2017 Davis Cup

Details
Duration	3 February - 26 November
Edition	106th
Champion
Winning Nation	France
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The 2017 Davis Cup was the 106th edition of the Davis Cup, a tournament between national teams in men's tennis. It was sponsored by BNP Paribas.^[1] France won their tenth title (their first since 2001), with Lucas Pouille defeating Steve Darcis of Belgium on indoor hard in the final match held at Stade Pierre-Mauroy located in Villeneuve-d'Ascq on 26 November.^[2][3]

World Group

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

Seeds

Draw

	First Round 3-5 February					Quarterfinals 7-9 April					Semifinals 15-17 September					Final 24-26 November
	Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
	1	Argentina	2
						Charleroi, Belgium (indoor hard)
		Italy	3
							Italy	2
	Frankfurt, Germany (indoor hard)
						7	Belgium	3
	7	Belgium	4
											Brussels, Belgium (indoor clay)
		Germany	1
											7	Belgium	3
	Kooyong, Australia (hard)
											Australia	2
	4	Czech Republic	1
						Brisbane, Australia (hard)[4]
		Australia	4
							Australia	3
	Birmingham, United States (indoor hard)
							United States	2
	5	Switzerland	0
																Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France (indoor hard)
		United States	5
																7	Belgium	2
	Tokyo, Japan (indoor hard)
																6	France	3
		Japan	1
						Rouen, France (indoor clay)
	6	France	4
						6	France	4
	Ottawa, Canada (indoor hard)
						3	Great Britain	1
		Canada	2
											Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France (clay)
	3	Great Britain	3
											6	France	3
	Ni?, Serbia (indoor hard)
										8	Serbia	1
		Russia	1
						Belgrade, Serbia (indoor hard)
	8	Serbia	4
						8	Serbia	4
	Osijek, Croatia (indoor hard)
							Spain	1
		Spain	3
	2	Croatia	2

Final

France 3	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France[5] 24-26 November 2017 Hard (i)		Belgium 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Lucas Pouille David Goffin 5 7 3 6 1 6       2 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Steve Darcis 6 3 6 2 6 1       3 Richard Gasquet / Pierre-Hugues Herbert Ruben Bemelmans / Joris De Loore 6 1 3 6 77 62 6 4     4 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga David Goffin 65 77 3 6 2 6       5 Lucas Pouille Steve Darcis 6 3 6 1 6 0

World Group Play-offs

Date: 15-17 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 Play-offs for spots in the 2018 World Group.

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface
Kazakhstan	3-2	Argentina	Astana	National Tennis Center	Indoor	Hard
Colombia	1-4	Croatia	Bogotá	Plaza de Toros La Santamaría	Outdoor	Clay
Switzerland	3-2	Belarus	Biel/Bienne	Swiss Tennis Arena	Indoor	Hard
Netherlands	3-2	Czech Republic	The Hague	Sportcampus Zuiderpark	Indoor	Clay
Portugal	2-3	Germany	Lisbon	Clube de Ténis do Jamor	Outdoor	Clay
Japan	3-1	Brazil	Osaka	Utsubo Tennis Center	Outdoor	Hard
Hungary	3-1	Russia	Budapest	Margaret Island Athletic Centre	Outdoor	Clay
Canada	3-2	India	Edmonton	Northlands Coliseum	Indoor	Hard

•  Canada,  Croatia,  Germany,  Japan and   Switzerland will remain in the World Group in 2018.
•  Hungary,  Kazakhstan and  Netherlands are promoted to the World Group in 2018.
•  Belarus,  Brazil,  Colombia,  India and  Portugal will remain in Zonal Group I in 2018.
•  Argentina,  Czech Republic and  Russia are relegated to Zonal Group I in 2018.

Americas Zone

Group I

Draw

Second Round Play-offs 15-17 September

First Round Play-offs

First Round 3-5 February

Second Round 7-9 April

1

Brazil

bye

Ambato, Ecuador (clay)

bye

1

Brazil

5

Peru

Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)

Ecuador

0

Peru

0

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (hard)

Ecuador

5

Peru

1

Dominican Republic

4

Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic (hard)

Dominican Republic

0

Chile

5

Medellín, Colombia (clay)

Dominican Republic

Chile

1

bye

2

Colombia

3

bye

2

Colombia

Peru relegated to Group II in 2018.

