The Finals, formerly known as World Group, was the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 2019. It was held on indoor hard courts at the Caja Mágica in Madrid, Spain from 18 until 24 November. The ties were contested in a best-of-three rubbers format and were played on one day. There were two singles followed by a doubles.
Croatia were the defending champions, but were eliminated during the round-robin stage.
Spain won the title, defeating Canada in the final, 2–0. It was the Spanish men's national tennis team's first Davis Cup title since 2011 and their sixth Davis Cup title overall. Rafael Nadal was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament after winning all eight of his matches.
Participating teams 18 nations took part in the Finals.
The qualification were as follows: 4 semifinalists of the previous edition 2 wild card teams, selected by the Organising Committee that did not have to participate in the Qualifying round 12 winners of the qualifying round, in February 2019
Overview H = Host nation, TH = Title holder, WC = Wild card Participating teams (WC) (TH) (WC) (H)
Seeds The seedings were based on the Davis Cup Ranking of 4 February. The top six nations were seeded and drawn into position 1 across groups A-F, the nations ranked from 7 to 12 were drawn randomly into position 2, the remaining nations were drawn randomly into position 3.
(Round robin) (Round robin) (Quarterfinals) (Round robin) (Semifinals) (Round robin) (Champion) (Quarterfinals) (Quarterfinals) (Round robin) (Quarterfinals) (Round robin) (Final) (Round robin) (Round robin) (Round robin) (Semifinals) (Round robin)
Team nominations
Each nation had to submit a team of up to five players at least 20 days before the Monday of the week of the event. If a player became injured or ill severely enough to prevent his participation in the tournament before his team's first match, he would be replaced by another player.
Format The 18 teams are divided in six round robin groups of three teams each. The six group winners plus the two second-placed teams with the best records based on percentage of matches won (followed by percentage of sets won and then percentage of games won), will qualify for the quarterfinals.
Day Round Number of teams 18–21 November (Monday–Thursday) Round robin 18 (6 groups of 3 teams) 21–22 November (Thursday–Friday) Quarterfinals 8 (6 group winners + 2 best second place) 23 November (Saturday) Semifinals 4 (automatically qualified for 2020 Davis Cup Finals) 24 November (Sunday) Final 2
Group stage Qualified for the Knockout stage
Overview T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets GroupWinnersRunners-upThirdNationTMSNationTMSNationTMSA2–05–110–21–13–36–70–21–53–10B2–05–111–21–14–28–60–20–61–12C2–05–111–41–13–38–60–21–52–11D2–05–110–31–13–37–70–21–54–11E2–04–210–51–13–37–70–22–45–10F2–04–29–51–13–37–80–22–47–10
Group A Pos.CountryTiesMatchesSetsSets %Games Games %12–05–110–283%72–5059%21–13–36–746%67–6650%30–21–53–1023%53–7641%
France vs. Japan
Serbia vs. Japan
France vs. Serbia
Group B Pos.CountryTiesMatchesSetsSets %Games Games %12–05–111–285%77–5359%21–14–28–657%78–7252%30–20–61–128%49–7938%
Croatia vs. Russia
Spain vs. Russia
Croatia vs. Spain
Group C Pos.CountryTiesMatchesSetsSets %Games Games %12–05–111–473%90–7754%21–13–38–657%78–6555%30–21–52–1115%55–8140%
Argentina vs. Chile
Argentina vs. Germany
Germany vs. Chile
Group D Pos.CountryTiesMatchesSetsSets %Games Games %12–05–110–377%67–5654%21–13–37–750%70–6353%30–21–54–1127%66–8444%
Belgium vs. Colombia
Australia vs. Colombia
Belgium vs. Australia
Note: Gillé/Vliegen's retirement victory over Peers/Thompson counted as a 6–1, 6–0 win.
Group E Pos.CountryTiesMatchesSetsSets %Games ЩзмщGames %12–04–210–567%84–7154%21–13–37–750%70–6751%30–22–45–1033%74–9045%
Kazakhstan vs. Netherlands
Great Britain vs. Netherlands
Great Britain vs. Kazakhstan
Group F Pos.CountryTiesMatchesSetsSets %Games Games %12–04–29–564%72–7848%21–13–37–847%84–7752%30–22–47–1041%95–9650%
Italy vs. Canada
United States vs. Canada
Note: Querrey/Sock's walkover victory over Pospisil/Shapovalov counted as a 6–0, 6–0 win.
United States vs. Italy
Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Australia vs. Canada
Serbia vs. Russia
Great Britain vs. Germany
Argentina vs. Spain
Semifinals
Russia vs. Canada
Great Britain vs. Spain
Final
Canada vs. Spain
References
External links Official website