1997 Davis Cup World Group

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1997 Davis Cup World Group
Date7 February – 30 November
Edition17th
Champions

Sweden
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The World Group was the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 1997.[1] The first-round losers went into the Davis Cup World Group qualifying round, and the winners progressed to the quarterfinals and were guaranteed a World Group spot for 1998.

France were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the first round.

Sweden won the title, defeating the United States in the final, 5–0. The final was held at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden, from 28 to 30 November.[2] It was the Swedish team's 6th Davis Cup title overall.

Participating teams[edit]

Participating teams

Australia

Brazil

Czech Republic

France

Germany

India

Italy

Mexico

Netherlands

Romania

Russia

South Africa

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

United States

Draw[edit]

First round
7–9 February
Quarterfinals
4–6 April
Semifinals
19–21 September
Final
28–30 November
Ribeirão Preto, Brazil (clay)
 United States4
Newport Beach, CA, United States (hard)
 Brazil1
 United States4
Bucharest, Romania (indoor hard)
 Netherlands1
 Netherlands3
Washington, DC, United States (hard)
 Romania2
 United States4
Sydney, Australia (grass)
 Australia1
 France1
Adelaide, Australia (grass)
 Australia4
 Australia5
Příbram, Czech Republic (indoor clay)
 Czech Republic0
 Czech Republic3
Gothenburg, Sweden (indoor carpet)
 India2
 United States0
Rome, Italy (clay)
 Sweden5
 Mexico1
Pesaro, Italy (indoor carpet)
 Italy4
 Italy4
Mallorca, Spain (clay)
 Spain1
 Spain4
Norrköping, Sweden (indoor carpet)
 Germany1
 Italy1
Durban, South Africa (hard)
 Sweden4
 South Africa3
Växjö, Sweden (indoor carpet)
 Russia1
 South Africa2
Luleå, Sweden (indoor hard)
 Sweden3
  Switzerland1
 Sweden4

First round[edit]

Brazil vs. United States[edit]


Brazil
1
Tennis Country Club, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil[3]
7–9 February 1997
Clay

United States
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Brazil
United States
Gustavo Kuerten
MaliVai Washington
6
3
66
78
63
77
3
6
   
2 Brazil
United States
Fernando Meligeni
Jim Courier
6
3
1
6
4
6
6
4
4
6
 
3 Brazil
United States
Gustavo Kuerten / Jaime Oncins
Alex O'Brien / Richey Reneberg
6
2
6
4
7
5
     
4 Brazil
United States
Gustavo Kuerten
Jim Courier
3
6
2
6
7
5
611
713
   
5 Brazil
United States
Fernando Meligeni
Alex O'Brien
5
7
64
77
       

Romania vs. Netherlands[edit]


Romania
2
Sports Palace, Bucharest, Romania[4]
7–9 February 1997
Hard (indoors)

Netherlands
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Romania
Netherlands
Adrian Voinea
Paul Haarhuis
4
6
6
1
6
3
6
3
   
2 Romania
Netherlands
Andrei Pavel
Jan Siemerink
6
2
6
1
4
6
6
4
   
3 Romania
Netherlands
Ionuț Moldovan / Răzvan Sabău
Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis
64
77
4
6
3
6
     
4 Romania
Netherlands
Adrian Voinea
Jan Siemerink
66
78
7
5
77
63
68
710
4
6
 
5 Romania
Netherlands
Andrei Pavel
Paul Haarhuis
3
6
1
6
2
6
     

Australia vs. France[edit]


Australia
4
White City Stadium, Sydney, Australia[5]
7–9 February 1997
Grass

France
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Australia
France
Pat Rafter
Cédric Pioline
3
6
65
77
6
4
7
5
6
4
 
2 Australia
France
Mark Woodforde
Arnaud Boetsch
6
4
6
4
6
3
     
3 Australia
France
Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde
Guy Forget / Guillaume Raoux
78
66
6
4
6
3
     
4 Australia
France
Sandon Stolle
Cédric Pioline
77
63
6
4
       
5 Australia
France
Pat Rafter
Arnaud Boetsch
6
4
4
6
65
77
     

Czech Republic vs. India[edit]


Czech Republic
3
Zimní stadion, Příbram, Czech Republic[6]
7–9 February 1997
Clay (indoors)

India
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Czech Republic
India
Petr Korda
Mahesh Bhupathi
6
3
62
77
6
1
6
2
   
