2017 Davis Cup

2017 Davis Cup
Details
Duration3 February – 26 November 2017
Edition106th
Champion
Winning nation France
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The 2017 Davis Cup was the 106th edition of the Davis Cup, a tournament between national teams in men's tennis. It was sponsored by BNP Paribas.[1] France won their tenth title (their first since 2001), with Lucas Pouille defeating Steve Darcis of Belgium on indoor hard in the final match held at Stade Pierre-Mauroy located in Villeneuve-d'Ascq on 26 November.[2][3]

World Group

Main article: 2017 Davis Cup World Group
Participating teams

Argentina
Australia
Belgium
Canada

Croatia
Czech Republic
France
Germany

Great Britain
Italy
Japan
Russia

Serbia
Spain
Switzerland
United States

Seeds

  1.  Argentina (first round)
  2.  Croatia (first round)
  3.  Great Britain (quarterfinals)
  4.  Czech Republic (first round)
  5.   Switzerland (first round)
  6.  France (world champion of team)
  7.  Belgium (final)
  8.  Serbia (semifinals)

Draw

First round
3–5 February		Quarterfinals
7–9 April		Semifinals
15–17 September		Final
24–26 November
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
1 Argentina2
Charleroi, Belgium (indoor hard)
 Italy3
 Italy2
Frankfurt, Germany (indoor hard)
7 Belgium3
7 Belgium4
Brussels, Belgium (indoor clay)
 Germany1
7 Belgium3
Kooyong, Australia (hard)
 Australia2
4 Czech Republic1
Brisbane, Australia (hard)[4]
 Australia4
 Australia3
Birmingham, United States (indoor hard)
 United States2
5  Switzerland0
Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France (indoor hard)
 United States5
7 Belgium2
Tokyo, Japan (indoor hard)
6 France3
 Japan1
Rouen, France (indoor clay)
6 France4
6 France4
Ottawa, Canada (indoor hard)
3 Great Britain1
 Canada2
Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France (clay)
3 Great Britain3
6 France3
Niš, Serbia (indoor hard)
8 Serbia1
 Russia1
Belgrade, Serbia (indoor hard)
8 Serbia4
8 Serbia4
Osijek, Croatia (indoor hard)
 Spain1
 Spain3
2 Croatia2

Final


France
3 		Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France[5]
24–26 November 2017
Hard (i)
Belgium
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Lucas Pouille
David Goffin 		5
7 		3
6 		1
6 		     
2
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Steve Darcis 		6
3 		6
2 		6
1 		     
3
Richard Gasquet / Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Ruben Bemelmans / Joris De Loore 		6
1 		3
6 		77
62 		6
4 		   
4
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
David Goffin 		65
77 		3
6 		2
6 		     
5
Lucas Pouille
Steve Darcis 		6
3 		6
1 		6
0 		     

World Group play-offs

Main article: 2017 Davis Cup World Group play-offs

Date: 15–17 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 2018 World Group.

Home team Score Visiting team Location Venue Door Surface
 Kazakhstan 3–2  Argentina Astana National Tennis Center Indoor Hard
 Colombia 1–4  Croatia Bogotá Plaza de Toros La Santamaría Outdoor Clay
  Switzerland 3–2  Belarus Biel/Bienne Swiss Tennis Arena Indoor Hard
 Netherlands 3–2  Czech Republic The Hague Sportcampus Zuiderpark Indoor Clay
 Portugal 2–3  Germany Lisbon Clube de Ténis do Jamor Outdoor Clay
 Japan 3–1  Brazil Osaka Utsubo Tennis Center Outdoor Hard
 Hungary 3–1  Russia Budapest Margaret Island Athletic Centre Outdoor Clay
 Canada 3–2  India Edmonton Northlands Coliseum Indoor Hard

Americas Zone

Group I

Further information: 2017 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I

Draw

Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
1 Brazil
byeAmbato, Ecuador (clay)
bye1 Brazil5
 PeruGuayaquil, Ecuador (clay) Ecuador0
 Peru0
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (hard) Ecuador5
 Peru1
 Dominican Republic4Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic (hard)
 Dominican Republic0
 Chile5Medellín, Colombia (clay)
 Dominican Republic Chile1
bye2 Colombia3
bye
2 Colombia
  •  Peru relegated to Group II in 2018.
  •  Brazil and  Colombia advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

Further information: 2017 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group II

Draw

Group III

Further information: 2017 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III

Date: 12–17 June

Location: Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club, Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)

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 2018.

