2011 Davis Cup

Details
Duration	4 March – 4 December 2011
Edition	100th
Champion
Winning nation	Spain
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The 2011 Davis Cup (also known as the 2011 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas for sponsorship purposes) was the 100th edition of a tournament between national teams in men's tennis. Spain was the championship team, winning the final over Argentina, 3–1.^[1][2]

The draw took place in September 2010 in Brussels, Belgium.^[3]

Participating Teams
Argentina	Austria	Belgium	Chile
Croatia	Czech Republic	France	Germany
India	Kazakhstan	Romania	Russia
Serbia	Spain	Sweden	United States

Seeds:

Spain 3	Estadio Olímpico, Seville, Spain[4][5] 2–4 December 2011 Clay (i)		Argentina 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Rafael Nadal Juan Mónaco 6 1 6 1 6 2       2 David Ferrer Juan Martín del Potro 6 2 62 77 3 6 6 4 6 3   3 Feliciano López / Fernando Verdasco David Nalbandian / Eduardo Schwank 4 6 2 6 3 6       4 Rafael Nadal Juan Martín del Potro 1 6 6 4 6 1 77 60     5 David Ferrer David Nalbandian           not played

Date: 16–18 September

The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties and eight winners of the Zonal Group I final round ties will compete in the World Group play-offs for spots in the 2012 World Group.

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface
Romania	0–5	Czech Republic	Bucharest	Centrul National De Tenis	Outdoor	Clay
Russia	3–2	Brazil	Kazan	Kazan Tennis Academy	Indoor	Hard
Israel	2–3	Canada	Ramat HaSharon	Canada Stadium	Outdoor	Hard
South Africa	1–4	Croatia	Potchefstroom	Fanie du Toit Sports Complex	Outdoor	Hard
Chile	1–4	Italy	Santiago	Estadio Nacional	Outdoor	Hard
Japan	4–1	India	Tokyo	Ariake Coliseum	Outdoor	Hard
Belgium	1–4	Austria	Antwerp	Lotto Arena	Indoor	Hard
Australia	2–3	Switzerland	Sydney	Royal Sydney Golf Club	Outdoor	Grass

•  Austria,  Croatia,  Czech Republic and  Russia will remain in the World Group in 2012.
•  Canada,  Italy,  Japan and   Switzerland are promoted to the World Group in 2012.
•  Australia,  Brazil,  Israel, and  South Africa will remain in Zonal Group I in 2012.
•  Belgium,  Chile,  India and  Romania are relegated to Zonal Group I in 2012.

•  Mexico relegated to Group II in 2012.
•  Canada and  Brazil advance to World Group play-off.

•  Netherlands Antilles and  Haiti relegated to Group III in 2012.
•  Peru promoted to Group I in 2012.

• Venue: Club de Tenis Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, Bolivia (outdoor clay)
• Date: 15-19 June

Rank	Team
1	Bolivia
2	Barbados
3	Guatemala
4	Costa Rica
5	Bahamas
6	Aruba
7	Jamaica
8	Honduras

•  Bolivia and  Barbados promoted to Group II in 2012.
•  Jamaica and  Honduras finished in the relegation places. However, in 2012 Groups III and IV were merged, so no demotion occurred.

• Venue: Club de Tenis Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, Bolivia (outdoor clay)
• Date: 16–18 June

Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	Pts
Trinidad and Tobago	2	2	0	4	2	2
Panama	2	1	1	3	3	1
U.S. Virgin Islands	2	0	2	2	4	0

All of them promoted to Group III for 2012 as Groups III and IV were merged for 2012.

•  Philippines relegated to Group II in 2012.
•  Australia and  Japan advance to World Group Play-off.

•  Syria and  Iran relegated to Group III in 2012.
•  South Korea promoted to Group I in 2012.

• Venue: Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka (outdoor hard)
• Date: 15–18 June

Rank	Team
1	Sri Lanka
2	Lebanon
3	Vietnam
4	Malaysia
5	Kuwait
6	Oman
7	United Arab Emirates
8	Myanmar

•  Sri Lanka and  Lebanon promoted to Group II in 2012.
•  United Arab Emirates and  Myanmar relegated to Group IV in 2012.

• Venue: National Tennis Complex, Dhaka, Bangladesh (outdoor hard)
• Date: 13 - 16 April

Rank	Team
1	Bangladesh
2	Kyrgyzstan
3	Jordan
4	Iraq
5	Singapore
6	Bahrain
7	Qatar
8	Turkmenistan

•  Bangladesh and  Kyrgyzstan promoted to Group III in 2012.

•  Poland and  Ukraine relegated to Group II in 2012.
•  Israel,  Italy,  South Africa, and   Switzerland advance to World Group play-off.

•  Tunisia,  Bulgaria,  Lithuania, and  Greece relegated to Group III in 2012.
•  Great Britain and  Denmark promoted to Group I in 2012.

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