2018 Davis Cup

The 2018 Davis Cup was the 107th edition of the Davis Cup, a tournament between national teams in men's tennis. It was sponsored by BNP Paribas.^[1] In 2018, new rules were introduced for the Group I and II zonal events, with ties now being played as best-of-three sets over the course of two days.

2018 Davis Cup

France and Croatia during the final
Details
Duration	2 February – 25 November 2018
Edition	107th
Champion
Winning nation	Croatia
← 2017 2019 →

Croatia won their second Davis Cup on indoor clay in the final match held at 25 November with a 3–1 win over France.^[2]

World Group

Main article: 2018 Davis Cup World Group

Participating teams
Australia	Belgium	Canada	Croatia
France	Germany	Great Britain	Hungary
Italy	Japan	Kazakhstan	Netherlands
Serbia	Spain	Switzerland	United States

Seeds

1.  France (final)
2.  Belgium (quarterfinals)
3.  Great Britain (first round)
4.  Croatia (champion)
5.   Switzerland (first round)
6.  Australia (first round)
7.  Serbia (first round)
8.  Italy (quarterfinals)

Draw

	First round 2–4 February					Quarterfinals 6–8 April					Semifinals 14–16 September					Final 23–25 November
	Albertville, France (indoor hard)[3]
	1	France	3
						Genoa, Italy (clay)[4]
		Netherlands	1
						1	France	3
	Morioka, Japan (indoor hard)[5]
						8	Italy	1
	8	Italy	3
											Lille, France (indoor hard)[6]
		Japan	1
											1	France	3
	Marbella, Spain (clay)[7]
												Spain	2
	3	Great Britain	1
						Valencia, Spain (clay)[8]
		Spain	3
						Spain		3
	Brisbane, Australia (hard)[9]
						Germany		2
	6	Australia	1
																Lille, France (indoor clay)[10]
		Germany	3
																1	France	1
	Astana, Kazakhstan (indoor hard)[11]
																4	Croatia	3
		Kazakhstan	4
						Varaždin, Croatia (indoor clay)[12]
	5	Switzerland	1
							Kazakhstan	1
	Osijek, Croatia (indoor clay)[13]
						4	Croatia	3
		Canada	1
											Zadar, Croatia (clay)[14]
	4	Croatia	3
											4	Croatia	3
	Niš, Serbia (indoor clay)[15]
												United States	2
		United States	3
						Nashville, United States (indoor hard)[16]
	7	Serbia	1
							United States	4
	Liège, Belgium (indoor hard)[17]
						2	Belgium	0
		Hungary	2
	2	Belgium	3

Final

France 1	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille, France[10] 23–25 November Clay (i)		Croatia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jérémy Chardy Borna Ćorić 2 6 5 7 4 6       2 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Marin Čilić 3 6 5 7 4 6       3 Nicolas Mahut / Pierre-Hugues Herbert Ivan Dodig / Mate Pavić 6 4 6 4 3 6 77 63     4 Lucas Pouille Marin Čilić 63 77 3 6 3 6       5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Borna Ćorić           not played

World Group play-offs

Main article: 2018 Davis Cup World Group play-offs

Date: 14–16 September 2018

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 seeded spots in the 2019 Qualifying Round. Seedings are based on Davis Cup rankings as of 9 April 2018.

Seeded teams  Argentina  Great Britain  Australia   Switzerland  Serbia  Canada  Czech Republic  Japan

Unseeded teams  Austria  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Colombia  Hungary  India  Netherlands  Sweden  Uzbekistan

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface
Argentina	4–0	Colombia	San Juan	Estadio Aldo Cantoni	Indoor	Clay
Great Britain	3–1	Uzbekistan	Glasgow	Commonwealth Arena	Indoor	Hard
Austria	3–1	Australia	Graz	Messe Congress Graz	Outdoor	Clay
Switzerland	2–3	Sweden	Biel/Bienne	Swiss Tennis Arena	Indoor	Hard
Serbia	4–0	India	Kraljevo	Kraljevo Sports Hall	Indoor	Clay
Canada	3–1	Netherlands	Toronto	Coca-Cola Coliseum	Indoor	Hard
Hungary	2–3	Czech Republic	Budapest	Kopaszi Dam	Outdoor	Clay
Japan	4–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Osaka	Utsubo Tennis Center	Outdoor	Hard

