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1998 Davis Cup

The 1998 Davis Cup (also known as the 1998 Davis Cup by NEC for sponsorship purposes) was the 87th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 131 teams entered the competition, 16 in the World Group, 30 in the Americas Zone, 30 in the Asia/Oceania Zone, and 55 in the Europe/Africa Zone. Honduras, Iraq, the Netherlands Antilles, Saint Lucia and the U.S. Virgin Islands made their first appearances in the tournament.

1998 Davis Cup
Details
Duration3 April – 6 December 1998
Edition87th
Teams131
Champion
Winning nation Sweden
← 1997
1999 →

Sweden defeated Italy in the final, held at the Forum di Assago in Milan, Italy, on 4–6 December, to win their second consecutive title and their 7th title overall.[1][2]

World Group

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Main article: 1998 Davis Cup World Group
Participating teams
 
Australia 		 
Belgium 		 
Brazil 		 
Czech Republic
 
Germany 		 
India 		 
Italy 		 
Netherlands
 
Russia 		 
Slovakia 		 
South Africa 		 
Spain
 
Sweden 		 
Switzerland 		 
United States 		 
Zimbabwe

Draw

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First round
3–6 April		Quarterfinals
17–19 July		Semifinals
25–27 September		Final
4–6 December
Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor clay)
  Sweden3
Hamburg, Germany (hard)
  Slovakia2
  Sweden3
Bremen, Germany (indoor carpet)
  Germany2
  Germany5
Stockholm, Sweden (indoor carpet)
  South Africa0
  Sweden4
Porto Alegre, Brazil (clay)
  Spain1
  Spain3
A Coruña, Spain (clay)
  Brazil2
  Spain4
Zürich, Switzerland (indoor carpet)
   Switzerland1
  Czech Republic2
Milan, Italy (indoor clay)
   Switzerland3
  Sweden4
Genoa, Italy (clay)
  Italy1
  India1
Prato, Italy (clay)
  Italy4
  Italy5
Mildura, Australia (grass)
  Zimbabwe0
  Zimbabwe3
Milwaukee, WI, United States (indoor hard)
  Australia2
  Italy4
Brussels, Belgium (clay)
  United States1
  Belgium3
Indianapolis, IN, United States (hard)
  Netherlands1
  Belgium1
Atlanta, GA, United States (hard)
  United States4
  Russia2
  United States3

Final

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Italy vs. Sweden

 
Italy
1 		Forum di Assago, Milan, Italy[2]
4–6 December 1998
Clay (indoors) 		 
Sweden
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Andrea Gaudenzi
Magnus Norman 		711
69 		60
77 		6
4 		3
6 		6
6 		retired
 
2  
  		Davide Sanguinetti
Magnus Gustafsson 		1
6 		4
6 		0
6 		     
3  
  		Diego Nargiso / Davide Sanguinetti
Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti 		61
77 		1
6 		3
6 		     
4  
  		Gianluca Pozzi
Magnus Gustafsson 		4
6 		2
6 		       
5  
  		Diego Nargiso
Magnus Norman 		6
2 		6
3 		       

World Group qualifying round

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Main article: 1998 Davis Cup World Group qualifying round

Date: 25–28 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 1999 World Group.

Home team Score Visiting team Location Venue Door Surface
  Australia 5–0   Uzbekistan Townsville Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre Indoor Hard
  Brazil 3–0   Romania Florianópolis Hotel Costão do Santinho Outdoor Clay
  Czech Republic 5–0   South Africa Prague National Tennis Centre Outdoor Clay
  Israel 1–4   France Ramat HaSharon Canada Stadium Outdoor Hard
  Great Britain 3–2   India Nottingham Nottingham Tennis Centre Outdoor Hard
  Netherlands 5–0   Ecuador Eindhoven Indoor-Sportcentrum Eindhoven Indoor Carpet
  Japan 1–3   Russia Osaka Utsubo Tennis Center Outdoor Hard
  Argentina 2–3   Slovakia Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club Outdoor Clay

