2015 Davis Cup World Group

The World Group was the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 2015. The first-round losers went into the Davis Cup World Group Play-offs, and the winners progressed to the quarterfinals and World Group spot for 2016.

Main article: 2015 Davis Cup

Participating teams
Participating teams

Argentina
Australia
Belgium
Brazil

Canada
Croatia
Czech Republic
France

Germany
Great Britain
Italy
Japan

Kazakhstan
Serbia
Switzerland
United States

Seeds
  1.  France (Quarterfinals)
  2.   Switzerland (First round)
  3.  Czech Republic (First round)
  4.  Serbia (Quarterfinals)
  5.  Argentina (Semifinals)
  6.  Italy (First round)
  7.  United States (First round)
  8.  Canada (Quarterfinals)

Draw
  First Round
6–8 March		 Quarterfinals
17–19 July		 Semifinals
18–20 September		 Final
27–29 November
                                     
Frankfurt, Germany (indoor hard)[1]
1   France 3  
London, Great Britain (grass)[2]
  Germany 2  
  1   France 1  
Glasgow, Great Britain (indoor hard)[3]
    Great Britain 3  
7   United States 2
Glasgow, Great Britain (indoor hard)[4]
  Great Britain 3  
    Great Britain 3  
Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor hard)[5]
    Australia 2  
3   Czech Republic 2  
Darwin, Australia (grass)[6][7]
  Australia 3  
    Australia 3
Astana, Kazakhstan (indoor hard)[8]
    Kazakhstan 2  
6   Italy 2
Ghent, Belgium (indoor clay)[9]
  Kazakhstan 3  
    Great Britain 3
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)[10]
    Belgium 1
  Brazil 2  
Buenos Aires, Argentina (indoor clay)[11]
5   Argentina 3  
  5   Argentina 4
Kraljevo, Serbia (indoor hard)[12]
  4   Serbia 1  
  Croatia 0
Brussels, Belgium (indoor hard)[13][14]
4   Serbia 5  
  5   Argentina 2
Vancouver, Canada (indoor hard)[15]
    Belgium 3  
  Japan 2  
Middelkerke, Belgium (clay)[16]
8   Canada 3  
  8   Canada 0
Liège, Belgium (indoor hard)[17]
    Belgium 5  
  Belgium 3
2    Switzerland 2  

First round

Germany vs. France

Germany
2		 Fraport Arena, Frankfurt, Germany[1]
6–8 March 2015
Hard (i)
France
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jan-Lennard Struff
Gilles Simon		 64
77		 6
2		 77
61		 2
6 		8
10 		 
2
Philipp Kohlschreiber
Gaël Monfils		 4
6 		5
7 		64
77		      
3
Benjamin Becker / Andre Begemann
Julien Benneteau / Nicolas Mahut		 4
6 		3
6 		2
6 		     
4
Philipp Kohlschreiber
Gilles Simon		 77
65		 6
4		        
5
Jan-Lennard Struff
Nicolas Mahut		 78
66		 6
3		        

Great Britain vs. United States

Great Britain
3		 Commonwealth Arena, Glasgow, Great Britain[3]
6–8 March 2015
Hard (i)
United States
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Andy Murray
Donald Young		 6
1		 6
1		 4
6 		6
2		    
2
James Ward
John Isner		 64
77		 5
7 		6
3		 77
63		 15
13		  
3
Dominic Inglot / Jamie Murray
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan		 3
6 		2
6 		6
3		 710
68		 7
9 		 
4
Andy Murray
John Isner		 77
64		 6
3		 77
64		      
5
James Ward
Donald Young		 7
5		 0
1		       retired
 
  • The Isner-Ward match was the longest match involving a United States player since the introduction of the tiebreaker in 1989.[18]
  • Great Britain's victory over the United States was their first win over this country at home since 1935.[19]

Czech Republic vs. Australia

Czech Republic
2		 ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava, Czech Republic[5]
6–8 March 2015
Hard (i)
Australia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Lukáš Rosol
Thanasi Kokkinakis		 6
4		 6
2		 5
7 		5
7 		3
6 		 
2
Jiří Veselý
Bernard Tomic		 4
6 		3
6 		65
77		      
3
Jiří Veselý / Adam Pavlásek
Sam Groth / Lleyton Hewitt		 1
6 		77
62		 3
6 		77
64		 6
2		  
4
Lukáš Rosol
Bernard Tomic		 64
77		 3
6 		65
77		      
5
Jan Mertl
Sam Groth		 6
3		 6
2		        
  • This was Australia's first World Group win since 2006.[20]

