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2003 Davis Cup World Group

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The World Group was the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 2003. The first-round losers went into the Davis Cup World Group playoffs, and the winners progress to the quarterfinals. The quarterfinalists were guaranteed a World Group spot for 2004.

2003 Davis Cup World Group
Date7 February – 30 November
Edition23rd
Champions

Australia
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Participating teams edit

Participating teams
 
Argentina 		 
Australia 		 
Belgium 		 
Brazil
 
Croatia 		 
Czech Republic 		 
France 		 
Germany
 
Great Britain 		 
Netherlands 		 
Romania 		 
Russia
 
Spain 		 
Sweden 		 
Switzerland 		 
United States

Draw edit

First round
7–9 February		Quarterfinals
4–6 April		Semifinals
19–21 September		Final
28–30 November
Bucharest, Romania (indoor carpet)[1]
S  France4
Toulouse, France (indoor hard)[9]
  Romania1
S  France2
Arnhem, Netherlands (indoor carpet)[2]
   Switzerland3
S  Netherlands2
Melbourne, Australia (hard)[13]
   Switzerland3
   Switzerland2
Sydney, Australia (clay)[3]
S  Australia3
S  Australia4
Malmö, Sweden (indoor hard)[10]
  Great Britain1
S  Australia5
Helsingborg, Sweden (indoor carpet)[4]
S  Sweden0
S  Sweden3
Melbourne, Australia (grass)[15]
  Brazil2
S  Australia3
Zagreb, Croatia (indoor carpet)[5]
S  Spain1
  Croatia4
Valencia, Spain (clay)[11]
S  United States1
  Croatia0
Seville, Spain (clay)[6]
S  Spain5
  Belgium0
Málaga, Spain (clay)[14]
S  Spain5
S  Spain3
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)[7]
S  Argentina2
  Germany0
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)[12]
S  Argentina5
S  Argentina5
Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor clay)[8]
S  Russia0
  Czech Republic2
S  Russia3


First round edit

Romania vs. France edit

 
Romania
1 		Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest, Romania[1]
7–9 February 2003
Carpet (i) 		 
France
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Adrian Voinea
Sébastien Grosjean 		2
6 		3
6 		610
712 		     
2  
  		Andrei Pavel
Nicolas Escudé 		62
77 		2
6 		65
77 		     
3  
  		Andrei Pavel / Gabriel Trifu
Michaël Llodra / Fabrice Santoro 		4
6 		3
6 		64
77 		     
4  
  		Victor Hănescu
Fabrice Santoro 		6
1 		6
4 		       
5  
  		Gabriel Trifu
Nicolas Escudé 		63
77 		6
4 		4
6 		     

Netherlands vs. Switzerland edit

 
Netherlands
2 		Gelredome, Arnhem, Netherlands[2]
7–9 February 2003
Carpet (i) 		 
Switzerland
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Sjeng Schalken
Michel Kratochvil 		6
3 		7
5 		1
6 		4
6 		6
4 		 
2  
  		Raemon Sluiter
Roger Federer 		2
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
3  
  		Paul Haarhuis / Martin Verkerk
George Bastl / Roger Federer 		3
6 		6
3 		6
4 		7
5 		   
4  
  		Sjeng Schalken
Roger Federer 		62
77 		4
6 		5
7 		     
5  
  		Martin Verkerk
Michel Kratochvil 		6
1 		65
77 		66
78 		1
6 		   

Australia vs. Great Britain edit

 
Australia
4 		Sydney International Tennis Centre, Sydney, Australia[3]
7–9 February 2003
Clay 		 
Great Britain
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Mark Philippoussis
Alan Mackin 		6
3 		6
3 		6
3 		     
2  
  		Lleyton Hewitt
Alex Bogdanovic 		7
5 		6
1 		6
2 		     
3  
  		Lleyton Hewitt / Todd Woodbridge
Miles McLagan / Arvind Parmar 		6
1 		6
3 		4
6 		6
2 		   
4  
  		Wayne Arthurs
Miles McLagan 		4
6 		6
1 		6
4 		     
5  
  		Todd Woodbridge
Alex Bogdanovic 		2
6 		64
77 		       

Sweden vs. Brazil edit

 
Sweden
3 		Idrottens Hus, Helsingborg, Sweden[4]
7–9 February 2003
Carpet (i) 		 
Brazil
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Andreas Vinciguerra
Gustavo Kuerten 		1
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
2  
  		Jonas Björkman
André Sá 		6
4 		5
7 		6
2 		4
6 		6
1 		 
3  
  		Jonas Björkman / Magnus Larsson
Gustavo Kuerten / André Sá 		4
6 		6
2 		7
5 		2
6 		2
6 		 
4  
  		Jonas Björkman
Gustavo Kuerten 		6
4 		6
4 		4
6 		4
6 		6
1 		 
5  
  		Andreas Vinciguerra
Flávio Saretta 		6
1 		7
5 		6
3 		     

