2016 Davis Cup

2016 edition of the Davis Cup November 2024 2016 Davis Cup Argentina team Davis Cup 2016 Winner.jpg Argentina won their first Davis Cup title 250 2 March – 27 November 2016 105th ARG 2015 2017 The 2016 Davis Cup was the 105th edition of the Davis Cup, a tournament between national teams in men's tennis. It was sponsored by BNP Paribas. From this season's tournament the deciding set of each match would be settled by a tiebreak at 6 games all rather than playing an advantage set until a player or a team were two games clear.http://www.skysports.com/tennis/news/12110/10005824/davis-cup-votes-to-use-fifth-set-tie-breaker-beginning-in-2016 Davis Cup votes to use fifth-set tie-breaker beginning in 2016 skysports.com 1 April 2018http://www.daviscup.com/en/news/215277.aspx Davis Cup - Davis Cup set for fifth set tiebreak in 2016 www.daviscup.com 1 April 2018 10 July 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180710041310/https://www.daviscup.com/en/news/215277.aspx dead Argentina won their first Davis Cup title, after 4 runner-up finishes, defeating Croatia in the final. Federico Delbonis defeated Ivo Karlović in the final match to give Argentina its first Davis Cup title,http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2016/11/davis-cup-final-argentina-draws-even-at-2-2-against-croatia/62611/ Delbonis defeats Karlovic to give Argentina first Davis Cup title Tennis.com 2016-11-28 after a comeback from Juan Martín del Potro against Marin Čilić in the fourth match.https://www.sbnation.com/tennis/2016/11/27/13756782/2016-davis-cup-results-scores-argentina-croatia-juan-martin-del-potro Del Potro, Argentina rally for Davis Cup title Brady James SBNation.com 2016-11-28 Kosovo made its first appearance in the tournament. World Group 2016 Davis Cup World Group Participating teamsARGAUSBELCANCROCZEFRAGERGBRITAJPNKAZPOLSRBSUIUSA Seeds 30em GBR (semifinals) BEL (first round) CZE (quarterfinals) SUI (first round) FRA (semifinals) ARG (champions) SRB (quarterfinals) AUS (first round) Draw 4–6 March 15–17 July 16–18 September 25–27 November Birmingham, Great Britain (indoor hard) 1 GBR 3 JPN 1 Belgrade, Serbia (indoor hard) 7 SRB 3 KAZ 2 Pesaro, Italy (indoor clay) 4 SUI 0 ITA 5 Gdańsk, Poland (indoor hard) 6 ARG 3 POL 2 Baie-Mahault, Guadeloupe, France (clay) CAN 0 5 FRA 5 Hannover, Germany (indoor hard) GER 2 3 CZE 3 Kooyong, Australia (grass) USA 3 8 AUS 1 Liège, Belgium (indoor clay) CRO 3 2 BEL 2 Belgrade, Serbia (clay) 1 GBR 3 7 SRB 2 Pesaro, Italy (clay) ITA 1 6 ARG 3 Třinec, Czech Republic (indoor hard) 5 FRA 3 3 CZE 1 Portland, United States (hard) USA 2 CRO 3 Glasgow, Great Britain (indoor hard) 1 GBR 2 6 ARG 3 Zadar, Croatia (indoor hard) 5 FRA 2 CRO 3 Zagreb, Croatia (indoor hard) 6 ARG 3 CRO 2 Final CRO ARG Arena Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatiahttp://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2016-WG-M-ARG-CRO-01 Croatia v Argentina daviscup.com 9 July 2018 27 September 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20180709192507/https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2016-WG-M-ARG-CRO-01 dead 25–27 November 2016 Hard (i) 2 3 Marin Čilić 6 7 3 1 6 Federico Delbonis 3 5 6 6 2 Ivo Karlović 4 7 3 5 Juan Martín del Potro 6 6.055 6 7 Marin Čilić Ivan Dodig 7 7 6 Juan Martín del Potro Leonardo Mayer 6.015 6.035 3 Marin Čilić 7 6 5 4 3 Juan Martín del Potro 6.035 2 7 6 6 Ivo Karlović 3 4 2 Federico Delbonis 6 6 6 World Group play-offs 2016 Davis Cup World Group play-offs 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 competed in the World Group play-offs for spots in the 2017 World Group. Seeded teams SUI BEL AUS CAN KAZ ESP GER JPN Unseeded teams BRA CHI IND POL RUS SVK UKR UZB Home team Score Visiting team Location Venue Door Surface