Americas Zone

Group I

Further information: 2018 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I

Seeds: The first seed received a bye into the second round.  Argentina  Brazil

Remaining nations:  Barbados  Chile  Colombia  Dominican Republic  Ecuador

Draw

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

1

Argentina

bye

San Juan, Argentina (indoor clay)[18]

bye

1

Argentina

3

Ecuador

Santiago, Chile (clay)[19]

Chile

2

Chile

3

Saint Michael, Barbados (hard)[20]

Ecuador

1

Ecuador

4

Barbados

0

Saint Michael, Barbados (hard)[21]

Colombia

4

Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic (hard)[22]

Barbados

0

Barranquilla, Colombia (hard)[23]

Barbados

0

Colombia

3

Dominican Republic

4

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (hard)[24]

2

Brazil

2

Dominican Republic

2

2

Brazil

3

•  Barbados relegated to Group II in 2019.
•  Argentina and  Colombia advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

Further information: 2018 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group II

Seeds:  Venezuela  Peru  El Salvador  Mexico

Remaining nations:  Bolivia  Guatemala  Puerto Rico  Uruguay

Draw

	Play-offs					First Round					Second Round					Third Round
						Guatemala City, Guatemala (hard)[25]
						1	Venezuela	3
	Guatemala City, Guatemala (hard)[26]						Guatemala	1			Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)[27]
		Guatemala	3								1	Venezuela	1
	3	El Salvador	1			San Salvador, El Salvador (hard)[28]						Uruguay	4
						3	El Salvador	1
							Uruguay	4								Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)[29]
																	Uruguay	3
						Tijuana, Mexico (hard)[30]										4	Mexico	1
							Puerto Rico	0
	Trinidad, Bolivia (clay)[31]					4	Mexico	5			Metepec, Mexico (hard)[32]
	Puerto Rico		0								4	Mexico	3
	Bolivia		5			La Paz, Bolivia (clay)[33]					2	Peru	1
							Bolivia	1
						2	Peru	4

•  El Salvador and  Puerto Rico relegated to Group III in 2019.
•  Uruguay promoted to Group I in 2019.

Group III

Further information: 2018 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III

Date: 28 May–2 June

Location: Costa Rica Country Club, Escazú, Costa Rica (hard)

Format: Round-robin basis. The winner of Pool A will play-off against the runner-up of Pool B and the winner of Pool B will play-off against the runner-up of Pool A to determine which two nations will advance to Americas Zone Group II in 2019.

Participating teams

Pool A  Costa Rica  Cuba  Panama  Paraguay

Pool B  Antigua and Barbuda  Bahamas  Bermuda  Honduras  Jamaica

Play-offs

Main article: 2018 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III § Playoffs

•  Bahamas and  Honduras promoted to Group II in 2019.

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

Further information: 2018 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I

Seeds: All seeds received a bye into the second round.  India  Uzbekistan

Remaining nations:  China  New Zealand  Pakistan  South Korea

Draw

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

1

India

bye

Tianjin, China (hard)[34]

bye

1

India

3

New Zealand

Tianjin, China (indoor hard)[35]

China

2

China

3

Gimcheon, South Korea (indoor hard)[36]

New Zealand

1

New Zealand

2

South Korea

3

Islamabad, Pakistan (grass)[37]

Pakistan

4

South Korea

0

Islamabad, Pakistan (grass)[38]

South Korea

Pakistan

1

bye

2

Uzbekistan

4

bye

2

Uzbekistan

•  New Zealand relegated to Group II in 2019.
•  India and  Uzbekistan advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

