The 2011 Davis Cup (also known as the 2011 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas for sponsorship purposes) was the 100th edition of a tournament between national teams in men's tennis. Spain was the championship team, winning the final over Argentina, 3–1.[1][2]

2011 Davis Cup
Details
Duration4 March – 4 December 2011
Edition100th
Champion
Winning nation Spain
2010
2012

The draw took place in September 2010 in Brussels, Belgium.[3]

World Group

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Participating Teams
 
Argentina
 
Austria
 
Belgium
 
Chile
 
Croatia
 
Czech Republic
 
France
 
Germany
 
India
 
Kazakhstan
 
Romania
 
Russia
 
Serbia
 
Spain
 
Sweden
 
United States

Seeds:

Draw

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First round
4–6 March
Quarterfinals
8–10 July
Semifinals
16–18 September
Final
2–4 December
Novi Sad, Serbia (indoor hard)
1  Serbia4
Halmstad, Sweden (indoor hard)
   India1
1  Serbia4
Borås, Sweden (indoor hard)
  Sweden1
7  Russia2
Belgrade, Serbia (indoor hard)
   Sweden3
1  Serbia2
Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor hard)
5  Argentina3
4  Czech Republic2
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) 7–9 July
   Kazakhstan3
  Kazakhstan0
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
5  Argentina5
5  Argentina4
Seville, Spain (clay)
   Romania1
5  Argentina1
Santiago, Chile (clay)
3  Spain3
   Chile1
Austin, United States (indoor hard)
6  United States4
6  United States1
Charleroi, Belgium (indoor hard)
3  Spain3
   Belgium1
Córdoba, Spain (clay)
3  Spain4
3  Spain4
Zagreb, Croatia (indoor hard)
2  France1
   Germany3
Stuttgart, Germany (clay)
8  Croatia2
  Germany1
Vienna, Austria (indoor clay)
2  France4
   Austria2
2  France3

Final

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Spain
3
Estadio Olímpico, Seville, Spain[4][5]
2–4 December 2011
Clay (i)
 
Argentina
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Rafael Nadal
Juan Mónaco
6
1
6
1
6
2
     
2  
 
David Ferrer
Juan Martín del Potro
6
2
62
77
3
6
6
4
6
3
 
3  
 
Feliciano López / Fernando Verdasco
David Nalbandian / Eduardo Schwank
4
6
2
6
3
6
     
4  
 
Rafael Nadal
Juan Martín del Potro
1
6
6
4
6
1
77
60
   
5  
 
David Ferrer
David Nalbandian
          not
played

World Group play-offs

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Date: 16–18 September

The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties and eight winners of the Zonal Group I final round ties will compete in the World Group play-offs for spots in the 2012 World Group.

Home team Score Visiting team Location Venue Door Surface
  Romania 0–5   Czech Republic Bucharest Centrul National De Tenis Outdoor Clay
  Russia 3–2   Brazil Kazan Kazan Tennis Academy Indoor Hard
  Israel 2–3   Canada Ramat HaSharon Canada Stadium Outdoor Hard
  South Africa 1–4   Croatia Potchefstroom Fanie du Toit Sports Complex Outdoor Hard
  Chile 1–4   Italy Santiago Estadio Nacional Outdoor Hard
  Japan 4–1   India Tokyo Ariake Coliseum Outdoor Hard
  Belgium 1–4   Austria Antwerp Lotto Arena Indoor Hard
  Australia 2–3    Switzerland Sydney Royal Sydney Golf Club Outdoor Grass

Americas Zone

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Group I

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Draw

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Second-round play-offsFirst-round play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
1  Ecuador
Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)[6]byeGuayaquil, Ecuador (clay)[9]
1  Ecuador31  Ecuador2
  Mexico2Metepec, Mexico (clay)[7]  Canada3
  Mexico1
Mexico City, Mexico (clay)  Canada4
  Mexico0
  Colombia5Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)[8]
  Uruguay4
  Colombia1Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)[10]
  Colombia  Uruguay0
bye2  Brazil5
bye
2  Brazil
  •   Mexico relegated to Group II in 2012.
  •   Canada and   Brazil advance to World Group play-off.

Group II

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Draw

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Group III

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Rank Team
1   Bolivia
2   Barbados
3   Guatemala
4   Costa Rica
5   Bahamas
6   Aruba
7   Jamaica
8   Honduras
  •   Bolivia and   Barbados promoted to Group II in 2012.
  •   Jamaica and   Honduras finished in the relegation places. However, in 2012 Groups III and IV were merged, so no demotion occurred.

Group IV

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  • Venue: Club de Tenis Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, Bolivia (outdoor clay)
  • Date: 16–18 June
Team Pld W L MF MA Pts
  Trinidad and Tobago 2 2 0 4 2 2
  Panama 2 1 1 3 3 1
  U.S. Virgin Islands 2 0 2 2 4 0

All of them promoted to Group III for 2012 as Groups III and IV were merged for 2012.