2 Czech Republic
India
Jiří Novák
Leander Paes
2
6
3
6
77
65
3
6
   
3 Czech Republic
India
Martin Damm / Petr Korda
Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes
67
79
3
6
4
6
     
4 Czech Republic
India
Petr Korda
Leander Paes
5
7
6
3
6
4
6
1
   
5 Czech Republic
India
Jiří Novák
Mahesh Bhupathi
6
1
6
4
6
3
     

Italy vs. Mexico[edit]


Italy
4
Foro Italico, Rome, Italy[7]
7–9 February 1997
Clay

Mexico
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Italy
Mexico
Omar Camporese
Alejandro Hernández
2
6
6
0
6
4
7
5
   
2 Italy
Mexico
Renzo Furlan
Luis Herrera
3
6
6
1
6
2
6
1
   
3 Italy
Mexico
Diego Nargiso / Stefano Pescosolido
Alejandro Hernández / Leonardo Lavalle
6
1
4
6
79
67
6
3
   
4 Italy
Mexico
Renzo Furlan
Alejandro Hernández
6
2
6
3
       
5 Italy
Mexico
Omar Camporese
Luis Herrera
6
2
3
6
4
6
     

Spain vs. Germany[edit]


Spain
4
Hotel L'llot, S'illot, Mallorca, Spain[8]
7–9 February 1997
Clay

Germany
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Spain
Germany
Carlos Moyá
Marc-Kevin Goellner
6
4
6
3
6
3
     
2 Spain
Germany
Albert Costa
Hendrik Dreekmann
6
4
6
1
6
4
     
3 Spain
Germany
Àlex Corretja / Carlos Costa
Marc-Kevin Goellner / David Prinosil
2
6
2
6
3
6
     
4 Spain
Germany
Carlos Moyá
Hendrik Dreekmann
6
4
6
4
7
5
     
5 Spain
Germany
Albert Costa
Marc-Kevin Goellner
2
6
77
65
6
1
     

South Africa vs. Russia[edit]


South Africa
3
Westridge Park, Durban, South Africa[9]
7–9 February 1997
Hard

Russia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 South Africa
Russia
Marcos Ondruska
Andrei Chesnokov
77
62
6
3
3
6
4
6
7
5
 
2 South Africa
Russia
Wayne Ferreira
Andrei Cherkasov
7
5
6
3
3
6
4
6
8
6
 
3 South Africa
Russia
Ellis Ferreira / Grant Stafford
Andrei Cherkasov / Andrei Olhovskiy
6
2
3
6
6
0
6
2
   
4 South Africa
Russia
Wayne Ferreira
Andrei Chesnokov
2
6
79
67
2
6
     
5 South Africa
Russia
Marcos Ondruska
Andrei Cherkasov
          not
played

Sweden vs. Switzerland[edit]


Sweden
4
Pontushallen, Luleå, Sweden[10]
7–9 February 1997
Hard (indoors)

Switzerland
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Sweden
Switzerland
Magnus Larsson
Marc Rosset
63
77
6
3
4
6
6
4
11
13
 
2 Sweden
Switzerland
Thomas Enqvist
Lorenzo Manta
77
64
711
69
6
2
     
3 Sweden
Switzerland
Nicklas Kulti / Mikael Tillström
Lorenzo Manta / Marc Rosset
5
7
6
4
6
3
5
7
6
4
 
4 Sweden
Switzerland
Thomas Enqvist
Marc Rosset
6
3
6
2
3
6
6
2
   
5 Sweden
Switzerland
Magnus Larsson
Ivo Heuberger
3
6
6
4
6
2
     

Quarterfinals[edit]

United States vs. Netherlands[edit]


United States
4
Palisades Tennis Club, Newport Beach, CA, United States[11]
4–6 April 1997
Hard

Netherlands
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 United States
Netherlands
Andre Agassi
Sjeng Schalken
78
66
6
4
77
62
     
2 United States
Netherlands
Jim Courier
Jan Siemerink
4
6
4
6
6
1
77
64
6
3
 
3 United States
Netherlands
Rick Leach / Jonathan Stark
Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis
4
6
4
6
6
3
3
6
   
4 United States
Netherlands
Andre Agassi
Jan Siemerink
3
6
3
6
6
3
6
3
6
3
 
5 United States
Netherlands
Jonathan Stark
Sjeng Schalken
6
4
6
0
       

Australia vs. Czech Republic[edit]


Australia
5
Memorial Drive Park, Adelaide, Australia[12]
4–6 April 1997
Grass

Czech Republic
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Australia
Czech Republic
Pat Rafter
Martin Damm
6
1
79
67
4
6
6
4
   
