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1986 Davis Cup World Group

1986 edition of the Davis Cup World Group

Top 3 1986 Davis Cup World Group related articles
1 Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and Kosmos Holding and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organisers as the "World Cup of Tennis", and the winners are referred to as the World Champion team. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Great Britain and the United States. By 2016, 135 nations entered teams into the competition. The most successful countries over the history of the tournament are the United States and Australia. The current champions are Spain, who beat Canada to win their sixth title in 2019.More
2 Australia Davis Cup team
The Australian Davis Cup team is the second most successful team ever to compete in the Davis Cup, winning the coveted title on 28 separate occasions, second behind the United States with 32.More
3 Sweden Davis Cup team
The Sweden Davis Cup team represents Sweden in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Swedish Tennis Association.More
1986 Davis Cup World Group
Date7 March – 28 December
Edition6th
Champions

Australia
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Main article: 1986 Davis Cup

The World Group was the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 1986.[1]

Australia won the title, defeating the two-time defending champions Sweden in the final, 3–2. The final was held at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, from 26 to 28 December.[2] It was the Australian team's first Davis Cup title since 1983 and their 26th Davis Cup title overall.

1986 Davis Cup World Group Intro articles: 4
1 Kooyong Stadium
Kooyong Stadium, at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club, is an Australian tennis venue, located in the Melbourne suburb of Kooyong. The stadium, which was built in 1927 and has undergone several renovations, has a seating capacity of slightly more than 5,000. At its peak the stadium was capable of hosting up to 15,000 patrons.More
2 Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most-populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in Australia and Oceania. Its name refers to an urban agglomeration of 9,993 km2 (3,858 sq mi), comprising a metropolitan area with 31 municipalities, and is also a common name for its city centre. The city occupies much of the coastline of Port Phillip bay and spreads into the Hinterland towards the Dandenong and Macedon ranges, Mornington Peninsula and Yarra Valley. It has a population of 5 million, and its inhabitants are commonly referred to as "Melburnians".More
3 Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. It is the largest country in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country by total area. The population of 26 million is highly urbanised and heavily concentrated on the eastern seaboard. Australia's capital is Canberra, and its largest city is Sydney. The country's other major metropolitan areas are Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide.More
4 1983 Davis Cup
The 1983 Davis Cup was the 72nd edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 60 teams would enter the competition, 16 in the World Group, 25 in the Europe Zone, 10 in the Eastern Zone, and 9 in the Americas Zone.More

Participating teams

Participating teams

Australia
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Ecuador

Great Britain
India
Italy
Mexico

New Zealand
Paraguay
Soviet Union
Spain

Sweden
United States
West Germany
Yugoslavia

Draw

  First Round
7–10 March 		Quarterfinals
18–20 July 		Semifinals
3–5 October 		Final
26–28 December
                                     
Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
   West Germany 2  
Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
   Mexico 3  
     Mexico 1  
Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)
     United States 4  
   United States 3
Brisbane, Australia (grass)
   Ecuador 2  
     United States 1  
Auckland, New Zealand (hard)
     Australia 3  
   Australia 4  
Wimbledon, United Kingdom (grass)
   New Zealand 1  
     Australia 4
Telford, United Kingdom (indoor carpet)
     Great Britain 1  
   Spain 1
Melbourne, Australia (grass)
   Great Britain 4  
     Australia 3
Belgrade, Yugoslavia (indoor hard)
     Sweden 2
   Soviet Union 2  
Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (indoor hard)
   Yugoslavia 3  
     Yugoslavia 0
Calcutta, India (grass)
     Czechoslovakia 5  
   India 1
Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
   Czechoslovakia 4  
     Czechoslovakia 1
Palermo, Italy (clay)
     Sweden 4  
   Italy 4  
Båstad, Sweden (clay)
   Paraguay 1  
     Italy 0
Brøndby, Denmark (indoor carpet)
     Sweden 5  
   Denmark 0
   Sweden 5  

First round

Mexico vs. West Germany


Mexico
3 		Club Alemán de México, Mexico City, Mexico [3]
7–10 March 1986
Clay
West Germany
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Francisco Maciel
Michael Westphal 		7
5 		6
2 		6
0 		     
2
Leonardo Lavalle
Boris Becker 		3
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
3
Leonardo Lavalle / Fernando Pérez Pascal
Boris Becker / Andreas Maurer 		3
6 		6
1 		7
5 		3
6 		6
4 		 
4
Francisco Maciel
Boris Becker 		3
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
5
Leonardo Lavalle
Michael Westphal 		8
10 		3
6 		6
3 		6
4 		6
3 		 

