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
Edition	98th
Champion
Winning Nation	Spain
← 2008 2010 →

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 7^9 6^7 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

• 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

Participating Teams

•  Brazil - advanced to World Group Play-offs
•  Canada
•  Colombia
•  Ecuador - promoted to World Group in 2010
•  Peru - relegated to Group II in 2010
•  Uruguay

Group II

Participating Teams

•  Bahamas - relegated to Group III in 2010
•  Dominican Republic - promoted to Group I in 2010
•  Guatemala
•  Jamaica - relegated to Group III in 2010
•  Mexico
•  Netherlands Antilles
•  Paraguay
•  Venezuela

Group III

Participating Teams

•  Barbados - relegated to Group IV in 2010
•  Bolivia - promoted to Group II in 2010
•  Costa Rica
•  El Salvador - promoted to Group II in 2010
•  Honduras - relegated to Group IV in 2010
•  Puerto Rico
•  Cuba

Group IV

Participating Teams

•  Aruba - promoted to Group III in 2010
•  Bermuda - promoted to Group III in 2010
•  U.S. Virgin Islands
•  Panama
•  Trinidad and Tobago

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

Participating Teams

•  Australia
•  China
•  Chinese Taipei
•  India - promoted to World Group in 2010
•  Japan
•  Kazakhstan
•  South Korea
•  Thailand - relegated to Group II in 2010
•  Uzbekistan - advanced to World Group Play-offs

Group II

Participating Teams

•  Hong Kong
•  Indonesia
•  Kuwait - relegated to Group III in 2010
•  Malaysia
•  New Zealand
•  Oman - relegated to Group III in 2010
•  Pakistan
•  Philippines - promoted to Group I in 2010

Group III

Participating Teams

•  Iran
•  Lebanon
• Pacific Oceania - promoted to Group II in 2010
•  Saudi Arabia
•  Singapore - relegated to Group IV in 2010
•  Sri Lanka - promoted to Group II in 2010
•  Syria
•  Tajikistan - relegated to Group IV in 2010

Group IV

Participating Teams

•  Bahrain
•  Bangladesh - promoted to Group III in 2010
•  Jordan
•  Myanmar
•  Qatar
•  Turkmenistan
•  United Arab Emirates
•  Vietnam - promoted to Group III in 2010
•  Yemen

Europe/Africa Zone

Group I

Seeds:  Belgium  Belarus  Great Britain  Slovakia

Remaining Nations:  Italy  Macedonia  Poland  South Africa  Ukraine

Draw

Second Round Play-offs 18-20 Sep

First Round Play-offs 10–12 July

First Round 6–8 March

Second Round 6–8 March

S

Slovakia

bye

Cagliari, Italy (clay)

bye

S

Slovakia

1

S

Slovakia

Italy

4

Italy

Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)

bye

S

Slovakia

5

Macedonia

0

S

Belarus

Minsk, Belarus (hard)

bye

Johannesburg, South Africa (hard) (8–10 May)

S

Belarus

4

S

Belarus

0

Macedonia

1

Johannesburg, South Africa (hard)

South Africa

5

South Africa

5

Macedonia

0

bye

Ukraine

Glasgow, Great Britain (indoor hard)

S

Great Britain

Ukraine

4

bye

S

Great Britain

1

bye

Liverpool, Great Britain (carpet indoor)

S

Great Britain

S

Great Britain

2

Poland

3

bye

Poland

Liège, Belgium (indoor clay)

Poland

Poland

1

bye

S

Belgium

4

bye

S

Belgium

Macedonia and  Great Britain relegated to Group II in 2011.

Italy,  South Africa,  Ukraine, and  Belgium advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

Participating Teams

•  Algeria - relegated to Group III in 2010
•  Bulgaria
•  Cyprus
•  Denmark
•  Egypt
•  Finland - promoted to Group I in 2010
•  Georgia - relegated to Group III in 2010
•  Hungary
•  Ireland
•  Latvia - promoted to Group I in 2010
•  Lithuania
•  Moldova - relegated to Group III in 2010
•  Monaco
•  Montenegro - relegated to Group III in 2010
•  Portugal
•  Slovenia

Group III

Participating Teams

•  Andorra
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina - promoted to Group II in 2010
•  Botswana - relegated to Group IV in 2010†
•  Estonia - promoted to Group II in 2010
•  Greece
•  Iceland
•  Luxembourg
•  Madagascar
•  Morocco
•  Namibia - relegated to Group IV in 2010†
•  Nigeria
•  Norway - promoted to Group II in 2010
•  Rwanda - relegated to Group IV in 2010†
•  San Marino - relegated to Group IV in 2010†
•  Tunisia
•  Turkey - promoted to Group II in 2010

† Relegations to Group IV were ultimately not enforced, as Groups III and IV were reorganized into Group III (Europe) and Group III (Africa) for 2010.

Group IV

Participating Teams

•  Armenia - promoted to Group III in 2010
•  Cameroon
•  Ivory Coast - promoted to Group III in 2010
•  Ghana - promoted to Group III in 2010
•  Zimbabwe - promoted to Group III in 2010

Point Distribution

Davis Cup
Rubber category		Match win	Match loss	Team bonus	Performance bonus	Total achievable
Singles	Play-offs	5 / 10^1				15
	First round	40	10^2			80
	Quarterfinals	65				130
	Semifinals	70				140
	Final	75		75^3	125^4	150 / 225^3 / 275^4
	Cumulative total	500		500 to 535^3	625^4	625^4
Doubles	Play-offs	10				10
	First round	50	10^2			50
	Quarterfinals	80				80
	Semifinals	90				90
	Final	95		35^5		95 / 130^5
	Cumulative total	315		350^5		350^5

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]

References

1. "Davis Cup scorecards – 2009". www.daviscup.com. ITF.
2. "Spain v Czech Republic". daviscup.com.
3. "The 2015 ATP® Official Rulebook" (pdf). 2015-01-18. Retrieved 2016-03-05.

External links

• Davis Cup draw details