2010 Davis Cup

2010 Davis Cup
Details
Duration	5 March – 5 December 2010
Edition	99th
Champion
Winning Nation	Serbia
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The 2010 Davis Cup (also known as the 2010 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas for sponsorship purposes) was the 99th edition of the most important annual tournament among national teams in men's tennis worldwide. In the dramatic final, Serbia defeated France 3–2 to win its first Davis Cup title.^[1]^[2]

The draw for the World Group, Zonal Groups I and Zonal Groups II took place in Geneva on 23 September 2009. The competition started with the first round on 5–7 March.^[3]

On 6–8 March 2010 Novak Djokovic played the key role in bringing Serbia to the World Group quarterfinals for the first time in its independent history, winning both singles matches in the home tie against the United States (against Sam Querrey and John Isner).^[4] Later, Serbia progressed to the Davis Cup final, following the victories over Croatia (4–1) and Czech Republic (3–2).^[3] Serbia came from 1–2 down to defeat France in the final tie 3–2 in Belgrade to win the nation's first Davis Cup championship. In the final, Djokovic scored two singles points for Serbia, defeating Gilles Simon and Gaël Monfils, while the last match was won by Viktor Troicki, who beat Michaël Llodra.^[1]

Serbia became the 13th nation in history to win the Cup,^[5] which was passed to them from the previous year's winner Spain. France missed the opportunity to win its 10th title and surpass Great Britain in total number of titles won. The Serbian team celebrated the trophy by fulfilling their bet to shave their hair off in case of victory.^[1]

World Group

Participating teams
Argentina	Belgium	Chile	Croatia
Czech Republic	Ecuador	France	Germany
India	Israel	Russia	Serbia
Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	United States

Draw

The draw for the 2010 World Group was held in Geneva on 23 September 2009.


First round 5–7 March			Quarterfinals 9–11 July			Semifinals 17–19 September				Final 3–5 December

Split, Croatia (indoor hard)
							Ecuador	0
		6								Croatia	1
Belgrade, Serbia (indoor clay)
							Serbia	4
	Serbia	3
							Belgrade, Serbia (indoor hard)
3	United States	2
								Serbia	3
Coquimbo, Chile (clay) 6–8 March
					2		Czech Republic	2
	Chile	4
			Coquimbo, Chile (clay)
7	Israel	1
				Chile	1
Bree, Belgium (indoor clay)
			2	Czech Republic	4
	Belgium	1

2	Czech Republic	4

First round losers played in World Group play-offs.

Final

Serbia
3

Belgrade Arena, Belgrade, Serbia^[6]
3–5 December 2010
Hard (i)

France
2

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Janko Tipsarević Gaël Monfils	1 6	6⁴ 7⁷	0 6
2	Novak Djokovic Gilles Simon	6 3	6 1	7 5
3	Viktor Troicki / Nenad Zimonjić Arnaud Clément / Michaël Llodra	6 3	7⁷ 6³	4 6	5 7	4 6
4	Novak Djokovic Gaël Monfils	6 2	6 2	6 4
5	Viktor Troicki Michaël Llodra	6 2	6 2	6 3

World Group play-offs

Date: 17–19 September

The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties, and eight winners of the Group I second round ties competed in the World Group play-offs.

Seeded teams

Unseeded teams

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface
Colombia	1–3	United States	Bogotá	Plaza de Toros la Santamaria	Outdoor	Clay
Israel	2–3	Austria	Tel Aviv	Nokia Arena	Indoor	Hard
Germany	5–0	South Africa	Stuttgart	TC Weissenhof	Outdoor	Clay
Sweden	3–2	Italy	Lidköping	Sparbanken Lidköping Arena	Indoor	Hard
India	3–2	Brazil	Chennai	SDAT Tennis Stadium	Outdoor	Hard
Australia	2–3	Belgium	North Cairns	Cairns Regional Tennis Centre	Outdoor	Hard
Kazakhstan	5–0	Switzerland	Astana	National Tennis Centre	Indoor	Hard
Romania	5–0	Ecuador	Bucharest	Centrul Naţional de Tenis	Outdoor	Clay

Belgium, Germany, India, Sweden and United States will remain in the World Group in 2011.
Austria, Kazakhstan, and Romania are promoted to the World Group in 2011.
Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Italy and South Africa will remain in Zonal Group I in 2011.
Ecuador, Israel and Switzerland are relegated to Zonal Group I in 2011.

