1998 Davis Cup

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

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.

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

Participating teams

Australia

Belgium

Brazil

Czech Republic

Germany

India

Italy

Netherlands

Russia

Slovakia

South Africa

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

United States

Zimbabwe

Draw

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

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 Italy
Sweden
Andrea Gaudenzi
Magnus Norman
711
69
60
77
6
4
3
6
6
6
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2 Italy
Sweden
Davide Sanguinetti
Magnus Gustafsson
1
6
4
6
0
6
     
3 Italy
Sweden
Diego Nargiso / Davide Sanguinetti
Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti
61
77
1
6
3
6
     
4 Italy
Sweden
Gianluca Pozzi
Magnus Gustafsson
4
6
2
6
       
5 Italy
Sweden
Diego Nargiso
Magnus Norman
6
2
6
3
       

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

Group I

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

Group II

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

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

   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

Group I

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

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

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

Group IV

   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

Group I

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

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

Zone A

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

Zone B

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

Group IV

Zone A

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

Zone B

  • 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

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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