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2010 Davis Cup

Details
Duration	5 March – 5 December 2010
Edition	99th
Champion
Winning nation	Serbia
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The 2010 Davis Cup (also known as the 2010 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas for sponsorship purposes) was the 99th edition of the most important annual tournament among national teams in men's tennis worldwide. In the dramatic final, Serbia defeated France 3–2 to win its first Davis Cup title.

The draw for the World Group, Zonal Groups I and Zonal Groups II took place in Geneva on 23 September 2009. The competition started with the first round on 5–7 March.

On 6–8 March 2010 Novak Djokovic played the key role in bringing Serbia to the World Group quarterfinals for the first time in its independent history, winning both singles matches in the home tie against the United States (against Sam Querrey and John Isner). Later, Serbia progressed to the Davis Cup final, following the victories over Croatia (4–1) and Czech Republic (3–2). Serbia came from 1–2 down to defeat France in the final tie 3–2 in Belgrade to win the nation's first Davis Cup championship. In the final, Djokovic scored two singles points for Serbia, defeating Gilles Simon and Gaël Monfils, while the last match was won by Viktor Troicki, who beat Michaël Llodra.

Serbia became the 13th nation in history to win the Cup, which was passed to them from the previous year's winner Spain. France missed the opportunity to win its 10th title and surpass Great Britain in total number of titles won. The Serbian team celebrated the trophy by fulfilling their bet to shave their hair off in case of victory.

World Group

Participating teams
Argentina	Belgium	Chile	Croatia
Czech Republic	Ecuador	France	Germany
India	Israel	Russia	Serbia
Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	United States

Draw

The draw for the 2010 World Group was held in Geneva on 23 September 2009.

	First round 5–7 March					Quarterfinals 9–11 July					Semifinals 17–19 September					Final 3–5 December
	Logroño, Spain (clay)
	1	Spain	4
						Clermont-Ferrand, France (indoor hard)
		Switzerland	1
						1	Spain	0
	Toulon, France (indoor hard)
							France	5
		France	4
											Lyon, France (indoor hard)
	8	Germany	1
												France	5
	Moscow, Russia (indoor hard)
											5	Argentina	0
	4	Russia	3
						Moscow, Russia (indoor hard)
		India	2
						4	Russia	2
	Stockholm, Sweden (indoor hard)
						5	Argentina	3
		Sweden	2
																Belgrade, Serbia (indoor hard)
	5	Argentina	3
																	France	2
	Varaždin, Croatia (indoor hard)
																	Serbia	3
	6	Croatia	5
						Split, Croatia (indoor hard)
		Ecuador	0
						6	Croatia	1
	Belgrade, Serbia (indoor clay)
							Serbia	4
		Serbia	3
											Belgrade, Serbia (indoor hard)
	3	United States	2
												Serbia	3
	Coquimbo, Chile (clay) 6–8 March
											2	Czech Republic	2
		Chile	4
						Coquimbo, Chile (clay)
	7	Israel	1
							Chile	1
	Bree, Belgium (indoor clay)
						2	Czech Republic	4
		Belgium	1
	2	Czech Republic	4

First round losers played in World Group play-offs.

Final

Serbia 3	Belgrade Arena, Belgrade, Serbia 3–5 December 2010 Hard (i)		France 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Janko Tipsarević Gaël Monfils 1 6 6 7 0 6       2 Novak Djokovic Gilles Simon 6 3 6 1 7 5       3 Viktor Troicki / Nenad Zimonjić Arnaud Clément / Michaël Llodra 6 3 7 6 4 6 5 7 4 6   4 Novak Djokovic Gaël Monfils 6 2 6 2 6 4       5 Viktor Troicki Michaël Llodra 6 2 6 2 6 3

World Group play-offs

• Date: 17–19 September

The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties, and eight winners of the Group I second round ties competed in the World Group play-offs.

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface
Colombia	1–3	United States	Bogotá	Plaza de Toros la Santamaria	Outdoor	Clay
Israel	2–3	Austria	Tel Aviv	Nokia Arena	Indoor	Hard
Germany	5–0	South Africa	Stuttgart	TC Weissenhof	Outdoor	Clay
Sweden	3–2	Italy	Lidköping	Sparbanken Lidköping Arena	Indoor	Hard
India	3–2	Brazil	Chennai	SDAT Tennis Stadium	Outdoor	Hard
Australia	2–3	Belgium	North Cairns	Cairns Regional Tennis Centre	Outdoor	Hard
Kazakhstan	5–0	Switzerland	Astana	National Tennis Centre	Indoor	Hard
Romania	5–0	Ecuador	Bucharest	Centrul Naţional de Tenis	Outdoor	Clay

•  Belgium,  Germany,  India,  Sweden and  United States will remain in the World Group in 2011.
•  Austria,  Kazakhstan, and  Romania are promoted to the World Group in 2011.
•  Australia,  Brazil,  Colombia,  Italy and  South Africa will remain in Zonal Group I in 2011.
•  Ecuador,  Israel and   Switzerland are relegated to Zonal Group I in 2011.

