2019 Davis Cup Finals

The Finals, formerly known as World Group, was the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 2019. It was held on indoor hard courts at the Caja Mágica in Madrid, Spain from 18 until 24 November.^[1] The ties were contested in a best-of-three rubbers format and were played on one day. There were two singles followed by a doubles.^[2]

2019 Davis Cup Finals
Date	18–24 November 2019
Draw	18 teams
Surface	Hard indoor
Location	Madrid, Spain
Venue	Caja Mágica
Champions
Spain

Main article: 2019 Davis Cup

Croatia were the defending champions, but were eliminated during the round-robin stage.

Spain won the title, defeating Canada in the final, 2–0. It was the Spanish men's national tennis team's first Davis Cup title since 2011 and their sixth Davis Cup title overall. Rafael Nadal was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament after winning all eight of his matches.^[3]

Participating teams

18 nations took part in the Finals.^[4]

The qualification were as follows:

• 4 semifinalists of the previous edition
• 2 wild card teams, selected by the Organising Committee that did not have to participate in the Qualifying round
• 12 winners of the qualifying round, in February 2019

Overview

H = Host nation, TH = Title holder, WC = Wild card

Participating teams
Argentina (WC)	Australia	Belgium	Canada	Chile	Colombia
Croatia (TH)	France	Germany	Great Britain (WC)	Italy	Japan
Kazakhstan	Netherlands	Russia	Serbia	Spain (H)	United States

Seeds

The seedings were based on the Davis Cup Ranking of 4 February. The top six nations were seeded and drawn into position 1 across groups A-F, the nations ranked from 7 to 12 were drawn randomly into position 2, the remaining nations were drawn randomly into position 3.^[5]

1.  France (Round robin)
2.  Croatia (Round robin)
3.  Argentina (Quarterfinals)
4.  Belgium (Round robin)
5.  Great Britain (Semifinals)
6.  United States (Round robin)
7.  Spain (Champion)
8.  Serbia (Quarterfinals)
9.  Australia (Quarterfinals)
10.  Italy (Round robin)
11.  Germany (Quarterfinals)
12.  Kazakhstan (Round robin)
13.  Canada (Final)
14.  Japan (Round robin)
15.  Colombia (Round robin)
16.  Netherlands (Round robin)
17.  Russia (Semifinals)
18.  Chile (Round robin)

Team nominations

Main article: 2019 Davis Cup Finals teams

Each nation had to submit a team of up to five players at least 20 days before the Monday of the week of the event.^[6] If a player became injured or ill severely enough to prevent his participation in the tournament before his team's first match, he would be replaced by another player.^[7]

Format

The 18 teams are divided in six round robin groups of three teams each. The six group winners plus the two second-placed teams with the best records based on percentage of matches won (followed by percentage of sets won and then percentage of games won), will qualify for the quarterfinals.^[7]

Day	Round	Number of teams
18–21 November (Monday–Thursday)	Round robin	18 (6 groups of 3 teams)
21–22 November (Thursday–Friday)	Quarterfinals	8 (6 group winners + 2 best second place)
23 November (Saturday)	Semifinals	4 (automatically qualified for 2020 Davis Cup Finals)
24 November (Sunday)	Final	2

Group stage

	Qualified for the Knockout stage

Overview

T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets

Group	Winners				Runners-up				Third
	Nation	T	M	S	Nation	T	M	S	Nation	T	M	S
A	Serbia	2–0	5–1	10–2	France	1–1	3–3	6–7	Japan	0–2	1–5	3–10
B	Spain	2–0	5–1	11–2	Russia	1–1	4–2	8–6	Croatia	0–2	0–6	1–12
C	Germany	2–0	5–1	11–4	Argentina	1–1	3–3	8–6	Chile	0–2	1–5	2–11
D	Australia	2–0	5–1	10–3	Belgium	1–1	3–3	7–7	Colombia	0–2	1–5	4–11
E	Great Britain	2–0	4–2	10–5	Kazakhstan	1–1	3–3	7–7	Netherlands	0–2	2–4	5–10
F	Canada	2–0	4–2	9–5	United States	1–1	3–3	7–8	Italy	0–2	2–4	7–10

