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2022 Davis Cup

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2022 Davis Cup
Details
Duration4 March – 27 November 2022
Edition110th
Champion
Winning nation Canada
2023

Canada defeated Australia 2–0 in the final of the 2022 Davis Cup. It was the 110th edition of the Davis Cup, an international competition between teams in men's tennis, and was sponsored by Rakuten.[1] The Russian Tennis Federation were the defending champions, but they and Belarus were disqualified from competing in international events due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2]

Final knockout stage bracket

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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
24 November, Málaga
 Italy2
26 November, Málaga
 United States1
 Italy1
24 November, Málaga
 Canada2
 Germany1
27 November, Málaga
 Canada2
 Canada2
22 November, Málaga
 Australia0
 Netherlands0
25 November, Málaga
 Australia2
 Australia2
23 November, Málaga
 Croatia1
 Spain0
 Croatia2

Davis Cup Finals

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Date: 13–18 September 2022 (group stage)
23–27 November 2022 (knockout stage)
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Venue: Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy
Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Great Britain
Am Rothenbaum, Hamburg, Germany
Pavelló Municipal Font de Sant Lluís, Valencia, Spain
Martin Carpena Arena, Malaga, Spain
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Surface: Indoor Hard

16 nations took part in the finals. The qualification was as follows:

  • 1 finalists of the previous edition (defending champion Russia was suspended)
  • 1 highest-ranked losing semi-finalist of the previous edition (announced by ITF on 13 March 2022 as Serbia to replace Russia)[6]
  • 2 wild card teams (announced by ITF on 5 December 2021 as Serbia and Great Britain, Canada were later given Serbia’s subsequently vacant wildcard [7]
  • 12 winners of a qualifier round, in March 2022

H = Host nation, TH = Title holder, 2021F = Finalist from the 2021 tournament, 2021SF = Highest-ranked losing semi-finalist from the 2021 tournament, WC = Wild card

Participating teams

Argentina

Australia

Belgium

Canada (WC)

Croatia (2021F)

France

Germany

Great Britain (WC)

Italy

Kazakhstan

Netherlands

Serbia (2021SF)

South Korea

Spain

Sweden

United States

Seeds

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The seedings were based on the Davis Cup Ranking of 7 March 2022.[8]

Qualifying round

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Date: 4–5 March 2022[9]

Twenty-six eligible teams were:

  • 16 teams ranked 3rd-18th in the Finals.
  • 8 winning teams from World Group I.
  • 2 winning teams from World Group I Knock-out ties.

Two wild cards for the Finals were selected from these 26 nations.  Serbia and  Great Britain were announced prior to the Qualifiers draw.[9] The remaining 24 nations competed for 12 spots in the Finals.

The 12 winning teams from the play-offs played at the Finals and the 12 losing teams played at the World Group I.

Qualified teams

Home team Score Away team Location Venue Surface
 France [1] 4–0  Ecuador Pau Palais des Sports Hard (i)
 Spain [2] 3–1  Romania Marbella Club de Tenis Puente Romano Clay
 Finland 2–3  Belgium [3] Espoo Espoo Metro Areena Hard (i)
 United States [4] 4–0  Colombia Reno Reno Events Center Hard (i)
 Netherlands 4–0  Canada [5] The Hague Sportcampus Zuiderpark Clay (i)
 Brazil 1–3  Germany [6] Rio de Janeiro Olympic Tennis Centre Clay
 Slovakia 2–3  Italy [7] Bratislava AXA Aréna NTC Hard (i)
 Australia [8] 3–2  Hungary Sydney Ken Rosewall Arena Hard
 Norway 1–3  Kazakhstan [9] Oslo Oslo Tennis Arena Hard (i)
 Sweden [10] 3–2  Japan Helsingborg Helsingborg Arena Hard (i)
 Argentina [11] 4–0  Czech Republic Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club Clay
 South Korea 3–1  Austria [12] Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center Hard (i)

Group stage

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Qualified for the Knockout stage
Eliminated

G = Group, T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets, H = Hosts

G Winner Runner-up Third Fourth
Nation T M Nation T M Nation T M Nation T M
A  Italy (H) 3–0 7–2  Croatia 2–1 5–4  Sweden 1–2 4–5  Argentina 0–3 2–7
B  Spain (H) 2–1 7–2  Canada 2–1 5–4  Serbia 2–1 4–5  South Korea 0–3 2–7
C  Germany (H) 3–0 6–3  Australia 2–1 6–3  France 1–2 4–5  Belgium 0–3 2–7
D  Netherlands 3–0 6–3  United States 2–1 5–4  Great Britain (H) 1–2 4–5  Kazakhstan 0–3 3–6

World Group I

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Date: 15–18 September 2022

Twenty-four teams participated in the World Group I, in series decided on a home and away basis.

