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1995 Davis Cup

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1995 Davis Cup
Details
Duration3 February – 3 December 1995
Edition84th
Teams115
Champion
Winning nation United States
1994
1996

The 1995 Davis Cup (also known as the 1995 Davis Cup by NEC for sponsorship purposes) was the 84th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 115 teams entered the competition, 16 in the World Group, 25 in the Americas Zone, 29 in the Asia/Oceania Zone, and 45 in the Europe/Africa Zone. Bermuda, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Moldova and Pacific Oceania made their first appearances in the tournament.

The United States defeated Russia in the final, held at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, on 1–3 December, to win their 31st title overall.[1][2][3]

World Group

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Participating teams

Australia

Austria

Belgium

Croatia

Czech Republic

Denmark

France

Germany

Italy

Netherlands

Russia

South Africa

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

United States

Draw

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First round
3–6 February
Quarterfinals
31 March–2 April
Semifinals
22–24 September
Final
1–3 December
St. Petersburg, United States (indoor carpet)
 United States4
Palermo, Italy (clay)
 France1
 United States5
Naples, Italy (clay)
 Italy0
 Czech Republic1
Las Vegas, United States (hard)
 Italy4
 United States4
Copenhagen, Denmark (indoor carpet)
 Sweden1
 Sweden3
Växjö, Sweden (indoor carpet)
 Denmark2
 Sweden5
Vienna, Austria (indoor hard)
 Austria0
 Spain1
Moscow, Russia (indoor clay)
 Austria4
 United States3
Durban, South Africa (hard)
 Russia2
 South Africa3
Moscow, Russia (indoor carpet)
 Australia2
 South Africa1
Antwerp, Belgium (indoor clay)
 Russia4
 Belgium1
Moscow, Russia (indoor clay)
 Russia4
 Russia3
Geneva, Switzerland (indoor clay)
 Germany2
  Switzerland1
Utrecht, Netherlands (indoor hard)
 Netherlands4
 Netherlands1
Karlsruhe, Germany (indoor hard)
 Germany4
 Croatia1
 Germany4

Final

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Russia vs. United States


Russia
2
Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia[3]
1–3 December 1995
Clay (indoors)

United States
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Russia
United States
Andrei Chesnokov
Pete Sampras
6
3
4
6
3
6
77
65
4
6
 
2 Russia
United States
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Jim Courier
77
61
7
5
6
3
     
3 Russia
United States
Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Andrei Olhovskiy
Todd Martin / Pete Sampras
5
7
4
6
3
6
     
4 Russia
United States
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Pete Sampras
2
6
4
6
64
77
     
5 Russia
United States
Andrei Chesnokov
Jim Courier
61
77
7
5
6
0
     

World Group qualifying round

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Date: 22–24 September

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 1996 World Group.

Home team Score Visiting team Location Venue Door Surface
 Hungary 3–2  Australia Budapest Kisstadion Outdoor Clay
 Norway 0–5  Belgium Oslo Riksanlegget Indoor Hard
 India 3–2  Croatia New Delhi National Sports Club Outdoor Grass
 Czech Republic 4–1  Zimbabwe Prague National Centre Outdoor Clay
 Venezuela 2–3  Denmark Caracas National Centre Outdoor Clay
 Mexico 3–2  Spain Mexico City Club Alemán de México Outdoor Hard
 Morocco 0–5  France Casablanca Complexe Al Amal Outdoor Clay
 New Zealand 1–4   Switzerland Hamilton Mystery Creek Pavilion Outdoor Hard

Americas Zone

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Group I

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Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
Caracas, Venezuela (hard)
 Uruguay0
Santiago, Chile (clay) Venezuela5Caracas, Venezuela (hard)
 Uruguay0 Venezuela3
 Chile5Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) Argentina2
 Argentina3
Lima, Peru (hard) Chile2
 Uruguay1
 Peru4Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (clay)
 Bahamas0
Lima, Peru (clay) Brazil5Mexico City, Mexico (hard)
 Bahamas3 Brazil1
 Peru2Mexico City, Mexico (hard) Mexico4
 Mexico3
 Peru1

Group II

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Relegation Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)
 Cuba2
Cochabamba, Bolivia (clay) Ecuador3Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)
 Cuba5 Ecuador5
 Bolivia0Guatemala City, Guatemala (hard) Guatemala0
 Guatemala4
 Bolivia1Victoria, Canada (indoor carpet)
 Ecuador2
Asunción, Paraguay (clay) Canada3
 Paraguay2
Port-au-Prince, Haiti (clay) Colombia3Kelowna, Canada (indoor carpet)
 Paraguay3 Colombia0
 Haiti2Port-au-Prince, Haiti (clay) Canada5
 Haiti2
 Canada3
  •  Bolivia and  Haiti relegated to Group III in 1996.
  •  Canada promoted to Group I in 1996.

