The 2016 Davis Cup was the 105th edition of the Davis Cup, a tournament between national teams in men's tennis. It was sponsored by BNP Paribas. From this season's tournament the deciding set of each match would be settled by a tiebreak at 6 games all rather than playing an advantage set until a player or a team were two games clear.[1][2] Argentina won their first Davis Cup title, after 4 runner-up finishes, defeating Croatia in the final. Federico Delbonis defeated Ivo Karlović in the final match to give Argentina its first Davis Cup title,[3] after a comeback from Juan Martín del Potro against Marin Čilić in the fourth match.[4]

2016 Davis Cup
Argentina won their first Davis Cup title
Argentina won their first Davis Cup title
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Duration2 March – 27 November 2016
Edition105th
Champion
Winning nation Argentina
2015
2017

World Group

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

Seeds

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  1.   Great Britain (semifinals)
  2.   Belgium (first round)
  3.   Czech Republic (quarterfinals)
  4.    Switzerland (first round)
  5.   France (semifinals)
  6.   Argentina (champions)
  7.   Serbia (quarterfinals)
  8.   Australia (first round)

Draw

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First round
4–6 March
Quarterfinals
15–17 July
Semifinals
16–18 September
Final
25–27 November
Birmingham, Great Britain (indoor hard)
1  Great Britain3
Belgrade, Serbia (clay)
  Japan1
1  Great Britain3
Belgrade, Serbia (indoor hard)
7  Serbia2
7  Serbia3
Glasgow, Great Britain (indoor hard)
  Kazakhstan2
1  Great Britain2
Pesaro, Italy (indoor clay)
6  Argentina3
4   Switzerland0
Pesaro, Italy (clay)
  Italy5
  Italy1
Gdańsk, Poland (indoor hard)
6  Argentina3
6  Argentina3
Zagreb, Croatia (indoor hard)
  Poland2
6  Argentina3
Baie-Mahault, Guadeloupe, France (clay)
  Croatia2
  Canada0
Třinec, Czech Republic (indoor hard)
5  France5
5  France3
Hannover, Germany (indoor hard)
3  Czech Republic1
  Germany2
Zadar, Croatia (indoor hard)
3  Czech Republic3
5  France2
Kooyong, Australia (grass)
  Croatia3
  United States3
Portland, United States (hard)
8  Australia1
  United States2
Liège, Belgium (indoor clay)
  Croatia3
  Croatia3
2  Belgium2

Final

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Croatia
2
Arena Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia[5]
25–27 November 2016
Hard (i)
 
Argentina
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Marin Čilić
Federico Delbonis
6
3
7
5
3
6
1
6
6
2
 
2  
 
Ivo Karlović
Juan Martín del Potro
4
6
78
66
3
6
5
7
   
3  
 
Marin Čilić / Ivan Dodig
Juan Martín del Potro / Leonardo Mayer
77
62
77
64
6
3
     
4  
 
Marin Čilić
Juan Martín del Potro
77
64
6
2
5
7
4
6
3
6
 
5  
 
Ivo Karlović
Federico Delbonis
3
6
4
6
2
6
     

World Group play-offs

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Date: 16–18 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 2017 World Group.

Home team Score Visiting team Location Venue Door Surface
  Uzbekistan 2–3    Switzerland Tashkent Olympic Tennis School Outdoor Clay
  Belgium 4–0   Brazil Ostend Sleuyter Arena Indoor Hard
  Australia 3–0   Slovakia Sydney NSW Tennis Centre Outdoor Grass
  Canada 5–0   Chile Halifax Scotiabank Centre Indoor Hard
  Russia 3–1   Kazakhstan Moscow National Tennis Center Outdoor Hard
  India 0–5   Spain New Delhi R.K. Khanna Tennis Complex Outdoor Hard
  Germany 3–2   Poland Berlin Rot-Weiss Tennis Club Outdoor Clay
  Japan 5–0   Ukraine Osaka Utsubo Tennis Center Outdoor Hard