Participating teams:

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 10 April 2017 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  1.  Uruguay (53)
  2.  Puerto Rico (79)
  1.  Costa Rica (84)
  2.  Honduras (86)
  1.  Cuba (91)
  2.  Jamaica (94)
  1.  Bermuda (107)
  2.  Panama (115)
  3.  Antigua and Barbuda (-)

Pool A

  URU CRC PAN CUB RR
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Game
W–L 		Standings
53  Uruguay 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 18–0 (100%) 111–40 (74%) 1
84  Costa Rica 0–3 3–0 2–1 2–1 11–11 (50%) 99–106 (48%) 2
115  Panama 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–2 6–14 (30%) 74–107 (41%) 3
91  Cuba 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–3 5–15 (25%) 75–106 (41%) 4

Pool B

  PUR HON JAM BER ANT RR
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Game
W–L 		Standings
79  Puerto Rico 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 4–0 24–3 (89%) 162–89 (65%) 1
86  Honduras 0–3 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–1 15–11 (58%) 128–107 (54%) 2
94  Jamaica 0–3 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–2 16–12 (57%) 148–122 (55%) 3
107  Bermuda 0–3 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–3 6–18 (25%) 79–126 (39%) 4
NR  Antigua and Barbuda 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–4 4–21 (16%) 68–141 (33%) 5

Playoffs

Placing A Team Score B Team
Promotional  Uruguay 2–0  Honduras
Promotional  Costa Rica 1–2  Puerto Rico
5th–6th  Panama 2–1  Jamaica
7th–8th  Cuba 2–0  Bermuda
9th —  Antigua and Barbuda

 Uruguay and  Puerto Rico promoted to Group II in 2018.

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

Further information: 2017 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I

Draw

Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
1 Kazakhstan
byeAstana, Kazakhstan (indoor clay)
bye1 Kazakhstan4
 Chinese TaipeiKaohsiung, Taiwan (hard) China1
 Chinese Taipei0
Yanggu, South Korea (hard) China5
 Chinese Taipei2
 South Korea3Gimcheon, South Korea (indoor hard)
 Uzbekistan3
Auckland, New Zealand (hard) South Korea1Bangalore, India (hard)
 South Korea2 Uzbekistan1
 New Zealand3Pune, India (hard)2 India4
 New Zealand1
2 India4

Group II

Further information: 2017 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II

Draw

Group III

Further information: 2017 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III

Date: 17–22 July

Location: Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay)

Participating 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 2018.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 10 April 2017 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  1.  Sri Lanka (78)
  2.  Lebanon (88)
  1.  Malaysia (89)
  2.  Syria (93)
  1.  Pacific Oceania (97)
  2.  Qatar (100)

Pool A

  SRI JOR POC SYR RR
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Game
W–L 		Standings
78  Sri Lanka 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 12–6 (67%) 96–66 (59%) 1
104  Jordan 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 10–9 (53%) 82–95 (46%) 2
97  Pacific Oceania 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 10–11 (48%) 91–91 (50%) 3
93  Syria 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–3 7–13 (35%) 78–95 (45%) 4

Pool B

  LBN QAT MAS UAE TKM RR
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Game
W–L 		Standings
88  Lebanon 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 4–0 19–8 (70%) 147–100 (60%) 1
100  Qatar 0–3 2–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 15–12 (56%) 118–111 (52%) 2
89  Malaysia 1–2 0–2 2–1 3–0 2–2 14–11 (56%) 121–100 (55%) 3
103  United Arab Emirates 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–3 11–17 (39%) 109–142 (43%) 4
105  Turkmenistan 1–2 1–2 0–3 1–2 0–4 9–20 (31%) 111–153 (42%) 5

Playoffs

Placing A Team Score B Team
Promotional  Sri Lanka 2–0  Qatar
Promotional  Jordan 0–2  Lebanon
5th —  Malaysia
Relegation  Pacific Oceania 2–1  Turkmenistan
Relegation  Syria 2–0  United Arab Emirates

Group IV

Further information: 2017 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV

Date: 3–8 April

Location: Bahrain Polytechnic, Isa Town, Bahrain (hard)

Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of five and six 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 2018.

