1993 Davis Cup

The 1993 Davis Cup (also known as the 1993 Davis Cup by NEC for sponsorship purposes) was the 82nd edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 100 teams would enter the competition, 16 in the World Group, 22 in the Americas Zone, 23 in the Asia/Oceania Zone, and 39 in the Europe/Africa Zone. Benin, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Djibouti, Latvia, Russia, San Marino, Slovenia, Ukraine and the United Arab Emirates made their first appearances in the tournament.

1993 Davis Cup
Details
Duration26 March – 5 December 1993
Edition82nd
Teams100
Champion
Winning Nation Germany
← 1992
1994 →

Germany defeated Australia in the final, held at the Messe Düsseldorf Exhibition Hall in Düsseldorf, Germany, on 3–5 December, to win their 3rd title overall.[1][2]

World Group
Participating teams

Australia
Austria
Brazil
Cuba

Czech Republic[lower-alpha 1]
Denmark
France
Germany

India
Italy
Netherlands
Russia[lower-alpha 2]

Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United States

Draw
First round
26–28 March		Quarterfinals
16–18 July		Semifinals
24–26 September		Final
3–5 December
Melbourne, Australia (grass)
 United States1
Florence, Italy (clay)
 Australia4
 Australia3
Modena, Italy (indoor carpet)
 Italy2
 Italy4
Chandigarh, India (grass)
 Brazil1
 Australia5
Vienna, Austria (indoor clay)
 India0
 France4
Fréjus, France (clay)
 Austria1
 France2
Calcutta, India (grass)
 India3
  Switzerland2
Düsseldorf, Germany (indoor clay)
 India3
 Australia1
Barcelona, Spain (clay)
 Germany4
 Netherlands3
The Hague, Netherlands (clay)
 Spain2
 Netherlands1
Kalmar, Sweden (indoor carpet)
 Sweden4
 Cuba0
Borlänge, Sweden (indoor clay)
 Sweden5
 Sweden0
Aarhus, Denmark (indoor carpet)
 Germany5
 Denmark1
Halle, Germany (grass)
 Czech Republic4
 Czech Republic1
Moscow, Russia (indoor carpet)
 Germany4
 Russia1
 Germany4

Final

Germany vs. Australia


Germany
4		 Messe Düsseldorf Exhibition Hall, Düsseldorf, Germany[2]
3–5 December 1993
Clay (indoors)
Australia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Germany
Australia		 Michael Stich
Jason Stoltenberg		 62
77		 6
3		 6
1		 4
6 		6
3		  
2 Germany
Australia		 Marc-Kevin Goellner
Richard Fromberg		 6
3		 7
5		 68
710		 2
6 		7
9 		 
3 Germany
Australia		 Patrik Kühnen / Michael Stich
Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde		 77
64		 4
6 		6
3		 77
64		    
4 Germany
Australia		 Michael Stich
Richard Fromberg		 6
4		 6
2		 6
2		      
5 Germany
Australia		 Marc-Kevin Goellner
Jason Stoltenberg		 6
1		 62
77		 77
63		      

World Group qualifying round

Date: 22–27 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 1994 World Group.

Home teamScoreVisiting teamLocationVenueDoorSurface
 Israel3-2  SwitzerlandRamat HaSharonCanada StadiumOutdoorHard
 Hungary4-1 ArgentinaBudapestÚjpesti Torna EgyletOutdoorClay
 New Zealand2-3 AustriaChristchurchPioneer StadiumIndoorCarpet
 United States5-0 BahamasCharlotte, NCOlde Province Racquet ClubOutdoorHard
 Belgium3-1 BrazilBrusselsRoyal Primerose Tennis ClubOutdoorClay
 Denmark3-2 CroatiaCopenhagenK.B. HallenIndoorCarpet
 Russia5-0 CubaSaint PetersburgSports ForumIndoorCarpet
 South Korea0-5 SpainSeoulOlympic Park Tennis CenterOutdoorHard

