1989 Davis Cup

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1989 Davis Cup
Details
Duration3 February – 17 December 1989
Edition78th
Teams79
Champion
Winning Nation West Germany
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The 1989 Davis Cup (also known as the 1989 Davis Cup by NEC for sponsorship purposes) was the 78th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. This year's tournament saw the expansion of the previous World Group Relegation Play-offs round into the World Group qualifying round; instead of advancing directly to the World Group, the Zonal Group I winners would now join the World Group first round losers for a chance to compete in the following year's World Group. This year also marked the introduction of the tiebreak, played at 6–6 in all sets except for the final set.

79 teams would enter the competition, 16 in the World Group, 14 in the Americas Zone, 19 in the Asia/Oceania Zone, and 30 in the Europe/Africa Zone. The Bahamas, Bahrain, the Dominican Republic, Kuwait and Jordan made their first appearances in the tournament.

West Germany defeated Sweden in the final, held at the Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart, West Germany, on 15–17 December, to win their second consecutive Davis Cup title.[1][2]

World Group[edit]

Main article: 1989 Davis Cup World Group
Participating teams

Australia
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Denmark

France
Indonesia
Israel
Italy

Mexico
Paraguay
Soviet Union
Spain

Sweden
United States
West Germany
Yugoslavia

Draw[edit]

First round
3–5 February		Quarterfinals
7–9 April		Semifinals
21–23 July		Final
15–17 December
Malmö, Sweden (indoor carpet)
 Sweden4
Vienna, Austria (indoor clay)
 Italy1
 Sweden3
Vienna, Austria (indoor clay)
 Austria2
 Australia0
Båstad, Sweden (clay)
 Austria5
 Sweden4
Belgrade, Yugoslavia (indoor clay)
 Yugoslavia1
 Yugoslavia4
Split, Yugoslavia (indoor carpet)
 Denmark1
 Yugoslavia4
Marbella, Spain (clay)
 Spain1
 Spain3
Stuttgart, West Germany (indoor carpet)
 Mexico2
 Sweden2
Fort Myers, Florida, United States (hard)
 West Germany3
 Paraguay0
San Diego, United States (indoor carpet)
 United States5
 United States5
Tel Aviv, Israel (indoor carpet)
 France0
 Israel1
Munich, West Germany (indoor carpet)
 France4
 United States2
Prague, Czechoslovakia (indoor carpet)
 West Germany3
 Soviet Union1
Prague, Czechoslovakia (indoor carpet)
 Czechoslovakia4
 Czechoslovakia2
Karlsruhe, West Germany (indoor carpet)
 West Germany3
 Indonesia0
 West Germany5

Final[edit]

West Germany vs. Sweden


West Germany
3 		Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, West Germany[2]
15–17 December 1989
Carpet (indoors)
Sweden
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 West Germany
Sweden 		Carl-Uwe Steeb
Mats Wilander 		7
5 		6
7 		77
64 		2
6 		3
6 		 
2 West Germany
Sweden 		Boris Becker
Stefan Edberg 		6
2 		6
2 		6
4 		     
3 West Germany
Sweden 		Boris Becker / Eric Jelen
Jan Gunnarsson / Anders Järryd 		78
66 		6
4 		3
6 		64
77 		6
4 		 
4 West Germany
Sweden 		Boris Becker
Mats Wilander 		6
2 		6
0 		6
2 		     
5 West Germany
Sweden 		Carl-Uwe Steeb
Stefan Edberg 		2
6 		4
6 		       

World Group qualifying round[edit]

Main article: 1989 Davis Cup World Group qualifying round

Date: 20–24 July

The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties and eight winners of the Zonal Group I final round ties competed in the World Group qualifying round for spots in the 1990 World Group.

