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(Redirected from 2000 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone) International tennis tournament
2000 Davis Cup
Details
Duration4 February – 10 December 2000
Edition89th
Teams135
Champion
Winning nation Spain
← 1999 2001 →

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.

World Group

Further information: 2000 Davis Cup 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 States3
Inglewood, CA, United States (indoor carpet)
 Zimbabwe2
 United States3
Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor clay)
 Czech Republic2
 Great Britain1
Santander, Spain (clay)
 Czech Republic4
 United States0
Murcia, Spain (clay)
 Spain5
 Spain4
Málaga, Spain (clay)
 Italy1
 Spain4
Moscow, Russia (indoor carpet)
 Russia1
 Russia4
Barcelona, Spain (indoor clay)
 Belgium1
 Spain3
Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)
 Australia1
 Austria2
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (clay)
 Slovakia3
 Slovakia2
Florianópolis, Brazil (clay)
 Brazil3
 Brazil4
Brisbane, Australia (grass)
 France1
 Brazil0
Leipzig, Germany (indoor carpet)
 Australia5
 Netherlands1
Adelaide, Australia (grass)
 Germany4
 Germany2
Zürich, Switzerland (indoor carpet)
 Australia3
  Switzerland2
 Australia3

Final

Spain vs. Australia


Spain
3 		Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain
8–10 December 2000
Clay (indoors)
Australia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Spain
Australia 		Albert Costa
Lleyton Hewitt 		6
3 		1
6 		6
2 		4
6 		4
6 		 
2 Spain
Australia 		Juan Carlos Ferrero
Pat Rafter 		6
7 		7
6 		6
2 		3
1 		   
retired
3 Spain
Australia 		Joan Balcells / Àlex Corretja
Sandon Stolle / Mark Woodforde 		6
4 		6
4 		6
4 		     
4 Spain
Australia 		Juan Carlos Ferrero
Lleyton Hewitt 		6
2 		7
6 		4
6 		6
4 		   
5 Spain
Australia 		Albert Costa
Pat Rafter 		          not
played

World Group qualifying round

Further information: 2000 Davis Cup 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

Americas Zone

Group I

This section is transcluded from 2000 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I. (edit | history)
Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
 Argentina
Montreal, Canada (hard)byeSantiago, Chile (indoor hard)
 Argentina1 Argentina0
 Canada4Viña del Mar, Chile (clay) Chile2
 Canada1
Bogotá, Colombia (clay) Chile4
 Argentina4
 Colombia1Lima, Peru (clay)
 Bahamas1
Nassau, Bahamas (hard) Peru4Lima, Peru (clay)
 Bahamas3 Peru2
 Colombia2Bogotá, Colombia (clay) Ecuador3
 Colombia0
 Ecuador5
  •  Colombia relegated to Group II in 2001.
  •  Chile and  Ecuador advance to World Group qualifying round.

Group II

This section is transcluded from 2000 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group II. (edit | history)
Relegation Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Caracas, Venezuela (hard)
 Venezuela5
Montevideo, Uruguay (clay) Uruguay0Caracas, Venezuela (hard)
 Uruguay4 Venezuela5
 El Salvador1San Salvador, El Salvador (clay) Paraguay0
 El Salvador0
 Paraguay5Mexico City, Mexico (hard)
 Venezuela0
Guatemala City, Guatemala (hard) Mexico5
 Guatemala4
San Rafael de Escazú, Costa Rica (hard) Cuba1Guatemala City, Guatemala (hard)
 Cuba2 Guatemala0
 Costa Rica3San Rafael de Escazú, Costa Rica (hard) Mexico5
 Costa Rica1
 Mexico4

Group III

This section is transcluded from 2000 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III. (edit | history)
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

This section is transcluded from 2000 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group IV. (edit | history)
   HON  BER  LCA  ATG  BAR  ISV  ECA RR
W–L 		Match
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Standings
 Honduras 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 6–0 18–0 (100%) 35–5 (88%) 1
 Bermuda 0–3 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 5–1 12–6 (67%) 25–15 (63%) 2
 Saint Lucia 0–3 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 4–2 11–7 (61%) 23–14 (62%) 3
 Antigua and Barbuda 0–3 0–3 1–2 3–0 1–2 3–0 2–4 8–10 (44%) 17–24 (41%) 4
 Barbados 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–4 6–12 (33%) 17–28 (38%) 5
 U.S. Virgin Islands 0–3 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–5 5–13 (28%) 18–28 (39%) 6
 Eastern Caribbean 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–5 3–15 (17%) 10–31 (24%) 7

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

This section is transcluded from 2000 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I. (edit | history)
Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
Kunming, China (hard)
 Uzbekistan3
Tianjin, China (indoor hard) China0Tashkent, Uzbekistan (indoor hard)
 China1 Uzbekistan4
 Thailand4Timaru, New Zealand (hard) New Zealand1
 New Zealand4
Jounieh, Lebanon (indoor hard) Thailand1
 China3
 Lebanon2Lucknow, India (grass)
 Lebanon2
Yokohama, Japan (indoor carpet) India3New Delhi, India (grass)
 Lebanon1 India4
 Japan4Kashima, Japan (indoor carpet) South Korea1
 South Korea3
 Japan2

