2009 Davis Cup

The 2009 Davis Cup was the 98th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. Sixteen teams participated in the World Group and more than one hundred other took part in different regional groups. Spain won their fourth Davis Cup trophy, defending the title they had won the previous year. It is the first year that the ITF awarded ATP rankings points to the players competing in the World Group and related play-offs.^[1]

2009 Davis Cup

Details
Duration	6 March – 6 December 2009
Edition	98th
Champion
Winning nation	Spain
← 2008 2010 →

World Group

Main article: 2009 Davis Cup World Group

Participating Teams
Argentina	Austria	Chile	Croatia
Czech Republic	France	Germany	Israel
Netherlands	Romania	Russia	Serbia
Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	United States

Draw

	First round 6–8 March					Quarterfinals 10–12 July					Semifinals 18–20 September					Final 4–6 December
	Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
	1	Argentina	5
						Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor hard)
		Netherlands	0
						1	Argentina	2
	Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor carpet)
							Czech Republic	3
	8	France	2
											Poreč, Croatia (indoor clay)
		Czech Republic	3
												Czech Republic	4
	Birmingham, United States (indoor hard)
											5	Croatia	1
	4	United States	4
						Poreč, Croatia (indoor clay)
		Switzerland	1
						4	United States	2
	Poreč, Croatia (indoor hard)
						5	Croatia	3
	5	Croatia	5
																Barcelona, Spain (indoor clay)
		Chile	0
																	Czech Republic	0
	Malmö, Sweden (indoor carpet)
																2	Spain	5
		Israel	3
						Tel Aviv, Israel (indoor hard)
	6	Sweden	2
							Israel	4
	Sibiu, Romania (indoor carpet)
						3	Russia	1
		Romania	1
											Murcia, Spain (clay)
	3	Russia	4
												Israel	1
	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (indoor hard)
											2	Spain	4
		Austria	2
						Marbella, Spain (clay)
	7	Germany	3
						7	Germany	2
	Benidorm, Spain (clay)
						2	Spain	3
		Serbia	1
	2	Spain	4

Final

Spain 5	Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain[2] 4–6 December 2009 Clay (i)		Czech Republic 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Rafael Nadal Tomáš Berdych 7 5 6 0 6 2       2 David Ferrer Radek Štěpánek 1 6 2 6 6 4 6 4 8 6   3 Feliciano López / Fernando Verdasco Tomáš Berdych / Radek Štěpánek 79 67 7 5 6 2       4 Rafael Nadal Jan Hájek 6 3 6 4         5 David Ferrer Lukáš Dlouhý 6 4 6 2

World Group play-offs

Main article: 2009 Davis Cup World Group play-offs

• Date: 18–20 September

The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties, and eight winners of the Group I second round ties compete in the World Group play-offs.

Seeded teams  Austria  Belgium  Brazil  France  India  Serbia  Sweden   Switzerland

Unseeded teams  Chile  Ecuador  Netherlands  Italy  Romania  South Africa  Ukraine  Uzbekistan

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface
Chile	3–2	Austria	Rancagua	Medialuna Monumental de Rancagua	Outdoor	Clay
Belgium	3–2	Ukraine	Charleroi	Spiroudome de Charleroi	Indoor	Clay
Brazil	2–3	Ecuador	Porto Alegre	Ginásio Gigantinho	Indoor	Clay
Netherlands	1–4	France	Maastricht	MECC Maastricht	Indoor	Clay
South Africa	1–4	India	Johannesburg	Ellis Park Indoor Arena	Indoor	Hard
Serbia	5–0	Uzbekistan	Belgrade	Belgrade Arena	Indoor	Hard
Sweden	4–1	Romania	Helsingborg	Idrottens Hus	Indoor	Hard
Italy	2–3	Switzerland	Genova	Valletta Cambiaso Club	Outdoor	Clay

•  Chile,  France,  Serbia,  Sweden and   Switzerland will remain in the World Group in 2010.
•  Belgium,  Ecuador, and  India are promoted to the World Group in 2010.
•  Brazil,  Italy,  South Africa,  Ukraine and  Uzbekistan will remain in Zonal Group I in 2010.
•  Austria,  Netherlands and  Romania are relegated to Zonal Group I in 2010.

