1982 Davis Cup World Group

1982 Davis Cup World Group
Date	5 March – 28 November
Edition	2nd
Champions
United States
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The World Group was the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 1982.^[1]

The United States were the defending champions, and won the title, defeating France in the final, 4–1. The final was held at the Palais des Sports in Grenoble, France, from 26 to 28 November.^[2] It was the US team's second consecutive title and their 28th Davis Cup title overall.

Participating teams[]

Participating teams
Argentina	Australia	Chile	Czechoslovakia
France	Great Britain	India	Italy
Mexico	New Zealand	Romania	Spain
Soviet Union	Sweden	United States	West Germany

Draw[]

First Round 5–7 March

Quarterfinals 9–11 July

Semifinals 1–3 October

Final 26–28 November

Carlsbad, CA, United States (hard)

United States

4

St. Louis, MO, United States (indoor carpet)

India

1

United States

3

Stockholm, Sweden (indoor carpet)

Sweden

2

Sweden

4

Perth, Australia (indoor carpet)

Soviet Union

1

United States

5

Mexico City, Mexico (clay)

Australia

0

Australia

3

Brisbane, Australia (grass)

Mexico

2

Australia

4

Santiago, Chile (clay)

Chile

1

Romania

1

Grenoble, France (indoor clay)

Chile

3

United States

4

Christchurch, New Zealand (grass)

France

1

Spain

2

Cervia, Italy (clay)

New Zealand

3

New Zealand

3

Rome, Italy (clay)

Italy

2

Italy

3

Aix-en-Provence, France (clay)

Great Britain

2

New Zealand

2

Prague, Czechoslovakia (indoor carpet)

France

3

West Germany

0

Paris, France (clay)

Czechoslovakia

5

Czechoslovakia

2

Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)

France

3

France

3

Argentina

2

First round[]

United States vs. India[]

United States 4	La Costa Resort Hotel, Carlsbad, CA, United States[3] 5–7 March 1982 Hard		India 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 John McEnroe Vijay Amritraj 6 4 9 7 7 5       2 Eliot Teltscher Ramesh Krishnan 6 3 6 3 6 4       3 Peter Fleming / John McEnroe Anand Amritraj / Vijay Amritraj 6 3 6 1 7 5       4 Eliot Teltscher Vijay Amritraj 3 6 5 7         5 John McEnroe Ramesh Krishnan 6 1 5 7 6 4

Sweden vs. Soviet Union[]

Sweden 4	Kungliga tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden[4] 5–7 March 1982 Carpet (indoors)		Soviet Union 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mats Wilander Vadim Borisov 9 7 6 1 6 4       2 Anders Järryd Alexander Zverev 6 1 3 6 0 6 6 3 6 2   3 Anders Järryd / Hans Simonsson Vadim Borisov / Konstantin Pugaev 8 10 3 6 6 2 8 6 6 0   4 Joakim Nyström Konstantin Pugaev 4 6 6 3 4 6       5 Mats Wilander Alexander Zverev 4 6 10 8 6 2

Mexico vs. Australia[]

Mexico 2	Estadio Rafael Osuna, Mexico City, Mexico[5] 5–7 March 1982 Carpet (indoors)		Australia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Francisco Maciel Mark Edmondson 3 6 4 6 1 6       2 Raúl Ramírez Peter McNamara 6 2 6 3 6 4       3 Jorge Lozano / Raúl Ramírez John Alexander / Phil Dent 3 6 7 5 7 5 9 7     4 Francisco Maciel Peter McNamara 3 6 3 6 0 6       5 Raúl Ramírez Mark Edmondson 1 6 4 6 2 6

Chile vs. Romania[]

Chile 3	Santiago, Chile[6] 5–7 March 1982 Clay		Romania 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Belus Prajoux Ilie Năstase 6 1 7 9 4 6 8 6 2 6   2 Pedro Rebolledo Florin Segărceanu 6 4 6 2 6 0       3 Jaime Fillol / Belus Prajoux Andrei Dîrzu / Florin Segărceanu 8 6 6 1 2 6 6 1     4 Pedro Rebolledo Ilie Năstase 5 7 6 4 6 1 6 3     5 Belus Prajoux Florin Segărceanu           not played

New Zealand vs. Spain[]

New Zealand 3	Wilding Park, Christchurch, New Zealand[7] 5–7 March 1982 Grass		Spain 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Russell Simpson José López-Maeso 14 12 6 3 7 9 12 10     2 Onny Parun Ángel Giménez 6 3 6 3 6 2       3 Onny Parun / Russell Simpson Sergio Casal / Ángel Giménez 3 6 6 3 6 4 3 6 4 6   4 Onny Parun José López-Maeso 8 10 3 6 7 9       5 Russell Simpson Ángel Giménez 2 6 5 7 6 1 6 3 6 1

