2000 Davis Cup

Details
Duration	4 February – 10 December 2000
Edition	89th
Teams	135
Champion
Winning Nation	Spain
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The 2000 Davis Cup (also known as the 2000 Davis Cup by NEC for sponsorship purposes) was the 89th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 135 teams entered the competition, 16 in the World Group, 30 in the Americas Zone, 31 in the Asia/Oceania Zone, and 58 in the Europe/Africa Zone. Andorra, Lesotho, Mauritius and Namibia made their first appearances in the tournament.

Spain defeated Australia in the final, held at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain, on 8–10 December, to win their first title. ^{[1] [2]}

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 vs. Australia

Spain 3	Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain [2] 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 64 77 77 62 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 77 65 4 6 6 4     5 Albert Costa Pat Rafter           not played

World Group qualifying round

Date: 14–23 July

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 2001 World Group.

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

•   Belgium,   France,   Netherlands and    Switzerland remain in the World Group in 2001.
•   Ecuador,   Morocco,   Romania and   Sweden are promoted to the World Group in 2001.
•   Belarus,   Chile,   India and   Uzbekistan remain in Zonal Group I in 2001.
•   Austria,   Great Britain,   Italy and   Zimbabwe are relegated to Zonal Group I in 2001.

Americas Zone

Group I

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

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

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

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

• Venue: Liguanea Club, Kingston, Jamaica
• Date: 22–26 March

Final standings

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

•   Netherlands Antilles and   Dominican Republic promoted to Group II in 2001.
•   Panama and   Haiti relegated to Group IV in 2001.

Group IV

• Venue: Club Hondureno Arabe, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
• Date: 13–19 March

Final standings

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

•   Honduras and   Bermuda promoted to Group III in 2001.

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

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

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

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

• Venue: National Tennis Centre, Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Date: 9–13 February

Final standings

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

•   Syria and   Kuwait promoted to Group II in 2001.
•   Bangladesh and   Pacific Oceania relegated to Group IV in 2001.

Group IV

• Venue: Al Hussein Sports City, Amman, Jordan
• Date: 24–30 April

Final standings

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

•   Saudi Arabia and   Bahrain promoted to Group III in 2001.

Europe/Africa Zone

Group I

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

Sweden

Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)

bye

bye

Sweden

3

Finland

Finland

2

bye

Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)

Finland

Finland

4

Hungary

1

Romania

Bucharest, Romania (indoor carpet)

bye

bye

Romania

3

Hungary

Hungary

2

bye

Hungary

Belarus

Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet)

bye

bye

Belarus

4

South Africa

South Africa

1

bye

Maia, Portugal (clay)

South Africa

South Africa

2

Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet)

Portugal

3

Portugal

1

Casablanca, Morocco (clay)

Ukraine

4

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

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Jūrmala, Latvia (indoor carpet)

Croatia

5

Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg (clay)

Dublin, Ireland (carpet)

Latvia

0

Latvia

1

Croatia

5

Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg (clay)

Luxembourg

4

Ireland

0

Luxembourg

2

Rijeka, Croatia (indoor carpet)

Ireland

3

Croatia

5

Istanbul, Turkey (hard)

Ivory Coast

0

Denmark

3

İzmir, Turkey (hard)

Rungsted, Denmark (clay)

Turkey

2

Turkey

4

Denmark

2

Šiauliai, Lithuania (indoor carpet)

Lithuania

1

Ivory Coast

3

Ivory Coast

3

Lithuania

2

Cairo, Egypt (clay)

Egypt

2

Tallinn, Estonia (indoor carpet)

Szczecin, Poland (clay)

Slovenia

3

Egypt

0

Slovenia

3

Bytom, Poland (clay)

Estonia

5

Poland

2

Estonia

1

Athens, Greece (clay)

Poland

4

Slovenia

4

Sofia, Bulgaria (clay)

Greece

1

Greece

3

Sofia, Bulgaria (clay)

Athens, Greece (clay)

Bulgaria

2

Bulgaria

2

Greece

4

Oslo, Norway (clay)

Israel

3

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.

Group III

Zone A

• Venue: Tennis Club de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
• Date: 24–28 May

Final standings

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

•   Yugoslavia and   Monaco promoted to Group II in 2001.
•   Tunisia and   Malta relegated to Group IV in 2001.

Zone B

• Venue: Association Culturelle et Sportive d'Ambohidahy, Antananarivo, Madagascar
• Date: 24–28 May

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	Moldova
2	Armenia
3	Iceland
4	Macedonia
5	Nigeria
6	Madagascar
7	Benin
8	Senegal

•   Moldova and   Armenia promoted to Group II in 2001.
•   Benin and   Senegal relegated to Group IV in 2001.

Group IV

Zone A

• Venue: Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda
• Date: 19–23 January

Group A

Rank	Team
1	Namibia
2	Zambia
3	San Marino
4	Ethiopia

Group B

Rank	Team
1	Kenya
2	Cyprus
3	Uganda
4	Lesotho
5	Djibouti

•   Namibia and   Kenya promoted to Group III in 2001.

Zone B

• Venue: Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana
• Date: 14–20 February

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	Ghana
2	Mauritius
3	Andorra
4	Algeria
5	Cameroon
6	Azerbaijan
7	Liechtenstein
8	Sudan

•   Ghana and   Mauritius promoted to Group III in 2001.

References

General

• "World Group 2000". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.

Specific

External links

• Davis Cup official website