1997 Davis Cup

1997 Davis Cup
Details
Duration7 February – 30 November 1997
Edition86th
Teams127
Champion
Winning nation Sweden
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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.

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

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

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

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 Sweden
United States 		Jonas Björkman
Michael Chang 		7
5 		1
6 		6
3 		6
3 		   
2 Sweden
United States 		Magnus Larsson
Pete Sampras 		3
6 		77
61 		2
1 		     
retired
3 Sweden
United States 		Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti
Todd Martin / Jonathan Stark 		6
4 		6
4 		6
4 		     
4 Sweden
United States 		Jonas Björkman
Jonathan Stark 		6
1 		6
1 		       
5 Sweden
United States 		Magnus Larsson
Michael Chang 		77
64 		66
78 		6
4 		     

World Group qualifying round

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

Group I

This section is transcluded from 1997 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I. (edit | history)
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

This section is transcluded from 1997 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group II. (edit | history)

Group III

This section is transcluded from 1997 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III. (edit | history)
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

This section is transcluded from 1997 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group IV. (edit | history)
   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

Group I

This section is transcluded from 1997 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I. (edit | history)
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

This section is transcluded from 1997 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II. (edit | history)
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

This section is transcluded from 1997 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III. (edit | history)
Rank Team
1  Qatar
2  Pacific Oceania
3  Kazakhstan
4  Kuwait
5  Malaysia
6  Sri Lanka
7  Bahrain
8  Bangladesh

Group IV

This section is transcluded from 1997 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV. (edit | history)
  • 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

Group I

This section is transcluded from 1997 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I. (edit | history)
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

This section is transcluded from 1997 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II. (edit | history)
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

Zone A

  • Venue: Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal
  • Date: 22–26 January
This section is transcluded from 1997 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Zone A. (edit | history)
Rank Team
1  Luxembourg
2  Senegal
3  Turkey
4  Macedonia
5  Bosnia and Herzegovina
6  San Marino
7  Armenia
8  Ethiopia

Zone B

This section is transcluded from 1997 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Zone B. (edit | history)
Rank Team
1  Bulgaria
2  Monaco
3  Estonia
4  Moldova
5  Kenya
6  Malta
7  Algeria
8  Cameroon

Group IV

Zone A

This section is transcluded from 1997 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group IV – Zone A. (edit | history)
Rank Team
1  Madagascar
2  Togo
3  Liechtenstein
4  Botswana
5  Uganda
6  Sudan
7  Iceland
8  Djibouti

Zone B

This section is transcluded from 1997 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group IV – Zone B. (edit | history)
   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

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.