1999 Davis Cup

The 1999 Davis Cup (also known as the 1999 Davis Cup by NEC for sponsorship purposes) was the 88th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 129 teams entered the competition, 16 in the World Group, 30 in the Americas Zone, 32 in the Asia/Oceania Zone, and 51 in the Europe/Africa Zone. Fiji made its first appearances in the tournament.

1999 Davis Cup
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Duration2 April – 5 December 1999
Edition88th
Teams128
Champion
Winning nation Australia
1998
2000

Australia defeated France in the final, held at the Acropolis Exhibition Hall in Nice, France, on 3–5 December, to win their 27th title and their first since 1986.[1][2] Mark Philippoussis, Lleyton Hewitt and doubles pairing Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde made up the winning Australian team in the final; Pat Rafter, who was involved in the Aussies' run to the final was forced to pull out due to injury.[3]

World Group

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Participating teams

Australia

Belgium

Brazil

Czech Republic

France

Germany

Great Britain

Italy

Netherlands

Russia

Slovakia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

United States

Zimbabwe

Draw

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First round
2–4 April
Quarterfinals
16–18 July
Semifinals
24–26 September
Final
3–5 December
Trollhättan, Sweden (indoor carpet)
 Sweden2
Moscow, Russia (indoor clay)
 Slovakia3
 Slovakia2
Frankfurt, Germany (indoor carpet)
 Russia3
 Germany2
Brisbane, Australia (grass)
 Russia3
 Russia1
Birmingham, England (indoor hard)
 Australia4
 United States3
Chestnut Hill, MA, United States (hard)
 Great Britain2
 United States1
Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)
 Australia4
 Australia4
Nice, France (indoor clay)
 Zimbabwe1
 Australia3
Nîmes, France (indoor clay)
 France2
 Netherlands1
Pau, France (indoor carpet)
 France4
 France3
Lleida, Spain (clay)
 Brazil2
 Brazil3
Pau, France (indoor carpet)
 Spain2
 France4
Ghent, Belgium (indoor clay)
 Belgium1
 Belgium3
Brussels, Belgium (clay)
 Czech Republic2
 Belgium3
Neuchâtel, Switzerland (indoor carpet)
  Switzerland2
  Switzerland3
 Italy2

Final

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France vs. Australia


France
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Acropolis Exhibition Hall, Nice, France[2]
3–5 December 1999
Clay (indoors)

Australia
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Sébastien Grosjean
Mark Philippoussis
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Lleyton Hewitt
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Olivier Delaître / Fabrice Santoro
Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde
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World Group qualifying round

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Date: 24–26 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 2000 World Group.

Home teamScoreVisiting teamLocationVenueDoorSurface
 Austria3-2  SwedenPörtschachWerzer ArenaOutdoorClay
 Zimbabwe4-1  ChileHarareHarare Municipal CentreIndoorHard
 Uzbekistan0-5  Czech RepublicTashkentYunusabad Tennis CentreIndoorHard
 Ecuador2-3  NetherlandsGuayaquilClub Nacional de GuayaquilOutdoorClay
 New Zealand0-5  SpainHamiltonMystery Creek Events CentreIndoorHard
 Italy3-2  FinlandSassariTorres Tennis SassariOutdoorClay
 Great Britain4-1  South AfricaBirminghamNational Indoor ArenaIndoorHard
 Romania1-4  GermanyBucharestArena ClubOutdoorClay

Americas Zone

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Group I

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Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
 Argentina
Caracas, Venezuela (hard)byeSalinas, Ecuador (hard)
 Argentina4  Argentina1
 Venezuela1Salinas, Ecuador (hard)  Ecuador4
 Venezuela2
Caracas, Venezuela (hard)  Ecuador3
 Venezuela1
 Bahamas3Cali, Colombia (clay)
 Colombia3
Nassau, Bahamas (hard)  Canada2Bogotá, Colombia (clay)
 Canada4  Colombia0
 Bahamas1Nassau, Bahamas (hard)  Chile5
 Bahamas0
 Chile5
  •  Venezuela relegated to Group II in 2000.
  •  Ecuador and  Chile advance to World Group qualifying round.

Group II

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Relegation Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
San Luis Potosí City, Mexico (hard)
 Mexico3
Port-au-Prince, Haiti (clay)  Paraguay2Havana, Cuba (hard)
 Paraguay5  Mexico3
 Haiti0Havana, Cuba (indoor hard)  Cuba2
 Cuba4
 Haiti1Lima, Peru (clay)
 Mexico2
Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep. (hard)  Peru3
 Peru4
San José, Costa Rica (hard)  Dominican Republic1Lima, Peru (clay)
 Dominican Republic2  Peru4
 Costa Rica3San Rafael de Escazú, Costa Rica  Uruguay1
 Costa Rica1
 Uruguay4

Group III

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Final standings

RankTeam
1  El Salvador
2  Guatemala
3  Panama
4  Bolivia
5  Netherlands Antilles
6  Jamaica
7  Antigua and Barbuda
8  Honduras

