2018 Davis Cup
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| Duration | 2 February – 25 November |
| Edition | 107th |
| Champion | |
← 2017 2019 → | |
The 2018 Davis Cup is the 107th edition of the Davis Cup, a tournament between national teams in men's tennis. It is sponsored by BNP Paribas.[1] In 2018, new rules were introduced for the Group I and II zonal events, with ties now being played as best-of-three sets over the course of two days.
Contents
World Group[edit]
| Participating teams | |||
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Australia |
Belgium |
Canada |
Croatia |
France |
Germany |
Great Britain |
Hungary |
Italy |
Japan |
Kazakhstan |
Netherlands |
Serbia |
Spain |
Switzerland |
United States |
Seeds[edit]
France
Belgium (Quarterfinals)
Great Britain (First round)
Croatia
Switzerland (First round)
Australia (First round)
Serbia (First round)
Italy (Quarterfinals)
Draw[edit]
| First round 2–4 February |
Quarterfinals 6–8 April |
Semifinals 14–16 September |
Final 23–25 November | |||||||||||||||
| Albertville, France (indoor hard)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Genoa, Italy (clay)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Morioka, Japan (indoor hard)[4] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Lille, France (indoor hard)[5] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Marbella, Spain (clay)[6] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 3 | |
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| Valencia, Spain (clay)[7] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Brisbane, Australia (hard)[8] | ||||||||||||||||||
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2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | |
1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lille, France (indoor clay)[9] | ||||||||||||||||||
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3 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Astana, Kazakhstan (indoor hard)[10] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |
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| Varaždin, Croatia (indoor clay)[11] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | |
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| Osijek, Croatia (indoor clay)[12] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |
3 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Zadar, Croatia (clay)[13] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |
3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |
3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Niš, Serbia (indoor clay)[14] | ||||||||||||||||||
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3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nashville, United States (indoor hard)[15] | ||||||||||||||||||
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4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Liège, Belgium (indoor hard)[16] | ||||||||||||||||||
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3 | ||||||||||||||||
World Group Play-offs[edit]
Date: 14–16 September 2018
The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties and eight winners of the Zonal Group I final round ties will compete in the World Group Play-offs for seeded spots in the 2019 Qualifying Round. Seedings are based on Davis Cup rankings as of 9 April 2018.
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Seeded teams
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Unseeded teams
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| Home team | Score | Visiting team | Location | Venue | Door | Surface |
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| 4–0 | San Juan | Estadio Aldo Cantoni | Indoor | Clay | ||
| 3–1 | Glasgow | Emirates Arena | Indoor | Hard | ||
| 3–1 | Graz | Messe Congress Graz | Outdoor | Clay | ||
| 2–3 | Biel/Bienne | Swiss Tennis Arena | Indoor | Hard | ||
| 4–0 | Kraljevo | Kraljevo Sports Hall | Indoor | Clay | ||
| 3–1 | Toronto | Coca-Cola Coliseum | Indoor | Hard | ||
| 2–3 | Budapest | Kopaszi Dam | Outdoor | Clay | ||
| 4–0 | Osaka | Utsubo Tennis Center | Outdoor | Hard |
Americas Zone[edit]
Group I[edit]
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Seeds: The first seed received a bye into the second round.
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Remaining nations:
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Draw[edit]
| 2nd round play-offs 14–15 September |
1st round play-offs 6–7 April |
1st round 2–3 February |
2nd round 6–7 April | |||||||||||||||||
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| bye | San Juan, Argentina (indoor clay)[17] | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | 1 | |
3 | |||||||||||||||||
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Santiago, Chile (clay)[18] | |
2 | |||||||||||||||||
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3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Michael, Barbados (hard)[19] | |
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4 | |||||||||||||||||||
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0 | Saint Michael, Barbados (hard)[20] | ||||||||||||||||||
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4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic (hard)[21] | |
0 | Barranquilla, Colombia (hard)[22] | |||||||||||||||||
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3 | |||||||||||||||||
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4 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (hard)[23] | 2 | |
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3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Group II in 2019. |
advance to World Group Play-off. | |||||||||||||||||||
Group II[edit]
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Seeds:
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Remaining nations:
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Draw[edit]
| Play-offs 7–8 April |
1st round 3–4 February |
2nd round 7–8 April |
3rd round 15–16 September | |||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala City, Guatemala (hard)[24] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | |
3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala City, Guatemala (hard)[25] | |
1 | Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)[26] | |||||||||||||||||
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3 | 1 | |
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| 3 | |
1 | San Salvador, El Salvador (hard)[27] | |
4 | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | |
1 | ||||||||||||||||||
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4 | Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)[28] | ||||||||||||||||||
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3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tijuana, Mexico (hard)[29] | 4 | |
1 | |||||||||||||||||
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0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Trinidad, Bolivia (clay)[30] | 4 | |
5 | Metepec, Mexico (hard)[31] | ||||||||||||||||
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0 | 4 | |
3 | ||||||||||||||||
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5 | La Paz, Bolivia (clay)[32] | 2 | |
1 | |||||||||||||||
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4 | ||||||||||||||||||
relegated to Group III in 2019. |
to Group I in 2019. | |||||||||||||||||||
Group III[edit]
Date: 28 May–2 June
Location: Costa Rica Country Club, Escazú, Costa Rica (hard)
Format: Round-robin basis. The winner of Pool A will play-off against the runner-up of Pool B and the winner of Pool B will play-off against the runner-up of Pool A to determine which two nations will advance to Americas Zone Group II in 2019.
- Participating teams
Play-offs[edit]
Asia/Oceania Zone[edit]
Group I[edit]
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Seeds: All seeds received a bye into the second round.
