2010 Davis Cup World Group

The World Group was the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 2010. The first round losers went into the Davis Cup World Group play-offs while the winners progressed to the quarterfinals. The quarterfinalists were guaranteed a World Group spot for 2011.

2010 Davis Cup World Group
Date5 March – 5 December
Edition30th
Champions

Serbia
← 2009 · Davis Cup · 2011 →

Participating teams

edit
 
Argentina
 
Belgium
 
Chile
 
Croatia
 
Czech Republic
 
Ecuador
 
France
 
Germany
 
India
 
Israel
 
Russia
 
Serbia
 
Spain
 
Sweden
 
Switzerland
 
United States

Draw

edit

The draw for the 2010 World Group was held in Geneva on 23 September 2009.

First round
5–7 March
Quarterfinals
9–11 July
Semifinals
17–19 September
Final
3–5 December
Logroño, Spain (indoor clay)[1]
1  Spain4
Clermont-Ferrand, France (indoor hard)[10]
    Switzerland1
1  Spain0
Toulon, France (indoor hard)[2]
   France5
   France4
Lyon, France (indoor hard)[14]
8  Germany1
   France5
Moscow, Russia (indoor hard)[3]
5  Argentina0
4  Russia3
Moscow, Russia (indoor hard)[11]
   India2
4  Russia2
Stockholm, Sweden (indoor hard)[4]
5  Argentina3
   Sweden2
Belgrade, Serbia (indoor hard)[17]
5  Argentina3
   France2
Varaždin, Croatia (indoor hard)[5]
   Serbia3
6  Croatia5
Split, Croatia (indoor hard)[12]
   Ecuador0
6  Croatia1
Belgrade, Serbia (indoor clay)[6]
   Serbia4
   Serbia3
Belgrade, Serbia (indoor hard)[15][16]
3  United States2
   Serbia3
Coquimbo, Chile (clay) 6–8 March[7][8]
2  Czech Republic2
   Chile4
Coquimbo, Chile (clay)[13]
7  Israel1
   Chile1
Bree, Belgium (indoor clay)[9]
2  Czech Republic4
   Belgium1
2  Czech Republic4

First round

edit

Spain vs. Switzerland

edit
 
Spain
4
Plaza de Toros de La Ribera, Logroño, Spain[1]
5–7 March 2010
Clay (i)
 
Switzerland
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Nicolás Almagro
Stanislas Wawrinka
6
3
4
6
6
3
5
7
3
6
 
2  
 
David Ferrer
Marco Chiudinelli
6
2
77
65
6
1
     
3  
 
Marcel Granollers / Tommy Robredo
Yves Allegro / Stanislas Wawrinka
710
68
6
2
4
6
6
4
   
4  
 
David Ferrer
Stanislas Wawrinka
6
2
6
4
6
0
     
5  
 
Nicolás Almagro
Marco Chiudinelli
6
1
6
3
       

France vs. Germany

edit
 
France
4
Palais des Sports de Toulon, Toulon, France[2]
5–7 March 2010
Hard (i)
 
Germany
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Gaël Monfils
Philipp Kohlschreiber
6
1
6
4
77
65
     
2  
 
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Benjamin Becker
6
3
6
2
62
77
6
3
   
3  
 
Julien Benneteau / Michaël Llodra
Christopher Kas / Philipp Kohlschreiber
6
1
6
4
1
6
7
5
   
4  
 
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Simon Greul
6
4
2
6
0
1
    retired
 
5  
 
Julien Benneteau
Benjamin Becker
6
2
7
5
       

Russia vs. India

edit
 
Russia
3
Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow, Russia[3]
5–7 March 2010
Hard (i)
 
India
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Igor Kunitsyn
Somdev Devvarman
66
78
77
64
6
3
6
4
   
2  
 
Mikhail Youzhny
Rohan Bopanna
6
4
6
2
6
3
     
3  
 
Teymuraz Gabashvili / Igor Kunitsyn
Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes
3
6
2
6
2
6
     
4  
 
Mikhail Youzhny
Somdev Devvarman
6
2
6
1
6
3
     
5  
 
Teymuraz Gabashvili
Rohan Bopanna
65
77
4
6
       

Sweden vs. Argentina

edit
 
Sweden
2
Kungliga Tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden[4]
5–7 March 2010
Hard (i)
 
Argentina
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Robin Söderling
Eduardo Schwank
6
1
77
60
7
5
     
2  
 
Joachim Johansson
Leonardo Mayer
7
5
3
6
5
7
4
6
   
3  
 
Robert Lindstedt / Robin Söderling
David Nalbandian / Horacio Zeballos
2
6
64
77
65
77
     
