2010 Davis Cup

World Group

World Group play-offs

Americas Zone

Asia/Oceania Zone

Europe/Africa Zone

References

External links

Draw

Final

Group I

Group II

Group III

Group IV

Group I

Group II

Group III

Group IV

Group I

Group II

Group III Europe

Group III Africa

Draw

Draw

Draw

Draw

Draw

Draw

2010 Davis Cup
Details
Duration	5 March – 5 December 2010
Edition	99th
Champion
Winning nation	Serbia
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The 2010 Davis Cup (also known as the 2010 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas for sponsorship purposes) was the 99th edition of the most important annual tournament among national teams in men's tennis worldwide. In the dramatic final, Serbia defeated France 3–2 to win its first Davis Cup title.^[1]^[2]

The draw for the World Group, Zonal Groups I and Zonal Groups II took place in Geneva on 23 September 2009. The competition started with the first round on 5–7 March.^[3]

On 6–8 March 2010 Novak Djokovic played the key role in bringing Serbia to the World Group quarterfinals for the first time in its independent history, winning both singles matches in the home tie against the United States (against Sam Querrey and John Isner).^[4] Later, Serbia progressed to the Davis Cup final, following the victories over Croatia (4–1) and Czech Republic (3–2).^[3] Serbia came from 1–2 down to defeat France in the final tie 3–2 in Belgrade to win the nation's first Davis Cup championship. In the final, Djokovic scored two singles points for Serbia, defeating Gilles Simon and Gaël Monfils, while the last match was won by Viktor Troicki, who beat Michaël Llodra.^[1]

Serbia became the 13th nation in history to win the Cup,^[5] which was passed to them from the previous year's winner Spain. France missed the opportunity to win its 10th title and surpass Great Britain in total number of titles won. The Serbian team celebrated the trophy by fulfilling their bet to shave their hair off in case of victory.^[1]

Participating teams
Argentina	Belgium	Chile	Croatia
Czech Republic	Ecuador	France	Germany
India	Israel	Russia	Serbia
Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	United States

The draw for the 2010 World Group was held in Geneva on 23 September 2009.


First round 5–7 March			Quarterfinals 9–11 July			Semifinals 17–19 September			Final 3–5 December

Logroño, Spain (clay)

1	Spain	4
			Clermont-Ferrand, France (indoor hard)
	Switzerland	1
			1	Spain	0
Toulon, France (indoor hard)
				France	5
	France	4
						Lyon, France (indoor hard)
8	Germany	1
							France	5
Moscow, Russia (indoor hard)
						5	Argentina	0
4	Russia	3
			Moscow, Russia (indoor hard)
	India	2
			4	Russia	2
Stockholm, Sweden (indoor hard)
			5	Argentina	3
	Sweden	2
									Belgrade, Serbia (indoor hard)
5	Argentina	3
										France	2
Varaždin, Croatia (indoor hard)
										Serbia	3
6	Croatia	5
			Split, Croatia (indoor hard)
	Ecuador	0
			6	Croatia	1
Belgrade, Serbia (indoor clay)
				Serbia	4
	Serbia	3
						Belgrade, Serbia (indoor hard)
3	United States	2
							Serbia	3
Coquimbo, Chile (clay) 6–8 March
						2	Czech Republic	2
	Chile	4
			Coquimbo, Chile (clay)
7	Israel	1
				Chile	1
Bree, Belgium (indoor clay)
			2	Czech Republic	4
	Belgium	1

2	Czech Republic	4

First round losers played in World Group play-offs.

Serbia
3

Belgrade Arena, Belgrade, Serbia^[6]
3–5 December 2010
Hard (i)

France
2

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Janko Tipsarević Gaël Monfils	1 6	6⁴ 7⁷	0 6
2	Novak Djokovic Gilles Simon	6 3	6 1	7 5
3	Viktor Troicki / Nenad Zimonjić Arnaud Clément / Michaël Llodra	6 3	7⁷ 6³	4 6	5 7	4 6
4	Novak Djokovic Gaël Monfils	6 2	6 2	6 4
5	Viktor Troicki Michaël Llodra	6 2	6 2	6 3

Date: 17–19 September

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

Seeded teams

Unseeded teams

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface
Colombia	1–3	United States	Bogotá	Plaza de Toros la Santamaria	Outdoor	Clay
Israel	2–3	Austria	Tel Aviv	Nokia Arena	Indoor	Hard
Germany	5–0	South Africa	Stuttgart	TC Weissenhof	Outdoor	Clay
Sweden	3–2	Italy	Lidköping	Sparbanken Lidköping Arena	Indoor	Hard
India	3–2	Brazil	Chennai	SDAT Tennis Stadium	Outdoor	Hard
Australia	2–3	Belgium	North Cairns	Cairns Regional Tennis Centre	Outdoor	Hard
Kazakhstan	5–0	Switzerland	Astana	National Tennis Centre	Indoor	Hard
Romania	5–0	Ecuador	Bucharest	Centrul Naţional de Tenis	Outdoor	Clay

