1986 Davis Cup

December 2022 1986 edition of the Davis Cup December 2022 1986 Davis Cup 7 March – 28 December 1986 75th 69 AUS 1985 1987 The 1986 Davis Cup (also known as the 1986 Davis Cup by NEC for sponsorship purposes) was the 75th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. This year's tournament marked the introduction of the Africa Zone, which served as a qualifying sub-round for the Europe Zone. 71 teams would enter the competition, 16 in the World Group, 33 in the Europe Zone (including 9 in the Africa Zone), 13 in the Eastern Zone, and 9 in the Americas Zone. Bangladesh, Ivory Coast, Libya, Malta and Syria made their first appearances in the tournament. Australia defeated the two-time defending champions Sweden in the final, held at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, on 26–28 December, to win their 26th Davis Cup title.Bud Collins The Bud Collins History of Tennis 2010 New Chapter Press [New York] 978-0942257700 495–496, 499 2nd World Group 1986 Davis Cup World Group Participating teamsAUSTCHDENECU 1900GBRINDITAMEXNZLPAR 1954URSESPSWEUSAFRGYUG Draw 7–10 March 18–20 July 3–5 October 26–28 December Mexico City, Mexico (clay) FRG 2 MEX 3 Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay) USA 3 ECU 1900 2 Auckland, New Zealand (hard) AUS 4 NZL 1 Telford, United Kingdom (indoor carpet) ESP 1 GBR 4 Belgrade, Yugoslavia (indoor hard) URS 2 YUG 3 Calcutta, India (grass) IND 1 TCH 4 Palermo, Italy (clay) ITA 4 PAR 1954 1 Brøndby, Denmark (indoor carpet) DEN 0 SWE 5 Mexico City, Mexico (clay) MEX 1 USA 4 Wimbledon, United Kingdom (grass) AUS 4 GBR 1 Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (indoor hard) YUG 0 TCH 5 Båstad, Sweden (clay) ITA 0 SWE 5 Brisbane, Australia (grass) USA 1 AUS 3 Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay) TCH 1 SWE 4 Melbourne, Australia (grass) AUS 3 SWE 2 Final Australia vs. Sweden Australia Sweden Kooyong Stadium, Melbourne, Australiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1986-WG-M-AUS-SWE-01 Australia v Sweden daviscup.com 26–28 December 1986 Grass 3 2 Pat Cash 13 13 6 Stefan Edberg 11 11 4 Paul McNamee 3 1 3 Mikael Pernfors 6 6 6 Pat Cash John Fitzgerald 6 6 4 6 Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd 3 4 6 1 Pat Cash 2 4 6 6 6 Mikael Pernfors 6 6 3 4 3 Paul McNamee 8 4 Stefan Edberg 10 6 Relegation play-offs 1986 Davis Cup World Group#Relegation play-offs Date: 3–5 October Home team Score Visiting team Location Door Surface FRG 5–0 ECU 1900 Essen Indoor Carpet ESP 5–0 NZL Barcelona Outdoor Clay IND 4–1 URS New Delhi Outdoor Grass PAR 1954 3–2 DEN Asunción Outdoor Clay IND, PAR 1954, ESP and FRG remain in the World Group in 1987. DEN, ECU 1900, NZL and URS are relegated to Zonal competition in 1987. Americas Zone 1986 Davis Cup Americas Zone 17–19 January 7–9 March 18–20 July 3–5 October CHI bye bye CAN BRA 1968 bye bye Caribbean/West Indies COL bye bye PER Caracas, Venezuela (hard) URU 3 VEN 1930 2 bye ARG Santiago, Chile (clay) CHI 3 CAN 2 Kingston, Jamaica (hard) BRA 1968 5 Caribbean/West Indies 0 Bogotá, Colombia (indoor clay) COL 0 PER 4 Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) URU 0 ARG 5 São Paulo, Brazil (clay) CHI 5 BRA 1968 0 Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) PER 2 ARG 3 Santiago, Chile (clay) CHI 1 ARG 4 ARG are promoted to the World Group in 1987. Eastern Zone 1986 Davis Cup Eastern Zone 7–9 March 9–11 May 18–20 July 6–8 October JPN 1947 bye Singapore (grass) SIN 0 TPE 3 CHN bye Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (indoor carpet) HKG 1959 3 MAS 2 Bangkok, Thailand (hard) BAN 0 THA 5 Jakarta, Indonesia (clay) INA 4 PHI 1986 1 Lahore, Pakistan (clay) PAK 3 SRI 2 bye KOR 1984 Matsuyama, Japan (hard) JPN 1947 4 TPE 1 Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard) CHN 3 HKG 1959 0 Bangkok, Thailand (hard) THA 4 INA 0 Seoul, South Korea (clay) PAK 1 KOR 1984 4 Kumamoto, Japan (indoor carpet) JPN 1947 4 CHN 1 Seoul, South Korea (clay) THA 0 KOR 1984 5 Seoul, South Korea (hard) JPN 1947 1 KOR 1984 4 KOR 1984 are promoted to the World Group in 1987. Europe Zone 1986 Davis Cup Europe Zone Africa Zone 3 17–19 January 7–9 March 3–6 April Second Round Third Round ZIM bye bye LBA 1977 MAR bye bye KEN Tunis, Tunisia (clay) NGR 5 TUN 1959 0 bye SEN CIV bye bye ALG Harare, Zimbabwe (hard) ZIM 5 LBA 1977 0 Casablanca, Morocco (hard) MAR 3 KEN 2 Dakar, Senegal (hard) NGR 4 SEN 1 Algiers, Algeria (clay) CIV 0 ALG 5 Harare, Zimbabwe (hard) ZIM 4 MAR 1 Algiers, Algeria (clay) NGR 3 ALG 2 ZIM and NGR qualified to the Europe Zone main draws. Europe Zone A 9–11 May; 23–25 May 13–15 June 18–20 July 1–3 October FRA bye İzmir, Turkey (clay) LUX 2 TUR 3 Cairo, Egypt (clay) EGY 5 MLT 0 Haskovo, Bulgaria (clay) BUL 1971 5 CYP 1960 0 Porto, Portugal (clay) ZIM 2 POR 3 bye AUT Warsaw, Poland (clay) FIN 2 POL 3 bye ROU 1965 Istanbul, Turkey (clay) FRA 5 TUR 0 Haskovo, Bulgaria (clay) EGY 1 BUL 1971 4 Mayrhofen, Austria (clay) POR 0 AUT 5 Warsaw, Poland (clay) POL 1 ROU 1965 4 Moliets-et-Maa, France (hard) FRA 5 BUL 1971 0 Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria (clay) AUT 3 ROU 1965 2 Montpellier, France (indoor carpet) FRA 4 AUT 1 FRA are promoted to the World Group in 1987. Europe Zone B 9–11 May 13–15 June 18–20 July 3–5 October MON bye IRI HUN w/o SUI bye Filothei, Greece (clay) GRE 5 SYR 1980 0 Lagos, Nigeria (clay) NGR 5 NOR 0 KSA NED w/o Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard) BEL 4 IRL 1 bye ISR Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay) MON 2 HUN 3 Lucerne, Switzerland (clay) SUI 5 GRE 0 Benin City, Nigeria (clay) NGR 2 NED 3 Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) BEL 0 ISR 5 Budapest, Hungary (clay) HUN 2 SUI 3 Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay) NED 1 ISR 3 St. Gallen, Switzerland (indoor carpet) SUI 1 ISR 4 ISR are promoted to the World Group in 1987. References General https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/historic-format/world-group.aspx#/1986 World Group 1986 DavisCup.com 11 June 2020 Specific External links Davis Cup Official Website https://web.archive.org/web/20101018182625/http://www.daviscup.com/ 18 October 2010 Category:Davis Cups by year Davis Cup Davis Cup