1995 Davis Cup

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1995 Davis Cup
Details
Duration3 February – 3 December
Edition84th
Teams115
Champion
Winning Nation United States
← 1994
1996 →

The 1995 Davis Cup (also known as the 1995 Davis Cup by NEC for sponsorship purposes) was the 84th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 115 teams entered the competition, 16 in the World Group, 25 in the Americas Zone, 29 in the Asia/Oceania Zone, and 45 in the Europe/Africa Zone. Bermuda, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Moldova and Pacific Oceania made their first appearances in the tournament.

The United States defeated Russia in the final, held at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, on 1–3 December, to win their 31st title overall.[1][2][3]

World Group[]

Main article: 1995 Davis Cup World Group
Participating teams

Australia
Austria
Belgium
Croatia

Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Germany

Italy
Netherlands
Russia
South Africa

Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United States

Draw[]

  First Round
3–6 February 		Quarterfinals
31 March–2 April 		Semifinals
22–24 September 		Final
1–3 December
                                     
St. Petersburg, United States (indoor carpet)
  United States 4  
Palermo, Italy (clay)
  France 1  
    United States 5  
Naples, Italy (clay)
    Italy 0  
  Czech Republic 1
Las Vegas, United States (hard)
  Italy 4  
    United States 4  
Copenhagen, Denmark (indoor carpet)
    Sweden 1  
  Sweden 3  
Växjö, Sweden (indoor carpet)
  Denmark 2  
    Sweden 5
Vienna, Austria (indoor hard)
    Austria 0  
  Spain 1
Moscow, Russia (indoor clay)
  Austria 4  
    United States 3
Durban, South Africa (hard)
    Russia 2
  South Africa 3  
Moscow, Russia (indoor carpet)
  Australia 2  
    South Africa 1
Antwerp, Belgium (indoor clay)
    Russia 4  
  Belgium 1
Moscow, Russia (indoor clay)
  Russia 4  
    Russia 3
Geneva, Switzerland (indoor clay)
    Germany 2  
   Switzerland 1  
Utrecht, Netherlands (indoor hard)
  Netherlands 4  
    Netherlands 1
Karlsruhe, Germany (indoor hard)
    Germany 4  
  Croatia 1
  Germany 4  

Final[]

Russia vs. United States


Russia
2 		Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia[3]
1–3 December 1995
Clay (indoors)
United States
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Russia
United States 		Andrei Chesnokov
Pete Sampras 		6
3 		4
6 		3
6 		77
65 		4
6 		 
2 Russia
United States 		Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Jim Courier 		77
61 		7
5 		6
3 		     
3 Russia
United States 		Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Andrei Olhovskiy
Todd Martin / Pete Sampras 		5
7 		4
6 		3
6 		     
4 Russia
United States 		Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Pete Sampras 		2
6 		4
6 		64
77 		     
5 Russia
United States 		Andrei Chesnokov
Jim Courier 		61
77 		7
5 		6
0 		     

World Group Qualifying Round[]

Main article: 1995 Davis Cup World Group Qualifying Round

Date: 22–24 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 Qualifying Round for spots in the 1996 World Group.

Home team Score Visiting team Location Venue Door Surface
 Hungary 3–2  Australia Budapest Kisstadion Outdoor Clay
 Norway 0–5  Belgium Oslo Riksanlegget Indoor Hard
 India 3–2  Croatia New Delhi National Sports Club Outdoor Grass
 Czech Republic 4–1  Zimbabwe Prague National Centre Outdoor Clay
 Venezuela 2–3  Denmark Caracas National Centre Outdoor Clay
 Mexico 3–2  Spain Mexico City Club Alemán de México Outdoor Hard
 Morocco 0–5  France Casablanca Complexe Al Amal Outdoor Clay
 New Zealand 1–4   Switzerland Hamilton Mystery Creek Pavilion Outdoor Hard
  •  Belgium,  Czech Republic,  Denmark,  France and   Switzerland remain in the World Group in 1996.
  •  Hungary,  India and  Mexico are promoted to the World Group in 1996.
  •  Morocco,  New Zealand,  Norway,  Venezuela and  Zimbabwe remain in Zonal Group I in 1996.
  •  Australia,  Croatia and  Spain are relegated to Zonal Group I in 1996.