Italy vs. Great Britain[]

Italy 3	Foro Italico, Rome, Italy[8] 5–7 March 1982 Clay		Great Britain 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Adriano Panatta Buster Mottram 7 5 5 7 3 6 4 6     2 Corrado Barazzutti Richard Lewis 11 9 6 1 6 1       3 Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta Andrew Jarrett / Jonathan Smith 6 4 6 3 6 3       4 Corrado Barazzutti Buster Mottram 4 6 3 6 5 7       5 Adriano Panatta Richard Lewis 8 6 6 4 6 2

Czechoslovakia vs. West Germany[]

Czechoslovakia 5	Ice Sports Hall, Prague, Czechoslovakia[9] 5–7 March 1982 Carpet (indoors)		West Germany 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Tomáš Šmíd Ulrich Pinner 9 7 6 4 6 1       2 Ivan Lendl Rolf Gehring 6 1 6 2 6 2       3 Pavel Složil / Tomáš Šmíd Hans-Dieter Beutel / Christoph Zipf 6 3 6 3 6 4       4 Tomáš Šmíd Rolf Gehring 6 3 2 6 6 3       5 Ivan Lendl Ulrich Pinner 6 1 6 3

Argentina vs. France[]

Argentina 2	Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina[10] 5–7 March 1982 Clay		France 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Guillermo Vilas Yannick Noah 6 1 4 6 7 5 3 6 7 5   2 Ricardo Cano Thierry Tulasne 1 6 3 6 2 6       3 Alejandro Ganzábal / Guillermo Vilas Gilles Moretton / Yannick Noah 8 6 3 6 2 6 4 6     4 Guillermo Vilas Thierry Tulasne 6 1 6 0 6 1       5 Ricardo Cano Yannick Noah 6 8 1 6 6 8

Quarterfinals[]

United States vs. Sweden[]

United States 3	The Checkerdome, St. Louis, MO, United States[11] 9–11 July 1982 Carpet (indoors)		Sweden 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 John McEnroe Anders Järryd 10 8 6 3 6 3       2 Eliot Teltscher Mats Wilander 4 6 5 7 6 3 6 3 0 6   3 Peter Fleming / John McEnroe Anders Järryd / Hans Simonsson 6 4 6 3 6 0       4 Brian Gottfried Anders Järryd 2 6 2 6 4 6       5 John McEnroe Mats Wilander 9 7 6 2 15 17 3 6 8 6

Australia vs. Chile[]

Australia 4	Milton Courts, Brisbane, Australia[12] 9–11 July 1982 Grass		Chile 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 John Fitzgerald Ricardo Acuña 8 6 7 5 6 1       2 Mark Edmondson Pedro Rebolledo 6 1 6 2 6 3       3 Peter McNamara / Paul McNamee Hans Gildemeister / Belus Prajoux 8 6 2 6 8 6 6 2     4 Mark Edmondson Ricardo Acuña 4 6 6 2 4 6 4 6     5 John Fitzgerald Pedro Rebolledo 8 6 3 6 4 6 6 4 6 2

Italy vs. New Zealand[]

Italy 2	Cervia, Italy[13] 9–11 July 1982 Clay		New Zealand 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Corrado Barazzutti Chris Lewis 6 3 1 6 4 6 3 6     2 Adriano Panatta Russell Simpson 6 4 3 6 7 5 4 6 2 6   3 Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta Chris Lewis / Russell Simpson 6 4 6 4 3 6 13 11     4 Adriano Panatta Chris Lewis 4 6 3 6 2 6       5 Corrado Barazzutti Bruce Derlin 6 2 6 3

France vs. Czechoslovakia[]

France 3	Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[14] 9–11 July 1982 Clay		Czechoslovakia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Yannick Noah Tomáš Šmíd 6 3 5 7 6 3 4 6 6 3   2 Thierry Tulasne Ivan Lendl 3 6 6 4 3 6 11 9 4 6   3 Henri Leconte / Yannick Noah Pavel Složil / Tomáš Šmíd 2 6 6 3 6 3 6 4     4 Yannick Noah Ivan Lendl 6 2 3 6 7 9 6 3 6 4   5 Thierry Tulasne Tomáš Šmíd 2 3         retired

Semifinals[]

Australia vs. United States[]