Asia/Oceania Zone

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Group I

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Draw

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Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
1  Australia
byeBeijing, China (indoor hard)
bye1  Australia3
  Chinese TaipeiShanghai, China (indoor hard)  China1
  Chinese Taipei2
  China3
  Chinese Taipei3
  Philippines2Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines (clay)
  Philippines1
Hawera, New Zealand (indoor hard)  Japan3Kobe, Japan (indoor hard)
  Philippines0  Japan4
  New Zealand5Namangan, Uzbekistan (indoor clay)2  Uzbekistan1
  New Zealand2
2  Uzbekistan3

Group II

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Draw

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Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Changwon, South Korea (hard)
1  South Korea4
Victoria Park, Hong Kong (hard)  Syria1Gimcheon, South Korea (hard)
  Syria11  South Korea4
  Hong Kong4Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard)4  Pakistan0
4  Pakistan3
  Hong Kong2Gimcheon, South Korea (hard)
1  South Korea3
Tehran, Iran (indoor clay)2  Thailand0
  Iran2
Guam (hard)3  Indonesia3Nonthaburi, Thailand (hard)
  Iran13  Indonesia1
  Pacific Oceania4Guam (hard)2  Thailand4
  Pacific Oceania0
2  Thailand5

Group III

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  • Venue: Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka (outdoor hard)
  • Date: 15–18 June
Rank Team
1   Sri Lanka
2   Lebanon
3   Vietnam
4   Malaysia
5   Kuwait
6   Oman
7   United Arab Emirates
8   Myanmar

Group IV

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  • Venue: National Tennis Complex, Dhaka, Bangladesh (outdoor hard)
  • Date: 13 - 16 April
Rank Team
1   Bangladesh
2   Kyrgyzstan
3   Jordan
4   Iraq
5   Singapore
6   Bahrain
7   Qatar
8   Turkmenistan

Europe/Africa Zone

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Group I

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Draw

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Second-round play-offsFirst-round play-offsFirst roundSecond round
1  Israel
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
bye
bye1  Israel3
  Poland  Poland2
  Poland
Espoo, Finland (indoor hard)
bye
  Poland2
  Finland3
3  Italy
Arzachena, Italy (clay)
bye
bye3  Italy5
Ljubljana, Slovenia (indoor clay)
  Finland  Slovenia0
  Finland2
  Slovenia3
Kharkiv, Ukraine (indoor hard)
  Ukraine2
Potchefstroom, South Africa (hard)
  Netherlands3
  Ukraine  Netherlands1
bye4  South Africa3
bye
Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)
4  South Africa
  Ukraine1
Cruz Quebrada, Portugal (clay)
  Slovakia4
  Portugal4
Bern, Switzerland (indoor hard)
  Slovakia1
  Slovakia  Portugal0
bye2   Switzerland5
bye
2   Switzerland

Group II

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Draw

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Play-offsFirst roundSecond roundThird round
Bolton, Great Britain (indoor hard)
1  Great Britain4
Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard)Glasgow, Great Britain (indoor hard)
   Tunisia1
   Tunisia21  Great Britain4
Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard)
8  Ireland3   Luxembourg1
8  Ireland2
Glasgow, Great Britain (indoor hard)
   Luxembourg3
1  Great Britain5
Minsk, Belarus (indoor hard)
   Hungary0
3  Belarus4
Sofia, Bulgaria (indoor hard)Gödöllő, Hungary (clay)
   Bulgaria1
   Bulgaria23  Belarus2
Nicosia, Cyprus (hard)
5  Cyprus3   Hungary3
5  Cyprus0
   Hungary5
Marrakech, Morocco (clay)
   Morocco2
Vilnius, Lithuania (clay)Tuzla, Bosnia and Herz. (indoor hard)
6  Bosnia and Herzegovina3
   Morocco56  Bosnia and Herzegovina3
Tallinn, Estonia (indoor hard)
4  Lithuania0   Estonia2
   Estonia3
Hillerød, Denmark (indoor hard)
4  Lithuania2
6  Bosnia and Herzegovina2
Kolding, Denmark (indoor carpet)
   Denmark3
   Denmark3
Thessaloniki, Greece (clay)Frederiksberg, Denmark (clay)
7  Monaco2
7  Monaco3   Denmark3
Thessaloniki, Greece (clay)
   Greece22  Latvia2
   Greece1
2  Latvia4

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Group III Europe

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Group III Africa

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References

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  1. ^ Davis Cup site
  2. ^ "Davis Cup scorecards – 2011". daviscup.com. ITF.
  3. ^ "Draw made for 2011 Davis Cup". daviscup.com. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
  4. ^ "Spain v Argentina". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "La Federación elige a Sevilla para la final de la Davis". El País (in Spanish).
  6. ^ "Ecuador v Mexico". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Mexico v Canada". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Uruguay v Colombia". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Ecuador v Canada". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Uruguay v Brazil". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "2011 Zone Group-II Draws". daviscup.com. 22 September 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
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