Americas Zone

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Group I

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Draw

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Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
1  Brazil
byeBelo Horizonte, Brazil (indoor hard)
bye1  Brazil3
  BarbadosPortoviejo, Ecuador (clay)  Ecuador1
  Barbados0
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (hard)  Ecuador5
  Barbados2
  Dominican Republic3Santiago, Chile (clay)
  Chile5
Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic (clay)  Dominican Republic0Iquique, Chile (clay)
  Dominican Republic1  Chile3
2  Colombia42  Colombia1
bye
2  Colombia
  •   Barbados relegated to Group II in 2017.
  •   Brazil and   Chile advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

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Draw

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Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Lima, Peru (clay)
1  Uruguay2
Guatemala City, Guatemala (hard)  Peru3Lima, Peru (clay)
1  Uruguay1  Peru4
  Guatemala4San Francisco de Campeche, MX (hard)3  Mexico1
3  Mexico3
  Guatemala2Lima, Peru (clay)
  Peru3
Santa Tecla, El Salvador (hard)2  Venezuela2
  Puerto Rico2
Asunción, Paraguay (clay)4  El Salvador3Santa Tecla, El Salvador (hard)
  Puerto Rico04  El Salvador2
  Paraguay5Valencia, Venezuela (hard)2  Venezuela3
  Paraguay0
2  Venezuela5

Group III

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Date: 11–16 July

Location: La Paz, Bolivia (clay)

Confirmed teams:

Inactive teams:

Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of four and five teams, respectively (Pools A and B). The winner of each pool plays off against the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations are promoted to Americas Zone Group II in 2017.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 7 March 2016 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  1.   Bolivia (72)
  2.   Bahamas (78)
  1.   Honduras (85)
  2.   Jamaica (88)
  1.   Cuba (89)
  2.   Costa Rica (91)
  1.   Panama (102)
  2.   Bermuda (114)
  3.   Trinidad and Tobago (115)

Group A

  Bolivia   Jamaica   Cuba   Panama RR W–L Matches W–L Sets W–L Games W–L Standings
  Bolivia 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 9–0 18–0 109–35 1
  Jamaica 0–3 3–0 3–0 2–1 6–3 12–7 93–59 2
  Cuba 0–3 0–3 3–0 1–2 3–6 7–12 68–79 3
  Panama 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–9 0–18 11–108 4

Group B

  Bahamas   Costa Rica   Honduras   Bermuda   Trinidad and Tobago RR W–L Matches W–L Sets W–L Games W–L Standings
  Bahamas 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 4–0 10–2 21–6 149–94 1
  Costa Rica 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–1 8–4 19–11 164–133 2
  Honduras 1–2 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–2 7–5 17–13 144–127 3
  Bermuda 0–3 1–2 0–3 2−1 1–3 3–9 8–20 106–149 4
  Trinidad and Tobago 0–3 0–3 1–2 1−2 0–4 2–10 6–21 87–147 5

Play-offs

Placing A Team Score B Team
Promotional   Bolivia 2–0   Costa Rica
Promotional   Jamaica 0–2   Bahamas
5th–6th   Cuba 2–0   Honduras
7th–8th   Panama 0–3   Bermuda
9th N/A   Trinidad and Tobago

  Bolivia and   Bahamas promoted to Group II in 2017.

Asia/Oceania Zone

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Group I

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Draw

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Second-round play-offsFirst-round play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
1  India
byeChandigarh, India (grass)
bye1  India4
  New ZealandSeoul, South Korea (hard)  South Korea1
  New Zealand1
Christchurch, New Zealand (indoor hard)  South Korea3
  New Zealand5
  Pakistan0Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay)
  Pakistan0
  China5Tashkent, Uzbekistan (clay)
  Pakistan  China2
bye2  Uzbekistan3
bye
2  Uzbekistan

