The 2000 Davis Cup (also known as the 2000 Davis Cup by NEC for sponsorship purposes) was the 89th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 135 teams entered the competition, 16 in the World Group, 30 in the Americas Zone, 31 in the Asia/Oceania Zone, and 58 in the Europe/Africa Zone. Andorra, Lesotho, Mauritius and Namibia made their first appearances in the tournament.

2000 Davis Cup
Details
Duration4 February – 10 December 2000
Edition89th
Teams135
Champion
Winning nation Spain
1999
2001

Spain defeated Australia in the final, held at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain, on 8–10 December, to win their first title.[1][2]

World Group

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Participating teams
 
Australia
 
Austria
 
Belgium
 
Brazil
 
Czech Republic
 
France
 
Germany
 
Great Britain
 
Italy
 
Netherlands
 
Russia
 
Slovakia
 
Spain
 
Switzerland
 
United States
 
Zimbabwe

Draw

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First round
4–6 February
Quarterfinals
7–9 April
Semifinals
21–23 July
Final
8–10 December
Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)
  United States3
Inglewood, CA, United States (indoor carpet)
  Zimbabwe2
  United States3
Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor clay)
  Czech Republic2
  Great Britain1
Santander, Spain (clay)
  Czech Republic4
  United States0
Murcia, Spain (clay)
  Spain5
  Spain4
Málaga, Spain (clay)
  Italy1
  Spain4
Moscow, Russia (indoor carpet)
  Russia1
  Russia4
Barcelona, Spain (indoor clay)
  Belgium1
  Spain3
Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)
  Australia1
  Austria2
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (clay)
  Slovakia3
  Slovakia2
Florianópolis, Brazil (clay)
  Brazil3
  Brazil4
Brisbane, Australia (grass)
  France1
  Brazil0
Leipzig, Germany (indoor carpet)
  Australia5
  Netherlands1
Adelaide, Australia (grass)
  Germany4
  Germany2
Zürich, Switzerland (indoor carpet)
  Australia3
   Switzerland2
  Australia3

Final

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Spain vs. Australia

 
Spain
3
Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain[2]
8–10 December 2000
Clay (indoors)
 
Australia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Albert Costa
Lleyton Hewitt
6
3
1
6
6
2
4
6
4
6
 
2  
 
Juan Carlos Ferrero
Pat Rafter
64
77
77
62
6
2
3
1
   
retired
3  
 
Joan Balcells / Àlex Corretja
Sandon Stolle / Mark Woodforde
6
4
6
4
6
4
     
4  
 
Juan Carlos Ferrero
Lleyton Hewitt
6
2
77
65
4
6
6
4
   
5  
 
Albert Costa
Pat Rafter
          not
played

World Group qualifying round

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Date: 14–23 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 2001 World Group.

Home team Score Visiting team Location Venue Door Surface
  France 5-0   Austria Rennes Le Liberté Indoor Carpet
  Great Britain 2-3   Ecuador Wimbledon No. 1 Court, All England Lawn Tennis Club Outdoor Grass
  Italy 1-4   Belgium Venice Green Garden Sporting Club Outdoor Clay
  Morocco w/o   Chile
  Uzbekistan 1-4   Netherlands Tashkent N.B.U. Complex Outdoor Clay
  Sweden 5-0   India Båstad Båstad Tennis Stadium Outdoor Clay
   Switzerland 5-0   Belarus St. Gallen Kreuzbleichhalle Outdoor Carpet
  Zimbabwe 2-3   Romania Harare Harare Sports Club Indoor Hard

Americas Zone

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Group I

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Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
  Argentina
Montreal, Canada (hard)byeSantiago, Chile (indoor hard)
  Argentina1  Argentina0
  Canada4Viña del Mar, Chile (clay)  Chile2
  Canada1
Bogotá, Colombia (clay)  Chile4
  Argentina4
  Colombia1Lima, Peru (clay)
  Bahamas1
Nassau, Bahamas (hard)  Peru4Lima, Peru (clay)
  Bahamas3  Peru2
  Colombia2Bogotá, Colombia (clay)  Ecuador3
  Colombia0
  Ecuador5
  •   Colombia relegated to Group II in 2001.
  •   Chile and   Ecuador advance to World Group qualifying round.

Group II

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Group III

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Rank Team
1   Netherlands Antilles
2   Dominican Republic
3   Puerto Rico
4   Jamaica
5   Bolivia
6   Trinidad and Tobago
7   Panama
8   Haiti

Group IV

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    HON   BER   LCA   ATG   BAR   ISV   ECA RR
W–L
Match
W–L
Set
W–L
Standings
  Honduras 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 6–0 18–0 (100%) 35–5 (88%) 1
  Bermuda 0–3 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 5–1 12–6 (67%) 25–15 (63%) 2
  Saint Lucia 0–3 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 4–2 11–7 (61%) 23–14 (62%) 3
  Antigua and Barbuda 0–3 0–3 1–2 3–0 1–2 3–0 2–4 8–10 (44%) 17–24 (41%) 4
  Barbados 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–4 6–12 (33%) 17–28 (38%) 5
  U.S. Virgin Islands 0–3 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–5 5–13 (28%) 18–28 (39%) 6
  Eastern Caribbean 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–5 3–15 (17%) 10–31 (24%) 7

Asia/Oceania Zone

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Group I

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Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
Kunming, China (hard)
  Uzbekistan3
Tianjin, China (indoor hard)  China0Tashkent, Uzbekistan (indoor hard)
  China1  Uzbekistan4
  Thailand4Timaru, New Zealand (hard)  New Zealand1
  New Zealand4
Jounieh, Lebanon (indoor hard)  Thailand1
  China3
  Lebanon2Lucknow, India (grass)
  Lebanon2
Yokohama, Japan (indoor carpet)  India3New Delhi, India (grass)
  Lebanon1  India4
  Japan4Kashima, Japan (indoor carpet)  South Korea1
  South Korea3
  Japan2
  •   Lebanon relegated to Group II in 2001.
  •   Uzbekistan and   India advance to World Group qualifying round.

