2018 Davis Cup World Group#First round
{{Short description|2018 edition of the Davis Cup tennis tournament World Group}}
{{primary sources|date=September 2017}}
{{main|2018 Davis Cup}}
{{Infobox tennis tournament year|2018|Davis Cup World Group
| date=2 February – 25 November
| edition=38th
| champ={{davis-big|CRO}}
| main_name=Davis Cup
| after_name= Davis Cup Finals
}}
The World Group is the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 2018. The first-round losers will play in the Davis Cup World Group play-offs.
Participating teams
| class="wikitable" style="width:98%;" |
| colspan=4| Participating teams |
|---|
| width=25%|{{davis-big|AUS}}
!width=25%|{{davis-big|BEL}} !width=25%|{{davis-big|CAN}} !width=25%|{{davis-big|CRO}} |
| width=25%|{{davis-big|FRA}}
!width=25%|{{davis-big|GER}} !width=25%|{{davis-big|GBR}} !width=25%|{{davis-big|HUN}} |
| width=25%|{{davis-big|ITA}}
!width=25%|{{davis-big|JPN}} !width=25%|{{davis-big|KAZ}} !width=25%|{{davis-big|NED}} |
| width=25%|{{davis-big|SRB}}
!width=25%|{{davis-big|ESP}} !width=25%|{{davis-big|SUI}} !width=25%|{{davis-big|USA}} |
=Seeds=
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
- {{davis|FRA}} (final)
- {{davis|BEL}} (quarterfinals)
- {{davis|GBR}} (first round)
- {{davis|CRO}} (champion)
- {{davis|SUI}} (first round)
- {{davis|AUS}} (first round)
- {{davis|SRB}} (first round)
- {{davis|ITA}} (quarterfinals)
}}
=Draw=
{{DCWorld
|RD1-date= 2–4 February
|RD2-date= 6–8 April
|RD3-date= 14–16 September
|RD4-date= 23–25 November
|RD1T1-loc=Albertville, France (indoor hard){{cite web|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2018-WG-M-FRA-NED-01|title=France v Netherlands|website=DavisCup.com}}
|RD1-seed1=1|RD1-team1={{davis|FRA}}|RD1-score1=3
|RD1-seed2=|RD1-team2={{davis|NED}}|RD1-score2=1
|RD1T2-loc=Morioka, Japan (indoor hard){{cite web|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2018-WG-M-ITA-JPN-01|title=Japan v Italy|website=DavisCup.com}}
|RD1-seed3=8|RD1-team3={{davis|ITA}}|RD1-score3=3
|RD1-seed4=|RD1-team4={{davis|JPN}}|RD1-score4=1
|RD1T3-loc=Marbella, Spain (clay){{cite web|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2018-WG-M-GBR-ESP-01|title=Spain v Great Britain|website=DavisCup.com}}
|RD1-seed5=3|RD1-team5={{davis|GBR}}|RD1-score5=1
|RD1-seed6=|RD1-team6={{davis|ESP}}|RD1-score6=3
|RD1T4-loc=Brisbane, Australia (hard){{cite web|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2018-WG-M-AUS-GER-01|title=Australia vs. Germany|website=DavisCup.com}}
|RD1-seed7=6|RD1-team7={{davis|AUS}}|RD1-score7=1
|RD1-seed8=|RD1-team8={{davis|GER}}|RD1-score8=3
|RD1T5-loc=Astana, Kazakhstan (indoor hard){{cite web|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2018-WG-M-KAZ-SUI-01|title=Kazakhstan v Switzerland|website=DavisCup.com}}
|RD1-seed9=|RD1-team9={{davis|KAZ}}|RD1-score9=4
|RD1-seed10=5|RD1-team10={{davis|SUI}}|RD1-score10=1
|RD1T6-loc=Osijek, Croatia (indoor clay){{cite web|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2018-WG-M-CAN-CRO-01|title=Croatia v Canada|website=DavisCup.com}}
|RD1-seed11=|RD1-team11={{davis|CAN}}|RD1-score11=1
|RD1-seed12=4|RD1-team12={{davis|CRO}}|RD1-score12=3
|RD1T7-loc=Niš, Serbia (indoor clay){{cite web|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2018-WG-M-USA-SRB-01|title=Serbia v United States|website=DavisCup.com}}
|RD1-seed13=|RD1-team13={{davis|USA}}|RD1-score13=3
|RD1-seed14=7|RD1-team14={{davis|SRB}}|RD1-score14=1
|RD1T8-loc=Liège, Belgium (indoor hard){{cite web|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2018-WG-M-HUN-BEL-01|title=Belgium v Hungary|website=DavisCup.com}}
|RD1-seed15=|RD1-team15={{davis|HUN}}|RD1-score15=2
|RD1-seed16=2|RD1-team16={{davis|BEL}}|RD1-score16=3
|RD2T1-loc=Genoa, Italy (clay){{cite web|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2018-WG-M-FRA-ITA-01|title=Italy v France|website=DavisCup.com}}
|RD2-seed1=1|RD2-team1={{davis|FRA}}|RD2-score1=3
|RD2-seed2=8|RD2-team2={{davis|ITA}}|RD2-score2=1
|RD2T2-loc=Valencia, Spain (clay){{cite web|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2018-WG-M-ESP-GER-01|title=Spain v Germany|website=DavisCup.com}}
|RD2-seed3=|RD2-team3={{davis|ESP}}|RD2-score3=3
|RD2-seed4=|RD2-team4={{davis|GER}}|RD2-score4=2
