2004 Davis Cup

The 2004 Davis Cup was the 93rd edition of the tournament between nations in men's tennis. A total of 130 nations participated in the tournament. In the final, Spain defeated the United States at the Estadio de La Cartuja in Seville, Spain, on 3–5 December, giving Spain their second title.

2004 Davis Cup

Details
Duration	6 February – 5 December
Edition	93rd
Teams	130
Champion
Winning nation	Spain
← 2003 2005 →

World Group

Main article: 2004 Davis Cup World Group

Participating Teams
Argentina	Australia	Austria	Belarus
Canada	Czech Republic	Croatia	France
Morocco	Netherlands	Romania	Russia
Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	United States

Draw

	First round 6–8 February					Quarterfinals 9–11 April					Semifinals 24–26 September					Final 3–5 December
	Adelaide, Australia (hard)
	1	Australia	1
						Delray Beach, United States (hard)
		Sweden	4
							Sweden	1
	Uncasville, USA (indoor hard)
						7	United States	4
	7	United States	5
											Charleston, United States (hard)
		Austria	0
											7	United States	4
	Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet)
												Belarus	0
	4	Russia	2
						Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet)
		Belarus	3
							Belarus	5
	Agadir, Morocco (indoor hard)
						5	Argentina	0
	5	Argentina	5
																Seville, Spain (indoor clay)
		Morocco	0
																7	United States	2
	Bucharest, Romania (indoor clay)
																2	Spain	3
		Romania	2
						Prilly, Switzerland (indoor hard)
	6	Switzerland	3
						6	Switzerland	2
	Metz, France (indoor clay)
						3	France	3
		Croatia	1
											Alicante, Spain (clay)
	3	France	4
											3	France	1
	Maastricht, Netherlands (indoor clay)
											2	Spain	4
		Canada	1
						Palma de Mallorca, Spain (clay)
	8	Netherlands	4
						8	Netherlands	1
	Brno, Czech Republic (indoor carpet)
						2	Spain	4
		Czech Republic	2
	2	Spain	3

First round losers compete in play-off ties with Zonal Group I Qualifiers.

Final

Spain 3	Estadio Olímpico, Seville, Spain 3–5 December 2004 Clay (i)		United States 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Carlos Moyà Mardy Fish 6 4 6 2 6 3       2 Rafael Nadal Andy Roddick 66 78 6 2 78 66 6 2     3 Juan Carlos Ferrero / Tommy Robredo Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 0 6 3 6 2 6       4 Carlos Moyà Andy Roddick 6 2 77 61 77 65       5 Tommy Robredo Mardy Fish 68 710 2 6

World Group play-offs

Main article: 2004 Davis Cup World Group play-offs

Date: 24–26 September

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface
Australia	4–1	Morocco	West Perth	Royal Kings Park	Outdoor	Grass
Chile	5–0	Japan	Viña del Mar	Club Naval de Campo Las Salinas	Outdoor	Clay
Croatia	3–2	Belgium	Rijeka	Dvorana Mladosti	Indoor	Carpet
Paraguay	0–5	Czech Republic	Lambaré	Yacht y Golf Club Paraguayo	Outdoor	Clay
Slovakia	3–2	Germany	Bratislava	National Tennis Centre	Indoor	Hard
Austria	3–2	Great Britain	Pörtschach	Werzer Arena Pörtschach	Outdoor	Clay
Romania	4–1	Canada	Bucharest	Clubul Sportiv Progresul Bucuresti	Outdoor	Clay
Russia	5–0	Thailand	Moscow	Olympic Stadium	Indoor	Clay

• Australia, Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Romania and Russia will remain in the World Group in 2005.
• Chile and Slovakia are promoted to the World Group in 2005.
• Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Paraguay and Thailand will remain in Zonal Group I in 2005.
• Canada and Morocco are relegated to Zonal Group I in 2005.

