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The 2001 Davis Cup (also known as the 2001 Davis Cup by NEC for sponsorship purposes) was the 90th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 139 teams entered the competition, 16 in the World Group, 29 in the Americas Zone, 32 in the Asia/Oceania Zone, and 62 in the Europe/Africa Zone. Angola, Burkina Faso, Gabon, Mali and Rwanda made their first appearances in the tournament.

2001 Davis Cup
Details
Duration9 February – 2 December 2001
Edition90th
Teams139
Champion
Winning nation France
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2002 →

France defeated Australia in the final, held at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, on 30 November–2 December, to win their 9th title and their first since 1996. The French team achieved victory despite not playing a single match on home soil.[1][2]

World Group

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Further information: 2001 Davis Cup World Group
Participating teams
 
Australia 		 
Belgium 		 
Brazil 		 
Czech Republic
 
Ecuador 		 
France 		 
Germany 		 
Morocco
 
Netherlands 		 
Romania 		 
Russia 		 
Slovakia
 
Spain 		 
Sweden 		 
Switzerland 		 
United States

Draw

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First round
9–11 February		Quarterfinals
6–8 April		Semifinals
21–23 September		Final
30 November–2 December
Perth, Australia (grass)
S  Australia4
Florianópolis, Brazil (clay)
  Ecuador1
S  Australia3
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (clay)
S  Brazil1
S  Brazil4
Sydney, Australia (hard)
  Morocco1
S  Australia4
Helsingborg, Sweden (indoor carpet)
S  Sweden1
S  Sweden3
Malmö, Sweden (indoor hard)
  Czech Republic2
S  Sweden4
Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)
S  Russia1
S  Russia3
Melbourne, Australia (grass)
  Slovakia2
S  Australia2
Ghent, Belgium (indoor clay)
S  France3
  Belgium0
Neuchâtel, Switzerland (indoor carpet)
S  France5
S  France3
Basel, Switzerland (indoor hard)
   Switzerland2
   Switzerland3
Rotterdam, Netherlands (indoor carpet)
S  United States2
S  France3
Braunschweig, Germany (indoor carpet)
  Netherlands2
  Romania2
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (indoor carpet)
S  Germany3
S  Germany1
Eindhoven, Netherlands (indoor carpet)
  Netherlands4
  Netherlands4
S  Spain1

Final

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Australia vs. France

 
Australia
2 		Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia[2]
30 November–2 December 2001
Grass 		 
France
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Lleyton Hewitt
Nicolas Escudé 		6
4 		3
6 		6
3 		3
6 		4
6 		 
2  
  		Pat Rafter
Sébastien Grosjean 		6
3 		78
66 		7
5 		     
3  
  		Lleyton Hewitt / Pat Rafter
Cédric Pioline / Fabrice Santoro 		6
2 		3
6 		65
77 		1
6 		   
4  
  		Lleyton Hewitt
Sébastien Grosjean 		6
3 		6
2 		6
3 		     
5  
  		Wayne Arthurs
Nicolas Escudé 		63
77 		77
65 		3
6 		3
6 		   

World Group qualifying round

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Further information: 2001 Davis Cup World Group qualifying round

Date: 21–23 September; 12–14 October

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 qualifying round for spots in the 2002 World Group.

Home team Score Visiting team Location Venue Door Surface
  Argentina 5–0   Belarus Córdoba Córdoba Lawn Tennis Club Outdoor Clay
  Belgium 2–3   Morocco Liège Country Hall Liège Indoor Carpet
  Czech Republic 3–2   Romania Prostějov Sports Hall Indoor Carpet
  Ecuador 1–4   Great Britain Guayaquil Club Nacional Outdoor Clay
  Italy 2–3   Croatia Rome Foro Italico Outdoor Clay
  Slovakia 3–2   Chile Prešov Mestská hala Indoor Carpet
  Spain 4–0   Uzbekistan Albacete Tennis Club de Albacete Outdoor Clay
  United States 4–1   India Winston-Salem, NC Lawrence Joel Colisseum Indoor Hard

Americas Zone

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Group I

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Second round play-offs
21–23 September		First round play-offs
20–22 July		First round
9–11 February		Second round
6–8 April
  Canada
Mexico City, Mexico (clay)byeCórdoba, Argentina (clay)
  Canada3  Canada0
  Mexico2Mendoza, Argentina (clay)  Argentina5
  Mexico0
Atizapán de Zaragoza, MX (indoor carpet)  Argentina5
  Mexico3
  Peru2Nassau, Bahamas (hard)
  Bahamas3
  Peru2Nassau, Bahamas (hard)
  Peru  Bahamas1
bye  Chile4
bye
  Chile
  •   Peru relegated to Group II in 2002.
  •   Argentina and   Chile advance to World Group qualifying round.