|RD2T3-loc=Varaždin, Croatia (indoor clay){{cite web|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2018-WG-M-KAZ-CRO-01|title=Croatia v Kazakhstan|website=DavisCup.com}}
|RD2-seed5=|RD2-team5={{davis|KAZ}}|RD2-score5=1
|RD2-seed6=4|RD2-team6={{davis|CRO}}|RD2-score6=3
|RD2T4-loc=Nashville, United States (indoor hard){{cite web|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2018-WG-M-USA-BEL-01|title=United States v Belgium|website=DavisCup.com}}
|RD2-seed7=|RD2-team7={{davis|USA}}|RD2-score7=4
|RD2-seed8=2|RD2-team8={{davis|BEL}}|RD2-score8=0
|RD3T1-loc=Lille, France (indoor hard){{cite web|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2018-WG-M-FRA-ESP-01|title=France v Spain|website=DavisCup.com}}
|RD3-seed1=1|RD3-team1={{davis|FRA}}|RD3-score1=3
|RD3-seed2=|RD3-team2={{davis|ESP}}|RD3-score2=2
|RD3T2-loc=Zadar, Croatia (clay){{cite web|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2018-WG-M-CRO-USA-01|title=Croatia v United States|website=DavisCup.com}}
|RD3-seed3=4|RD3-team3={{davis|CRO}}|RD3-score3=3
|RD3-seed4=|RD3-team4={{davis|USA}}|RD3-score4=2
|RD4T1-loc=Lille, France (indoor clay){{cite web|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2018-WG-M-FRA-CRO-01|title=France v Croatia|website=DavisCup.com}}
|RD4-seed1=1|RD4-team1={{davis|FRA}}|RD4-score1=1
|RD4-seed2=4|RD4-team2={{davis|CRO}}|RD4-score2=3
}}
First round
=France vs. Netherlands=
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=FRA
|team2=NED
|venue=Halle olympique, Albertville, France
|date=2–4 February
|surface=Hard (i)
|score1=3
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Adrian Mannarino|6.035|3|3|||T2P1=Thiemo de Bakker|7|6|6|| }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Richard Gasquet|6|7|3|7||T2P1=Robin Haase|4|6.029|6|5|}}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Pierre-Hugues Herbert|T1P2=Nicolas Mahut|7|6|6.025|7||T2P1=Robin Haase|T2P2=Jean-Julien Rojer|6.056|3|7|6.015| }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Adrian Mannarino|4|7|7|6.015|7|T2P1=Robin Haase|6|6.045|5|7|5}}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Richard Gasquet||||||T2P1=Thiemo de Bakker||||| np=}}
|}}
=Japan vs. Italy=
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=JPN
|team2=ITA
|venue=Morioka Takaya Arena, Morioka, Japan
|date=2–4 February
|surface=Hard (i)
|score1=1
|score2=3
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Taro Daniel|4|6|6|3|2|T2P1=Fabio Fognini|6|3|4|6|6 }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Yūichi Sugita|4|6|6|4|7|T2P1=Andreas Seppi|6|2|4|6|6.005 }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Ben McLachlan|T1P2=Yasutaka Uchiyama|5|7|6.025|5||T2P1=Simone Bolelli|T2P2=Fabio Fognini|7|6.035|7|7| }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Yūichi Sugita|6|1|6|6.06|5|T2P1=Fabio Fognini|3|6|3|7|7 }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Taro Daniel||||||T2P1=Andreas Seppi||||| np=}}
|}}
=Spain vs. Great Britain=
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=ESP
|team2=GBR
|venue=Club de Tenis Puente Romano, Marbella, Spain
|date=2–4 February
|surface=Clay
|score1=3
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Albert Ramos Viñolas|6|6|7|||T2P1=Liam Broady|3|4|6.055|| }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Roberto Bautista Agut|6|6|3|2|2|T2P1=Cameron Norrie|4|3|6|6|6}}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Pablo Carreño Busta|T1P2=Feliciano López|6|6|7|||T2P1=Dominic Inglot|T2P2=Jamie Murray|4|4|6.035|| }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Albert Ramos Viñolas|7|2|7|6||T2P1=Cameron Norrie|6.035|6|6.035|2| }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Roberto Bautista Agut||||||T2P1=Liam Broady||||| np=}}
|}}
=Australia vs. Germany=
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=AUS
|team2=GER
|venue=Pat Rafter Arena, Brisbane, Australia
|date=2–4 February
|surface=Hard
|score1=1
|score2=3
