1985 Davis Cup World Group

1985 Davis Cup World Group 8 March – 22 December 5th SWE Davis Cup 1985 Davis Cup The World Group was the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 1985.https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/historic-format/world-group.aspx#/1985 World Group 1985 DavisCup.com 24 November 2019 Sweden were the defending champions and won the title, defeating West Germany in the final, 3–2. The final was held at the Olympiahalle in Munich, West Germany, from 20 to 22 December. It was the Swedish team's second consecutive title and their 3rd Davis Cup title overall. Participating teams Participating teamsARGAUSCHITCHECU 1900FRAINDITAJPN 1947PAR 1954URSESPSWEUSAFRGYUG Draw 8–10 March 2–4 August 4–6 October 20–22 December Kyoto, Japan (indoor carpet) USA 5 JPN 1947 0 Sindelfingen, West Germany (indoor carpet) ESP 2 FRG 3 Tbilisi, Soviet Union (indoor carpet) TCH 3 URS 2 Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) ARG 1 ECU 4 Asunción, Paraguay (indoor carpet) PAR 1954 3 FRA 2 Split, Yugoslavia (indoor clay) YUG 2 AUS 3 Calcutta, India (grass) IND 3 ITA 2 Santiago, Chile (clay) [19–21 April] CHI 1 SWE 4 Hamburg, West Germany (clay) USA 2 FRG 3 Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay) TCH 5 ECU 1900 0 Sydney, Australia (grass) PAR 1954 2 AUS 3 Bangalore, India (grass) IND 1 SWE 4 Frankfurt, West Germany (indoor carpet) FRG 5 TCH 0 Malmö, Sweden (indoor clay) AUS 0 SWE 5 Munich, West Germany (indoor carpet) FRG 2 SWE 3 First round Japan vs. United States Japan 1947 United States Kyoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kyoto, Japanhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-WG-M-USA-JPN-01 Japan v United States daviscup.com 8–10 March 1985 Carpet (indoors) 0 5 Kaoru Maruyama 1 1 1 Eliot Teltscher 6 6 6 Shozo Shiraishi 4 1 6 4 Aaron Krickstein 6 6 3 6 Shigeyuki Nishio Shinichi Sakamoto 2 3 1 Ken Flach Robert Seguso 6 6 6 Kaoru Maruyama 1 1 Aaron Krickstein 6 6 Shozo Shiraishi 3 2 Eliot Teltscher 6 6 West Germany vs. Spain West Germany Spain Sindelfingen, West Germanyhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-WG-M-ESP-FRG-01 West Germany v Spain daviscup.com 8–10 March 1985 Carpet (indoors) 3 2 Michael Westphal 10 6 2 2 6 Sergio Casal 8 3 6 6 4 Boris Becker 6 6 6 Juan Aguilera 3 4 4 Boris Becker Andreas Maurer 4 6 1 6 6 Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez 6 3 6 3 4 Boris Becker 4 6 5 Sergio Casal 6 1 7 Michael Westphal 4 6 3 Juan Aguilera 6 3 6 Soviet Union vs. Czechoslovakia Soviet Union Czechoslovakia Tbilisi, Soviet Unionhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-WG-M-TCH-URS-01 Soviet Union v Czechoslovakia daviscup.com 8–10 March 1985 Carpet (indoors) 2 3 Konstantin Pugaev 4 3 7 Miloslav Mečíř 6 6 9 Alexander Zverev 3 4 3 Tomáš Šmíd 6 6 6 Sergey Leonyuk Alexander Zverev 3 4 11 8 7 Libor Pimek Tomáš Šmíd 6 6 9 6 5 Alexander Zverev 3 6 6 6 Miloslav Mečíř 6 8 0 8 Konstantin Pugaev 8 6 Libor Pimek 6 2 Argentina vs. Ecuador Argentina Ecuador 1900 Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentinahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-WG-M-ARG-ECU-01 Argentina v Ecuador daviscup.com 8–10 March 1985 Clay 1 4 José Luis Clerc 6 4 11 3 Andrés Gómez 4 6 13 6 Martín Jaite 6 5 5 6 6 Raúl Viver 4 7 7 2 3 José Luis Clerc Martín Jaite 11 3 6 4 Andrés Gómez Ricardo Ycaza 13 6 3 6 Martín Jaite 1 4 4 Andrés Gómez 6 6 6 Roberto Argüello 1 6 3 Raúl Viver 6 4 6 Paraguay vs. France Paraguay 1954 France Estadio Hugo Stroessner, Asunción, Paraguayhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-WG-M-PAR-FRA-01 Paraguay v France daviscup.com 8–10 March 1985 Carpet (indoors) 3 2 Víctor Pecci 6 15 2 8 10 Yannick Noah 8 13 6 6 8 Francisco González 4 6 3 6 6 