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2000 Davis Cup

2000 Davis Cup tennis
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Duration 4 February – 10 December
Edition 89th
Teams 135
Champion
Winning Nation Spain
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World Group

Participating teams

Australia

Austria

Belgium

Brazil

Czech Republic

France

Germany

Great Britain

Italy

Netherlands

Russia

Slovakia

Spain

Switzerland

United States

Zimbabwe

Draw

  First Round
4–6 February
  Quarterfinals
7–9 April
  Semifinals
21–23 July
  Final
8–10 December
                                     
  Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)
    United States 3  
    Inglewood, CA, United States (indoor carpet)
    Zimbabwe 2  
      United States 3  
  Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor clay)
      Czech Republic 2  
    Great Britain 1
    Santander, Spain (clay)
    Czech Republic 4  
        United States 0  
  Murcia, Spain (clay)
      Spain 5  
    Spain 4  
    Málaga, Spain (clay)
    Italy 1  
      Spain 4
  Moscow, Russia (indoor carpet)
      Russia 1  
    Russia 4
    Barcelona, Spain (indoor clay)
    Belgium 1  
        Spain 3
  Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)
      Australia 1
    Austria 2  
    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (clay)
    Slovakia 3  
      Slovakia 2
  Florianópolis, Brazil (clay)
      Brazil 3  
    Brazil 4
    Brisbane, Australia (grass)
    France 1  
        Brazil 0
  Leipzig, Germany (indoor carpet)
      Australia 5  
    Netherlands 1  
    Adelaide, Australia (grass)
    Germany 4  
      Germany 2
  Zürich, Switzerland (indoor carpet)
      Australia 3  
    Switzerland 2
 
    Australia 3  

Final


Spain
3
Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain
8–10 December 2000
Clay (indoors)

Australia
1
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Albert Costa
Lleyton Hewitt
6
3
1
6
6
2
4
6
4
6
 
2   Juan Carlos Ferrero
Pat Rafter
6
7
7
6
6
2
3
1
 
retired
3   Joan Balcells / Àlex Corretja
Sandon Stolle / Mark Woodforde
6
4
6
4
6
4
     
4   Juan Carlos Ferrero
Lleyton Hewitt
6
2
7
6
4
6
6
4
   
5   Albert Costa
Pat Rafter
          not
played
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Albert Costa
Lleyton Hewitt
6
3
1
6
6
2
4
6
4
6
 
2   Juan Carlos Ferrero
Pat Rafter
6
7
7
6
6
2
3
1
 
retired
3   Joan Balcells / Àlex Corretja
Sandon Stolle / Mark Woodforde
6
4
6
4
6
4
     
4   Juan Carlos Ferrero
Lleyton Hewitt
6
2
7
6
4
6
6
4
   
5   Albert Costa
Pat Rafter
          not
played

World Group Qualifying Round

Home team Score Visiting team Location Venue Door Surface
France 5-0 Austria Rennes Le Liberté Indoor Carpet
Great Britain 2-3 Ecuador Wimbledon No. 1 Court, All England Lawn Tennis Club Outdoor Grass
Italy 1-4 Belgium Venice Green Garden Sporting Club Outdoor Clay
Morocco w/o Chile
Uzbekistan 1-4 Netherlands Tashkent N.B.U. Complex Outdoor Clay
Sweden 5-0 India Båstad Båstad Tennis Stadium Outdoor Clay
Switzerland 5-0 Belarus St. Gallen Kreuzbleichhalle Outdoor Carpet
Zimbabwe 2-3 Romania Harare Harare Sports Club Indoor Hard

Americas Zone

Group I

  Second Round Play-offs
6–8 October
  First Round Play-offs
21–23 July
  First Round
4–6 February
  Second Round
6–8 April
                                     
   
      Argentina    
  Montreal, Canada (hard)     bye       Santiago, Chile (indoor hard)
      Argentina 1         Argentina 0
      Canada 4   Viña del Mar, Chile (clay)     Chile 2
    Canada 1
  Bogotá, Colombia (clay)       Chile 4  
    Argentina 4  
    Colombia 1     Lima, Peru (clay)
      Bahamas 1  
  Nassau, Bahamas (hard)     Peru 4     Lima, Peru (clay)
    Bahamas 3         Peru 2
      Colombia 2   Bogotá, Colombia (clay)     Ecuador 3
    Colombia 0
      Ecuador 5  
Colombia relegated to
Group II in 2001.
Chile and Ecuador
advance to World Group Qualifying Round.

Group II

  Relegation Play-offs
7–9 April
  First Round
4–6 February
  Second Round
7–9 April
  Third Round
21–23 July
                                     
  Caracas, Venezuela (hard)
      Venezuela 5  
  Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)     Uruguay 0     Caracas, Venezuela (hard)
    Uruguay 4         Venezuela 5  
    El Salvador 1   San Salvador, El Salvador (clay)     Paraguay 0  
    El Salvador 0
      Paraguay 5     Mexico City, Mexico (hard)
      Venezuela 0
  Guatemala City, Guatemala (hard)       Mexico 5
      Guatemala 4  
  San Rafael de Escazú, Costa Rica (hard)     Cuba 1     Guatemala City, Guatemala (hard)
    Cuba 2         Guatemala 0
    Costa Rica 3   San Rafael de Escazú, Costa Rica (hard)     Mexico 5  
    Costa Rica 1
      Mexico 4  
El Salvador and Cuba
relegated to Group III in 2001.
  Mexico promoted
to Group I in 2001.