Americas Zone

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Group I

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Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
  Chile
Santiago, Chile (indoor carpet)byeBuenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
  Chile5  Chile1
  Colombia0Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)  Argentina4
  Colombia0
Cali, Colombia (clay)  Argentina5
  Colombia3
  Mexico2Nassau, Bahamas (hard)
  Ecuador5
Zapopan, Mexico (clay)  Bahamas0Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)
  Bahamas3  Ecuador3
  Mexico2Halifax, Canada (indoor hard)  Canada2
  Canada3
  Mexico2
  •   Mexico relegated to Group II in 1999.
  •   Argentina and   Ecuador advance to World Group qualifying round.

Group II

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Relegation Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Caracas, Venezuela (hard)
  Venezuela4
Havana, Cuba (hard)  Guatemala1Port-au-Prince, Haiti (clay)
  Guatemala2  Venezuela3
  Cuba3Port-au-Prince, Haiti (hard)  Haiti2
  Haiti3
  Cuba2Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)
  Venezuela3
Lima, Peru (clay)  Uruguay2
  Jamaica0
Asunción, Paraguay (clay)  Peru5Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)
  Jamaica0  Peru1
  Paraguay5Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)  Uruguay4
  Paraguay2
  Uruguay3

Group III

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Rank Team
1   Dominican Republic
2   Costa Rica
3   El Salvador
4   Bolivia
5   Panama
6   Antigua and Barbuda
7   Puerto Rico
8   Bermuda

Group IV

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    AHO   HON   LCA   TRI   BAR   ISV   ECA RR
W–L 		Match
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Standings
  Netherlands Antilles 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 6–0 16–2 (89%) 33–5 (87%) 1
  Honduras 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 5–1 11–7 (61%) 24–16 (60%) 2
  Saint Lucia 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–3 10–8 (56%) 22–17 (56%) 3
  Trinidad and Tobago 0–3 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–3 3–0 3–3 8–10 (44%) 17–21 (45%) 4
  Barbados 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–4 7–11 (39%) 17–26 (40%) 5
  U.S. Virgin Islands 0–3 1–2 0–3 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–4 7–11 (39%) 16–22 (42%) 6
  Eastern Caribbean 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–6 4–14 (22%) 9–31 (23%) 7

Asia/Oceania Zone

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Group I

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Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
  South Korea
Seoul, South Korea (hard)byeSeoul, South Korea (clay)
  South Korea4  South Korea1
  China1Tashkent, Uzbekistan (indoor hard)  Uzbekistan3
  Uzbekistan5
Yanji, China (hard)  China0
  China5
  Indonesia0Sapporo, Japan (indoor carpet)
  Indonesia0
Zouk Mikael, Lebanon (indoor hard)  Japan5Miyazaki, Japan (clay)
  Indonesia2  Japan3
  Lebanon3Beirut, Lebanon (indoor hard)  New Zealand2
  Lebanon2
  New Zealand3

Group II

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Relegation Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Manila, Philippines (indoor clay)
  Philippines1
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard)  Thailand4Pattaya, Thailand (hard)
  Philippines4  Thailand3
  Hong Kong1Yilan, Taiwan (indoor carpet)  Chinese Taipei2
  Hong Kong2
  Chinese Taipei3Lahore, Pakistan (grass)
  Thailand2
Islamabad, Pakistan (clay)  Pakistan3
  Pakistan5
Doha, Qatar (hard)  Pacific Oceania0Tehran, Iran (clay)
  Pacific Oceania1  Pakistan4
  Qatar4Tehran, Iran (indoor clay)  Iran1
  Qatar0
  Iran5

Group III

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Rank Team
1   Kazakhstan
2   Sri Lanka
3   Tajikistan
4   Malaysia
5   Syria
6   Saudi Arabia
7   Singapore
8   Kuwait