Belgium, Germany, India, Sweden and United States will remain in the World Group in 2011.
Austria, Kazakhstan, and Romania are promoted to the World Group in 2011.
Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Italy and South Africa will remain in Zonal Group I in 2011.
Ecuador, Israel and Switzerland are relegated to Zonal Group I in 2011.

Seeds:

Brazil (promoted to World Group Playoffs)
Colombia (promoted to World Group Playoffs)

Remaining nations:

Second-round play-offs

First-round play-offs

First Round

Second Round

1

Brazil

bye

Bauru, Brazil (clay)

bye

1

Brazil

5

Dominican Rep.

Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep. (hard)

Uruguay

0

Dominican Rep.

1

Toronto, Canada (hard)

Uruguay

4

Dominican Rep.

0

Canada

5

bye

Canada

5–7 March – Bogotá, Colombia (clay)

Canada

1

bye

2

Colombia

4

bye

2

Colombia

Dominican Republic relegated to Group II in 2011.
Colombia and Braziladvance to World Group play-off.

Seeds:

Remaining nations:


Play-offs		First Round			Second Round			Third Round

		Lima, Peru

		1	Peru	5

Cochabamba, Bolivia			El Salvador	0	Maracaibo, Venezuela

El Salvador	4				1	Peru	1

Bolivia	1	La Paz, Bolivia			4	Venezuela	3

			Bolivia	1

		4	Venezuela	4				Mexico

								4	Venezuela	1

		Lambaré, Paraguay						2	Mexico	4

		3	Paraguay	4

Guatemala City, Guatemala			Netherlands Antilles	1	Encarnación, Paraguay

Netherlands Antilles	3				3	Paraguay	1

Guatemala	2	Mexico City, Mexico			2	Mexico	4

		2	Mexico	5

			Guatemala	0

Bolivia and Guatemala relegated to Group III in 2011.
Mexico promoted to Group I in 2011.

Venue: San Juan, Puerto Rico (outdoor hard)
Date: 7-11 July

Rank	Team
1	Puerto Rico
2	Haiti
3	Bahamas
4	Jamaica
5	Costa Rica
6	Aruba
7	Bermuda
8	Cuba (withdrew)

Puerto Rico and Haiti promoted to Group II in 2011.
Bermuda relegated to Group IV in 2011.
Cuba withdrew from the Davis Cup.

Venue: Panama City, Panama (outdoor clay)
Date: 29 June - 3 July

Barbados and Honduras promoted to Group III for 2011.

Seeds:
1. Australia
2. South Korea
3. Uzbekistan
4. Japan

Remaining nations:


Second round play-offs			First round play-offs			First round			Second round

						Melbourne, Australia (hard)

						1	Australia	5

			Kaohsiung, Taiwan (outdoor hard)				Chinese Taipei	0	Brisbane, Australia (clay)

				Chinese Taipei	4				1	Australia	5

				Philippines	1	Osaka, Japan (indoor carpet)			4	Japan	0

						4	Japan	5

							Philippines	0

	Philippines	3

2	South Korea	2				Guangdong, China (indoor hard)

							China	3

			Gimcheon, South Korea (indoor hard)			3	Uzbekistan	2	Wuhan, China (hard)

			3	Uzbekistan	4					China	1

			2	South Korea	1	Astana, Kazakhstan (indoor clay)				Kazakhstan	4

							Kazakhstan	5

						2	South Korea	0

South Korea relegated to Group II in 2011.
Australia and Kazakhstan advance to World Group Play-off.

Seeds:

Remaining nations:


Play-offs		First round			Second round			Third round

		Nonthaburi, Thailand (hard)

		1	Thailand	5

Malaysia			Pacific Oceania	0	Indonesia

Pacific Oceania	3				1	Thailand	4

Malaysia	2	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (indoor hard)			3	Indonesia	1

		3	Indonesia	5

			Malaysia	0

								1	Thailand	2

		Hong Kong, Hong Kong (hard)						2	New Zealand	3

			Hong Kong	1

		4	Pakistan	3

Hong Kong	3				4	Pakistan	2

Sri Lanka	2	Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay)			2	New Zealand	3

			Sri Lanka	2

		2	New Zealand	3

Malaysia and Sri Lanka relegated to Group III in 2011.
New Zealand promoted to Group I in 2011.