2 Australia
Czech Republic
Mark Philippoussis
David Rikl
6
1
6
4
2
6
6
4
   
3 Australia
Czech Republic
Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde
Martin Damm / David Rikl
4
6
6
1
7
5
6
4
   
4 Australia
Czech Republic
Mark Philippoussis
Martin Damm
6
4
6
2
       
5 Australia
Czech Republic
Pat Rafter
David Rikl
715
613
0
6
6
2
     

Italy vs. Spain[edit]


Italy
4
Palazzo dello Sport, Pesaro, Italy[13]
4–6 April 1997
Carpet (indoors)

Spain
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Italy
Spain
Omar Camporese
Carlos Moyá
68
710
64
77
6
1
6
3
6
3
 
2 Italy
Spain
Renzo Furlan
Albert Costa
4
6
6
3
4
6
6
4
6
1
 
3 Italy
Spain
Omar Camporese / Diego Nargiso
Francisco Roig / Javier Sánchez
5
7
77
60
6
2
77
65
   
4 Italy
Spain
Marzio Martelli
Carlos Moyá
65
77
6
4
3
6
     
5 Italy
Spain
Omar Camporese
Albert Costa
6
2
3
6
6
4
     

Sweden vs. South Africa[edit]


Sweden
3
Tipshallen, Växjö, Sweden[14]
4–6 April 1997
Carpet (indoors)

South Africa
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Sweden
South Africa
Thomas Enqvist
Grant Stafford
7
5
2
6
6
4
6
1
   
2 Sweden
South Africa
Jonas Björkman
Wayne Ferreira
3
6
4
6
6
2
63
77
   
3 Sweden
South Africa
Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti
David Adams / Ellis Ferreira
7
5
2
6
6
4
66
78
6
2
 
4 Sweden
South Africa
Thomas Enqvist
Wayne Ferreira
4
6
4
6
4
6
     
5 Sweden
South Africa
Jonas Björkman
Grant Stafford
3
6
6
0
3
6
6
2
6
2
 

Semifinals[edit]

United States vs. Australia[edit]


United States
4
William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, Washington, DC, United States[15]
19–21 September 1997
Hard

Australia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 United States
Australia
Michael Chang
Pat Rafter
6
4
1
6
6
3
6
4
   
2 United States
Australia
Pete Sampras
Mark Philippoussis
6
1
6
2
77
65
     
3 United States
Australia
Todd Martin / Pete Sampras
Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde
6
3
65
77
2
6
4
6
   
4 United States
Australia
Pete Sampras
Pat Rafter
66
78
6
1
6
1
6
4
   
5 United States
Australia
Michael Chang
Mark Philippoussis
77
65
77
62
       

Sweden vs. Italy[edit]


Sweden
4
Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping, Sweden[16]
19–21 September 1997
Carpet (indoors)

Italy
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Sweden
Italy
Jonas Björkman
Omar Camporese
65
77
6
3
6
2
3
6
6
3
 
2 Sweden
Italy
Thomas Enqvist
Renzo Furlan
6
3
3
6
4
6
6
3
3
6
 
3 Sweden
Italy
Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti
Omar Camporese / Diego Nargiso
6
1
6
1
6
2
     
4 Sweden
Italy
Jonas Björkman
Renzo Furlan
4
6
6
4
6
0
6
4
   
5 Sweden
Italy
Thomas Enqvist
Omar Camporese
6
3
65
77
6
3
     

Final[edit]

Sweden vs. United States[edit]


Sweden
5
Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden[2]
28–30 November 1997
Carpet (indoors)

United States
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Sweden
United States
Jonas Björkman
Michael Chang
7
5
1
6
6
3
6
3
   
2 Sweden
United States
Magnus Larsson
Pete Sampras
3
6
77
61
2
1
     
retired
3 Sweden
United States
Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti
Todd Martin / Jonathan Stark
6
4
6
4
6
4
     
4 Sweden
United States
Jonas Björkman
Jonathan Stark
6
1
6
1
       
5 Sweden
United States
Magnus Larsson
Michael Chang
77
64
66
78
6
4
     

References[edit]

  1. ^ "World Group 1997". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Sweden v United States". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Brazil v United States". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Romania v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Australia v France". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Czech Republic v India". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Italy v Mexico". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Spain v Germany". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "South Africa v Russia". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Sweden v Switzerland". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "United States v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Australia v Czech Republic". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Italy v Spain". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Sweden v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "United States v Australia". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Sweden v Italy". daviscup.com.

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