Brazil and  Colombia advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

Draw

	Play-offs 7-9 April					First Round 3-5 February					Second Round 7-9 April					Third Round 15-17 September
						Asunción, Paraguay (clay)
						1	Barbados	3
	Zapopan, Mexico (hard)						Paraguay	2			Saint Michael, Barbados (hard)
		Paraguay	0								1	Barbados	3
	3	Mexico	5			Guatemala City, Guatemala (hard)						Guatemala	2
						3	Mexico	1
							Guatemala	3								Wildey, Barbados (hard)
																1	Barbados	3
						San Salvador, El Salvador (hard)										2	Venezuela	2
							Bolivia	2
	Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia (clay)					4	El Salvador	3			Doral, United States (hard)
		Bolivia	4								4	El Salvador	2
		Bahamas	1			Doral, United States (hard)					2	Venezuela	3
							Bahamas	0
						2	Venezuela	5
Paraguay and  Bahamas relegated to Group III in 2018.															Barbados promoted to Group I in 2018.

Group III

Date: 12-17 June

Location: Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club, Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)

Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of four and five teams, respectively (Pools A and B). The winner of each pool plays off against the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations are promoted to Americas Zone Group II in 2018.

Participating teams:

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 10 April 2017 (shown in parentheses below).

Pool A

Pool B

		PUR	HON	JAM	BER	ANT	RR W-L	Set W-L	Game W-L	Standings
79	Puerto Rico		3-0	3-0	3-0	3-0	4-0	24-3 (89%)	162-89 (65%)	1
86	Honduras	0-3		2-1	2-1	3-0	3-1			2
94	Jamaica	0-3	1-2		3-0	2-1	2-2	16-12 (57%)	148-122 (55%)	3
107	Bermuda	0-3	1-2	0-3		2-1	1-3	6-18 (25%)	79-126 (39%)	4
NR		0-3	0-3	1-2	1-2		0-4	4-21 (16%)	68-141 (33%)	5

Playoffs

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Uruguay	2-0	Honduras
Promotional	Costa Rica	1-2	Puerto Rico
5th-6th	Panama	2-1	Jamaica
7th-8th	Cuba	2-0	Bermuda
9th	--		Antigua and Barbuda

 Uruguay and  Puerto Rico promoted to Group II in 2018.

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

Draw

Second Round Play-offs 15-17 September

First Round Play-offs 7-9 April

First Round 3-5 February / 17-19 February

Second Round 7-9 April

1

Kazakhstan

bye

Astana, Kazakhstan (indoor clay)

bye

1

Kazakhstan

4

Chinese Taipei

Kaohsiung, Taiwan (hard)

China

1

Chinese Taipei

0

Yanggu, South Korea (hard)

China

5

Chinese Taipei

2

South Korea

3

Gimcheon, South Korea (indoor hard)

Uzbekistan

3

Auckland, New Zealand (hard)

South Korea

1

Bangalore, India (hard)

South Korea

2

Uzbekistan

1

New Zealand

3

Pune, India (hard)

2

India

4

New Zealand

1

2

India

4

Chinese Taipei relegated to Group II in 2018.

Kazakhstan and  India advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

Draw

	Play-offs 7-9 April					First Round 3-5 February					Second Round 7-9 April					Third Round 15-17 September
						Islamabad, Pakistan (hard)
						1	Pakistan	3
	Isfahan, Iran (clay)						Iran	2			Islamabad, Pakistan (grass)
		Iran	5								1	Pakistan	w/o
	4	Vietnam	0			Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (hard)						Hong Kong
						4	Vietnam	2
							Hong Kong	3								Islamabad, Pakistan (grass)
																1	Pakistan	3
						Manila, Philippines (indoor clay)										2	Thailand	2
							Indonesia	1
	Surakarta, Indonesia (hard)					3	Philippines	4			Nonthaburi, Thailand (hard)
		Indonesia	4								3	Philippines	0
		Kuwait	1			Mishref, Kuwait (hard)					2	Thailand	5
							Kuwait	1
						2	Thailand	3
Vietnam and  Kuwait relegated to Group III in 2018.															Pakistan promoted to Group I in 2018.

Group III

Date: 17-22 July

Location: Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay)

Participating teams:

Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of four and five teams, respectively (Pools A and B). The winner of each pool plays off against the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations are promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2018.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 10 April 2017 (shown in parentheses below).