Group III

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Group A

   PUR  DOM  CRC  ECA  BER RR
W–L
Match
W–L
Set
W–L
Standings
 Puerto Rico 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 4–0 10–2 (83%) 21–8 (72%) 1
 Dominican Republic 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–1 8–4 (67%) 18–9 (67%) 2
 Costa Rica 0–3 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–2 6–6 (50%) 15–15 (50%) 3
 Eastern Caribbean 1–2 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–3 6–6 (50%) 13–15 (46%) 4
 Bermuda 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–4 0–12 (0%) 4–24 (14%) 5

Group B

   BAR  ESA  JAM  TRI RR
W–L
Match
W–L
Set
W–L
Standings
 Barbados 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 8–1 (89%) 17–3 (85%) 1
 El Salvador 0–3 3–0 3–0 2–1 6–3 (67%) 12–6 (67%) 2
 Jamaica 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–2 3–6 (33%) 7–13 (35%) 3
 Trinidad and Tobago 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3 1–8 (11%) 2–16 (11%) 4

Asia/Oceania Zone

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Group I

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Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
Wellington, New Zealand (hard)
 New Zealand5
Jakarta, Indonesia (clay) Chinese Taipei0Christchurch, New Zealand (grass)
 Chinese Taipei1 New Zealand4
 Indonesia4Seoul, South Korea (indoor carpet) South Korea1
 Indonesia0
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard) South Korea5
 Chinese Taipei5
 Hong Kong0Manila, Philippines (indoor clay)
 Philippines3
Fujisawa, Japan (indoor hard) Japan2New Delhi, India (grass)
 Japan5 Philippines0
 Hong Kong0Calcutta, India (grass) India5
 Hong Kong1
 India4

Group II

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Relegation Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Lahore, Pakistan (grass)
 China3
Lahore, Pakistan (grass) Pakistan2Bangkok, Thailand (hard)
 Pakistan4 China3
 Malaysia1Bangkok, Thailand (hard) Thailand2
 Malaysia1
 Thailand4Tashkent, Uzbekistan (clay)
 China3
Doha, Qatar (hard) Uzbekistan2
 Uzbekistan5
Doha, Qatar (hard) Qatar0Tashkent, Uzbekistan (clay)
 Qatar1 Uzbekistan5
 Iran4Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay) Sri Lanka0
 Sri Lanka3
 Iran2
  •  Malaysia and  Qatar relegated to Group III in 1996.
  •  China promoted to Group I in 1996.

Group III

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Group A

   BHR  SIN  KUW  SYR  KAZ  OMA  BRU RR
W–L
Match
W–L
Set
W–L
Standings
 Bahrain 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 6–0 14–4 (78%) 30–11 (73%) 1
 Singapore 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 5–1 16–2 (89%) 33–9 (79%) 2
 Kuwait 1–2 0–3 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 4–2 13–5 (72%) 29–11 (73%) 3
 Syria 0–3 0–3 0–3 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–3 8–10 (44%) 19–21 (48%) 4
 Kazakhstan 1–2 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–5 4–14 (22%) 12–28 (30%) 5
 Oman 1–2 0–3 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–5 5–13 (28%) 10–30 (25%) 6
 Brunei 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–5 3–15 (17%) 7–30 (19%) 7

Group B

   KSA  BAN  POC  LIB  JOR  UAE RR
W–L
Match
W–L
Set
W–L
Standings
 Saudi Arabia 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 5–0 12–3 (80%) 25–9 (74%) 1
 Bangladesh 0–3 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 4–1 10–5 (67%) 21–12 (64%) 2
 Pacific Oceania 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–2 10–5 (67%) 22–16 (58%) 3
 Lebanon 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–3 8–7 (53%) 19–15 (56%) 4
 Jordan 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–4 3–12 (20%) 10–24 (29%) 5
 United Arab Emirates 1–2 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–5 2–13 (13%) 5–26 (16%) 6