4  
 
Robin Söderling
Leonardo Mayer
7
5
77
65
7
5
     
5  
 
Andreas Vinciguerra
David Nalbandian
5
7
3
6
6
4
4
6
   

Croatia vs. Ecuador

edit
 
Croatia
5
Varaždin Arena, Varaždin, Croatia[5]
5–7 March 2010
Hard (i)
 
Ecuador
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Ivo Karlović
Nicolás Lapentti
6
2
5
7
62
77
6
3
6
4
 
2  
 
Marin Čilić
Giovanni Lapentti
6
4
6
3
6
3
     
3  
 
Marin Čilić / Ivo Karlović
Giovanni Lapentti / Nicolás Lapentti
77
63
6
3
7
5
     
4  
 
Antonio Veić
Júlio César Campozano
6
4
77
64
       
5  
 
Ivan Dodig
Iván Endara
6
1
6
3
       

Serbia vs. United States

edit
 
Serbia
3
Belgrade Arena, Belgrade, Serbia[6]
5–7 March 2010
Clay (i)
 
United States
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Viktor Troicki
John Isner
77
64
65
77
7
5
6
4
   
2  
 
Novak Djokovic
Sam Querrey
6
2
77
64
2
6
6
3
   
3  
 
Janko Tipsarević / Nenad Zimonjić
Bob Bryan / John Isner
68
710
7
5
68
710
3
6
   
4  
 
Novak Djokovic
John Isner
7
5
3
6
6
3
66
78
6
4
 
5  
 
Viktor Troicki
Sam Querrey
5
7
2
6
       

Chile vs. Israel

edit

Competition was delayed one day due to the 27 February 2010 earthquake.[8]

 
Chile
4
Enjoy Tennis Center, Coquimbo, Chile[7]
6–8 March 2010
Clay
 
Israel
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Nicolás Massú
Dudi Sela
4
6
6
2
6
2
6
4
   
2  
 
Fernando González
Harel Levy
2
6
6
3
6
4
6
4
   
3  
 
Jorge Aguilar / Paul Capdeville
Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram
77
65
69
711
6
2
1
6
0
6
 
4  
 
Fernando González
Dudi Sela
6
4
6
4
6
3
     
5  
 
Jorge Aguilar
Harel Levy
77
63
6
1
       

Belgium vs. Czech Republic

edit
 
Belgium
1
Expodroom Bree, Bree, Belgium[9]
5–7 March 2010
Clay (i)
 
Czech Republic
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Olivier Rochus
Tomáš Berdych
3
6
0
6
4
6
     
2  
 
Xavier Malisse
Radek Štěpánek
2
6
4
6
63
77
     
3  
 
Steve Darcis / Olivier Rochus
Tomáš Berdych / Radek Štěpánek
60
77
0
6
3
6
     
4  
 
Steve Darcis
Jan Hájek
78
66
1
6
6
4
     
5  
 
Christophe Rochus
Lukáš Dlouhý
6
1
63
77
5
7
     

Quarterfinals

edit

France vs. Spain

edit
 
France
5
Grande Halle d'Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France[10]
9–11 July 2010
Hard (i)
 
Spain
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Gaël Monfils
David Ferrer
77
63
6
2
4
6
5
7
6
4
 
2  
 
Michaël Llodra
Fernando Verdasco
65
77
6
4
6
3
77
62
   
3  
 
Julien Benneteau / Michaël Llodra
Feliciano López / Fernando Verdasco
6
1
6
2
66
78
77
65
   
4  
 
Gilles Simon
Nicolás Almagro
77
64
79
67
       
5  
 
Julien Benneteau
Feliciano López
77
63
6
4
       

Russia vs. Argentina

edit
 
Russia
2
Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia[11]
9–11 July 2010
Hard (i)
 
Argentina
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Nikolay Davydenko
David Nalbandian
4
6
65
77
66
78
     
2  
 
Mikhail Youzhny
Leonardo Mayer
6
3
6
1
6
4
     
3  
 
Nikolay Davydenko / Igor Kunitsyn
Eduardo Schwank / Horacio Zeballos
67
79
4
6
77
63
1
6
   
4  
 
Nikolay Davydenko
Eduardo Schwank
4
6
6
3
6
1
6
4
   
5  
 
Mikhail Youzhny
David Nalbandian
65
77
4
6
3
6
     

Croatia vs. Serbia

edit
 
Croatia
1
Spaladium Arena, Split, Croatia[12]
9–11 July 2010
Hard (i)
 
Serbia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Ivan Ljubičić
Novak Djokovic
63
77
4
6
1
6
     
