Davis Cup 2013

In 2013 the Davis Cup was held for the 102nd time. A total of 130 nations took part, 16 teams played in the world group for the title.

In the first round match between the teams from Switzerland and the Czech Republic on Saturday, February 2, 2013, a historic match between Stanislas Wawrinka / Marco Chiudinelli and Tomáš Berdych / Lukáš Rosol took place . When the Czech doubles turned the 12th match point into 6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 4, 6: 7 ³ , 24:22, a total of 7 hours and 2 minutes had been played. The game went down in tennis history as the longest Davis Cup match and the second longest match ever after the historic match between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut at Wimbledon in 2010 .

The Czech Republic managed to successfully defend its title. In the final they defeated Serbia 3-2. Although both Tomáš Berdych and Radek Štěpánek lost in their singles to Novak Đoković , with their respective victories against Dušan Lajović and the joint success over Nenad Zimonjić and Ilija Bozoljac , they secured their team the third overall title win in the Davis Cup.

Attendees

World group

Argentina Germany France Italy

Israel Canada Kazakhstan Croatia

Austria Brazil Belgium Switzerland

Serbia Spain Czech Republic United States

Continental group I

America Zone

Uruguay Chile

Ecuador Colombia

Dominican Republic

Europe / Africa zone

Sweden Russia Ukraine

Denmark Netherlands Poland

Romania Slovakia Slovenia

South Africa Great Britain

Oceania / Asia zone

Australia Uzbekistan

India Indonesia

South Korea Chinese Taipei

People's Republic of China Japan

Continental group II

America Zone

Guatemala Barbados

Venezuela Mexico

El Salvador Haiti

Puerto Rico Peru

Europe / Africa zone

Benin Finland Luxembourg Hungary

Estonia Ireland Moldova Tunisia

Bulgaria Latvia Monaco Belarus

Bosnia Herzegovina Lithuania Portugal Cyprus

Oceania / Asia zone

Philippines Thailand

Pakistan Lebanon

Kuwait New Zealand

Sri Lanka Syria

Continental group III

America Zone

Bahamas Costa Rica Panama

Cuba Paraguay Bermuda

Jamaica Bolivia Honduras

American Virgin Islands Trinidad and Tobago

European zone

Albania Greece Macedonia Turkey

Andorra Iceland Montenegro

Armenia Liechtenstein Norway

Georgia Malta San Marino

Africa zone

Algeria Ghana Madagascar Rwanda

Egypt Cameroon Morocco Zambia

Botswana Kenya Namibia Zimbabwe

Ivory Coast Lesotho Nigeria

Oceania / Asia zone

Hong Kong Oman

Iran Oceania

Cambodia UAE

Malaysia Vietnam

Continental group IV

Oceania / Asia zone

Bahrain Jordan Saudi Arabia

Bangladesh Qatar Singapore

Iraq Kyrgyzstan Turkmenistan

Yemen Myanmar

The tournament

World group

	1st round 1st – 3rd February					Quarter-finals 5-7 April					Semi-finals 13-15 September					Final 15-17 November
		Spain	2
		Canada	3
							Canada	3
							Italy	1
		Italy	3
		Croatia	2
												Canada	2
												Serbia	3
		Belgium	2
		Serbia	3
							Serbia	3
							United States	1
		United States	3
		Brazil	2
																	Serbia	2
																	Czech Republic	3
		France	5
		Israel	0
							France	2
							Argentina	3
		Argentina	5
		Germany	0
												Argentina	2
												Czech Republic	3
		Kazakhstan	3
		Austria	1
							Kazakhstan	1
							Czech Republic	3
		Switzerland	2
		Czech Republic	3

Round of 16

date	Home team	Result	Visiting team	place
1st - 3rd February	Canada	3: 2	Spain	Vancouver
1st - 3rd February	Italy	3: 2	Croatia	Turin
1st - 3rd February	Belgium	2: 3	Serbia	Charleroi
1st - 3rd February	United States	3: 2	Brazil	Jacksonville
1st - 3rd February	France	5-0	Israel	Rouen
1st - 3rd February	Argentina	5-0	Germany	Buenos Aires
1st - 3rd February	Kazakhstan	3: 1	Austria	Astana
1st - 3rd February	Switzerland	2: 3	Czech Republic	Geneva

Quarter finals

date	Home team	Result	Visiting team	place
5th-7th April	Canada	3: 1	Italy	Vancouver
5th-7th April	Argentina	3: 2	France	Buenos Aires
5th-7th April	Kazakhstan	1: 3	Czech Republic	Astana
5th-7th April	United States	1: 3	Serbia	Boise

