1992 Davis Cup

The 1992 Davis Cup (also known as the 1992 Davis Cup by NEC for sponsorship purposes) was the 81st edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 93 teams would enter the competition, 16 in the World Group, 21 in the Americas Zone, 23 in the Asia/Oceania Zone, and 33 in the Europe/Africa Zone. Due to the increased number of entries, the tournament was expanded to add a Group III in all zones, with promotion and relegation between it and Group II. Puerto Rico and Qatar made their first appearances in the tournament, and former champions South Africa returned to the tournament for the first time since 1978.

1992 Davis Cup

Details
Duration	31 January – 6 December 1992
Edition	81st
Teams	92
Champion
Winning nation	United States
← 1991 1993 →

The United States defeated Switzerland in the final, held at the Tarrant County Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, on 4–6 December, to win their 30th title overall.^[1][2]

World Group

Main article: 1992 Davis Cup World Group

Participating teams
Argentina	Australia	Belgium	Brazil
Canada	Czechoslovakia	France	Germany
Great Britain	Italy	Netherlands	Spain
Sweden	Switzerland	United States	Yugoslavia

Draw

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First round 31 January–2 February

Quarterfinals 27–29 March

Semifinals 25–27 September

Final 4–6 December

Bayonne, France (indoor carpet)

France

5

Nîmes, France (indoor clay)

Great Britain

0

France

2

The Hague, Netherlands (indoor carpet)

Switzerland

3

Netherlands

1

Geneva, Switzerland (indoor carpet)

Switzerland

4

Switzerland

5

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (clay)

Brazil

0

Germany

1

Maceió, Brazil (clay)

Brazil

3

Brazil

3

Bolzano, Italy (indoor carpet)

Italy

1

Spain

1

Fort Worth, TX, United States (indoor hard)

Italy

4

Switzerland

1

Nicosia, Cyprus (indoor carpet)

United States

3

Yugoslavia

0

Lund, Sweden (indoor carpet)

Australia

5

Australia

0

Vancouver, Canada (indoor carpet)

Sweden

5

Canada

2

Minneapolis, MN, United States (indoor clay)

Sweden

3

Sweden

1

Prague, Czechoslovakia (indoor carpet)

United States

4

Belgium

0

Fort Myers, FL, United States (hard)

Czechoslovakia

5

Czechoslovakia

2

Waimea, HI, United States (hard)

United States

3

Argentina

0

United States

5

Final

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United States 3	Tarrant County Convention Center, Fort Worth, TX, United States[2] 4–6 December 1992 Hard (indoors)		Switzerland 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Andre Agassi Jakob Hlasek 6 1 6 2 6 2       2 Jim Courier Marc Rosset 3 6 711 69 6 3 4 6 4 6   3 John McEnroe / Pete Sampras Jakob Hlasek / Marc Rosset 65 77 67 79 7 5 6 1 6 2   4 Jim Courier Jakob Hlasek 6 3 3 6 6 3 6 4     5 Andre Agassi Marc Rosset           not played

World Group qualifying round

Main article: 1992 Davis Cup World Group qualifying round

Date: 25–27 September

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 1993 World Group.

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface
Denmark	3-2	Argentina	Aarhus	Aarhus Idrætspark	Indoor	Carpet
Canada	1-3	Austria	Vancouver	Hollyburn Country Club	Outdoor	Grass
Germany	5-0	Belgium	Essen	Grugahalle	Indoor	Carpet
Cuba	w/o	Yugoslavia[lower-alpha 1]	—	—	—	—
Spain	3-0	Israel	Avilés	Real Club de Tenis Avilés	Outdoor	Clay
India	4-1	Great Britain	New Delhi	Delhi Lawn Tennis Association Complex	Outdoor	Grass
CIS[lower-alpha 2]	5-0	South Korea	Moscow	Olympic Stadium	Indoor	Carpet
Netherlands	4-1	Uruguay	The Hague	Stadion Houtrust	Indoor	Carpet

•  Germany,  Netherlands and  Spain remain in the World Group in 1993.
•  Austria,  CIS,^{[lower-alpha 2]}  Cuba,^{[lower-alpha 1]}  Denmark and  India are promoted to the World Group in 1993.
•  Israel,  South Korea and  Uruguay remain in Zonal Group I in 1993.
•  Argentina,  Belgium,  Canada and  Great Britain are relegated to Zonal Group I in 1993.

