1999 Davis Cup

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1999 Davis Cup
Details
Duration2 April – 5 December
Edition88th
Teams128
Champion
Winning nation Australia
1998
2000

The 1999 Davis Cup (also known as the 1999 Davis Cup by NEC for sponsorship purposes) was the 88th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 129 teams entered the competition, 16 in the World Group, 30 in the Americas Zone, 32 in the Asia/Oceania Zone, and 51 in the Europe/Africa Zone. Fiji made its first appearances in the tournament.

Australia defeated France in the final, held at the Acropolis Exhibition Hall in Nice, France, on 3–5 December, to win their 27th title and their first since 1986.[1][2] Mark Philippoussis, Lleyton Hewitt and doubles pairing Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde made up the winning Australian team in the final; Pat Rafter, who was involved in the Aussies' run to the final was forced to pull out due to injury.[3]

World Group

Participating teams

Australia

Belgium

Brazil

Czech Republic

France

Germany

Great Britain

Italy

Netherlands

Russia

Slovakia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

United States

Zimbabwe

Draw

First round
2–4 April
Quarterfinals
16–18 July
Semifinals
24–26 September
Final
3–5 December
Trollhättan, Sweden (indoor carpet)
 Sweden2
Moscow, Russia (indoor clay)
 Slovakia3
 Slovakia2
Frankfurt, Germany (indoor carpet)
 Russia3
 Germany2
Brisbane, Australia (grass)
 Russia3
 Russia1
Birmingham, England (indoor hard)
 Australia4
 United States3
Chestnut Hill, MA, United States (hard)
 Great Britain2
 United States1
Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)
 Australia4
 Australia4
Nice, France (indoor clay)
 Zimbabwe1
 Australia3
Nîmes, France (indoor clay)
 France2
 Netherlands1
Pau, France (indoor carpet)
 France4
 France3
Lleida, Spain (clay)
 Brazil2
 Brazil3
Pau, France (indoor carpet)
 Spain2
 France4
Ghent, Belgium (indoor clay)
 Belgium1
 Belgium3
Brussels, Belgium (clay)
 Czech Republic2
 Belgium3
Neuchâtel, Switzerland (indoor carpet)
  Switzerland2
  Switzerland3
 Italy2

Final

France vs. Australia


France
2
Acropolis Exhibition Hall, Nice, France [2]
3–5 December 1999
Clay (indoors)

Australia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 France
Australia
Sébastien Grosjean
Mark Philippoussis
4
6
2
6
4
6
     
2 France
Australia
Cédric Pioline
Lleyton Hewitt
79
67
78
66
7
5
     
3 France
Australia
Olivier Delaître / Fabrice Santoro
Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde
6
2
5
7
2
6
2
6
   
4 France
Australia
Cédric Pioline
Mark Philippoussis
3
6
7
5
1
6
2
6
   
5 France
Australia
Sébastien Grosjean
Lleyton Hewitt
6
4
6
3
       

World Group Qualifying Round

Date: 24–26 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 Qualifying Round for spots in the 2000 World Group.

Home team Score Visiting team Location Venue Door Surface
 Austria 3-2  Sweden Pörtschach Werzer Arena Outdoor Clay
 Zimbabwe 4-1  Chile Harare Harare Municipal Centre Indoor Hard
 Uzbekistan 0-5  Czech Republic Tashkent Yunusabad Tennis Centre Indoor Hard
 Ecuador 2-3  Netherlands Guayaquil Club Nacional de Guayaquil Outdoor Clay
 New Zealand 0-5  Spain Hamilton Mystery Creek Events Centre Indoor Hard
 Italy 3-2  Finland Sassari Torres Tennis Sassari Outdoor Clay
 Great Britain 4-1  South Africa Birmingham National Indoor Arena Indoor Hard
 Romania 1-4  Germany Bucharest Arena Club Outdoor Clay

Americas Zone

Group I

Fifth placeConsolation semifinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 Argentina1
 Ecuador4
 Argentina
bye
Seventh place Colombia0
 Chile5
 Venezuela2
 Ecuador3

Group II

Fifth placeConsolation semifinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 Mexico2
 Peru3
 Mexico3
 Cuba2
 Mexico3
 Paraguay2
Seventh place Peru4
 Uruguay1
 Cuba4
 Haiti1

Group III

Final standings

Rank Team
1  El Salvador
2  Guatemala
3  Panama
4  Bolivia
5  Netherlands Antilles
6  Jamaica
7  Antigua and Barbuda
8  Honduras

Group IV

Final standings

Rank Team
1  Puerto Rico
2  Trinidad and Tobago
3  U.S. Virgin Islands
4  Saint Lucia
5  Bermuda
6  Barbados
7  Eastern Caribbean

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

Fifth placeConsolation semifinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 South Korea2
 New Zealand3
 India2
 South Korea3
Seventh place Uzbekistan3
 Japan2
 New Zealand3
 China2

Group II

Fifth placeConsolation semifinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 Philippines1
 Thailand4
 Indonesia
 Philippines
 Indonesia5
 Qatar0
Seventh place Iran0
 Thailand5
 Chinese Taipei2
 Philippines3

Group III

Final standings

Rank Team
1  Malaysia
2  Hong Kong
3  Tajikistan
4  Pacific Oceania
5  Bangladesh
6  Syria
7  Saudi Arabia
8  Bahrain

Group IV

Final standings

Rank Team
1  Kuwait
2  Singapore
3  Oman
4  United Arab Emirates
5  Fiji
6  Jordan
7  Iraq
8  Brunei

Europe/Africa Zone

Group I

Ninth placeConsolation semifinalsConsolation quarterfinalsRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 Romania3
 Croatia2
 Romania
bye
Eleventh place
bye
 Croatia Austria4
 Portugal1
Thirteenth place13th–16th classification
 Israel2
 Finland3
 Austria
bye
 Belarus1
 South Africa4
Fifteenth place
bye
 Portugal

Group II

Ninth placeConsolation semifinalsConsolation quarterfinalsRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 Denmark1
 Hungary3
 Denmark3
 Ireland2
 Poland0
 Morocco5
 Denmark5
 Senegal0
Eleventh place
 Slovenia2
 Ireland3 Hungary4
 Bulgaria1
Thirteenth place13th–16th classification
 Poland3
 Ivory Coast1
 Hungary5
 Greece0
 Morocco4
 Norway1
Fifteenth place
 Togo0
 Bulgaria5

Group III

Zone A

Final standings

Rank Team
1  Egypt
2  Luxembourg
3  Bosnia and Herzegovina
4  Tunisia
5  Nigeria
6  Benin
7  Algeria
8  Ghana

Zone B

Final standings

Rank Team
1  Estonia
2  Lithuania
3  Moldova
4  Armenia
5  Monaco
6  Georgia
7  Kenya
8  Zambia

Group IV

  • Venue: Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda
  • Date: 28 January–1 February

Zone A

Final standings

Rank Team
1  Iceland
2  Malta
3  Cyprus
4  Ethiopia
5  Sudan

Zone B

Final standings

Rank Team
1  Madagascar
2  Botswana
3  Azerbaijan
4  San Marino
5  Uganda

References

General
  • "World Group 1999". 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 "France v Australia". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Rafter admits Davis Cup glory will be difficult". The Hindu. Associated Press. 28 October 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2020.

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