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2003 Davis Cup

Details
Duration	7 February – 30 November 2003
Edition	92nd
Teams	135
Champion
Winning nation	Australia
←2002 2004 →

The2003 Davis Cup was the 92nd edition of the most important tournament between nations in men'stennis. A total of 135 nations participated in the tournament. In the final,Australia defeatedSpain atRod Laver Arena inMelbourne, Australia, on 28–30 November, giving Australia their 28th title.^[1]

Participating Teams
Argentina	Australia	Belgium	Brazil
Croatia	Czech Republic	France	Germany
Great Britain	Netherlands	Romania	Russia
Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	United States

First round 7–9 February

Quarterfinals 4–6 April

Semifinals 19–21 September

Final 28–30 November

Bucharest, Romania (indoor carpet)

S

France

4

Toulouse, France (indoor hard)

Romania

1

S

France

2

Arnhem, Netherlands (indoor carpet)

Switzerland

3

S

Netherlands

2

Melbourne, Australia (hard)

Switzerland

3

Switzerland

2

Sydney, Australia (clay)

S

Australia

3

S

Australia

4

Malmö, Sweden (indoor hard)

Great Britain

1

S

Australia

5

Helsingborg, Sweden (indoor carpet)

S

Sweden

0

S

Sweden

3

Melbourne, Australia (grass)

Brazil

2

S

Australia

3

Zagreb, Croatia (indoor carpet)

S

Spain

1

Croatia

4

Valencia, Spain (clay)

S

United States

1

Croatia

0

Seville, Spain (clay)

S

Spain

5

Belgium

0

Málaga, Spain (clay)

S

Spain

5

S

Spain

3

Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)

S

Argentina

2

Germany

0

Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)

S

Argentina

5

S

Argentina

5

Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor clay)

S

Russia

0

Czech Republic

2

S

Russia

3

First round losers compete in play-off ties with Zonal Group I Qualifiers.

Australia 3	Rod Laver Arena,Melbourne, Australia[2] 28–30 November 2003 Grass		Spain 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Lleyton Hewitt Juan Carlos Ferrero 3 6 6 3 3 6 77 60 6 2   2 Mark Philippoussis Carlos Moyà 4 6 4 6 6 4 64 77     3 Wayne Arthurs / Todd Woodbridge Àlex Corretja / Feliciano López 6 3 6 1 6 3       4 Mark Philippoussis Juan Carlos Ferrero 7 5 6 3 1 6 2 6 6 0   5 Lleyton Hewitt Carlos Moyà           not played

Date: 19–21 September

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface
Austria	3–2	Belgium	Pörtschach	Werzer Arena Pörtschach	Outdoor	Clay
Canada	3–2	Brazil	Calgary	Stampede Corral	Indoor	Carpet
Thailand	1–4	Czech Republic	Bangkok	Impact, Muang Thong Thani	Indoor	Hard
Germany	2–3	Belarus	Sundern	TC Blau-Weiss Sundern	Outdoor	Clay
Morocco	3–2	Great Britain	Casablanca	Complex Sportif Al Amal	Outdoor	Clay
Netherlands	5–0	India	Zwolle	IJsselhallen	Indoor	Hard
Ecuador	2–3	Romania	Quito	Quito Tenis Y Golf Club	Outdoor	Clay
Slovakia	2–3	United States	Bratislava	National Tennis Centre	Outdoor	Clay

•  Czech Republic, Netherlands, Romania and United States will remain in the World Group in2004.
•  Austria, Belarus, Canada and Morocco are promoted to the World Group in2004.
•  Ecuador, India, Slovakia and Thailand will remain in Zonal Group I in2004.
•  Belgium, Brazil, Germany and Great Britain are relegated to Zonal Group I in2004.

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

S

Venezuela

Caracas, Venezuela (hard)

bye

Salinas, Ecuador (clay)

Venezuela

2

S

Venezuela

2

Chile

3

Quito, Ecuador (clay)

Ecuador

3

Chile

2

Maracaibo, Venezuela (hard)

Ecuador

3

Venezuela

4

Bahamas

0

Lima, Peru (clay)

Bahamas

0

Peru

5

Calgary, Canada (indoor carpet)

bye

Peru

0

Bahamas

S

Canada

5

bye

S

Canada

• Bahamas relegated to Group II in 2004.
• Ecuador and Canada advance to World Group Play-off.