Croatia vs. United States edit

 
Croatia
4 		Hall Dom Sportova, Zagreb, Croatia[5]
7–9 February 2003
Carpet (i) 		 
United States
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Ivan Ljubičić
Mardy Fish 		7
5 		6
3 		6
4 		     
2  
  		Mario Ančić
James Blake 		1
6 		2
6 		65
77 		     
3  
  		Goran Ivanišević / Ivan Ljubičić
James Blake / Mardy Fish 		3
6 		4
6 		77
64 		6
4 		6
4 		 
4  
  		Ivan Ljubičić
James Blake 		6
3 		65
77 		6
4 		6
3 		   
5  
  		Mario Ančić
Taylor Dent 		77
65 		3
6 		712
610 		     

Spain vs. Belgium edit

 
Spain
5 		Centro Deportivo Tenis Olimpico, Seville, Spain[6]
7–9 February 2003
Clay 		 
Belgium
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Juan Carlos Ferrero
Christophe Rochus 		6
3 		6
2 		7
5 		     
2  
  		Carlos Moyá
Xavier Malisse 		77
62 		6
1 		77
65 		     
3  
  		Àlex Corretja / Albert Costa
Olivier Rochus / Kristof Vliegen 		6
4 		4
6 		6
3 		3
6 		8
6 		 
4  
  		Juan Carlos Ferrero
Kristof Vliegen 		6
1 		6
4 		       
5  
  		Carlos Moyá
Christophe Rochus 		6
2 		6
2 		       

Argentina vs. Germany edit

 
Argentina
5 		Club Atlético River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina[7]
7–9 February 2003
Clay 		 
Germany
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Gastón Gaudio
Rainer Schüttler 		6
2 		6
3 		6
0 		     
2  
  		David Nalbandian
Lars Burgsmüller 		6
1 		77
64 		7
5 		     
3  
  		Lucas Arnold Ker / David Nalbandian
Michael Kohlmann / Rainer Schüttler 		6
1 		0
6 		4
6 		6
1 		6
2 		 
4  
  		Juan Ignacio Chela
David Prinosil 		6
4 		6
1 		       
5  
  		Gastón Gaudio
Lars Burgsmüller 		6
3 		6
1 		       

Czech Republic vs. Russia edit

 
Czech Republic
2 		Sports Culture Palace, Ostrava, Czech Republic[8]
7–9 February 2003
Clay (i) 		 
Russia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Jiří Novák
Nikolay Davydenko 		6
4 		4
6 		6
1 		6
1 		   
2  
  		Radek Štěpánek
Mikhail Youzhny 		6
3 		68
710 		78
66 		2
6 		3
6 		 
3  
  		Martin Damm / Cyril Suk
Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Mikhail Youzhny 		61
77 		6
4 		3
6 		3
6 		   
4  
  		Jiří Novák
Yevgeny Kafelnikov 		6
2 		6
3 		77
65 		     
5  
  		Radek Štěpánek
Nikolay Davydenko 		6
1 		64
77 		2
6 		6
3 		0
6 		 

Quarterfinals edit

France vs. Switzerland edit

 
France
2 		Zenith Stadium, Toulouse, France[9]
4–6 April 2003
Hard (i) 		 
Switzerland
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Sébastien Grosjean
George Bastl 		6
3 		6
4 		3
6 		6
3 		   
2  
  		Nicolas Escudé
Roger Federer 		4
6 		5
7 		2
6 		     
3  
  		Nicolas Escudé / Fabrice Santoro
Roger Federer / Marc Rosset 		4
6 		6
3 		3
6 		64
77 		   
4  
  		Fabrice Santoro
Roger Federer 		1
6 		0
6 		2
6 		     
5  
  		Nicolas Escudé
George Bastl 		77
65 		5
7 		77
63 		     

Sweden vs. Australia edit

 
Sweden
0 		Baltiska Hallen, Malmö, Sweden[10]
4–6 April 2003
Hard (i) 		 
Australia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Jonas Björkman
Mark Philippoussis 		4
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
2  
  		Thomas Enqvist
Lleyton Hewitt 		4
6 		2
6 		7
5 		4
6 		   
3  
  		Jonas Björkman / Thomas Enqvist
Wayne Arthurs / Todd Woodbridge 		4
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
4  
  		Joachim Johansson
Wayne Arthurs 		3
6 		6
3 		64
77 		     
5  
  		Magnus Norman
Mark Philippoussis 		5
7 		7
5 		3
6 		     

