2016 Davis Cup Explained

The 2016 Davis Cup was the 105th edition of the Davis Cup, a tournament between national teams in men's tennis. It was sponsored by BNP Paribas. From this season's tournament the deciding set of each match would be settled by a tiebreak at 6 games all rather than playing an advantage set until a player or a team were two games clear.[1] [2] Argentina won their first Davis Cup title, after 4 runner-up finishes, defeating Croatia in the final. Federico Delbonis defeated Ivo KarloviΔ‡ in the final match to give Argentina its first Davis Cup title,[3] after a comeback from Juan MartΓ­n del Potro against Marin ČiliΔ‡ in the fourth match.[4]

World Group

See main article: article and 2016 Davis Cup World Group.

Final

World Group play-offs

See main article: article and 2016 Davis Cup World Group play-offs.

Date: 16–18 September

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 play-offs for spots in the 2017 World Group.

Seeded teams

Unseeded teams

Home team Score Visiting team Location Venue Door Surface
Olympic Tennis School Outdoor Clay
Indoor Hard
Outdoor Grass
Indoor Hard
National Tennis Center Outdoor Hard
Outdoor Hard
Outdoor Clay
Outdoor Hard

Americas Zone

Group I

Seeds: All seeds received a bye into the second round.

Remaining nations:

Draw

Group II

Seeds:

Remaining nations:

Draw

Group III

Date: 11–16 July

Location: La Paz, Bolivia (clay)

Confirmed teams:

Inactive teams:

Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of four and five teams, respectively (Pools A and B). The winner of each pool plays off against the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations are promoted to Americas Zone Group II in 2017.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 7 March 2016 (shown in parentheses below).

Group A

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3–03–03–03–09–018–0109–351
0–33–03–02–16–312–793–592
0–30–33–01–23–67–1268–793
0–30–30–30–30–90–1811–1084

Group B

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2–12–13–03–04–010–221–6149–941
1–22–12–13–03–18–419–11164–1332
1–21–23–02–12–27–517–13144–1273
0–31–20–32βˆ’11–33–98–20106–1494
0–30–31–21βˆ’20–42–106–2187–1475

Play-offs

PlacingA TeamScoreB Team
Promotional 2–0
Promotional 0–2
5th–6th 2–0
7th–8th 0–3
9th N/A β€”

and promoted to Group II in 2017.

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

Seeds: All seeds received a bye into the second round.

Remaining nations:

Draw

Group II

Seeds:

Remaining nations:

Draw

Group III

Date: 11–16 July

Location: Tehran, Iran (clay)

Confirmed teams:

Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of four and five teams, respectively (Pools A and B). The winner of each pool plays off against the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations are promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2017.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 7 March 2016 (shown in parentheses below).

Group A

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2–13–03–03–08–116–2108–601
1–23–02–12–16–313–7107–782
0–30–32–11–22–75–1469–1023
0–31–21–20–32–74–1559–1034

Group B

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3–03–03–03–04–012–024–1153–791
0–32–13–03–03–18–417–11149–1252
0–31–23–03–02–27–517–13161–1583
0–30–30–32–11–32–107–20111–1534
0–30–30–31–20–41–113–2397–1565

Play-offs

PlacingA TeamScoreB Team
Promotional 2–1
Promotional 2–1
5th N/A β€”
Relegation 3–0
Relegation 2–1

and promoted to Group II in 2017.

and relegated to Group IV in 2017.

Group IV

Date: 13–16 July

Location: Amman, Jordan (clay)

Confirmed teams:

Inactive teams:

Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of four and five teams, respectively (Pools A and B). The winner of each pool plays off against the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations are promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group III in 2017.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 7 March 2016 (shown in parentheses below).

Group A

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3–03–03–03–09–018–2117–721
3–01–22–11–23–69–1382–1092
0–32–11–21–23–68–1499–1053
0–31–22–11–23–68–1497–1094

Group B

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3–03–03–03–04–012–024–1149–541
0–33–02–12–13–17–515–12132–1112
0–30–32–12–12–24–88–1688–1143
0–31–21–23–01–35–711–15100–1274
0–31–21–20–30–42–106–2074–1375

Play-offs

PlacingA TeamScoreB Team
Promotional 3–0
Promotional 1–2
5th–6th 0–3
7th–8th 2–1
9th N/A β€”

and promoted to Group III in 2017.

Europe/Africa Zone

Group I

Seeds:

Remaining nations:

Draw

Group II

Seeds:

Remaining nations:

Draw

Group III Europe

Date: 2–5 March

Location: Tallinn, Estonia (indoor hard)

Format: Round-robin basis. Four pools of four teams (Pools A, B, C and D). The winners of each pool play-off against each other to determine which two nations are promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2017.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 30 November 2015 (shown in parentheses below).

Groups:

Group A

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3–03–02–06–012–072–181
0–32–11–12–44–847–552
0–31–20–21–52–1026–72 3

Group B

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2–13–03–03–08–117–2108–391
1–23–03–02–17–2 14–5100–612
0–30–32–11–22–75–1458–94 3
0–30–31–20–31–82–1736–1084

Group C

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3–03–02–13–08–117–3115–521
0–32–12–12–14–5 8–1289–1002
0–31–22–11–23–69–1286–1063
1–21–21–20–33–66–1367–994

Group D

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3–03–03–03–09–018–0109–181
0–33–03–02–16–3 12–675–632
0–30–33–01–23–66–1262–853
0–30–30–30–30–90–1828–1084

Play-offs

PlacingA TeamScoreD Team
Promotional 0–2
5th–8th 1–2
9th–12th 1–2
13th–15th N/Aβ€”
PlacingB TeamScoreC Team
Promotional 0–2
5th–8th 2–0
9th–12th 1–2
13th–15th 0–3
and promoted to Group II in 2017.

Group III Africa

Date: 11–16 July

Location: Antananarivo, Madagascar (clay)

Confirmed teams:

Inactive teams:

Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of five teams (Pools A and B). The winner of each pool plays off against the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations are promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2017.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 7 March 2016 (shown in parentheses below).

Group A

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3–02–13–03–04–011–122–4148–661
0–32–13–03–03–18–416–10127–1052
1–21–23–03–02–28–417–8125–1053
0–30–30–33–01–33–99–18118–1344
0–30–30–30–30–40–120–2436–1445

Group B

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2–13–03–03–04–011–122–6151–861
1–22–13–03–03–19–321–6150–932
0–31–23–02–12–26–614–14127–1293
0–30–30–32–11–32–105–2290–1494
0–30–31–21–20–42–106–2082–1435

Play-offs

PlacingA TeamScoreB Team
Promotional 2–0
Promotional 0–2
5th–6th 2–1
7th–8th 0–2
9th–10th 0–2

and promoted to Group II in 2017.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Davis Cup votes to use fifth-set tie-breaker beginning in 2016. skysports.com. 1 April 2018.
  2. Web site: Davis Cup - Davis Cup set for fifth set tiebreak in 2016. www.daviscup.com. 1 April 2018.
  3. News: Delbonis defeats Karlovic to give Argentina first Davis Cup title. Tennis.com. 2016-11-28.
  4. News: Del Potro, Argentina rally for Davis Cup title. Brady. James. SBNation.com. 2016-11-28.

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