Group II

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Group III

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  • Venue: Cuba
  • Date: 14–18 March

Group A

    TRI   ESA   HON   PUR RR
W–L 		Match
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Standings
  Trinidad and Tobago 2–1 2–1 0–3 2–1 4–5 (44%) 18–15 (55%) 1
  El Salvador 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 5–4 (56%) 17–17 (50%) 2
  Honduras 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 4–5 (44%) 13–19 (41%) 4
  Puerto Rico 3–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 5–4 (56%) 22–19 (54%) 3

Group B

    CUB   JAM   BOL   BER RR
W–L 		Match
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Standings
  Cuba 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 8–1 (89%) 25–6 (81%) 1
  Jamaica 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–1 7–2 (78%) 22–11 (67%) 2
  Bolivia 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–2 2–7 (22%) 8–23 (26%) 3
  Bermuda 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3 1–8 (11%) 10–25 (29%) 4
1st to 4th place play-offs
3rd-4th Play-offSemifinalsFinal
A1  Trinidad and Tobago3
B2  Jamaica0
B2  Jamaica2A1  Trinidad and Tobago0
A2  El Salvador1B1  Cuba2
A2  El Salvador1
B1  Cuba2
5th to 8th place play-offs
7th-8th Play-off5th-8th Play-offs5th-6th Play-off
A3  Honduras3
B4  Bermuda0
A3  Honduras2B4  Bermuda0
A4  Puerto Rico0B3  Bolivia2
A4  Puerto Rico2
B3  Bolivia1

Final standings

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Rank Team
1   Cuba
2   Trinidad and Tobago
3   Jamaica
4   El Salvador
5   Honduras
6   Puerto Rico
7   Bolivia
8   Bermuda

Group IV

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    HAI   PAN   ECA   LCA   BAR   ISV   ATG RR
W–L 		Match
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Standings
  Haiti 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 6–0 16–2 (89%) 50–8 (86%) 1
  Panama 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 5–1 16–2 (89%) 49–10 (83%) 2
  Eastern Caribbean 0–3 0–3 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 3–3 7–11 (39%) 28–41 (41%) 3
  Saint Lucia 0–3 0–3 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–4 6–12 (33%) 22–39 (36%) 5
  Barbados 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–4 6–12 (33%) 26–37 (41%) 4
  U.S. Virgin Islands 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 2–4 8–10 (44%) 26–41 (39%) 6
  Antigua and Barbuda 0–3 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 0–3 1–5 4–14 (22%) 20–45 (31%) 7
  •   Haiti and   Panama promoted to Group III in 2001.

Asia/Oceania Zone

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Group I

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Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
Jakarta, Indonesia (hard)
  Uzbekistan3
Seoul, South Korea (hard)  Indonesia2Invercargill, NZ (indoor carpet)
  Indonesia1  Uzbekistan3
  South Korea4Seoul, South Korea (indoor carpet)  New Zealand2
  South Korea2
Jakarta, Indonesia (hard)  New Zealand3
  Indonesia4
  China1Tokyo, Japan (indoor hard)
  Thailand1
Nonthaburi, Thailand (hard)  Japan4Tokyo, Japan (indoor hard)
  Thailand5  Japan2
  China0Langfang, China (indoor hard)  India3
  China2
  India3
  •   China relegated to Group II in 2002.
  •   Uzbekistan and   India advance to World Group qualifying round.

Group II

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Relegation Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Kuwait City, Kuwait (hard)
  Lebanon4
Mishref, Kuwait (hard)  Kuwait1Yarze, Lebanon (clay)
  Kuwait4  Lebanon3
  Iran1Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard)  Hong Kong2
  Iran1
  Hong Kong4Yarze, Lebanon (clay)
  Lebanonw/o
Damascus, Syria (indoor hard)  Chinese Taipei
  Syria2
Damascus, Syria (indoor hard)  Malaysia3Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (indoor hard)
  Syria0  Malaysia0
  Pakistan5Taichung, Taiwan (clay)  Chinese Taipei5
  Pakistan2
  Chinese Taipei3
  •   Iran and   Syria relegated to Group III in 2002.
  •   Lebanon promoted to Group I in 2002.

