2000 Davis Cup

The 2000 Davis Cup (also known as the 2000 Davis Cup by NEC for sponsorship purposes) was the 89th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 135 teams entered the competition, 16 in the World Group, 30 in the Americas Zone, 31 in the Asia/Oceania Zone, and 58 in the Europe/Africa Zone. Andorra, Lesotho, Mauritius and Namibia made their first appearances in the tournament.

2000 Davis Cup
Details
Duration4 February – 10 December 2000
Edition89th
Teams135
Champion
Winning Nation Spain
1999
2001

Spain defeated Australia in the final, held at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain, on 8–10 December, to win their first title.[1][2]

World Group

Participating teams

Australia

Austria

Belgium

Brazil

Czech Republic

France

Germany

Great Britain

Italy

Netherlands

Russia

Slovakia

Spain

Switzerland

United States

Zimbabwe

Draw

First round
4–6 February
Quarterfinals
7–9 April
Semifinals
21–23 July
Final
8–10 December
Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)
 United States3
Inglewood, CA, United States (indoor carpet)
 Zimbabwe2
 United States3
Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor clay)
 Czech Republic2
 Great Britain1
Santander, Spain (clay)
 Czech Republic4
 United States0
Murcia, Spain (clay)
 Spain5
 Spain4
Málaga, Spain (clay)
 Italy1
 Spain4
Moscow, Russia (indoor carpet)
 Russia1
 Russia4
Barcelona, Spain (indoor clay)
 Belgium1
 Spain3
Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)
 Australia1
 Austria2
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (clay)
 Slovakia3
 Slovakia2
Florianópolis, Brazil (clay)
 Brazil3
 Brazil4
Brisbane, Australia (grass)
 France1
 Brazil0
Leipzig, Germany (indoor carpet)
 Australia5
 Netherlands1
Adelaide, Australia (grass)
 Germany4
 Germany2
Zürich, Switzerland (indoor carpet)
 Australia3
  Switzerland2
 Australia3

Final

Spain vs. Australia


Spain
3
Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain[2]
8–10 December 2000
Clay (indoors)

Australia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Spain
Australia
Albert Costa
Lleyton Hewitt
6
3
1
6
6
2
4
6
4
6
 
2 Spain
Australia
Juan Carlos Ferrero
Pat Rafter
64
77
77
62
6
2
3
1
   
retired
3 Spain
Australia
Joan Balcells / Àlex Corretja
Sandon Stolle / Mark Woodforde
6
4
6
4
6
4
     
4 Spain
Australia
Juan Carlos Ferrero
Lleyton Hewitt
6
2
77
65
4
6
6
4
   
5 Spain
Australia
Albert Costa
Pat Rafter
          not
played

World Group qualifying round

Date: 14–23 July

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 2001 World Group.

Home teamScoreVisiting teamLocationVenueDoorSurface
 France5-0 AustriaRennesLe LibertéIndoorCarpet
 Great Britain2-3 EcuadorWimbledonNo. 1 Court, All England Lawn Tennis ClubOutdoorGrass
 Italy1-4 BelgiumVeniceGreen Garden Sporting ClubOutdoorClay
 Moroccow/o Chile
 Uzbekistan1-4 NetherlandsTashkentN.B.U. ComplexOutdoorClay
 Sweden5-0 IndiaBåstadBåstad Tennis StadiumOutdoorClay
  Switzerland5-0 BelarusSt. GallenKreuzbleichhalleOutdoorCarpet
 Zimbabwe2-3 RomaniaHarareHarare Sports ClubIndoorHard

Americas Zone

Group I

Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
 Argentina
Montreal, Canada (hard)byeSantiago, Chile (indoor hard)
 Argentina1 Argentina0
 Canada4Viña del Mar, Chile (clay) Chile2
 Canada1
Bogotá, Colombia (clay) Chile4
 Argentina4
 Colombia1Lima, Peru (clay)
 Bahamas1
Nassau, Bahamas (hard) Peru4Lima, Peru (clay)
 Bahamas3 Peru2
 Colombia2Bogotá, Colombia (clay) Ecuador3
 Colombia0
 Ecuador5
  •  Colombia relegated to Group II in 2001.
  •  Chile and  Ecuador advance to World Group qualifying round.

Group II

Relegation Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Caracas, Venezuela (hard)
 Venezuela5
Montevideo, Uruguay (clay) Uruguay0Caracas, Venezuela (hard)
 Uruguay4 Venezuela5
 El Salvador1San Salvador, El Salvador (clay) Paraguay0
 El Salvador0
 Paraguay5Mexico City, Mexico (hard)
 Venezuela0
Guatemala City, Guatemala (hard) Mexico5
 Guatemala4
San Rafael de Escazú, Costa Rica (hard) Cuba1Guatemala City, Guatemala (hard)
 Cuba2 Guatemala0
 Costa Rica3San Rafael de Escazú, Costa Rica (hard) Mexico5
 Costa Rica1
 Mexico4
  •  El Salvador and  Cuba relegated to Group III in 2001.
  •  Mexico promoted to Group I in 2001.

Group III

Final standings

RankTeam
1  Netherlands Antilles
2  Dominican Republic
3  Puerto Rico
4  Jamaica
5  Bolivia
6  Trinidad and Tobago
7  Panama
8  Haiti
  •  Netherlands Antilles and  Dominican Republic promoted to Group II in 2001.
  •  Panama and  Haiti relegated to Group IV in 2001.

Group IV

Final standings

RankTeam
1  Honduras
2  Bermuda
3  Saint Lucia
4  Antigua and Barbuda
5  Barbados
6  U.S. Virgin Islands
7  Eastern Caribbean
  •  Honduras and  Bermuda promoted to Group III in 2001.

