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2007 Davis Cup

Details
Duration	6 February – 2 December 2007
Edition	96th
Champion
Winning nation	United States
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The 2007 Davis Cup was the 96th edition of the Davis Cup, a national teams competition in men's tennis. Sixteen teams participated in the World Group and 123 took part in different regional groups. The final took place 30 November - 2 December at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon, United States, with the United States defeating Russia 4-1 for their 32nd title.^[1]

Participating Teams
Argentina	Australia	Austria	Belarus
Belgium	Chile	Croatia	Czech Republic
France	Germany	Romania	Russia
Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	United States

First round losers play in World Group play-offs.

United States 4	Memorial Coliseum, Portland, United States[2] 30 November - 2 December 2007 Hard (i)	Russia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Andy Roddick Dmitry Tursunov 6 4 6 4 6 2       2 James Blake Mikhail Youzhny 6 3 77 64 63 77 77 63     3 Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan Igor Andreev / Nikolay Davydenko 77 64 6 4 6 2       4 Bob Bryan Igor Andreev 3 6 64 77         5 James Blake Dmitry Tursunov 1 6 6 3 7 5

• Date: 21–23 September

The 8 losing teams in the World Group first round ties, and 8 winners of the Group I second round ties entered the draw for the World Group Playoffs. 8 seeded teams, based on the latest Davis Cup ranking, were drawn against 8 unseeded teams.

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface
Serbia	4–1	Australia	Belgrade	Beogradska Arena	Indoor	Clay
Austria	4–1	Brazil	Innsbruck	Olympiaworld Innsbruck	Indoor	Carpet
Peru	4–1	Belarus	Lima	Rinconada Country Club	Outdoor	Clay
Israel1	3–2	Chile	Ramat HaSharon	Canada Stadium	Outdoor	Hard
Great Britain	4–1	Croatia	Wimbledon, London	All England Lawn Tennis Club	Outdoor	Grass
Czech Republic	3–2	Switzerland	Prague	Sazka Arena	Indoor	Hard
Japan	2–3	Romania	Osaka	Namihaya Dome	Indoor	Carpet
Slovakia	2–3	South Korea	Bratislava	Sibamac Arena	Indoor	Clay

¹ Took place on September 20, 21 and 23, due to Yom Kippur taking place on the 22nd.

• Venezuela relegated to Group II in 2008.
• Peru and Brazil advance to World Group Play-off.

• Jamaica and Cuba relegated to Group III in 2008.
• Uruguay promoted to Group I in 2008.

Venue: Federación Nacional de Tenis de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala (hard)
Date: 20–24 June

Top two teams advance to 1st–4th Play-off, bottom two teams advance to 5th–8th Play-off. Scores in italics carried over from pools.

• Bahamas and Bolivia promoted to Group II in 2008.
• Haiti and Costa Rica relegated to Group IV in 2008.

		ARU	HON	ISV	TRI
1	Aruba (3–0)		2–1	2–1	2–1
2	Honduras (2–1)	1–2		2–1	2–1
3	U.S. Virgin Islands (1–2)	1–2	1–2		2–1
4	Trinidad and Tobago (0–3)	1–2	1–2	1–2

• Aruba and Honduras promoted to Group III in 2008.

Venue: Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka (hard)
Date: 18–22 July

Top two teams advance to 1st–4th Play-off, bottom two teams advance to 5th–8th Play-off. Scores in italics carried over from pools.

Note: Oman/Lebanon/Sri Lanka tie broken on number of rubbers won.

• Oman and Lebanon promoted to Group II in 2008.
• Singapore and Saudi Arabia relegated to Group IV in 2008.

Venue: Theinbyu Tennis Plaza, Yangon, Myanmar (hard)
Date: 9–13 May

• Tajikistan and Syria promoted to Group III in 2008.

• Luxembourg and Portugal relegated to Group II in 2008.
• Slovakia, Israel, Serbia, and Great Britain advance to World Group Play-off.

• Bulgaria, Norway, Latvia, and Poland relegated to Group III in 2008.
• Estonia and Nigeria promoted to Group I in 2008.

Venue: Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt (clay)
Date: 9–13 May

Top two teams advance to 1st–4th Play-off, bottom two teams advance to 5th–8th Play-off. Scores in italics carried over from pools.

• Ireland and Egypt promoted to Group II in 2008.
• San Marino and Iceland relegated to Group IV in 2008.

Venue: Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia (clay)
Date: 9–13 May

Top two teams advance to 1st–4th Play-off, bottom two teams advance to 5th–8th Play-off. Scores in italics carried over from pools.

Note: Ghana/Mauritius tie broken on percentage of sets won.

• South Africa and Tunisia promoted to Group II in 2008.
• Mauritius and Namibia relegated to Group IV in 2008.

	Group IV	MNE	ARM	BOT	AND	RWA
1	Montenegro (4–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Armenia (3–1)	0–3		2–1	2–1	2–1
3	Botswana (2–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1	2–1
4	Andorra (1–3)	0–3	1–2	1–2		3–0
5	Rwanda (0–4)	0–3	1–2	1–2	0–3

• "Draw" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-14. Retrieved 2007-03-29. (170 KiB)