Semifinals

date	Home team	Result	Visiting team	place
13-15 September	Serbia	3: 2	Canada	Belgrade
13-15 September	Czech Republic	3: 2	Argentina	Prague

final

Serbia	final	Czech Republic
Team Novak Đoković Dušan Lajović Nenad Zimonjić Ilija Bozoljac Captain Bogdan Obradović	Date: November 15 to 17, 2013 Location: Belgrade Arena , Belgrade ( Serbia ) Surface: Hard court (indoor) Ball type: Dunlop Fort Clay Court Friday 15th November 2013 Novak Đoković 7: 5, 6: 1, 6: 4 Radek Štěpánek Dušan Lajović 3: 6, 4: 6, 3: 6 Tomáš Berdych Saturday November 16, 2013 Nenad Zimonjić Ilija Bozoljac 2: 6, 4: 6, 6: 7 4 Tomáš Berdych Radek Štěpánek Sunday 17th November 2013 Novak Đoković 6: 4, 7: 6 5 , 6: 2 Tomáš Berdych Dušan Lajović 3: 6, 1: 6, 1: 6 Radek Štěpánek Result: 2: 3	Team Tomáš Berdych Radek Štěpánek Lukáš Rosol Jan Hájek Captain Vladimír Šafařík

Continental group I

America Zone

First round

date	Home team	Result	Visiting team	Venue
1st - 3rd February	Uruguay	3: 1	Dominican Republic	Montevideo

• Colombia, Ecuador and Chile got into the next round by bye

Second round

date	Home team	Result	Visiting team	Venue
5th-7th April	Colombia	5-0	Uruguay	Cúcuta
5th-7th April	Ecuador	3: 2	Chile	manta

• Colombia and Ecuador qualified for relegation to the world group

Europe / Africa zone

First round

date	Home team	Result	Visiting team	Venue
1st - 3rd February	Poland	3: 2	Slovenia	Wroclaw
1st - 3rd February	Ukraine	3: 2	Slovakia	Kremenchuk
1st - 3rd February	Romania	5-0	Denmark	Cluj-Napoca

• Russia, Great Britain, Sweden, South Africa and the Netherlands each got into the next round by bye

Second round

Team UK in the encounter with Russia

date	Home team	Result	Visiting team	Venue
5th-7th April	Great Britain	3: 2	Russia	Coventry
5th-7th April	Poland	3: 1	South Africa	Zielona Góra
5th-7th April	Romania	0: 5	Netherlands	Brașov
5th-7th April	Ukraine	3: 2	Sweden	Dnepropetrovsk

• Poland, Ukraine, the Netherlands and Great Britain qualified for relegation to the world group

Oceania / Asia zone

First round

date	Home team	Result	Visiting team	Venue
1st - 3rd February	Chinese Taipei	0: 5	Australia	Kaohsiung
1st - 3rd February	Uzbekistan	4: 1	People's Republic of China	Namangan
1st - 3rd February	India	1: 4	South Korea	New Delhi
1st - 3rd February	Japan	5-0	Indonesia	Tokyo

Second round

date	Home team	Result	Visiting team	Venue
5th-7th April	Uzbekistan	1: 3	Australia	Namangan
5th-7th April	Japan	3: 2	South Korea	Tokyo

• Australia and Japan qualified for relegation to the world group

World group relegation

date	Home team	Result	Visiting team	place
13-15 September	Spain	5-0	Ukraine	Madrid
13-15 September	Netherlands	5-0	Austria	Groningen
13-15 September	Croatia	1: 4	United Kingdom	Umag
13-15 September	Switzerland	4: 1	Ecuador	Neuchâtel NE
13-15 September	Germany	4: 1	Brazil	Ulm
13-15 September	Poland	1: 4	Australia	Warsaw
13-15 September	Belgium	3: 2	Israel	Antwerp
13-15 September	Japan	3: 2	Colombia	Tokyo

• The climbers in the world group were Japan (from Oceania / Asia), Australia (from Oceania / Asia), the Netherlands (from Europe / Africa) and the United Kingdom (from Europe / Africa)
• Relegated from the world group were Brazil (to America), Israel (to Europe / Africa), Croatia (to Europe / Africa) and Austria (to Europe / Africa)

See also

• Fed Cup 2013

Web links

• Official website of the Davis Cup

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Czechs outlast Switzerland in epic (daviscup.com, accessed February 2)
2. ↑ Czech Republic and Switzerland in double with records ( memento of the original from February 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (handelsblatt.de, accessed on February 3, 2013)  
3. ↑ Swiss doubles lose record game (srf.ch, accessed on February 3, 2013)
4. ↑ Tennis - Czech Republic and Switzerland in doubles with records ( memento of the original from February 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (eurosport.com, accessed February 3, 2013)  
5. ↑ Davis Cup - Crazy record in the Czech Republic against Switzerland ( Memento of the original from February 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (eurosport.com, accessed February 3, 2013)  
6. ↑ Defeat in the longest match (nzz.ch, accessed on February 3, 2013)
7. ↑ 22:24 in the decision sentence, Switzerland knocked out in a record match after 7:01 hours (blick.ch, accessed on February 3, 2013)
8. ↑ Tennis record: Czech Republic wins longest match in Davis Cup history (spiegel.de, accessed on February 3, 2013)
9. ↑ Davis Cup - Tie details - 2013 - Serbia vs Czech Republic ( English ) Retrieved November 15, 2013.