These twenty-four teams were:

  • 11 losing teams from Qualifying round, in March 2022
  • 12 winning teams from World Group I play-offs, in March 2022
  • 1 highest-ranked losing team from World Group I play-offs (Uzbekistan)[6]

#: Nations ranking as of 7 March 2022.[10]

Home team Score Away team Location Venue Surface
 Austria [1] 4–0  Pakistan Tulln an der Donau Tennis Club Tulln Clay
 Colombia [2] 4–0  Turkey Bogotá Carmel Club Clay
 Israel 1–3  Czech Republic [3] Tel Aviv Shlomo Group Arena Hard (i)
 Uzbekistan 3–1  Japan [4] Tashkent Olympic Tennis School Hard
 Ecuador [5] 2–3   Switzerland Salinas Salinas Golf & Tenis Club Hard
 Peru 2–3  Chile [6] Lima Club Lawn Tennis de La Exposición Clay
 Portugal 3–1  Brazil [7] Viana do Castelo Centro Cultural de Viana do Castelo Hard (i)
 Norway 3–1  India [8] Lillehammer Håkons Hall Hard (i)
 Ukraine 1–3  Hungary [9] Vilnius, Lithuania SEB Arena Hard (i)
 Slovakia [10] 3–1  Romania Bratislava NTC Arena Clay (i)
 Finland [11] 5–0  New Zealand Espoo Espoo Metro Areena Hard (i)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina [12] 3–1  Mexico Široki Brijeg Tennis Academy SET Clay

Qualifying round

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Date: 4–5 March 2022

Twenty-four teams played for twelve spots in the World Group I, in series decided on a home and away basis.

These twenty-four teams were:

  • 2 losing teams from World Group I Knock-out ties.
  • 12 losing teams from World Group I.
  • 8 winning teams from World Group II.
  • 2 winning teams from World Group II Knock-out ties.

The 12 winning teams from the play-offs played at the World Group I and the 12 losing teams played at the World Group II.

#: Nations ranking as of 20 September 2021.[11]

Qualified teams

Home team Score Away team Location Venue Surface
 Chile [1] 4–0  Slovenia Viña del Mar Club Union de Tenis Clay
 India [2] 4–0  Denmark New Delhi Delhi Gymkhana Club Grass
 Uzbekistan [3] 2–3  Turkey Tashkent Olympic Tennis School Hard (i)
 Portugal [4] 4–0  Poland Porto Complexo Municipal de Ténis da Maia Clay (i)
 Tunisia 1–3  Bosnia and Herzegovina [5] Tunis Tennis Club de Tunis Clay
 Israel [6] 3–1  South Africa Ashdod HaKiriya Arena Hard (i)
 New Zealand 3–1  Uruguay [7] Las Vegas (United States) Darling Tennis Center Hard
 Ukraine [8] 3–0  Barbados Antalya (Turkey) Rixos Premium Belek Hard
 Pakistan [9] 3–2  Lithuania Islamabad Pakistan Sports Complex Grass
 Peru [10] 3–1  Bolivia Lima Club Lawn Tennis de La Exposición Clay
  Switzerland 3–1  Lebanon [11] Biel/Bienne Jan Group Arena Hard (i)
 Mexico [12] w/o  Belarus Mexico City Estadio Rafael Osuna Clay

World Group II

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Date: 16–18 September 2022

Twenty-four teams participated in the World Group II, in series decided on a home and away basis.

These twenty-four teams were:

  • 10 losing teams from World Group I play-offs, in March 2022
  • 12 winning teams from World Group II play-offs, in March 2022
  • 2 highest-ranked losing teams from World Group II play-offs (China PR and Thailand)[6]

#: Nations ranking as of 7 March 2022.[10]

Home team Score Away team Location Venue Surface
 Uruguay [1] 2–3  China Montevideo Carrasco Lawn Tenis Club Clay
 Lebanon [2] 3–2  Monaco Zouk Mosbeh Notre Dame University–Louaize Hard
 Lithuania [3] 3–1  Egypt Vilnius SEB Arena Hard (i)
 Thailand 3–1  Bolivia [4] Bangkok The Lawn Tennis Association of Thailand Hard
 Chinese Taipei [5] 3–1  Hong Kong Taipei City Taipei Tennis Center Hard
 Slovenia [6] 4–0  Estonia Portorož Tennis Center Portorož Clay
 Tunisia [7] 1–3  Greece Tunis Courts de Tennis Hard
 El Salvador 2–3  Denmark [8] San José Villanueva Club El Encanto Hard
 Poland [9] 5–0  Indonesia Inowrocław Hala Widowiskowo Sportowa Hard (i)
 Bulgaria 3–0  South Africa [10] Sofia National Tennis Centre Clay
 Barbados [11] 2–3  Ireland St. Michael National Tennis Centre Hard
 Latvia 3–2  Dominican Republic [12] Jūrmala National Tennis Centre Lielupe Hard (i)

Qualifying round

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Date: 4–5 March 2022

Twenty-four teams played for twelve spots in the World Group II, in series decided on a home and away basis.

