2001 Davis Cup World Group

The World Group was the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 2001.^[1] The first-round losers went into the Davis Cup World Group qualifying round, and the winners progressed to the quarterfinals and were guaranteed a World Group spot for 2002.

2001 Davis Cup World Group
Date	9 February – 2 December
Edition	21st
Champions
France

Main article: 2001 Davis Cup

France won the title, defeating Australia in the final, 3–2. The final was held at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, from 30 November to 2 December.^[2] It was the French team's first Davis Cup title since 1996 and their 9th title overall. France won the title despite not playing a single match on home soil.

Participating teams

Participating teams
Australia	Belgium	Brazil	Czech Republic
Ecuador	France	Germany	Morocco
Netherlands	Romania	Russia	Slovakia
Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	United States

Draw

First round 9–11 February

Quarterfinals 6–8 April

Semifinals 21–23 September

Final 30 November-2 December

Perth, Australia (grass)

S

Australia

4

Florianópolis, Brazil (clay)

Ecuador

1

S

Australia

3

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (clay)

S

Brazil

1

S

Brazil

4

Sydney, Australia (hard)

Morocco

1

S

Australia

4

Helsingborg, Sweden (indoor carpet)

S

Sweden

1

S

Sweden

3

Malmö, Sweden (indoor hard)

Czech Republic

2

S

Sweden

4

Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)

S

Russia

1

S

Russia

3

Melbourne, Australia (grass)

Slovakia

2

S

Australia

2

Ghent, Belgium (indoor clay)

S

France

3

Belgium

0

Neuchâtel, Switzerland (indoor carpet)

S

France

5

S

France

3

Basel, Switzerland (indoor hard)

Switzerland

2

Switzerland

3

Rotterdam, Netherlands (indoor carpet)

S

United States

2

S

France

3

Braunschweig, Germany (indoor carpet)

Netherlands

2

Romania

2

's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (indoor carpet)

S

Germany

3

S

Germany

1

Eindhoven, Netherlands (indoor carpet)

Netherlands

4

Netherlands

4

S

Spain

1

First round

Australia vs. Ecuador

Australia 4	Royal King's Park Tennis Club, Perth, Australia[3] 9–11 February 2001 Grass		Ecuador 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Pat Rafter Nicolás Lapentti 6 3 6 0 7 5       2 Lleyton Hewitt Giovanni Lapentti 6 3 6 2 6 2       3 Wayne Arthurs / Todd Woodbridge Giovanni Lapentti / Nicolás Lapentti 2 6 6 2 6 1 61 77 10 12   4 Lleyton Hewitt Nicolás Lapentti 6 2 6 1 6 1       5 Pat Rafter Giovanni Lapentti 6 3 6 1

Brazil vs. Morocco

Brazil 4	Universidade Veiga de Almeida, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[4] 9–11 February 2001 Clay		Morocco 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Gustavo Kuerten Karim Alami 64 77 6 4 3 6 6 1 6 2   2 Fernando Meligeni Hicham Arazi 6 4 5 7 6 3 4 3     retired 3 Jaime Oncins / Alexandre Simoni Karim Alami / Hicham Arazi 6 3 6 3 6 3       4 Gustavo Kuerten Mounir El Aarej 6 2 6 2         5 Alexandre Simoni Karim Alami 4 6 6 0 3 6

Sweden vs. Czech Republic

Sweden 3	Idrottens hus, Helsingborg, Sweden[5] 9–11 February 2001 Carpet (indoors)		Czech Republic 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Thomas Johansson Bohdan Ulihrach 3 6 7 5 2 6 5 7     2 Magnus Norman Jiří Novák 77 62 6 1 1 6 2 6 6 4   3 Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti Jiří Novák / David Rikl 6 2 4 6 78 66 7 5     4 Magnus Norman Bohdan Ulihrach 3 6 2 6 1 6       5 Thomas Johansson Jiří Novák 77 60 6 3 64 77 6 2

Slovakia vs. Russia

Slovakia 2	Incheba Hall, Bratislava, Slovakia[6] 9–11 February 2001 Hard (indoors)		Russia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Karol Kučera Marat Safin 3 6 4 6 6 3 7 5 6 2   2 Dominik Hrbatý Yevgeny Kafelnikov 2 6 3 6 5 7       3 Dominik Hrbatý / Ján Krošlák Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Marat Safin 4 6 4 6 6 2 67 79     4 Dominik Hrbatý Marat Safin 6 3 6 1 6 4       5 Karol Kučera Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6 4 6 4 3 6 2 6 2 6

Belgium vs. France

Belgium 0	Flanders Sports Arena, Ghent, Belgium[7] 9–11 February 2001 Clay (indoors)		France 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Christophe Rochus Arnaud Clément 77 62 6 3 2 6 4 6 2 6   2 Olivier Rochus Sébastien Grosjean 6 4 6 1 1 6 3 6 3 6   3 Christophe Rochus / Tom Vanhoudt Cédric Pioline / Fabrice Santoro 3 6 2 6 63 77       4 Filip Dewulf Arnaud Clément 3 6 610 712         5 Christophe Rochus Fabrice Santoro 4 6 4 6

Switzerland vs. United States

Switzerland 3	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland[8] 9–11 February 2001 Hard (indoors)		United States 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Roger Federer Todd Martin 6 4 77 63 4 6 6 1     2 Michel Kratochvil Jan-Michael Gambill 3 6 5 7 4 6       3 Roger Federer / Lorenzo Manta Jan-Michael Gambill / Justin Gimelstob 6 4 6 2 7 5       4 Roger Federer Jan-Michael Gambill 7 5 6 2 4 6 6 2     5 George Bastl Andy Roddick 3 6 4 6

