (indoor carpet)
	4	Spain	3
											6	United States	4
	Minsk, Belarus (indoor hard)
												Sweden	1
		Sweden	3
						Gothenburg, Sweden (indoor carpet)
	8	Belarus	2
							Sweden	4
	Linz, Austria (indoor carpet)
						2	Argentina	1
		Austria	1
	2	Argentina	4

First round losers play in World Group play-offs.

United States 4	Memorial Coliseum, Portland, United States[2] 30 November - 2 December 2007 Hard (i)		Russia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Andy Roddick Dmitry Tursunov 6 4 6 4 6 2       2 James Blake Mikhail Youzhny 6 3 77 64 63 77 77 63     3 Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan Igor Andreev / Nikolay Davydenko 77 64 6 4 6 2       4 Bob Bryan Igor Andreev 3 6 64 77         5 James Blake Dmitry Tursunov 1 6 6 3 7 5

• Date: 21–23 September

The 8 losing teams in the World Group first round ties, and 8 winners of the Group I second round ties entered the draw for the World Group Playoffs. 8 seeded teams, based on the latest Davis Cup ranking, were drawn against 8 unseeded teams.

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface
Serbia	4–1	Australia	Belgrade	Beogradska Arena	Indoor	Clay
Austria	4–1	Brazil	Innsbruck	Olympiaworld Innsbruck	Indoor	Carpet
Peru	4–1	Belarus	Lima	Rinconada Country Club	Outdoor	Clay
Israel1	3–2	Chile	Ramat HaSharon	Canada Stadium	Outdoor	Hard
Great Britain	4–1	Croatia	Wimbledon, London	All England Lawn Tennis Club	Outdoor	Grass
Czech Republic	3–2	Switzerland	Prague	Sazka Arena	Indoor	Hard
Japan	2–3	Romania	Osaka	Namihaya Dome	Indoor	Carpet
Slovakia	2–3	South Korea	Bratislava	Sibamac Arena	Indoor	Clay

•  Austria,  Czech Republic, and  Romania will remain in the World Group in 2008.
•  Great Britain,  Israel,  Peru,  Serbia and  South Korea are promoted to the World Group in 2008.
•  Brazil,  Japan and  Slovakia will remain in Zonal Group I in 2008.
•  Australia,  Belarus,  Chile,  Croatia and   Switzerland are relegated to Zonal Group I in 2008.

¹ Took place on September 20, 21 and 23, due to Yom Kippur taking place on the 22nd.

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

S

Mexico

Metepec, Mexico (hard)

bye

Asia, Peru (clay)

S

Mexico

5

S

Mexico

2

Venezuela

0

Asia, Peru (clay)

Peru

3

Venezuela

2

Valencia, Venezuela (hard)

Peru

3

Venezuela

1

Colombia

4

Calgary, Canada (indoor carpet)

Colombia

0

Canada

5

Florianópolis, Brazil (clay)

Colombia

Canada

1

bye

S

Brazil

3

bye

S

Brazil

• Venezuela relegated to Group II in 2008.
• Peru and Brazil advance to World Group Play-off.

	Play-offs					First Round					Second Round					Third Round
						Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)
						1	Ecuador	5
	Kingston, Jamaica (hard)						Netherlands Antilles	0			Punta del Este, Uruguay (clay)
	Netherlands Antilles		5								1	Ecuador	0
	Jamaica		0			Punta del Este, Uruguay (clay)					4	Uruguay	5
						4	Uruguay	5
							Jamaica	0								Asunción, Paraguay (clay)
																4	Uruguay	3
						Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep. (hard)										2	Paraguay	0
							El Salvador	1
	Santa Tecla, El Salvador (clay)					3	Dominican Republic	4			Lambaré, Paraguay (clay)
	El Salvador		4								3	Dominican Republic	1
	Cuba		1			Asunción, Paraguay (clay)					2	Paraguay	4
							Cuba	0
						2	Paraguay	5

• Jamaica and Cuba relegated to Group III in 2008.
• Uruguay promoted to Group I in 2008.

