2015_Davis_Cup_World_Group

2015 Davis Cup World Group

2015 Davis Cup World Group

Tennis tournament


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.

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Participating teams

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Seeds

  1.  France (quarterfinals)
  2.   Switzerland (first round)
  3.  Czech Republic (first round)
  4.  Serbia (quarterfinals)
  5.  Argentina (semifinals)
  6.  Italy (first round)
  7.  United States (first round)
  8.  Canada (quarterfinals)

Draw

First round
6–8 March
Quarterfinals
17–19 July
Semifinals
18–20 September
Final
27–29 November
Frankfurt, Germany (indoor hard)[1]
1 France3
London, Great Britain (grass)[2]
 Germany2
1 France1
Glasgow, Great Britain (indoor hard)[3]
 Great Britain3
7 United States2
Glasgow, Great Britain (indoor hard)[4]
 Great Britain3
 Great Britain3
Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor hard)[5]
 Australia2
3 Czech Republic2
Darwin, Australia (grass)[6][7]
 Australia3
 Australia3
Astana, Kazakhstan (indoor hard)[8]
 Kazakhstan2
6 Italy2
Ghent, Belgium (indoor clay)[9]
 Kazakhstan3
 Great Britain3
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)[10]
 Belgium1
 Brazil2
Buenos Aires, Argentina (indoor clay)[11]
5 Argentina3
5 Argentina4
Kraljevo, Serbia (indoor hard)[12]
4 Serbia1
 Croatia0
Brussels, Belgium (indoor hard)[13][14]
4 Serbia5
5 Argentina2
Vancouver, Canada (indoor hard)[15]
 Belgium3
 Japan2
Middelkerke, Belgium (clay)[16]
8 Canada3
8 Canada0
Liège, Belgium (indoor hard)[17]
 Belgium5
 Belgium3
2  Switzerland2

First round

Germany vs. France

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Great Britain vs. United States

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  • 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

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

Kazakhstan vs. Italy

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Argentina vs. Brazil

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  • 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

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Canada vs. Japan

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Belgium vs. Switzerland

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

Quarterfinals

Great Britain vs. France

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  • 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

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  • 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

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Belgium vs. Canada

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

Semifinals

Great Britain vs. Australia

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  • Great Britain reach their first final since 1978.

Belgium vs. Argentina

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

Final

Belgium vs. Great Britain

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  • 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]

References

  1. "Germany v France". daviscup.com.
  2. "Darwin to host Davis Cup Quarter Finals". Tennis Australia. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  3. "Serbia v Croatia". daviscup.com.
  4. "Canada v Japan". daviscup.com.
  5. "Belgium v Canada". daviscup.com.
  6. "Davis Cup 2015: Andy Murray beats John Isner in straight sets to take GB to quarter-finals". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  7. "News". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  8. Piers Newbery. "BBC Sport – Andy Murray puts Great Britain into Davis Cup semi-finals". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  9. "Andy Murray beats body and Bernard Tomic to put GB in Davis Cup final". Guardian. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  10. Newbery, Piers. "Andy Murray wins the Davis Cup for Great Britain". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 1 December 2015.

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