Further information: 2018 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II

Seeds:  Thailand  Chinese Taipei  Hong Kong  Philippines

Remaining nations:  Indonesia  Iran  Lebanon  Sri Lanka

Draw

	Play-offs					First Round					Second Round					Third Round
						Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay)[39]
						1	Thailand	3
	Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay)[40]						Sri Lanka	2			Manila, Philippines (indoor clay)[41]
	Sri Lanka		1								1	Thailand	4
	Indonesia		3			Jakarta, Indonesia (indoor hard)[42]					3	Philippines	1
						3	Philippines	4
							Indonesia	1								Nonthaburi, Thailand (hard)[43]
																1	Thailand	2
						Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard)[44]											Lebanon	3
							Iran	0
	Taipei, Taiwan (indoor hard)[45]					4	Hong Kong	4			Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon (hard)[46]
		Iran	0								4	Hong Kong	1
	2	Chinese Taipei	4			Beirut, Lebanon (indoor hard)[47]						Lebanon	3
							Lebanon	3
						2	Chinese Taipei	2

•  Sri Lanka and  Iran relegated to Group III in 2019.
•  Lebanon promoted to Group I in 2019.

Group III

Further information: 2018 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III

Date: 2–7 April

Location: Mỹ Đình Sports Complex, Hanoi, Vietnam (indoor hard)

Format: Round-robin basis. One pool of 4 teams (Pool A) and one pool of 5 teams (Pool B). The winner of Pool A will play-off against the runner-up of Pool B and the winner of Pool B will play-off against the runner-up of Pool A to determine which two nations will be promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2019.

Participating teams

Pool A  Cambodia  Malaysia  Pacific Oceania  Vietnam

Pool B  Jordan  Kuwait  Qatar  Saudi Arabia  Syria

Play-offs

Main article: 2018 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III § Playoffs

•  Vietnam and  Kuwait promoted to Group II in 2019.
•  Cambodia and  Jordan relegated to Group IV in 2019.

Group IV

Further information: 2018 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV

Date: 29 January–3 February

Location: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman (hard)

Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of six teams. The winner of Pool A will play-off against the runner-up in Pool B and the winner of Pool B will play-off against the runner-up in Pool A to determine which two nations will be promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group III in 2019.

Participating teams

Pool A  Bangladesh  Iraq  Kyrgyzstan  Myanmar  Oman  United Arab Emirates

Pool B  Bahrain  Guam  Mongolia  Singapore  Tajikistan  Turkmenistan

Play-offs

Main article: 2018 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV § Playoffs

•  Oman and  Singapore were promoted to Group III in 2019.

Europe/Africa Zone

Group I

Further information: 2018 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

Seeds: All seeds and  Bosnia and Herzegovina received a bye into the second round.  Czech Republic  Russia  Slovakia  Portugal

Remaining nations:  Austria  Belarus  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Israel  South Africa  Sweden  Ukraine

Draw

	Second Round Play-offs					First Round Play-offs					First Round					Second Round
											1	Czech Republic
																Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor clay)[48]
												bye
						bye										1	Czech Republic	3
											Centurion, South Africa (hard)[49]
						South Africa											Israel	1
											South Africa		2
	Lisbon, Portugal (clay)[50]
											Israel		3
		South Africa	0
	4	Portugal	4
											4	Portugal
						Bucha, Ukraine (hard)[51]										Stockholm, Sweden (indoor hard)[52]
												bye
						4	Portugal	1								4	Portugal	2
											Dnipro, Ukraine (indoor hard)[53]
							Ukraine	3									Sweden	3
											Ukraine		2
											Sweden		3
											Bosnia and Herzegovina
																Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor clay)[54]
											bye
							bye										Bosnia and Herzegovina	3
						3	Slovakia									3	Slovakia	2
												bye
	Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor clay)[55]
											3	Slovakia
	3	Slovakia	3
											Sankt Pölten, Austria (indoor clay)[56]
		Belarus	1
											Austria		5
						Moscow, Russia (indoor hard)[57]										Moscow, Russia (indoor hard)[58]
											Belarus		0
							Belarus	2									Austria	3
						2	Russia	3								2	Russia	1
												bye
											2	Russia