Venue: Federación Nacional de Tenis de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala (hard)
Date: 20–24 June

	Pool A	BAH	GUA	BAR	HAI
1	Bahamas (3–0)		3–0	2–1	3–0
2	Guatemala (2–1)	0–3		3–0	3–0
3	Barbados (1–2)	1–2	0–3		3–0
4	Haiti (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

	Pool B	BOL	PUR	PAN	CRC
1	Bolivia (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Puerto Rico (2–1)	0–3		3–0	2–1
3	Panama (1–2)	0–3	0–3		2–1
4	Costa Rica (0–3)	0–3	1–2	1–2

Top two teams advance to 1st–4th Play-off, bottom two teams advance to 5th–8th Play-off. Scores in italics carried over from pools.

	1st–4th Play-off	BAH	BOL	PUR	GUA
1	Bahamas (3–0)		2–1	2–1	3–0
2	Bolivia (2–1)	1–2		3–0	2–0
3	Puerto Rico (1–2)	1–2	0–3		2–1
4	Guatemala (0–3)	0–3	0–2	1–2

	5th–8th Play-off	BAR	PAN	HAI	CRC
1	Barbados (2–1)		3–0	3–0	0–3
2	Panama (2–1)	0–3		2–0	2–1
3	Haiti (1–2)	0–3	0–2		2–1
4	Costa Rica (1–2)	3–0	1–2	1–2

• Bahamas and Bolivia promoted to Group II in 2008.
• Haiti and Costa Rica relegated to Group IV in 2008.

• Venue: Federación Nacional de Tenis, Guatemala City, Guatemala (hard)
• Date: 20–22 June
• Withdrawn:  Bermuda,  Eastern Caribbean,  Saint Lucia

		ARU	HON	ISV	TRI
1	Aruba (3–0)		2–1	2–1	2–1
2	Honduras (2–1)	1–2		2–1	2–1
3	U.S. Virgin Islands (1–2)	1–2	1–2		2–1
4	Trinidad and Tobago (0–3)	1–2	1–2	1–2

• Aruba and Honduras promoted to Group III in 2008.

Second-round play-offs

First-round play-offs

First Round

Second Round

Taipei, Taiwan (indoor carpet)

S

Thailand

3

Taipei, Taiwan (indoor carpet)

Chinese Taipei

2

Osaka, Japan (indoor carpet)

Chinese Taipei

3

S

Thailand

0

China

2

Beijing, China (indoor hard)

S

Japan

5

S

Japan

4

Almaty, Kazakhstan (indoor hard)

China

1

China

2

Kazakhstan

3

Namangan, Uzbekistan (indoor clay)

Uzbekistan

4

Almaty, Kazakhstan (indoor hard)

S

India

1

Seoul, South Korea (hard)

S

India

3

Uzbekistan

0

Kazakhstan

2

Chuncheon, South Korea (indoor carpet)

S

South Korea

5

Kazakhstan

0

S

South Korea

5

•  China relegated to Group II in 2008.
•  Japan and  South Korea advance to World Group play-off.

	Play-offs					First Round					Second Round					Third Round
						Manila, Philippines (hard)
						1	Pakistan	1
	Apia, Samoa (hard)						Philippines	4			Auckland, New Zealand (outdoor carpet)
	1	Pakistan	2									Philippines	4
		Pacific Oceania	3			Dunedin, New Zealand (indoor carpet)					3	New Zealand	1
						3	New Zealand	5
							Pacific Oceania	0								Kuwait City, Kuwait (hard)
																	Philippines	5
						Kuwait City, Kuwait (hard)										4	Kuwait	0
							Iran	1
	Tehran, Iran (clay)					4	Kuwait	4			Kuwait City, Kuwait (hard)
	Iran		2								4	Kuwait	4
	Hong Kong		3			Hong Kong, China (hard)					2	Indonesia	1
							Hong Kong	2
						2	Indonesia	3

•  Iran and  Pakistan relegated to Group III in 2008.
•  Philippines promoted to Group I in 2008.