Group II

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Relegation Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard)
  Pakistan3
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard)  Hong Kong2Taichung, Taiwan (clay)
  Hong Kong3  Pakistan2
  Kazakhstan2Almaty, Kazakhstan (indoor hard)  Chinese Taipei3
  Chinese Taipei4
  Kazakhstan1Jakarta, Indonesia (hard)
  Chinese Taipei1
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (indoor hard)  Indonesia4
  Iran2
Manila, Philippines (clay)  Malaysia3Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (indoor hard)
  Iran3  Malaysia0
  Philippines2Manila, Philippines (hard)  Indonesia5
  Indonesia4
  Philippines1

Group III

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Rank Team
1   Syria
2   Kuwait
3   Sri Lanka
4   Qatar
5   Tajikistan
6   Singapore
7   Bangladesh
8   Pacific Oceania

Group IV

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  • Venue: Al Hussein Sports City, Amman, Jordan
  • Date: 24–30 April
    KSA   BHR   OMA   JOR   UAE   FIJ   BRU RR
W–L
Match
W–L
Set
W–L
Standings
  Saudi Arabia 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 5–1 13–5 (72%) 30–12 (71%) 1
  Bahrain 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 5–1 13–5 (72%) 27–13 (68%) 2
  Oman 2–1 1–2 3–0 1–2 3–0 3–0 4–2 13–5 (72%) 28–13 (68%) 3
  Jordan 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–3 8–10 (44%) 17–23 (43%) 4
  United Arab Emirates 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 2–4 9–9 (50%) 20–18 (53%) 5
  Fiji 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–4 6–12 (33%) 13–24 (35%) 6
  Brunei 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3 0–3 0–6 1–17 (6%) 2–34 (6%) 7

Europe/Africa Zone

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Group I

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Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
  Sweden
Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)
bye
bye  Sweden3
  Finland  Finland2
bye
Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)
  Finland
  Finland4
  Hungary1
  Romania
Bucharest, Romania (indoor carpet)
bye
bye  Romania3
  Hungary  Hungary2
bye
  Hungary
  Belarus
Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet)
bye
bye  Belarus4
  South Africa  South Africa1
bye
Maia, Portugal (clay)
  South Africa
  South Africa2
Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet)
  Portugal3
  Portugal1
Casablanca, Morocco (clay)
  Ukraine4
  Portugal  Ukraine2
bye  Morocco3
bye
  Morocco

Group II

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Relegation Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Jūrmala, Latvia (indoor carpet)
  Croatia5
Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg (clay)Dublin, Ireland (carpet)
  Latvia0
  Latvia1  Croatia5
Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg (clay)
  Luxembourg4  Ireland0
  Luxembourg2
Rijeka, Croatia (indoor carpet)
  Ireland3
  Croatia5
Istanbul, Turkey (hard)
  Ivory Coast0
  Denmark3
İzmir, Turkey (hard)Rungsted, Denmark (clay)
  Turkey2
  Turkey4  Denmark2
Šiauliai, Lithuania (indoor carpet)
  Lithuania1  Ivory Coast3
  Ivory Coast3
  Lithuania2
Cairo, Egypt (clay)
  Egypt2
Tallinn, Estonia (indoor carpet)Szczecin, Poland (clay)
  Slovenia3
  Egypt0  Slovenia3
Bytom, Poland (clay)
  Estonia5  Poland2
  Estonia1
Athens, Greece (clay)
  Poland4
  Slovenia4
Sofia, Bulgaria (clay)
  Greece1
  Greece3
Sofia, Bulgaria (clay)Athens, Greece (clay)
  Bulgaria2
  Bulgaria2  Greece4
Oslo, Norway (clay)
  Israel3  Norway1
  Norway3
  Israel2

Group III

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Zone A

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  • Venue: Tennis Club de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
  • Date: 24–28 May
Rank Team
1   Yugoslavia
2   Monaco
3   Georgia
4   Bosnia and Herzegovina
5   Togo
6   Botswana
7   Tunisia
8   Malta

Zone B

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Rank Team
1   Moldova
2   Armenia
3   Iceland
4   Macedonia
5   Nigeria
6   Madagascar
7   Benin
8   Senegal

Group IV – Zone A

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Group A

    NAM   ZAM   SMR   ETH RR
W–L
Match
W–L
Set
W–L
Standings
  Namibia 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 7–2 (78%) 15–4 (79%) 1
  Zambia 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 5–4 (56%) 10–9 (53%) 2
  San Marino 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 4–5 (44%) 8–11 (42%) 3
  Ethiopia 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–7 (22%) 5–14 (26%) 4

Group B

    KEN   CYP   UGA   LES   DJI RR
W–L
Match
W–L
Set
W–L
Standings
  Kenya 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 4–0 11–1 (92%) 21–4 (84%) 1
  Cyprus 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 9–3 (75%) 19–6 (76%) 2
  Uganda 0–3 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–2 6–6 (50%) 10–14 (42%) 3
  Lesotho 0–3 0–3 1–2 3–0 1–3 4–8 (33%) 9–16 (36%) 4
  Djibouti 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–4 0–12 (0%) 0–19 (0%) 5

Group IV – Zone B

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Rank Team
1   Ghana
2   Mauritius
3   Andorra
4   Algeria
5   Cameroon
6   Azerbaijan
7   Liechtenstein
8   Sudan

References

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General
  • "World Group 2000". 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, 505. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ a b "Spain v Australia". daviscup.com.
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