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1997 Davis Cup

1997 Davis Cup
Details
Duration7 February – 30 November
Edition86th
Teams127
Champion
Winning Nation Sweden
1996
1998

The 1997 Davis Cup (also known as the 1997 Davis Cup by NEC for sponsorship purposes) was the 86th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 127 teams entered the competition, 16 in the World Group, 25 in the Americas Zone, 29 in the Asia/Oceania Zone, and 57 in the Europe/Africa Zone. A new Group VI of competition was added to each regional zone, providing another level of promotion and relegation within each zone. Madagascar, Tajikistan and Uganda made their first appearances in the tournament.

Sweden defeated the United States in the final, held at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden, on 28–30 November, to win their 6th title overall.[1][2][3]

World Group

Participating teams

Australia

Brazil

Czech Republic

France

Germany

India

Italy

Mexico

Netherlands

Romania

Russia

South Africa

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

United States

Draw

First Round
7–9 February
Quarterfinals
4–6 April
Semifinals
19–21 September
Final
28–30 November
Ribeirão Preto, Brazil (clay)
United States 4
Newport Beach, CA, United States (hard)
Brazil 1
United States 4
Bucharest, Romania (indoor hard)
Netherlands 1
Netherlands 3
Washington, DC, United States (hard)
Romania 2
United States 4
Sydney, Australia (grass)
Australia 1
France 1
Adelaide, Australia (grass)
Australia 4
Australia 5
Příbram, Czech Republic (indoor clay)
Czech Republic 0
Czech Republic 3
Gothenburg, Sweden (indoor carpet)
India 2
United States 0
Rome, Italy (clay)
Sweden 5
Mexico 1
Pesaro, Italy (indoor carpet)
Italy 4
Italy 4
Mallorca, Spain (clay)
Spain 1
Spain 4
Norrköping, Sweden (indoor carpet)
Germany 1
Italy 1
Durban, South Africa (hard)
Sweden 4
South Africa 3
Växjö, Sweden (indoor carpet)
Russia 1
South Africa 2
Luleå, Sweden (indoor hard)
Sweden 3
Switzerland 1
Sweden 4

Final

Sweden vs. United States


Sweden
5
Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden [3]
28–30 November 1997
Carpet (indoors)

United States
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Sweden
United States
Jonas Björkman
Michael Chang
7
5
1
6
6
3
6
3
2 Sweden
United States
Magnus Larsson
Pete Sampras
3
6
77
61
2
1

retired
3 Sweden
United States
Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti
Todd Martin / Jonathan Stark
6
4
6
4
6
4
4 Sweden
United States
Jonas Björkman
Jonathan Stark
6
1
6
1
5 Sweden
United States
Magnus Larsson
Michael Chang
77
64
66
78
6
4

World Group Qualifying Round

Date: 19–21 September

The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties and eight winners of the Zonal Group I final round ties competed in the World Group Qualifying Round for spots in the 1998 World Group.

Home team Score Visiting team Location Venue Door Surface
Zimbabwe 3–2 Austria Harare City Sports Centre Indoor Hard
Brazil 5–0 New Zealand Florianópolis Costão Santinho Hotel Outdoor Clay
India 3–2 Chile New Delhi R.K. Khanna Tennis Complex Outdoor Grass
Belgium 3–2 France Ghent Flanders Expo Indoor Clay
Germany 5–0 Mexico Essen Grugahalle Indoor Carpet
Russia 3–2 Romania Moscow Olympic Stadium Indoor Carpet
Canada 1–4 Slovakia Montreal Jarry Park Stadium Indoor Carpet
Switzerland 3–2 South Korea Locarno FEVI Indoor Carpet

Americas Zone

Group I

Second Round Play-offs
19–21 September
First Round Play-offs
11–14 July
First Round
7–9 February
Second Round
4–6 April
Venezuela
Nassau, Bahamas (hard)  bye Montreal, Canada (indoor hard)
Venezuela 2 Venezuela 0
Bahamas 3 Montreal, Canada (indoor hard) Canada 5
Bahamas 1
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) Canada 4
Venezuela 1
Argentina 4 Santiago, Chile (clay)
Chile 4
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) Ecuador 1 Santiago, Chile (clay)
Ecuador 3 Chile 3
Argentina 1 Argentina 2
 bye
Argentina
Venezuela relegated to
Group II in 1998.
Canada and Chile
advance to World Group Qualifying Round.