Pool A

Pool B

		LBN	QAT	MAS	UAE	TKM	RR W-L	Set W-L	Game W-L	Standings
88	Lebanon		3-0	2-1	2-1	2-1	4-0			1
100	Qatar	0-3		2-0	2-1	2-1	3-1	15-12 (56%)	118-111 (52%)	2
89	Malaysia	1-2	0-2		2-1	3-0	2-2	14-11 (56%)	121-100 (55%)	3
103		1-2	1-2	1-2		2-1	1-3	11-17 (39%)	109-142 (43%)	4
105	Turkmenistan	1-2	1-2	0-3	1-2		0-4	9-20 (31%)	111-153 (42%)	5

Playoffs

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Sri Lanka	2-0	Qatar
Promotional	Jordan	0-2	Lebanon
5th	--		Malaysia
Relegation	Pacific Oceania	2-1	Turkmenistan
Relegation	Syria	2-0	United Arab Emirates

•  Sri Lanka and  Lebanon promoted to Group II in 2018.
•  Turkmenistan and  United Arab Emirates relegated to Group IV in 2018.

Group IV

Date: 3-8 April

Location: Bahrain Polytechnic, Isa Town, Bahrain (hard)

Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of five and six teams, respectively (Pools A and B). The winner of each pool plays off against the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations are promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group III in 2018.

Participating teams:

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 20 February 2017 (shown in parentheses below).

Pool A

		CAM	KSA	MYA	BHR	KGZ	RR W-L	Set W-L	Game W-L	Standings
101	Cambodia		2-1	3-0	3-0	2-1	4-0		150-92 (62%)	1
111	Saudi Arabia	1-2		3-0	3-0	3-0	3-1	20-7 (74%)		2
120	Myanmar	0-3	0-3		2-1	2-1	2-2	10-17 (37%)	106-140 (43%)	3
107	Bahrain	0-3	0-3	1-2		3-0	1-3	12-17 (41%)		4
126	Kyrgyzstan	1-2	0-3	1-2	0-3		0-4	7-20 (26%)	98-150 (40%)	5

Pool B

		SGP	OMA	MGL	TJK	BAN	IRQ	RR W-L	Set W-L	Game W-L	Standings
107	Singapore		1-2	3-0	3-0	3-0	3-0	4-1			1
122	Oman	2-1		1-2	3-0	3-0	3-0	4-1	25-9 (74%)	178-122 (59%)	2
124	Mongolia	0-3	2-1		2-1	2-1	2-1	4-1	17-15 (53%)		3
123	Tajikistan	0-3	0-3	1-2		2-1	1-2	1-4	11-22 (33%)	124-170 (42%)	4
112	Bangladesh	0-3	0-3	1-2	1-2		2-1	1-4	9-23 (28%)		5
106	Iraq	0-3	0-3	1-2	2-1	1-2		1-4	9-24 (27%)		6

Play-Offs

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Cambodia	2-0	Oman
Promotional	Saudi Arabia	2-1	Singapore
5th-6th	Myanmar	2-1	Mongolia
7th-8th	Bahrain	1-2	Tajikistan
9th-10th	Kyrgyzstan	2-1	Bangladesh
11th	--		Iraq

 Cambodia and  Saudi Arabia promoted to Group III in 2018.

Europe/Africa Zone

Group I

Draw

Second Round Play-offs 15-17 September / 27-29 October

First Round Play-offs 15-17 September

First Round 3-5 February

Second Round 3-5 February / 7-9 April

1

Slovakia

bye

Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)

1

Slovakia

1

Slovakia

1

bye

Hungary

3

Hungary

Bratislava, Slovakia (clay)

bye

1

Slovakia

4

Poland

1

3

Netherlands

bye

Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina (indoor hard)

bye

3

Netherlands

3

Poland

Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina (indoor hard)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1

Poland

0

5

Minsk, Belarus (indoor hard)

Romania

2

Wels, Austria (clay)

Belarus

3

Minsk, Belarus (indoor hard)

Romania

1

Belarus

3

4

Austria

4

4

Austria

1

bye

Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)

4

Austria

Romania

0

Israel

5

Lisbon, Portugal (indoor clay)

Israel

0

Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)

Portugal

5

Lisbon, Portugal (indoor clay)

Israel

0

Portugal

4

2

Ukraine

5

2

Ukraine

1

bye

2

Ukraine

Poland and  Romania relegated to Group II in 2018.