Participating teams:

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 20 February 2017 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5
  1.  Cambodia (101)
  2.  Iraq (106)
  1.  Bahrain (107)
  2.  Singapore (107)
  1.  Saudi Arabia (111)
  2.  Bangladesh (112)
  1.  Myanmar (120)
  2.  Oman (122)
  1.  Tajikistan (123)
  2.  Mongolia (124)
  3.  Kyrgyzstan (126)

Pool A

  CAM KSA MYA BHR KGZ RR
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Game
W–L 		Standings
101  Cambodia 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 4–0 20–8 (71%) 150–92 (62%) 1
111  Saudi Arabia 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–1 20–7 (74%) 137–91 (60%) 2
120  Myanmar 0–3 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–2 10–17 (37%) 106–140 (43%) 3
107  Bahrain 0–3 0–3 1–2 3–0 1–3 12–17 (41%) 123–141 (47%) 4
126  Kyrgyzstan 1–2 0–3 1–2 0–3 0–4 7–20 (26%) 98–150 (40%) 5

Pool B

  SGP OMA MGL TJK BAN IRQ RR
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Game
W–L 		Standings
107  Singapore 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 4–1 27–5 (84%) 189–83 (69%) 1
122  Oman 2–1 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–0 4–1 25–9 (74%) 178–122 (59%) 2
124  Mongolia 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 4–1 17–15 (53%) 145–124 (54%) 3
123  Tajikistan 0–3 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–4 11–22 (33%) 124–170 (42%) 4
112  Bangladesh 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–4 9–23 (28%) 102–168 (38%) 5
106  Iraq 0–3 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–4 9–24 (27%) 117–182 (39%) 6

Play-offs

Placing A Team Score B Team
Promotional  Cambodia 2–0  Oman
Promotional  Saudi Arabia 2–1  Singapore
5th–6th  Myanmar 2–1  Mongolia
7th–8th  Bahrain 1–2  Tajikistan
9th–10th  Kyrgyzstan 2–1  Bangladesh
11th —  Iraq

 Cambodia and  Saudi Arabia promoted to Group III in 2018.

Europe/Africa Zone

Group I

Further information: 2017 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

Draw

Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
1 Slovakia
Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)
bye
1 Slovakia1 Slovakia1
bye Hungary3
 Hungary
Bratislava, Slovakia (clay)
bye
1 Slovakia4
 Poland1
3 Netherlands
Zenica, Bosnia and Herz. (indoor hard)
bye
bye3 Netherlands3
Zenica, Bosnia and Herz. (indoor hard)
 Poland Bosnia and Herzegovina1
 Poland0
 Bosnia and Herzegovina5
Minsk, Belarus (indoor hard)
 Romania2
Wels, Austria (clay)Minsk, Belarus (indoor hard)
 Belarus3
 Romania1 Belarus3
4 Austria44 Austria1
bye
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
4 Austria
 Romania0
Lisbon, Portugal (indoor clay)
 Israel5
 Israel0
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)Lisbon, Portugal (indoor clay)
 Portugal5
 Israel0 Portugal4
2 Ukraine52 Ukraine1
bye
2 Ukraine

Group II

Further information: 2017 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II

Draw

Relegation Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Tunis, Tunisia (hard)
1 Sweden3
Nicosia, Cyprus (hard)Antalya, Turkey (clay)
 Tunisia2
 Tunisia41 Sweden4
Nicosia, Cyprus (hard)
 Cyprus17 Turkey1
7 Turkey4
Båstad, Sweden (clay)
 Cyprus1
1 Sweden5
Šiauliai, Lithuania (indoor hard)
3 Lithuania0
3 Lithuania3
Hanko, Finland (indoor hard)Tbilisi, Georgia (hard)
 Madagascar2
 Madagascar23 Lithuania3
Tbilisi, Georgia (indoor carpet)
5 Finland3 Georgia2
5 Finland2
 Georgia3
Jelgava, Latvia (indoor hard)
 Norway5
Marrakesh, Morocco (clay)Stavanger, Norway (indoor hard)
6 Latvia0
6 Latvia2 Norway1
Aarhus, Denmark (indoor carpet)
 Morocco34 Denmark4
 Morocco1
Aarhus, Denmark (indoor hard)
4 Denmark4
4 Denmark1
Centurion, South Africa (hard)
8 South Africa3
 Estonia1
Tallinn, Estonia (indoor hard)Centurion, South Africa (hard)
8 South Africa4
 Estonia38 South Africa5
Maribor, Slovenia (indoor hard)
 Monaco22 Slovenia0
 Monaco2
2 Slovenia3

Group III Europe

Further information: 2017 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III

Date: 5–8 April

Location: Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria (hard)

Format: Round-robin basis. One pool of three teams (Pool A) and three pools of four teams (Pools B, C and D). The winners of each pool played-off against each other to determine which two nations were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2018.

