2016 Davis Cup

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. Argentina won their first Davis Cup title, after 4 runner-up finishes, defeating Croatia in the final. Federico Delbonis defeated Ivo Karlović in the final match to give Argentina its first Davis Cup title, after a comeback from Juan Martín del Potro against Marin Čilić in the fourth match.

Kosovo made its first appearance in the tournament.

World Group

Participating teams

Seeds

Draw

Final

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 2–3 Tashkent Olympic Tennis School Outdoor Clay 4–0 Ostend Sleuyter Arena Indoor Hard 3–0 Sydney NSW Tennis Centre Outdoor Grass 5–0 Halifax Scotiabank Centre Indoor Hard 3–1 Moscow National Tennis Center Outdoor Hard 0–5 New Delhi R.K. Khanna Tennis Complex Outdoor Hard 3–2 Berlin Rot-Weiss Tennis Club Outdoor Clay 5–0 Osaka Utsubo Tennis Center Outdoor Hard

, , , , and will remain in the World Group in 2017. and are promoted to the World Group in 2017. , , , , and will remain in Zonal Group I in 2017. and are relegated to Zonal Group I in 2017.

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).

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

Group A

RR W–LMatches W–LSets W–L Games W–LStandings 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 9–0 18–0 109–35 1 0–3 3–0 3–0 2–1 6–3 12–7 93–59 2 0–3 0–3 3–0 1–2 3–6 7–12 68–79 3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–9 0–18 11–108 4

Group B

RR W–LMatches W–LSets W–L Games W–LStandings 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 4–0 10–2 21–6 149–94 1 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–1 8–4 19–11 164–133 2 1–2 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–2 7–5 17–13 144–127 3 0–3 1–2 0–3 2−1 1–3 3–9 8–20 106–149 4 0–3 0–3 1–2 1−2 0–4 2–10 6–21 87–147 5

Play-offs

PlacingA TeamScoreB TeamPromotional 2–0 Promotional 0–2 5th–6th 2–0 7th–8th 0–3 9th N/A —

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).

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

Group A

RR W–LMatches W–LSets W–L Games W–LStandings 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 8–1 16–2 108–60 1 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 6–3 13–7 107–78 2 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–2 2–7 5–14 69–102 3 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–7 4–15 59–103 4

Group B

RR W–LMatches W–LSets W–L Games W–LStandings 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 4–0 12–0 24–1 153–79 1 0–3 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 8–4 17–11 149–125 2 0–3 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–2 7–5 17–13 161–158 3 0–3 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–3 2–10 7–20 111–153 4 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–4 1–11 3–23 97–156 5

Play-offs

PlacingA TeamScoreB TeamPromotional 2–1 Promotional 2–1 5th N/A — 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).

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

Group A

RR W–LMatches W–LSets W–L Games W–LStandings 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 9–0 18–2 117–72 1 3–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–6 9–13 82–109 2 0–3 2–1 1–2 1–2 3–6 8–14 99–105 3 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–6 8–14 97–109 4

Group B

RR W–LMatches W–LSets W–L Games W–LStandings 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 4–0 12–0 24–1 149–54 1 0–3 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 7–5 15–12 132–111 2 0–3 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–2 4–8 8–16 88–114 3 0–3 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–3 5–7 11–15 100–127 4 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–3 0–4 2–10 6–20 74–137 5

Play-offs

PlacingA TeamScoreB TeamPromotional 3–0 Promotional 1–2 5th–6th 0–3 7th–8th 2–1 9th N/A —

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).

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

Groups:

Group A

RR W–LMatches W–LSets W–L Games W–LStandings 3–0 3–0 2–0 6–0 12–0 72–18 1 0–3 2–1 1–1 2–4 4–8 47–55 2 0–3 1–2 0–2 1–5 2–10 26–72 3

Group B

RR W–LMatches W–LSets W–L Games W–LStandings 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 8–1 17–2 108–39 1 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–1 7–2 14–5 100–61 2 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–2 2–7 5–14 58–94 3 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3 1–8 2–17 36–108 4

Group C

RR W–LMatches W–LSets W–L Games W–LStandings 3–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 8–1 17–3 115–52 1 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 4–5 8–12 89–100 2 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–6 9–12 86–106 3 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–3 3–6 6–13 67–99 4

Group D

RR W–LMatches W–LSets W–L Games W–LStandings 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 9–0 18–0 109–18 1 0–3 3–0 3–0 2–1 6–3 12–6 75–63 2 0–3 0–3 3–0 1–2 3–6 6–12 62–85 3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–9 0–18 28–108 4

Play-offs

PlacingA TeamScoreD TeamPromotional 0–2 5th–8th 1–2 9th–12th 1–213th–15th N/A — PlacingB TeamScoreC TeamPromotional 0–25th–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).

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5

Group A

RR W–LMatches W–LSets W–L Games W–LStandings 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 4–0 11–1 22–4 148–66 1 0–3 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 8–4 16–10 127–105 2 1–2 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–2 8–4 17–8 125–105 3 0–3 0–3 0–3 3–0 1–3 3–9 9–18 118–134 4 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–4 0–12 0–24 36–144 5

Group B

RR W–LMatches W–LSets W–L Games W–LStandings 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 4–0 11–1 22–6 151–86 1 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 9–3 21–6 150–93 2 0–3 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–2 6–6 14–14 127–129 3 0–3 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–3 2–10 5–22 90–149 4 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–4 2–10 6–20 82–143 5

Play-offs

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

and promoted to Group II in 2017.

References

External links

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