Germany vs. Romania

Germany 3	Volkswagen Halle, Braunschweig, Germany[9] 9–11 February 2001 Carpet (indoors)		Romania 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Tommy Haas Ionuț Moldovan 6 2 6 0 6 2       2 Nicolas Kiefer Andrei Pavel 63 77 3 6 7 5 3 6     3 Marc-Kevin Goellner / David Prinosil Andrei Pavel / Gabriel Trifu 4 6 4 6 4 6       4 Tommy Haas Andrei Pavel 6 3 6 4 78 66       5 Nicolas Kiefer Gabriel Trifu 6 3 6 1 6 4

Netherlands vs. Spain

Netherlands 4	Sportcentrum Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Netherlands[10] 9–11 February 2001 Carpet (indoors)		Spain 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Raemon Sluiter Juan Carlos Ferrero 65 77 79 67 3 6 77 63 6 4   2 Sjeng Schalken Carlos Moyá 6 4 7 5 6 4       3 Paul Haarhuis / Sjeng Schalken Joan Balcells / Àlex Corretja 4 6 6 3 77 63 712 610     4 Jan Siemerink Joan Balcells 69 711 6 4 77 65       5 Raemon Sluiter Carlos Moyá 4 6 62 77

Quarterfinals

Brazil vs. Australia

Brazil 1	Florianópolis Court Tennis Centre, Florianópolis, Brazil[11] 6–8 April 2001 Clay		Australia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Gustavo Kuerten Pat Rafter 4 6 6 4 77 61 2 1     retired 2 Fernando Meligeni Lleyton Hewitt 3 6 3 6 3 6       3 Gustavo Kuerten / Jaime Oncins Lleyton Hewitt / Pat Rafter 67 79 63 77 65 77       4 Gustavo Kuerten Lleyton Hewitt 65 77 3 6 63 77       5 Alexandre Simoni Richard Fromberg 2 6 4 4       not completed

Sweden vs. Russia

Sweden 4	Baltiska hallen, Malmö, Sweden[12] 6–8 April 2001 Hard (indoors)		Russia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Thomas Johansson Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6 4 1 6 712 610 3 6 6 2   2 Magnus Norman Mikhail Youzhny 711 69 6 4 6 2       3 Simon Aspelin / Jonas Björkman Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Andrei Olhovskiy 4 6 6 1 7 5 62 77 6 2   4 Magnus Norman Andrei Stoliarov 3 6 6 3 1 6       5 Thomas Johansson Mikhail Youzhny 6 3 2 6 6 2

Switzerland vs. France

Switzerland 2	Patinoires du Littoral, Neuchâtel, Switzerland[13] 6–8 April 2001 Carpet (indoors)		France 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Marc Rosset Arnaud Clément 3 6 6 3 64 77 78 66 13 15   2 Roger Federer Nicolas Escudé 4 6 77 61 3 6 4 6     3 Roger Federer / Lorenzo Manta Cédric Pioline / Fabrice Santoro 5 7 6 3 77 64 63 77 9 7   4 Roger Federer Arnaud Clément 6 4 3 6 77 65 6 4     5 George Bastl Nicolas Escudé 6 1 5 7 77 63 4 6 6 8

Netherlands vs. Germany

Netherlands 4	Brabanthallen, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands[14] 6–8 April 2001 Carpet (indoors)		Germany 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jan Siemerink Nicolas Kiefer 6 3 77 65 3 6 6 3     2 Raemon Sluiter David Prinosil 6 1 6 3 77 63       3 Paul Haarhuis / Sjeng Schalken Jens Knippschild / David Prinosil 6 3 6 4 4 6 6 2     4 Jan Siemerink David Prinosil 77 64 7 5         5 Raemon Sluiter Nicolas Kiefer 6 3 2 6 3 6

Semifinals

Australia vs. Sweden

Australia 4	Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre, Sydney, Australia[15] 21–23 September 2001 Hard		Sweden 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Pat Rafter Thomas Johansson 6 3 710 68 3 6 2 6 3 6   2 Lleyton Hewitt Jonas Björkman 4 6 6 4 77 65 77 62     3 Wayne Arthurs / Todd Woodbridge Jonas Björkman / Magnus Larsson 63 77 77 62 77 65 77 63     4 Lleyton Hewitt Thomas Johansson 77 63 5 7 6 2 6 1     5 Pat Rafter Jonas Björkman 6 3 6 2

Netherlands vs. France

Netherlands 2	Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands[16] 21–23 September 2001 Carpet (indoors)		France 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Raemon Sluiter Arnaud Clément 6 3 2 6 2 1     retired   2 Sjeng Schalken Nicolas Escudé 77 63 64 77 6 4 64 77 6 8   3 Paul Haarhuis / Sjeng Schalken Cédric Pioline / Fabrice Santoro 5 7 1 6 5 7       4 Sjeng Schalken Arnaud Clément 78 66 77 63         5 Jan Siemerink Fabrice Santoro 6 4 6 4

Final

Australia vs. France

Australia 2	Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia[2] 30 November–2 December 2001 Grass		France 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Lleyton Hewitt Nicolas Escudé 6 4 3 6 6 3 3 6 4 6   2 Pat Rafter Sébastien Grosjean 6 3 78 66 7 5       3 Lleyton Hewitt / Pat Rafter Cédric Pioline / Fabrice Santoro 6 2 3 6 65 77 1 6     4 Lleyton Hewitt Sébastien Grosjean 6 3 6 2 6 3       5 Wayne Arthurs Nicolas Escudé 63 77 77 65 3 6 3 6