Group IV

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    BHR   BAN   IRQ   JOR   OMA   UAE   BRU RR
W–L 		Match
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Standings
  Bahrain 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 6–0 15–3 (83%) 32–9 (78%) 1
  Bangladesh 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 5–1 14–4 (78%) 31–13 (70%) 2
  Iraq 1–2 0–3 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 4–2 12–6 (67%) 26–14 (65%) 3
  Jordan 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–3 10–8 (56%) 22–17 (56%) 4
  Oman 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–4 7–11 (39%) 14–24 (37%) 5
  United Arab Emirates 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–5 3–15 (17%) 8–29 (22%) 6
  Brunei 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–6 2–16 (11%) 5–32 (14%) 7

Europe/Africa Zone

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Group I

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Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
  France
Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)
bye
  Croatia  France4
Helsinki, Finland (hard)
bye  Finland1
  Croatia2
Oslo, Norway (clay)
  Finland3
  Croatia3
  Norway2
  Romania
Bucharest, Romania (indoor hard)
bye
bye  Romania4
  Norway  Norway1
bye
  Norway
  Israel
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
bye
  Austria  Israel4
bye  Austria1
bye
Pörtschach, Austria (clay)
  Austria
  Austria5
Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet)
  Denmark0
  Ukraine3
Newcastle, England (indoor carpet)
  Denmark2
  Denmark  Ukraine0
bye  Great Britain5
bye
  Great Britain

Group II

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Relegation Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Meknes, Morocco (indoor clay)
  Morocco3
Sofia, Bulgaria (clay)Agadir, Morocco (clay)
  Bulgaria2
  Bulgaria5  Morocco2
Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet)
  Luxembourg0  Belarus3
  Belarus5
Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard)
  Luxembourg0
  Belarus4
Dakar, Senegal (hard)
  Ivory Coast1
  Poland2
Bydgoszcz, Poland (clay)Dakar, Senegal (hard)
  Senegal3
  Poland4  Senegal2
Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard)
  Egypt1  Ivory Coast3
  Ivory Coast3
  Egypt2
Jūrmala, Latvia (indoor carpet)
  Yugoslavia3
Jūrmala, Latvia (clay)Belgrade, Yugoslavia (clay)
  Latvia2
  Latvia5  Yugoslavia2
Braga, Portugal (clay)
  Georgia0  Portugal3
  Georgia0
Albufeira, Portugal (hard)
  Portugal5
  Portugal4
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay)
  Hungary1
  Slovenia5
Dublin, Ireland (carpet)Budapest, Hungary (clay)
  Monaco0
  Monaco0  Slovenia2
Budapest, Hungary (clay)
  Ireland5  Hungary3
  Ireland1
  Hungary4

Group III

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Zone A

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  • Venue: Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo
  • Date: 21–25 January
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Rank Team
1   Greece
2   Togo
3   Estonia
4   Ghana
5   Bosnia and Herzegovina
6   Kenya
7   Madagascar
8   Cyprus

Zone B

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Rank Team
1   Turkey
2   Macedonia
3   Lithuania
4   Nigeria
5   Tunisia
6   Moldova
7   San Marino
8   Malta

Group IV

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Zone A

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  • Venue: Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda
  • Date: 28 January–1 February
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Rank Team
1   Armenia
2   Benin
3   Botswana
4   Cameroon
5   Uganda
6   Azerbaijan
7   Sudan
8   Djibouti

Zone B

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  • Venue: Ndola Tennis Club, Ndola, Zambia
  • Date: 6–10 May
    ZAM   ALG   ETH   ISL   LIE RR
W–L 		Match
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Standings
  Zambia 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 4–0 11–1 (92%) 23–5 (82%) 1
  Algeria 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 9–3 (75%) 19–13 (59%) 2
  Ethiopia 0–3 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–2 5–7 (42%) 12–17 (41%) 3
  Iceland 0–3 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–3 3–9 (25%) 12–19 (39%) 4
  Liechtenstein 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–4 2–10 (17%) 9–21 (30%) 5

References

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General
  • "World Group 1998". 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. ^ a b "Italy v Sweden". daviscup.com.
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