Australia 0	Perth Entertainment Centre, Perth, Australia[15] 1–3 October 1982 Carpet (indoors)		United States 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Peter McNamara John McEnroe 4 6 6 4 2 6 4 6     2 John Alexander Gene Mayer 4 6 6 3 1 6 2 6     3 Peter McNamara / Paul McNamee Peter Fleming / John McEnroe 2 6 2 6 6 3 6 8     4 Mark Edmondson Gene Mayer 3 6 3 6         5 John Alexander John McEnroe 4 6 3 6

France vs. New Zealand[]

France 3	Country Club Aixois, Aix-en-Provence, France[16] 1–3 October 1982 Clay		New Zealand 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Thierry Tulasne Russell Simpson 6 3 4 6 7 5 6 2     2 Yannick Noah Chris Lewis 6 3 6 1 7 5       3 Henri Leconte / Yannick Noah Chris Lewis / Russell Simpson 3 6 7 9 4 6       4 Thierry Tulasne Chris Lewis 4 6 2 6 4 6       5 Yannick Noah Russell Simpson 6 2 6 2 6 2

Final[]

France vs. United States[]

France 1	Palais des Sports, Grenoble, France[2] 26–28 November 1982 Clay (indoors)		United States 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Yannick Noah John McEnroe 10 12 6 1 6 3 2 6 3 6   2 Henri Leconte Gene Mayer 2 6 2 6 9 7 4 6     3 Henri Leconte / Yannick Noah Peter Fleming / John McEnroe 3 6 4 6 7 9       4 Yannick Noah Gene Mayer 6 1 6 0         5 Henri Leconte John McEnroe 2 6 3 6

Relegation play-offs[]

The first-round losers played in the Relegation Play-offs. The winners of the play-offs advanced to the 1983 Davis Cup World Group, and the losers were relegated to their respective Zonal Regions.

Results summary[]

Date: 1–3 October

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Surface	Ref.
Soviet Union	4–1	India	Donetsk	Clay	[17]
Mexico	2–3	Romania	Mexico City	Clay	[18]
Spain	2–3	Great Britain	Barcelona	Clay	[19]
Argentina	3–2	West Germany	Buenos Aires	Clay	[20]

•  Argentina,  Great Britain,  Romania and  Soviet Union remain in the World Group in 1983.
•  India,  Mexico,  Spain and  West Germany are relegated to Zonal competition in 1983.

Soviet Union vs. India[]

Soviet Union 4	Donetsk, Soviet Union[17] 1–3 October 1982 Clay		India 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Konstantin Pugaev Sashi Menon 2 6 6 3 6 4 6 0     2 Alexander Zverev Vijay Amritraj 8 6 6 1 6 0       3 Ramiz Akhmerov / Vadim Borisov Anand Amritraj / Vijay Amritraj 5 7 5 7 9 7 4 6     4 Alexander Zverev Sashi Menon 6 0 6 3 3 6 6 1     5 Konstantin Pugaev Vijay Amritraj 6 3 6 4

Mexico vs. Romania[]

Mexico 2	Estadio Rafael Osuna, Mexico City, Mexico[18] 1–3 October 1982 Clay		Romania 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Francisco Maciel Ilie Năstase 4 6 6 2 4 6 8 10     2 Raúl Ramírez Florin Segărceanu 7 5 8 6 7 9 6 2     3 Jorge Lozano / Raúl Ramírez Ilie Năstase / Florin Segărceanu 3 6 4 6 9 11       4 Raúl Ramírez Ilie Năstase 6 2 6 1 6 3       5 Francisco Maciel Florin Segărceanu 1 6 3 6 7 9

Spain vs. Great Britain[]

Spain 2	Barcelona, Spain[19] 1–3 October 1982 Clay		Great Britain 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Fernando Luna Andrew Jarrett 7 5 6 2 5 7 0 6 3 6   2 José López-Maeso Buster Mottram 2 6 0 6 2 6       3 Sergio Casal / Ángel Giménez Andrew Jarrett / Jonathan Smith 4 6 6 2 6 2 6 4     4 José López-Maeso Andrew Jarrett 7 5 6 3 2 6 7 5     5 Fernando Luna Buster Mottram 6 8 6 8 2 6

Argentina vs. West Germany[]

Argentina 3	Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina[20] 1–3 October 1982 Clay		West Germany 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Guillermo Vilas Hans-Dieter Beutel 6 4 6 1 7 5       2 José Luis Clerc Andreas Maurer 6 4 4 6 3 6 6 3 6 2   3 José Luis Clerc / Guillermo Vilas Andreas Maurer / Wolfgang Popp 6 4 6 2 6 4       4 Carlos Castellan Hans-Dieter Beutel 3 6 0 6         5 Alejandro Ganzábal Michael Westphal 7 9 4 6

References[]

External links[]

• Davis Cup official website