Group II

This section is transcluded from 2000 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II. (edit | history)
Relegation Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard)
 Pakistan3
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard) Hong Kong2Taichung, Taiwan (clay)
 Hong Kong3 Pakistan2
 Kazakhstan2Almaty, Kazakhstan (indoor hard) Chinese Taipei3
 Chinese Taipei4
 Kazakhstan1Jakarta, Indonesia (hard)
 Chinese Taipei1
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (indoor hard) Indonesia4
 Iran2
Manila, Philippines (clay) Malaysia3Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (indoor hard)
 Iran3 Malaysia0
 Philippines2Manila, Philippines (hard) Indonesia5
 Indonesia4
 Philippines1

Group III

This section is transcluded from 2000 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III. (edit | history)
Rank Team
1  Syria
2  Kuwait
3  Sri Lanka
4  Qatar
5  Tajikistan
6  Singapore
7  Bangladesh
8  Pacific Oceania

Group IV

This section is transcluded from 2000 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV. (edit | history)
  • Venue: Al Hussein Sports City, Amman, Jordan
  • Date: 24–30 April
   KSA  BHR  OMA  JOR  UAE  FIJ  BRU RR
W–L 		Match
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Standings
 Saudi Arabia 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 5–1 13–5 (72%) 30–12 (71%) 1
 Bahrain 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 5–1 13–5 (72%) 27–13 (68%) 2
 Oman 2–1 1–2 3–0 1–2 3–0 3–0 4–2 13–5 (72%) 28–13 (68%) 3
 Jordan 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–3 8–10 (44%) 17–23 (43%) 4
 United Arab Emirates 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 2–4 9–9 (50%) 20–18 (53%) 5
 Fiji 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–4 6–12 (33%) 13–24 (35%) 6
 Brunei 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3 0–3 0–6 1–17 (6%) 2–34 (6%) 7

Europe/Africa Zone

Group I

This section is transcluded from 2000 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I. (edit | history)
Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
 Sweden
Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)
bye
bye Sweden3
 Finland Finland2
bye
Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)
 Finland
 Finland4
 Hungary1
 Romania
Bucharest, Romania (indoor carpet)
bye
bye Romania3
 Hungary Hungary2
bye
 Hungary
 Belarus
Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet)
bye
bye Belarus4
 South Africa South Africa1
bye
Maia, Portugal (clay)
 South Africa
 South Africa2
Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet)
 Portugal3
 Portugal1
Casablanca, Morocco (clay)
 Ukraine4
 Portugal Ukraine2
bye Morocco3
bye
 Morocco

Group II

This section is transcluded from 2000 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II. (edit | history)
Relegation Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Jūrmala, Latvia (indoor carpet)
 Croatia5
Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg (clay)Dublin, Ireland (carpet)
 Latvia0
 Latvia1 Croatia5
Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg (clay)
 Luxembourg4 Ireland0
 Luxembourg2
Rijeka, Croatia (indoor carpet)
 Ireland3
 Croatia5
Istanbul, Turkey (hard)
 Ivory Coast0
 Denmark3
İzmir, Turkey (hard)Rungsted, Denmark (clay)
 Turkey2
 Turkey4 Denmark2
Šiauliai, Lithuania (indoor carpet)
 Lithuania1 Ivory Coast3
 Ivory Coast3
 Lithuania2
Cairo, Egypt (clay)
 Egypt2
Tallinn, Estonia (indoor carpet)Szczecin, Poland (clay)
 Slovenia3
 Egypt0 Slovenia3
Bytom, Poland (clay)
 Estonia5 Poland2
 Estonia1
Athens, Greece (clay)
 Poland4
 Slovenia4
Sofia, Bulgaria (clay)
 Greece1
 Greece3
Sofia, Bulgaria (clay)Athens, Greece (clay)
 Bulgaria2
 Bulgaria2 Greece4
Oslo, Norway (clay)
 Israel3 Norway1
 Norway3
 Israel2

Group III

Zone A

  • Venue: Tennis Club de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
  • Date: 24–28 May
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Rank Team
1  Yugoslavia
2  Monaco
3  Georgia
4  Bosnia and Herzegovina
5  Togo
6  Botswana
7  Tunisia
8  Malta

Zone B

This section is transcluded from 2000 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Zone B. (edit | history)
Rank Team
1  Moldova
2  Armenia
3  Iceland
4  Macedonia
5  Nigeria
6  Madagascar
7  Benin
8  Senegal

Group IV – Zone A

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Group A

   NAM  ZAM  SMR  ETH RR
W–L 		Match
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Standings
 Namibia 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 7–2 (78%) 15–4 (79%) 1
 Zambia 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 5–4 (56%) 10–9 (53%) 2
 San Marino 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 4–5 (44%) 8–11 (42%) 3
 Ethiopia 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–7 (22%) 5–14 (26%) 4

Group B

   KEN  CYP  UGA  LES  DJI RR
W–L 		Match
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Standings
 Kenya 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 4–0 11–1 (92%) 21–4 (84%) 1
 Cyprus 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 9–3 (75%) 19–6 (76%) 2
 Uganda 0–3 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–2 6–6 (50%) 10–14 (42%) 3
 Lesotho 0–3 0–3 1–2 3–0 1–3 4–8 (33%) 9–16 (36%) 4
 Djibouti 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–4 0–12 (0%) 0–19 (0%) 5

Group IV – Zone B

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

References

General
Specific
  1. Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). : New Chapter Press. pp. 495–496, 505. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ "Spain v Australia". daviscup.com.

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