2009 Davis Cup World Group

Participating teams
Argentina	Austria	Chile	Croatia
Czech Republic	France	Germany	Israel
Netherlands	Romania	Russia	Serbia
Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	United States

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Argentina 5	Estadio Parque Roca, Buenos Aires, Argentina[1] 6–8 March 2009 Clay		Netherlands 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Juan Ignacio Chela Jesse Huta Galung 6 2 2 6 6 2 64 77 6 2   2 Juan Mónaco Thiemo de Bakker 6 1 6 2 77 61       3 Lucas Arnold Ker / Martín Vassallo Argüello Jesse Huta Galung / Rogier Wassen 6 4 7 5 6 3       4 Martín Vassallo Argüello Matwé Middelkoop 6 2 6 4         5 Juan Ignacio Chela Thiemo de Bakker 7 5 6 2

Czech Republic 3	ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava, Czech Republic[3] 6–8 March 2009 Carpet (i)		France 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Tomáš Berdych Gilles Simon 77 63 4 6 77 62 6 3     2 Radek Štěpánek Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 5 7 2 6 61 77       3 Tomáš Berdych / Radek Štěpánek Richard Gasquet / Michaël Llodra 6 3 1 6 6 4 6 2     4 Radek Štěpánek Gilles Simon 77 62 6 3 7 6       5 Jan Hernych Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2 6 77 65 60 77

United States 4	Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex Arena, Birmingham, United States[5] 6–8 March 2009 Hard (i)		Switzerland 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 James Blake Stanislas Wawrinka 6 3 4 6 3 6 63 77     2 Andy Roddick Marco Chiudinelli 6 1 6 3 77 65       3 Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan Yves Allegro / Stanislas Wawrinka 6 3 6 4 3 6 77 62     4 Andy Roddick Stanislas Wawrinka 6 4 6 4 6 2       5 James Blake Marco Chiudinelli 6 4 78 66

Croatia 5	Višenamjenska Sportska Dvorana Žatika, Poreč, Croatia[7] 6–8 March 2009 Hard (i)		Chile 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mario Ančić Nicolás Massú 6 3 6 3 77 64       2 Marin Čilić Paul Capdeville 6 1 6 2 6 1       3 Mario Ančić / Marin Čilić Paul Capdeville / Nicolás Massú 6 3 6 3 3 6 6 4     4 Roko Karanušić Guillermo Hormazábal 7 5 6 3         5 Ivo Karlović Hans Podlipnik-Castillo 6 3 77 64

Sweden 2	Baltiska Hallen, Malmö, Sweden[9] 6–8 March 2009 Carpet (i)		Israel 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Thomas Johansson Harel Levy 63 77 6 4 7 5 4 6 8 6   2 Andreas Vinciguerra Dudi Sela 6 4 3 6 6 3 3 6 9 11   3 Simon Aspelin / Robert Lindstedt Amir Hadad / Andy Ram 6 4 1 6 77 64 6 4     4 Thomas Johansson Dudi Sela 6 3 1 6 6 4 4 6 2 6   5 Andreas Vinciguerra Harel Levy 4 6 6 4 4 6 6 3 6 8

Sweden attracted controversy when they forbade fans from seeing the matches inside Baltiska Hallen, fearing anti-Israeli violence.^[16] Several Swedish politicians, including the mayor of Malmö and the head of the Green Party, said that they wanted to cancel the match instead of having an Israeli team play in the city, but after it was strongly pointed out that Sweden would suffer a forfeit loss and immediate elimination from the Cup tournament, the prospect of a cancellation was nixed. A proposal to move the matches to Stockholm fell through because of limited preparation time.^[17] Israeli player Andy Ram condemned the switch, calling it a "stupid decision".^[18] On the 7 March a breakaway group from an anti-Israel protest attacked police outside the stadium as the match was ongoing inside.

The Davis Cup fined the Swedish tennis federation $25,000 and ordered them to pay an additional $15,000 in what would have been gate receipts. The city of Malmö was also banned from hosting Davis Cup matches for the next five years, and Sweden will lose its choice of venue if it happens again, being required to guarantee that future matches will be open to the public.^[19] Since 2009, Israeli teams have competed in numerous sporting events inside Sweden and no repeat instances of attempted boycotts/spectator bans have been tried since Malmo.