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Remaining nations:
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Draw[edit]
| 2nd round play-offs 14–15 September |
1st round play-offs |
1st round 2–3 February |
2nd round 6–7 April | |||||||||||||||||
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| bye | Tianjin, China (hard)[33] | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | 1 | |
3 | |||||||||||||||||
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Tianjin, China (indoor hard)[34] | |
2 | |||||||||||||||||
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3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Gimcheon, South Korea (hard)[35] | |
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2 | |||||||||||||||||||
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3 | Islamabad, Pakistan (grass)[36] | ||||||||||||||||||
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4 | |||||||||||||||||||
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0 | Islamabad, Pakistan (grass)[37] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| bye | 2 | |
4 | |||||||||||||||||
| bye | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | |
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Group II in 2019. |
advance to World Group Play-off. | |||||||||||||||||||
Group II[edit]
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Seeds:
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Remaining nations:
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Draw[edit]
| Play-offs 7–8 April |
1st round 3–4 February |
2nd round 7–8 April |
3rd round 15–16 September | |||||||||||||||||
| Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay)[38] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | |
3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay)[39] | |
2 | Manila, Philippines (indoor clay)[40] | |||||||||||||||||
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1 | 1 | |
4 | ||||||||||||||||
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3 | Jakarta, Indonesia (indoor hard)[41] | 3 | |
1 | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | |
4 | ||||||||||||||||||
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1 | Nonthaburi, Thailand (hard)[42] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | |
2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard)[43] | |
3 | ||||||||||||||||||
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0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Taipei, Taiwan (indoor hard)[44] | 4 | |
4 | Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon (hard)[45] | ||||||||||||||||
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0 | 4 | |
1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | |
4 | Beirut, Lebanon (indoor hard)[46] | |
3 | |||||||||||||||
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3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | |
2 | ||||||||||||||||||
relegated to Group III in 2019. |
to Group I in 2019. | |||||||||||||||||||
Group III[edit]
Date: 2–7 April
Location: Mỹ Đình Sports Complex, Hanoi, Vietnam (indoor hard)
Format: Round-robin basis. One pool of 4 teams (Pool A) and one pool of 5 teams (Pool B). The winner of Pool A will play-off against the runner-up of Pool B and the winner of Pool B will play-off against the runner-up of Pool A to determine which two nations will be promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2019.
- Participating teams
Play-offs[edit]
Group IV[edit]
Date: 29 January–3 February
Location: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman (hard)
Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of six teams. The winner of Pool A will play-off against the runner-up in Pool B and the winner of Pool B will play-off against the runner-up in Pool A to determine which two nations will be promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group III in 2019.
- Participating teams
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Play-offs[edit]
Europe/Africa Zone[edit]
Group I[edit]
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Seeds:
All seeds and
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Remaining nations:
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Draw[edit]
Group II[edit]
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Seeds:
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Remaining nations:
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Draw[edit]
Group III Europe[edit]
Date: 3–7 April
Location 1: Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria (clay)
Location 2: Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro (clay)
Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of four teams at each venue. The winners of each pool play-off against each other to determine which nation will be promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2019. Two promoted - one from each venue.
- Participating teams
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Play-offs[edit]
Monaco and
Montenegro were promoted to Group II in 2019.
Group III Africa[edit]
Date: 18–23 June
Location: Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya (clay)
Format: Round-robin basis. One pool of four teams (Pool A) and one pool of five teams (Pool B). The winners of each pool play-off against each other to determine which two nations are promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2019.
- Participating teams
Play-offs[edit]
References[edit]
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- ^ "Italy v France". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Japan v Italy". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "France v Spain". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Spain v Great Britain". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Spain v Germany". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Australia vs. Germany". DavisCup.com.
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- ^ "Croatia v Kazakhstan". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Croatia v Canada". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Croatia v United States". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Serbia v United States". DavisCup.com.
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- ^ "Belgium v Hungary". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Argentina v Chile". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Chile v Ecuador". DavisCup.com.
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- ^ "Barbados v Colombia". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Barbados v Dominican Republic". DavisCup.com.
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- ^ "Dominican Republic v Brazil". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Guatemala v Venezuela". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Guatemala v El Salvador". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Uruguay v Venezuela". DavisCup.com.
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- ^ "Uruguay v Mexico". DavisCup.com.
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- ^ "Pakistan v Uzbekistan". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Sri Lanka v Thailand". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Sri Lanka v Indonesia". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Philippines v Thailand". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Indonesia v Philippines". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Thailand v Lebanon". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Hong Kong v Iran". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Iran v Chinese Taipei". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Lebanon v Hong Kong". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Lebanon v Chinese Taipei". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Czech Republic v Israel". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "South Africa v Israel". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Portugal v South Africa". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Portugal v Ukraine". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Sweden v Portugal". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Ukraine v Sweden". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Slovakia v Bosnia and Herzegovina". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Slovakia v Belarus". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Austria v Belarus". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Belarus v Russia". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Russia v Austria". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Romania v Luxembourg". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Luxembourg v Georgia". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Romania v Morocco". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Morocco v Georgia". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Romania v Poland". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Slovenia v Poland". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Slovenia v Turkey". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Poland v Zimbabwe". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Zimbabwe v Turkey". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Egypt v Norway". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Norway v Ireland". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Denmark v Egypt". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Denmark v Ireland". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Egypt v Finland". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Tunisia v Finland". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Estonia v Tunisia". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Finland v Lithuania". DavisCup.com.
- ^ "Lithuania v Estonia". DavisCup.com.
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