1984 Davis Cup

Details
Duration	24 February – 18 December 1984
Edition	73rd
Teams	61
Champion
Winning Nation	Sweden
← 1983 1985 →

The 1984 Davis Cup (also known as the 1984 Davis Cup by NEC for sponsorship purposes) was the 73rd edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 62 teams would enter the competition, 16 in the World Group, 25 in the Europe Zone, 12 in the Eastern Zone, and 9 in the Americas Zone. Singapore and Senegal made their first appearances in the tournament.

Sweden defeated the United States in the final, held at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden, on 16–18 December, to win their 2nd Davis Cup title. ^{[1] [2]}

World Group

Participating teams
Argentina	Australia	Czechoslovakia	Denmark
Ecuador	France	Great Britain	India
Italy	New Zealand	Paraguay	Romania
Sweden	United States	West Germany	Yugoslavia

Draw

First round 24–26 February

Quarterfinals 13–15 July

Semifinals 28–30 September

Final 16–18 December

Perth, Australia (grass)

Australia

5

Brisbane, Australia (grass)

Yugoslavia

0

Australia

5

Telford, United Kingdom (indoor carpet)

Italy

0

Italy

3

Portland, OR, United States (indoor carpet)

Great Britain

2

Australia

1

Stuttgart, West Germany (indoor carpet)

United States

4

Argentina

4

Atlanta, GA, United States (indoor carpet)

West Germany

1

Argentina

0

Bucharest, Romania (indoor carpet)

United States

5

United States

5

Gothenburg, Sweden (indoor clay)

Romania

0

United States

1

Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia (indoor carpet)

Sweden

4

Denmark

0

Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia (indoor carpet)

Czechoslovakia

5

Czechoslovakia

3

New Delhi, India (grass)

France

2

India

1

Båstad, Sweden (clay)

France

4

Czechoslovakia

0

Christchurch, New Zealand (grass)

Sweden

5

Paraguay

3

Båstad, Sweden (clay)

New Zealand

2

Paraguay

1

Norrköping, Sweden (indoor carpet)

Sweden

4

Ecuador

1

Sweden

4

Final

Sweden vs. United States

Sweden 4	Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden [2] 16–18 December 1984 Clay (indoors)		United States 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mats Wilander Jimmy Connors 6 1 6 3 6 3       2 Henrik Sundström John McEnroe 13 11 6 4 6 3       3 Stefan Edberg /  Anders Järryd Peter Fleming /  John McEnroe 7 5 5 7 6 2 7 5     4 Mats Wilander John McEnroe 3 6 7 5 3 6       5 Henrik Sundström Jimmy Arias 3 6 8 6 6 3

Relegation play-offs

Date: 28–30 September

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Surface
Great Britain	1–4	Yugoslavia	Eastbourne	Grass
West Germany	5–0	Romania	West Berlin	Clay
Denmark	2–3	India	Aarhus	Clay
Ecuador	4–1	New Zealand	Guayaquil	Clay

•   Ecuador,   India,   West Germany and   Yugoslavia remain in the World Group in 1985.
•   Denmark,   Great Britain,   New Zealand and   Romania are relegated to Zonal competition in 1985.

Americas Zone

First round 13–15 January

Quarterfinals 13–15 January; 2–4 March

Semifinals 4–6 May

Final 28–30 September

Chile

Santiago, Chile (clay)

bye

Chile

5

Colombia

0

bye

Santiago, Chile (clay)

Colombia

Chile

5

Mexico

0

Canada

Mexico City, Mexico (clay)

bye

Canada

0

Caracas, Venezuela (hard)

Mexico

5

Venezuela

0

Santiago, Chile (clay)

Mexico

5

Chile

4

Brazil

1

Caribbean/West Indies

Bridgetown, Barbados (clay)

bye

Caribbean/West Indies

1

Uruguay

4

bye

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (clay)

Uruguay

Uruguay

2

Brazil

3

Peru

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (clay)

bye

Peru

0

Brazil

5

bye

Brazil

•   Chile are promoted to the World Group in 1985.

Eastern Zone

First round 13–15 January

Quarterfinals 2–4 March

Semifinals 4–6 May

Final 28–30 September

Indonesia

Rawalpindi, Pakistan (clay)

bye

Indonesia

1

Karachi, Pakistan (indoor hard)

Pakistan

4

Pakistan

4

Rawalpindi, Pakistan (clay)

Malaysia

1

Pakistan

4

Thailand

1

Thailand

Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard)

bye

Thailand

5

Taipei, Taiwan (indoor hard)

Hong Kong

0

Hong Kong

3

Rawalpindi, Pakistan (clay)

Chinese Taipei

2

Pakistan

1

Guangzhou, China (indoor hard)

Japan

4

Sri Lanka

1

Kunming, China (indoor clay)

China

4

China

3

South Korea

1

bye

Kunming, China (indoor clay)

South Korea

China

2

Singapore (hard)

Japan

3

Philippines

5

Fukuoka, Japan (indoor hard)

Singapore

0

Philippines

0

Japan

5

bye

Japan

•   Japan are promoted to the World Group in 1985.

Europe Zone

Zone A

First round 4–6 May

Quarterfinals 15–17 June

Semifinals 13–21 July

Final 28–30 September

Soviet Union

Jūrmala, Soviet Union (clay)

bye

Soviet Union

5

Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay)

Monaco

0

Zimbabwe

1

Jūrmala, Soviet Union (clay)

Monaco

4

Soviet Union

3

Austria

2

Austria

w/o

Vienna, Austria (clay)

Lebanon

Austria

5

Oslo, Norway (clay)

Norway

0

Norway

4

Donetsk, Soviet Union (clay)

Portugal

1

Soviet Union

3

Warsaw, Poland (clay)

Israel

2

Greece

1

Jerusalem, Israel (hard)

Poland

4

Poland

0

Israel

5

bye

Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)

Israel

Israel

4

Dakar, Senegal (hard)

Switzerland

1

Senegal

3

Disentis, Switzerland (clay)

Tunisia

2

Senegal

0

Switzerland

5

bye

Switzerland

•   Soviet Union are promoted to the World Group in 1985.

Zone B

First round 4–6 May

Quarterfinals 15–17 June

Semifinals 13–15 July

Final 28–30 September

Hungary

Budapest, Hungary (clay)

bye

Hungary

4

Cairo, Egypt (clay)

Egypt

1

Egypt

5

Brussels, Belgium (clay)

Luxembourg

0

Hungary

3

Belgium

2

Bulgaria

Plovdiv, Bulgaria (clay)

bye

Bulgaria

2

Istanbul, Turkey (clay)

Belgium

3

Belgium

5

Budapest, Hungary (clay)

Turkey

0

Hungary

1

Pamplona, Spain (indoor clay)

Spain

4

Spain

5

Amsterdam, Netherlands (indoor carpet)

Algeria

0

Spain

3

Netherlands

2

bye

Vigo, Spain (clay)

Netherlands

Spain

4

Casablanca, Morocco (clay)

Ireland

1

Finland

5

Helsinki, Finland (clay)

Morocco

0

Finland

2

Ireland

3

bye

Ireland

•   Spain are promoted to the World Group in 1985.

References

General

• "World Group 1984". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.

Specific

External links

• Davis Cup Official Website
• Davis Cup at SVT's open archive (including the 1984 tournament) (in Swedish)