Davis Cup 1988

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The Davis Cup in 1988 was the 77th edition of the competition for men's national tennis teams organized by the ITF . The Federal Republic of Germany won the final in Gothenburg between December 16 and 18 against Sweden 4-1. This was the first time that Germany secured the Davis Cup. During the entire tournament, the German team lost only one individual match: Stefan Edberg won his second individual, which was already meaningless at the time, against Carl-Uwe Steeb .

The teams

World group

16 teams played in the world group, made up of the 8 best teams from the previous year and the winners of last year's relegation.

Results

  1st round
5-7 February 		  Quarter-finals
8-10 April 		  Semi-finals
22–24 July 		  Final
16.-18. December
                                     
SwedenSweden Sweden 5                  
New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 0  
SwedenSweden Sweden 3
  CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 2  
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 5
 
Paraguay 1954Paraguay Paraguay 0  
SwedenSweden Sweden 4th
  FranceFrance France 1  
AustraliaAustralia Australia 3      
 
MexicoMexico Mexico 2  
AustraliaAustralia Australia 0
  FranceFrance France 5  
FranceFrance France 4th
 
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 1  
SwedenSweden Sweden 1
  Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany 4th
Brazil 1968Brazil Brazil 0            
 
Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany 5  
Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany 5
  DenmarkDenmark Denmark 0  
DenmarkDenmark Denmark 3
 
SpainSpain Spain 2  
Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany 5
  Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia 0  
ItalyItaly Italy 4th      
 
IsraelIsrael Israel 1  
ItalyItaly Italy 1
  Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia 4th  
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia 3
 
IndiaIndia India 2  

final

Sweden final BR Germany
Sweden

Team
Mats Wilander
Stefan Edberg
Anders Järryd
Kent Carlsson

Captain
Hans Olsson

Date: December 16-18, 1988
Location: Scandinavium , Gothenburg ( Sweden )
Surface: Sand (hall)


Mats Wilander 10: 8, 6: 1, 2: 6, 4: 6, 6: 8 Carl-Uwe Steeb
Stefan Edberg 3: 6, 1: 6, 4: 6 Boris Becker
Stefan Edberg
Anders Järryd		 6: 2, 6: 3, 5: 7, 3: 6, 2: 6 Boris Becker
Eric Jelen
Stefan Edberg 6: 4, 8: 6 Carl-Uwe Steeb
Kent Carlsson Where Patrik Kühnen

Result: 1: 4

BR Germany

Team
Carl-Uwe Steeb
Boris Becker
Eric Jelen
Patrik Kühnen

Captain
Nikola Pilić

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Davis Cup - Tie details - 1988 - Sweden v Germany FR . Retrieved July 12, 2012.