Home team Score Visiting team Location Venue Door Surface
 Great Britain 2–3  Argentina Eastbourne Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club Outdoor Grass
 Peru 2–3  Australia Lima Jockey Club del Perú Outdoor Clay
 Denmark 1–4  Italy Aarhus Aarhus Idrætspark Indoor Carpet
 New Zealand 4–1  Hungary Auckland Chase Stadium Indoor Carpet
 Netherlands 5–0  Indonesia Best Best Leisure Centre Indoor Carpet
 South Korea 1–4  Israel Seoul Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center Outdoor Hard
 Mexico 4–1  Soviet Union Mexico City Club Alemán de México Outdoor Clay
  Switzerland 5–0  Paraguay Langenthal Dreilinden Tenniscenter Outdoor Clay

Americas Zone[edit]

Main article: 1989 Davis Cup Americas Zone

Group I[edit]

First roundSecond round
 Brazil
Lima, Peru (clay)
bye
 Brazil2
Lima, Peru (clay)
 Peru3
 Ecuador0
 Peru5
Montreal, Canada (indoor carpet)
 Canada4
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
 Uruguay1
 Canada0
 Argentina3
bye
 Argentina
Relegation Play-off
Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)
 Ecuador0
 Uruguay3

Group II[edit]

Asia/Oceania Zone[edit]

Main article: 1989 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I[edit]

Preliminary round
Manila, Philippines (hard)
 Philippines5
 Hong Kong0
First roundSecond round
 New Zealand
Manila, Philippines (indoor clay)
bye
 New Zealand4
Manila, Philippines (hard)
 Philippines1
 Philippines4
 China1
Hasaki, Japan (hard)
 Japan2
Bharuch, India (grass)
 South Korea3
 South Korea4
 India1
bye
 India

Group II[edit]

First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round
 Thailand
Bangkok, Thailand (hard)
bye
 Thailand5
Manama, Bahrain (hard)
 Bahrain0
 Bahrain4
Bangkok, Thailand (hard)
 Syria1
 Thailand5
 Sri Lanka0
 Chinese Taipei
Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay)
bye
 Chinese Taipei2
Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay)
 Sri Lanka3
 Sri Lanka3
Rawalpindi, Pakistan (clay)
 Malaysia2
 Thailand1
Baghdad, Iraq (hard)
 Pakistan3
 Iraq2
Dhaka, Bangladesh (hard)
 Bangladesh3
 Bangladesh4
 Singapore1
bye
Islamabad, Pakistan (clay)
 Singapore
 Bangladesh0
Amman, Jordan (indoor hard)
 Pakistan5
 Kuwait3
Kuwait City, Kuwait (hard)
 Jordan2
 Kuwait0
 Pakistan5
bye
 Pakistan

Europe/Africa Zone[edit]

Main article: 1989 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Group I[edit]

First roundSecond round
  Switzerland
Liestal, Switzerland (clay)
bye
  Switzerland4
 Romania1
bye
 Romania
Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)
 Zimbabwe1
Budapest, Hungary (clay)
 Hungary4
 Hungary4
 Nigeria1
bye
 Nigeria
 Great Britain
Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)
bye
 Great Britain4
Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard)
 Finland1
 Ireland0
 Finland5
Porto, Portugal (indoor clay)
 Senegal0
Best, Netherlands (indoor carpet)
 Portugal5
 Portugal1
 Netherlands4
bye
 Netherlands
Relegation Play-off
Limerick, Ireland (carpet)
 Ireland4
 Senegal1

Group II Europe[edit]

First round
7–9 April		Second round
5–14 May		Third round
15–18 June		Fourth round
21–23 July
Liège, Belgium (clay)
 Belgium5
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg (indoor hard)
 Turkey0
 Belgium5
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg (indoor hard)
 Luxembourg0
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg (indoor hard) Norway2
Athens, Greece (clay)
 Luxembourg5 Luxembourg3
 Belgium5
 Malta0Warsaw, Poland (clay)
 Greece0
 Poland2
Athens, Greece (clay)
 Greece3
 Greece3
Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay)
 Monaco2
Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay) Monaco3
 Cyprus0 Bulgaria1
 Monaco5

Group II Africa[edit]

First round
3–5 February		Second round
4–10 April		Third round
16–18 June		Fourth round
21–23 July
Accra, Ghana (hard)
 Egypt1
Accra, Ghana (hard)
 Ghana4
 Ghana4
Tripoli, Libya (hard)
 Cameroon1
 Cameroon5
Accra, Ghana (hard)
 Libya0
 Ghana4
Algiers, Algeria (clay)
 Morocco1
Tunis, Tunisia (hard) Algeria1
Nairobi, Kenya (clay)
 Algeria5 Morocco3
 Morocco5
 Tunisia0Nairobi, Kenya (clay)
 Kenya0
 Kenya3
 Ivory Coast2

References[edit]

General
  • "World Group 1989". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
Specific
  1. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–496, 499. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ a b "West Germany v Sweden". daviscup.com.

External links[edit]

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