Group III

Rank Team
1 Netherlands Antilles
2 Dominican Republic
3 Puerto Rico
4 Jamaica
5 Bolivia
6 Trinidad and Tobago
7 Panama
8 Haiti

Group IV

Rank Team
1 Honduras
2 Bermuda
3 Saint Lucia
4 Antigua and Barbuda
5 Barbados
6 U.S. Virgin Islands
7 Eastern Caribbean

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

  Second Round Play-offs
6–8 October
  First Round Play-offs
7–9 April
  First Round
28 January–6 February
  Second Round
7–9 April
                                     
  Kunming, China (hard)
      Uzbekistan 3  
  Tianjin, China (indoor hard)     China 0     Tashkent, Uzbekistan (indoor hard)
      China 1         Uzbekistan 4
      Thailand 4   Timaru, New Zealand (hard)     New Zealand 1
    New Zealand 4
  Jounieh, Lebanon (indoor hard)       Thailand 1  
    China 3  
    Lebanon 2     Lucknow, India (grass)
      Lebanon 2  
  Yokohama, Japan (indoor carpet)     India 3     New Delhi, India (grass)
    Lebanon 1         India 4
      Japan 4   Kashima, Japan (indoor carpet)     South Korea 1
    South Korea 3
      Japan 2  
Lebanon relegated to
Group II in 2001.
Uzbekistan and India
advance to World Group Qualifying Round.

Group II

  Relegation Play-offs
17–19 March; 7–9 April
  First Round
28 January–6 February
  Second Round
7–9 April
  Third Round
6–8 October
                                     
  Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard)
      Pakistan 3  
  Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard)     Hong Kong 2     Taichung, Taiwan (clay)
    Hong Kong 3         Pakistan 2  
    Kazakhstan 2   Almaty, Kazakhstan (indoor hard)     Chinese Taipei 3  
    Chinese Taipei 4
      Kazakhstan 1     Jakarta, Indonesia (hard)
      Chinese Taipei 1
  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (indoor hard)       Indonesia 4
      Iran 2  
  Manila, Philippines (clay)     Malaysia 3     Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (indoor hard)
    Iran 3         Malaysia 0
    Philippines 2   Manila, Philippines (hard)     Indonesia 5  
    Indonesia 4
      Philippines 1  
Kazakhstan and Philippines
relegated to Group III in 2001.
  Indonesia promoted
to Group I in 2001.

Group III

Rank Team
1 Syria
2 Kuwait
3 Sri Lanka
4 Qatar
5 Tajikistan
6 Singapore
7 Bangladesh
8 Pacific Oceania

Group IV

Rank Team
1 Saudi Arabia
2 Bahrain
3 Oman
4 Jordan
5 United Arab Emirates
6 Fiji
7 Brunei

Europe/Africa Zone

Group I

  Second Round Play-offs
6–8 October
  First Round Play-offs   First Round
4–6 February
  Second Round
7–9 April
                                     
   
      Sweden    
        bye       Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)
      bye           Sweden 3
      Finland           Finland 2
    bye  
  Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)       Finland    
    Finland 4  
    Hungary 1      
      Romania    
        bye       Bucharest, Romania (indoor carpet)
    bye           Romania 3
      Hungary           Hungary 2
    bye  
      Hungary    
   
      Belarus    
        bye       Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet)
      bye           Belarus 4
      South Africa           South Africa 1
    bye  
  Maia, Portugal (clay)       South Africa    
    South Africa 2  
    Portugal 3     Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet)
      Portugal 1  
        Ukraine 4     Casablanca, Morocco (clay)
    Portugal           Ukraine 2
      bye           Morocco 3
    bye  
      Morocco    
Hungary and South Africa
relegated to Group II in 2001.
Sweden, Romania, Belarus, and Morocco
advance to World Group Qualifying Round.

Group II

  Relegation Play-offs
21–23 July
  First Round
28–30 April
  Second Round
14–23 July
  Third Round
6–8 October
                                     
  Jūrmala, Latvia (indoor carpet)
      Croatia 5  
  Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg (clay)     Latvia 0     Dublin, Ireland (carpet)
    Latvia 1         Croatia 5  
    Luxembourg 4   Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg (clay)     Ireland 0  
    Luxembourg 2
      Ireland 3     Rijeka, Croatia (indoor carpet)
      Croatia 5
  Istanbul, Turkey (hard)       Ivory Coast 0
      Denmark 3  
  İzmir, Turkey (hard)     Turkey 2     Rungsted, Denmark (clay)
    Turkey 4         Denmark 2
    Lithuania 1   Šiauliai, Lithuania (indoor carpet)     Ivory Coast 3  
    Ivory Coast 3
      Lithuania 2  
  Cairo, Egypt (clay)
      Egypt 2  
  Tallinn, Estonia (indoor carpet)     Slovenia 3     Szczecin, Poland (clay)
    Egypt 0         Slovenia 3  
    Estonia 5   Bytom, Poland (clay)     Poland 2  
    Estonia 1
      Poland 4     Athens, Greece (clay)
      Slovenia 4
  Sofia, Bulgaria (clay)       Greece 1
      Greece 3  
  Sofia, Bulgaria (clay)     Bulgaria 2     Athens, Greece (clay)
    Bulgaria 2         Greece 4
    Israel 3   Oslo, Norway (clay)     Norway 1  
    Norway 3
      Israel 2  
Latvia, Lithuania, Egypt, and Bulgaria
relegated to Group III in 2001.
Croatia and Slovenia
promoted to Group I in 2001.

Zone A

Rank Team
1 Yugoslavia
2 Monaco
3 Georgia
4 Bosnia and Herzegovina
5 Togo
6 Botswana
7 Tunisia
8 Malta
Milla Backhouse