Group III

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Group A

    PHI   SIN   SRI   BHR RR
W–L 		Match
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Standings
  Philippines 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 9–0 (100%) 27–1 (96%) 1
  Singapore 0–3 2–1 3–0 2–1 5–4 (56%) 16–13 (55%) 2
  Sri Lanka 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–6 (33%) 10–21 (32%) 3
  Bahrain 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3 1–8 (11%) 6–24 (20%) 4

Group B

    KAZ   TJK   KSA   QAT RR
W–L 		Match
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Standings
  Kazakhstan 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 9–0 (100%) 27–4 (87%) 1
  Tajikistan 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 4–5 (44%) 14–18 (44%) 2
  Saudi Arabia 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–6 (33%) 13–21 (38%) 3
  Qatar 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–7 (22%) 10–21 (32%) 4
1st to 4th place play-offs
3rd-4th Play-offSemifinalsFinal
A1  Philippines2
B2  Tajikistan1
B2  Tajikistan2A1  Philippines0
B2  Singapore1B1  Kazakhstan2
A2  Singapore0
B1  Kazakhstan2
5th to 8th place play-offs
7th-8th Play-off5th-8th Play-offs5th-6th Play-off
A3  Sri Lanka1
B4  Qatar2
A3  Sri Lanka2A3  Qatar2
A4  Bahrain0B3  Saudi Arabia1
A4  Bahrain0
B3  Saudi Arabia2

Final standings

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Rank Team
1   Kazakhstan
2   Philippines
3   Tajikistan
4   Singapore
5   Saudi Arabia
6   Qatar
7   Sri Lanka
8   Bahrain

Group IV

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Group A

    IRQ   OMA   BAN   FIJ RR
W–L 		Match
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Standings
  Iraq 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 8–1 (89%) 17–4 (81%) 1
  Oman 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–2 5–4 (56%) 12–12 (50%) 2
  Bangladesh 0–3 2–1 1–2 1–2 3–6 (33%) 7–14 (33%) 3
  Fiji 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–2 2–7 (22%) 9–15 (38%) 4

Group B

    UAE   POC   JOR   BRU RR
W–L 		Match
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Standings
  United Arab Emirates 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 7–2 (78%) 14–6 (70%) 1
  Pacific Oceania 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–1 6–3 (67%) 14–7 (67%) 2
  Jordan 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–2 5–4 (56%) 12–9 (57%) 3
  Brunei 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–9 (0%) 0–18 (0%) 4
1st to 4th place play-offs
3rd-4th Play-offSemifinalsFinal
A1  Iraq1
B2  Pacific Oceania2
A1  Iraq3B2  Pacific Oceania1
A2  Oman0B1  United Arab Emirates2
A2  Oman1
B1  United Arab Emirates2
5th to 8th place play-offs
7th-8th Play-off5th-8th Play-offs5th-6th Play-off
A3  Bangladesh1
B4  Brunei2
A3  Bangladesh1B4  Brunei0
A4  Fiji2B3  Jordan3
A4  Fiji1
B3  Jordan2

Final standings

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Rank Team
1   United Arab Emirates
2   Pacific Oceania
3   Iraq
4   Oman
5   Jordan
6   Brunei
7   Fiji
8   Bangladesh

Europe/Africa Zone

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Group I

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Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
  Great Britain
Solihull, England (indoor carpet)
bye
bye  Great Britain5
Maia, Portugal (clay)
  Ukraine  Portugal0
  Ukraine2
Wels, Austria (indoor hard)
  Portugal3
  Ukraine1
  Austria4
  Austria
Pula, Croatia (indoor carpet)
bye
  Austria  Austria1
bye  Croatia4
bye
  Croatia
  Belarus
Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet)
bye
bye  Belarus3
  Zimbabwe  Zimbabwe2
bye
Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)
  Zimbabwe
  Zimbabwe3
Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)
  Slovenia2
  Slovenia2
Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)
  Finland3
  Slovenia  Finland2
bye  Italy3
bye
  Italy

