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2000 Davis Cup

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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.[1][2]

World Group

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Participating teams

Australia

Austria

Belgium

Brazil

Czech Republic

France

Germany

Great Britain

Italy

Netherlands

Russia

Slovakia

Spain

Switzerland

United States

Zimbabwe

Draw

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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

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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 Spain
Australia
Albert Costa
Lleyton Hewitt
6
3
1
6
6
2
4
6
4
6
 
2 Spain
Australia
Juan Carlos Ferrero
Pat Rafter
64
77
77
62
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
77
65
4
6
6
4
   
5 Spain
Australia
Albert Costa
Pat Rafter
          not
played

World Group qualifying round

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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

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Group I

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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

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Group III

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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

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   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

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Group I

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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

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Group III

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

Group IV

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  • 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

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Group I

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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

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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

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Zone A

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

Zone B

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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

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General
  • "World Group 2000". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
Specific
  1. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–496, 505. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ a b "Spain v Australia". daviscup.com.
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