	Play-offs					First Round					Second Round					Third Round
						Aguascalientes, Mexico (indoor carpet)
						1	Mexico	5
	Willemstad,Curaçao (hard)						Netherlands Antilles	0			Asunción, Paraguay (clay)
	Netherlands Antilles		2								1	Mexico	1
	Haiti		3			Asunción, Paraguay (clay)					4	Paraguay	4
						4	Paraguay	5
							Haiti	0								Santo Domingo,Dominican Rep. (hard)
																4	Paraguay	4
						Havana, Cuba (hard)											Dominican Republic	1
							Cuba	5
	Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)					3	Colombia	0			Santo Domingo,Dominican Rep. (clay)
	3	Colombia	2								Cuba		1
	2	Uruguay	3			Maldonado, Uruguay (clay)					Dominican Republic		4
							Dominican Republic	4
						2	Uruguay	1

• Netherlands Antilles and Colombia relegated to Group III in 2004.
• Paraguay promoted to Group I in 2004.

• Venue: Jean Pierre Complex,Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (outdoor hard)
• Date: 31 March–4 April

Rank	Team
1	Jamaica
2	Puerto Rico
3	El Salvador
4	Bolivia
5	Honduras
6	Trinidad and Tobago
7	Guatemala
8	Saint Lucia

•  Jamaica and Puerto Rico promoted to Group II in 2004.
•  Guatemala and Saint Lucia relegated to Group IV in 2004.

• Venue: Cariari Country Club,Cariari, Costa Rica (outdoor hard)
• Date: 31 March–5 April

Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA
Panama	5	4	1	11	4
U.S. Virgin Islands	5	4	1	9	6
Costa Rica	5	3	2	9	6
Barbados	5	2	3	8	7
Bermuda	5	2	3	7	8
Eastern Caribbean	5	0	5	1	14

Panama and the US Virgin Islands promoted to Group III for 2004.

	Second Round Play-offs					First Round Play-offs					First Round					Second Round
											New Delhi, India (grass)
											1	India	4
						Toyota, Japan (indoor carpet)						Japan	1			Kolkata, India (grass)
						Japan		5								1	India	4
						Pakistan		0			Hamilton, New Zealand (hard)					4	New Zealand	1
											4	New Zealand	5
	Lahore, Pakistan (grass)											Pakistan	0
	Pakistan		3
	South Korea		2								Tashkent, Uzbekistan (indoor hard)
												Indonesia	2
						Surabaya, Indonesia (hard)					3	Uzbekistan	3			Tashkent, Uzbekistan (indoor hard)
						Indonesia		3								3	Uzbekistan	1
						South Korea		2			Bangkok, Thailand (indoor carpet)					2	Thailand	4
												South Korea	1
											2	Thailand	4

• South Korea relegated to Group II in 2004.
• India and Thailand advance to World Group Play-off.

	Play-offs					First Round					Second Round					Third Round
						Tehran, Iran (indoor clay)
						1	Lebanon	3
	Dushanbe, Tajikistan (clay)						Iran	2			Colombo, Sri Lanka (hard)
	Iran		5								1	Lebanon	1
	Tajikistan		0			Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard)					4	Hong Kong	3
						4	Hong Kong	4
							Tajikistan	1								Kaohsiung,Chinese Taipei (hard)
																4	Hong Kong	1
						Taipei,Chinese Taipei (carpet)										3	Chinese Taipei	4
							Kazakhstan	1
	Manila, Philippines (indoor clay)					3	Chinese Taipei	4			Wuhan, China (hard)
	Kazakhstan		2								3	Chinese Taipei	3
	Philippines		3			Wuhan, China (indoor hard)					2	China	2
							Philippines	0
						2	China	3

• Tajikistan and Kazakhstan relegated to Group III in 2004.
• Chinese Taipei promoted to Group I in 2004.

• Venue: National Tennis Centre,Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (outdoor hard)
• Date: 23–27 July

Rank	Team
1	Kuwait
2	Malaysia
3	Pacific Oceania
4	Qatar
5	Bahrain
6	Syria
7	United Arab Emirates
8	Kyrgyzstan

•  Kuwait and Malaysia promoted to Group II in 2004.
•  United Arab Emirates and Kyrgyzstan relegated to Group IV in 2004.