Americas Zone

Main article: 1992 Davis Cup Americas Zone

Group I

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	First Round 31 January–2 February					Second Round 27–29 March
						Santiago, Chile (clay)
	Asunción, Paraguay (clay)					Chile		1
	Paraguay		1			Cuba		4
	Cuba		4
						Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)
						Uruguay		3
						Mexico		2

•  Cuba and  Uruguay advance to World Group qualifying round.
•  Paraguay relegated to Group II in 1993.

Group II

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Relegation Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)

Peru

3

Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis (hard)

Ecuador

2

Nassau, Bahamas (hard)

Ecuador

3

Peru

2

Eastern Caribbean

2

Gros Islet, Saint Lucia (hard)

Bahamas

3

Eastern Caribbean

1

Bahamas

4

Caracas, Venezuela (clay)

Bahamas

5

Caracas, Venezuela (clay)

Venezuela

0

Dominican Republic

0

Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep. (clay)

Venezuela

5

Cali, Colombia (clay)

Dominican Republic

5

Venezuela

3

Barbados

0

Cali, Colombia (clay)

Colombia

2

Barbados

0

Colombia

5

•  Eastern Caribbean and  Barbados relegated to Group III in 1993.
•  Bahamas promoted to Group I in 1993.

Group III

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• Venue: Maya Country Club, San Salvador, El Salvador
• Date: 19–22 March

Group A

		PUR	ESA	JAM	BOL	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
	Puerto Rico		3–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	8–1 (89%)	17–2 (89%)	1
	El Salvador	0–3		3–0	3–0	2–1	6–3 (67%)	12–7 (63%)	2
	Jamaica	1–2	0–3		3–0	1–2	4–5 (45%)	9–12 (43%)	3
	Bolivia	0–3	0–3	0–3		0–3	0–9 (0%)	1–18 (5%)	4

Group B

		HAI	CRC	GUA	TRI	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
	Haiti		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	8–1 (89%)	15–5 (75%)	1
	Costa Rica	1–2		3–0	3–0	2–1	7–2 (78%)	14–5 (74%)	2
	Guatemala	0–3	0–3		2–1	1–2	2–7 (22%)	8–13 (38%)	3
	Trinidad and Tobago	0–3	0–3	1–2		0–3	1–8 (11%)	3–17 (15%)	4

•  Puerto Rico and  Haiti promoted to Group II in 1993.

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

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	Relegation Play-off 27–29 March				Preliminary Round 31 January–2 February
					Seoul, South Korea (indoor carpet)
					South Korea	5
	Tokyo, Japan (hard)
					China	0
	China	2
					Manila, Philippines (hard)
	Japan	3
					Japan	2
					Philippines	3

•  China relegated to Group II in 1993.

	First Round 27–29 March					Second Round 1–3 May
	New Zealand
						Seoul, South Korea (clay)
	bye
						New Zealand		2
	Seoul, South Korea (clay)
						South Korea		3
	Chinese Taipei		0
	South Korea		5
	Manila, Philippines (hard)
	Philippines		1
						Jakarta, Indonesia (clay)
	Indonesia		4
						Indonesia		0
						India		5
	bye
	India

•  South Korea and  India advance to World Group qualifying round.

Group II

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Relegation Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Bangkok, Thailand (hard)

Thailand

5

Amman, Jordan (hard)

Singapore

0

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (hard)

Singapore

1

Thailand

3

Jordan

4

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (indoor hard)

Malaysia

2

Malaysia

4

Jordan

1

Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard)

Thailand

2

Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay)

Hong Kong

3

Sri Lanka

4

Dhaka, Bangladesh (hard)

Bangladesh

1

Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay)

Bangladesh

1

Sri Lanka

0

Pakistan

4

Lahore, Pakistan (indoor hard)

Hong Kong

5

Pakistan

2

Hong Kong

3

•  Singapore and  Bangladesh relegated to Group III in 1993.
•  Hong Kong promoted to Group I in 1993.