Ecuador vs. United States


Ecuador
2 		Guayaquil Tenis Club, Guayaquil, Ecuador [4]
7–9 March 1986
Clay
United States
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Andrés Gómez
Jimmy Arias 		7
5 		4
6 		6
6 		9
7 		6
4 		 
2
Raúl Viver
Aaron Krickstein 		6
8 		1
6 		3
6 		     
3
Andrés Gómez / Ricardo Ycaza
Ken Flach / Robert Seguso 		2
6 		4
6 		6
2 		4
6 		   
4
Andrés Gómez
Aaron Krickstein 		3
6 		7
5 		6
1 		6
4 		   
5
Raúl Viver
Jimmy Arias 		3
6 		1
6 		4
6 		     

New Zealand vs. Australia


New Zealand
1 		Stanley Street, Auckland, New Zealand [5]
7–9 March 1986
Hard
Australia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Kelly Evernden
Paul McNamee 		9
11 		3
6 		6
4 		6
3 		6
4 		 
2
Chris Lewis
Peter McNamara 		2
6 		5
7 		4
6 		     
3
Kelly Evernden / Russell Simpson
Pat Cash / John Fitzgerald 		2
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
4
Kelly Evernden
Peter McNamara 		6
3 		1
6 		3
6 		1
6 		   
5
Chris Lewis
Paul McNamee 		4
6 		4
6 		       

Great Britain vs. Spain


Great Britain
4 		Racquet Centre, Telford, United Kingdom [6]
7–9 March 1986
Carpet (indoors)
Spain
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jeremy Bates
Sergio Casal 		6
1 		6
3 		3
6 		8
6 		   
2
John Lloyd
Emilio Sánchez 		3
6 		6
3 		6
3 		6
3 		   
3
Colin Dowdeswell / John Lloyd
Sergio Casal / Emilio Sánchez 		6
4 		6
3 		6
3 		     
4
Jeremy Bates
Emilio Sánchez 		11
9 		6
4 		       
5
John Lloyd
Sergio Casal 		4
6 		6
8 		       

Yugoslavia vs. Soviet Union


Yugoslavia
3 		Pionir Hall, Belgrade, Yugoslavia [7]
7–9 March 1986
Hard (indoors)
Soviet Union
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Bruno Orešar
Andrei Chesnokov 		10
8 		7
5 		2
6 		0
6 		5
7 		 
2
Slobodan Živojinović
Alexander Zverev 		3
6 		6
8 		6
3 		6
4 		6
0 		 
3
Goran Prpić / Slobodan Živojinović
Sergey Leonyuk / Alexander Zverev 		3
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
4
Bruno Orešar
Alexander Zverev 		6
3 		6
2 		7
5 		     
5
Slobodan Živojinović
Andrei Chesnokov 		6
3 		6
3 		3
6 		6
4 		   

India vs. Czechoslovakia


India
1 		Calcutta South Club, Calcutta, India [8]
7–9 March 1986
Grass
Czechoslovakia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ramesh Krishnan
Tomáš Šmíd 		6
4 		6
2 		7
5 		     
2
Vijay Amritraj
Miloslav Mečíř 		0
6 		5
7 		4
6 		     
3
Anand Amritraj / Vijay Amritraj
Pavel Složil / Tomáš Šmíd 		2
6 		11
9 		4
6 		4
6 		   
4
Vijay Amritraj
Tomáš Šmíd 		6
3 		3
6 		1
6 		2
6 		   
5
Ramesh Krishnan
Miloslav Mečíř 		3
6 		2
6 		       

Italy vs. Paraguay


Italy
4 		Palermo, Italy [9]
7–9 March 1986
Clay
Paraguay
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Francesco Cancellotti
Hugo Chapacú 		6
4 		6
3 		6
1 		     
2
Claudio Panatta
Víctor Pecci 		4
6 		11
9 		9
7 		10
8 		   
3
Gianni Ocleppo / Claudio Panatta
Francisco González / Víctor Pecci 		6
4 		1
6 		4
6 		5
7 		   
4
Claudio Panatta
Hugo Chapacú 		6
3 		7
5 		6
3 		     
5
Francesco Cancellotti
Víctor Pecci 		5
7 		1
0 		       
retired

Denmark vs. Sweden


Denmark
0 		Brøndbyhallen, Brøndby, Denmark [10]
7–9 March 1986
Carpet (indoors)
Sweden
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Michael Tauson
Joakim Nyström 		2
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
2
Morten Christensen
Mats Wilander 		6
8 		2
6 		8
10 		     
3
Peter Bastiansen / Michael Mortensen
Anders Järryd / Mats Wilander 		3
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     
4
Morten Christensen
Joakim Nyström 		5
7 		1
6 		       
5
Michael Tauson
Mats Wilander 		2
6 		3
6 		       