UZB 2–3 SUI Tashkent Olympic Tennis School Outdoor Clay BEL 4–0 BRA Ostend Sleuyter Arena Indoor Hard AUS 3–0 SVK Sydney NSW Tennis Centre Outdoor Grass CAN 5–0 CHI Halifax Scotiabank Centre Indoor Hard RUS 3–1 KAZ Moscow National Tennis Center Outdoor Hard IND 0–5 ESP New Delhi R.K. Khanna Tennis Complex Outdoor Hard GER 3–2 POL Berlin Rot-Weiss Tennis Club Outdoor Clay JPN 5–0 UKR Osaka Utsubo Tennis Center Outdoor Hard AUS, BEL, CAN, GER, JPN and SUI will remain in the World Group in 2017. RUS and ESP are promoted to the World Group in 2017. BRA, CHI, IND, SVK, UKR and UZB will remain in Zonal Group I in 2017. KAZ and POL are relegated to Zonal Group I in 2017. Americas Zone Group I 2016 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I Seeds: All seeds received a bye into the second round. BRA COL Remaining nations: BAR CHI DOM ECU Draw 2016 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I Draw Group II 2016 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group II Seeds: URU VEN MEX ESA Remaining nations: GUA PAR PER PUR Draw 2016 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group II Draw Group III 2016 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III Date: 11–16 July Location: La Paz, Bolivia (clay) Confirmed teams: 30em BAH BER BOL CRC CUB HON 1949 JAM PAN TRI Inactive teams: 30em ATG ARU Eastern Caribbean HAI LCA VIR Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of four and five teams, respectively (Pools A and B). The winner of each pool plays off against the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations are promoted to Americas Zone Group II in 2017. Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 7 March 2016 (shown in parentheses below). Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 41 BOL (72) BAH (78) 3 HON 1949 (85) JAM (88) 5 CUB (89) CRC (91) 7 PAN (102) BER (114) TRI (115) Group A BOLJAMCUBPANRR W–LMatches W–LSets W–L Games W–LStandingsBOL 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 9–0 18–0 109–35 1JAM 0–3 3–0 3–0 2–1 6–3 12–7 93–59 2CUB 0–3 0–3 3–0 1–2 3–6 7–12 68–79 3PAN 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–9 0–18 11–108 4 Group B BAHCRCHON 1949BERTRIRR W–LMatches W–LSets W–L Games W–LStandingsBAH 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 4–0 10–2 21–6 149–94 1CRC 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–1 8–4 19–11 164–133 2HON 1949 1–2 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–2 7–5 17–13 144–127 3BER 0–3 1–2 0–3 2−1 1–3 3–9 8–20 106–149 4TRI 0–3 0–3 1–2 1−2 0–4 2–10 6–21 87–147 5 Play-offs PlacingA TeamScoreB TeamPromotional BOL 2–0 CRCPromotional JAM 0–2 BAH5th–6th CUB 2–0 HON 19497th–8th PAN 0–3 BER9th N/A — TRI BOL and BAH promoted to Group II in 2017. Asia/Oceania Zone Group I 2016 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I Seeds: All seeds received a bye into the second round. IND UZB Remaining nations: CHN NZL PAK KOR Draw 2016 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I Draw Group II 2016 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II Seeds: TPE THA PHI INA Remaining nations: KUW MAS SRI VIE Draw 2016 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II Draw Group III thumb|Davis cup in Tehran (15 July 2016) 2016 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Date: 11–16 July Location: Tehran, Iran (clay) Confirmed teams: 30em CAM HKG IRI LBN Pacific Oceania QAT SIN SYR 1980 TKM Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of four and five teams, respectively (Pools A and B). The winner of each pool plays off against the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations are promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2017. Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 7 March 2016 (shown in parentheses below). Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 41 IRI (87) SYR 1980 (90) 3 LBN (93) TKM (95) 5 HKG (96) CAM (97) 7 Pacific Oceania (99) QAT (100) SIN (103) Group A IRIHKGPacific OceaniaTKMRR W–LMatches W–LSets W–L Games W–LStandingsIRI 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 8–1 16–2 108–60 1HKG 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 6–3 13–7 107–78 2Pacific Oceania 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–2 2–7 5–14 69–102 3TKM 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–7 4–15 59–103 4 Group B LBNSYR 1980QATCAMSINRR W–LMatches W–LSets W–L Games W–LStandingsLBN 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 4–0 12–0 24–1 153–79 1SYR 1980 0–3 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 8–4 17–11 149–125 2QAT 0–3 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–2 7–5 17–13 161–158 3CAM 0–3 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–3 2–10 7–20 111–153 4SIN 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–4 1–11 3–23 97–156 5 Play-offs PlacingA TeamScoreB TeamPromotional IRI 2–1 SYR 1980Promotional HKG 2–1 LBN5th N/A — QATRelegation Pacific Oceania 3–0 SIN Relegation TKM 2–1 CAM IRI and HKG promoted to Group II in 2017. SIN and CAM relegated to Group IV in 2017. Group IV 2016 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV Date: 13–16 July Location: Amman, Jordan (clay) Confirmed teams: 30em BHR IRQ JOR MNG MYA OMA KSA TJK UAE Inactive teams: 30em BAN BRU KGZ YEM Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of four and five teams, respectively (Pools A and B). The winner of each pool plays off against the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations are promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group III in 2017. Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 7 March 2016 (shown in parentheses below). Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 41 UAE (98) JOR (106) 3 KSA (107) IRQ (116) 5 BHR (117) OMA (120) 7 MNG (121) MYA (124) TJK (–) Group A UAEOMAKSAMYARR W–LMatches W–LSets W–L Games W–LStandingsUAE 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 9–0 18–2 117–72 1OMA 3–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–6 9–13 82–109 2KSA 0–3 2–1 1–2 1–2 3–6 8–14 99–105 3MYA 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–6 8–14 97–109 4 Group B JORBHRIRQTJKMNGRR W–LMatches W–LSets W–L Games W–LStandingsJOR 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 4–0 12–0 24–1 149–54 1BHR 0–3 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 7–5 15–12 132–111 2IRQ 0–3 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–2 4–8 8–16 88–114 3TJK 0–3 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–3 5–7 11–15 100–127 4MNG 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–3 0–4 2–10 6–20 74–137 5 Play-offs PlacingA TeamScoreB TeamPromotional UAE 3–0 BHRPromotional OMA 1–2 JOR5th–6th KSA 0–3 IRQ7th–8th MYA 2–1 TJK9th N/A — MNG UAE and JOR promoted to Group III in 2017. Europe/Africa Zone Group I 2016 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I Seeds: ESP SVK NED UKR Remaining nations: AUT HUN ISR POR ROU RUS SLO SWE Draw 2016 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I Draw Group II 2016 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II Seeds: LTU DEN BLR BUL BIH LAT FIN RSA Remaining nations: EGY GEO LUX MON NOR TUN TUR ZIM Draw 2016 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II Draw Group III Europe 2016 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III Date: 2–5 March Location: Tallinn, Estonia (indoor hard) Format: Round-robin basis. Four pools of four teams (Pools A, B, C and D). The winners of each pool play-off against each other to determine which two nations are promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2017. Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 30 November 2015 (shown in parentheses below). Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 41 MDA (52) IRL (64) CYP (69) EST (72) 5 Macedonia (84) MNE (91) MLT (95) GRE (100) 9 LIE (107) SMR (109) ARM (117) ISL (118) 13 ALB (124) AND (126) KOS (–) Groups: Group A MDAMLTSMRRR W–LMatches W–LSets W–L Games W–LStandingsMDA 3–0 3–0 2–0 6–0 12–0 72–18 1MLT 0–3 2–1 1–1 2–4 4–8 47–55 2SMR 0–3 1–2 0–2 1–5 2–10 26–72 3 Group B IRLMacedoniaARMALBRR W–LMatches W–LSets W–L Games W–LStandingsIRL 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 8–1 17–2 108–39 1Macedonia 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–1 7–2 14–5 100–61 2ARM 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–2 2–7 5–14 58–94 3ALB 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3 1–8 2–17 36–108 4 Group C CYPMNEANDISLRR W–LMatches W–LSets W–L Games W–LStandingsCYP 3–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 8–1 17–3 115–52 1MNE 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 4–5 8–12 89–100 2AND 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–6 9–12 86–106 3ISL 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–3 3–6 6–13 67–99 4 Group D ESTGRELIEKOSRR W–LMatches W–LSets W–L Games W–LStandingsEST 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 9–0 18–0 109–18 1GRE 0–3 3–0 3–0 2–1 6–3 12–6 75–63 2LIE 0–3 0–3 3–0 1–2 3–6 6–12 62–85 3KOS 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–9 0–18 28–108 4 Play-offs PlacingA TeamScoreD TeamPromotional MDA 0–2 EST5th–8th MLT 1–2 GRE9th–12th SMR1–2LIE13th–15th N/A — KOSPlacingB TeamScoreC TeamPromotional IRL0–2CYP5th–8th Macedonia 2–0 MNE9th–12th ARM 1–2 AND13th–15th ALB0–3ISL CYP and EST promoted to Group II in 2017. Group III Africa 2016 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group III Date: 11–16 July Location: Antananarivo, Madagascar (clay) Confirmed teams: 30em ALG BEN BOT CMR KEN MAD MAR MOZ NAM NGR Inactive teams: 30em ANG BUR CGO DJI ETH GAB GHA CIV LES LBY MLI MRI RWA SEN SUD TOG UGA ZAM Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of five teams (Pools A and B). The winner of each pool plays off against the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations are promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2017. Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 7 March 2016 (shown in parentheses below). Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 51 MAR (68) ALG (80) 3 BEN (83) NAM (84) 5 MAD (101) MOZ (105) 7 NGA (113) BOT (119) 9 CMR (122) KEN (127) Group A MARNAMNGACMRMOZRR W–LMatches W–LSets W–L Games W–LStandingsMAR 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 4–0 11–1 22–4 148–66 1NAM 0–3 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 8–4 16–10 127–105 2NGR 1–2 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–2 8–4 17–8 125–105 3CMR 0–3 0–3 0–3 3–0 1–3 3–9 9–18 118–134 4MOZ 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–4 0–12 0–24 36–144 5 Group B MADBENKENALGBOTRR W–LMatches W–LSets W–L Games W–LStandingsMAD 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 4–0 11–1 22–6 151–86 1BEN 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 9–3 21–6 150–93 2KEN 0–3 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–2 6–6 14–14 127–129 3ALG 0–3 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–3 2–10 5–22 90–149 4BOT 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–4 2–10 6–20 82–143 5 Play-offs PlacingA TeamScoreB TeamPromotional MAR 2–0 BENPromotional NAM 0–2 MAD5th–6th NGR 2–1 KEN7th–8th CMR 0–2 ALG9th–10th MOZ 0–2 BOT MAR and MAD promoted to Group II in 2017. References External links Official website Davis Cup Category:Davis Cups by year