Americas Zone[]

Main article: 1995 Davis Cup Americas Zone

Group I[]

  Second Round Play-offs
22–24 September 		First Round Play-offs
31 March–2 April 		First Round
3–5 February 		Second Round
31 March–2 April
                                     
  Caracas, Venezuela (hard)
      Uruguay 0  
  Santiago, Chile (clay)     Venezuela 5     Caracas, Venezuela (hard)
    Uruguay 0         Venezuela 3
    Chile 5   Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)     Argentina 2
    Argentina 3
  Lima, Peru (hard)       Chile 2  
    Uruguay 1  
    Peru 4     Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (clay)
      Bahamas 0  
  Lima, Peru (clay)     Brazil 5     Mexico City, Mexico (hard)
  Bahamas 3         Brazil 1
    Peru 2   Mexico City, Mexico (hard)     Mexico 4
    Mexico 3
      Peru 1  
 Uruguay relegated to
Group II in 1996. 		 Venezuela and  Mexico
advance to World Group Qualifying Round.

Group II[]

  Relegation Play-offs
31 March–2 April 		First Round
3–5 February 		Second Round
31 March–2 April 		Third Round
22–24 September
                                     
  Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)
      Cuba 2  
  Cochabamba, Bolivia (clay)     Ecuador 3     Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)
  Cuba 5         Ecuador 5  
  Bolivia 0   Guatemala City, Guatemala (hard)     Guatemala 0  
    Guatemala 4
      Bolivia 1     Victoria, Canada (indoor carpet)
      Ecuador 2
  Asunción, Paraguay (clay)       Canada 3
      Paraguay 2  
  Port-au-Prince, Haiti (clay)     Colombia 3     Kelowna, Canada (indoor carpet)
  Paraguay 3         Colombia 0
  Haiti 2   Port-au-Prince, Haiti (clay)     Canada 5  
    Haiti 2
      Canada 3  
 Bolivia and  Haiti
relegated to Group III in 1996. 		   Canada promoted
to Group I in 1996.

Group III[]

  • Venue: Santo Domingo Tennis Club, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
  • Date: 1–5 March

Group A

 PUR  DOM  CRC  ECA  BER
1  Puerto Rico (4–0) 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–0
2  Dominican Republic (3–1) 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0
3  Costa Rica (2–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1 3–0
4  Eastern Caribbean (1–3) 1–2 1–2 1–2 3–0
5  Bermuda (0–4) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3

Group B

 BAR  ESA  JAM  TRI
1  Barbados (3–0) 3–0 2–1 3–0
2  El Salvador (2–1) 0–3 3–0 3–0
3  Jamaica (1–2) 1–2 0–3 2–1
4  Trinidad and Tobago (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2

Asia/Oceania Zone[]

Main article: 1995 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I[]

  Second Round Play-offs
22–24 September 		First Round Play-offs
31 March–2 April 		First Round
3–5 February 		Second Round
31 March–2 April
                                     
  Wellington, New Zealand (hard)
      New Zealand 5  
  Jakarta, Indonesia (clay)     Chinese Taipei 0     Christchurch, New Zealand (grass)
    Chinese Taipei 1         New Zealand 4
    Indonesia 4   Seoul, South Korea (indoor carpet)     South Korea 1
    Indonesia 0
  Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard)       South Korea 5  
    Chinese Taipei 5  
    Hong Kong 0     Manila, Philippines (indoor clay)
      Philippines 3  
  Fujisawa, Japan (indoor hard)     Japan 2     New Delhi, India (grass)
  Japan 5         Philippines 0
    Hong Kong 0   Calcutta, India (grass)     India 5
    Hong Kong 1
      India 4  
 Hong Kong relegated to
Group II in 1996. 		 New Zealand and  India
advance to World Group Qualifying Round.

Group II[]

  Relegation Play-offs
31 March–2 April 		First Round
3–5 February 		Second Round
31 March–2 April 		Third Round
22–24 September
                                     
  Lahore, Pakistan (grass)
      China 3  
  Lahore, Pakistan (grass)     Pakistan 2     Bangkok, Thailand (hard)
  Pakistan 4         China 3  
  Malaysia 1   Bangkok, Thailand (hard)     Thailand 2  
    Malaysia 1
      Thailand 4     Tashkent, Uzbekistan (clay)
      China 3
  Doha, Qatar (hard)       Uzbekistan 2
      Uzbekistan 5  
  Doha, Qatar (hard)     Qatar 0     Tashkent, Uzbekistan (clay)
  Qatar 1         Uzbekistan 5
  Iran 4   Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay)     Sri Lanka 0  
    Sri Lanka 3
      Iran 2  
 Malaysia and  Qatar
relegated to Group III in 1996. 		   China promoted
to Group I in 1996.