Europe/Africa Zone

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Group I

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Consolation semifinalsFinal
Casablanca, Morocco (clay)
 Morocco4
Estoril, Portugal (clay) Romania1
 Romania3
 Portugal2Budapest, Hungary (indoor carpet)
 Portugal2
 Hungary3
Portorož, Slovenia (clay)
 Slovenia0
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) Zimbabwe5
 Slovenia0
 Israel5Oslo, Norway (indoor hard)
 Norway4
 Israel1

Group II

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Relegation Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Šiauliai, Lithuania (indoor carpet)
 Luxembourg4
Vilnius, Lithuania (clay)Esch-sur-Alzette, Lux. (indoor carpet)
 Lithuania1
 Lithuania1 Luxembourg4
Lagos, Nigeria (hard)
 Poland4 Nigeria1
 Nigeria3
Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)
 Poland2
 Luxembourg1
Accra, Ghana (hard)
 Finland4
 Ghana3
Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard)Tampere, Finland (clay)
 Ireland2
 Ireland2 Ghana0
Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard)
 Ivory Coast3 Finland5
 Ivory Coast2
 Finland3
Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet)
 Ukraine3
Minsk, Belarus (carpet)Jūrmala, Latvia (clay)
 Belarus2
 Belarus5 Ukraine3
Tallinn, Estonia (indoor carpet)
 Estonia0 Latvia2
 Estonia2
Cairo, Egypt (clay)
 Latvia3
 Ukraine4
Cairo, Egypt (clay)
 Egypt1
 Egypt4
Eastbourne, United Kingdom (grass)Cairo, Egypt (clay)
 Monaco1
 Monaco0 Egypt3
Bratislava, Slovakia (clay)
 Great Britain5 Slovakia2
 Slovakia5
 Great Britain0

Group III – Zone A

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Group A

   MKD  BUL  GEO  TUN  CMR RR
W–L
Match
W–L
Set
W–L
Standings
 Macedonia 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 4–0 10–2 (83%) 21–7 (75%) 1
 Bulgaria 1–2 2–0 3–0 3–0 3–1 9–2 (82%) 18–7 (72%) 2
 Georgia 1–2 0–2 3–0 3–0 2–2 7–4 (64%) 16–9 (64%) 3
 Tunisia 0–3 0–3 0–3 2–0 1–3 2–9 (18%) 6–19 (24%) 4
 Cameroon 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–2 0–4 0–11 (0%) 3–22 (12%) 5

Group B

   FRY  GRE  SMR  MDA  TOG  BEN RR
W–L
Match
W–L
Set
W–L
Standings
 Yugoslavia 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 5–0 14–1 (93%) 29–3 (91%) 1
 Greece 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 4–1 12–3 (80%) 24–9 (73%) 2
 San Marino 0–3 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–2 8–7 (53%) 17–15 (53%) 3
 Moldova 0–3 0–3 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–3 6–9 (40%) 15–19 (44%) 4
 Togo 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 3–0 1–4 3–12 (20%) 8–25 (24%) 5
 Benin 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–3 0–5 2–13 (13%) 6–28 (18%) 6

Group III – Zone B

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Group A

   MLT  CYP  KEN  CGO  ETH RR
W–L
Match
W–L
Set
W–L
Standings
 Malta 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 4–0 9–3 (75%) 19–9 (68%) 1
 Cyprus 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 9–3 (75%) 19–7 (73%) 2
 Kenya 0–3 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–2 6–6 (50%) 15–14 (52%) 3
 Congo 1–2 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–3 4–8 (33%) 9–18 (33%) 4
 Ethiopia 1–2 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–4 2–10 (17%) 7–21 (25%) 5

Group B

   ALG  TUR  ZAM  SEN  SUD RR
W–L
Match
W–L
Set
W–L
Standings
 Algeria 3–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 4–0 11–1 (92%) 22–3 (88%) 1
 Turkey 0–3 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–1 7–5 (58%) 14–10 (58%) 2
 Zambia 0–3 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–2 6–6 (50%) 12–13 (48%) 3
 Senegal 1–2 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–3 6–6 (50%) 14–12 (54%) 4
 Sudan 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–4 0–12 (0%) 0–24 (0%) 5

References

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General
  • "World Group 1995". 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, 504–505. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1996). World of Tennis 1996. London: Harper Collins. pp. 27–37. ISBN 9780002187138.
  3. ^ a b "Russia v United States". daviscup.com.
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