1992 Davis Cup

The 1992 Davis Cup (also known as the 1992 Davis Cup by NEC for sponsorship purposes) was the 81st edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 93 teams would enter the competition, 16 in the World Group, 21 in the Americas Zone, 23 in the Asia/Oceania Zone, and 33 in the Europe/Africa Zone. Due to the increased number of entries, the tournament was expanded to add a Group III in all zones, with promotion and relegation between it and Group II. Puerto Rico and Qatar made their first appearances in the tournament, and former champions South Africa returned to the tournament for the first time since 1978.

1992 Davis Cup
Details
Duration31 January – 6 December
Edition81st
Teams92
Champion
Winning Nation United States
← 1991
1993 →

The United States defeated Switzerland in the final, held at the Tarrant County Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, on 4–6 December, to win their 30th title overall.[1][2]

World Group
Main article: 1992 Davis Cup World Group
Participating teams

Argentina
Australia
Belgium
Brazil

Canada
Czechoslovakia
France
Germany

Great Britain
Italy
Netherlands
Spain

Sweden
Switzerland
United States
Yugoslavia

Draw
  First Round
31 January–2 February		 Quarterfinals
27–29 March		 Semifinals
25–27 September		 Final
4–6 December
                                     
Bayonne, France (indoor carpet)
  France 5  
Nîmes, France (indoor clay)
  Great Britain 0  
    France 2  
The Hague, Netherlands (indoor carpet)
     Switzerland 3  
  Netherlands 1
Geneva, Switzerland (indoor carpet)
   Switzerland 4  
     Switzerland 5  
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (clay)
    Brazil 0  
  Germany 1  
Maceió, Brazil (clay)
  Brazil 3  
    Brazil 3
Bolzano, Italy (indoor carpet)
    Italy 1  
  Spain 1
Fort Worth, TX, United States (indoor hard)
  Italy 4  
     Switzerland 1
Nicosia, Cyprus (indoor carpet)
    United States 3
  Yugoslavia 0  
Lund, Sweden (indoor carpet)
  Australia 5  
    Australia 0
Vancouver, Canada (indoor carpet)
    Sweden 5  
  Canada 2
Minneapolis, MN, United States (indoor clay)
  Sweden 3  
    Sweden 1
Prague, Czechoslovakia (indoor carpet)
    United States 4  
  Belgium 0  
Fort Myers, FL, United States (hard)
  Czechoslovakia 5  
    Czechoslovakia 2
Waimea, HI, United States (hard)
    United States 3  
  Argentina 0
  United States 5  

Final

United States vs. Switzerland


United States
3		 Tarrant County Convention Center, Fort Worth, TX, United States [2]
4–6 December 1992
Hard (indoors)
Switzerland
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Andre Agassi
Jakob Hlasek		 6
1		 6
2		 6
2		      
2
Jim Courier
Marc Rosset		 3
6 		711
69		 6
3		 4
6 		4
6 		 
3
John McEnroe / Pete Sampras
Jakob Hlasek / Marc Rosset		 65
77		 67
79		 7
5		 6
1		 6
2		  
4
Jim Courier
Jakob Hlasek		 6
3		 3
6 		6
3		 6
4		    
5
Andre Agassi
Marc Rosset		           not
played

World Group Qualifying Round
Main article: 1992 Davis Cup World Group Qualifying Round

Date: 25–27 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 1993 World Group.

Home teamScoreVisiting teamLocationVenueDoorSurface
 Denmark3-2 ArgentinaAarhusAarhus IdrætsparkIndoorCarpet
 Canada1-3 AustriaVancouverHollyburn Country ClubOutdoorGrass
 Germany5-0 BelgiumEssenGrugahalleIndoorCarpet
 Cubaw/o FR Yugoslavia[lower-alpha 1]————
 Spain3-0 IsraelAvilésReal Club de Tenis AvilésOutdoorClay
 India4-1 Great BritainNew DelhiDelhi Lawn Tennis Association ComplexOutdoorGrass
 CIS[lower-alpha 2]5-0 South KoreaMoscowOlympic StadiumIndoorCarpet
 Netherlands4-1 UruguayThe HagueStadion HoutrustIndoorCarpet

