2009 Davis Cup

2009 Davis Cup
Details
Duration 6 March – 6 December
Edition 98th
Achievements
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The 2009 Davis Cup was the 98th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. Sixteen teams participated in the World Group and more than one hundred other took part in different regional groups. Spain won their fourth title. It is the first year that the ITF awarded ATP rankings points to the players competing in the World Group and related Play-Offs.[1]

World Group

Participating Teams

Argentina
Austria
Chile
Croatia

Czech Republic
France
Germany
Israel

Netherlands
Romania
Russia
Serbia

Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United States

Draw

  First round
6–8 March		 Quarterfinals
10–12 July		 Semifinals
18–20 September		 Final
4–6 December
                                     
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
1   Argentina 5  
Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor hard)
    Netherlands 0  
  1   Argentina 2  
Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor carpet)
      Czech Republic 3  
8   France 2
Poreč, Croatia (indoor clay)
    Czech Republic 3  
      Czech Republic 4  
Birmingham, AL, USA (indoor hard)
  5   Croatia 1  
4   United States 4  
Poreč, Croatia (indoor clay)
     Switzerland 1  
  4   United States 2
Poreč, Croatia (indoor hard)
  5   Croatia 3  
5   Croatia 5
Barcelona, Spain (indoor clay)
    Chile 0  
      Czech Republic 0
Malmö, Sweden (indoor carpet)
  2   Spain 5
    Israel 3  
Tel Aviv, Israel (indoor hard)
6   Sweden 2  
      Israel 4
Sibiu, Romania (indoor carpet)
  3   Russia 1  
    Romania 1
Murcia, Spain (clay)
3   Russia 4  
      Israel 1
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (indoor hard)
  2   Spain 4  
    Austria 2  
Marbella, Spain (clay)
7   Germany 3  
  7   Germany 2
Benidorm, Spain (clay)
  2   Spain 3  
    Serbia 1
2   Spain 4  

Final


Spain
5		 Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain[2]
4–6 December 2009
Clay (i)
Czech Republic
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Spain
Czech Republic		 Rafael Nadal
Tomáš Berdych		 7
5		 6
0		 6
2		      
2 Spain
Czech Republic		 David Ferrer
Radek Štěpánek		 1
6		 2
6		 6
4		 6
4		 8
6		  
3 Spain
Czech Republic		 Feliciano López / Fernando Verdasco
Tomáš Berdych / Radek Štěpánek		 79
67		 7
5		 6
2		      
4 Spain
Czech Republic		 Rafael Nadal
Jan Hájek		 6
3		 6
4		        
5 Spain
Czech Republic		 David Ferrer
Lukáš Dlouhý		 6
4		 6
2		        

World Group Play-offs

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

Venue (surface) Home Team Score Visiting Team
Rancagua, Chile (clay)  Chile 3–2  Austria (5)
Charleroi, Belgium (indoor clay)  Belgium (6) 3–2  Ukraine
Porto Alegre, Brazil (indoor clay)  Brazil (8) 2–3  Ecuador
Maastricht, Netherlands (indoor clay)  Netherlands 1–4  France (2)
Johannesburg, South Africa (indoor hard)  South Africa 1–4  India (7)
Belgrade, Serbia (indoor hard)  Serbia (3) 5–0  Uzbekistan
Helsingborg, Sweden (indoor hard)  Sweden (1) 3–2  Romania
Genoa, Italy (clay)  Italy 2–3   Switzerland (4)

Americas Zone

Group I

Participating Teams
For more details on this topic, see 2009 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I.

Group II

Participating Teams
For more details on this topic, see 2009 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group II.

Group III

Participating Teams
For more details on this topic, see 2009 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III.

Group IV

Participating Teams
For more details on this topic, see 2009 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group IV.

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

Participating Teams
For more details on this topic, see 2009 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I.

Group II

Participating Teams
For more details on this topic, see 2009 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II.

Group III

Participating Teams
For more details on this topic, see 2009 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III.

Group IV

Participating Teams
For more details on this topic, see 2009 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV.

Europe/Africa Zone

Group I

Seeds:

Remaining Nations:

Draw

  2nd round play-offs
18-20 Sep		 1st round play-offs
10–12 July		 1st round
6–8 March		 2nd round
6–8 March
                                     
 
    S   Slovakia    
       bye       Cagliari, Italy (clay)
     bye         S   Slovakia 1
  S   Slovakia           Italy 4
      Italy  
  Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)        bye    
  S   Slovakia 5  
      Macedonia 0    
    S   Belarus    
  Minsk, Belarus (hard)      bye       Johannesburg, South Africa (hard) (8–10 May)
S   Belarus 4       S   Belarus 0
      Macedonia 1   Johannesburg, South Africa (hard)       South Africa 5
      South Africa 5
        Macedonia 0  
 
       bye    
        Ukraine       Glasgow, Great Britain (indoor hard)
  S   Great Britain             Ukraine 4
     bye       S   Great Britain 1
     bye  
  Liverpool, Great Britain (carpet indoor)     S   Great Britain    
  S   Great Britain 2  
      Poland 3    
       bye    
        Poland       Liège, Belgium (indoor clay)
    Poland             Poland 1
     bye       S   Belgium 4
     bye  
    S   Belgium    
 Macedonia and  Great Britain
relegated to Group II in 2011.		  Italy,  South Africa,  Ukraine, and  Belgium
advance to World Group Play-off.
For more details on this topic, see 2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I.

Group II

Participating Teams
For more details on this topic, see 2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

Group III

Participating Teams


† Relegations to Group IV were ultimately not enforced, as Groups III and IV were reorganized into Group III (Europe) and Group III (Africa) for 2010.

For more details on this topic, see 2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III.

Group IV

Participating Teams
For more details on this topic, see 2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group IV.

Point Distribution

Davis Cup
Rubber category Match win Match loss Team bonus Performance bonus Total achievable
Singles Play-offs 5 / 101 15
First round 40 102 80
Quarterfinals 65 130
Semifinals 70 140
Final 75 753 1254 150 / 2253 / 2754
Cumulative total 500 500 – 5353 6254 6254
Doubles Play-offs 10 10
First round 50 102 50
Quarterfinals 80 80
Semifinals 90 90
Final 95 355 95 / 1305
Cumulative total 315 3505 3505

ATP Points distributed from 2009 onwards[3]

Glossary

Only World Group and World Group Play-Off matches and only live matches earn points. Dead rubbers earn no points. If a player does not compete in one or more rounds he will receive points from the previous round when playing at the next tie.[3]

1 A player who wins a singles rubber in the first day of the tie is awarded 5 points, whereas a singles rubber win in tie's last day grants 10 points for a total of 15 available points.[3]

2 For the first round only, any player who competes in a live rubber, without a win, receives 10 ranking points for participation.[3]

3 Team bonus awarded to a singles player who wins 7 live matches in a calendar year and his team wins the competition.[3]

4 Performance bonus awarded to a singles player who wins 8 live matches in a calendar year. In this case, no Team bonus is awarded.[3]

5 Team bonus awarded to an unchanged doubles team who wins 4 matches in a calendar year and his team wins the competition.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Davis Cup scorecards – 2009". www.daviscup.com. ITF.
  2. ↑ "Spain v Czech Republic". daviscup.com.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 "IX. Emirates ATP Rankings" (PDF). 2013-07-01. Retrieved 2013-07-17.

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