Group II

Relegation Play-offs
4–6 April
First Round
7–9 February
Second Round
4–6 April
Third Round
19–21 September
Havana, Cuba (hard)
Peru 3
San Juan, Puerto Rico (hard) Cuba 2 Cali, Colombia (clay)
Cuba 4 Peru 0
Puerto Rico 1 San Juan, Puerto Rico (hard) Colombia 5
Puerto Rico 2
Colombia 3 Bogotá, Colombia (clay)
Colombia 4
Asunción, Paraguay (clay) Uruguay 1
Paraguay 5
San Salvador, El Salvador (clay) Haiti 0 Asunción, Paraguay (clay)
Haiti 3 Paraguay 2
El Salvador 2 San Salvador, El Salvador (hard) Uruguay 3
El Salvador 1
Uruguay 4
Puerto Rico and El Salvador
relegated to Group III in 1998.
Colombia promoted
to Group I in 1998.

Group III

Final standings

Rank Team
1 Guatemala
2 Jamaica
3 Antigua and Barbuda
4 Panama
5 Dominican Republic
6 Bolivia
7 Barbados
8 Trinidad and Tobago

Group IV

Final standings

Rank Team
1 Bermuda
2 Costa Rica
3 Eastern Caribbean

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

Second Round Play-offs
19–21 September
First Round Play-offs
11–13 July
First Round
4–9 February
Second Round
4–6 April
New Zealand
 bye Jakarta, Indonesia (clay)
 bye New Zealand 5
Philippines Manila, Philippines (indoor clay) Indonesia 0
Philippines 2
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (hard) Indonesia 3
Philippines 0
Uzbekistan 5 Beijing, China (indoor hard)
Uzbekistan 1
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (clay) China 4 Beijing, China (indoor carpet)
Uzbekistan 2 China 1
Japan 3 Seoul, South Korea (indoor carpet) South Korea 4
South Korea 3
Japan 2
Philippines relegated to
Group II in 1998.
New Zealand and South Korea
advance to World Group Qualifying Round.

Group II

Relegation Play-offs
4–6 April
First Round
14–23 February
Second Round
4–6 April
Third Round
19–21 September
Taipei, Taiwan (indoor hard)
Chinese Taipei 5
Islamabad, Pakistan (clay) Singapore 0 Tehran, Iran (clay)
Singapore 0 Chinese Taipei 1
Pakistan 5 Islamabad, Pakistan (clay) Iran 4
Pakistan 2
Iran 3 Beirut, Lebanon (indoor hard)
Iran 1
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (hard) Lebanon 4
Lebanon 5
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (hard) Saudi Arabia 0 Beirut, Lebanon (indoor hard)
Saudi Arabia 1 Lebanon 5
Hong Kong 4 Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard) Thailand 0
Hong Kong 0
Thailand 5
Singapore and Saudi Arabia
relegated to Group III in 1998.
Lebanon promoted
to Group I in 1998.