Group A

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	Serbia	2–0	5–1	10–2	83%	72–50	59%
2	France	1–1	3–3	6–7	46%	67–66	50%
3	Japan	0–2	1–5	3–10	23%	53–76	41%

France vs. Japan

France 2	Estadio Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 19 November 2019[8]		Japan 1
1 2 3 1 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Yasutaka Uchiyama 6 2 6 1     2 Gaël Monfils Yoshihito Nishioka 5 7 2 6     3 Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut Ben McLachlan / Yasutaka Uchiyama 64 77 6 4 7 5

Serbia vs. Japan

Serbia 3	Estadio Manolo Santana 20 November 2019[9]		Japan 0
1 2 3 1 Filip Krajinović Yūichi Sugita 6 2 6 4     2 Novak Djokovic Yoshihito Nishioka 6 1 6 2     3 Janko Tipsarević / Viktor Troicki Ben McLachlan / Yasutaka Uchiyama 77 65 77 64

France vs. Serbia

France 1	Estadio Manolo Santana 21 November 2019[10]		Serbia 2
1 2 3 1 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Filip Krajinović 5 7 65 77     2 Benoît Paire Novak Djokovic 3 6 3 6     3 Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut Janko Tipsarević / Viktor Troicki 6 4 6 4

Group B

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	Spain	2–0	5–1	11–2	85%	77–53	59%
2	Russia	1–1	4–2	8–6	57%	78–72	52%
3	Croatia	0–2	0–6	1–12	8%	49–79	38%

Croatia vs. Russia

Croatia 0	Estadio Manolo Santana 18 November 2019[11]		Russia 3
1 2 3 1 Borna Gojo Andrey Rublev 3 6 3 6     2 Borna Ćorić Karen Khachanov 77 64 4 6 4 6   3 Ivan Dodig / Nikola Mektić Karen Khachanov / Andrey Rublev 63 77 4 6

Spain vs. Russia

Spain 2	Estadio Manolo Santana 19 November 2019[12]		Russia 1
1 2 3 1 Roberto Bautista Agut Andrey Rublev 6 3 3 6 60 77   2 Rafael Nadal Karen Khachanov 6 3 79 67     3 Marcel Granollers / Feliciano López Karen Khachanov / Andrey Rublev 6 4 77 65

Spain vs Croatia at Caja Mágica.

Croatia vs. Spain

Croatia 0	Estadio Manolo Santana 20 November 2019[13]		Spain 3
1 2 3 1 Nikola Mektić Roberto Bautista Agut 1 6 3 6     2 Borna Gojo Rafael Nadal 4 6 3 6     3 Ivan Dodig / Mate Pavić Marcel Granollers / Rafael Nadal 3 6 4 6

Group C

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	Germany	2–0	5–1	11–4	73%	90–77	54%
2	Argentina	1–1	3–3	8–6	57%	78–65	55%
3	Chile	0–2	1–5	2–11	15%	55–81	40%

Argentina vs. Chile

Argentina 3	Estadio Manolo Santana 19 November 2019[14]		Chile 0
1 2 3 1 Guido Pella Nicolás Jarry 6 4 6 3     2 Diego Schwartzman Cristian Garín 6 2 6 2     3 Máximo González / Leonardo Mayer Nicolás Jarry / Hans Podlipnik Castillo 6 3 7 5

Argentina vs. Germany

Argentina 0	Estadio Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 20 November 2019[15]		Germany 3
1 2 3 1 Guido Pella Philipp Kohlschreiber 6 1 3 6 4 6   2 Diego Schwartzman Jan-Lennard Struff 3 6 68 710     3 Máximo González / Leonardo Mayer Kevin Krawietz / Andreas Mies 77 64 62 77 618 720