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Alex de Minaur|5|6|6|3|6.035|T2P1=Alexander Zverev|7|4|4|6|7 }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Nick Kyrgios|6|6|6|||T2P1=Jan-Lennard Struff|4|4|4|| }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Matthew Ebden|T1P2=John Peers|4|7|2|7|4|T2P1=Tim Pütz|T2P2=Jan-Lennard Struff|6|6.005|6|6.035|6 }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Nick Kyrgios|2|6.025|2|||T2P1=Alexander Zverev|6|7|6|| }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Alex de Minaur||||||T2P1=Jan-Lennard Struff||||| np=}}
|}}
=Kazakhstan vs. Switzerland=
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=KAZ
|team2=SUI
|venue=Daulet National Tennis Centre, Astana, Kazakhstan
|date=2–4 February
|surface=Hard (i)
|score1=4
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Dmitry Popko|6|7|3|7||T2P1=Henri Laaksonen|2|6.065|6|5| }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Mikhail Kukushkin|3|6|6|6||T2P1=Adrian Bodmer|6|3|2|3| }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Timur Khabibulin|T1P2=Aleksandr Nedovyesov|6|6|3|6.045|6|T2P1=Marc-Andrea Hüsler|T2P2=Luca Margaroli|4|4|6|7|3 }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Roman Khassanov|3|1||||T2P1=Marc-Andrea Hüsler|6|6|||| }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Dmitry Popko|7|1|10|
T2P1=Adrian Bodmer|6.045|6|6| mtb=}}
|}}
=Croatia vs. Canada=
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=CRO
|team2=CAN
|venue=Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek, Croatia
|date=2–4 February
|surface=Clay (i)
|score1=3
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Borna Ćorić|3|6|6|6||T2P1=Vasek Pospisil|6|2|3|2| }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Viktor Galović|4|4|2|||T2P1=Denis Shapovalov|6|6|6|| }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Marin Čilić|T1P2=Ivan Dodig|2|3|6|7|6|T2P1=Daniel Nestor|T2P2=Vasek Pospisil|6|6|4|5|2 }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Borna Ćorić|6|6|6|||T2P1=Denis Shapovalov|4|4|4|| }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Viktor Galović||||||T2P1=Vasek Pospisil||||| np=}}
|}}
=Serbia vs. United States=
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=SRB
|team2=USA
|venue=Čair Sports Center, Niš, Serbia
|date=2–4 February
|surface=Clay (i)
|score1=1
|score2=3
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Laslo Đere|7|2|5|4||T2P1=Sam Querrey|6.035|6|7|6| }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Dušan Lajović|4|7|3|6|6.035|T2P1=John Isner|6|6.065|6|3|7 }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Nikola Milojević|T1P2=Miljan Zekić|7|2|5|4||T2P1=Ryan Harrison|T2P2=Steve Johnson|6.025|6|7|6| }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Peđa Krstin|6|7||||T2P1=Steve Johnson|1|5||| }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Laslo Đere||||||T2P1=John Isner|||||np= }}
|}}
=Belgium vs. Hungary=
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=BEL
|team2=HUN
|venue=Country Hall Liège, Liège, Belgium
|date=2–4 February
|surface=Hard (i)
|score1=3
|score2=2
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Ruben Bemelmans|6|4|7|6||T2P1=Márton Fucsovics|4|6|6.045|3| }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=David Goffin|6|6|6|||T2P1=Attila Balázs|4|4|0|| }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Ruben Bemelmans|T1P2=Joris De Loore|3|4|7|6|5|T2P1=Attila Balázs|T2P2=Márton Fucsovics|6|6|6.015|4|7 }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=David Goffin|7|6|3|6||T2P1=Márton Fucsovics|5|4|6|2| }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Julien Cagnina|3|6.029||||T2P1=Zsombor Piros|6|7||| }}
|}}
Quarterfinals
=Italy vs. France=
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=ITA
|team2=FRA
|venue=Valletta Cambiaso ASD, Genoa, Italy
|date=6–8 April
|surface=Clay
|score1=1
|score2=3
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Andreas Seppi|3|2|6|6|1|T2P1=Lucas Pouille|6|6|4|3|6 }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Fabio Fognini|6.055|6|6|6||T2P1=Jérémy Chardy|7|2|2|3| }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Simone Bolelli|T1P2=Fabio Fognini|4|3|1|||T2P1=Pierre-Hugues Herbert|T2P2=Nicolas Mahut|6|6|6|| }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Fabio Fognini|6|1|6.025|3||T2P1=Lucas Pouille|2|6|7|6| }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Andreas Seppi||||||T2P1=Jérémy Chardy||||| np=}}