Venue: Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka (hard)
Date: 18–22 July

	Pool A	LIB	UAE	SIN	KSA
1	Lebanon (3–0)		3–0	3–0	2–1
2	United Arab Emirates (2–1)	0–3		2–1	2–1
3	Singapore (1–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1
4	Saudi Arabia (0–3)	1–2	1–2	1–2

	Pool B	OMA	SRI	VIE	MAS
1	Oman (3–0)		2–1	2–1	2–1
2	Sri Lanka (2–1)	1–2		2–1	2–1
3	Vietnam (1–2)	1–2	1–2		2–1
4	Malaysia (0–3)	1–2	1–2	1–2

Top two teams advance to 1st–4th Play-off, bottom two teams advance to 5th–8th Play-off. Scores in italics carried over from pools.

	1st–4th Play-off	OMA	LIB	SRI	UAE
1	Oman (2–1, 6r)		1–2	2–1	3–0
2	Lebanon (2–1, 6r)	2–1		1–2	3–0
3	Sri Lanka (2–1, 5r)	1–2	2–1		2–1
4	United Arab Emirates (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

	5th–8th Play-off	VIE	MAS	SIN	KSA
1	Vietnam (3–0)		2–1	2–1	2–1
2	Malaysia (2–1)	1–2		3–0	2–1
3	Singapore (1–2)	1–2	0–3		2–1
4	Saudi Arabia (0–3)	1–2	1–2	1–2

Note: Oman/Lebanon/Sri Lanka tie broken on number of rubbers won.

• Oman and Lebanon promoted to Group II in 2008.
• Singapore and Saudi Arabia relegated to Group IV in 2008.

Venue: Theinbyu Tennis Plaza, Yangon, Myanmar (hard)
Date: 9–13 May

	Pool A	TJK	BAN	TKM	JOR	BRN
1	Tajikistan (4–0)		3–0	3–0	2–1	2–1
2	Bangladesh (3–1)	0–3		2–1	3–0	3–0
3	Turkmenistan (2–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1	2–1
4	Jordan (1–3)	1–2	0–3	1–2		2–1
5	Bahrain (0–4)	1–2	0–3	1–2	1–2

	Pool B	SYR	MYA	QAT	IRQ	BRU
1	Syria (4–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Myanmar (3–1)	0–3		3–0	3–0	3–0
3	Qatar (2–2)	0–3	0–3		2–1	3–0
4	Iraq (1–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2		3–0
5	Brunei (0–4)	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3

• Tajikistan and Syria promoted to Group III in 2008.

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

S

Slovakia

Skopje, Macedonia (clay)

bye

bye

S

Slovakia

5

Macedonia

Macedonia

0

Macedonia

Esch-sur-Alzette, Lux. (ind. hard)

bye

Macedonia

3

Luxembourg

2

S

Italy

Alghero, Italy (hard)

Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)

bye

S

Italy

4

S

Italy

2

Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)

Luxembourg

1

Israel

3

Israel

5

Luxembourg

0

Tbilisi, Georgia (indoor carpet)

Georgia

3

Belgrade, Serbia (indoor clay)

Portugal

2

Portugal

Georgia

0

bye

S

Serbia

5

bye

Rotterdam, Netherlands (indoor hard)

S

Serbia

Portugal

0

S

Netherlands

5

bye

Birmingham, England (indoor hard)

Great Britain

bye

Great Britain

4

S

Netherlands

S

Netherlands

1

bye

S

Netherlands

• Luxembourg and Portugal relegated to Group II in 2008.
• Slovakia, Israel, Serbia, and Great Britain advance to World Group Play-off.

Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Agdal, Morocco (clay)

S

Morocco

4

Hornbæk, Denmark (hard)

Portorož, Slovenia (hard)

Denmark

1

Denmark

3

S

Morocco

3

Tallinn, Estonia (indoor hard)

Estonia

0

S

Slovenia

2

S

Slovenia

3

Puszczykowo, Poland (indoor carpet)

Estonia

2

S

Morocco

1

Ioannina, Greece (clay)

S

Poland

4

S

Ukraine

2

Abuja, Nigeria (hard)

Thessaloniki, Greece (clay)

Greece

3

S

Ukraine

5

Greece

0

Lagos, Nigeria (hard)

Nigeria

0

S

Poland

5

S

Poland

5

Nigeria

0

Jūrmala, Latvia (indoor carpet)

Latvia

4

Nicosia, Cyprus (clay)

Tampere, Finland (clay)