Americas Zone

Group I

	Second Round Play-offs					First Round Play-offs					First Round					Second Round
											1	Brazil
						Caracas, Venezuela (hard)						bye				Bahia, Brazil (clay)
						1	Brazil	2								1	Brazil	2
							Venezuela	3			Caracas, Venezuela (hard)						Paraguay	3
											Venezuela		1
	Brasília, Brazil (clay)										Paraguay		4
	1	Brazil	1
		Peru	4								Lima, Peru (clay)
											Chile		5
						Guayaquil, Ecuador (indoor hard)					Peru		0			Viña del Mar, Chile (clay)
							Peru	1									Chile	5
						2	Ecuador	4								2	Ecuador	0
												bye
											2	Ecuador

• Brazil relegated to Group II in 2005.
• Chile and Paraguay advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

	Play-offs					First Round					Second Round					Third Round
						Bayamón, Puerto Rico (indoor hard)
						1	Bahamas	3
	Bayamón, Puerto Rico (hard)						Puerto Rico	2			Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
	Puerto Rico		2								1	Bahamas	0
	Jamaica		3			Kingston, Jamaica (hard)					3	Mexico	5
						3	Mexico	4
							Jamaica	1								Toluca, Mexico (clay)
																3	Mexico	5
						Port-au-Prince, Haiti (clay)										2	Dominican Republic	0
							Haiti	2
	Havana, Cuba (hard)					4	Uruguay	3			Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep. (hard)
	Haiti		2								4	Uruguay	1
	Cuba		3			Havana, Cuba (hard)					2	Dominican Republic	4
							Cuba	1
						2	Dominican Republic	4

• Puerto Rico and Haiti relegated to Group III in 2005.
• Mexico promoted to Group I in 2005.

Group III

• Venue: Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras (outdoor hard)
• Date: 4-8 February

Rank	Team
1	Colombia
2	Netherlands Antilles
3	El Salvador
4	Bolivia
5	Honduras
6	Panama
7	U.S. Virgin Islands
8	Trinidad and Tobago

• Colombia and Netherlands Antilles promoted to Group II in 2005.
• U.S. Virgin Islands and Trinidad and Tobago relegated to Group IV in 2005.

Group IV

• Venue: Costa Rica Country Club, Escazú, Costa Rica (outdoor hard)
• Date: 7 - 11 April

Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA
Guatemala	5	5	0	14	1
Saint Lucia	5	4	1	10	5
Barbados	5	2	3	8	7
Costa Rica	5	2	3	7	8
Bermuda	5	1	4	3	12
Eastern Caribbean	5	1	4	3	12

Guatemala and St.Lucia promoted to Group III for 2005.

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

	Second Round Play-offs					First Round Play-offs					First Round					Second Round
											Nonthaburi, Thailand (indoor hard)
											1	Thailand	5
						Kaohsiung, Taiwan (hard)						Pakistan	0			Bangkok, Thailand (indoor hard)
						Pakistan		0								1	Thailand	4
						Chinese Taipei		5			Kaohsiung, Taiwan (hard)					3	Uzbekistan	1
											3	Uzbekistan	4
	Islamabad, Pakistan (clay)											Chinese Taipei	1
	Pakistan		3
	New Zealand		2								Jakarta, Indonesia (hard)
												Indonesia	2
						Jakarta, Indonesia (hard)					4	Japan	3			Osaka, Japan (hard)
						Indonesia		5								4	Japan	3
						New Zealand		0			Invercargill, New Zealand (indoor carpet)					2	India	2
												New Zealand	2
											2	India	3

• New Zealand relegated to Group II in 2005.
• Thailand and Japan advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

	Play-offs					First Round					Second Round					Third Round
						Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (indoor hard)
						1	South Korea	5
	Tehran, Iran (clay)						Malaysia	0			Busan, South Korea (hard)
	Malaysia		1								1	South Korea	5
	Iran		4			Beirut, Lebanon (indoor carpet)					4	Lebanon	0
						4	Lebanon	3
							Iran	2								Nanjing, China (hard)
																1	South Korea	2
						Manila, Philippines (indoor clay)										3	China	3
							Philippines	1
	Manila, Philippines (indoor clay)					3	China	4			Nanjing, China (indoor hard)
		Philippines	4								3	China	5
	2	Hong Kong	1			Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard)						Kuwait	0
						2	Hong Kong	1
							Kuwait	3

• Malaysia and Hong Kong relegated to Group III in 2005.
• China promoted to Group I in 2005.