|}}
=Spain vs. Germany=
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=ESP
|team2=GER
|venue=Plaza de Toros de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
|date=6–8 April
|surface=Clay
|score1=3
|score2=2
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=David Ferrer|4|2|2|||T2P1=Alexander Zverev|6|6|6|| }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Rafael Nadal|6|6|6|||T2P1=Philipp Kohlschreiber|2|2|3|| }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Feliciano López|T1P2=Marc López|3|4|6|7|5|T2P1=Tim Pütz|T2P2=Jan-Lennard Struff|6|6|3|6.035|7 }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Rafael Nadal|6|6|6|||T2P1=Alexander Zverev|1|4|4|| }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=David Ferrer|7|3|7|4|7|T2P1=Philipp Kohlschreiber|6.005|6|6.030|6|5 }}
|}}
=Croatia vs. Kazakhstan=
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=CRO
|team2=KAZ
|venue=Varaždin Arena, Varaždin, Croatia
|date=6–8 April
|surface=Clay (i)
|score1=3
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Marin Čilić|6|6|6|||T2P1=Dmitry Popko|2|1|2|| }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Borna Ćorić|6|6.045|4|2||T2P1=Mikhail Kukushkin|3|7|6|6| }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Ivan Dodig|T1P2=Nikola Mektić|6.015|6|6|6||T2P1=Timur Khabibulin|T2P2=Aleksandr Nedovyesov|7|4|4|2| }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Marin Čilić|6|6|6|||T2P1=Mikhail Kukushkin|1|1|1|| }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Borna Ćorić||||||T2P1=Dmitry Popko||||| np=}}
|}}
=United States vs. Belgium=
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=USA
|team2=BEL
|venue=Curb Event Center, Nashville, United States
|date=6–8 April
|surface=Hard (i)
|score1=4
|score2=0
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=John Isner|6 |6.035 |7 |6 ||T2P1=Joris De Loore|3 |7 |6.075 |4 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Sam Querrey|6 |7 |7 |||T2P1=Ruben Bemelmans|1 |6.045 |5 || }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Ryan Harrison|T1P2=Jack Sock|5|7|7|6||T2P1=Sander Gillé|T2P2=Joran Vliegen|7|6.005|6.025|4| }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Ryan Harrison|6|6||||T2P1=Ruben Bemelmans|3|4||| }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Sam Querrey||||||T2P1=Joris De Loore||||| np=}}
|}}
Semifinals
=France vs. Spain=
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=FRA
|team2=ESP
|venue=Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille, France
|date=14–16 September
|surface=Hard (i)
|score1=3
|score2=2
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Benoît Paire |7 |6 |6 |||T2P1=Pablo Carreño Busta |5 |1 |0 || }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Lucas Pouille|3 |7 |6 |2 |6 |T2P1=Roberto Bautista Agut|6 |6.045 |4 |6 |4 }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Julien Benneteau|T1P2=Nicolas Mahut |6 |6 |7 |||T2P1=Marcel Granollers|T2P2=Feliciano López |0 |4 |6.065 || }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Richard Gasquet |6 |4 |[12]|||T2P1=Albert Ramos Viñolas |1 |6 |[14]|| }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Nicolas Mahut|7|3|[11]|||T2P1=Marcel Granollers|6.015|6|[13]|| }}
|}}
=Croatia vs. United States=
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=CRO
|team2=USA
|venue=Višnjik, Zadar, Croatia
|date=14–16 September
|surface=Clay
|score1=3
|score2=2
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Borna Ćorić |6 |7 |6 |||T2P1=Steve Johnson |4 |6.035 |3 || }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Marin Čilić |6 |6 |7|||T2P1=Frances Tiafoe |1 |3 |6.045|| }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Ivan Dodig|T1P2=Mate Pavić |5 |6.055 |6 |7|6.045|T2P1=Mike Bryan|T2P2=Ryan Harrison |7 |7 |1 |6.045|7 }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Marin Čilić |7 |6.055 |3 |4 ||T2P1=Sam Querrey |6.015 |7 |6 |6 | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Borna Ćorić|6.00|6|6.105|6|6|T2P1=Frances Tiafoe|7|1|7|1|3 }}
|}}
Final
=France vs. Croatia=
{{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=}}
|}}
References
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