Americas Zone
Main article: 1992 Davis Cup Americas Zone

Group I
  First Round
31 January–2 February		 Second Round
27–29 March
                 
  Chile  
Santiago, Chile (clay)
 bye  
    Chile 1
Asunción, Paraguay (clay)
    Cuba 4
  Paraguay 1
  Cuba 4  
  Uruguay  
Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)
 bye  
    Uruguay 3
    Mexico 2
 bye
  Mexico  

Group II
  Relegation Play-offs
27–29 March		 First Round
31 January–3 February		 Second Round
27–29 March		 Third Round
17–19 July
                                     
  Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)
      Peru 3  
  Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis (hard)     Ecuador 2     Nassau, Bahamas (hard)
  Ecuador 3         Peru 2  
  Eastern Caribbean 2   Gros Islet, Saint Lucia (hard)     Bahamas 3  
    Eastern Caribbean 1
      Bahamas 4     Caracas, Venezuela (clay)
      Bahamas 5
  Caracas, Venezuela (clay)       Venezuela 0
      Dominican Republic 0  
  Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (clay)     Venezuela 5     Cali, Colombia (clay)
  Dominican Republic 5         Venezuela 3
  Barbados 0   Cali, Colombia (clay)     Colombia 2  
    Barbados 0
      Colombia 5  
 Eastern Caribbean and  Barbados
relegated to Group III in 1993.		    Bahamas promoted
to Group I in 1993.

Group III

Group A

 PUR  ESA  JAM  BOL
1  Puerto Rico (3–0) 3–0 2–1 3–0
2  El Salvador (2–1) 0–3 3–0 3–0
3  Jamaica (1–2) 1–2 0–3 3–0
4  Bolivia (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3

Group B

 HAI  CRC  GUA  TRI
1  Haiti (3–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0
2  Costa Rica (2–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0
3  Guatemala (1–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1
4  Trinidad and Tobago (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2

Asia/Oceania Zone
Main article: 1992 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I
  Relegation Play-off
27–29 March		 Preliminary Round
31 January–2 February
                 
Seoul, South Korea (indoor carpet)
    South Korea 5
Tokyo, Japan (hard)
    China 0
  China 2  
Manila, Philippines (hard)
  Japan 3  
  Japan 2
    Philippines 3
  First Round
27–29 March		 Second Round
1–3 May
                 
  New Zealand  
Seoul, South Korea (clay)
 bye  
    New Zealand 2
Seoul, South Korea (clay)
    South Korea 3
  Chinese Taipei 0
  South Korea 5  
Manila, Philippines (hard)
  Philippines 1  
Jakarta, Indonesia (clay)
  Indonesia 4  
    Indonesia 0
    India 5
 bye
  India  

Group II
  Relegation Play-offs
27–29 March		 First Round
31 January–3 February		 Second Round
27–29 March		 Third Round
1–3 May
                                     
  Bangkok, Thailand (hard)
      Thailand 5  
  Amman, Jordan (hard)     Singapore 0     Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (hard)
  Singapore 1         Thailand 3  
  Jordan 4   Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (indoor hard)     Malaysia 2  
    Malaysia 4
      Jordan 1     Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard)
      Thailand 2
  Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay)       Hong Kong 3
      Sri Lanka 4  
  Dhaka, Bangladesh (hard)     Bangladesh 1     Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay)
  Bangladesh 1         Sri Lanka 0
  Pakistan 4   Lahore, Pakistan (indoor hard)     Hong Kong 5  
    Pakistan 2
      Hong Kong 3  
 Singapore and  Bangladesh
relegated to Group III in 1993.		    Hong Kong promoted
to Group I in 1993.