• Venue: National Tennis Centre,Colombo, Sri Lanka (outdoor clay)
• Date: 18–21 June

Rank	Team
1	Vietnam
2	Oman
3	Saudi Arabia
4	Myanmar
5	Sri Lanka
6	Singapore
7	Bangladesh
8	Brunei

•  Vietnam and Oman promoted to Group III in 2004.

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

1

Slovakia

Esch-sur-Alzette,Lux. (indoor hard)

bye

Luxembourg

1

Slovakia

3

bye

Luxembourg

2

Luxembourg

Asker, Norway (clay)

bye

Luxembourg

5

Norway

0

4

Finland

Asker, Norway (clay)

St. Anton, Austria (carpet)

bye

4

Finland

4

4

Finland

2

Oslo, Norway (indoor hard)

Norway

1

Austria

3

Austria

5

Norway

0

Minsk, Belarus (carpet)

Belarus

3

Ramat Hasharon, Israel (hard)

Minsk, Belarus (carpet)

Israel

2

Israel

5

Belarus

4

3

Zimbabwe

0

3

Zimbabwe

1

bye

Harare, Zimbabwe (hard)

3

Zimbabwe

3

Zimbabwe

3

Italy

2

bye

Marrakesh, Morocco (clay)

Italy

bye

Italy

2

Italy

2

Morocco

3

bye

2

Morocco

•  Norway and Italy relegated to Group II in 2004.
•  Slovakia, Austria, Belarus, and Morocco advance to World Group Play-off.

TheEurope/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2003.

In the Europe/Africa Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group II advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group II, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2004.^[3]

Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Maia, Portugal (clay)

S

Portugal

4

Gdynia, Poland (clay)

Durban, South Africa (hard)

Monaco

1

Monaco

0

S

Portugal

0

Polokwane, South Africa (hard)

Poland

5

S

South Africa

5

S

South Africa

3

Brøndby, Denmark (indoor carpet)

Poland

2

S

South Africa

3

Accra, Ghana (hard)

S

Denmark

2

S

Slovenia

4

Tunis, Tunisia (clay)

Hornbæk, Denmark (hard)

Ghana

1

Ghana

1

S

Slovenia

1

Hillerød, Denmark (indoor hard)

Tunisia

4

S

Denmark

4

S

Denmark

4

Tunisia

1

Sofia, Bulgaria (indoor carpet)

Bulgaria

3

Kakhovka, Ukraine (clay)

Belgrade,Serbia and Montenegro (clay)

S

Ukraine

2

Ukraine

3

Bulgaria

1

Belgrade,Serbia-Mont. (indoor carpet)

Ivory Coast

2

Serbia and Montenegro

4

Serbia and Montenegro

4

Athens, Greece (clay)

S

Ivory Coast

1

Serbia and Montenegro

2

Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard)

S

Greece

3

Egypt

1

Andorra La Vella, Andorra (carpet)

Athens, Greece (clay)

S

Ireland

4

Egypt

3

S

Ireland

0

Andorra La Vella, Andorra (ind. carpet)

Andorra

2

S

Greece

5

Andorra

1

S

Greece

4

•  Monaco, Ghana, Ivory Coast, and Andorra relegated to Group III in 2004.
•  South Africa and Greece promoted to Group I in 2004.

Portugal 4	Complexo Municipal de Ténis,Maia, Portugal[4] 4–6 April 2003 Clay		Monaco 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Bernardo Mota Emmanuel Heussner 7 5 6 4 6 3       2 Emanuel Couto Guillaume Couillard 7 5 62 77 6 3 6 1     3 Emanuel Couto / Bernardo Mota Guillaume Couillard / Emmanuel Heussner 3 6 79 67 6 2 2 6 6 2   4 Hélder Lopes Guillaume Couillard 7 5 67 79 77 62       5 Leonardo Tavares Emmanuel Heussner 2 6 4 6

South Africa 3	Pietersburg Tennis Club,Polokwane, South Africa[5] 4–6 April 2003 Hard		Poland 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Rik de Voest Łukasz Kubot 3 6 6 1 6 3 6 0     2 Wesley Moodie Mariusz Fyrstenberg 6 1 6 2 6 2       3 David Adams / Robbie Koenig Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski 4 6 6 4 6 2 6 4     4 Wesley Moodie Łukasz Kubot 4 6 6 2 3 6       5 Rik de Voest Bartłomiej Dąbrowski 0 6 4 6

