The 2009 Davis Cup was the 98th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. Sixteen teams participated in the World Group and more than one hundred other took part in different regional groups. Spain won their fourth Davis Cup trophy, defending the title they had won the previous year. It is the first year that the ITF awarded ATP rankings points to the players competing in the World Group and related play-offs. Yemen made its first appearance in the tournament.
World Group
Participating Teams
Draw
Final
World Group play-offs
Date: 18–20 September
The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties, and eight winners of the Group I second round ties compete in the World Group play-offs.
Seeded teams
Unseeded teams
Home team Score Visiting team Location Venue Door Surface 3–2 Rancagua Medialuna Monumental de Rancagua Outdoor Clay 3–2 Charleroi Spiroudome de Charleroi Indoor Clay 2–3 Porto Alegre Ginásio Gigantinho Indoor Clay 1–4 Maastricht MECC Maastricht Indoor Clay 1–4 Johannesburg Ellis Park Indoor Arena Indoor Hard 5–0 Belgrade Belgrade Arena Indoor Hard 4–1 Helsingborg Idrottens Hus Indoor Hard 2–3 Genova Valletta Cambiaso Club Outdoor Clay
, , , and will remain in the World Group in 2010. , , and are promoted to the World Group in 2010. , , , and will remain in Zonal Group I in 2010. , and are relegated to Zonal Group I in 2010.
Americas Zone
Group I
Group II
Group III
Pool A
Pool B
Promotion Pool
Relegation Pool
and promoted to Group II in 2010. and relegated to Group IV in 2010.
Group IV
& advanced to Group III in 2010.
Asia/Oceania Zone
Group I
Group II
Group III
Top two teams advance to 1st–4th Play-off, bottom two teams advance to 5th–8th Play-off. Scores in italics carried over from pools.
Pacific Oceania and promoted to Group II in 2010. and relegated to Group IV in 2010.
Group IV
and are promoted to Asia/Oceania Group III in 2010.
Europe/Africa Zone
Group I
Group II
Group III
Section A
Group A
Group B
Promotion Play-Off Group
Relegation Play-Off Group
and are promoted to Europe/Africa Group II in 2010. and are relegated to Europe/Africa Group IV in 2010.
Section B
Group A
Group B
Promotion Play-Off Group
Relegation Play-Off Group
and are promoted to Europe/Africa Group II in 2010. and are relegated to Europe/Africa Group IV in 2010.
Group IV
, , and are promoted to Europe/Africa Group III in 2010.
Point Distribution
References
External links
Davis Cup draw details