Americas Zone

Group I

Draw

Second-round play-offs

First-round play-offs

First Round

Second Round

1

Brazil

bye

Bauru, Brazil (clay)

bye

1

Brazil

5

Dominican Rep.

Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep. (hard)

Uruguay

0

Dominican Rep.

1

Toronto, Canada (hard)

Uruguay

4

Dominican Rep.

0

Canada

5

bye

Canada

5–7 March – Bogotá, Colombia (clay)

Canada

Canada

1

bye

2

Colombia

4

bye

2

Colombia

•  Dominican Republic relegated to Group II in 2011.
•  Colombia and  Braziladvance to World Group play-off.

Group II

Draw

	Play-offs					First Round					Second Round					Third Round
						Lima, Peru
						1	Peru	5
	Cochabamba, Bolivia						El Salvador	0			Maracaibo, Venezuela
	El Salvador		4								1	Peru	1
	Bolivia		1			La Paz, Bolivia					4	Venezuela	3
							Bolivia	1
						4	Venezuela	4								Mexico
																4	Venezuela	1
						Lambaré, Paraguay										2	Mexico	4
						3	Paraguay	4
	Guatemala City, Guatemala						Netherlands Antilles	1			Encarnación, Paraguay
	Netherlands Antilles		3								3	Paraguay	1
	Guatemala		2			Mexico City, Mexico					2	Mexico	4
						2	Mexico	5
							Guatemala	0

•  Bolivia and  Guatemala relegated to Group III in 2011.
•  Mexico promoted to Group I in 2011.

Group III

• Venue: San Juan, Puerto Rico (outdoor hard)
• Date: 7-11 July

Rank	Team
1	Puerto Rico
2	Haiti
3	Bahamas
4	Jamaica
5	Costa Rica
6	Aruba
7	Bermuda
8	Cuba (withdrew)

•  Puerto Rico and  Haiti promoted to Group II in 2011.
•  Bermuda relegated to Group IV in 2011.
•  Cuba withdrew from the Davis Cup.

Group IV

• Venue: Panama City, Panama (outdoor clay)
• Date: 29 June - 3 July

Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	Pts
Barbados	4	4	0	9	3	4
Honduras	4	3	1	8	4	3
Panama	4	2	2	6	6	2
Trinidad and Tobago	4	1	3	5	7	1
U.S. Virgin Islands	4	0	4	2	10	0

Barbados and Honduras promoted to Group III for 2011.

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

Draw

	Second round play-offs					First round play-offs					First round					Second round
											Melbourne, Australia (hard)
											1	Australia	5
						Kaohsiung, Taiwan (outdoor hard)						Chinese Taipei	0			Brisbane, Australia (clay)
							Chinese Taipei	4								1	Australia	5
							Philippines	1			Osaka, Japan (indoor carpet)					4	Japan	0
											4	Japan	5
												Philippines	0
		Philippines	3
	2	South Korea	2								Guangdong, China (indoor hard)
												China	3
						Gimcheon, South Korea (indoor hard)					3	Uzbekistan	2			Wuhan, China (hard)
						3	Uzbekistan	4									China	1
						2	South Korea	1			Astana, Kazakhstan (indoor clay)						Kazakhstan	4
												Kazakhstan	5
											2	South Korea	0

•  South Korea relegated to Group II in 2011.
•  Australia and  Kazakhstan advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

Draw

	Play-offs					First round					Second round					Third round
						Nonthaburi, Thailand (hard)
						1	Thailand	5
	Malaysia						Pacific Oceania	0			Indonesia
	Pacific Oceania		3								1	Thailand	4
	Malaysia		2			Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (indoor hard)					3	Indonesia	1
						3	Indonesia	5
							Malaysia	0
																1	Thailand	2
						Hong Kong, Hong Kong (hard)										2	New Zealand	3
							Hong Kong	1
						4	Pakistan	3
	Hong Kong		3								4	Pakistan	2
	Sri Lanka		2			Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay)					2	New Zealand	3
							Sri Lanka	2
						2	New Zealand	3

•  Malaysia and  Sri Lanka relegated to Group III in 2011.
•  New Zealand promoted to Group I in 2011.

