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1998 Davis Cup

1998 Davis Cup tennis
Details
Duration 3 April – 6 December
Edition 87th
Teams 131
Champion
Winning Nation Sweden
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World Group

Participating teams

Australia

Belgium

Brazil

Czech Republic

Germany

India

Italy

Netherlands

Russia

Slovakia

South Africa

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

United States

Zimbabwe

Draw

  First Round
3–6 April
  Quarterfinals
17–19 July
  Semifinals
25–27 September
  Final
4–6 December
                                     
  Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor clay)
    Sweden 3  
    Hamburg, Germany (hard)
    Slovakia 2  
      Sweden 3  
  Bremen, Germany (indoor carpet)
      Germany 2  
    Germany 5
    Stockholm, Sweden (indoor carpet)
    South Africa 0  
        Sweden 4  
  Porto Alegre, Brazil (clay)
      Spain 1  
    Spain 3  
    A Coruña, Spain (clay)
    Brazil 2  
      Spain 4
  Zürich, Switzerland (indoor carpet)
      Switzerland 1  
    Czech Republic 2
    Milan, Italy (indoor clay)
    Switzerland 3  
        Sweden 4
  Genoa, Italy (clay)
      Italy 1
    India 1  
    Prato, Italy (clay)
    Italy 4  
      Italy 5
  Mildura, Australia (grass)
      Zimbabwe 0  
    Zimbabwe 3
    Milwaukee, WI, United States (indoor hard)
    Australia 2  
        Italy 4
  Brussels, Belgium (clay)
      United States 1  
    Belgium 3  
    Indianapolis, IN, United States (hard)
    Netherlands 1  
      Belgium 1
  Atlanta, GA, United States (hard)
      United States 4  
    Russia 2
 
    United States 3  

Final


Italy
1
Forum di Assago, Milan, Italy
4–6 December 1998
Clay (indoors)

Sweden
4
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Andrea Gaudenzi
Magnus Norman
7
6
6
7
6
4
3
6
6
6
retired
2   Davide Sanguinetti
Magnus Gustafsson
1
6
4
6
0
6
     
3   Diego Nargiso / Davide Sanguinetti
Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti
6
7
1
6
3
6
     
4   Gianluca Pozzi
Magnus Gustafsson
4
6
2
6
       
5   Diego Nargiso
Magnus Norman
6
2
6
3
       
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Andrea Gaudenzi
Magnus Norman
7
6
6
7
6
4
3
6
6
6
retired
2   Davide Sanguinetti
Magnus Gustafsson
1
6
4
6
0
6
     
3   Diego Nargiso / Davide Sanguinetti
Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti
6
7
1
6
3
6
     
4   Gianluca Pozzi
Magnus Gustafsson
4
6
2
6
       
5   Diego Nargiso
Magnus Norman
6
2
6
3
       

World Group Qualifying Round

Home team Score Visiting team Location Venue Door Surface
Australia 5–0 Uzbekistan Townsville Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre Indoor Hard
Brazil 3–0 Romania Florianópolis Hotel Costão do Santinho Outdoor Clay
Czech Republic 5–0 South Africa Prague National Tennis Centre Outdoor Clay
Israel 1–4 France Ramat HaSharon Canada Stadium Outdoor Hard
Great Britain 3–2 India Nottingham Nottingham Tennis Centre Outdoor Hard
Netherlands 5–0 Ecuador Eindhoven Indoor-Sportcentrum Eindhoven Indoor Carpet
Japan 1–3 Russia Osaka Utsubo Tennis Center Outdoor Hard
Argentina 2–3 Slovakia Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club Outdoor Clay

Americas Zone

Group I

  Second Round Play-offs
25–27 September
  First Round Play-offs
17–19 July
  First Round
13–15 February
  Second Round
3–5 April
                                     
   
      Chile    
  Santiago, Chile (indoor carpet)     bye       Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
      Chile 5         Chile 1
      Colombia 0   Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)     Argentina 4
    Colombia 0
  Cali, Colombia (clay)       Argentina 5  
    Colombia 3  
    Mexico 2     Nassau, Bahamas (hard)
      Ecuador 5  
  Zapopan, Mexico (clay)     Bahamas 0     Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)
    Bahamas 3         Ecuador 3
      Mexico 2   Halifax, Canada (indoor hard)     Canada 2
    Canada 3
      Mexico 2  
Mexico relegated to
Group II in 1999.
Argentina and Ecuador
advance to World Group Qualifying Round.

Group II

  Relegation Play-offs
17–19 July
  First Round
3–5 April
  Second Round
17–19 July
  Third Round
25–28 September
                                     
  Caracas, Venezuela (hard)
      Venezuela 4  
  Havana, Cuba (hard)     Guatemala 1     Port-au-Prince, Haiti (clay)
    Guatemala 2         Venezuela 3  
    Cuba 3   Port-au-Prince, Haiti (hard)     Haiti 2  
    Haiti 3
      Cuba 2     Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)
      Venezuela 3
  Lima, Peru (clay)       Uruguay 2
      Jamaica 0  
  Asunción, Paraguay (clay)     Peru 5     Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)
    Jamaica 0         Peru 1
    Paraguay 5   Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)     Uruguay 4  
    Paraguay 2
      Uruguay 3  
Guatemala and Jamaica
relegated to Group III in 1999.
  Venezuela promoted
to Group I in 1999.

