The 2018 Davis Cup was the 107th edition of the Davis Cup, a tournament between national teams in men's tennis. It was sponsored by BNP Paribas. In 2018, new rules were introduced for the Group I and II zonal events, with ties now being played as best-of-three sets over the course of two days.
Croatia won their second Davis Cup on indoor clay in the final match held at 25 November with a 3–1 win over France.
Guam made its first appearance in the tournament.
World Group
Final
World Group play-offs
Date: 14–16 September 2018
The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties and eight winners of the Zonal Group I final round ties will compete in the World Group play-offs for seeded spots in the 2019 Qualifying Round. Seedings are based on Davis Cup rankings as of 9 April 2018.
Seeded teams
Unseeded teams
Home team Score Visiting team Location Venue Door Surface 4–0 San Juan Estadio Aldo Cantoni Indoor Clay 3–1 Glasgow Commonwealth Arena Indoor Hard 3–1 Graz Messe Congress Graz Outdoor Clay 2–3 Biel/Bienne Swiss Tennis Arena Indoor Hard 4–0 Kraljevo Kraljevo Sports Hall Indoor Clay 3–1 Toronto Coca-Cola Coliseum Indoor Hard 2–3 Budapest Kopaszi Dam Outdoor Clay 4–0 Osaka Utsubo Tennis Center Outdoor Hard
Americas Zone
Group I
Group II
Group III
Date: 28 May–2 June
Location: Costa Rica Country Club, Escazú, Costa Rica (hard)
Format: Round-robin basis. The winner of Pool A will play-off against the runner-up of Pool B and the winner of Pool B will play-off against the runner-up of Pool A to determine which two nations will advance to Americas Zone Group II in 2019.
Participating teams
Pool A
Pool B
Inactive Teams
Play-offs
and promoted to Group II in 2019.
Asia/Oceania Zone
Group I
Group II
Group III
Date: 2–7 April
Location: Mỹ Đình Sports Complex, Hanoi, Vietnam (indoor hard)
Format: Round-robin basis. One pool of 4 teams (Pool A) and one pool of 5 teams (Pool B). The winner of Pool A will play-off against the runner-up of Pool B and the winner of Pool B will play-off against the runner-up of Pool A to determine which two nations will be promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2019.
Participating teams
Pool A
Pool B
Play-offs
and promoted to Group II in 2019. and relegated to Group IV in 2019.
Group IV
Date: 29 January–3 February
Location: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman (hard)
Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of six teams. The winner of Pool A will play-off against the runner-up in Pool B and the winner of Pool B will play-off against the runner-up in Pool A to determine which two nations will be promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group III in 2019.
Participating teams
Pool A
Pool B
Inactive Teams
Play-offs
and were promoted to Group III in 2019.
Europe/Africa Zone
Group I
Group II
Group III Europe
Date: 3–7 April
Location 1: Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria (clay) Location 2: Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro (clay)
Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of four teams at each venue. The winners of each pool play-off against each other to determine which nation will be promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2019. Two promoted - one from each venue.
Participating teams
Pool A (Plovdiv)
Pool B (Plovdiv)
Pool A (Ulcinj)
Pool B (Ulcinj)
Inactive Team
Play-offs
and were promoted to Group II in 2019.
Group III Africa
Date: 18–23 June
Location: Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya (clay)
Format: Round-robin basis. One pool of four teams (Pool A) and one pool of five teams (Pool B). The winners of each pool play-off against each other to determine which two nations are promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2019.
Participating teams
Pool A
Pool B
Inactive Teams
Play-offs
and were promoted to Group II in 2019.
References
External links
Official website