Hungary,  Netherlands,  Belarus, and  Portugal advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

Draw

	Play-offs 7-9 April					First Round 3-5 February					Second Round 7-9 April					Third Round 15-17 September
						Tunis, Tunisia (hard)
						1	Sweden	3
	Nicosia, Cyprus (hard)						Tunisia	2			Antalya, Turkey (clay)
		Tunisia	4								1	Sweden	4
		Cyprus	1			Nicosia, Cyprus (hard)					7	Turkey	1
						7	Turkey	4
							Cyprus	1								Båstad, Sweden (clay)
																1	Sweden	5
						?iauliai, Lithuania (indoor hard)										3	Lithuania	0
						3	Lithuania	3
	Hanko, Finland (indoor hard)						Madagascar	2			Tbilisi, Georgia (hard)
		Madagascar	2								3	Lithuania	3
	5	Finland	3			Tbilisi, Georgia (indoor carpet)						Georgia	2
						5	Finland	2
							Georgia	3
						Jelgava, Latvia (indoor hard)
							Norway	5
	Marrakesh, Morocco (clay)					6	Latvia	0			Stavanger, Norway (indoor hard)
	6	Latvia	2									Norway	1
		Morocco	3			Aarhus, Denmark (indoor carpet)					4	Denmark	4
							Morocco	1
						4	Denmark	4								Aarhus, Denmark (indoor hard)
																4	Denmark	1
						Centurion, South Africa (hard)										8	South Africa	3
							Estonia	1
	Tallinn, Estonia (indoor hard)					8	South Africa	4			Centurion, South Africa (hard)
		Estonia	3								8	South Africa	5
		Monaco	2			Maribor, Slovenia (indoor hard)					2	Slovenia	0
							Monaco	2
						2	Slovenia	3
Cyprus,  Madagascar,  Latvia, and  Monaco relegated to Group III in 2018.										Sweden and  South Africa promoted to Group I in 2018.

Group III Europe

Date: 5-8 April

Location: Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria (hard)

Format: Round-robin basis. One pool of three teams (Pool A) and three pools of four teams (Pools B, C and D). The winners of each pool played-off against each other to determine which two nations were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2018.

Participating teams:

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 20 February 2017 (shown in parentheses below).

Pool A

		BUL	GRE	ARM	RR W-L	Set W-L	Game W-L	Standings
50	Bulgaria		3-0	3-0	2-0			1
97	Greece	0-3		3-0	1-1	7-7 (50%)	64-53 (55%)	2
119	Armenia	0-3	0-3		0-2	1-12 (8%)	23-77 (23%)	3

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Playoffs

Placing A Team Score D Team Promotional  Bulgaria 1-2  Ireland 5th-8th  Greece 1-2  Montenegro 9th-12th  Armenia 2-1  Andorra 13th-15th --  Kosovo

Placing B Team Score C Team Promotional  Macedonia 1-2  Luxembourg 5th-8th  Moldova 2-1  Liechtenstein 9th-12th  Malta 2-1  Albania 13th-15th  Iceland 2-0  San Marino

 Ireland and  Luxembourg promoted to Group II in 2018.

Group III Africa

Date: 17-22 July

Location: Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt (clay)

Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of four and five teams, respectively (Pools A and B). The winner of each pool plays off against the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations are promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2018.

Participating teams:

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 10 April 2017 (shown in parentheses below).

Pool A

Pool B

		KEN	BEN	ALG	LBA	BOT	RR W-L	Set W-L	Game W-L	Standings
117	Kenya		2-1	2-1	2-1	3-0	4-0	20-7 (74%)		1
83	Benin	1-2		2-1	3-0	3-0	3-1			2
81	Algeria	1-2	1-2		3-0	3-0	2-2	17-9 (65%)	134-86 (61%)	3
129	Libya	1-2	0-3	0-3		2-1	1-3	7-20 (26%)	83-151 (35%)	4
119	Botswana	0-3	0-3	0-3	1-2		0-4	4-23 (15%)	67-149 (31%)	5

Playoffs

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Egypt	2-0	Benin
Promotional	Zimbabwe	2-0	Kenya
5th-6th	Nigeria	2-0	Algeria
7th-8th	Rwanda	2-1	Libya
9th	--		Botswana

•  Egypt and  Zimbabwe promoted to Group II in 2018.

Broadcasting rights

Americas

•  Argentina: TyC Sports and América Sports
•  Brazil: SporTV and BandSports
•  Canada: Sportsnet and TVA Sports
•  Paraguay: Tigo Sports [es] and Personal Sports [es]
•  Uruguay: VTV [es]
•  United States: Tennis Channel^[6]

Asia

Europe

•  Belgium: RTBF, Sporza and VRT
•  France: beIN SPORTS
•  Hungary: MTVA
•  Italy: Super Tennis
•  Poland: TVP Sport
•  Portugal: SPORT.TV4
•  Russia: Match! Arena and Match! Game
•  Serbia: Radio Television of Serbia

Africa

References

External links

• Official website