Henri Leconte 6 3 6 3 4 Francisco González Víctor Pecci 2 6 8 5 3 Henri Leconte Yannick Noah 6 3 6 7 6 Francisco González 6 3 15 4 Yannick Noah 3 6 17 6 Víctor Pecci 6 6 3 7 Henri Leconte 3 4 6 5 Yugoslavia vs. Australia Yugoslavia Australia Split, Yugoslaviahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-WG-M-YUG-AUS-01 Yugoslavia v Australia daviscup.com 8–10 March 1985 Clay (indoors) 2 3 Marko Ostoja 6 6 8 0 4 Paul McNamee 3 3 10 6 6 Slobodan Živojinović 7 5 10 6 Pat Cash 5 7 8 4 Goran Prpić Slobodan Živojinović 5 12 8 4 4 Pat Cash John Fitzgerald 7 10 6 6 6 Marko Ostoja 2 0 2 Pat Cash 6 6 6 Slobodan Živojinović 3 6 6 Paul McNamee 6 3 3 India vs. Italy India Italy Calcutta, Indiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-WG-M-IND-ITA-01 India v Italy daviscup.com 8–10 March 1985 Grass 3 2 Ramesh Krishnan 6 11 4 3 6 Francesco Cancellotti 3 9 6 6 4 Vijay Amritraj 6 6 5 3 6 Claudio Panatta 1 4 7 6 3 Anand Amritraj Sashi Menon 3 3 7 Gianni Ocleppo Claudio Panatta 6 6 9 Vijay Amritraj 5 6 6 8 Francesco Cancellotti 7 4 3 6 Ramesh Krishnan 8 4 1 Claudio Panatta 6 6 6 Chile vs. Sweden Chile Sweden Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chilehttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-WG-M-CHI-SWE-01 Chile v Sweden daviscup.com 19–21 April 1985 Clay 1 4 Hans Gildemeister 6 2 6 7 Stefan Edberg 3 6 4 5 Pedro Rebolledo 9 2 0 7 Henrik Sundström 7 6 6 9 Ricardo Acuña Hans Gildemeister 1 6 3 3 Stefan Edberg Jan Gunnarsson 6 1 6 6 Hans Gildemeister 1 6 5 2 Henrik Sundström 6 3 7 6 Pedro Rebolledo 4 6 2 Stefan Edberg 6 4 6 Quarterfinals West Germany vs. United States West Germany United States Am Rothenbaum, Hamburg, West Germanyhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-WG-M-USA-FRG-01 West Germany v United States daviscup.com 2–4 August 1985 Clay 3 2 Boris Becker 6 6 6 Eliot Teltscher 2 2 3 Hans Schwaier 2 6 2 6 8 Aaron Krickstein 6 1 6 1 6 Boris Becker Andreas Maurer 2 8 1 6 5 Ken Flach Robert Seguso 6 6 6 4 7 Hans Schwaier 4 6 7 4 2 Eliot Teltscher 6 2 5 6 6 Boris Becker 6 6 6 Aaron Krickstein 2 2 1 Ecuador vs. Czechoslovakia Ecuador 1900 Czechoslovakia Guayaquil Tenis Club, Guayaquil, Ecuadorhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-WG-M-TCH-ECU-01 Ecuador v Czechoslovakia daviscup.com 2–4 August 1985 Clay 0 5 Andrés Gómez 3 Ivan Lendl 5 1 Raúl Viver 0 1 3 Miloslav Mečíř 6 6 6 Martín Aguirre Ricardo Ycaza 5 4 4 Ivan Lendl Tomáš Šmíd 7 6 6 Ricardo Ycaza 4 3 Miloslav Mečíř 6 6 Martín Aguirre 0 1 Tomáš Šmíd 6 6 Australia vs. Paraguay Australia Paraguay 1954 White City Stadium, Sydney, Australiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-WG-M-PAR-AUS-01 Australia v Paraguay daviscup.com 2–4 August 1985 Grass 3 2 Paul McNamee 3 6 6 6 Francisco González 6 0 3 1 John Fitzgerald 2 3 6 4 Víctor Pecci 6 6 1 6 Mark Edmondson Paul McNamee 3 10 3 6 3 Francisco González Víctor Pecci 6 8 6 1 6 Paul McNamee 6 7 6 9 Víctor Pecci 8 5 2 7 John Fitzgerald 6 9 7 Francisco González 3 7 5 India vs. Sweden India Sweden Cubbon Park, Bangalore, Indiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-WG-M-IND-SWE-01 India v Sweden daviscup.com 2–4 August 1985 Grass 1 4 Vijay Amritraj 6 5 6 3 4 Anders Järryd 3 7 2 6 6 Ramesh Krishnan 3 3 2 Mats Wilander 6 6 6 Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj 19 6 3 4 Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd 21 2 6 6 Vijay Amritraj 8 9 Mats Wilander 6 7 Ramesh Krishnan 3 6 1 Anders Järryd 6 4 6 Semifinals West Germany vs. Czechoslovakia West Germany Czechoslovakia Frankfurt, West Germanyhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-WG-M-FRG-TCH-01 West Germany v Czechoslovakia daviscup.com 4–6 October 1985 Carpet (indoors) 5 0 Boris Becker 6 7 6 Miloslav Mečíř 3 5 4 Michael