Group III

Further information: 2004 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III

Venue: Phu Tho Tennis Centre, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (hard)
Date: 7–11 April

	Group A	KAZ	TJK	QAT	OMA
1	Kazakhstan (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Tajikistan (2–1)	0–3		3–0	3–0
3	Qatar (1–2)	0–3	0–3		3–0
4	Oman (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

	Group B	POC	VIE	BRN	SYR
1	Pacific Oceania (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Vietnam (2–1)	1–2		2–1	3–0
3	Bahrain (1–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1
4	Syria (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

(scores in italics carried over from Groups)

	1st–4th Play-off	KAZ	POC	VIE	TJK
1	Kazakhstan (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Pacific Oceania (2–1)	1–2		2–1	2–1
3	Vietnam (1–2)	0–3	1–2		2–0
4	Tajikistan (0–3)	0–3	1–2	0–2

	5th–8th Play-off	BRN	QAT	OMA	SYR
1	Bahrain (3–0)		2–1	3–0	2–1
2	Qatar (2–1)	1–2		3–0	3–0
3	Oman (1–2)	0–3	0–3		2–1
4	Syria (0–3)	1–2	0–3	1–2

• Kazakhstan and Pacific Oceania promoted to Group II in 2005.
• Oman and Syria relegated to Group IV in 2005.

Group IV

Further information: 2004 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV

Venue: Al Hussein Sport City, Amman, Jordan (hard)
Date: 7–11 April

	Pool A	KSA	SIN	JOR	UAE	BRU	TKM
1	Saudi Arabia (4–1)		3–0	2–1	0–3	3–0	3–0
2	Singapore (4–1)	0–3		2–1	2–1	3–0	3–0
3	Jordan (3–2)	1–2	1–2		2–1	3–0	2–1
4	United Arab Emirates (3–2)	3–0	1–2	1–2		3–0	2–1
5	Brunei (1–4)	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3		2–1
6	Turkmenistan (0–5)	0–3	0–3	1–2	1–2	1–2

	Pool B	SRI	BAN	MYA	KGZ	IRQ
1	Sri Lanka (4–0)		3–0	2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Bangladesh (3–1)	0–3		2–1	3–0	3–0
3	Myanmar (1–3)	1–2	1–2		2–1	1–2
4	Kyrgyzstan (1–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2		2–1
5	Iraq (1–3)	0–3	0–3	2–1	1–2

• Saudi Arabia and Sri Lanka promoted to Group III in 2005.

Europe/Africa Zone

Group I

Second round Play-offs

First round Play-offs

First round

Second round

S

Germany

Alsdorf, Germany (indoor hard)

bye

Israel

S

Germany

5

bye

Israel

0

Israel

Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)

bye

Israel

3

Finland

2

S

Great Britain

Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard)

bye

bye

S

Great Britain

4

Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard)

Finland

Luxembourg

1

Finland

1

Luxembourg

4

Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)

Greece

2

Tournai, Belgium (indoor clay)

Zimbabwe

3

Greece

Zimbabwe

1

bye

S

Belgium

4

bye

Pretoria, South Africa (hard)

S

Belgium

Greece

1

South Africa

4

bye

Johannesburg, South Africa (grass)

South Africa

bye

South Africa

2

South Africa

S

Slovakia

3

bye

S

Slovakia

• Finland and Greece relegated to Group II in 2005.
• Germany, Great Britain, Belgium, and Slovakia advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Cagliari, Italy (clay)

S

Italy

3

Tbilisi, Georgia (clay)

Teramo, Italy (clay)

Georgia

2

Georgia

3

S

Italy

5

Sofia, Bulgaria (indoor carpet)

Egypt

2

S

Bulgaria

0

S

Bulgaria

5

Livorno, Italy (clay)

Egypt

0

S

Italy

3

Algiers, Algeria (clay)

Poland

2

S

Denmark

Slovenia

Gdynia, Poland (clay)

Algeria

w/o

S

Denmark

Algeria

1

Portorož, Slovenia (clay)

S

Slovenia

w/o

Poland

4

S

Slovenia

2

Poland

3

Tunis, Tunisia (hard)

Tunisia

2

Liepāja, Latvia (clay)

Maia, Portugal (clay)

S

Portugal

3

Tunisia

2

S

Portugal

0

Belgrade, Serbia-Mont. (indoor carpet)

S

Latvia

3

S

Serbia and Montenegro

5

Latvia

0

Szeged, Hungary (clay)

S

Serbia and Montenegro

5

S

Serbia and Montenegro

3

Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet)

Hungary

0

Hungary

4

Donetsk, Ukraine (hard)

Szeged, Hungary (clay)

S

Ireland

1

S

Ireland

1

Hungary

3

Oslo, Norway (indoor hard)

Ukraine

4

S

Norway

2

Ukraine

2

S

Norway

3

• Egypt, Denmark, Tunisia, and Ireland relegated to Group III in 2005.
• Italy and Serbia and Montenegro promoted to Group I in 2005.

