2008 Davis Cup

2008 Davis Cup
Details
Duration	8 February – 23 November
Edition	97th
Achievements (singles)
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Semifinal match between the future champion, Spain, and the USA in Las Ventas bullring.

The 2008 Davis Cup was the 97th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. Sixteen teams participated in the World Group and more than one hundred others took part in different regional groups. The first matches were played on February 8–10. The final took place on November 21–23 at Estadio Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata, Argentina, with Spain beating Argentina 3-1 to clinch their 3rd Davis Cup title.^[1]

World Group

Main article: 2008 Davis Cup World Group

Participating Teams
Argentina	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic
France	Great Britain	Germany	Israel
Peru	Romania	Russia	Serbia
South Korea	Spain	Sweden	United States

Draw

First round 8–10 February			Quarterfinals 11–13 April				Semifinals 19–21 September			Final 21–23 November

Moscow, Russia (indoor hard)
1	Russia	3
			Moscow, Russia (indoor clay)
	Serbia	2
			1	Russia	3
Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor carpet)
				Czech Republic	2
8	Belgium	2
							Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
	Czech Republic	3
							1	Russia	2
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
						3	Argentina	3
3	Argentina	4
			Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
	Great Britain	1
			3	Argentina	4
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
			6	Sweden	1
6	Sweden	3
										Mar del Plata, Argentina (indoor hard)
	Israel	2
										3	Argentina	1
Braunschweig, Germany (indoor clay)
										5	Spain	3
	South Korea	2
			Bremen, Germany (indoor hard)
4	Germany	3
			4	Germany	1
Lima, Peru (clay)
			5	Spain	4
	Peru	0
							Madrid, Spain (clay)
5	Spain	5
							5	Spain	4
Sibiu, Romania (indoor hard)
						2	United States	1
	Romania	0
			Winston-Salem, USA (indoor hard)
7	France	5
			7	France	1
Vienna, Austria (indoor clay)
			2	United States	4
	Austria	1

2	United States	4

Final

Argentina
1

Estadio Polideportivo, Mar del Plata, Argentina^[2]
21–23 November 2008
Hard (i)

Spain
3

		1	2	3	4	5
1	David Nalbandian David Ferrer	6 3	6 2	6 3
2	Juan Martín del Potro Feliciano López	6 4	6² 7⁷	6⁴ 7⁷	3 6
3	Agustín Calleri / David Nalbandian Feliciano López / Fernando Verdasco	7 5	5 7	6⁵ 7⁷	3 6
4	José Acasuso Fernando Verdasco	3 6	7⁷ 6³	6 4	3 6	1 6
5	David Nalbandian Feliciano López						not played

World Group Play-offs

Main article: 2008 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs

Date: 19–21 September

The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties, and eight winners of the Group I second round ties entered the draw for the World Group Play-offs. Eight seeded teams, based on the Davis Cup rankings as of 14 April, were drawn against eight unseeded teams.

Venue (surface)	Home Team	Score	Visiting Team
Antofagasta, Chile (clay)	Chile	3–2	Australia (3)
Wimbledon, London, Great Britain (grass)	Great Britain	2–3	Austria (7)
Lausanne, Switzerland (indoor hard)	Switzerland	4–1	Belgium (4)
Zadar, Croatia (indoor hard)	Croatia (1)	4–1	Brazil
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)	Israel (8)	4–1	Peru
Apeldoorn, Netherlands (indoor clay)	Netherlands	3–2	South Korea (5)
Bucharest, Romania (clay)	Romania (6)	4–1	India
Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)	Slovakia (2)	1–4	Serbia

Chile, Croatia, Netherlands, and Switzerland promoted to World Group in 2009.
Austria, Israel, Romania, and Serbia remain in World Group in 2009.
Australia (AO), Brazil (AM), India (AO), and Slovakia (EA) remain in Group I in 2009.
Belgium (EA), Great Britain (EA), Peru (AM) and South Korea (AO) relegated to Group I in 2009.

Americas Zone

Main article: 2008 Davis Cup Americas Zone

Group I

Participating Teams

Brazil - advanced to World Group Play-offs
Canada
Chile - advanced to World Group Play-offs
Colombia
Mexico - relegated to Group II in 2009
Uruguay

Group II

Participating Teams

Bahamas
Bolivia - relegated to Group III in 2009
Dominican Republic
Ecuador - promoted to Group I in 2009
El Salvador - relegated to Group III in 2009
Netherlands Antilles
Paraguay
Venezuela

Group III

Participating Teams

Aruba - relegated to Group IV in 2009
Barbados
Guatemala - promoted to Group II in 2009
Honduras
Jamaica - promoted to Group II in 2009
Panama - relegated to Group IV in 2009
Puerto Rico
Withdrawn: Cuba

Group IV

Participating Teams

Bermuda
Costa Rica - promoted to Group III in 2009
Haiti - promoted to Group III in 2009
U.S. Virgin Islands
Withdrawn: Trinidad and Tobago