Americas Zone

Group I

This section is transcluded from 2009 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I. (edit | history)

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

1

Brazil

bye

Tunja, Colombia (clay)

bye

1

Brazil

4

Uruguay

Bogotá, Colombia (clay)

Colombia

1

Uruguay

0

Lima, Peru (clay)

Colombia

5

Uruguay

4

2

Peru

1

Toronto, Canada (indoor hard)

Canada

2

Lima, Peru (clay)

Ecuador

3

Quito, Ecuador (clay)

Canada

3

Ecuador

4

2

Peru

2

2

Peru

1

bye

2

Peru

• Peru relegated to Group II in 2010.
• Brazil and Ecuador advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

This section is transcluded from 2009 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group II. (edit | history)

	Play-offs					First Round					Second Round					Third Round
						Mexico City, Mexico
						1	Mexico	5
							Jamaica	0
	Jamaica		0								1	Mexico	2
	Netherlands Antilles		5			Barquisimeto, Venezuela					3	Venezuela	3
						3	Venezuela	4
							Netherlands Antilles	1
																3	Venezuela	2
						Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic										4	Dominican Republic	3
							Guatemala	0
						4	Dominican Republic	5
	Guatemala		3								4	Dominican Republic	3
	Bahamas		2			Lambare, Paraguay					2	Paraguay	2
							Bahamas	1
						2	Paraguay	4

•  Jamaica and  Bahamas relegated to Group III in 2010.
•  Dominican Republic promoted to Group I in 2010.

Group III

Further information: 2009 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III

Pool A ESA BOL BAR HAI 1  El Salvador (2–0) 3–0 2–1 — 2  Bolivia (1–1) 0–3 2–1 — 3  Barbados (0–2) 1–2 1–2 — 4  Haiti (withdrew) — — —

Pool B CUB PUR CRC HON 1  Cuba (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0 2  Puerto Rico (2–1) 0–3 2–1 2–1 3  Costa Rica (1–2) 0–3 1–2 3–0 4  Honduras (0–3) 0–3 1–2 0–3

Promotion Pool ESA BOL CUB PUR 1  El Salvador (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0 2  Bolivia (2–1) 0–3 2–1 2–1 3  Cuba (2–1) 0–3 1–2 3–0 4  Puerto Rico (0–3) 0–3 1–2 0–3

Relegation Pool CRC BAR HON HAI 1  Costa Rica (2–0) 2–1 3–0 — 2  Barbados (1–1) 1–2 3–0 — 3  Honduras (0–2) 0–3 0–3 — 4  Haiti (withdrew) — — —

•  El Salvador and  Bolivia promoted to Group II in 2010.
•  Barbados and  Honduras relegated to Group IV in 2010.

Group IV

Further information: 2009 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group IV

		ARU	BER	ISV	TRI	PAN
1	Aruba (4–0)		2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1
2	Bermuda (3–1)	1–2		2–1	2–1	3–0
3	U.S. Virgin Islands (2–2)	1–2	1–2		2–1	2–1
4	Trinidad and Tobago (1–3)	1–2	1–2	1–2		2–1
5	Panama (0–4)	1–2	0–3	1–2	1–2

•  Aruba &  Bermuda advanced to Group III in 2010.

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

This section is transcluded from 2009 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I. (edit | history)

Third Round Play-offs

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

1

Australia

Nonthaburi, Thailand (hard)

bye

bye

1

Australia

3

Thailand

Thailand

2

Thailand

Nonthaburi, Thailand (hard)

Chennai, India (hard)

bye

Thailand

0

1

Australia

Kazakhstan

5

4

India

w/o

4

India

Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei (hard)

bye

bye

4

India

3

Taipei County, Chinese Taipei (indoor carpet)

Kazakhstan

Chinese Taipei

2

Kazakhstan

1

Jiaxing, China (indoor hard)

Chinese Taipei

4

Thailand

1

China

4

bye

Osaka, Japan (indoor carpet)

China

China

China

0

bye

3

Japan

5

bye

Chuncheon City, South Korea (hard)

Namangan, Uzbekistan (indoor clay)

3

Japan

China

2

3

Japan

2

2

South Korea

3

Uzbekistan

3

bye

Namangan, Uzbekistan (indoor clay)

Uzbekistan

bye

Uzbekistan

4

2

South Korea

2

South Korea

1

bye

2

South Korea

•  Thailand relegated to Group II in 2010.
•  India and  Uzbekistan advance to World Group play-off.
• In the final round of Asia/Oceania Group play,  Australia refused to play  India, citing security concerns about the scheduled site of Chennai. By forfeiting,  India automatically advances to the World Group play-offs.

Group II

This section is transcluded from 2009 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II. (edit | history)

	Play-offs					First Round					Second Round					Third Round
						Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
						1	Philippines	4
	Hong Kong						Hong Kong	1			Manila, Philippines
	Hong Kong		5								1	Philippines	3
	Oman		0			Muscat, Oman					4	Pakistan	2
						4	Pakistan	4
							Oman	1								Manila, Philippines
																1	Philippines	4
						Surakarta, Indonesia										2	New Zealand	1
							Indonesia	3
	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia					3	Kuwait	2			Hamilton, New Zealand
	3	Kuwait	1									Indonesia	0
		Malaysia	4			North Shore City, New Zealand					2	New Zealand	5
							Malaysia	0
						2	New Zealand	5

•  Oman and  Kuwait relegated to Group III in 2010.
•  Philippines promoted to Group I in 2010.