Spain vs. Croatia edit

 
Spain
5 		Valencia Tennis Club, Valencia, Spain[11]
4–6 April 2003
Clay 		 
Croatia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Juan Carlos Ferrero
Mario Ančić 		6
4 		6
2 		77
61 		     
2  
  		Carlos Moyá
Ivan Ljubičić 		65
77 		6
1 		6
4 		6
4 		   
3  
  		Àlex Corretja / Albert Costa
Ivan Ljubičić / Lovro Zovko 		6
2 		6
3 		6
4 		     
4  
  		Albert Costa
Ivan Ljubičić 		6
3 		6
4 		       
5  
  		Àlex Corretja
Mario Ančić 		7
5 		6
3 		       

Argentina vs. Russia edit

 
Argentina
5 		Club Atlético River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina[12]
4–6 April 2003
Clay 		 
Russia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		David Nalbandian
Nikolay Davydenko 		6
2 		6
2 		7
5 		     
2  
  		Gastón Gaudio
Yevgeny Kafelnikov 		6
4 		6
0 		6
2 		     
3  
  		Lucas Arnold Ker / David Nalbandian
Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Mikhail Youzhny 		3
6 		6
3 		6
4 		6
3 		   
4  
  		Mariano Zabaleta
Mikhail Youzhny 		6
1 		6
4 		       
5  
  		Gastón Gaudio
Nikolay Davydenko 		77
64 		6
3 		       

Semifinals edit

Australia vs. Switzerland edit

 
Australia
3 		Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia[13]
19–21 September 2003
Hard 		 
Switzerland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Lleyton Hewitt
Michel Kratochvil 		6
4 		6
4 		6
1 		     
2  
  		Mark Philippoussis
Roger Federer 		3
6 		4
6 		63
77 		     
3  
  		Wayne Arthurs / Todd Woodbridge
Roger Federer / Marc Rosset 		4
6 		77
65 		5
7 		6
4 		6
4 		 
4  
  		Lleyton Hewitt
Roger Federer 		5
7 		2
6 		77
64 		7
5 		6
1 		 
5  
  		Todd Woodbridge
Michel Kratochvil 		4
6 		        retired
 

Spain vs. Argentina edit

 
Spain
3 		Palacio de Deportes José María Martín Carpena, Málaga, Spain[14]
19–21 September 2003
Clay 		 
Argentina
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Juan Carlos Ferrero
Gastón Gaudio 		6
4 		6
0 		6
0 		     
2  
  		Carlos Moyá
Mariano Zabaleta 		5
7 		2
6 		6
2 		6
0 		6
1 		 
3  
  		Àlex Corretja / Albert Costa
Agustín Calleri / Lucas Arnold Ker 		3
6 		6
1 		4
6 		2
6 		   
4  
  		Juan Carlos Ferrero
Agustín Calleri 		4
6 		5
7 		1
6 		     
5  
  		Carlos Moyá
Gastón Gaudio 		6
1 		6
4 		6
2 		     

Final edit

Australia vs. Spain edit

 
Australia
3 		Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia[15]
28–30 November 2003
Grass 		 
Spain
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Lleyton Hewitt
Juan Carlos Ferrero 		3
6 		6
3 		3
6 		77
60 		6
2 		 
2  
  		Mark Philippoussis
Carlos Moyà 		4
6 		4
6 		6
4 		64
77 		   
3  
  		Wayne Arthurs / Todd Woodbridge
Àlex Corretja / Feliciano López 		6
3 		6
1 		6
3 		     
4  
  		Mark Philippoussis
Juan Carlos Ferrero 		7
5 		6
3 		1
6 		2
6 		6
0 		 
5  
  		Lleyton Hewitt
Carlos Moyà 		          not
played

Anthem incident edit

Himno de Riego, an obsolete anthem of Spain, was played in the Australia vs Spain match. Juan Antonio Gomez Angulo, Spain's sport minister, left the stadium in protest and returned after the organizer apologized. For similar incidents, see list of wrong anthems incidents.[16]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Romania v France". daviscup.com.
  2. ^ a b "Netherlands v Switzerland". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ a b "Australia v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ a b "Sweden v Brazil". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ a b "Croatia v United States". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ a b "Spain v Belgium". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ a b "Argentina v Germany". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ a b "Czech Republic v Russia". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ a b "France v Switzerland". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ a b "Sweden v Australia". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ a b "Spain v Croatia". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ a b "Argentina v Russia". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ a b "Australia v Switzerland". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ a b "Spain v Argentina". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ a b "Australia v Spain". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Spanish fury over national anthem gaffe". Irish Times. 2003-11-28.
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