2014 Davis Cup

2014 Davis Cup
Details
Duration	31 January – 23 November 2014
Edition	103rd
Champion
Winning Nation	Switzerland
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The 2014 Davis Cup (also known as the 2014 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas for sponsorship purposes) was the 103rd edition of the tournament between national teams in men's tennis.^[1] The final took place between the 21–23 of November 2014 in Lille, France, with Switzerland winning the title for the first time, defeating hosts France in the final.^[2]^[3]^[4]

World Group edit

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

Seeds edit

Czech Republic (semifinals)
Serbia (first round)
Spain (first round)
Argentina (first round)
France (final)
United States (first round)
Canada (first round)
Kazakhstan (quarterfinals)

Draw edit


First round 31 January –2 February			Quarterfinals 4–6 April			Semifinals 12–14 September			Final 21–23 November

Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor hard)

1	Czech Republic	3
			Tokyo, Japan (indoor hard)
	Netherlands	2
			1	Czech Republic	5
Tokyo, Japan (indoor hard)
				Japan	0
7	Canada	1
						Paris, France (clay)
	Japan	4
						1	Czech Republic	1
Frankfurt, Germany (indoor hard)
						5	France	4
3	Spain	1
			Nancy, France (indoor hard)
	Germany	4
				Germany	2
Mouilleron-le-Captif, France (indoor clay)
			5	France	3
5	France	5
									Lille, France (indoor clay)
	Australia	0
									5	France	1
San Diego, United States (clay)
										Switzerland	3
	Great Britain	3
			Naples, Italy (clay)
6	United States	1
			Great Britain		2
Mar del Plata, Argentina (clay)
			Italy		3
	Italy	3
						Geneva, Switzerland (indoor hard)
4	Argentina	1
						Italy		2
Astana, Kazakhstan (indoor hard)
						Switzerland		3
	Belgium	2
			Geneva, Switzerland (indoor hard)
8	Kazakhstan	3
			8	Kazakhstan	2
Novi Sad, Serbia (indoor hard)
				Switzerland	3
	Switzerland	3

2	Serbia	2

Final edit

France
1

Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille, France^[5]^[6]
21–23 November 2014
Clay (i)

Switzerland
3

		1	2	3	4
1	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Stan Wawrinka	1 6	6 3	3 6	2 6
2	Gaël Monfils Roger Federer	6 1	6 4	6 3
3	Julien Benneteau / Richard Gasquet Roger Federer / Stan Wawrinka	3 6	5 7	4 6
4	Richard Gasquet Roger Federer	4 6	2 6	2 6
5	Gaël Monfils Stan Wawrinka					not played

World Group play-offs edit

Date: 12–14 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 2015 World Group. The draw took place on April 8 in London, England.

Seeded teams

Serbia
Spain
Argentina
Canada
United States
Australia
Netherlands
Belgium

Unseeded teams

Brazil
Colombia
India
Israel
Croatia
Slovakia
Ukraine
Uzbekistan

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface
India	2–3	Serbia	Bangalore	KSLTA Tennis Stadium	Outdoor	Hard
Brazil	3–1	Spain	São Paulo	Ginásio do Ibirapuera	Indoor	Clay
Israel	2–3	Argentina	Sunrise, United States^[7]^[8]	Sunrise Tennis Club^[7]^[8]	Outdoor	Hard
Canada	3–2	Colombia	Halifax	Halifax Metro Centre	Indoor	Hard
United States	5–0	Slovakia	Chicago	Sears Centre	Indoor	Hard
Australia	5–0	Uzbekistan	Perth	Cottesloe Tennis Club	Outdoor	Grass
Netherlands	2–3	Croatia	Amsterdam	Ziggo Dome	Indoor	Clay
Ukraine	2–3	Belgium	Tallinn, Estonia^[7]^[9]	Tere Tennis Centre^[7]^[9]	Indoor	Hard

Note: Due to security concerns, the International Tennis Federation Board of Directors decided to move the World Group play-off ties originally scheduled to be held in Israel and Ukraine. Israel and Ukraine exercised their option of nominating neutral venues for their ties against Argentina and Belgium, respectively.^[7]

Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Serbia and United States remained in the World Group in 2015.
Brazil and Croatia were promoted to the World Group in 2015.
Colombia, India Israel, Slovakia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan remained in Zonal Group I in 2015.
Netherlands and Spain were relegated to Zonal Group I in 2015.