Kazakhstan vs. Italy

Kazakhstan
3		 National Tennis Center, Astana, Kazakhstan[8]
6–8 March 2015
Hard (i)
Italy
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Mikhail Kukushkin
Simone Bolelli		 78
66		 6
1		 6
2		      
2
Andrey Golubev
Andreas Seppi		 3
6 		3
6 		77
65		 2
6 		   
3
Andrey Golubev / Aleksandr Nedovyesov
Fabio Fognini / Simone Bolelli		 64
77		 3
6 		715
613		 4
6 		   
4
Mikhail Kukushkin
Andreas Seppi		 710
68		 6
0		 6
4		      
5
Aleksandr Nedovyesov
Fabio Fognini		 77
65		 3
6 		4
6 		6
3		 7
5		  

Argentina vs. Brazil

Argentina
3		 Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires, Argentina[10]
6–8 March 2015
Clay
Brazil
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Carlos Berlocq
João Souza		 4
6 		6
3		 7
5		 3
6 		2
6 		 
2
Leonardo Mayer
Thomaz Bellucci		 6
4		 6
3		 1
6 		6
3		    
3
Carlos Berlocq / Diego Schwartzman
Marcelo Melo / Bruno Soares		 5
7 		3
6 		4
6 		     
4
Leonardo Mayer
João Souza		 77
64		 77
65		 5
7 		5
7 		15
13		  
5
Federico Delbonis
Thomaz Bellucci		 6
3		 3
6 		6
2		 7
5		    
  • The Mayer-Souza match set the record for the longest Davis Cup singles rubber, lasting for 6 hours and 42 minutes, eclipsing the previous record by 20 minutes which was from the McEnroe-Wilander match in 1982. It is the second longest tour match in history, behind the Isner-Mahut match from Wimbledon 2010.[21]

Serbia vs. Croatia

Serbia
5		 Kraljevo Sports Hall, Kraljevo, Serbia[12]
6–8 March 2015
Hard (i)
Croatia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Novak Djokovic
Mate Delić		 6
3		 6
2		 6
4		      
2
Viktor Troicki
Borna Ćorić		 4
6 		1
6 		6
3		 6
2		 6
1		  
3
Novak Djokovic / Nenad Zimonjić
Marin Draganja / Franko Škugor		 6
3		 6
4		 6
1		      
4
Filip Krajinović
Franko Škugor		 6
4		 6
2		        
5
Viktor Troicki
Mate Delić		 6
4		 6
3		        

Canada vs. Japan

Canada
3		 Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre, Vancouver, Canada[15]
6–8 March 2015
Hard (i)
Japan
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Milos Raonic
Tatsuma Ito		 6
2		 6
1		 6
2		      
2
Vasek Pospisil
Kei Nishikori		 4
6 		65
77		 3
6		      
3
Daniel Nestor / Vasek Pospisil
Go Soeda / Yasutaka Uchiyama		 7
5		 2
6		 6
3		 3
6 		6
3		  
4
Milos Raonic
Kei Nishikori		 6
3		 3
6		 4
6		 6
2		 4
6		  
5
Vasek Pospisil
Go Soeda		 7
5		 6
3		 6
4		      

Belgium vs. Switzerland

Belgium
3		 Country Hall Ethias Liège, Liège, Belgium[17]
6–8 March 2015
Hard (i)
Switzerland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ruben Bemelmans
Henri Laaksonen		 6
1		 78
66		 4
6 		0
6 		2
6 		 
2
Steve Darcis
Michael Lammer		 6
3		 6
1		 6
3		      
3
Ruben Bemelmans / Niels Desein
Adrien Bossel / Michael Lammer		 1
6 		6
3		 6
2		 6
2		    
4
Steve Darcis
Henri Laaksonen		 3
6 		6
3		 6
3		 65
77		 1
6 		 
5
David Goffin
Adrien Bossel		 6
4		 6
0		 6
4		      
  • Belgium won a World Group tie for the first time since 2007.[22]

Quarterfinals

Great Britain vs. France

Great Britain
3		 Queen's Club, London, Great Britain[2]
17–19 July 2015
Grass
France
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
James Ward
Gilles Simon		 4
6 		4
6 		1
6 		     
2
Andy Murray
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga		 7
5		 712
610		 6
2		      
3
Andy Murray / Jamie Murray
Nicolas Mahut / Jo-Wilfried Tsonga		 4
6 		6
3		 77
65		 6
1		    
4
Andy Murray
Gilles Simon		 4
6 		77
65		 6
3		 6
0		    
5
James Ward
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga		           not
played
  • Great Britain won a quarterfinal match for the first time since 1981.[23]
  • It is the first time since 1998 that siblings have combined to win three points in a world group tie. The Black brothers Byron and Wayne did so for Zimbabwe against Australia.[24]