Group III

• Venue: Enghelab Sport Complex, Tehran, Iran (outdoor clay)
• Date: 28 April–2 May

Rank	Team
1	Syria
2	Iran
3	Lebanon
4	Vietnam
5	Kuwait
6	Oman
7	Bangladesh
8	Saudi Arabia (withdrew)

•  Syria and  Iran promoted to Group II in 2011.
•  Bangladesh relegated to Group IV in 2011.
•  Saudi Arabia withdrew from the Davis Cup.

Group IV

• Venue: Al-Hussein Tennis Club, Amman, Jordan (outdoor hard)
• Date: 19 - 24 April

Rank	Team
1	United Arab Emirates
2	Myanmar
3	Jordan
4	Singapore
5	Bahrain
6	Qatar
7	Turkmenistan
8	Iraq
9	Yemen

•  United Arab Emirates and  Myanmar promoted to Group III in 2011.

Europe/Africa Zone

Group I

Draw

Second-round play-offs

First-round play-offs

First Round

Second Round

1

Austria

Bad Gleichenberg, Austria (indoor hard)

bye

bye

1

Austria

3

Slovakia

Slovakia

2

Slovakia

Minsk, Belarus (hard)

bye

Slovakia

4

Belarus

1

3

Netherlands

Zoetermeer, Netherlands (indoor hard)

bye

3

Netherlands

4

3

Netherlands

1

Castellaneta, Italy (clay)

Belarus

1

Italy

4

Italy

5

Belarus

0

Sopot, Poland (indoor hard)

Poland

2

Pretoria, South Africa (hard)

Finland

3

Poland

Finland

0

bye

4

South Africa

4

bye

Riga, Latvia (indoor carpet)

4

South Africa

Poland

3

Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine (indoor hard)

Latvia

2

Ukraine

4

Bucharest, Romania (clay)

Latvia

1

Latvia

Ukraine

1

bye

2

Romania

3

bye

2

Romania

•  Belarus and  Latvia relegated to Group II in 2011.
•  Austria,  Italy,  South Africa, and  Romania advance to 2010 Davis Cup World Group play-offs.

Group II

Draw

	Play-offs					First Round					Second Round					Third Round
						Vilnius, Lithuania (indoor hard)
						1	Great Britain	2
	Eastbourne, Great Britain (grass)										Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet)
							Lithuania	3
	1	Great Britain	5									Lithuania	3
						Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet)
		Turkey	0								7	Ireland	2
						7	Ireland	4
																Vilnius, Lithuania (indoor hard)
							Turkey	1
																	Lithuania	2
						Sofia, Bulgaria (indoor hard)
																6	Slovenia	3
						3	Monaco	2
	Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay)										Otočec, Slovenia (clay)
							Bulgaria	3
	3	Monaco	5									Bulgaria	0
						Oslo, Norway (indoor hard)
		Norway	0								6	Slovenia	5
						6	Slovenia	5
							Norway	0
						Maia, Portugal (indoor clay)
							Denmark	1
	Cairo, Egypt (clay)										Cruz Quebrada, Portugal (clay)
						5	Portugal	4
		Denmark	5								5	Portugal	5
						Limassol, Cyprus (indoor hard)
		Egypt	0								4	Cyprus	0
							Egypt	2
																Cruz Quebrada, Portugal (clay)
						4	Cyprus	3
																5	Portugal	3
						Tallinn, Estonia (indoor hard)
																	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2
							Estonia	4
	Gödöllő, Hungary (clay)										Tallinn, Estonia (clay)
						8	Hungary	1
	8	Hungary	4									Estonia	2
						Veles, Macedonia (indoor clay)
	2	Macedonia	1									Bosnia and Herzegovina	3
							Bosnia and Herzegovina	3
						2	Macedonia	2

•  Turkey,  Norway,  Egypt, and  Macedonia relegated to Group III in 2011.
•  Slovenia and  Portugal promoted to Group I in 2011.

Group III Europe

Group III Africa

References

1. ^ Serbia crowned Davis Cup champion at the Davis Cup official site
2. "Davis Cup scorecards – 2010". daviscup.com. ITF.
3. ^ World Group 2010 at the Davis Cup official site
4. Best of Three: Djokovic shines for country in Davis Cup first round sportsillustrated.cnn.com
5. which Serbia scores historic Davis Cup victory Times LIVE
6. "Serbia v France". Davis Cup.

External links

• Seeds announced for the 2010 draw
• Official site

• 2010 Davis Cup
• 2010 in tennis
• Davis Cups by year