Group II

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Draw

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Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Kaohsiung, Taiwan (hard)
1  Chinese Taipei4
Mishref, Kuwait City (hard)  Malaysia1Manila, Philippines (indoor clay)
  Malaysia11  Chinese Taipei3
  Kuwait4Pasig, Philippines (indoor clay)3  Philippines1
3  Philippines5
  Kuwait0Nonthaburi, Thailand (hard)
1  Chinese Taipei3
Surakarta, Indonesia (hard)2  Thailand2
  Vietnam3
Surakarta, Indonesia (hard)4  Indonesia2Nonthaburi, Thailand (hard)
4  Indonesia5  Vietnam0
  Sri Lanka0Nonthaburi, Thailand (hard)  Thailand5
  Sri Lanka2
2  Thailand3

Group III

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Date: 11–16 July

Location: Tehran, Iran (clay)

Confirmed teams:

Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of four and five teams, respectively (Pools A and B). The winner of each pool plays off against the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations are promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2017.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 7 March 2016 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  1.   Iran (87)
  2.   Syria (90)
  1.   Lebanon (93)
  2.   Turkmenistan (95)
  1.   Hong Kong (96)
  2.   Cambodia (97)
  1.   Pacific Oceania (99)
  2.   Qatar (100)
  3.   Singapore (103)

Group A

  Iran   Hong Kong   Pacific Oceania   Turkmenistan RR W–L Matches W–L Sets W–L Games W–L Standings
  Iran 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 8–1 16–2 108–60 1
  Hong Kong 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 6–3 13–7 107–78 2
  Pacific Oceania 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–2 2–7 5–14 69–102 3
  Turkmenistan 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–7 4–15 59–103 4

Group B

  Lebanon   Syria   Qatar   Cambodia   Singapore RR W–L Matches W–L Sets W–L Games W–L Standings
  Lebanon 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 4–0 12–0 24–1 153–79 1
  Syria 0–3 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 8–4 17–11 149–125 2
  Qatar 0–3 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–2 7–5 17–13 161–158 3
  Cambodia 0–3 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–3 2–10 7–20 111–153 4
  Singapore 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–4 1–11 3–23 97–156 5

Play-offs

Placing A Team Score B Team
Promotional   Iran 2–1   Syria
Promotional   Hong Kong 2–1   Lebanon
5th N/A   Qatar
Relegation   Pacific Oceania 3–0   Singapore
Relegation   Turkmenistan 2–1   Cambodia

  Iran and   Hong Kong promoted to Group II in 2017.

  Singapore and   Cambodia relegated to Group IV in 2017.

Group IV

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Date: 13–16 July

Location: Amman, Jordan (clay)

Confirmed teams:

Inactive teams:

Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of four and five teams, respectively (Pools A and B). The winner of each pool plays off against the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations are promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group III in 2017.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 7 March 2016 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  1.   United Arab Emirates (98)
  2.   Jordan (106)
  1.   Saudi Arabia (107)
  2.   Iraq (116)
  1.   Bahrain (117)
  2.   Oman (120)
  1.   Mongolia (121)
  2.   Myanmar (124)
  3.   Tajikistan (–)

Group A

  United Arab Emirates   Oman   Saudi Arabia   Myanmar RR W–L Matches W–L Sets W–L Games W–L Standings
  United Arab Emirates 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 9–0 18–2 117–72 1
  Oman 3–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–6 9–13 82–109 2
  Saudi Arabia 0–3 2–1 1–2 1–2 3–6 8–14 99–105 3
  Myanmar 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–6 8–14 97–109 4

Group B

  Jordan   Bahrain   Iraq   Tajikistan   Mongolia RR W–L Matches W–L Sets W–L Games W–L Standings
  Jordan 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 4–0 12–0 24–1 149–54 1
  Bahrain 0–3 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 7–5 15–12 132–111 2
  Iraq 0–3 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–2 4–8 8–16 88–114 3
  Tajikistan 0–3 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–3 5–7 11–15 100–127 4
  Mongolia 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–3 0–4 2–10 6–20 74–137 5

Play-offs

Placing A Team Score B Team
Promotional   United Arab Emirates 3–0   Bahrain
Promotional   Oman 1–2   Jordan
5th–6th   Saudi Arabia 0–3   Iraq
7th–8th   Myanmar 2–1   Tajikistan
9th N/A   Mongolia

  United Arab Emirates and   Jordan promoted to Group III in 2017.