Group III

Venue 1

Venue: Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania (indoor carpet)
Date: 2–8 February

	Pool A	EST	LTU	CYP
1	Estonia (1–1)		2–1	1–2
2	Lithuania (1–1)	1–2		2–1
3	Cyprus (1–1)	2–1	1–2

	Pool B	MON	MKD	ISL	AND
1	Monaco (3–0)		2–1	2–1	3–0
2	Macedonia (2–1)	1–2		3–0	2–1
3	Iceland (1–2)	1–2	0–3		3–0
4	Andorra (0–2)	0–3	1–2	0–3

(scores in italics carried over)

	1st–4th Play-off	MON	EST	MKD	LTU
1	Monaco (2–1)		3–0	2–1	1–2
2	Estonia (2–1)	0–3		2–1	2–1
3	Macedonia (1–2)	1–2	1–2		2–1
4	Lithuania (1–2)	2–1	1–2	1–2

	5th–7th Play-off	ISL	CYP	AND
1	Iceland (2–0)		2–1	3–0
2	Cyprus (1–1)	1–2		2–1
3	Andorra (2–0)	0–3	1–2

• Monaco and Estonia promoted to Group II in 2005.
• Cyprus and Andorra relegated to Group IV in 2005.

Venue 2

Venue: National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia (hard)
Date: 12–16 May

Pool A CIV TUR KEN 1 Ivory Coast 2–1 3–0 2 Turkey 1–2 3–0 3 Kenya 0–3 0–3

Pool B GHA NAM MAD 1 Ghana 2–1 2–1 2 Namibia 1–2 3–0 3 Madagascar 1–2 0–3

(scores in italics carried over)

1st–4th Play-off CIV GHA TUR NAM 1 Ivory Coast (3–0) 2–1 2–1 3–0 2 Ghana (2–1) 1–2 2–1 2–1 3 Turkey (1–2) 1–2 1–2 3–0 4 Namibia (0–3) 0–3 1–2 0–3

5th–6th Play-off KEN MAD 1 Kenya (1–0) 3–0 2 Madagascar (0–1) 0–3

• Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana promoted to Group II in 2005.
• Kenya and Madagascar relegated to Group IV in 2005.

Group IV

Venue 1

Venue: Olympique Club de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal (hard)
Date: 2–8 February

		NGR	SMR	SEN	MLI	GAB
1	Nigeria (4–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0
2	San Marino (3–1)	0–3		3–0	3–0	3–0
3	Senegal (2–2)	0–3	0–3		2–1	3–0
4	Mali (1–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2		3–0
5	Gabon (0–4)	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3

• Nigeria and San Marino promoted to Group III in 2005.

Venue 2

Venue: Tennis Club Ali-Ten, Chişinău, Moldova (clay)
Date: 12–18 July

	Pool A	ARM	MRI	BOT	MLT
1	Armenia (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Mauritius (2–1)	0–3		2–1	3–0
3	Botswana (1–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1
4	Malta (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

	Pool B	BIH	MDA	RWA	UGA
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Moldova (2–1)	1–2		3–0	3–0
3	Rwanda (1–2)	0–3	0–3		3–0
4	Uganda (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

(scores in italics carried over)

	1st–4th Play-off	BIH	ARM	MDA	MRI
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina (3–0)		3–0	2–1	3–0
2	Armenia (2–1)	0–3		2–1	3–0
3	Moldova (1–2)	1–2	1–2		3–0
4	Mauritius (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

	5th–8th Play-off	RWA	BOT	UGA	MLT
1	Rwanda (3–0)		2–1	3–0	2–1
2	Botswana (2–1)	1–2		3–0	2–1
3	Uganda (1–2)	0–3	0–3		3–0
4	Malta (0–3)	1–2	1–2	0–3

• Bosnia and Herzegovina and Armenia promoted to Group III in 2005.

External links

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