Australia vs. Kazakhstan

Australia
3		 Marrara Sports Complex, Darwin, Australia[6]
17–19 July 2015
Grass
Kazakhstan
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Mikhail Kukushkin		 4
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
2
Nick Kyrgios
Aleksandr Nedovyesov		 65
77		 77
62		 65
77		 4
6 		   
3
Sam Groth / Lleyton Hewitt
Andrey Golubev / Aleksandr Nedovyesov		 6
4		 77
64		 6
2		      
4
Sam Groth
Mikhail Kukushkin		 6
3		 78
66		 4
6 		78
66		    
5
Lleyton Hewitt
Aleksandr Nedovyesov		 77
62		 6
2		 6
3		      
  • It was the first time in 76 years that Australia had come back from 2–0 down to win.[25]
  • It was the first time that all four nominated players had played in a singles live rubber tie for Australia.[25]
  • Australia made it into the semifinals for the first time since 2006.[25]
  • Despite having played Davis Cup for 17 years it was the first time that Hewitt had played in the deciding rubber.[25]

Argentina vs. Serbia

Argentina
4		 Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires, Argentina[11]
17–19 July 2015
Clay (i)
Serbia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Leonardo Mayer
Filip Krajinović		 6
4		 6
2		 6
1		      
2
Federico Delbonis
Viktor Troicki		 2
6 		2
6 		6
4		 6
4		 6
2		  
3
Carlos Berlocq / Leonardo Mayer
Viktor Troicki / Nenad Zimonjić		 6
2		 6
4		 6
1		      
4
Diego Schwartzman
Dušan Lajović		 1
6 		4
6 		       
5
Carlos Berlocq
Filip Krajinović		 6
1		 3
0		        
retired

Belgium vs. Canada

Belgium
5		 Sportpark Krokodiel, Middelkerke, Belgium[16]
17–19 July 2015
Clay
Canada
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Steve Darcis
Frank Dancevic		 3
6 		6
1		 7
5		 6
3		    
2
David Goffin
Filip Peliwo		 6
4		 6
4		 6
2		      
3
Ruben Bemelmans / Kimmer Coppejans
Daniel Nestor / Adil Shamasdin		 7
5		 3
6 		6
4		 6
3		    
4
Kimmer Coppejans
Frank Dancevic		 2
6 		6
2		 6
3		      
5
Steve Darcis
Filip Peliwo		 6
4		 6
3		        
  • Belgium advanced to the semifinals for the first time since 1999.[26]

Semifinals

Great Britain vs. Australia

Great Britain
3		 Commonwealth Arena, Glasgow, Great Britain[4][27]
18–20 September 2015
Hard (i)
Australia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Andy Murray
Thanasi Kokkinakis		 6
3		 6
0		 6
3		      
2
Dan Evans
Bernard Tomic		 3
6 		62
77		 77
64		 4
6 		   
3
Andy Murray / Jamie Murray
Sam Groth / Lleyton Hewitt		 4
6 		6
3		 6
4		 66
78		 6
4		  
4
Andy Murray
Bernard Tomic		 7
5		 6
3		 6
2		      
5
Dan Evans
Thanasi Kokkinakis		 5
7 		4
6 		       
  • Great Britain reach their first final since 1978.

Belgium vs. Argentina

Belgium
3		 Forest National, Brussels, Belgium[13]
18–20 September 2015
Hard (i)
Argentina
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
David Goffin
Federico Delbonis		 7
5		 77
63		 6
3		      
2
Steve Darcis
Leonardo Mayer		 65
77		 61
77		 6
4		 3
6 		   
3
Ruben Bemelmans / Steve Darcis
Carlos Berlocq / Leonardo Mayer		 2
6 		61
77		 7
5		 65
77		    
4
David Goffin
Diego Schwartzman		 6
3		 6
2		 6
1		      
5
Steve Darcis
Federico Delbonis		 6
4		 2
6 		7
5		 77
63		    
  • Belgium reach their first final since 1904 and equal their best Davis Cup performance.

Final

Belgium vs. Great Britain

Belgium
1		 Flanders Expo, Ghent, Belgium[9]
27–29 November 2015
Clay (i)
Great Britain
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
David Goffin
Kyle Edmund		 3
6 		1
6 		6
2		 6
1		 6
0		  
2
Ruben Bemelmans
Andy Murray		 3
6 		2
6 		5
7 		     
3
Steve Darcis / David Goffin
Andy Murray / Jamie Murray		 4
6 		6
4		 3
6 		2
6 		   
4
David Goffin
Andy Murray		 3
6 		5
7 		3
6 		     
5
Ruben Bemelmans
Kyle Edmund		           not
played
  • Great Britain win their 10th Davis Cup and their first since 1936.[28]
  • Andy Murray becomes the third player to finish with an 8–0 record in the singles after John McEnroe and Mats Wilander.[28]
  • Andy Murray becomes the fourth player to finish with an 11–0 record in the singles and doubles.[28]

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