S

Bulgaria

1

S

Bulgaria

1

Latvia

3

Nicosia, Cyprus (clay)

Cyprus

4

S

Finland

2

Cyprus

2

Jūrmala, Latvia (indoor carpet)

S

Finland

3

Latvia

5

Algiers, Algeria (clay)

Monaco

0

Monaco

5

Svingvoll, Norway (hard)

Budapest, Hungary (clay)

S

Algeria

0

S

Algeria

4

Monaco

4

Oslo, Norway (indoor hard)

Norway

1

S

Hungary

1

Norway

1

S

Hungary

4

• Bulgaria, Norway, Latvia, and Poland relegated to Group III in 2008.
• Estonia and Nigeria promoted to Group I in 2008.

Venue: Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt (clay)
Date: 9–13 May

	Pool A	IRL	LTU	MDA	BIH
1	Ireland (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Lithuania (2–1)	1–2		2–1	2–1
3	Moldova (1–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina (0–3)	0–3	1–2	1–2

	Pool B	EGY	TUR	SMR	ISL
1	Egypt (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Turkey (2–1)	1–2		3–0	2–1
3	San Marino (1–2)	0–3	0–3		2–1
4	Iceland (0–3)	0–3	1–2	1–2

Top two teams advance to 1st–4th Play-off, bottom two teams advance to 5th–8th Play-off. Scores in italics carried over from pools.

	1st–4th Play-off	IRL	EGY	LTU	TUR
1	Ireland (3–0)		3–0	2–1	2–1
2	Egypt (2–1)	0–3		2–1	2–1
3	Lithuania (1–2)	1–2	1–2		2–1
4	Turkey (0–3)	1–2	1–2	1–2

	5th–8th Play-off	MDA	BIH	SMR	ISL
1	Moldova (3–0)		2–1	3–0	2–1
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina (2–1)	1–2		3–0	3–0
3	San Marino (1–2)	0–3	0–3		2–1
4	Iceland (0–3)	1–2	0–3	1–2

• Ireland and Egypt promoted to Group II in 2008.
• San Marino and Iceland relegated to Group IV in 2008.

Venue: Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia (clay)
Date: 9–13 May

	Pool A	RSA	CIV	MRI	GHA
1	South Africa (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Ivory Coast (2–1)	0–3		2–1	3–0
3	Mauritius (1–2)	0–3	1–2		3–0
4	Ghana (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

	Pool B	TUN	MAD	ZIM	NAM
1	Tunisia (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Madagascar (2–1)	0–3		3–0	3–0
3	Zimbabwe (1–2)	0–3	0–3		2–1
4	Namibia (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

Top two teams advance to 1st–4th Play-off, bottom two teams advance to 5th–8th Play-off. Scores in italics carried over from pools.

	1st–4th Play-off	RSA	TUN	CIV	MAD
1	South Africa (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Tunisia (2–1)	0–3		3–0	3–0
3	Ivory Coast (1–2)	0–3	0–3		2–1
4	Madagascar (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

	5th–8th Play-off	ZIM	GHA	MRI	NAM
1	Zimbabwe (2–1, 7r)		1–2	3–0	2–1
2	Ghana (2–1, 5r, 11/16 s)	2–1		0–3	3–0
3	Mauritius (2–1, 5r, 5/13 s)	0–3	3–0		2–1
4	Namibia (0–3)	1–2	0–3	1–2

Note: Ghana/Mauritius tie broken on percentage of sets won.

• South Africa and Tunisia promoted to Group II in 2008.
• Mauritius and Namibia relegated to Group IV in 2008.

Venue: Yerevan, Armenia (clay)
Date: Week of 6 August
Withdrawn: Azerbaijan, Benin, Gabon, Libya, Malta, Senegal, Uganda

	Group IV	MNE	ARM	BOT	AND	RWA
1	Montenegro (4–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Armenia (3–1)	0–3		2–1	2–1	2–1
3	Botswana (2–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1	2–1
4	Andorra (1–3)	0–3	1–2	1–2		3–0
5	Rwanda (0–4)	0–3	1–2	1–2	0–3

• Montenegro, Armenia, Botswana and Andorra promoted to Group III in 2008.

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