Ghana 1	Accra Sports Stadium,Accra, Ghana[6] 4–6 April 2003 Hard		Slovenia 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mohammed Salifu Andrej Kračman 4 6 4 6 6 1 77 63 6 8   2 Gunther Darkey Boštjan Ošabnik 6 4 6 1 6 2       3 Kwasi Ahenkora / Gunther Darkey Andrej Kračman / Marko Tkalec 5 7 4 6 4 6       4 Gunther Darkey Marko Tkalec 3 6 4 6 65 77       5 Mohammed Salifu Boštjan Ošabnik 2 6 1 6

Denmark 4	Hillerød Tennis Club,Hillerød, Denmark[7] 4–6 April 2003 Hard (indoors)		Tunisia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Rasmus Nørby Walid Jallali 6 0 4 6 3 6 6 1 2 6   2 Kenneth Carlsen Haythem Abid 6 2 6 1 6 3       3 Kenneth Carlsen / Jonathan Printzlau Walid Jallali / Malek Jaziri 6 3 6 4 64 77 3 6 8 6   4 Kenneth Carlsen Walid Jallali 6 3 6 4 6 0       5 Frederik Nielsen Malek Jaziri 6 1 6 4

Bulgaria 3	Sofia Tennis Hall,Sofia, Bulgaria[8] 4–6 April 2003 Carpet (indoors)		Ukraine 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ivaylo Traykov Orest Tereshchuk 62 77 77 64 6 3 66 78 4 6   2 Radoslav Lukaev Andrei Dernovskiy 6 3 66 78 6 3 6 2     3 Todor Enev / Radoslav Lukaev Andrei Dernovskiy / Orest Tereshchuk 6 3 6 4 6 4       4 Radoslav Lukaev Orest Tereshchuk 6 3 3 6 67 79 3 6     5 Ivaylo Traykov Andrey Stepanov 77 63 6 4 77 63

Serbia and Montenegro 4	Gemax Tennis Club,Belgrade,Serbia and Montenegro[9] 4–6 April 2003 Carpet (indoors)		Ivory Coast 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Janko Tipsarević Valentin Sanon 6 4 3 6 3 6 6 3 2 6   2 Dušan Vemić Claude N'Goran 6 4 66 78 6 4 7 5     3 Dušan Vemić / Nenad Zimonjić Claude N'Goran / Valentin Sanon 7 5 6 3 6 4       4 Janko Tipsarević Claude N'Goran 6 2 6 3 7 5       5 Ilija Bozoljac Jean-Christophe Nabi 6 4 6 2

Ireland 4	Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club,Dublin, Ireland[10] 4–6 April 2003 Hard (indoors)		Egypt 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Stephen Nugent Mohamed Mamoun 4 6 77 64 3 6 4 6     2 John Doran Amr Ghoneim 3 6 77 65 6 1 6 3     3 John Doran / David J. Mullins Karim Maamoun / Mohamed Mamoun 7 5 6 1 6 2       4 John Doran Mohamed Mamoun 77 63 6 3 7 5       5 Sean Cooper Karim Maamoun 6 3 3 6 6 2

Andorra 1	Poliesportiu d'Andorra,Andorra la Vella, Andorra[11] 4–6 April 2003 Carpet (indoors)		Greece 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Kenneth Tuilier-Curco Vasilis Mazarakis 1 6 0 6 1 6       2 Joan Jiménez Guerra Konstantinos Economidis 4 6 4 6 3 6       3 Pau Gerbaud-Farras / Joan Jiménez Guerra Konstantinos Economidis / Vasilis Mazarakis 2 6 2 6 6 3 6 4 4 6   4 Joan Jiménez Guerra Nikos Rovas 6 3 4 6 3 6       5 Marc Vilanova Alexandros Jakoubovits           w/o

South Africa 5	Westridge Park,Durban, South Africa[12] 11–13 July 2003 Hard		Portugal 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Rik de Voest Hélder Lopes 77 63 6 1 6 4       2 Wesley Moodie Leonardo Tavares 6 3 6 4 1 6 79 67     3 Chris Haggard / Robbie Koenig Leonardo Tavares / Rui Machado 7 5 6 3 6 2       4 Wesley Moodie Rui Machado 2 6 6 1 6 2       5 Rik de Voest Leonardo Tavares 6 1 6 4

