2011 Davis Cup

2011 Davis Cup
Details
Duration	4 March – 4 December 2011
Edition	100th
Champion
Winning nation	Spain
	← 2010 2012 →

The 2011 Davis Cup (also known as the 2011 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas for sponsorship purposes) was the 100th edition of a tournament between national teams in men's tennis. Spain was the championship team, winning the final over Argentina, 3–1.^[1]^[2]

The draw took place in September 2010 in Brussels, Belgium.^[3]

World Group

Participating Teams
Argentina	Austria	Belgium	Chile
Croatia	Czech Republic	France	Germany
India	Kazakhstan	Romania	Russia
Serbia	Spain	Sweden	United States

Seeds:

Draw


First round 4–6 March			Quarterfinals 8–10 July			Semifinals 16–18 September			Final 2–4 December

Novi Sad, Serbia (indoor hard)

1	Serbia	4
			Halmstad, Sweden (indoor hard)
	India	1
			1	Serbia	4
Borås, Sweden (indoor hard)
				Sweden	1
7	Russia	2
						Belgrade, Serbia (indoor hard)
	Sweden	3
						1	Serbia	2
Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor hard)
						5	Argentina	3
4	Czech Republic	2
			Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) 7–9 July
	Kazakhstan	3
				Kazakhstan	0
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
			5	Argentina	5
5	Argentina	4
									Seville, Spain (clay)
	Romania	1
									5	Argentina	1
Santiago, Chile (clay)
									3	Spain	3
	Chile	1
			Austin, United States (indoor hard)
6	United States	4
			6	United States	1
Charleroi, Belgium (indoor hard)
			3	Spain	3
	Belgium	1
						Córdoba, Spain (clay)
3	Spain	4
						3	Spain	4
Zagreb, Croatia (indoor hard)
						2	France	1
	Germany	3
			Stuttgart, Germany (clay)
8	Croatia	2
				Germany	1
Vienna, Austria (indoor clay)
			2	France	4
	Austria	2

2	France	3

Final

Spain
3

Estadio Olímpico, Seville, Spain^[4]^[5]
2–4 December 2011
Clay (i)

Argentina
1

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Rafael Nadal Juan Mónaco	6 1	6 1	6 2
2	David Ferrer Juan Martín del Potro	6 2	6² 7⁷	3 6	6 4	6 3
3	Feliciano López / Fernando Verdasco David Nalbandian / Eduardo Schwank	4 6	2 6	3 6
4	Rafael Nadal Juan Martín del Potro	1 6	6 4	6 1	7⁷ 6⁰
5	David Ferrer David Nalbandian						not played

World Group play-offs

Date: 16–18 September

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 spots in the 2012 World Group.

Seeded teams

Unseeded teams

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface
Romania	0–5	Czech Republic	Bucharest	Centrul National De Tenis	Outdoor	Clay
Russia	3–2	Brazil	Kazan	Kazan Tennis Academy	Indoor	Hard
Israel	2–3	Canada	Ramat HaSharon	Canada Stadium	Outdoor	Hard
South Africa	1–4	Croatia	Potchefstroom	Fanie du Toit Sports Complex	Outdoor	Hard
Chile	1–4	Italy	Santiago	Estadio Nacional	Outdoor	Hard
Japan	4–1	India	Tokyo	Ariake Coliseum	Outdoor	Hard
Belgium	1–4	Austria	Antwerp	Lotto Arena	Indoor	Hard
Australia	2–3	Switzerland	Sydney	Royal Sydney Golf Club	Outdoor	Grass

Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic and Russia will remain in the World Group in 2012.
Canada, Italy, Japan and Switzerland are promoted to the World Group in 2012.
Australia, Brazil, Israel, and South Africa will remain in Zonal Group I in 2012.
Belgium, Chile, India and Romania are relegated to Zonal Group I in 2012.

Americas Zone

Group I

Seeds:

Remaining Nations:

Draw

Second-round play-offs

First-round play-offs

First Round

Second Round

1

Ecuador

Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)^[6]

bye

Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)^[7]

1

Ecuador

3

1

Ecuador

2

Mexico

2

Metepec, Mexico (clay)^[8]

Canada

3

Mexico

1

Mexico City, Mexico (clay)

Canada

4

Mexico

0

Colombia

5

Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)^[9]

Uruguay

4

Colombia

1

Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)^[10]

Colombia

Uruguay

0

bye

2

Brazil

5

bye

2

Brazil

Mexico relegated to Group II in 2012.
Canada and Brazil advance to World Group play-off.

Group II

Seeds:

Remaining Nations:

Draw


Play-offs		First Round			Second Round			Third Round

		Lima, Peru (clay)

		1	Peru	5

Santa Tecla, El Salvador (clay)			Netherlands Antilles	0	Lima, Peru (clay)

Netherlands Antilles	2				1	Peru	3

El Salvador	3	Santa Tecla, El Salvador (clay)			3	Dominican Republic	1

		3	Dominican Republic	5

			El Salvador	0				Asunción, Paraguay (clay)

								1	Peru	3

		Mayagüez, Puerto Rico (hard)						4	Paraguay	1

			Puerto Rico	1

Mayagüez, Puerto Rico (hard)		4	Paraguay	4	Asunción, Paraguay (clay)

Puerto Rico	4				4	Paraguay	3

Haiti	1	Caracas, Venezuela (hard)			2	Venezuela	1

			Haiti	2

		2	Venezuela	3

Netherlands Antilles and Haiti relegated to Group III in 2012.
Peru promoted to Group I in 2012.