Group III

  • Venue: Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, Doha, Qatar
  • Date: 26–30 March

Final standings

Rank Team
1 Qatar
2 Pacific Oceania
3 Kazakhstan
4 Kuwait
5 Malaysia
6 Sri Lanka
7 Bahrain
8 Bangladesh

Group IV

  • Venue: InterContinental Hotel, Muscat, Oman
  • Date: 26–30 March

Final standings

Rank Team
1 Syria
2 Tajikistan
3 United Arab Emirates
4 Oman
5 Brunei
6 Jordan

Europe/Africa Zone

Group I

Second Round Play-offs
19–21 September
First Round Play-offs
11–13 July
First Round
7–9 February
Second Round
4–6 April
Belgium
 bye Brussels, Belgium (clay)
 bye Belgium 3
Hungary Aalborg, Denmark (indoor carpet) Denmark 2
Denmark 5
Budapest, Hungary (clay) Hungary 0
Hungary 2
Ukraine 3
Great Britain
Kyiv, Ukraine (clay)  bye London, United Kingdom (indoor carpet)
Great Britain 3 Great Britain 1
Ukraine 2 Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard) Zimbabwe 4
Ukraine 0
Zimbabwe 5
Israel
 bye Bratislava, Slovakia (clay)
Israel Israel 1
 bye Slovakia 3
 bye
Slovakia
Israel w/o
Morocco Osijek, Croatia (indoor carpet)
Morocco 1
Croatia 4 Graz, Austria (indoor clay)
Morocco Croatia 2
 bye Austria 3
 bye
Austria
Hungary and Morocco
relegated to Group II in 1998.
Belgium, Zimbabwe, Slovakia, and Austria
advance to World Group Qualifying Round.

Group II

Relegation Play-offs
11–14 July
First Round
2–4 May
Second Round
11–13 July
Third Round
19–21 September
Snarøya, Norway (clay)
Norway 5
Tbilisi, Georgia (clay) Nigeria 0 Nova Gorica, Slovenia (clay)
Nigeria 0 Norway 4
Georgia 5 Tbilisi, Georgia (clay) Slovenia 1
Georgia 2
Slovenia 3 Porto, Portugal (clay)
Norway 3
Cairo, Egypt (clay) Portugal 2
Egypt 0
Cairo, Egypt (clay) Portugal 5 Porto, Portugal (clay)
Egypt 3 Portugal 3
Lithuania 2 Vilnius, Lithuania (indoor carpet) Yugoslavia 2
Yugoslavia 3
Lithuania 2
Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard)
Latvia 0
Jūrmala, Latvia (clay) Ivory Coast 5 Bytom, Poland (clay)
Latvia 4 Ivory Coast 1
Ghana 1 Poznań, Poland (clay) Poland 4
Ghana 0
Poland 5 Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)
Poland 2
Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard) Finland 3
Ireland 1
Dublin, Ireland (carpet) Belarus 4 Tampere, Finland (clay)
Ireland 4 Belarus 2
Greece 1 Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard) Finland 3
Greece 2
Finland 3
Nigeria, Lithuania, Ghana, and Greece
relegated to Group III in 1998.
Norway and Finland
promoted to Group I in 1998.

Group III

Zone A

  • Venue: Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal
  • Date: 22–26 January

Final standings

Rank Team
1 Luxembourg
2 Senegal
3 Turkey
4 Macedonia
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina
6 San Marino
7 Armenia
8 Ethiopia

Zone B

  • Venue: Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
  • Date: 21–25 May

Final standings

Rank Team
1 Bulgaria
2 Monaco
3 Estonia
4 Moldova
5 Kenya
6 Malta
7 Algeria
8 Cameroon

Group IV

Zone A

  • Venue: Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana
  • Date: 19–23 March

Final standings

Rank Team
1 Madagascar
2 Togo
3 Liechtenstein
4 Botswana
5 Uganda
6 Sudan
7 Iceland
8 Djibouti

Zone B

Final standings

Rank Team
1 Tunisia
2 Cyprus
3 Benin
4 Zambia
5 Azerbaijan
6 Congo

References

General
  • "World Group 1997". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
Specific
  1. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–496, 505. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1998). World of Tennis 1997. London: Harper Collins. pp. 31–43. ISBN 9780002188241.
  3. ^ a b "Sweden v United States". daviscup.com.

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