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2009 Davis Cup

Details
Duration	6 March – 6 December 2009
Edition	98th
Champion
Winning nation	Spain
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The 2009 Davis Cup was the 98th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. Sixteen teams participated in the World Group and more than one hundred other took part in different regional groups. Spain won their fourth Davis Cup trophy, defending the title they had won the previous year. It is the first year that the ITF awarded ATP rankings points to the players competing in the World Group and related play-offs.

Participating Teams
Argentina	Austria	Chile	Croatia
Czech Republic	France	Germany	Israel
Netherlands	Romania	Russia	Serbia
Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	United States

Spain 5	Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain 4–6 December 2009 Clay (i)		Czech Republic 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Rafael Nadal Tomáš Berdych 7 5 6 0 6 2       2 David Ferrer Radek Štěpánek 1 6 2 6 6 4 6 4 8 6   3 Feliciano López / Fernando Verdasco Tomáš Berdych / Radek Štěpánek 7 6 7 5 6 2       4 Rafael Nadal Jan Hájek 6 3 6 4         5 David Ferrer Lukáš Dlouhý 6 4 6 2

• Date: 18–20 September

The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties, and eight winners of the Group I second round ties compete in the World Group play-offs.

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface
Chile	3–2	Austria	Rancagua	Medialuna Monumental de Rancagua	Outdoor	Clay
Belgium	3–2	Ukraine	Charleroi	Spiroudome de Charleroi	Indoor	Clay
Brazil	2–3	Ecuador	Porto Alegre	Ginásio Gigantinho	Indoor	Clay
Netherlands	1–4	France	Maastricht	MECC Maastricht	Indoor	Clay
South Africa	1–4	India	Johannesburg	Ellis Park Indoor Arena	Indoor	Hard
Serbia	5–0	Uzbekistan	Belgrade	Belgrade Arena	Indoor	Hard
Sweden	4–1	Romania	Helsingborg	Idrottens Hus	Indoor	Hard
Italy	2–3	Switzerland	Genova	Valletta Cambiaso Club	Outdoor	Clay

•  Chile,  France,  Serbia,  Sweden and   Switzerland will remain in the World Group in 2010.
•  Belgium,  Ecuador, and  India are promoted to the World Group in 2010.
•  Brazil,  Italy,  South Africa,  Ukraine and  Uzbekistan will remain in Zonal Group I in 2010.
•  Austria,  Netherlands and  Romania are relegated to Zonal Group I in 2010.

• Peru relegated to Group II in 2010.
• Brazil and Ecuador advance to World Group Play-off.

•  Jamaica and  Bahamas relegated to Group III in 2010.
•  Dominican Republic promoted to Group I in 2010.

•  El Salvador and  Bolivia promoted to Group II in 2010.
•  Barbados and  Honduras relegated to Group IV in 2010.

		ARU	BER	ISV	TRI	PAN
1	Aruba (4–0)		2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1
2	Bermuda (3–1)	1–2		2–1	2–1	3–0
3	U.S. Virgin Islands (2–2)	1–2	1–2		2–1	2–1
4	Trinidad and Tobago (1–3)	1–2	1–2	1–2		2–1
5	Panama (0–4)	1–2	0–3	1–2	1–2

•  Aruba &  Bermuda advanced to Group III in 2010.

•  Thailand relegated to Group II in 2010.
•  India and  Uzbekistan advance to World Group play-off.
• In the final round of Asia/Oceania Group play,  Australia refused to play  India, citing security concerns about the scheduled site of Chennai. By forfeiting,  India automatically advances to the World Group play-offs.

•  Oman and  Kuwait relegated to Group III in 2010.
•  Philippines promoted to Group I in 2010.

Top two teams advance to 1st–4th Play-off, bottom two teams advance to 5th–8th Play-off. Scores in italics carried over from pools.

• Pacific Oceania and  Sri Lanka promoted to Group II in 2010.
•  Tajikistan and  Singapore relegated to Group IV in 2010.

•  Bangladesh and  Vietnam are promoted to Asia/Oceania Group III in 2010.

•  Macedonia and  Great Britain relegated to Group II in 2010.
•  Italy,  South Africa, Ukraine, and  Belgium advance to World Group Play-off.

•  Georgia,  Moldova,  Montenegro, and  Algeria relegated to Group III in 2010.
•  Latvia and  Finland promoted to Group I in 2010

•  Estonia and  Turkey are promoted to Europe/Africa Group II in 2010.
•  Rwanda and  Botswana are relegated to Europe/Africa Group IV in 2010.

•  Norway and  Bosnia and Herzegovina are promoted to Europe/Africa Group II in 2010.
•  Namibia and  San Marino are relegated to Europe/Africa Group IV in 2010.

		GHA	ZIM	CIV	ARM	CMR
1	Ghana (4–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Zimbabwe (3–1)	0–3		2–1	2–1	3–0
3	Ivory Coast (2–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1	2–1
4	Armenia (1–3)	0–3	1–2	1–2		3–0
5	Cameroon (0–4)	0–3	0–3	1–2	0–3

•  Ghana,  Zimbabwe,  Ivory Coast and  Armenia are promoted to Europe/Africa Group III in 2010.

Davis Cup
Rubber category		Match win	Match loss	Team bonus	Performance bonus	Total achievable
Singles	Play-offs	5 / 10				15
	First round	40	10			80
	Quarterfinals	65				130
	Semifinals	70				140
	Final	75		75	125	150 / 225 / 275
	Cumulative total	500		500 to 535	625	625
Doubles	Play-offs	10				10
	First round	50	10			50
	Quarterfinals	80				80
	Semifinals	90				90
	Final	95		35		95 / 130
	Cumulative total	315		350		350

The Davis Cup World Group and World Group Play-Off matches awarded ATP Ranking points from 2009 to 2015.

Glossary

Only live matches earn points; dead rubbers earn no points. If a player does not compete in the singles of one or more rounds he will receive points from the previous round when playing singles at the next tie. This last rule also applies for playing in doubles matches.

A player who wins a singles rubber in the first day of the tie is awarded 5 points, whereas a singles rubber win in tie's last day grants 10 points for a total of 15 available points.

For the first round only, any player who competes in a live rubber, without a win, receives 10 ranking points for participation.

Team bonus awarded to a singles player who wins 7 live matches in a calendar year and his team wins the competition.

Performance bonus awarded to a singles player who wins 8 live matches in a calendar year. In this case, no Team bonus is awarded.

Team bonus awarded to an unchanged doubles team who wins 4 matches in a calendar year and his team wins the competition.

• Davis Cup draw details

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