Americas Zone

Group I
First Round
5–7 February		Second Round
26–28 March
 Uruguay
Nassau, Bahamas (hard)
bye
 Uruguay1
Santiago, Chile (clay)
 Bahamas4
 Bahamas3
 Chile2
Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
 Mexico4
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
 Canada1
 Mexico1
 Argentina4
bye
 Argentina
  •  Bahamas and  Argentina advance to World Group qualifying round.
Relegation Play-off
26–28 March
Santiago, Chile (clay)
 Chile3
 Canada1

Group II
Relegation Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep. (clay)
 Paraguay3
Bogotá, Colombia (clay) Dominican Republic2Lima, Peru (clay)
 Dominican Republic1 Paraguay0
 Colombia4Lima, Peru (clay) Peru5
 Colombia2
 Peru3Lima, Peru (clay)
 Peru5
Port-au-Prince, Haiti (clay) Puerto Rico0
 Puerto Rico5
Caracas, Venezuela (clay) Haiti0Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)
 Haiti2 Puerto Rico3
 Venezuela3Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay) Ecuador2
 Ecuador4
 Venezuela1
  •  Colombia and  Haiti relegated to Group III in 1994.
  •  Peru promoted to Group I in 1994.

Group III
 GUA  JAM  ESA  ECA  CRC  BOL  TRI  BAR
1  Guatemala (6–1) 3–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Jamaica (6–1) 0–3 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 2–1
3  El Salvador (5–2) 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1
4  Eastern Caribbean (4–3) 2–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–2 2–1 3–0
5  Costa Rica (3–4) 1–2 0–3 1–2 0–3 2–1 3–0 2–1
6  Bolivia (2–5) 0–3 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 3–0
7  Trinidad and Tobago (1–6) 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–2
8  Barbados (1–6) 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–3 1–2 0–3 2–1
  •  Guatemala and  Jamaica promoted to Group II in 1994.

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I
Preliminary Round
5–7 February
Manila, Philippines (indoor clay)
 Philippines4
 Chinese Taipei1
First Round
26–29 March		Second Round
30 April–2 May
 South Korea
Seoul, South Korea (clay)
bye
 South Korea5
Jakarta, Indonesia (clay)
 Indonesia0
 Philippines2
 Indonesia3
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard)
 Japan5
Saga, Japan (indoor carpet)
 Hong Kong0
 Japan2
 New Zealand3
bye
 New Zealand
  •  South Korea and  New Zealand advance to World Group qualifying round.

Group II
Relegation Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (indoor hard)
 China4
Amman, Jordan (hard) Malaysia1Tehran, Iran (clay)
 Malaysia4 China3
 Jordan1Amman, Jordan (indoor hard) Iran2
 Jordan0
 Iran5Tianjin, China (indoor hard)
 China4
Lahore, Pakistan (grass) Thailand1
 Sri Lanka1
Mishref, Kuwait (hard) Pakistan4Bangkok, Thailand (hard)
 Sri Lanka5 Pakistan0
 Kuwait0Bangkok, Thailand (hard) Thailand5
 Kuwait0
 Thailand5
  •  Malaysia and  Sri Lanka relegated to Group III in 1994.
  •  China promoted to Group I in 1994.

Group III
 SIN  KSA  LIB  UAE  BHR  BAN  SYR  QAT
1  Singapore (6–1) 0–3 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0
2  Saudi Arabia (6–1) 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 3–0
3  Lebanon (4–3) 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0
4  United Arab Emirates (4–3) 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0
5  Bahrain (4–3) 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0
6  Bangladesh (3–4) 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 3–0 3–0
7  Syria (1–6) 1–2 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–1
8  Qatar (0–7) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2
  •  Singapore and  Saudi Arabia promoted to Group II in 1994.