Romania 1	Sala Transilvania, Sibiu, Romania[11] 6–8 March 2009 Carpet (i)		Russia 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Victor Crivoi Marat Safin 65 77 4 6 4 6       2 Victor Hănescu Mikhail Youzhny 4 6 2 6 4 6       3 Marius Copil / Horia Tecău Marat Safin / Dmitry Tursunov 4 6 62 77 77 64 77 65 6 4   4 Victor Hănescu Dmitry Tursunov 6 4 7 5 3 6 4 6 2 6   5 Victor Crivoi Teymuraz Gabashvili 4 6 2 6

Germany 3	Olympia Eissportzentrum, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany[13] 6–8 March 2009 Hard (i)		Austria 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Rainer Schüttler Stefan Koubek 4 6 5 7 7 5 2 6     2 Philipp Kohlschreiber Jürgen Melzer 64 77 4 6 6 4 6 3 6 3   3 Nicolas Kiefer / Philipp Kohlschreiber Julian Knowle / Alexander Peya 6 3 78 66 3 6 6 4     4 Nicolas Kiefer Jürgen Melzer 77 63 6 4 6 4       5 Christopher Kas Stefan Koubek 2 6 3 6

Spain 4	Parque Temático Terra Mítica, Benidorm, Spain[15] 6–8 March 2009 Clay		Serbia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 David Ferrer Novak Djokovic 6 3 6 3 77 64       2 Rafael Nadal Janko Tipsarević 6 1 6 0 6 2       3 Tommy Robredo / Feliciano López Viktor Troicki / Nenad Zimonjić 65 77 4 6 67 79       4 Rafael Nadal Novak Djokovic 6 4 6 4 6 1       5 David Ferrer Viktor Troicki 6 0 6 3

Czech Republic 3	ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava, Czech Republic[2] 10–12 July 2009 Carpet (i)		Argentina 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Tomáš Berdych Juan Mónaco 6 4 2 6 2 6 6 3 6 2   2 Ivo Minář Juan Martín del Potro 1 6 3 6 3 6       3 Tomáš Berdych / Radek Štěpánek José Acasuso / Leonardo Mayer 6 1 6 4 6 3       4 Tomáš Berdych Juan Martín del Potro 4 6 4 6 4 6       5 Radek Štěpánek Juan Mónaco 77 65 6 3 6 2

Croatia 3	Višenamjenska Sportska Dvorana Žatika, Poreč, Croatia[6] 10–12 July 2009 Clay (i)		United States 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ivo Karlović James Blake 65 77 4 6 6 3 77 63 7 5   2 Marin Čilić Mardy Fish 4 6 6 3 63 77 6 1 8 6   3 Roko Karanušić / Lovro Zovko Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 3 6 1 6 3 6       4 Marin Čilić James Blake 6 3 6 3 4 6 6 2     5 Roko Karanušić Bob Bryan 7 5 3 6 64 77

Israel 4	Yad Eliyahu Arena, Tel Aviv, Israel[10] 10–12 July 2009 Hard (i)		Russia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Harel Levy Igor Andreev 6 4 6 2 4 6 6 2     2 Dudi Sela Mikhail Youzhny 3 6 6 1 6 0 7 5     3 Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram Igor Kunitsyn / Marat Safin 6 3 6 4 63 77 4 6 6 4   4 Dudi Sela Igor Andreev 3 4         retired   5 Harel Levy Igor Kunitsyn 6 4 4 6 77 62

Spain 3	Plaza de Toros de Puerto Banús, Marbella, Spain[14] 10–12 July 2009 Clay		Germany 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Fernando Verdasco Andreas Beck 6 0 3 6 64 77 6 2 6 1   2 Tommy Robredo Philipp Kohlschreiber 3 6 4 6 4 6       3 Feliciano López / Fernando Verdasco Nicolas Kiefer / Mischa Zverev 6 3 77 61 66 78 6 3     4 Fernando Verdasco Philipp Kohlschreiber 4 6 2 6 6 1 6 2 6 8   5 Juan Carlos Ferrero Andreas Beck 6 4 6 4 6 4