Group III[]

Group A

 BHR  SIN  KUW  SYR  KAZ  OMA  BRU
1  Bahrain (6–0) 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–0
2  Singapore (5–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
3  Kuwait (4–2) 1–2 0–3 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
4  Syria (3–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3 2–1 3–0 3–0
5  Kazakhstan (1–5) 1–2 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 2–1
6  Oman (1–5) 1–2 0–3 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–2
7  Brunei (1–5) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–2

Group B

 KSA  BAN  POC  LIB  JOR  UAE
1  Saudi Arabia (5–0) 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–1
2  Bangladesh (4–1) 0–3 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0
3  Pacific Oceania (3–2) 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0
4  Lebanon (2–3) 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–0
5  Jordan (1–4) 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 2–1
6  United Arab Emirates (0–5) 1–2 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2

Europe/Africa Zone[]

Main article: 1995 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Group I[]

  Relegation Play-offs
21–24 September 		First Round
31 March–2 April
                   
  Casablanca, Morocco (clay)
      Morocco 4
  Estoril, Portugal (clay)     Romania 1
  Romania 3    
  Portugal 2   Budapest, Hungary (indoor carpet)
    Portugal 2
      Hungary 3
  Portorož, Slovenia (clay)
      Slovenia 0
  Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)     Zimbabwe 5
  Slovenia 0    
  Israel 5   Oslo, Norway (indoor hard)
    Norway 4
      Israel 1
  •  Morocco,  Hungary,  Zimbabwe and  Norway advance to World Group Qualifying Round.
  •  Portugal and  Slovenia relegated to Group II in 1996.

Group II[]

  Relegation Play-offs
14–16 July 		First Round
28–30 April 		Second Round
14–16 July 		Third Round
22–24 September
                                     
  Šiauliai, Lithuania (indoor carpet)
      Luxembourg 4  
  Vilnius, Lithuania (clay)     Lithuania 1     Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor carpet)
  Lithuania 1         Luxembourg 4  
  Poland 4   Lagos, Nigeria (hard)     Nigeria 1  
    Nigeria 3
      Poland 2     Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)
      Luxembourg 1
  Accra, Ghana (hard)       Finland 4
      Ghana 3  
  Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard)     Ireland 2     Tampere, Finland (clay)
  Ireland 2         Ghana 0
  Ivory Coast 3   Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard)     Finland 5  
    Ivory Coast 2
      Finland 3  
  Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet)
      Ukraine 3  
  Minsk, Belarus (carpet)     Belarus 2     Jūrmala, Latvia (clay)
  Belarus 5         Ukraine 3  
  Estonia 0   Tallinn, Estonia (indoor carpet)     Latvia 2  
    Estonia 2
      Latvia 3     Cairo, Egypt (clay)
      Ukraine 4
  Cairo, Egypt (clay)       Egypt 1
      Egypt 4  
  Eastbourne, United Kingdom (grass)     Monaco 1     Cairo, Egypt (clay)
  Monaco 0         Egypt 3
  Great Britain 5   Bratislava, Slovakia (clay)     Slovakia 2  
    Slovakia 5
      Great Britain 0  
 Lithuania,  Ireland,  Estonia, and  Monaco
relegated to Group III in 1996. 		 Finland and  Ukraine
promoted to Group I in 1996.

Group III[]

Zone A[]

  • Venue: Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino
  • Date: 10–14 May

Group A

 MKD  BUL  GEO  TUN  CMR
1  Macedonia (4–0) 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0
2  Bulgaria (3–1) 1–2 2–0 3–0 3–0
3  Georgia (2–2) 1–2 0–2 3–0 3–0
4  Tunisia (1–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3 2–0
5  Cameroon (0–4) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–2

Group B

 FRY  GRE  SMR  MDA  TOG  BEN
1  Yugoslavia (5–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Greece (4–1) 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0
3  San Marino (3–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–1
4  Moldova (2–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2 3–0 2–1
5  Togo (1–4) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 3–0
6  Benin (0–5) 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–3
  •  Macedonia and  Yugoslavia promoted to Group II in 1996.

Zone B[]

  • Venue: Tennis Club de Brazzaville, Brazzaville, Congo
  • Date: 26–30 April

Group A

 MLT  CYP  KEN  CGO  ETH
1  Malta (4–0) 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–1
2  Cyprus (3–1) 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0
3  Kenya (2–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1 3–0
4  Congo (1–3) 1–2 0–3 1–2 2–1
5  Ethiopia (0–4) 1–2 0–3 0–3 1–2

Group B

 ALG  TUR  ZAM  SEN  SUD
1  Algeria (4–0) 3–0 3–0 2–1 3–0
2  Turkey (3–1) 0–3 2–1 2–1 3–0
3  Zambia (2–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1 3–0
4  Senegal (1–3) 1–2 1–2 1–2 3–0
5  Sudan (0–4) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3
  •  Malta and  Algeria promoted to Group II in 1996.

References[]

General
  • "World Group 1995". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
Specific
  1. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–496, 504–505. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1996). World of Tennis 1996. London: Harper Collins. pp. 27–37. ISBN 9780002187138.
  3. ^ a b "Russia v United States". daviscup.com.

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