1989 Davis Cup

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Duration3 February – 17 December 1989
Edition78th
Teams79
Winning nation West Germany
1989 Davis Cup
Details
Duration3 February – 17 December 1989
Edition78th
Teams79
Champion
Winning nation West Germany
1988
1990

The 1989 Davis Cup (also known as the 1989 Davis Cup by NEC for sponsorship purposes) was the 78th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. This year's tournament saw the expansion of the previous World Group Relegation Play-offs round into the World Group qualifying round; instead of advancing directly to the World Group, the Zonal Group I winners would now join the World Group first round losers for a chance to compete in the following year's World Group. This year also marked the introduction of the tiebreak, played at 6–6 in all sets except for the final set.

79 teams would enter the competition, 16 in the World Group, 14 in the Americas Zone, 19 in the Asia/Oceania Zone, and 30 in the Europe/Africa Zone. The Bahamas, Bahrain, the Dominican Republic, Kuwait and Jordan made their first appearances in the tournament.

West Germany defeated Sweden in the final, held at the Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart, West Germany, on 15–17 December, to win their second consecutive Davis Cup title.[1][2]

Draw

Participating teams

Australia

Austria

Czechoslovakia

Denmark

France

Indonesia

Israel

Italy

Mexico

Paraguay

Soviet Union

Spain

Sweden

United States

West Germany

Yugoslavia
First round
3–5 February
Quarterfinals
7–9 April
Semifinals
21–23 July
Final
15–17 December
Malmö, Sweden (indoor carpet)
 Sweden4
Vienna, Austria (indoor clay)
 Italy1
 Sweden3
Vienna, Austria (indoor clay)
 Austria2
 Australia0
Båstad, Sweden (clay)
 Austria5
 Sweden4
Belgrade, Yugoslavia (indoor clay)
 Yugoslavia1
 Yugoslavia4
Split, Yugoslavia (indoor carpet)
 Denmark1
 Yugoslavia4
Marbella, Spain (clay)
 Spain1
 Spain3
Stuttgart, West Germany (indoor carpet)
 Mexico2
 Sweden2
Fort Myers, Florida, United States (hard)
 West Germany3
 Paraguay0
San Diego, United States (indoor carpet)
 United States5
 United States5
Tel Aviv, Israel (indoor carpet)
 France0
 Israel1
Munich, West Germany (indoor carpet)
 France4
 United States2
Prague, Czechoslovakia (indoor carpet)
 West Germany3
 Soviet Union1
Prague, Czechoslovakia (indoor carpet)
 Czechoslovakia4
 Czechoslovakia2
Karlsruhe, West Germany (indoor carpet)
 West Germany3
 Indonesia0
 West Germany5

Final

West Germany vs. Sweden


West Germany
3
Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, West Germany[2]
15–17 December 1989
Carpet (indoors)

Sweden
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 West Germany
Sweden
Carl-Uwe Steeb
Mats Wilander
7
5
6
7
77
64
2
6
3
6
 
2 West Germany
Sweden
Boris Becker
Stefan Edberg
6
2
6
2
6
4
     
3 West Germany
Sweden
Boris Becker / Eric Jelen
Jan Gunnarsson / Anders Järryd
78
66
6
4
3
6
64
77
6
4
 
4 West Germany
Sweden
Boris Becker
Mats Wilander
6
2
6
0
6
2
     
5 West Germany
Sweden
Carl-Uwe Steeb
Stefan Edberg
2
6
4
6
       

World Group qualifying round

Date: 20–24 July

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 1990 World Group.

Home teamScoreVisiting teamLocationVenueDoorSurface
 Great Britain2–3 ArgentinaEastbourneDevonshire Park Lawn Tennis ClubOutdoorGrass
 Peru2–3 AustraliaLimaJockey Club del PerúOutdoorClay
 Denmark1–4 ItalyAarhusAarhus IdrætsparkIndoorCarpet
 New Zealand4–1 HungaryAucklandChase StadiumIndoorCarpet
 Netherlands5–0 IndonesiaBestBest Leisure CentreIndoorCarpet
 South Korea1–4 IsraelSeoulSeoul Olympic Park Tennis CenterOutdoorHard
 Mexico4–1 Soviet UnionMexico CityClub Alemán de MéxicoOutdoorClay
  Switzerland5–0 ParaguayLangenthalDreilinden TenniscenterOutdoorClay

Americas Zone

Group I

First roundSecond round
 Brazil
Lima, Peru (clay)
bye
 Brazil2
Lima, Peru (clay)
 Peru3
 Ecuador0
 Peru5
Montreal, Canada (indoor carpet)
 Canada4
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
 Uruguay1
 Canada0
 Argentina3
bye
 Argentina
Relegation Play-off
Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)
 Ecuador0
 Uruguay3

Group II

First roundSecond roundThird round
Kingston, Jamaica (hard)
 Chile4
Havana, Cuba (hard)
 Jamaica1
 Chile4
Bogotá, Colombia (indoor clay)
 Cuba1
 Cuba4
Nassau, Bahamas (hard)
 Colombia1
 Chile4
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (clay)
 Bahamas1
 Dominican Republic3
Nassau, Bahamas (hard)
 Bolivia2
 Dominican Republic0
Nassau, Bahamas (hard)
 Bahamas5
 Bahamas5
 Venezuela0

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

Preliminary round
Manila, Philippines (hard)
 Philippines5
 Hong Kong0
First roundSecond round
 New Zealand
Manila, Philippines (indoor clay)
bye
 New Zealand4
Manila, Philippines (hard)
 Philippines1
 Philippines4
 China1
Hasaki, Japan (hard)
 Japan2
Bharuch, India (grass)
 South Korea3
 South Korea4
 India1
bye
 India

Group II

First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round
 Thailand
Bangkok, Thailand (hard)
bye
 Thailand5
Manama, Bahrain (hard)
 Bahrain0
 Bahrain4
Bangkok, Thailand (hard)
 Syria1
 Thailand5
 Sri Lanka0
 Chinese Taipei
Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay)
bye
 Chinese Taipei2
Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay)
 Sri Lanka3
 Sri Lanka3
Rawalpindi, Pakistan (clay)
 Malaysia2
 Thailand1
Baghdad, Iraq (hard)
 Pakistan3
 Iraq2
Dhaka, Bangladesh (hard)
 Bangladesh3
 Bangladesh4
 Singapore1
bye
Islamabad, Pakistan (clay)
 Singapore
 Bangladesh0
Amman, Jordan (indoor hard)
 Pakistan5
 Kuwait3
Kuwait City, Kuwait (hard)
 Jordan2
 Kuwait0
 Pakistan5
bye
 Pakistan

Europe/Africa Zone

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