Europe/Africa Zone

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Group I

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Draw

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Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
1  Spain
Cluj-Napoca, Romania (indoor hard)
bye
bye1  Spain4
Arad, Romania (indoor hard)
  Slovenia  Romania1
  Romania4
Viana do Castelo, Portugal (clay)
  Slovenia1
  Slovenia0
  Portugal5
4  Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine (hard)
bye
bye4  Ukraine3
Guimarães, Portugal (indoor hard)
  Portugal  Austria2
  Portugal1
  Austria4
Kazan, Russia (indoor hard)
  Russia5
Båstad, Sweden (clay)Moscow, Russia (hard)
  Sweden0
  Sweden0  Russia4
3  Netherlands53  Netherlands1
bye
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
3  Netherlands
  Sweden1
Budapest, Hungary (indoor clay)
  Israel3
  Hungary3
Budapest, Hungary (clay)
  Israel2
  Israel  Hungary0
bye2  Slovakia3
bye
2  Slovakia

Group II

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Draw

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Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Šiauliai, Lithuania (indoor hard)
1  Lithuania3
Capellen, Luxembourg (hard)Kaunas, Lithuania (clay)
  Norway2
  Norway31  Lithuania3
Centurion, South Africa (hard)
  Luxembourg28  South Africa2
8  South Africa5
Vilnius, Lithuania (indoor hard)
  Luxembourg0
1  Lithuania0
Ankara, Turkey (indoor hard)
5  Bosnia and Herzegovina5
4  Bulgaria2
Tunis, Tunisia (hard)Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina (clay)
  Turkey3
4  Bulgaria2  Turkey1
Zenica, Bosnia and Herz. (indoor carpet)
  Tunisia35  Bosnia and Herzegovina3
5  Bosnia and Herzegovina3
  Tunisia1
Daugavpils, Latvia (indoor hard)
  Monaco2
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Monaco (clay)Minsk, Belarus (hard)
6  Latvia3
  Monaco36  Latvia1
Cairo, Egypt (clay)
  Egypt13  Belarus4
  Egypt1
Minsk, Belarus (hard)
3  Belarus3
3  Belarus4
Kittilä, Finland (indoor hard)
2  Denmark1
  Zimbabwe1
Tbilisi, Georgia (hard)Kongens Lyngby, Den. (indoor carpet)
7  Finland4
  Zimbabwe27  Finland2
Tbilisi, Georgia (indoor carpet)
  Georgia32  Denmark3
  Georgia0
2  Denmark5

Group III Europe

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Date: 2–5 March

Location: Tallinn, Estonia (indoor hard)

Format: Round-robin basis. Four pools of four teams (Pools A, B, C and D). The winners of each pool play-off against each other to determine which two nations are promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2017.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 30 November 2015 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  1.   Moldova (52)
  2.   Ireland (64)
  3.   Cyprus (69)
  4.   Estonia (72)
  1.   Macedonia (84)
  2.   Montenegro (91)
  3.   Malta (95)
  4.   Greece (100)
  1.   Liechtenstein (107)
  2.   San Marino (109)
  3.   Armenia (117)
  4.   Iceland (118)
  1.   Albania (124)
  2.   Andorra (126)
  3.   Kosovo (–)

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Group A

  Moldova   Malta   San Marino RR W–L Matches W–L Sets W–L Games W–L Standings
  Moldova 3–0 3–0 2–0 6–0 12–0 72–18 1
  Malta 0–3 2–1 1–1 2–4 4–8 47–55 2
  San Marino 0–3 1–2 0–2 1–5 2–10 26–72 3

