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2019 Davis Cup

️Mon Oct 28 2019

2019 Davis Cup

Details
Duration	1 February – 1 December 2019
Edition	108th
Champion
Winning nation	Spain
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The 2019 Davis Cup was the 108th edition of the Davis Cup, a tournament between national teams in men's tennis. It was sponsored by Rakuten.^[1]

For this edition, the format of the cup was changed.^[2] The main modification is the World Group took place at one location and in one week, with eighteen teams divided in six round-robin groups of three teams each, with the winners of the groups and the two best second places advancing to quarterfinals. The series between the teams in this stage featured two singles matches and one doubles match, instead of the best-of-5 series, with the matches changing from best of 5 sets to best of 3. As the World Group was taking place as one single tournament, this event had been named the 2019 Davis Cup Finals. The lower zone groups I and II were composed of single ties deciding promotion or relegation.

Spain won their sixth title (their first since 2011), defeating Canada in the final 2–0. Rafael Nadal received the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award for his performance in the tournament, after he won 8 of the 8 matches he participated in.^[3]

Date: 18–24 November 2019^[4]
Venue: Caja Mágica in Madrid, Spain^[5]
Surface: Hard court^[4]

18 nations are taking in the finals, formerly known as World Group. The qualification is as follows:

4 semifinalists of the previous edition
2 wild card teams
12 winners of a qualifier round, in February 2019

H = Host Nation, TH = Title-Holder, 2018SF = Semi-Finalists from the 2018 tournament, WC = Wild Card

The seedings are based on the Nations Ranking of 4 February.^[6]

Date: 1–2 February 2019

Twenty-four teams played for twelve spots in the Finals, in series decided on a home and away basis.^[7]

These twenty-four teams are:

4 losing quarterfinalists of the previous edition,
8 winners of World Group play-offs of previous edition, and
12 best teams not previously qualified with best ranking of their zone:
- 6 from Europe/Africa,
- 3 from Asia/Oceania, and
- 3 from Americas.

The 12 losing teams from the qualifying round then played at the Group I of the corresponding continental zone in September.

#: Nations Ranking as of 29 October 2018.^[8]

T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets

Canada
0

Estadio Manolo Santana^[21]
24 November 2019

Spain
2

		1	2
1	Félix Auger-Aliassime Roberto Bautista Agut	6³ 7⁷	3 6
2	Denis Shapovalov Rafael Nadal	3 6	6⁷ 7⁹
3	Vasek Pospisil / Denis Shapovalov Marcel Granollers / Feliciano López			not played

Dates: 13–14 September and 14–15 September 2019

The losers go on and participate to the 2020 Davis Cup World Group I Play-offs while the winners qualify to the 2020 Davis Cup World Group I

¹Because of the Venezuelan financial crisis, the Venezuelan national team plays its "home" matches in the Miami metropolitan area in the United States.

Dates: 5–6 April, 13–14 September and 14–15 September 2019

The losers go on and participate to the 2020 Davis Cup World Group II Play-offs while the winners qualify to the 2020 Davis Cup World Group I Play-offs

Dates: 17–22 June 2019

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

The first three nations qualify for the 2020 Davis Cup World Group II Play-offs

Participating nations

Dates: 13–14 September, 14–15 September 2019 and 29–30 November 2019

The losers go on and participate to the 2020 Davis Cup World Group I Play-offs while the winners qualify to the 2020 Davis Cup World Group I

Dates: 5–6 April and 14–15 September 2019

The losers go on and participate to the 2020 Davis Cup World Group II Play-offs while the winners qualify to the 2020 Davis Cup World Group I Play-offs

Dates: 26–29 June 2019

Location: Singapore Sports Hub, Singapore (indoor hard)