•  South Africa and  Belarus relegated to Group II in 2019.
•  Czech Republic,  Sweden,  Bosnia and Herzegovina, and  Austria advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

Further information: 2018 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II

Seeds:  Romania  Lithuania  Denmark  Slovenia  Turkey  Norway  Finland  Georgia

Remaining nations:  Egypt  Estonia  Ireland  Luxembourg  Morocco  Poland  Tunisia  Zimbabwe

Draw

	Relegation Play-offs					First Round					Second Round					Third Round
						Piatra Neamț, Romania (indoor hard)[59]
						1	Romania	4
	Esch-sur-Alzette, Lux. (indoor hard)[60]										Cluj-Napoca, Romania (indoor hard)[61]
							Luxembourg	1
		Luxembourg	5								1	Romania	5
						Marrakech, Morocco (clay)[62]
	8	Georgia	0									Morocco	0
						8	Georgia	1
																Cluj-Napoca, Romania (indoor clay)[63]
							Morocco	3
																1	Romania	2
						Maribor, Slovenia (indoor hard)[64]
																	Poland	3
						4	Slovenia	2
	Portorož, Slovenia (clay)[65]										Sopot, Poland (indoor hard)[66]
							Poland	3
	4	Slovenia	3								Poland		4
						Harare, Zimbabwe (hard)[67]
	5	Turkey	2								Zimbabwe		1
						5	Turkey	1
							Zimbabwe	3
						Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (hard)[68]
							Egypt	4
	Oslo, Norway (indoor hard)[69]										Gentofte, Denmark (indoor hard)[70]
						6	Norway	0
	6	Norway	3									Egypt	3
						Birkerød, Denmark (indoor hard)[71]
		Ireland	1								3	Denmark	1
							Ireland	1
																Cairo, Egypt (clay)[72]
						3	Denmark	4
																	Egypt	2
						Tunis, Tunisia (hard)[73]
																7	Finland	3
							Tunisia	2
	Tallinn, Estonia (indoor hard)[74]										Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)[75]
						7	Finland	3
	Tunisia		2								7	Finland	3
						Šiauliai, Lithuania (indoor hard)[76]
	Estonia		3								2	Lithuania	2
							Estonia	1
						2	Lithuania	3

•  Georgia,  Turkey,  Ireland, and  Tunisia relegated to Group III in 2019.
•  Poland and  Finland promoted to Group I in 2019.

Group III Europe

Further information: 2018 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III

Date: 3–7 April

Location 1: Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria (clay)
Location 2: Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro (clay)

Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of four teams at each venue. The winners of each pool play-off against each other to determine which nation will be promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2019. Two promoted - one from each venue.

Participating teams

Pool A (Plovdiv)  Albania  Bulgaria  Iceland  Macedonia

Pool B (Plovdiv)  Andorra  Cyprus  Monaco  San Marino

Pool A (Ulcinj)  Armenia  Greece  Latvia  Montenegro

Pool B (Ulcinj)  Kosovo  Liechtenstein  Malta  Moldova

Play-offs

Main article: 2018 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III § Playoffs

•  Monaco and  Montenegro were promoted to Group II in 2019.

Group III Africa

Further information: 2018 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group III

Date: 18–23 June

Location: Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya (clay)

Format: Round-robin basis. One pool of four teams (Pool A) and one pool of five teams (Pool B). The winners of each pool play-off against each other to determine which two nations are promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2019.

Participating teams

Pool A  Benin  Cameroon  Nigeria  Rwanda

Pool B  Algeria  Kenya  Mozambique  Namibia  Uganda

Play-offs

Main article: 2018 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group III § Playoffs

•  Kenya and  Namibia were promoted to Group II in 2019.