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 edit

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

Draw edit


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 edit

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 edit

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

Unseeded teams

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 edit

Group I edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Group I edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Group I edit

Seeds:

Remaining Nations:

Draw edit

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

Slovakia

Cagliari, Italy (clay)

bye

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

1

bye

Liverpool, Great Britain (indoor hard)

Great Britain

2

Poland

3

bye

Liège, Belgium (clay)

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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]

References edit

^ "Davis Cup scorecards – 2009". www.daviscup.com. ITF.
^ "Spain v Czech Republic". daviscup.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "The 2015 ATP® Official Rulebook" (pdf). 2015-01-18. (pdf) from the original on 2019-07-24. Retrieved 2016-03-05.

External links edit

Davis Cup draw details

[1] "Davis Cup scorecards – 2009". www.daviscup.com. ITF.

[ESP_vs._CZE-2] "Spain v Czech Republic". daviscup.com.

[ATPRuleBook-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "The 2015 ATP® Official Rulebook" (pdf). 2015-01-18. (pdf) from the original on 2019-07-24. Retrieved 2016-03-05.

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World Group edit

Draw edit

Final edit

World Group play-offs edit

Americas Zone edit

Group I edit

Group II edit

Group III edit

Group IV edit

Asia/Oceania Zone edit

Group I edit

Group II edit

Group III edit

Group IV edit

Europe/Africa Zone edit

Group I edit

Draw edit

Group II edit

Group III edit

Group IV edit

Point Distribution edit

References edit

External links edit

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