Group III

Rank Team
1 Dominican Republic
2 Costa Rica
3 El Salvador
4 Bolivia
5 Panama
6 Antigua and Barbuda
7 Puerto Rico
8 Bermuda

Group IV

Rank Team
1 Netherlands Antilles
2 Honduras
3 Saint Lucia
4 Trinidad and Tobago
5 Barbados
6 U.S. Virgin Islands
7 Eastern Caribbean

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

  Second Round Play-offs
25–27 September
  First Round Play-offs
17–19 July
  First Round
13–15 February
  Second Round
3–5 April
                                     
   
      South Korea    
  Seoul, South Korea (hard)     bye       Seoul, South Korea (clay)
      South Korea 4         South Korea 1
      China 1   Tashkent, Uzbekistan (indoor hard)     Uzbekistan 3
    Uzbekistan 5
  Yanji, China (hard)       China 0  
    China 5  
    Indonesia 0     Sapporo, Japan (indoor carpet)
      Indonesia 0  
  Zouk Mikael, Lebanon (indoor hard)     Japan 5     Miyazaki, Japan (clay)
    Indonesia 2         Japan 3
      Lebanon 3   Beirut, Lebanon (indoor hard)     New Zealand 2
    Lebanon 2
      New Zealand 3  
Indonesia relegated to
Group II in 1999.
Uzbekistan and Japan
advance to World Group Qualifying Round.

Group II

  Relegation Play-offs
17–19 July
  First Round
3–19 April
  Second Round
17–19 July
  Third Round
25–27 September
                                     
  Manila, Philippines (indoor clay)
      Philippines 1  
  Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard)     Thailand 4     Pattaya, Thailand (hard)
    Philippines 4         Thailand 3  
    Hong Kong 1   Yilan, Taiwan (indoor carpet)     Chinese Taipei 2  
    Hong Kong 2
      Chinese Taipei 3     Lahore, Pakistan (grass)
      Thailand 2
  Islamabad, Pakistan (clay)       Pakistan 3
      Pakistan 5  
  Doha, Qatar (hard)     Pacific Oceania 0     Tehran, Iran (clay)
    Pacific Oceania 1         Pakistan 4
    Qatar 4   Tehran, Iran (indoor clay)     Iran 1  
    Qatar 0
      Iran 5  
Hong Kong and Pacific Oceania
relegated to Group III in 1999.
  Pakistan promoted
to Group I in 1999.

Group III

Rank Team
1 Kazakhstan
2 Sri Lanka
3 Tajikistan
4 Malaysia
5 Syria
6 Saudi Arabia
7 Singapore
8 Kuwait

Group IV

Rank Team
1 Bahrain
2 Bangladesh
3 Iraq
4 Jordan
5 Oman
6 United Arab Emirates
7 Brunei

Europe/Africa Zone

Group I

  Second Round Play-offs
25–27 September
  First Round Play-offs   First Round
13–15 February
  Second Round
3–5 April
                                     
   
      France    
        bye       Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)
      Croatia           France 4
      bye     Helsinki, Finland (hard)     Finland 1
    Croatia 2
  Oslo, Norway (clay)       Finland 3  
    Croatia 3  
    Norway 2      
      Romania    
        bye       Bucharest, Romania (indoor hard)
    bye           Romania 4
      Norway           Norway 1
    bye  
      Norway    
   
      Israel    
        bye       Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
      Austria           Israel 4
      bye           Austria 1
    bye  
  Pörtschach, Austria (clay)       Austria    
    Austria 5  
    Denmark 0     Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet)
      Ukraine 3  
        Denmark 2     Newcastle, England (indoor carpet)
    Denmark           Ukraine 0
      bye           Great Britain 5
    bye  
      Great Britain    
Norway and Denmark
relegated to Group II in 1999.
France, Romania, Israel, and Great Britain
advance to World Group Qualifying Round.

Group II

  Relegation Play-offs
17–19 July
  First Round
1–3 May
  Second Round
17–19 July
  Third Round
25–27 September
                                     
  Meknes, Morocco (indoor clay)
      Morocco 3  
  Sofia, Bulgaria (clay)     Bulgaria 2     Agadir, Morocco (clay)
    Bulgaria 5         Morocco 2  
    Luxembourg 0   Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet)     Belarus 3  
    Belarus 5
      Luxembourg 0     Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard)
      Belarus 4
  Dakar, Senegal (hard)       Ivory Coast 1
      Poland 2  
  Bydgoszcz, Poland (clay)     Senegal 3     Dakar, Senegal (hard)
    Poland 4         Senegal 2
    Egypt 1   Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard)     Ivory Coast 3  
    Ivory Coast 3
      Egypt 2  
  Jūrmala, Latvia (indoor carpet)
      Yugoslavia 3  
  Jūrmala, Latvia (clay)     Latvia 2     Belgrade, Yugoslavia (clay)
    Latvia 5         Yugoslavia 2  
    Georgia 0   Braga, Portugal (clay)     Portugal 3  
    Georgia 0
      Portugal 5     Albufeira, Portugal (hard)
      Portugal 4
  Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay)       Hungary 1
      Slovenia 5  
  Dublin, Ireland (carpet)     Monaco 0     Budapest, Hungary (clay)
    Monaco 0         Slovenia 2
    Ireland 5   Budapest, Hungary (clay)     Hungary 3  
    Ireland 1
      Hungary 4  
Luxembourg, Egypt, Georgia, and Monaco
relegated to Group III in 1999.
Belarus and Portugal
promoted to Group I in 1999.
Kang Lei