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
Kunming, China (hard)
 Uzbekistan3
Tianjin, China (indoor hard) China0Tashkent, Uzbekistan (indoor hard)
 China1 Uzbekistan4
 Thailand4Timaru, New Zealand (hard) New Zealand1
 New Zealand4
Jounieh, Lebanon (indoor hard) Thailand1
 China3
 Lebanon2Lucknow, India (grass)
 Lebanon2
Yokohama, Japan (indoor carpet) India3New Delhi, India (grass)
 Lebanon1 India4
 Japan4Kashima, Japan (indoor carpet) South Korea1
 South Korea3
 Japan2
  •  Lebanon relegated to Group II in 2001.
  •  Uzbekistan and  India advance to World Group qualifying round.

Group II

Relegation Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard)
 Pakistan3
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard) Hong Kong2Taichung, Taiwan (clay)
 Hong Kong3 Pakistan2
 Kazakhstan2Almaty, Kazakhstan (indoor hard) Chinese Taipei3
 Chinese Taipei4
 Kazakhstan1Jakarta, Indonesia (hard)
 Chinese Taipei1
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (indoor hard) Indonesia4
 Iran2
Manila, Philippines (clay) Malaysia3Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (indoor hard)
 Iran3 Malaysia0
 Philippines2Manila, Philippines (hard) Indonesia5
 Indonesia4
 Philippines1
  •  Kazakhstan and  Philippines relegated to Group III in 2001.
  •  Indonesia promoted to Group I in 2001.

Group III

Final standings

RankTeam
1  Syria
2  Kuwait
3  Sri Lanka
4  Qatar
5  Tajikistan
6  Singapore
7  Bangladesh
8  Pacific Oceania
  •  Syria and  Kuwait promoted to Group II in 2001.
  •  Bangladesh and  Pacific Oceania relegated to Group IV in 2001.

Group IV

  • Venue: Al Hussein Sports City, Amman, Jordan
  • Date: 24–30 April

Final standings

RankTeam
1  Saudi Arabia
2  Bahrain
3  Oman
4  Jordan
5  United Arab Emirates
6  Fiji
7  Brunei
  •  Saudi Arabia and  Bahrain promoted to Group III in 2001.

Europe/Africa Zone

Group I

Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
 Sweden
Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)
bye
bye Sweden3
 Finland Finland2
bye
Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)
 Finland
 Finland4
 Hungary1
 Romania
Bucharest, Romania (indoor carpet)
bye
bye Romania3
 Hungary Hungary2
bye
 Hungary
 Belarus
Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet)
bye
bye Belarus4
 South Africa South Africa1
bye
Maia, Portugal (clay)
 South Africa
 South Africa2
Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet)
 Portugal3
 Portugal1
Casablanca, Morocco (clay)
 Ukraine4
 Portugal Ukraine2
bye Morocco3
bye
 Morocco

Group II

Relegation Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Jūrmala, Latvia (indoor carpet)
 Croatia5
Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg (clay)Dublin, Ireland (carpet)
 Latvia0
 Latvia1 Croatia5
Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg (clay)
 Luxembourg4 Ireland0
 Luxembourg2
Rijeka, Croatia (indoor carpet)
 Ireland3
 Croatia5
Istanbul, Turkey (hard)
 Ivory Coast0
 Denmark3
İzmir, Turkey (hard)Rungsted, Denmark (clay)
 Turkey2
 Turkey4 Denmark2
Šiauliai, Lithuania (indoor carpet)
 Lithuania1 Ivory Coast3
 Ivory Coast3
 Lithuania2
Cairo, Egypt (clay)
 Egypt2
Tallinn, Estonia (indoor carpet)Szczecin, Poland (clay)
 Slovenia3
 Egypt0 Slovenia3
Bytom, Poland (clay)
 Estonia5 Poland2
 Estonia1
Athens, Greece (clay)
 Poland4
 Slovenia4
Sofia, Bulgaria (clay)
 Greece1
 Greece3
Sofia, Bulgaria (clay)Athens, Greece (clay)
 Bulgaria2
 Bulgaria2 Greece4
Oslo, Norway (clay)
 Israel3 Norway1
 Norway3
 Israel2
  •  Latvia,  Lithuania,  Egypt, and  Bulgaria relegated to Group III in 2001.
  •  Croatia and  Slovenia promoted to Group I in 2001.

Group III

Zone A

  • Venue: Tennis Club de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
  • Date: 24–28 May

Final standings

RankTeam
1  Yugoslavia
2  Monaco
3  Georgia
4  Bosnia and Herzegovina
5  Togo
6  Botswana
7  Tunisia
8  Malta
  •  Yugoslavia and  Monaco promoted to Group II in 2001.
  •  Tunisia and  Malta relegated to Group IV in 2001.

Zone B

Final standings

RankTeam
1  Moldova
2  Armenia
3  Iceland
4  Macedonia
5  Nigeria
6  Madagascar
7  Benin
8  Senegal
  •  Moldova and  Armenia promoted to Group II in 2001.
  •  Benin and  Senegal relegated to Group IV in 2001.

Group IV

Zone A

Group A

RankTeam
1  Namibia
2  Zambia
3  San Marino
4  Ethiopia

Group B

RankTeam
1  Kenya
2  Cyprus
3  Uganda
4  Lesotho
5  Djibouti
  •  Namibia and  Kenya promoted to Group III in 2001.

Zone B

Final standings

RankTeam
1  Ghana
2  Mauritius
3  Andorra
4  Algeria
5  Cameroon
6  Azerbaijan
7  Liechtenstein
8  Sudan
  •  Ghana and  Mauritius promoted to Group III in 2001.

References

General
  • "World Group 2000". 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. "Spain v Australia". daviscup.com.
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