Group III

Further information: 2009 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III

	Pool A	PAC	LIB	TJK	SIN
1	Pacific Oceania (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Lebanon (2–1)	1–2		2–1	2–1
3	Tajikistan (1–2)	0–3	1–2		3–0
4	Singapore (0–3)	0–3	1–2	0–3

	Pool B	SRI	SYR	KSA	IRI
1	Sri Lanka (3–0)		3–0	3–0	2–1
2	Syria (2–1)	0–3		3–0	3–0
3	Saudi Arabia (1–2)	0–3	0–3		2–1
4	Iran (0–3)	1–2	0–3	1–2

Top two teams advance to 1st–4th Play-off, bottom two teams advance to 5th–8th Play-off. Scores in italics carried over from pools.

	Promotion Pool	PAC	SRI	SYR	LIB
1	Pacific Oceania (3–0)		3–0	2–1	2–1
2	Sri Lanka (2–1)	0–3		3–0	3–0
3	Syria (1–2)	1–2	0–3		3–0
4	Lebanon (0–3)	1–2	0–3	0–3

	Relegation Pool	KSA	IRI	TJK	SIN
1	Saudi Arabia (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Iran (2–1)	1–2		2–1	3–0
3	Tajikistan (1–2)	0–3	1–2		3–0
4	Singapore (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

• Pacific Oceania and  Sri Lanka promoted to Group II in 2010.
•  Tajikistan and  Singapore relegated to Group IV in 2010.

Group IV

Further information: 2009 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV

	Pool A	VIE	UAE	BHR	YEM	IRQ
1	Vietnam (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	United Arab Emirates (2–1)	1–2		2–1	3–0
3	Bahrain (1–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1
4	Yemen (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2
5	Iraq ()

	Pool B	BAN	JOR	QAT	MYA	TKM
1	Bangladesh (4–0)		2–1	3–0	2–1	3–0
2	Jordan (3–1)	1–2		3–0	2–1	3–0
3	Qatar (2–2)	0–3	0–3		2–1	3–0
4	Myanmar (1–3)	1–2	1–2	1–2		3–0
5	Turkmenistan (0–4)	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3

•  Bangladesh and  Vietnam are promoted to Asia/Oceania Group III in 2010.

Europe/Africa Zone

Group I

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Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

Slovakia

Cagliari, Italy (clay)

bye

Slovakia

Slovakia

1

bye

Italy

4

Italy

Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)

bye

Slovakia

5

Macedonia

0

Belarus

Minsk, Belarus (hard)

Johannesburg, South Africa (hard)

bye

Belarus

4

Belarus

0

Johannesburg, South Africa (hard)

Macedonia

1

South Africa

5

South Africa

5

Macedonia

0

bye

Renfrewshire, Great Britain (indoor hard)

Ukraine

bye

Ukraine

4

Great Britain

Great Britain

1

bye

Liverpool, Great Britain (indoor hard)

Great Britain

Great Britain

2

Poland

3

bye

Liège, Belgium (clay)

Poland

Poland

Poland

1

bye

Belgium

4

bye

Belgium

•  Macedonia and  Great Britain relegated to Group II in 2010.
•  Italy,  South Africa, Ukraine, and  Belgium advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

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Relegation Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Vilnius, Lithuania

Georgia

2

Cairo, Egypt

Otočec, Slovenia

Lithuania

3

Georgia

0

Lithuania

0

Otočec, Slovenia

Egypt

5

Slovenia

5

Slovenia

5

Jūrmala, Latvia

Egypt

0

Slovenia

2

Jūrmala, Latvia

Latvia

3

Latvia

5

Gödöllő, Hungary

Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Moldova

0

Moldova

2

Latvia

4

Győr, Hungary

Hungary

3

Bulgaria

1

Hungary

2

Bulgaria

3

Kolding, Denmark

Denmark

2

Lyngby, Denmark

Naantali, Finland

Finland

3

Denmark

3

Finland

3

Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Monaco

Montenegro

2

Monaco

2

Montenegro

0

Salo, Finland

Monaco

5

Finland

3

Algiers, Algeria

Cyprus

2

Ireland

4

Oran, Algeria

Nicosia, Cyprus

Algeria

1

Algeria

0

Ireland

2

Nicosia, Cyprus

Portugal

5

Cyprus

3

Cyprus

3

Portugal

2

•  Georgia,  Moldova,  Montenegro, and  Algeria relegated to Group III in 2010.
•  Latvia and  Finland promoted to Group I in 2010