Group II

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Relegation Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Szeged, Hungary (clay)
  Hungary5
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay)Skagen, Denmark (hard)
  Monaco0
  Monaco1  Hungary2
Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet)
  Ireland4  Denmark3
  Ireland2
Athens, Greece (clay)
  Denmark3
  Denmark2
Istanbul, Turkey (hard)
  Greece3
  Greece5
Chișinău, Moldova (clay)Athens, Greece (clay)
  Turkey0
  Turkey2  Greece5
Chișinău, Moldova (indoor carpet)
  Moldova3  Armenia0
  Armenia3
  Moldova2
Tallinn, Estonia (indoor carpet)
  Norway3
Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard)Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg (clay)
  Estonia2
  Estonia2  Norway2
Esch-sur-Alzette, Lux. (indoor carpet)
  Ivory Coast3  Luxembourg3
  Luxembourg3
Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg (clay)
  Ivory Coast2
  Luxembourg1
Bytom, Poland (clay)
  Israel4
  Poland2
Belgrade, Yugoslavia (clay)Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
  Israel3
  Poland2  Israel3
Nelspruit, South Africa (hard)
  Yugoslavia3  South Africa2
  Yugoslavia0
  South Africa5

Group III

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Zone A

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Rank Team
1   Latvia
2   Ghana
3   Lithuania
4   Madagascar
5   Botswana
6   Iceland
7   Georgia
8   Kenya

Zone B

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Rank Team
1   Bulgaria
2   Egypt
3   Bosnia and Herzegovina
4   Macedonia
5   Mauritius
6   Namibia
7   Togo
  •   Bulgaria and   Egypt promoted to Group II in 2002.
  •   Togo relegated to Group IV in 2002.

Group IV – Zone A

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Group A

    CYP   ALG   BEN   RWA   LES   SUD RR
W–L 		Match
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Standings
  Cyprus 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 5–0 14–1 (93%) 43–13 (77%) 1
  Algeria 0–3 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 4–1 11–4 (73%) 40–16 (71%) 2
  Benin 1–2 0–3 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–2 9–6 (60%) 32–20 (62%) 3
  Rwanda 0–3 1–2 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–3 5–10 (33%) 18–33 (35%) 4
  Lesotho 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–4 5–10 (33%) 17–32 (35%) 5
  Sudan 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3 0–5 1–14 (7%) 6–42 (13%) 6

Group B

    TUN   AZE   SMR   BUR   GAB   UGA RR
W–L 		Match
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Standings
  Tunisia 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 5–0 13–2 (87%) 44–13 (77%) 1
  Azerbaijan 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 4–1 10–5 (67%) 36–24 (60%) 2
  San Marino 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–2 10–5 (67%) 37–21 (64%) 3
  Burkina Faso 0–3 1–2 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–3 7–8 (47%) 25–29 (46%) 4
  Gabon 0–3 1–2 0–3 0–3 3–0 1–4 4–11 (27%) 16–37 (30%) 5
  Uganda 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3 0–5 1–14 (7%) 9–43 (17%) 6

Group IV – Zone B

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Group A

    AND   ANG   MLT   ETH   LBA RR
W–L 		Match
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Standings
  Andorra 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 4–0 9–2 (82%) 19–4 (83%) 1
  Angola 1–2 2–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 8–2 (80%) 16–6 (73%) 2
  Malta 1–2 0–2 3–0 3–0 2–2 7–4 (64%) 14–10 (58%) 3
  Ethiopia 0–3 0–2 0–3 2–0 1–3 2–8 (20%) 5–15 (25%) 4
  Libya 0–2 0–3 0–3 0–2 0–4 0–10 (0%) 1–20 (5%) 5

Group B

    ZAM   MLI   SEN   DJI RR
W–L 		Match
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Standings
  Zambia 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 7–2 (78%) 15–5 (75%) 1
  Mali 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–1 7–2 (78%) 15–4 (79%) 2
  Senegal 1–2 0–3 3–0 1–2 4–5 (44%) 8–11 (42%) 3
  Djibouti 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–9 (0%) 0–18 (0%) 4

References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2001 Davis Cup.
General
  • "World Group 2001". 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, 505. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ a b "Australia v France". daviscup.com.
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