2015 Davis Cup World Group

The World Group was the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 2015. The first-round losers went into the Davis Cup World Group Play-offs, and the winners progressed to the quarterfinals and World Group spot for 2016.

Participating teams[]

Participating teams
Argentina	Australia	Belgium	Brazil
Canada	Croatia	Czech Republic	France
Germany	Great Britain	Italy	Japan
Kazakhstan	Serbia	Switzerland	United States

Seeds[]

Draw[]

	First Round 6–8 March					Quarterfinals 17–19 July					Semifinals 18–20 September					Final 27–29 November
	Frankfurt, Germany (indoor hard)[1]
	1	France	3
						London, Great Britain (grass)[2]
		Germany	2
						1	France	1
	Glasgow, Great Britain (indoor hard)[3]
							Great Britain	3
	7	United States	2
											Glasgow, Great Britain (indoor hard)[4]
		Great Britain	3
												Great Britain	3
	Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor hard)[5]
											Australia	2
	3	Czech Republic	2
						Darwin, Australia (grass)[6][7]
		Australia	3
							Australia	3
	Astana, Kazakhstan (indoor hard)[8]
							Kazakhstan	2
	6	Italy	2
																Ghent, Belgium (indoor clay)[9]
		Kazakhstan	3
																	Great Britain	3
	Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)[10]
																	Belgium	1
		Brazil	2
						Buenos Aires, Argentina (indoor clay)[11]
	5	Argentina	3
						5	Argentina	4
	Kraljevo, Serbia (indoor hard)[12]
						4	Serbia	1
		Croatia	0
											Brussels, Belgium (indoor hard)[13][14]
	4	Serbia	5
											5	Argentina	2
	Vancouver, Canada (indoor hard)[15]
											Belgium	3
		Japan	2
						Middelkerke, Belgium (clay)[16]
	8	Canada	3
						8	Canada	0
	Liège, Belgium (indoor hard)[17]
							Belgium	5
		Belgium	3
	2	Switzerland	2

First round[]

Germany vs. France[]

Germany 2	Fraport Arena, Frankfurt, Germany[1] 6–8 March 2015 Hard (i)		France 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jan-Lennard Struff Gilles Simon 64 77 6 2 77 61 2 6 8 10   2 Philipp Kohlschreiber Gaël Monfils 4 6 5 7 64 77       3 Benjamin Becker / Andre Begemann Julien Benneteau / Nicolas Mahut 4 6 3 6 2 6       4 Philipp Kohlschreiber Gilles Simon 77 65 6 4         5 Jan-Lennard Struff Nicolas Mahut 78 66 6 3

Great Britain vs. United States[]

Great Britain 3	Commonwealth Arena, Glasgow, Great Britain[3] 6–8 March 2015 Hard (i)		United States 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Andy Murray Donald Young 6 1 6 1 4 6 6 2     2 James Ward John Isner 64 77 5 7 6 3 77 63 15 13   3 Dominic Inglot / Jamie Murray Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 3 6 2 6 6 3 710 68 7 9   4 Andy Murray John Isner 77 64 6 3 77 64       5 James Ward Donald Young 7 5 0 1       retired

• The Isner-Ward match was the longest match involving a United States player since the introduction of the tiebreaker in 1989.^[18]
• Great Britain's victory over the United States was their first win over this country at home since 1935.^[19]

Czech Republic vs. Australia[]

Czech Republic 2	ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava, Czech Republic[5] 6–8 March 2015 Hard (i)		Australia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Lukáš Rosol Thanasi Kokkinakis 6 4 6 2 5 7 5 7 3 6   2 Jiří Veselý Bernard Tomic 4 6 3 6 65 77       3 Jiří Veselý / Adam Pavlásek Sam Groth / Lleyton Hewitt 1 6 77 62 3 6 77 64 6 2   4 Lukáš Rosol Bernard Tomic 64 77 3 6 65 77       5 Jan Mertl Sam Groth 6 3 6 2

• This was Australia's first World Group win since 2006.^[20]

Kazakhstan vs. Italy[]