Group III
  • Venue: Isa Town Tennis Courts, Manama, Bahrain
  • Date: 20–26 April
 IRI  KUW  LBN  BHR  QAT  SYR  KSA
1  Iran (6–0) 3–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0
2  Kuwait (5–1) 0–3 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0
3  Lebanon (4–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0
4  Bahrain (3–3) 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1
5  Qatar (2–4) 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–1
6  Syria (1–5) 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 3–0
7  Saudi Arabia (0–6) 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–3

Europe/Africa Zone
Main article: 1992 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Group I
  First Round
31 January–2 February		 Second Round
1–3 May
                 
  CIS  
Porto, Portugal (clay)
 bye  
    CIS 3
    Portugal 2
 bye
  Portugal  
Nairobi, Kenya (clay)
  Kenya 3  
Holbæk, Denmark (clay)
  Romania 2  
    Kenya 0
    Denmark 5
 bye
  Denmark  
  Israel  
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
 bye  
    Israel 5
Budapest, Hungary (indoor carpet)
    Hungary 0
  Poland 2
  Hungary 3  
Oslo, Norway (indoor carpet)
  Finland 3  
Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)
  Norway 2  
    Finland 1
    Austria 4
 bye
  Austria  
  Relegation Play-off
1–3 May
       
  Oslo, Norway (indoor carpet)
    Poland 1
    Norway 4

Group II
  Relegation Play-offs
17–19 July		 First Round
1–3 May		 Second Round
17–19 July		 Third Round
25–27 September
                                     
  Athens, Greece (clay)
      Ireland 1  
  Galway, Ireland (carpet)     Greece 4     Athens, Greece (clay)
  Ireland 5         Greece 4  
  Malta 0   Sofia, Bulgaria (clay)     Bulgaria 1  
    Malta 0
      Bulgaria 5     Luxembourg City, Luxembourg (indoor carpet)
      Greece 0
  Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay)       Luxembourg 5
      Luxembourg 4  
  Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay)     Monaco 1     Luxembourg City, Luxembourg (clay)
  Monaco 5         Luxembourg 3
  Zambia 0   Cairo, Egypt (clay)     Egypt 2  
    Zambia 2
      Egypt 3  
  Harare, Zimbabwe (hard)
      Zimbabwe 4  
  Accra, Ghana (hard)     Ghana 1     Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard)
  Ghana 3         Zimbabwe 4  
  Togo 1   Lomé, Togo (hard)     Ivory Coast 1  
    Togo 2
      Ivory Coast 3     Harare, Zimbabwe (hard)
      Zimbabwe 4
        Morocco 1
      Cyprus w/o  
      Turkey     Nicosia, Cyprus (clay)
  Turkey         Cyprus 0
  Nigeria w/o   Lagos, Nigeria (hard)     Morocco 5  
    Nigeria 0
      Morocco 5  
 Malta,  Zambia,  Togo, and  Turkey
relegated to Group III in 1993.		  Luxembourg and  Zimbabwe
promoted to Group I in 1993.

Group III
  • Venue: Tennis Club de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
  • Date: 29 April–3 May
 RSA  SEN  ALG  CMR  TUN  CGO
1  South Africa (5–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Senegal (4–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0
3  Algeria (3–2) 0–3 1–2 2–0 2–1 3–0
4  Cameroon (2–3) 0–3 0–3 0–2 2–1 2–1
5  Tunisia (1–4) 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2 3–0
6  Congo (0–5) 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3

Notes
  1. In response to the Yugoslav Wars and following the adoption of UN SCR 757 in May 1992, Yugoslavia was barred from competing in international sporting competition. This resulted in the Yugoslav team being disqualified from this and future Davis Cups and their Qualifying Round tie against Cuba was defaulted.[3]
  2. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in December 1991, a team representing the Commonwealth of Independent States took their place in the competition.
  3. Cameroon would withdraw from the 1993 tournament, therefore Tunisia were promoted in their place

References
General
  • "World Group 1992". 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, 499. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. "United States v Switzerland". daviscup.com.
  3. "Yugoslav Athletes Banned". The New York Times. Associated Press. 1 June 1992. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
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