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1997 Davis Cup

The 1997 Davis Cup (also known as the 1997 Davis Cup by NEC for sponsorship purposes) was the 86th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 127 teams entered the competition, 16 in the World Group, 25 in the Americas Zone, 29 in the Asia/Oceania Zone, and 57 in the Europe/Africa Zone. A new Group IV of competition was added to each regional zone, providing another level of promotion and relegation within each zone. Madagascar, Tajikistan and Uganda made their first appearances in the tournament.

1997 Davis Cup
Details
Duration7 February – 30 November 1997
Edition86th
Teams127
Champion
Winning nation Sweden
← 1996
1998 →

Sweden defeated the United States in the final, held at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden, on 28–30 November, to win their 6th title overall.[1][2][3]

World Group

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Main article: 1997 Davis Cup World Group
Participating teams
 
Australia 		 
Brazil 		 
Czech Republic 		 
France
 
Germany 		 
India 		 
Italy 		 
Mexico
 
Netherlands 		 
Romania 		 
Russia 		 
South Africa
 
Spain 		 
Sweden 		 
Switzerland 		 
United States

Draw

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First round
7–9 February		Quarterfinals
4–6 April		Semifinals
19–21 September		Final
28–30 November
Ribeirão Preto, Brazil (clay)
  United States4
Newport Beach, CA, United States (hard)
  Brazil1
  United States4
Bucharest, Romania (indoor hard)
  Netherlands1
  Netherlands3
Washington, DC, United States (hard)
  Romania2
  United States4
Sydney, Australia (grass)
  Australia1
  France1
Adelaide, Australia (grass)
  Australia4
  Australia5
Příbram, Czech Republic (indoor clay)
  Czech Republic0
  Czech Republic3
Gothenburg, Sweden (indoor carpet)
  India2
  United States0
Rome, Italy (clay)
  Sweden5
  Mexico1
Pesaro, Italy (indoor carpet)
  Italy4
  Italy4
Mallorca, Spain (clay)
  Spain1
  Spain4
Norrköping, Sweden (indoor carpet)
  Germany1
  Italy1
Durban, South Africa (hard)
  Sweden4
  South Africa3
Växjö, Sweden (indoor carpet)
  Russia1
  South Africa2
Luleå, Sweden (indoor hard)
  Sweden3
   Switzerland1
  Sweden4

Final

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Sweden vs. United States

 
Sweden
5 		Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden[3]
28–30 November 1997
Carpet (indoors) 		 
United States
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Jonas Björkman
Michael Chang 		7
5 		1
6 		6
3 		6
3 		   
2  
  		Magnus Larsson
Pete Sampras 		3
6 		77
61 		2
1 		     
retired
3  
  		Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti
Todd Martin / Jonathan Stark 		6
4 		6
4 		6
4 		     
4  
  		Jonas Björkman
Jonathan Stark 		6
1 		6
1 		       
5  
  		Magnus Larsson
Michael Chang 		77
64 		66
78 		6
4 		     

World Group qualifying round

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Main article: 1997 Davis Cup World Group qualifying round

Date: 19–21 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 1998 World Group.

Home team Score Visiting team Location Venue Door Surface
  Zimbabwe 3–2   Austria Harare City Sports Centre Indoor Hard
  Brazil 5–0   New Zealand Florianópolis Costão Santinho Hotel Outdoor Clay
  India 3–2   Chile New Delhi R.K. Khanna Tennis Complex Outdoor Grass
  Belgium 3–2   France Ghent Flanders Expo Indoor Clay
  Germany 5–0   Mexico Essen Grugahalle Indoor Carpet
  Russia 3–2   Romania Moscow Olympic Stadium Indoor Carpet
  Canada 1–4   Slovakia Montreal Jarry Park Stadium Indoor Carpet
   Switzerland 3–2   South Korea Locarno FEVI Indoor Carpet

Americas Zone

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Group I

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Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
  Venezuela
Nassau, Bahamas (hard)byeMontreal, Canada (indoor hard)
  Venezuela2  Venezuela0
  Bahamas3Montreal, Canada (indoor hard)  Canada5
  Bahamas1
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)  Canada4
  Venezuela1
  Argentina4Santiago, Chile (clay)
  Chile4
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)  Ecuador1Santiago, Chile (clay)
  Ecuador3  Chile3
  Argentina1  Argentina2
bye
  Argentina
  •   Venezuela relegated to Group II in 1998.
  •   Canada and   Chile advance to World Group qualifying round.