2  
 
Marin Čilić
Viktor Troicki
6
4
7
5
6
2
     
3  
 
Marin Čilić / Ivan Dodig
Janko Tipsarević / Nenad Zimonjić
3
6
2
6
4
6
     
4  
 
Marin Čilić
Novak Djokovic
3
6
3
6
2
6
     
5  
 
Antonio Veić
Janko Tipsarević
2
6
65
77
       

Chile vs. Czech Republic

edit
 
Chile
1
Enjoy Tennis Center, Coquimbo, Chile[13]
9–11 July 2010
Clay
 
Czech Republic
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Nicolás Massú
Ivo Minář
0
6
2
6
3
6
     
2  
 
Paul Capdeville
Jan Hájek
0
6
2
6
1
6
     
3  
 
Jorge Aguilar / Nicolás Massú
Lukáš Dlouhý / Jan Hájek
63
77
3
6
6
3
3
6
   
4  
 
Jorge Aguilar
Lukáš Dlouhý
6
1
78
66
       
5  
 
Cristóbal Saavedra-Corvalán
Ivo Minář
62
77
2
6
       

Semifinals

edit

France vs. Argentina

edit
 
France
5
Palais des Sports de Gerland, Lyon, France[14]
17–19 September 2010
Hard (i)
 
Argentina
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Michaël Llodra
Juan Mónaco
7
5
4
6
7
5
6
3
   
2  
 
Gaël Monfils
David Nalbandian
6
4
2
6
6
4
6
3
   
3  
 
Arnaud Clément / Michaël Llodra
Eduardo Schwank / Horacio Zeballos
6
4
7
5
6
3
     
4  
 
Gilles Simon
Eduardo Schwank
77
65
66
78
6
3
     
5  
 
Arnaud Clément
Horacio Zeballos
7
5
6
1
       

Serbia vs. Czech Republic

edit
 
Serbia
3
Belgrade Arena, Belgrade, Serbia[15][16]
17–19 September 2010
Hard (i)
 
Czech Republic
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Viktor Troicki
Radek Štěpánek
6
4
2
6
4
6
4
6
   
2  
 
Janko Tipsarević
Tomáš Berdych
7
5
6
2
2
6
77
65
   
3  
 
Novak Djokovic / Nenad Zimonjić
Tomáš Berdych / Radek Štěpánek
6
3
1
6
4
6
1
6
   
4  
 
Novak Djokovic
Tomáš Berdych
4
6
6
3
6
2
6
4
   
5  
 
Janko Tipsarević
Radek Štěpánek
6
0
78
66
6
4
     

Final

edit

Serbia vs. France

edit
 
Serbia
3
Belgrade Arena, Belgrade, Serbia[17][18]
3–5 December 2010
Hard (i)
 
France
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Janko Tipsarević
Gaël Monfils
1
6
64
77
0
6
     
2  
 
Novak Djokovic
Gilles Simon
6
3
6
1
7
5
     
3  
 
Viktor Troicki / Nenad Zimonjić
Arnaud Clément / Michaël Llodra
6
3
77
63
4
6
5
7
4
6
 
4  
 
Novak Djokovic
Gaël Monfils
6
2
6
2
6
4
     
5  
 
Viktor Troicki
Michaël Llodra
6
2
6
2
6
3
     

References

edit
  1. ^ a b "Spain v Switzerland". daviscup.com. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  2. ^ a b "France v Germany". daviscup.com. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Russia v India". daviscup.com. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  4. ^ a b "Sweden v Argentina". daviscup.com. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  5. ^ a b "Croatia v Ecuador". daviscup.com. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  6. ^ a b "Serbia v USA". daviscup.com. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  7. ^ a b "Chile v Israel". daviscup.com. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  8. ^ a b "Delayed start for Chile v Israel tie". daviscup.com. 3 March 2010. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
  9. ^ a b "Belgium v Czech Republic". daviscup.com. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  10. ^ a b "France v Spain". daviscup.com. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  11. ^ a b "Russia v Argentina". daviscup.com. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  12. ^ a b "Croatia v Serbia". daviscup.com. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  13. ^ a b "Chile v Czech Republic". daviscup.com. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  14. ^ a b "France v Argentina". daviscup.com. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  15. ^ a b "Serbia v Czech Republic". daviscup.com. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  16. ^ a b "Serbia's Novak Djokovic to miss first Davis Cup rubber". BBC Sport. 17 September 2010. Archived from the original on 16 September 2010. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
  17. ^ a b "Serbia v France". daviscup.com.
  18. ^ "Serbia prove they are a cut above as Viktor Troicki secures victory over France". The Telegraph. 5 December 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2010.