Germany vs. Chile

Germany 2	Estadio Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 21 November 2019[16]		Chile 1
1 2 3 1 Philipp Kohlschreiber Nicolás Jarry 6 4 6 3     2 Jan-Lennard Struff Cristian Garín 77 63 67 79 68 710   3 Kevin Krawietz / Andreas Mies Marcelo Tomás Barrios Vera / Alejandro Tabilo 77 63 6 3

Group D

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	Australia	2–0	5–1	10–3	77%	67–56	54%
2	Belgium	1–1	3–3	7–7	50%	70–63	53%
3	Colombia	0–2	1–5	4–11	27%	66–84	44%

Belgium vs. Colombia

Belgium 2	Estadio 3 18 November 2019[17]		Colombia 1
1 2 3 1 Steve Darcis Santiago Giraldo 6 3 6 2     2 David Goffin Daniel Elahi Galán 3 6 6 3 6 3   3 Sander Gillé / Joran Vliegen Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah 77 65 4 6 63 77

Australia vs. Colombia

Australia 3	Estadio 3 19 November 2019[18]		Colombia 0
1 2 3 1 Nick Kyrgios Alejandro González 6 4 6 4     2 Alex de Minaur Daniel Elahi Galán 6 4 6 3     3 John Peers / Jordan Thompson Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah 6 3 3 6 78 66

Belgium vs. Australia

Belgium 1	Estadio 3 20 November 2019[19]		Australia 2
1 2 3 1 Steve Darcis Nick Kyrgios 2 6 69 711     2 David Goffin Alex de Minaur 0 6 64 77     3 Sander Gillé / Joran Vliegen John Peers / Jordan Thompson 0 1       retired

Note: Gillé/Vliegen's retirement victory over Peers/Thompson counted as a 6–1, 6–0 win.

Group E

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games Щзмщ	Games %
1	Great Britain	2–0	4–2	10–5	67%	84–71	54%
2	Kazakhstan	1–1	3–3	7–7	50%	70–67	51%
3	Netherlands	0–2	2–4	5–10	33%	74–90	45%

Kazakhstan vs. Netherlands

Kazakhstan 2	Estadio 3 19 November 2019[20]		Netherlands 1
1 2 3 1 Mikhail Kukushkin Botic van de Zandschulp 6 2 6 2     2 Alexander Bublik Robin Haase 5 7 6 3 65 77   3 Mikhail Kukushkin / Alexander Bublik Robin Haase / Jean-Julien Rojer 6 4 77 62

Great Britain vs. Netherlands

Great Britain 2	Estadio 3 20 November 2019[21]		Netherlands 1
1 2 3 1 Andy Murray Tallon Griekspoor 67 79 6 4 77 65   2 Dan Evans Robin Haase 6 3 65 77 4 6   3 Jamie Murray / Neal Skupski Wesley Koolhof / Jean-Julien Rojer 6 4 78 66

Great Britain vs. Kazakhstan

Great Britain 2	Estadio 3 21 November 2019[22]		Kazakhstan 1
1 2 3 1 Kyle Edmund Mikhail Kukushkin 6 3 6 3     2 Dan Evans Alexander Bublik 7 5 4 6 1 6   3 Jamie Murray / Neal Skupski Alexander Bublik / Mikhail Kukushkin 6 1 6 4

Group F

Pos.	Country	Ties	Matches	Sets	Sets %	Games	Games %
1	Canada	2–0	4–2	9–5	64%	72–78	48%
2	United States	1–1	3–3	7–8	47%	84–77	52%
3	Italy	0–2	2–4	7–10	41%	95–96	50%

Italy vs. Canada

Italy 1	Estadio Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 18 November 2019[23]		Canada 2
1 2 3 1 Fabio Fognini Vasek Pospisil 65 77 5 7     2 Matteo Berrettini Denis Shapovalov 65 77 77 63 65 77   3 Matteo Berrettini / Fabio Fognini Vasek Pospisil / Denis Shapovalov 6 2 3 6 6 3

United States vs. Canada

United States 1	Estadio Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 19 November 2019[24]		Canada 2
1 2 3 1 Reilly Opelka Vasek Pospisil 65 77 67 79     2 Taylor Fritz Denis Shapovalov 66 78 3 6     3 Sam Querrey / Jack Sock Vasek Pospisil / Denis Shapovalov       w/o

Note: Querrey/Sock's walkover victory over Pospisil/Shapovalov counted as a 6–0, 6–0 win.