Group III

Venue: Club de Tenis Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, Bolivia (outdoor clay)
Date: 15-19 June

Rank	Team
1	Bolivia
2	Barbados
3	Guatemala
4	Costa Rica
5	Bahamas
6	Aruba
7	Jamaica
8	Honduras

Bolivia and Barbados promoted to Group II in 2012.
Jamaica and Honduras finished in the relegation places. However, in 2012 Groups III and IV were merged, so no demotion occurred.

Group IV

Venue: Club de Tenis Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, Bolivia (outdoor clay)
Date: 16–18 June

Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	Pts
Trinidad and Tobago	2	2	0	4	2	2
Panama	2	1	1	3	3	1
U.S. Virgin Islands	2	0	2	2	4	0

All of them promoted to Group III for 2012 as Groups III and IV were merged for 2012.

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

Seeds:

Remaining Nations:

Draw

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

1

Australia

bye

Beijing, China (indoor hard)

bye

1

Australia

3

Chinese Taipei

Shanghai, China (indoor hard)

China

1

Chinese Taipei

2

Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines (clay)

China

3

Chinese Taipei

3

Philippines

2

Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines (clay)

Philippines

1

Hawera, New Zealand (indoor hard)

Japan

3

Kobe, Japan (indoor hard)

Philippines

0

Japan

4

New Zealand

5

Namangan, Uzbekistan (indoor clay)

2

Uzbekistan

1

New Zealand

2

Uzbekistan

3

Philippines relegated to Group II in 2012.
Australia and Japan advance to World Group play-offs.

Group II

Seeds:

Remaining Nations:

Draw


Play-offs		First Round			Second Round			Third Round

		Changwon, South Korea (hard)

		1	South Korea	4

Victoria Park, Hong Kong (hard)			Syria	1	Gimcheon, South Korea (hard)

Syria	1				1	South Korea	4

Hong Kong	4	Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard)			4	Pakistan	0

		4	Pakistan	3

			Hong Kong	2				Gimcheon, South Korea (hard)

								1	South Korea	3

		Tehran, Iran (indoor clay)						2	Thailand	0

			Iran	2

Guam (hard)		3	Indonesia	3	Nonthaburi, Thailand (hard)

Iran	1				3	Indonesia	1

Pacific Oceania	4	Guam (hard)			2	Thailand	4

			Pacific Oceania	0

		2	Thailand	5

Syria and Iran relegated to Group III in 2012.
South Korea promoted to Group I in 2012.

Group III

Venue: Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka (outdoor hard)
Date: 15–18 June

Rank	Team
1	Sri Lanka
2	Lebanon
3	Vietnam
4	Malaysia
5	Kuwait
6	Oman
7	United Arab Emirates
8	Myanmar

Sri Lanka and Lebanon promoted to Group II in 2012.
United Arab Emirates and Myanmar relegated to Group IV in 2012.

Group IV

Venue: National Tennis Complex, Dhaka, Bangladesh (outdoor hard)
Date: 13 - 16 April

Rank	Team
1	Bangladesh
2	Kyrgyzstan
3	Jordan
4	Iraq
5	Singapore
6	Bahrain
7	Qatar
8	Turkmenistan

Bangladesh and Kyrgyzstan promoted to Group III in 2012.

Europe/Africa Zone

Group I

Seeds:

Remaining Nations:

Draw

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

1

Israel

Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)

bye

1

Israel

3

Poland

2

Poland

Espoo, Finland (indoor hard)

bye

Poland

2

Finland

3

Italy

Arzachena, Italy (clay)

bye

3

Italy

5

Ljubljana, Slovenia (indoor clay)

Finland

Slovenia

0

Finland

2

Slovenia

3

Kharkiv, Ukraine (indoor hard)

Ukraine

2

Potchefstroom, South Africa (hard)

Netherlands

3

Ukraine

Netherlands

1

bye

4

South Africa

3

bye

Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)

4

South Africa

Ukraine

1

Cruz Quebrada, Portugal (clay)

Slovakia

4

Portugal

4

Bern, Switzerland (indoor hard)

Slovakia

1

Slovakia

Portugal

0

bye

2

Switzerland

5

bye

2

Switzerland

Poland and Ukraine relegated to Group II in 2012.
Israel, Italy, South Africa, and Switzerland advance to World Group play-off.

Group II

Seeds:

Remaining Nations:

Draw


Play-offs			First round			Second round			Third round

			Bolton, Great Britain (indoor hard)

			1	Great Britain	4
Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard)						Glasgow, Great Britain (indoor hard)
				Tunisia	1
	Tunisia	2				1	Great Britain	4
			Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard)
8	Ireland	3					Luxembourg	1
			8	Ireland	2
									Glasgow, Great Britain (indoor hard)
				Luxembourg	3
									1	Great Britain	5
			Minsk, Belarus (indoor hard)
										Hungary	0
			3	Belarus	4
Sofia, Bulgaria (indoor hard)						Gödöllő, Hungary (clay)
				Bulgaria	1
	Bulgaria	2				3	Belarus	2
			Nicosia, Cyprus (hard)
5	Cyprus	3					Hungary	3
			5	Cyprus	0

				Hungary	5

			Marrakesh, Morocco (clay)

				Morocco	2
Vilnius, Lithuania (clay)						Tuzla, Bosnia and Herz. (indoor hard)
			6	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3
	Morocco	5				6	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3
			Tallinn, Estonia (indoor hard)
4	Lithuania	0					Estonia	2
				Estonia	3
									Hillerød, Denmark (indoor hard)
			4	Lithuania	2
									6	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2
			Kolding, Denmark (indoor carpet)
										Denmark	3
				Denmark	3
Thessaloniki, Greece (clay)						Frederiksberg, Denmark (clay)
			7	Monaco	2
7	Monaco	3					Denmark	3
			Thessaloniki, Greece (clay)
	Greece	2				2	Latvia	2
				Greece	1

			2	Latvia	4