Westphal 6 1 7 11 17 Tomáš Šmíd 8 6 5 9 15 Boris Becker Andreas Maurer 6 7 6 Ivan Lendl Tomáš Šmíd 1 5 4 Boris Becker 6 6 Libor Pimek 1 4 Michael Westphal 6 6 Miloslav Mečíř 3 4 Sweden vs. Australia Sweden Australia Baltiska Hallen, Malmö, Swedenhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-WG-M-AUS-SWE-01 Sweden v Australia daviscup.com 4–6 October 1985 Clay (indoors) 5 0 Anders Järryd 6 6 13 Peter McNamara 4 4 11 Mats Wilander 6 6 6 Wally Masur 1 1 0 Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd 6 6 6 Mark Edmondson John Fitzgerald 4 3 4 Mats Wilander 6 6 Peter McNamara 4 3 Anders Järryd 6 6 Wally Masur 1 2 Final West Germany vs. Sweden West Germany Sweden Olympiahalle, Munich, West Germanyhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-WG-M-FRG-SWE-01 West Germany v Sweden daviscup.com 20–22 December 1985 Carpet (indoors) 2 3 Michael Westphal 3 4 8 Mats Wilander 6 6 10 Boris Becker 6 3 7 8 Stefan Edberg 3 6 5 6 Boris Becker Andreas Maurer 4 2 1 Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander 6 6 6 Boris Becker 6 2 6 6 Mats Wilander 3 6 3 3 Michael Westphal 6 5 4 3 Stefan Edberg 3 7 6 6 Relegation play-offs The first-round losers played in the Relegation Play-offs. The winners of the play-offs advanced to the 1986 Davis Cup World Group, and the losers were relegated to their respective Zonal Regions. Results summary Date: 4–6 October Home team Score Visiting team Location Door Surface Ref. Reference JPN 1947 0–3 ESP Tokyo Outdoor Clay ARG 2–3 URS Buenos Aires Outdoor Clay YUG 4–1 FRA Belgrade Indoor Hard ITA 3–1 CHI Cagliari Outdoor Clay ITA, URS, ESP and YUG remain in the World Group in 1986. ARG, CHI, FRA and JPN 1947 are relegated to Zonal competition in 1986. Japan vs. Spain Japan 1947 Spain Den-En Colisseum, Tokyo, Japanhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-WG-REL-JPN-ESP-01 Japan v Spain daviscup.com 4–6 October 1985 Clay 0 3 Shozo Shiraishi 6 5 3 3 Sergio Casal 4 7 6 6 Tsuyoshi Fukui 5 1 1 Emilio Sánchez 7 6 6 Eiji Takeuchi Toru Yonezawa 3 3 4 Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez 6 6 6 Tsuyoshi Fukui Sergio Casal Shozo Shiraishi Emilio Sánchez Argentina vs. Soviet Union Argentina Soviet Union Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentinahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-WG-REL-URS-ARG-01 Argentina v Soviet Union daviscup.com 4–6 October 1985 Clay 2 3 Martín Jaite 0 4 2 Andrei Chesnokov 6 6 6 José Luis Clerc 6 2 6 3 7 Alexander Zverev 4 6 3 6 5 José Luis Clerc Martín Jaite 4 6 7 3 Sergey Leonyuk Alexander Zverev 6 1 9 6 Martín Jaite 6 3 6 6 Alexander Zverev 4 6 2 2 José Luis Clerc 6 6 2 4 2 Andrei Chesnokov 2 1 6 6 6 Yugoslavia vs. France Yugoslavia France Pionir Hall, Belgrade, Yugoslaviahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-WG-REL-FRA-YUG-01 Yugoslavia v France daviscup.com 4–6 October 1985 Hard (indoors) 4 1 Goran Prpić 6 4 6 6 Yannick Noah 3 6 1 4 Slobodan Živojinović 4 7 6 6 Henri Leconte 6 5 1 2 Goran Prpić Slobodan Živojinović 4 4 1 Henri Leconte Yannick Noah 6 6 6 Slobodan Živojinović 6 6 6 Yannick Noah 4 4 4 Goran Prpić 8 6 6 Henri Leconte 6 8 3 Italy vs. Chile Italy Chile Tennis Club Cagliari, Cagliari, Italyhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-WG-REL-ITA-CHI-01 Italy v Chile daviscup.com 4–6 October 1985 Clay 3 1 Claudio Panatta 6 7 6 José Antonio Fernández 2 5 1 Francesco Cancellotti 3 2 6 6 5 Ricardo Acuña 6 6 4 2 7 Gianni Ocleppo Claudio Panatta 6 6 6 Ricardo Acuña Juan Pablo Queirolo 4 2 4 Francesco Cancellotti 6 7 6 José Antonio Fernández 1 5 2 Claudio Panatta Ricardo Acuña References External links Davis Cup official website https://web.archive.org/web/20101018182625/http://www.daviscup.com/ 2010-10-18 World Group Davis Cup German