United States vs. Italy

United States 2	Estadio Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 20 November 2019[25]		Italy 1
1 2 3 1 Reilly Opelka Fabio Fognini 4 6 77 64 3 6   2 Taylor Fritz Matteo Berrettini 5 7 77 65 6 2   3 Sam Querrey / Jack Sock Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini 64 77 77 62 6 4

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	22 November
	8	Serbia	1
						23 November
	17	Russia	2
						17	Russia	1
	21 November
						13	Canada	2
	9	Australia	1
											24 November
	13	Canada	2
											13	Canada	0
	22 November
											7	Spain	2
	5	Great Britain	2
						23 November
	11	Germany	0
						5	Great Britain	1
	22 November
						7	Spain	2
	3	Argentina	1
	7	Spain	2

Quarterfinals

Australia vs. Canada

Australia 1	Estadio Manolo Santana 21 November 2019[26]		Canada 2
1 2 3 1 John Millman Vasek Pospisil 67 79 4 6     2 Alex de Minaur Denis Shapovalov 3 6 6 3 7 5   3 John Peers / Jordan Thompson Vasek Pospisil / Denis Shapovalov 4 6 4 6

Serbia vs. Russia

Serbia 1	Estadio Manolo Santana 22 November 2019[27]		Russia 2
1 2 3 1 Filip Krajinović Andrey Rublev 1 6 2 6     2 Novak Djokovic Karen Khachanov 6 3 6 3     3 Novak Djokovic / Viktor Troicki Karen Khachanov / Andrey Rublev 4 6 6 4 68 710

Great Britain vs. Germany

Great Britain 2	Estadio Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 22 November 2019[28]		Germany 0
1 2 3 1 Kyle Edmund Philipp Kohlschreiber 6 3 7 5     2 Dan Evans Jan-Lennard Struff 78 66 3 6 77 62   3 Jamie Murray / Neal Skupski Kevin Krawietz / Andreas Mies       not played

Argentina vs. Spain

Argentina 1	Estadio Manolo Santana 22 November 2019[29]		Spain 2
1 2 3 1 Guido Pella Pablo Carreño Busta 63 77 77 64 6 1   2 Diego Schwartzman Rafael Nadal 1 6 2 6     3 Máximo González / Leonardo Mayer Marcel Granollers / Rafael Nadal 4 6 6 4 3 6

Semifinals

Russia vs. Canada

Russia 1	Estadio Manolo Santana 23 November 2019[30][31]		Canada 2
1 2 3 1 Andrey Rublev Vasek Pospisil 6 4 6 4     2 Karen Khachanov Denis Shapovalov 4 6 6 4 4 6   3 Karen Khachanov / Andrey Rublev Vasek Pospisil / Denis Shapovalov 3 6 6 3 65 77

Great Britain vs. Spain

Great Britain 1	Estadio Manolo Santana 23 November 2019[32]		Spain 2
1 2 3 1 Kyle Edmund Feliciano López 6 3 77 63     2 Dan Evans Rafael Nadal 4 6 0 6     3 Jamie Murray / Neal Skupski Feliciano López / Rafael Nadal 63 77 68 710

Final

Canada vs. Spain

Canada 0	Estadio Manolo Santana 24 November 2019[33][3]		Spain 2
1 2 3 1 Félix Auger-Aliassime Roberto Bautista Agut 63 77 3 6     2 Denis Shapovalov Rafael Nadal 3 6 67 79     3 Vasek Pospisil / Denis Shapovalov Marcel Granollers / Feliciano López       not played