Group II

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Relegation Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Havana, Cuba (hard)
  Peru3
San Juan, Puerto Rico (hard)  Cuba2Cali, Colombia (clay)
  Cuba4  Peru0
  Puerto Rico1San Juan, Puerto Rico (hard)  Colombia5
  Puerto Rico2
  Colombia3Bogotá, Colombia (clay)
  Colombia4
Asunción, Paraguay (clay)  Uruguay1
  Paraguay5
San Salvador, El Salvador (clay)  Haiti0Asunción, Paraguay (clay)
  Haiti3  Paraguay2
  El Salvador2San Salvador, El Salvador (hard)  Uruguay3
  El Salvador1
  Uruguay4

Group III

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Rank Team
1   Guatemala
2   Jamaica
3   Antigua and Barbuda
4   Panama
5   Dominican Republic
6   Bolivia
7   Barbados
8   Trinidad and Tobago

Group IV

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    BER   CRC   ECA RR
W–L 		Match
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Standings
  Bermuda 2–1 2–1 2–0 4–2 (67%) 9–5 (64%) 1
  Costa Rica 1–2 2–1 1–1 3–3 (50%) 6–8 (43%) 2
  Eastern Caribbean 1–2 1–2 0–2 2–4 (25%) 5–7 (42%) 3

Asia/Oceania Zone

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Group I

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Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
  New Zealand
byeJakarta, Indonesia (clay)
bye  New Zealand5
  PhilippinesManila, Philippines (indoor clay)  Indonesia0
  Philippines2
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (hard)  Indonesia3
  Philippines0
  Uzbekistan5Beijing, China (indoor hard)
  Uzbekistan1
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (clay)  China4Beijing, China (indoor carpet)
  Uzbekistan2  China1
  Japan3Seoul, South Korea (indoor carpet)  South Korea4
  South Korea3
  Japan2

Group II

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Relegation Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Taipei, Taiwan (indoor hard)
  Chinese Taipei5
Islamabad, Pakistan (clay)  Singapore0Tehran, Iran (clay)
  Singapore0  Chinese Taipei1
  Pakistan5Islamabad, Pakistan (clay)  Iran4
  Pakistan2
  Iran3Beirut, Lebanon (indoor hard)
  Iran1
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (hard)  Lebanon4
  Lebanon5
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (hard)  Saudi Arabia0Beirut, Lebanon (indoor hard)
  Saudi Arabia1  Lebanon5
  Hong Kong4Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard)  Thailand0
  Hong Kong0
  Thailand5

Group III

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Rank Team
1   Qatar
2   Pacific Oceania
3   Kazakhstan
4   Kuwait
5   Malaysia
6   Sri Lanka
7   Bahrain
8   Bangladesh

Group IV

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  • Venue: InterContinental Hotel, Muscat, Oman
  • Date: 26–30 March
    SYR   TJK   UAE   OMA   BRU   JOR RR
W–L 		Match
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Standings
  Syria 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 NP 4–0 11–1 (92%) 22–3 (88%) 1
  Tajikistan 1–2 3–0 3–0 NP 2–1 3–1 9–3 (75%) 18–6 (75%) 2
  United Arab Emirates 0–3 0–3 NP 2–1 3–0 2–2 5–7 (42%) 10–16 (38%) 3
  Oman 0–3 0–3 NP 2–1 2–1 2–2 4–8 (33%) 8–17 (32%) 4
  Brunei 0–3 NP 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–3 4–8 (33%) 10–16 (38%) 5
  Jordan NP 1–2 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–4 3–9 (25%) 8–18 (31%) 6