Participating teams:

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 20 February 2017 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
  1.  Bulgaria (50)
  2.  Moldova (61)
  3.  Luxembourg (67)
  4.  Ireland (79)
  1.  Macedonia (88)
  2.  Montenegro (92)
  3.  Greece (97)
  4.  Liechtenstein (102)
  1.  Malta (102)
  2.  Andorra (113)
  3.  San Marino (114)
  4.  Iceland (116)
  5.  Armenia (119)
  6.  Albania (125)
  7.  Kosovo (128)

Pool A

  BUL GRE ARM RR
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Game
W–L 		Standings
50  Bulgaria 3–0 3–0 2–0 12–1 (92%) 79–36 (69%) 1
97  Greece 0–3 3–0 1–1 7–7 (50%) 64–53 (55%) 2
119  Armenia 0–3 0–3 0–2 1–12 (8%) 23–77 (23%) 3

Pool B

  MKD MDA MLT ISL RR
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Game
W–L 		Standings
88  Macedonia 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 16–4 (80%) 111–70 (61%) 1
61  Moldova 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 9–11 (45%) 76–90 (46%) 2
102  Malta 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 8–12 (40%) 77–94 (45%) 3
116  Iceland 0–3 2–1 1–2 1–2 7–13 (35%) 77–87 (47%) 4

Pool C

  LUX LIE ALB SMR RR
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Game
W–L 		Standings
67  Luxembourg 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 18–1 (95%) 115–41 (74%) 1
102  Liechtenstein 0–3 3–0 2–1 2–1 11–9 (55%) 88–84 (51%) 2
125  Albania 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–2 3–16 (16%) 59–106 (36%) 3
114  San Marino 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–3 7–15 (32%) 86–117 (42%) 4

Pool D

  IRL MNE AND KOS RR
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Game
W–L 		Standings
79  Ireland 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 17–2 (89%) 110–35 (76%) 1
92  Montenegro 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–1 12–5 (71%) 90–71 (56%) 2
113  Andorra 0–3 1–2 3–0 1–2 8–11 (42%) 75–86 (47%) 3
128  Kosovo 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–18 (5%) 28–111 (20%) 4

Playoffs

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

 Ireland and  Luxembourg promoted to Group II in 2018.

Group III Africa

Further information: 2017 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group III

Date: 17–22 July

Location: Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt (clay)

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 2018.

Participating teams:

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 10 April 2017 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  1.  Zimbabwe (73)
  2.  Algeria (81)
  1.  Benin (83)
  2.  Egypt (96)
  1.  Nigeria (98)
  2.  Kenya (117)
  1.  Botswana (119)
  2.  Rwanda (126)
  3.  Libya (129)

Pool A

  EGY ZIM NGR RWA RR
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Game
W–L 		Standings
96  Egypt 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 18–1 (95%) 113–35 (76%) 1
73  Zimbabwe 0–3 2–1 3–0 2–1 10–9 (53%) 85–75 (53%) 2
98  Nigeria 0–3 1–2 3–0 1–2 10–10 (50%) 91–93 (49%) 3
126  Rwanda 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–18 (0%) 22–108 (17%) 4

Pool B

  KEN BEN ALG LBA BOT RR
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Game
W–L 		Standings
117  Kenya 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 4–0 20–7 (74%) 148–89 (62%) 1
83  Benin 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 19–8 (70%) 138–95 (59%) 2
81  Algeria 1–2 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–2 17–9 (65%) 134–86 (61%) 3
129  Libya 1–2 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–3 7–20 (26%) 83–151 (35%) 4
119  Botswana 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–4 4–23 (15%) 67–149 (31%) 5

Playoffs

Placing A Team Score B Team
Promotional  Egypt 2–0  Benin
Promotional  Zimbabwe 2–0  Kenya
5th–6th  Nigeria 2–0  Algeria
7th–8th  Rwanda 2–1  Libya
9th —  Botswana

Broadcasting rights

Americas

Asia

Europe

Africa

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