The 2002 Davis Cup (also known as the 2002 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas for sponsorship purposes) was the 91st edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 130 teams entered the competition, 16 in the World Group, 28 in the Americas Zone, 32 in the Asia/Oceania Zone, and 54 in the Europe/Africa Zone. Kyrgyzstan made its first appearances in the tournament.
BNP Paribas became the Davis Cup's new Title Sponsor from this year's tournament, taking over from NEC, the previous sponsor since the 1981 tournament.
Russia defeated the defending champions France in the final, held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, on 29 November–1 December, to win their first title. This is the only time in the history of the competition that a two-set deficit has been turned around in a live fifth rubber of a Final.
World Group
Participating teams
Draw
Final France vs. Russia
World Group qualifying round
Date: 20–22 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 qualifying round for spots in the 2003 World Group.
Home team Score Visiting team Location Venue Door Surface 5–0 Adelaide Memorial Drive Outdoor Hard 1–4 Harare City Sports Centre Indoor Hard 4–0 Rio de Janeiro Universidade Veiga de Almeida Outdoor Clay 5–0 Karlsruhe Europahalle Indoor Hard 3–2 Birmingham National Indoor Arena Indoor Carpet 1–4 Turku Turkuhalli Indoor Carpet 1–4 Prešov Mestská hala Indoor Carpet 2–3 Casablanca Complexe Al Amal Outdoor Clay
, , , , and remain in the World Group in 2003. and are promoted to the World Group in 2003. , , , , and remain in Zonal Group I in 2003. and are relegated to Zonal Group I in 2003.
Americas Zone
Group I
Group II
Group III Venue: San Salvador, El Salvador (outdoor clay) Date: 3–7 April
Group IV
Asia/Oceania Zone
Group I
Group II
Group III Venue: Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran (outdoor clay) Date: 10–14 April
Group IV Venue: National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh (outdoor hard) Date: 20–24 March
Europe/Africa Zone
Group I
Group II The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2002.
In the Europe/Africa Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group II advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group II, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2003.
Participating nations
Draw
, , , and relegated to Group III in 2003. and promoted to Group I in 2003.
First round
Ukraine vs. Bulgaria
Latvia vs. Ivory Coast
Moldova vs. Denmark
Norway vs. Egypt
Yugoslavia vs. South Africa
Luxembourg vs. Hungary
Armenia vs. Ireland
Slovenia vs. Ghana
Second round
Ivory Coast vs. Bulgaria
Denmark vs. Norway
Luxembourg vs. Yugoslavia
Slovenia vs. Ireland
Relegation play-offs
Latvia vs. Ukraine
Egypt vs. Moldova
South Africa vs. Hungary
Ghana vs. Armenia
Third round
Norway vs. Ivory Coast
Luxembourg vs. Slovenia
Group III
Zone A Venue: Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland Date: 8–12 May
Zone B Venue: Antalya, Turkey Date: 3–7 April
Group IV
Zone A Venue: Mombasa Sports Club, Mombasa, Kenya (outdoor hard) Date: 6–10 February
Zone B
References
General
Specific
External links Davis Cup official website