Davis Cup 1989

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The Davis Cup in 1989 was the 78th edition of the competition organized by the ITF for men's national tennis teams . The host Germany won the final in Stuttgart between December 15 and 17 against Sweden 3-2. The German team thus defended their title from the previous year.

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
3rd – 5th February 		  Quarter-finals
7th – 9th April 		  Semi-finals
21-23 July 		  Final
15-17 December
                                     
SwedenSweden Sweden 4th                  
ItalyItaly Italy 1  
SwedenSweden Sweden 3
  AustriaAustria Austria 2  
AustraliaAustralia Australia 0
 
AustriaAustria Austria 5  
SwedenSweden Sweden 4th
  Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia 1  
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia 4th      
 
DenmarkDenmark Denmark 1  
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia 4th
  SpainSpain Spain 1  
SpainSpain Spain 3
 
MexicoMexico Mexico 2  
SwedenSweden Sweden 2
  Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany 3
Paraguay 1988Paraguay Paraguay 0            
 
United StatesUnited States United States 5  
United StatesUnited States United States 5
  FranceFrance France 0  
IsraelIsrael Israel 1
 
FranceFrance France 4th  
United StatesUnited States United States 2
  Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany 3  
Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union 1      
 
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 4th  
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 2
  Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany 3  
IndonesiaIndonesia Indonesia 0
 
Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany 5  

final

BR Germany final Sweden
BR Germany

Team
Carl-Uwe Steeb
Boris Becker
Eric Jelen
Patrik Kühnen

Captain
Nikola Pilić

Date: December 15 to 17, 1989
Location: Schleyer-Halle , Stuttgart ( Federal Republic of Germany )
Surface: Carpet (hall)


Carl-Uwe Steeb 7: 5, 6: 7 0 , 7: 6 5 , 2: 6, 3: 6 Mats Wilander
Boris Becker 6: 2, 6: 2, 6: 4 Stefan Edberg
Boris Becker
Eric Jelen		 7: 6 6 , 6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 7 5 , 6: 4 Jan Gunnarsson
Anders Järryd
Boris Becker 6: 2, 6: 0, 6: 2 Mats Wilander
Carl-Uwe Steeb 2: 6, 4: 6 Stefan Edberg

Result: 3: 2

Sweden

Team
Mats Wilander
Stefan Edberg
Anders Järryd
Jan Gunnarsson

Captain
John-Anders Sjogren

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Davis Cup - Tie details - 1989 - Germany FR v Sweden . Retrieved July 13, 2012.