Kazakhstan 3	National Tennis Center, Astana, Kazakhstan[8] 6–8 March 2015 Hard (i)		Italy 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mikhail Kukushkin Simone Bolelli 78 66 6 1 6 2       2 Andrey Golubev Andreas Seppi 3 6 3 6 77 65 2 6     3 Andrey Golubev / Aleksandr Nedovyesov Fabio Fognini / Simone Bolelli 64 77 3 6 715 613 4 6     4 Mikhail Kukushkin Andreas Seppi 710 68 6 0 6 4       5 Aleksandr Nedovyesov Fabio Fognini 77 65 3 6 4 6 6 3 7 5

Argentina vs. Brazil[]

Argentina 3	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires, Argentina[10] 6–8 March 2015 Clay		Brazil 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Carlos Berlocq João Souza 4 6 6 3 7 5 3 6 2 6   2 Leonardo Mayer Thomaz Bellucci 6 4 6 3 1 6 6 3     3 Carlos Berlocq / Diego Schwartzman Marcelo Melo / Bruno Soares 5 7 3 6 4 6       4 Leonardo Mayer João Souza 77 64 77 65 5 7 5 7 15 13   5 Federico Delbonis Thomaz Bellucci 6 3 3 6 6 2 7 5

• The Mayer-Souza match set the record for the longest Davis Cup singles rubber, lasting for 6 hours and 42 minutes, eclipsing the previous record by 20 minutes which was from the McEnroe-Wilander match in 1982. It is the second longest tour match in history, behind the Isner-Mahut match from Wimbledon 2010.^[21]

Serbia vs. Croatia[]

Serbia 5	Kraljevo Sports Hall, Kraljevo, Serbia[12] 6–8 March 2015 Hard (i)		Croatia 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Novak Djokovic Mate Delić 6 3 6 2 6 4       2 Viktor Troicki Borna Ćorić 4 6 1 6 6 3 6 2 6 1   3 Novak Djokovic / Nenad Zimonjić Marin Draganja / Franko Škugor 6 3 6 4 6 1       4 Filip Krajinović Franko Škugor 6 4 6 2         5 Viktor Troicki Mate Delić 6 4 6 3

Canada vs. Japan[]

Canada 3	Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre, Vancouver, Canada[15] 6–8 March 2015 Hard (i)		Japan 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Milos Raonic Tatsuma Ito 6 2 6 1 6 2       2 Vasek Pospisil Kei Nishikori 4 6 65 77 3 6       3 Daniel Nestor / Vasek Pospisil Go Soeda / Yasutaka Uchiyama 7 5 2 6 6 3 3 6 6 3   4 Milos Raonic Kei Nishikori 6 3 3 6 4 6 6 2 4 6   5 Vasek Pospisil Go Soeda 7 5 6 3 6 4

Belgium vs. Switzerland[]

Belgium 3	Country Hall Ethias Liège, Liège, Belgium[17] 6–8 March 2015 Hard (i)		Switzerland 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ruben Bemelmans Henri Laaksonen 6 1 78 66 4 6 0 6 2 6   2 Steve Darcis Michael Lammer 6 3 6 1 6 3       3 Ruben Bemelmans / Niels Desein Adrien Bossel / Michael Lammer 1 6 6 3 6 2 6 2     4 Steve Darcis Henri Laaksonen 3 6 6 3 6 3 65 77 1 6   5 David Goffin Adrien Bossel 6 4 6 0 6 4

• Belgium won a World Group tie for the first time since 2007.^[22]

Quarterfinals[]

Great Britain vs. France[]

Great Britain 3	Queen's Club, London, Great Britain[2] 17–19 July 2015 Grass		France 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 James Ward Gilles Simon 4 6 4 6 1 6       2 Andy Murray Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7 5 712 610 6 2       3 Andy Murray / Jamie Murray Nicolas Mahut / Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 4 6 6 3 77 65 6 1     4 Andy Murray Gilles Simon 4 6 77 65 6 3 6 0     5 James Ward Jo-Wilfried Tsonga           not played

• Great Britain won a quarterfinal match for the first time since 1981.^[23]
• It is the first time since 1998 that siblings have combined to win three points in a world group tie. The Black brothers Byron and Wayne did so for Zimbabwe against Australia.^[24]

Australia vs. Kazakhstan[]