Americas Zone edit

Group I edit

Seeds:

Remaining nations:

Draw edit

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

1

Brazil

bye

Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)

bye

1

Brazil

3

Venezuela

Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)

Ecuador

1

Ecuador

3

Caracas, Venezuela (hard)

Venezuela

2

Venezuela

1

Uruguay

4

Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep. (hard)

Dominican Republic

4

Uruguay

0

Cali, Colombia (clay)

Uruguay

Dominican Republic

1

bye

2

Colombia

4

bye

2

Colombia

Venezuela relegated to Group II in 2015.
Brazil and Colombia advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II edit

Seeds:

Remaining nations:

Draw edit


Play-offs			First round			Second round			Third round

			Bridgetown, Barbados (hard)

			1	Chile	2

Santiago, Chile (clay)				Barbados	3	Bridgetown, Barbados (hard)

1	Chile	5					Barbados	4

	Paraguay	0	Asunción, Paraguay (clay)			4	El Salvador	1

			4	El Salvador	3

				Paraguay	2				Bridgetown, Barbados (hard)

									Barbados	3

			Trinidad, Bolivia (clay)						Mexico	2

				Bolivia	2

Cochabamba, Bolivia (clay)			3	Peru	3	Puebla, Mexico (hard)

Bolivia		3				3	Peru	2

Guatemala		1	Guatemala City, Guatemala (hard)			2	Mexico	3

				Guatemala	2

			2	Mexico	3

Paraguay and Guatemala relegated to Group III in 2015.
Barbados promoted to Group I in 2015.

Group III edit

Bahamas
Bermuda
Costa Rica – promoted to Group II in 2015
Cuba
Honduras
Jamaica
Panama
Puerto Rico – promoted to Group II in 2015
Trinidad and Tobago

Asia/Oceania Zone edit

Group I edit

Seeds:

Remaining nations:

Draw edit

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

1

Uzbekistan

bye

Tianjin, China (hard)

bye

1

Uzbekistan

3

New Zealand

Tianjin, China (hard, indoor)

China

2

New Zealand

1

Christchurch, NZ (hard, indoor)

China

3

New Zealand

4

Chinese Taipei

1

Indore, India (hard)

Chinese Taipei

0

Kaohsiung City, Taiwan (hard, indoor)

India

5

Busan, Korea Republic (hard)

Chinese Taipei

1

India

3

2

South Korea

3

2

South Korea

1

bye

2

South Korea

Chinese Taipei relegated to Group II in 2015.
Uzbekistan and India advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II edit

Seeds:

Remaining nations:

Draw edit


Play-offs			First Round			Second Round			Third Round

			Colombo, Sri Lanka (hard)

			1	Philippines	3

Da Lat, Vietnam (hard)				Sri Lanka	1	Manila, Philippines (clay)

Sri Lanka		3				1	Philippines	2

Vietnam		2	Da Lat, Vietnam (hard)			4	Pakistan	3

			4	Pakistan	3

				Vietnam	2				Nonthaburi, Thailand (hard)

									4	Pakistan	1

			Phuket, Thailand (hard, indoor)						3	Thailand	4

				Hong Kong	1

Jakarta, Indonesia (hard)			3	Thailand	4	Nonthaburi, Thailand (hard)

	Hong Kong	1				3	Thailand	4

2	Indonesia	3	Mishref, Kuwait (hard)				Kuwait	1

				Kuwait	3

			2	Indonesia	2

Vietnam and Hong Kong relegated to Group III in 2015.
Thailand promoted to Group I in 2015.

Group III edit

Cambodia
Iran – promoted to Group II in 2015
Lebanon – promoted to Group II in 2015
Malaysia
Singapore – relegated to Group IV in 2015
Syria
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates – relegated to Group IV in 2015

Group IV edit

Bahrain
Bangladesh
Iraq
Jordan
Kyrgyzstan
Mongolia
Oman
Pacific Oceania
Qatar – promoted to Group III in 2015
Saudi Arabia – promoted to Group III in 2015

Europe/Africa Zone edit

Group I edit

Seeds:

Remaining nations:

Draw edit

All seeded teams get a bye into the second round.


Second round play-offs			First round play-offs			First round			Second round



						1	Croatia
									Warsaw, Poland (hard, indoor)
							bye
			bye						1	Croatia	3
						Moscow, Russia (hard, indoor)
			Russia							Poland	1
						Russia		2
Moscow, Russia (indoor hard)
						Poland		3
Russia		4

Portugal		1
						3	Israel
									Portorož, Slovenia (clay)
							bye
			bye						3	Israel	3
						Kranj, Slovenia (hard, indoor)
			Portugal							Slovenia	1
						Portugal		2

						Slovenia		3

						Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine (hard, indoor)

						Ukraine		3
			Bucharest, Romania (clay)						Malmö, Sweden (hard, indoor)
						Romania		1
				Romania	3					Ukraine	4

			4	Sweden	1				4	Sweden	1
							bye
Jönköping, Sweden (indoor hard)
						4	Sweden
4	Sweden	3
						Bratislava, Slovak Rep. (hard, indoor)
	Latvia	2
						Slovakia		5
			Valmiera, Latvia (indoor hard)						Bratislava, Slovakia (hard, indoor)
						Latvia		0
				Latvia	1					Slovakia	4