Group IV

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Final standings

RankTeam
1  Puerto Rico
2  Trinidad and Tobago
3  U.S. Virgin Islands
4  Saint Lucia
5  Bermuda
6  Barbados
7  Eastern Caribbean

Asia/Oceania Zone

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Group I

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Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
Seogwipo, South Korea (hard)
 India2
Calcutta, India (grass)  South Korea3Christchurch, New Zealand (indoor hard)
 India5  South Korea2
 China0Shenzhen, China (hard)  New Zealand3
 New Zealand3
Shenzhen, China (hard)  China2
 China3
 Pakistan0Tashkent, Uzbekistan (indoor hard)
 Pakistan1
Beirut, Lebanon (indoor hard)  Uzbekistan4Fukushima, Japan (indoor carpet)
 Pakistan1  Uzbekistan3
 Lebanon4Zouk Mikael, Lebanon (indoor hard)  Japan2
 Lebanon1
 Japan4

Group II

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Relegation Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Doha, Qatar (hard)
 Indonesia5
Kaohsiung, Taiwan (clay)  Qatar0Jakarta, Indonesia (indoor hard)
 Qatar0  Indonesia
 Chinese Taipei5Manila, Philippines (hard)  Philippines
 Chinese Taipei2
 Philippines3Nonthaburi, Thailand (hard)
 Philippines1
Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay)  Thailand4
 Iran3
Almaty, Kazakhstan (indoor hard)  Sri Lanka2Tehran, Iran (clay)
 Sri Lanka1  Iran0
 Kazakhstan4Nonthaburi, Thailand (hard)  Thailand5
 Kazakhstan0
 Thailand5

Group III

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Final standings

RankTeam
1  Malaysia
2  Hong Kong
3  Tajikistan
4  Pacific Oceania
5  Bangladesh
6  Syria
7  Saudi Arabia
8  Bahrain

Group IV

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Final standings

RankTeam
1  Kuwait
2  Singapore
3  Oman
4  United Arab Emirates
5  Fiji
6  Jordan
7  Iraq
8  Brunei

Europe/Africa Zone

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Group I

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Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
 Romania
Bucharest, Romania (clay)
bye
bye  Romania3
 Croatia  Croatia2
bye
Zagreb, Croatia (indoor carpet)
 Croatia
 Croatia1
 Portugal4
 Austria
Wels, Austria (indoor clay)
bye
bye  Austria4
 Portugal  Portugal1
bye
 Portugal
 Israel
Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)
bye
 Israel  Israel2
bye  Finland3
bye
Kyiv, Ukraine (clay)
 Finland
 Israel2
Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet)
 Ukraine3
 Ukraine2
Cape Town, South Africa (hard)
 Belarus3
 Ukraine  Belarus1
bye  South Africa4
bye
 South Africa

Group II

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Relegation Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Aalborg, Denmark (indoor carpet)
 Denmark5
Ljubljana, Slovenia (clay)Skagen, Denmark (hard)
 Senegal0
 Senegal0  Denmark3
Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet)
 Slovenia5  Ireland2
 Slovenia2
Budapest, Hungary (clay)
 Ireland3
 Denmark1
Budapest, Hungary (clay)
 Hungary3
 Hungary5
Lomé, Togo (hard)Budapest, Hungary (clay)
 Greece0
 Greece4  Hungary4
Plovdiv, Bulgaria (clay)
 Togo1  Bulgaria1
 Togo0
 Bulgaria5
Jūrmala, Latvia (indoor carpet)
 Latvia2
Jūrmala, Latvia (clay)Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard)
 Poland3
 Latvia4  Poland3
Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard)
 Macedonia1  Ivory Coast1
 Macedonia0
Casablanca, Morocco (clay)
 Ivory Coast5
 Poland0
Casablanca, Morocco (clay)
 Morocco5
 Yugoslavia1
Istanbul, Turkey (hard)Oslo, Norway (clay)
 Morocco4
 Yugoslavia2  Morocco4
Oslo, Norway (indoor carpet)
 Turkey3  Norway1
 Turkey0
 Norway5

Group III

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Zone A

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Final standings

RankTeam
1  Egypt
2  Luxembourg
3  Bosnia and Herzegovina
4  Tunisia
5  Nigeria
6  Benin
7  Algeria
8  Ghana

Zone B

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Final standings

RankTeam
1  Estonia
2  Lithuania
3  Moldova
4  Armenia
5  Monaco
6  Georgia
7  Kenya
8  Zambia

Group IV

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  • Venue: Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda
  • Date: 28 January–1 February

Zone A

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Final standings

RankTeam
1  Iceland
2  Malta
3  Cyprus
4  Ethiopia
5  Sudan

Zone B

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Final standings

RankTeam
1  Madagascar
2  Botswana
3  Azerbaijan
4  San Marino
5  Uganda

References

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General
  • "World Group 1999". 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 "France v Australia". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Rafter admits Davis Cup glory will be difficult". The Hindu. Associated Press. 28 October 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
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