Denmark 4	Havreholm Castle,Hornbæk, Denmark[13] 11–13 July 2003 Hard		Slovenia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Kenneth Carlsen Boštjan Ošabnik 6 4 7 5 6 4       2 Mik Ledvonova Marko Tkalec 4 6 7 5 4 6 6 3 3 6   3 Kenneth Carlsen / Jonathan Printzlau Boštjan Ošabnik / Rok Jarc 6 3 6 4 64 77 6 1     4 Kenneth Carlsen Marko Tkalec 6 2 6 2 6 4       5 Mik Ledvonova Nejc Podkrajšek 1 6 6 2 6 0

Serbia and Montenegro 4	Tennis Club 'Djukić',Belgrade,Serbia and Montenegro[14] 11–13 July 2003 Clay		Bulgaria 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Janko Tipsarević Ilia Kushev 6 3 1 6 6 2 6 3     2 Boris Pašanski Radoslav Lukaev 6 3 4 6 77 63 4 6 4 6   3 Dejan Petrović / Nenad Zimonjić Todor Enev / Radoslav Lukaev 6 3 6 1 6 2       4 Janko Tipsarević Radoslav Lukaev 6 3 6 1 6 3       5 Boris Pašanski Todor Enev 6 2 6 4

Greece 5	Athens Lawn Tennis Club,Athens, Greece[15] 11–13 July 2003 Clay		Ireland 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Konstantinos Economidis Peter Clarke 77 62 6 3 6 4       2 Vasilis Mazarakis Conor Niland 6 2 2 6 61 77 6 1 6 3   3 Konstantinos Economidis / Vasilis Mazarakis John Doran / David J. Mullins 6 2 7 5 6 1       4 Nikos Rovas John Doran 4 6 5 4         retired 5 Solon Peppas Conor Niland 6 3 4 6 6 4

Poland 5	Arka T.C.,Gdynia, Poland[16] 11–13 July 2003 Clay		Monaco 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mariusz Fyrstenberg Emmanuel Heussner 6 4 63 77 6 3 6 1     2 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski Guillaume Couillard 6 4 6 3 6 2       3 Marcin Matkowski / Radosław Nijaki Guillaume Couillard / Emmanuel Heussner 77 63 6 4 6 3       4 Radosław Nijaki Guillaume Couillard 6 4 66 78 6 2       5 Marcin Matkowski Emmanuel Heussner 4 6 6 3 6 4

Tunisia 4	Tennis Club de Tunis,Tunis, Tunisia[17] 11–13 July 2003 Clay		Ghana 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Haythem Abid Gunther Darkey 77 62 7 5 2 6 6 4     2 Walid Jallali Mohammed Salifu 6 0 6 2 6 1       3 Walid Jallali / Issam Jellali Gunther Darkey / Samuel Fumi 6 4 7 5 6 3       4 Walid Jallali Kwasi Ahenkora 6 4 6 0         5 Tarek Ben Soltane Mohammed Salifu 6 2 5 7 3 6

Ukraine 3	Sport Complex Energy,Kakhovka, Ukraine[18] 11–13 July 2003 Clay		Ivory Coast 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Nikolai Dyachok Claude N'Goran 4 6 2 6 2 6       2 Orest Tereshchuk Valentin Sanon 6 1 6 3 6 3       3 Andrei Dernovskiy / Orest Tereshchuk Claude N'Goran / Valentin Sanon 6 3 6 2 6 2       4 Orest Tereshchuk Claude N'Goran 4 6 2 6 4 6       5 Sergei Yaroshenko Valentin Sanon 4 6 6 4 2 6 6 3 6 3

Andorra 2	Poliesportiu d'Andorra,Andorra la Vella, Andorra[19] 11–13 July 2003 Carpet (indoors)		Egypt 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Joan Jiménez Guerra Mohamed Mamoun 6 3 3 6 6 3 77 63     2 Kenneth Tuilier-Curco Karim Maamoun 2 6 0 6 77 60 1 6     3 Pau Gerbaud-Farras / Joan Jiménez Guerra Amr Ghoneim / Mohamed Mamoun 7 5 65 77 4 6 4 6     4 Joan Jiménez Guerra Karim Maamoun 6 4 62 77 78 66 4 6 6 8   5 Pau Gerbaud-Farras Mohammed Fawzy 77 64 6 4