Australia 3	, Darwin, Australia[6] 17–19 July 2015 Grass		Kazakhstan 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Thanasi Kokkinakis Mikhail Kukushkin 4 6 3 6 3 6       2 Nick Kyrgios Aleksandr Nedovyesov 65 77 77 62 65 77 4 6     3 Sam Groth / Lleyton Hewitt Andrey Golubev / Aleksandr Nedovyesov 6 4 77 64 6 2       4 Sam Groth Mikhail Kukushkin 6 3 78 66 4 6 78 66     5 Lleyton Hewitt Aleksandr Nedovyesov 77 62 6 2 6 3

• It was the first time in 76 years that Australia had come back from 2–0 down to win.^[25]
• It was the first time that all four nominated players had played in a singles live rubber tie for Australia.^[25]
• Australia made it into the semifinals for the first time since 2006.^[25]
• Despite having played Davis Cup for 17 years it was the first time that Hewitt had played in the deciding rubber.^[25]

Argentina vs. Serbia[]

Argentina 4	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires, Argentina[11] 17–19 July 2015 Clay (i)		Serbia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Leonardo Mayer Filip Krajinović 6 4 6 2 6 1       2 Federico Delbonis Viktor Troicki 2 6 2 6 6 4 6 4 6 2   3 Carlos Berlocq / Leonardo Mayer Viktor Troicki / Nenad Zimonjić 6 2 6 4 6 1       4 Diego Schwartzman Dušan Lajović 1 6 4 6         5 Carlos Berlocq Filip Krajinović 6 1 3 0         retired

Belgium vs. Canada[]

Belgium 5	Sportpark Krokodiel, Middelkerke, Belgium[16] 17–19 July 2015 Clay		Canada 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Steve Darcis Frank Dancevic 3 6 6 1 7 5 6 3     2 David Goffin Filip Peliwo 6 4 6 4 6 2       3 Ruben Bemelmans / Kimmer Coppejans Daniel Nestor / Adil Shamasdin 7 5 3 6 6 4 6 3     4 Kimmer Coppejans Frank Dancevic 2 6 6 2 6 3       5 Steve Darcis Filip Peliwo 6 4 6 3

• Belgium advanced to the semifinals for the first time since 1999.^[26]

Semifinals[]

Great Britain vs. Australia[]

Great Britain 3	Commonwealth Arena, Glasgow, Great Britain[4][27] 18–20 September 2015 Hard (i)		Australia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Andy Murray Thanasi Kokkinakis 6 3 6 0 6 3       2 Dan Evans Bernard Tomic 3 6 62 77 77 64 4 6     3 Andy Murray / Jamie Murray Sam Groth / Lleyton Hewitt 4 6 6 3 6 4 66 78 6 4   4 Andy Murray Bernard Tomic 7 5 6 3 6 2       5 Dan Evans Thanasi Kokkinakis 5 7 4 6

• Great Britain reach their first final since 1978.

Belgium vs. Argentina[]

Belgium 3	Forest National, Brussels, Belgium[13] 18–20 September 2015 Hard (i)		Argentina 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 David Goffin Federico Delbonis 7 5 77 63 6 3       2 Steve Darcis Leonardo Mayer 65 77 61 77 6 4 3 6     3 Ruben Bemelmans / Steve Darcis Carlos Berlocq / Leonardo Mayer 2 6 61 77 7 5 65 77     4 David Goffin Diego Schwartzman 6 3 6 2 6 1       5 Steve Darcis Federico Delbonis 6 4 2 6 7 5 77 63

• Belgium reach their first final since 1904 and equal their best Davis Cup performance.

Final[]

Belgium vs. Great Britain[]

Belgium 1	Flanders Expo, Ghent, Belgium[9] 27–29 November 2015 Clay (i)		Great Britain 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 David Goffin Kyle Edmund 3 6 1 6 6 2 6 1 6 0   2 Ruben Bemelmans Andy Murray 3 6 2 6 5 7       3 Steve Darcis / David Goffin Andy Murray / Jamie Murray 4 6 6 4 3 6 2 6     4 David Goffin Andy Murray 3 6 5 7 3 6       5 Ruben Bemelmans Kyle Edmund           not played

• Great Britain win their 10th Davis Cup and their first since 1936.^[28]
• Andy Murray becomes the third player to finish with an 8–0 record in the singles after John McEnroe and Mats Wilander.^[28]
• Andy Murray becomes the fourth player to finish with an 11–0 record in the singles and doubles.^[28]

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