Venue: Enghelab Sport Complex, Tehran, Iran (outdoor clay)
Date: 28 April–2 May

Rank	Team
1	Syria
2	Iran
3	Lebanon
4	Vietnam
5	Kuwait
6	Oman
7	Bangladesh
8	Saudi Arabia (withdrew)

Syria and Iran promoted to Group II in 2011.
Bangladesh relegated to Group IV in 2011.
Saudi Arabia withdrew from the Davis Cup.

Venue: Al-Hussein Tennis Club, Amman, Jordan (outdoor hard)
Date: 19 - 24 April

Rank	Team
1	United Arab Emirates
2	Myanmar
3	Jordan
4	Singapore
5	Bahrain
6	Qatar
7	Turkmenistan
8	Iraq
9	Yemen

United Arab Emirates and Myanmar promoted to Group III in 2011.

Seeds:

Remaining nations:

Second-round play-offs

First-round play-offs

First Round

Second Round

1

Austria

Bad Gleichenberg, Austria (indoor hard)

bye

1

Austria

3

Slovakia

2

Slovakia

Minsk, Belarus (hard)

bye

Slovakia

4

Belarus

1

3

Netherlands

Zoetermeer, Netherlands (indoor hard)

bye

3

Netherlands

4

3

Netherlands

1

Castellaneta, Italy (clay)

Belarus

1

Italy

4

Italy

5

Belarus

0

Sopot, Poland (indoor hard)

Poland

2

Pretoria, South Africa (hard)

Finland

3

Poland

Finland

0

bye

4

South Africa

4

bye

Riga, Latvia (indoor carpet)

4

South Africa

Poland

3

Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine (indoor hard)

Latvia

2

Ukraine

4

Bucharest, Romania (clay)

Latvia

1

Latvia

Ukraine

1

bye

2

Romania

3

bye

2

Romania

Belarus and Latvia relegated to Group II in 2011.
Austria, Italy, South Africa, and Romania advance to 2010 Davis Cup World Group play-offs.

Seeds:

Remaining nations:


Play-offs			First Round			Second Round			Third Round

			Vilnius, Lithuania (indoor hard)

			1	Great Britain	2
Eastbourne, Great Britain (grass)						Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet)
				Lithuania	3
1	Great Britain	5					Lithuania	3
			Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet)
	Turkey	0				7	Ireland	2
			7	Ireland	4
									Vilnius, Lithuania (indoor hard)
				Turkey	1
										Lithuania	2
			Sofia, Bulgaria (indoor hard)
									6	Slovenia	3
			3	Monaco	2
Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay)						Otočec, Slovenia (clay)
				Bulgaria	3
3	Monaco	5					Bulgaria	0
			Oslo, Norway (indoor hard)
	Norway	0				6	Slovenia	5
			6	Slovenia	5

				Norway	0

			Maia, Portugal (indoor clay)

				Denmark	1
Cairo, Egypt (clay)						Cruz Quebrada, Portugal (clay)
			5	Portugal	4
	Denmark	5				5	Portugal	5
			Limassol, Cyprus (indoor hard)
	Egypt	0				4	Cyprus	0
				Egypt	2
									Cruz Quebrada, Portugal (clay)
			4	Cyprus	3
									5	Portugal	3
			Tallinn, Estonia (indoor hard)
										Bosnia and Herzegovina	2
				Estonia	4
Gödöllő, Hungary (clay)						Tallinn, Estonia (clay)
			8	Hungary	1
8	Hungary	4					Estonia	2
			Veles, Macedonia (indoor clay)
2	Macedonia	1					Bosnia and Herzegovina	3
				Bosnia and Herzegovina	3

			2	Macedonia	2

Turkey, Norway, Egypt, and Macedonia relegated to Group III in 2011.
Slovenia and Portugal promoted to Group I in 2011.

Albania
Andorra
Armenia
Georgia
Greece – promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II
Iceland

Luxembourg – promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II
Malta
Moldova
Montenegro
San Marino

Kenya
Madagascar
Morocco – promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II
Nigeria
Rwanda
Tunisia – promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II
Zimbabwe

^ ^a ^b ^c Serbia crowned Davis Cup champion at the Davis Cup official site
^ "Davis Cup scorecards – 2010". daviscup.com. ITF.
^ ^a ^b World Group 2010 at the Davis Cup official site
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^ which Serbia scores historic Davis Cup victory Times LIVE
^ "Serbia v France". Davis Cup.

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[2] "Davis Cup scorecards – 2010". daviscup.com. ITF.

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