			2	Austria	4				2	Austria	1
							bye

						2	Austria

Portugal and Latvia relegated to Group II in 2015.
Croatia, Israel, Ukraine, and Slovakia advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II edit

Seeds:

Remaining nations:

Draw edit


Play-offs		First round			Second round			Third round

		Centurion, South Africa (hard)

		1	South Africa	3
Oslo, Norway (hard, indoor)					Centurion, South Africa (hard)
			Monaco	2
Monaco	5				1	South Africa	2
		Oslo, Norway (hard, indoor)
Norway	0				8	Lithuania	3
		8	Lithuania	5
								Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herz. (hard, indoor)
			Norway	0
								8	Lithuania	3
		Helsinki, Finland (hard, indoor)
								5	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2
		3	Finland	3
Athens, Greece (clay)					Helsinki, Finland (hard, indoor)
			Bulgaria	2
Bulgaria	4				3	Finland	2
		Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herz. (carpet, indoor)
Greece	1				5	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3
		5	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3

			Greece	1

		Minsk, Belarus (hard, indoor)

			Ireland	1
Dublin, Ireland (hard, indoor)					Chișinău, Moldova (hard, indoor)
		6	Belarus	4
Ireland	3				6	Belarus	1
		Chișinău, Moldova (hard, indoor)
Egypt	2				4	Moldova	4
			Egypt	1
								Kolding, Denmark (carpet, indoor)
		4	Moldova	4
								4	Moldova	2
		Rabat, Morocco (clay)
								2	Denmark	3
			Morocco	2
Casablanca, Morocco (clay)					Hillerød, Denmark (hard, indoor)
		7	Luxembourg	3
Morocco	4				7	Luxembourg	0
		Copenhagen, Denmark (hard, indoor)
Cyprus	1				2	Denmark	5
			Cyprus	1

		2	Denmark	4

Norway, Greece, Egypt, and Cyprus relegated to Group III in 2015.
Lithuania and Denmark promoted to Group I in 2015.

Group III Europe edit

Albania
Armenia
Estonia
Georgia
Hungary – promoted to Group II in 2015
Iceland
Liechtenstein
Macedonia
Malta
Montenegro
San Marino
Turkey – promoted to Group II in 2015

Group III Africa edit

Algeria
Benin
Botswana
Congo
Kenya
Libya
Madagascar – promoted to Group II in 2015
Mozambique
Namibia
Nigeria
Rwanda
Zimbabwe – promoted to Group II in 2015

Note: Tunisia was suspended from Davis Cup competition for one year for violation of ITF rules, after the Tunisian Tennis Federation ordered Malek Jaziri not to play against Israeli opponent Amir Weintraub during the 2013 Tashkent Challenger, an ATP Challenger Tour event in October 2013.

References edit

^ "Davis Cup scorecards – 2014". www.daviscup.com. ITF.
^ "Switzerland wins Davis Cup final". ESPN. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
^ "Roger Federer dedicates win to his team-mates". BBC Sport. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
^ "Tears of joy from Roger Federer as Switzerland win Davis Cup". Guardian. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
^ "France v Switzerland". daviscup.com.
^ "Lille to stage Davis Cup Final". daviscup.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "ITF Board of Directors decisions regarding appeals". Davis Cup. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Israel versus Argentina tie to be held in Sunrise". Davis Cup. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Ukraine versus Belgium to be held in Tallinn". Davis Cup. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

External links edit

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[1] "Davis Cup scorecards – 2014". www.daviscup.com. ITF.

[2] "Switzerland wins Davis Cup final". ESPN. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.

[3] "Roger Federer dedicates win to his team-mates". BBC Sport. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.

[4] "Tears of joy from Roger Federer as Switzerland win Davis Cup". Guardian. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.

[FRA_vs._SUI-5] "France v Switzerland". daviscup.com.

[Final_venue-6] "Lille to stage Davis Cup Final". daviscup.com.

[venues-7] "ITF Board of Directors decisions regarding appeals". Davis Cup. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

[ISR-ARG-8] "Israel versus Argentina tie to be held in Sunrise". Davis Cup. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.

[UKR-BEL-9] "Ukraine versus Belgium to be held in Tallinn". Davis Cup. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

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2014 Davis Cup

Contents

World Group edit

Seeds edit

Draw edit

Final edit

World Group play-offs edit

Americas Zone edit

Group I edit

Draw edit

Group II edit

Draw edit

Group III edit

Asia/Oceania Zone edit

Group I edit

Draw edit

Group II edit

Draw edit

Group III edit

Group IV edit

Europe/Africa Zone edit

Group I edit

Draw edit

Group II edit

Draw edit

Group III Europe edit

Group III Africa edit

See also edit

References edit

External links edit