Americas Zone

Group I

Seeds:

Brazil (promoted to World Group Playoffs)
Colombia (promoted to World Group Playoffs)

Remaining nations:

Draw

Second-round play-offs

First-round play-offs

First Round

Second Round

1

Brazil

bye

Bauru, Brazil (clay)

bye

1

Brazil

5

Dominican Rep.

Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep. (hard)

Uruguay

0

Dominican Rep.

1

Toronto, Canada (hard)

Uruguay

4

Dominican Rep.

0

Canada

5

bye

Canada

5–7 March – Bogotá, Colombia (clay)

Canada

1

bye

2

Colombia

4

bye

2

Colombia

Dominican Republic relegated to Group II in 2011.
Colombia and Braziladvance to World Group play-off.

Group II

Seeds:

Remaining nations:

Draw


Play-offs		First Round			Second Round			Third Round

		Lima, Peru

		1	Peru	5

Cochabamba, Bolivia			El Salvador	0	Maracaibo, Venezuela

El Salvador	4				1	Peru	1

Bolivia	1	La Paz, Bolivia			4	Venezuela	3

			Bolivia	1

		4	Venezuela	4				Mexico

								4	Venezuela	1

		Lambaré, Paraguay						2	Mexico	4

		3	Paraguay	4

Guatemala City, Guatemala			Netherlands Antilles	1	Encarnación, Paraguay

Netherlands Antilles	3				3	Paraguay	1

Guatemala	2	Mexico City, Mexico			2	Mexico	4

		2	Mexico	5

			Guatemala	0

Bolivia and Guatemala relegated to Group III in 2011.
Mexico promoted to Group I in 2011.

Group III

Aruba
Bahamas
Bermuda – relegated to Americas Zone Group IV in 2011
Costa Rica
Cuba (withdrew)
Haiti – promoted to Americas Zone Group II in 2011
Jamaica
Puerto Rico – promoted to Americas Zone Group II in 2011

Group IV

Barbados – promoted to Americas Zone Group III in 2011
Honduras – promoted to Americas Zone Group III in 2011
Panama
Trinidad and Tobago
U.S. Virgin Islands

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

Seeds:
1. Australia
2. South Korea
3. Uzbekistan
4. Japan

Remaining nations:

Draw


Second round play-offs	First round play-offs			First round			Second round

				Melbourne, Australia (hard)

				1	South Korea (indoor hard)					3	Uzbekistan	2		Wuhan, China (hard)

		3	Uzbekistan	4				China	1

				2	South Korea	1	Astana, Kazakhstan (indoor clay)					Kazakhstan	4

					Kazakhstan	5

				2	South Korea	0

South Korea relegated to Group II in 2011.
Australia and Kazakhstan advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

Seeds:

Remaining nations:

Draw


Play-offs		First round			Second round			Third round

		Nonthaburi, Thailand (hard)

		1	Thailand	5

Malaysia			Pacific Oceania	0	Indonesia

Pacific Oceania	3				1	Thailand	4

Malaysia	2	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (indoor hard)			3	Indonesia	1

		3	Indonesia	5

			Malaysia	0

								1	Thailand	2

		Hong Kong, Hong Kong (hard)						2	New Zealand	3

			Hong Kong	1

		4	Pakistan	3

Hong Kong	3				4	Pakistan	2

Sri Lanka	2	Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay)			2	New Zealand	3

			Sri Lanka	2

		2	New Zealand	3