These twenty-four teams were:

  • 2 losing teams from World Group II Knock-out ties.
  • 12 losing teams from World Group II.
  • 10 teams from their Group III zone:
    • 3 from Europe
    • 3 from Asia/Oceania,
    • 2 from Americas, and
    • 2 from Africa.

The 12 winning teams from the play-offs played at the World Group II and the 12 losing teams played at the Group III of the corresponding continental zone.

#: Nations ranking as of 20 September 2021.[11]

Qualified teams

Home team Score Away team Location Venue Surface
 China [1] w/o  Ireland
 Dominican Republic [2] 3–0  Vietnam Santo Domingo Centro Nacional de Tenis Parque Del Este Hard
 Thailand [3] 2–3  Latvia Bangkok Lawn Tennis Association of Thailand Hard
 Guatemala 0–4  Chinese Taipei [4] Guatemala City Complejo de Tenis Ing. Juan José Hermosilla Hard
 Indonesia 3–0  Venezuela [5] Jakarta Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex Hard
 Estonia [6] 4–0  Pacific Oceania Tallinn Forus Tenniscenter Hard (i)
 Egypt [7] 4–1  Cyprus Cairo Gezira Sporting Club Clay
 Greece [8] 3–2  Jamaica Athens Ace Tennis Club Clay (i)
 Monaco 4–0  Morocco [9] Roquebrune-Cap-Martin (France) Monte Carlo Country Club Clay
 Bulgaria [10] 3–1  Paraguay Sofia Sport Hall "Sofia" Hard (i)
 Zimbabwe [11] 1–3  El Salvador Harare Harare Sports Club Hard
 Benin 1–3  Hong Kong [12] Cotonou Stade de l’Amitié Général Mathieu Kérékou Hard

Americas Zone

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Group III

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Dates: 22–25 June 2022

Location: Costa Rica Country Club, Escazú, Costa Rica (Hard)

The top three nations were promoted to the 2023 Davis Cup World Group II play-offs and the last two nations were relegated to 2023 Americas Zone Group IV

Teams

Promotions/Relegations

Group IV

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Dates: 1–6 August 2022

Location: National Racquet Centre, Tacarigua, Trinidad & Tobago (Hard)

The top two nations were promoted to the 2023 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III

Teams

Inactive Team

Promotions

Asia/Oceania Zone

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Group III

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Dates: 10–13 August 2022

Location: Hai Dang Tennis Club, Tây Ninh, Vietnam (Hard)

The top three nations were promoted to the 2023 Davis Cup World Group II play-offs and the last two nations were relegated to 2023 Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV

Teams

Promotions/Relegations

Inactive teams

Group IV

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Dates: 8–13 August 2022 and 17–22 October 2022

Location: Sri Lanka Tennis Association Courts, Colombo, Sri Lanka (Clay) and Bahrain Tennis Federation, Isa Town, Bahrain (Hard)

The top two nations will be promoted to the 2023 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III

Teams

Inactive Teams

Promotions/Relegations

Europe Zone

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Group III

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Dates: 22–25 June 2022

Location: Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro (Clay)

The top three nations were promoted to the 2023 Davis Cup World Group II play-offs and the last two nations were relegated to 2023 Europe Zone Group IV

Teams

Promotions/Relegations

Group IV

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Dates: 27–30 July 2022

Location: Baku Tennis Academy, Baku, Azerbaijan (Hard)

The top two nations were promoted to the 2023 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III

Teams

Promotions

Africa Zone

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Group III

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Dates: 10–13 August 2022

Location: Tennis Club de Bachdjarah, Algiers, Algeria (Clay)

The top three nations were promoted to the 2023 Davis Cup World Group II play-offs and the last two nations were relegated to 2023 Africa Zone Group IV

Teams

Promotions/Relegations

Group IV

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Dates: 4–9 July 2022 and 27–30 July 2022

Location: Ecology Tennis Club, Kigali, Rwanda (Clay) and MUNDI Sport Complex, Yaoundé, Cameroon (Hard)

The top two nations were promoted to the 2023 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group III

Teams

Inactive Teams

Promotions

References

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  2. ^ "Joint Statement by the International Governing Bodies of Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
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  4. ^ "Bologna, Glasgow, Hamburg and Malaga announced as hosts of Davis Cup Finals group stage". Daviscup.com. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Valencia announced as Davis Cup Finals 2022 group stage host city". Daviscup.com. 26 April 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  6. ^ a b c "ITF Board confirms replacements for Russian and Belarusian teams in 2022 Davis Cup". Daviscup.com. 13 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Canada selected as replacement wild card for Davis Cup by Rakuten Finals". 17 March 2022.
  8. ^ "When is the 2022 Davis Cup Finals draw and how it will work". Daviscup.com. 24 March 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Draw announced for 2022 Davis Cup by Rakuten Qualifiers". Daviscup.com. 2021-12-05. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  10. ^ a b "Davis Cup - Rankings". Daviscup.com. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  11. ^ a b "Davis Cup - Rankings". Daviscup.com. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
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