Group B

  Ireland   Macedonia   Armenia   Albania RR W–L Matches W–L Sets W–L Games W–L Standings
  Ireland 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 8–1 17–2 108–39 1
  Macedonia 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–1 7–2 14–5 100–61 2
  Armenia 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–2 2–7 5–14 58–94 3
  Albania 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3 1–8 2–17 36–108 4

Group C

  Cyprus   Montenegro   Andorra   Iceland RR W–L Matches W–L Sets W–L Games W–L Standings
  Cyprus 3–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 8–1 17–3 115–52 1
  Montenegro 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 4–5 8–12 89–100 2
  Andorra 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–6 9–12 86–106 3
  Iceland 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–3 3–6 6–13 67–99 4

Group D

  Estonia   Greece   Liechtenstein   Kosovo RR W–L Matches W–L Sets W–L Games W–L Standings
  Estonia 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 9–0 18–0 109–18 1
  Greece 0–3 3–0 3–0 2–1 6–3 12–6 75–63 2
  Liechtenstein 0–3 0–3 3–0 1–2 3–6 6–12 62–85 3
  Kosovo 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–9 0–18 28–108 4

Play-offs

Placing A Team Score D Team
Promotional   Moldova 0–2   Estonia
5th–8th   Malta 1–2   Greece
9th–12th   San Marino 1–2   Liechtenstein
13th–15th N/A   Kosovo
Placing B Team Score C Team
Promotional   Ireland 0–2   Cyprus
5th–8th   Macedonia 2–0   Montenegro
9th–12th   Armenia 1–2   Andorra
13th–15th   Albania 0–3   Iceland

  Cyprus and   Estonia promoted to Group II in 2017.

Group III Africa

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Date: 11–16 July

Location: Antananarivo, Madagascar (clay)

Confirmed teams:

Inactive teams:

Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of five teams (Pools A and B). The winner of each pool plays off against the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations are promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2017.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 7 March 2016 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5
  1.   Morocco (68)
  2.   Algeria (80)
  1.   Benin (83)
  2.   Namibia (84)
  1.   Madagascar (101)
  2.   Mozambique (105)
  1.   Nigeria (113)
  2.   Botswana (119)
  1.   Cameroon (122)
  2.   Kenya (127)

Group A

  Morocco   Namibia   Nigeria   Cameroon   Mozambique RR W–L Matches W–L Sets W–L Games W–L Standings
  Morocco 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 4–0 11–1 22–4 148–66 1
  Namibia 0–3 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 8–4 16–10 127–105 2
  Nigeria 1–2 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–2 8–4 17–8 125–105 3
  Cameroon 0–3 0–3 0–3 3–0 1–3 3–9 9–18 118–134 4
  Mozambique 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–4 0–12 0–24 36–144 5

Group B

  Madagascar   Benin   Kenya   Algeria   Botswana RR W–L Matches W–L Sets W–L Games W–L Standings
  Madagascar 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 4–0 11–1 22–6 151–86 1
  Benin 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 9–3 21–6 150–93 2
  Kenya 0–3 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–2 6–6 14–14 127–129 3
  Algeria 0–3 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–3 2–10 5–22 90–149 4
  Botswana 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–4 2–10 6–20 82–143 5

Play-offs

Placing A Team Score B Team
Promotional   Morocco 2–0   Benin
Promotional   Namibia 0–2   Madagascar
5th–6th   Nigeria 2–1   Kenya
7th–8th   Cameroon 0–2   Algeria
9th–10th   Mozambique 0–2   Botswana

  Morocco and   Madagascar promoted to Group II in 2017.

References

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  2. ^ "Davis Cup - Davis Cup set for fifth set tiebreak in 2016". www.daviscup.com. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Delbonis defeats Karlovic to give Argentina first Davis Cup title". Tennis.com. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  4. ^ Brady, James. "Del Potro, Argentina rally for Davis Cup title". SBNation.com. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  5. ^ "Croatia v Argentina". daviscup.com.
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