The 1988 Davis Cup (also known as the 1988 Davis Cup by NEC for sponsorship purposes) was the 77th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. This year's tournament marked the introduction of sub-divisions within each continental zone. Each zone would now feature two groups, with promotion and relegation between the two. This year also saw the Eastern Zone renamed as the Asia/Oceania Zone. 75 teams would enter the competition, 16 in the World Group, 13 in the Americas Zone, 16 in the Asia/Oceania Zone, and 30 in the Europe/Africa Zone. Cameroon, Ghana, Haiti, Iraq and Jamaica made their first appearances in the tournament.

1988 Davis Cup
Details
Duration5 February – 18 December 1988
Edition77th
Teams74
Champion
Winning Nation West Germany
1987
1989

West Germany defeated Sweden in the final, held at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden, on 16–18 December, to win their first title and become the ninth nation to win the Davis Cup.[1][2]

World Group edit

Participating teams
 
Australia
 
Brazil
 
Czechoslovakia
 
Denmark
 
France
 
India
 
Israel
 
Italy
 
Mexico
 
New Zealand
 
Paraguay
 
Spain
 
Sweden
 
Switzerland
 
West Germany
 
Yugoslavia

Draw edit

First round
5–7 February
Quarterfinals
8–10 April
Semifinals
22–24 July
Final
16–18 December
Gävle, Sweden (indoor carpet)
  Sweden5
Norrköping, Sweden (indoor carpet)
  New Zealand0
  Sweden3
Prague, Czechoslovakia (indoor carpet)
  Czechoslovakia2
  Czechoslovakia5
Båstad, Sweden (clay)
  Paraguay0
  Sweden4
Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
  France1
  Australia3
Clermont-Ferrand, France (indoor clay)
  Mexico2
  Australia0
Basel, Switzerland (indoor carpet)
  France5
  France4
Gothenburg, Sweden (indoor clay)
   Switzerland1
  Sweden1
Essen, West Germany (indoor carpet)
  West Germany4
  Brazil0
Frankfurt, West Germany (indoor carpet)
  West Germany5
  West Germany5
Aarhus, Denmark (indoor carpet)
  Denmark0
  Denmark3
Dortmund, West Germany (indoor carpet)
  Spain2
  West Germany5
Palermo, Italy (clay)
  Yugoslavia0
  Italy4
Belgrade, Yugoslavia (indoor carpet)
  Israel1
  Italy1
New Delhi, India (grass)
  Yugoslavia4
  Yugoslavia3
  India2

Final edit

Sweden vs. West Germany

 
Sweden
1
Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden[2]
16–18 December 1988
Clay (indoors)
 
West Germany
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Mats Wilander
Carl-Uwe Steeb
10
8
6
1
2
6
4
6
6
8
 
2  
 
Stefan Edberg
Boris Becker
3
6
1
6
4
6
     
3  
 
Stefan Edberg / Anders Järryd
Boris Becker / Eric Jelen
6
3
6
2
5
7
3
6
2
6
 
4  
 
Stefan Edberg
Carl-Uwe Steeb
6
4
8
6
       
5  
 
Kent Carlsson
Patrik Kühnen
           
w/o

Relegation play-offs edit

Date: 8–10 April

Home team Score Visiting team Location Door Surface
  Paraguay 4–1   New Zealand Asunción Outdoor Hard
   Switzerland 2–3   Mexico St. Gallen Indoor Carpet
  Spain 5–0   Brazil Murcia Outdoor Clay
  Israel w/o   India

Americas Zone edit

Group I edit

First Round
4–7 February
Second Round
8–10 April
Third Round
22–24 July
  Argentina
Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)
bye
  Argentina4
Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)
  Ecuador1
  Ecuador5
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
  Canada0
  Argentina1
Viña del Mar, Chile (clay)
  United States4
  Peru4
Lima, Peru (clay)
  Chile1
  Peru0
  United States3
bye
  United States
Relegation Play-off
8–10 April
Vancouver, Canada (indoor carpet)
  Canada4
  Chile1

Group II edit

First Round
5–7 February
Second Round
8–11 April
Third Round
22–24 July
  Uruguay
Havana, Cuba (hard)
bye
  Uruguay5
Havana, Cuba (hard)
  Cuba0
  Cuba4
Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)
  Bolivia1
  Uruguay4
Caracas, Venezuela (hard)
  Venezuela1
  Venezuela4
Kingston, Jamaica (hard)
  Colombia1
  Venezuela3
Kingston, Jamaica (hard)
  Jamaica2
  Jamaica5
  Haiti0