Europe/Africa Zone

Group I
First RoundSecond Round
 Israel
Lisbon, Portugal (clay)
bye
 Israel3
 Portugal2
bye
 Portugal
Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor carpet)
 Kenya1
Waregem, Belgium (clay)
 Luxembourg4
 Luxembourg0
 Belgium5
bye
 Belgium
 Great Britain
Budapest, Hungary (clay)
bye
 Great Britain2
Budapest, Hungary (indoor carpet)
 Hungary3
 Finland1
 Hungary4
Oslo, Norway (indoor carpet)
 Norway1
Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)
 Zimbabwe4
 Zimbabwe2
 Croatia3
bye
 Croatia
Relegation Play-off
Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)
 Finland2
 Norway3

Group II
Relegation Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Sofia, Bulgaria (clay)
 Poland2
Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard)Sofia, Bulgaria (clay)
 Bulgaria3
 Poland3 Bulgaria1
Johannesburg, South Africa (hard)
 Ivory Coast1 South Africa4
 Ivory Coast0
Dakar, Senegal (hard)
 South Africa5
 South Africa5
Athens, Greece (clay)
 Senegal0
 Greece5
Carthage, Tunisia (clay)Dakar, Senegal (hard)
 Tunisia0
 Tunisia0 Greece2
Dakar, Senegal (hard)
 Egypt5 Senegal3
 Senegal4
 Egypt1
Dublin, Ireland (carpet)
 Ghana0
Accra, Ghana (hard)Casablanca, Morocco (clay)
 Ireland5
 Ghana5 Ireland2
Casablanca, Morocco (clay)
 Cyprus0 Morocco3
 Cyprus0
Bucharest, Romania (clay)
 Morocco5
 Morocco1
Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay)
 Romania4
 Algeria1
Lagos, Nigeria (hard)Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay)
 Monaco4
 Algeria0 Monaco0
Lagos, Nigeria (hard)
 Nigeria5 Romania5
 Nigeria1
 Romania4
  •  Ivory Coast,  Tunisia,  Cyprus, and  Algeria relegated to Group III in 1994.
  •  South Africa and  Romania promoted to Group I in 1994.

Group III

Group A

  • Venue: Lusaka Tennis Club, Lusaka, Zambia
  • Date: 28 April–2 March
 LAT  SLO  ZAM  TUR  SMR  CGO
1  Latvia[lower-alpha 2] (5–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Slovenia[lower-alpha 3] (4–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–1 3–0
3  Zambia (3–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1 3–0 3–0
4  Turkey (2–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2 3–0 3–0
5  San Marino (1–4) 0–3 1–2 0–3 0–3 3–0
6  Congo (0–5) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3
  •  Latvia and  Slovenia promoted to Group II in 1994.

Group B

  • Venue: Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta
  • Date: 5–9 March
 UKR  EST  MLT  TGO  BEN  DJI
1  Ukraine[lower-alpha 2] (5–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Estonia[lower-alpha 2] (4–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0
3  Malta (3–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0
4  Togo (2–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2 3–0 3–0
5  Benin (1–4) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 3–0
6  Djibouti (0–5) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3

Notes
  1. The Czech Republic replaced Czechoslovakia in the World Group and assumed all historical records for the former country.[3]
  2. Russia took over the place in the World Group gained by the CIS in the 1992 Davis Cup, and assumed all historical records held by the Soviet Union.[4] Former Soviet states and newly independent countries Estonia, Latvia and Ukraine would all begin as new nations in Group III.
  3. As the stronger tennis nation that began Davis Cup play immediately after the breakup of Yugoslavia, and due to the ongoing sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Croatia took Yugoslavia's spot in Group I and Slovenia began as a new nation in Group III. Yugoslavia continued to hold their historical records when they resumed play in 1995, which were subsequently passed onto Serbia.[5]

References
General
  • "World Group 1993". 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, 499. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. "Germany v Australia". daviscup.com.
  3. "Czech Republic Davis Cup profile". daviscup.com.
  4. "Russia Davis Cup profile". daviscup.com.
  5. "Serbia Davis Cup profile". daviscup.com.
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