Group III

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• Venue: Isa Town Tennis Courts, Manama, Bahrain
• Date: 20–26 April

IRI

KUW

LIB

BHR

QAT

SYR

KSA

RR W–L

Match W–L

Set W–L

Standings

Iran

3–0

3–0

2–1

2–1

2–1

3–0

6–0

15–3 (83%)

30–10 (75%)

1

Kuwait

0–3

3–0

2–1

2–1

2–1

3–0

5–1

12–6 (67%)

27–15 (64%)

2

Lebanon

0–3

0–3

2–1

2–1

2–1

3–0

4–2

9–9 (50%)

21–19 (53%)

3

Bahrain

1–2

1–2

1–2

2–1

2–1

2–1

3–3

9–9 (50%)

20–20 (50%)

4

Qatar

1–2

1–2

1–2

1–2

2–1

2–1

2–4

8–10 (44%)

18–23 (44%)

5

Syria

1–2

1–2

1–2

1–2

1–2

3–0

1–5

8–10 (44%)

19–22 (46%)

6

Saudi Arabia

0–3

0–3

0–3

1–2

1–2

0–3

0–6

2–16 (11%)

7–33 (18%)

7

•  Iran and  Kuwait promoted to Group II in 1993

Europe/Africa Zone

Group I

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	First Round					Second Round
	CIS
						Porto, Portugal (clay)
	bye
						CIS		3
						Portugal		2
	bye
	Portugal
	Nairobi, Kenya (clay)
	Kenya		3
						Holbæk, Denmark (clay)
	Romania		2
						Kenya		0
						Denmark		5
	bye
	Denmark
	Israel
						Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
	bye
						Israel		5
	Budapest, Hungary (indoor carpet)
						Hungary		0
	Poland		2
	Hungary		3
	Oslo, Norway (indoor carpet)
	Finland		3
						Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)
	Norway		2
						Finland		1
						Austria		4
	bye
	Austria

•  CIS,  Denmark,  Israel and  Austria advance to World Group qualifying round.

	Relegation Play-off
	Oslo, Norway (indoor carpet)
	Poland		1
	Norway		4

•  Romania and  Poland relegated to Group II in 1993.

Group II

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Relegation Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Athens, Greece (clay)

Ireland

1

Galway, Ireland (carpet)

Athens, Greece (clay)

Greece

4

Ireland

5

Greece

4

Sofia, Bulgaria (clay)

Malta

0

Bulgaria

1

Malta

0

Luxembourg City, Lux. (indoor carpet)

Bulgaria

5

Greece

0

Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay)

Luxembourg

5

Luxembourg

4

Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay)

Luxembourg City, Luxembourg (clay)

Monaco

1

Monaco

5

Luxembourg

3

Cairo, Egypt (clay)

Zambia

0

Egypt

2

Zambia

2

Egypt

3

Harare, Zimbabwe (hard)

Zimbabwe

4

Accra, Ghana (hard)

Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard)

Ghana

1

Ghana

3

Zimbabwe

4

Lomé, Togo (hard)

Togo

1

Ivory Coast

1

Togo

2

Harare, Zimbabwe (hard)

Ivory Coast

3

Zimbabwe

4

Morocco

1

Cyprus

w/o

Nicosia, Cyprus (clay)

Turkey

Turkey

Cyprus

0

Lagos, Nigeria (hard)

Nigeria

w/o

Morocco

5

Nigeria

0

Morocco

5

•  Malta,  Zambia,  Togo, and  Turkey relegated to Group III in 1993.
•  Luxembourg and  Zimbabwe promoted to Group I in 1993.

Group III

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• Venue: Tennis Club de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
• Date: 29 April–3 May

		RSA	SEN	ALG	CMR	TUN	CGO	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
	South Africa		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	5–0	15–0 (100%)	30–1 (97%)	1
	Senegal	0–3		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	4–1	11–4 (73%)	24–8 (75%)	2
	Algeria	0–3	1–2		2–0	2–1	3–0	3–2	8–6 (57%)	16–15 (52%)	3
	Cameroon	0–3	0–3	0–2		2–1	2–1	2–3	4–10 (29%)	9–22 (29%)	4
	Tunisia	0–3	0–3	1–2	1–2		3–0	1–4	5–10 (33%)	11–20 (35%)	5
	Congo	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–2	0–3		0–5	1–14 (7%)	4–28 (13%)	6

•  South Africa,  Senegal,  Algeria and  Cameroon promoted to Group II in 1993.

Notes

1. In response to the Yugoslav Wars and following the adoption of UN SCR 757 in May 1992, Yugoslavia was barred from competing in international sporting competition. This resulted in the Yugoslav team being disqualified from this and future Davis Cups and their Qualifying Round tie against Cuba was defaulted.^[3]
2. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in December 1991, a team representing the Commonwealth of Independent States took their place in the competition.

References

General

• "World Group 1992". 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. "United States v Switzerland". daviscup.com.
3. "Yugoslav Athletes Banned". The New York Times. Associated Press. 1 June 1992. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

External links

• Davis Cup Official Website