Asia/Oceania Zone edit

Group I edit

First Round
5–7 February
Second Round
8–10 April
Third Round
22–24 July
  South Korea
Seoul, South Korea (clay)
bye
  South Korea5
Manila, Philippines (indoor clay)
  Philippines0
  Japan2
Jakarta, Indonesia (clay)
  Philippines3
  South Korea2
Jakarta, Indonesia (clay)
  Indonesia3
  Thailand0
Jakarta, Indonesia (clay)
  Indonesia5
  Indonesia4
  China1
bye
  China
Relegation Play-off
8–10 April
Bangkok, Thailand (hard)
  Japan4
  Thailand1

Group II edit

First Round
5–7 February
Second Round
8–11 April
Third Round
6–8 May
Third Round
22–24 July
  Hong Kong
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard)
bye
  Hong Kong5
  Iraq0
bye
Hong Kong (indoor carpet)
  Iraq
  Hong Kong5
  Singapore0
  Singapore
Damascus, Syria (indoor hard)
bye
  Singapore4
  Syria1
  Saudi Arabia
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard)
  Syriaw/o
  Hong Kong5
  Pakistan0
  Bangladesh
Taipei, Taiwan (indoor hard)
bye
  Bangladesh1
  Chinese Taipei4
bye
Taipei, Taiwan (indoor carpet)
  Chinese Taipei
  Chinese Taipei1
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (indoor hard)
  Pakistan4
  Sri Lanka4
Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay)
  Malaysia1
  Sri Lanka2
  Pakistan3
bye
  Pakistan

Europe/Africa Zone edit

Group I edit

First Round
6–8 May
Second Round
9–12 June
Third Round
22–24 July
  Great Britain
Bristol, United Kingdom (grass)
bye
  Great Britain3
Brussels, Belgium (clay)
  Finland1
  Finland4
Zell am See, Austria (clay)
  Belgium1
  Great Britain0
Lagos, Nigeria (hard)
  Austria5
  Hungary0
Villach, Austria (clay)
  Nigeria5
  Nigeria0
  Austria5
bye
  Austria
  Netherlands
Warmond, Netherlands (clay)
bye
  Netherlands3
Dakar, Senegal (hard)
  Senegal2
  Senegal4
Jūrmala, Soviet Union (clay)
  Bulgaria1
  Netherlands0
Timișoara, Romania (clay)
  Soviet Union5
  Romania2
Lisbon, Portugal (clay)
  Portugal3
  Portugal0
  Soviet Union5
bye
  Soviet Union
Relegation Play-offs
10–13 June
Budapest, Hungary (clay)
  Belgium2
  Hungary3
Sofia, Bulgaria (clay)
  Bulgaria0
  Romania5

Group II Europe edit

First round
8–10 April
Second Round
6–8 May
Third Round
10–12 June
Third Round
22–24 July
  Poland
Warsaw, Poland (clay)
bye
  Poland5
  Luxembourg0
bye
Athens, Greece (clay)
  Luxembourg
  Poland1
  Greece3
  Greece
Athens, Greece (clay)
bye
  Greece4
  Turkey1
bye
Dublin, Ireland (grass)
  Turkey
  Greece0
Stavanger, Norway (indoor hard)
  Ireland5
  Malta0
Bergen, Norway (indoor carpet)
  Norway5
  Norway4
  Monaco1
bye
Belfast, Northern Ireland (grass)
  Monaco
  Norway2
  Ireland3
  Cyprus
Cork, Ireland (indoor carpet)
bye
  Cyprus0
  Ireland5
bye
  Ireland

Group II Africa edit

First round
5–7 February
Second Round
8–10 April
Third Round
6–8 May
Third Round
22–24 July
  Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)
bye
  Zimbabwe5
  Cameroon0
bye
Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard)
  Cameroon
  Zimbabwe3
  Ivory Coast2
  Algeria
Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard)
bye
  Algeria2
  Ivory Coast3
bye
Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)
  Ivory Coast
  Zimbabwe5
  Egypt0
  Tunisia
Tunis, Tunisia (hard)
bye
  Tunisia0
  Morocco5
bye
Casablanca, Morocco (clay)
  Morocco
  Morocco2
Accra, Ghana (indoor carpet)
  Egypt3
  Ghana1
Cairo, Egypt (clay)
  Kenya4
  Kenya0
  Egypt5
bye
  Egypt

References edit

General
  • "World Group 1988". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
Specific
  1. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–496, 499. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ a b "Sweden v West Germany". daviscup.com.

External links edit