Group III

Further information: 2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III

Section A

Group A EST LUX ICE BTW 1  Estonia (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0 2  Luxembourg (2–1) 0–3 3–0 3–0 3  Iceland (1–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1 4  Botswana (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2

Group B TUR GRE MAD RWA 1  Turkey (3–0) 2–1 2–1 3–0 2  Greece (2–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0 3  Madagascar (0–2) 1–2 0–3 NP 4  Rwanda (0–2) 0–3 0–3 NP

Promotion Play-Off Group EST TUR LUX GRE 1  Estonia (3–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0 2  Turkey (2–1) 1–2 2–0 2–1 3  Luxembourg (1–2) 0–3 0–2 2–1 4  Greece (0–3) 0–3 1–2 1–2

Relegation Play-Off Group MAD ISL RWA BWA 1  Madagascar (2–0) 2–1 NP 3–0 2  Iceland (2–1) 1–2 2–1 2–1 3  Rwanda (1–1) NP 1–2 2–1 4  Botswana (0–3) 0–3 1–2 1–2

•  Estonia and  Turkey are promoted to Europe/Africa Group II in 2010.
•  Rwanda and  Botswana are relegated to Europe/Africa Group IV in 2010.

Section B

Group A MAR TUN NGR SMR 1  Morocco (3–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0 2  Tunisia (2–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0 3  Nigeria (1–2) 0–3 0–3 3–0 4  San Marino (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3

Group B NOR BIH AND NAM 1  Norway (3–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0 2  Bosnia and Herzegovina (2–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0 3  Andorra (1–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1 4  Namibia (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2

Promotion Play-Off Group NOR BIH MAR TUN 1  Norway (2–1) 1–2 2–1 2–1 2  Bosnia and Herzegovina (2–1) 2–1 1–2 2–1 3  Morocco (2–1) 1–2 2–1 2–1 4  Tunisia (0–3) 1–2 1–2 1–2

Relegation Play-Off Group AND NGR NAM SMR 1  Andorra (3–0) 3–0 2–1 2–1 2  Nigeria (2–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0 3  Namibia (1–2) 1–2 1–2 2–1 4  San Marino (0–3) 1–2 0–3 1–2

•  Norway and  Bosnia and Herzegovina are promoted to Europe/Africa Group II in 2010.
•  Namibia and  San Marino are relegated to Europe/Africa Group IV in 2010.

Group IV

Further information: 2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group IV

		GHA	ZIM	CIV	ARM	CMR
1	Ghana (4–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Zimbabwe (3–1)	0–3		2–1	2–1	3–0
3	Ivory Coast (2–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1	2–1
4	Armenia (1–3)	0–3	1–2	1–2		3–0
5	Cameroon (0–4)	0–3	0–3	1–2	0–3

•  Ghana,  Zimbabwe,  Ivory Coast and  Armenia are promoted to Europe/Africa Group III in 2010.

Point Distribution

Davis Cup
Rubber category		Match win	Match loss	Team bonus	Performance bonus	Total achievable
Singles	Play-offs	5 / 101				15
	First round	40	102			80
	Quarterfinals	65				130
	Semifinals	70				140
	Final	75		753	1254	150 / 2253 / 2754
	Cumulative total	500		500 to 5353	6254	6254
Doubles	Play-offs	10				10
	First round	50	102			50
	Quarterfinals	80				80
	Semifinals	90				90
	Final	95		355		95 / 1305
	Cumulative total	315		3505		3505

The Davis Cup World Group and World Group Play-Off matches awarded ATP Ranking points from 2009 to 2015.^[3]

Glossary

Only live matches earn points; dead rubbers earn no points. If a player does not compete in the singles of one or more rounds he will receive points from the previous round when playing singles at the next tie. This last rule also applies for playing in doubles matches.^[3]

¹ A player who wins a singles rubber in the first day of the tie is awarded 5 points, whereas a singles rubber win in tie's last day grants 10 points for a total of 15 available points.^[3]

² For the first round only, any player who competes in a live rubber, without a win, receives 10 ranking points for participation.^[3]

³ Team bonus awarded to a singles player who wins 7 live matches in a calendar year and his team wins the competition.^[3]

⁴ Performance bonus awarded to a singles player who wins 8 live matches in a calendar year. In this case, no Team bonus is awarded.^[3]

⁵ Team bonus awarded to an unchanged doubles team who wins 4 matches in a calendar year and his team wins the competition.^[3]