2018 Davis Cup

{{Davis Cup season

| name = 2018 Davis Cup

| image = Coupe Davis Finale 2018.jpg

| image_caption = France and Croatia during the final

| image_alt =

| image_size = 250

| duration = 2 February – 25 November 2018

| edition = 107th

| teams =

| categories =

|winning nation = {{davis|CRO}}

| previous = 2017

| next = 2019

}}

The 2018 Davis Cup was the 107th edition of the Davis Cup, a tournament between national teams in men's tennis. It was sponsored by BNP Paribas.{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/news/225951.aspx|title=Davis Cup - ITF confirms 2017 Davis Cup dates|work=DavisCup.com|date=2016-03-14}} In 2018, new rules were introduced for the Group I and II zonal events, with ties now being played as best-of-three sets over the course of two days.

Croatia won their second Davis Cup on indoor clay in the final match held at 25 November with a 3–1 win over France.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/46336884 |title =Davis Cup final: Marin Cilic beats Lucas Pouille as Croatia claim title|date=25 November 2018|work=BBC Sport|access-date=14 December 2018}}

World Group

=Final=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=FRA

|team2=CRO

|venue=Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille, France

|date=23–25 November

|surface=Clay (i)

|score1=1

|score2=3

|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Jérémy Chardy|2|5|4|| |T2P1=Borna Ćorić|6|7|6|| }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Jo-Wilfried Tsonga|3|5|4|| |T2P1=Marin Čilić|6|7|6|| }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Nicolas Mahut|T1P2=Pierre-Hugues Herbert|6|6|3|7||T2P1=Ivan Dodig|T2P2=Mate Pavić|4|4|6|6.025||}}

|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Lucas Pouille|6.025|3|3|| |T2P1=Marin Čilić|7|6|6|| }}

|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Jo-Wilfried Tsonga||||| |T2P1=Borna Ćorić||||| np=}}

|}}

World Group play-offs

Date: 14–16 September 2018

The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties and eight winners of the Zonal Group I final round ties will compete in the World Group play-offs for seeded spots in the 2019 Qualifying Round. Seedings are based on Davis Cup rankings as of 9 April 2018.

Seeded teams

{{davis|ARG}}
{{davis|GBR}}
{{davis|AUS}}
{{davis|SUI}}
{{davis|SRB}}
{{davis|CAN}}
{{davis|CZE}}
{{davis|JPN}}

Unseeded teams

{{davis|AUT}}
{{davis|BIH}}
{{davis|COL}}
{{davis|HUN}}
{{davis|IND}}
{{davis|NED}}
{{davis|SWE}}
{{davis|UZB}}

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface
class="wikitable" style="border:1px solid #aaa;"
{{davis\|ARG}}	style="text-align:center;"\|4–0	{{davis\|COL}}	San Juan	Estadio Aldo Cantoni	Indoor	Clay
{{davis\|GBR}}	style="text-align:center;"\|3–1	{{davis\|UZB}}	Glasgow	Commonwealth Arena	Indoor	Hard
{{davis\|AUT}}	style="text-align:center;"\|3–1	{{davis\|AUS}}	Graz	Messe Congress Graz	Outdoor	Clay
{{davis\|SUI}}	style="text-align:center;"\|2–3	{{davis\|SWE}}	Biel/Bienne	Swiss Tennis Arena	Indoor	Hard
{{davis\|SRB}}	style="text-align:center;"\|4–0	{{davis\|IND}}	Kraljevo	Kraljevo Sports Hall	Indoor	Clay
{{davis\|CAN}}	style="text-align:center;"\|3–1	{{davis\|NED}}	Toronto	Coca-Cola Coliseum	Indoor	Hard
{{davis\|HUN}}	style="text-align:center;"\|2–3	{{davis\|CZE}}	Budapest	Kopaszi Dam	Outdoor	Clay
{{davis\|JPN}}	style="text-align:center;"\|4–0	{{davis\|BIH}}	Osaka	Utsubo Tennis Center	Outdoor	Hard

Americas Zone

= Group I =

= Group II =

=Group III=

Date: 28 May–2 June

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

Format: Round-robin basis. The winner of Pool A will play-off against the runner-up of Pool B and the winner of Pool B will play-off against the runner-up of Pool A to determine which two nations will advance to Americas Zone Group II in 2019.