Europe/Africa Zone

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Group I

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Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
  Belgium
Brussels, Belgium (clay)
bye
bye  Belgium3
Aalborg, Denmark (indoor carpet)
  Hungary  Denmark2
  Denmark5
Budapest, Hungary (clay)
  Hungary0
  Hungary2
  Ukraine3
  Great Britain
Kyiv, Ukraine (clay)London, England (indoor carpet)
bye
  Great Britain3  Great Britain1
Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)
  Ukraine2  Zimbabwe4
  Ukraine0
  Zimbabwe5
  Israel
Bratislava, Slovakia (clay)
bye
  Israel  Israel1
bye  Slovakia3
bye
  Slovakia
  Israelw/o
Osijek, Croatia (indoor carpet)
  Morocco
  Morocco1
Graz, Austria (indoor clay)
  Croatia4
  Morocco  Croatia2
bye  Austria3
bye
  Austria

Group II

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Relegation Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Snarøya, Norway (clay)
  Norway5
Tbilisi, Georgia (clay)Nova Gorica, Slovenia (clay)
  Nigeria0
  Nigeria0  Norway4
Tbilisi, Georgia (clay)
  Georgia5  Slovenia1
  Georgia2
Porto, Portugal (clay)
  Slovenia3
  Norway3
Cairo, Egypt (clay)
  Portugal2
  Egypt0
Cairo, Egypt (clay)Porto, Portugal (clay)
  Portugal5
  Egypt3  Portugal3
Vilnius, Lithuania (indoor carpet)
  Lithuania2  Yugoslavia2
  Yugoslavia3
  Lithuania2
Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard)
  Latvia0
Jūrmala, Latvia (clay)Bytom, Poland (clay)
  Ivory Coast5
  Latvia4  Ivory Coast1
Poznań, Poland (clay)
  Ghana1  Poland4
  Ghana0
Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)
  Poland5
  Poland2
Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard)
  Finland3
  Ireland1
Dublin, Ireland (carpet)Tampere, Finland (clay)
  Belarus4
  Ireland4  Belarus2
Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)
  Greece1  Finland3
  Greece2
  Finland3

Group III

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Zone A

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  • Venue: Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal
  • Date: 22–26 January
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Rank Team
1   Luxembourg
2   Senegal
3   Turkey
4   Macedonia
5   Bosnia and Herzegovina
6   San Marino
7   Armenia
8   Ethiopia

Zone B

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Rank Team
1   Bulgaria
2   Monaco
3   Estonia
4   Moldova
5   Kenya
6   Malta
7   Algeria
8   Cameroon

Group IV

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Zone A

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Rank Team
1   Madagascar
2   Togo
3   Liechtenstein
4   Botswana
5   Uganda
6   Sudan
7   Iceland
8   Djibouti

Zone B

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    TUN   CYP   BEN   ZAM   AZE   CGO RR
W–L 		Match
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Standings
  Tunisia 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 5–0 13–2 (87%) 27–5 (84%) 1
  Cyprus 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 4–1 11–4 (73%) 23–8 (74%) 2
  Benin 0–3 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–2 9–6 (60%) 16–12 (57%) 3
  Zambia 1–2 1–2 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–3 9–6 (60%) 17–13 (57%) 4
  Azerbaijan 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–4 2–13 (13%) 4–24 (14%) 5
  Congo 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–5 1–14 (7%) 3–28 (10%) 6

References

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General
  • "World Group 1997". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
Specific
  1. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–496, 505. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1998). World of Tennis 1997. London: Harper Collins. pp. 31–43. ISBN 9780002188241.
  3. ^ a b "Sweden v United States". daviscup.com.
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