;Participating teams

;Pool A

{{davis|CRC}}
{{davis|CUB}}
{{davis|PAN}}
{{davis|PAR}}

;Pool B

{{davis|ATG}}
{{davis|BAH}}
{{davis|BER}}
{{davis|HON|1949}}
{{davis|JAM}}

== Play-offs ==

{{davis|BAH}} and {{davis|HON|1949}} promoted to Group II in 2019.

Asia/Oceania Zone

= Group I =

= Group II =

=Group III=

Date: 2–7 April

Location: Mỹ Đình Sports Complex, Hanoi, Vietnam (indoor hard)

Format: Round-robin basis. One pool of 4 teams (Pool A) and one pool of 5 teams (Pool B). The winner of Pool A will play-off against the runner-up of Pool B and the winner of Pool B will play-off against the runner-up of Pool A to determine which two nations will be promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2019.

;Participating teams

;Pool A

{{davis|CAM}}
{{davis|MAS}}
{{davis|Pacific Oceania}}
{{davis|VIE}}

;Pool B

{{davis|JOR}}
{{davis|KUW}}
{{davis|QAT}}
{{davis|KSA}}
{{davis|SYR}}

== Play-offs ==

{{main article|2018 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III#Playoffs}}

{{davis|VIE}} and {{davis|KUW}} promoted to Group II in 2019.
{{davis|CAM}} and {{davis|JOR}} relegated to Group IV in 2019.

=Group IV=

Date: 29 January–3 February

Location: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman (hard)

Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of six teams. The winner of Pool A will play-off against the runner-up in Pool B and the winner of Pool B will play-off against the runner-up in Pool A to determine which two nations will be promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group III in 2019.

;Participating teams

;Pool A

{{davis|BAN}}
{{davis|IRQ}}
{{davis|KGZ}}
{{davis|MYA}}
{{davis|OMA}}
{{davis|UAE}}

;Pool B

{{davis|BHR}}
{{davis|GUM}}
{{davis|MGL}}
{{davis|SGP}}
{{davis|TJK}}
{{davis|TKM}}

== Play-offs ==

{{main article|2018 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV#Playoffs}}

{{davis|OMA}} and {{davis|SGP}} were promoted to Group III in 2019.

Europe/Africa Zone

= Group I =

= Group II =

=Group III Europe=

Date: 3–7 April

Location 1: Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria (clay)
Location 2: Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro (clay)

Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of four teams at each venue. The winners of each pool play-off against each other to determine which nation will be promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2019. Two promoted - one from each venue.

;Participating teams

;Pool A (Plovdiv)

{{davis|ALB}}
{{davis|BUL}}
{{davis|ISL}}
{{davis|Macedonia}}

;Pool B (Plovdiv)

{{davis|AND}}
{{davis|CYP}}
{{davis|MON}}
{{davis|SMR}}

;Pool A (Ulcinj)

{{davis|ARM}}
{{davis|GRE}}
{{davis|LAT}}
{{davis|MNE}}

;Pool B (Ulcinj)

{{davis|KOS}}
{{davis|LIE}}
{{davis|MLT}}
{{davis|MDA}}

== Play-offs ==

{{davis|MON}} and {{davis|MNE}} were promoted to Group II in 2019.

=Group III Africa=

Date: 18–23 June

Location: Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya (clay)

Format: Round-robin basis. One pool of four teams (Pool A) and one pool of five teams (Pool B). The winners of each pool play-off against each other to determine which two nations are promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2019.

;Participating teams

;Pool A

{{davis|BEN}}
{{davis|CMR}}
{{davis|NGR}}
{{davis|RWA}}

;Pool B

{{davis|ALG}}
{{davis|KEN}}
{{davis|MOZ}}
{{davis|NAM}}
{{davis|UGA}}

== Play-offs ==

{{davis|KEN}} and {{davis|NAM}} were promoted to Group II in 2019.

References

External links

[http://www.daviscup.com/ Official website]

Davis Cup

Category:Davis Cups by year