Quarterfinals

Mexico vs. United States


Mexico
1 		Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City, Mexico [11]
18–20 July 1986
Clay
United States
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Francisco Maciel
Tim Mayotte 		2
6 		13
11 		6
4 		6
4 		   
2
Leonardo Lavalle
Brad Gilbert 		4
6 		4
6 		6
3 		4
6 		   
3
Jorge Lozano / Fernando Pérez Pascal
Ken Flach / Robert Seguso 		7
5 		3
6 		4
6 		4
6 		   
4
Leonardo Lavalle
Tim Mayotte 		5
7 		6
4 		6
0 		4
6 		7
9 		 
5
Francisco Maciel
Brad Gilbert 		5
7 		6
1 		5
7 		     

Great Britain vs. Australia


Great Britain
1 		No. 1 Court, All England Club, Wimbledon, United Kingdom [12]
18–20 July 1986
Grass
Australia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jeremy Bates
Pat Cash 		4
6 		7
9 		4
6 		     
2
Andrew Castle
Paul McNamee 		5
7 		1
6 		2
6 		     
3
Jeremy Bates / Colin Dowdeswell
Pat Cash / John Fitzgerald 		1
6 		5
7 		4
6 		     
4
Andrew Castle
Pat Cash 		6
8 		4
6 		       
5
Jeremy Bates
Paul McNamee 		3
6 		6
2 		6
4 		     

Yugoslavia vs. Czechoslovakia


Yugoslavia
0 		Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia [13]
18–20 July 1986
Hard (indoors)
Czechoslovakia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Slobodan Živojinović
Miloslav Mečíř 		4
6 		6
4 		8
10 		4
6 		   
2
Bruno Orešar
Milan Šrejber 		2
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     
3
Igor Flego / Slobodan Živojinović
Miloslav Mečíř / Tomáš Šmíd 		3
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
4
Slobodan Živojinović
Milan Šrejber 		10
8 		2
6 		13
15 		     
5
Igor Flego
Miloslav Mečíř 		2
6 		5
7 		       

Sweden vs. Italy


Sweden
5 		Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden [14]
18–20 July 1986
Clay
Italy
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Mats Wilander
Paolo Canè 		6
8 		6
2 		6
3 		6
4 		   
2
Joakim Nyström
Claudio Panatta 		6
2 		6
3 		6
1 		     
3
Joakim Nyström / Mats Wilander
Paolo Canè / Claudio Panatta 		6
4 		7
5 		6
2 		     
4
Stefan Edberg
Paolo Canè 		6
3 		2
6 		6
0 		     
5
Mats Wilander
Claudio Panatta 		6
4 		6
3 		       

Semifinals

Australia vs. United States


Australia
3 		Milton Courts, Brisbane, Australia [15]
3–5 October 1986
Grass
United States
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Paul McNamee
Brad Gilbert 		2
6 		6
3 		3
6 		6
0 		6
1 		 
2
Pat Cash
Tim Mayotte 		4
6 		6
1 		6
2 		6
2 		   
3
Pat Cash / John Fitzgerald
Paul Annacone / Ken Flach 		10
8 		6
1 		5
7 		11
13 		7
9 		 
4
Pat Cash
Brad Gilbert 		3
6 		6
2 		6
3 		6
4 		   
5
Paul McNamee
Tim Mayotte 		6
3 		2
5 		      not
completed

Czechoslovakia vs. Sweden


Czechoslovakia
1 		Prague, Czechoslovakia [16]
3–5 October 1986
Clay
Sweden
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Miloslav Mečíř
Kent Carlsson 		0
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
2
Milan Šrejber
Stefan Edberg 		6
3 		4
6 		3
6 		6
4 		5
7 		 
3
Miloslav Mečíř / Tomáš Šmíd
Stefan Edberg / Anders Järryd 		7
5 		6
2 		6
4 		     
4
Milan Šrejber
Mikael Pernfors 		7
5 		0
6 		0
6 		5
7 		   
5
Miloslav Mečíř
Stefan Edberg 		4
6 		7
9 		       

Final

Australia vs. Sweden


Australia
3 		Kooyong Stadium, Melbourne, Australia [2]
26–28 December 1986
Grass
Sweden
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Pat Cash
Stefan Edberg 		13
11 		13
11 		6
4 		     
2
Paul McNamee
Mikael Pernfors 		3
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
3
Pat Cash / John Fitzgerald
Stefan Edberg / Anders Järryd 		6
3 		6
4 		4
6 		6
1 		   
4
Pat Cash
Mikael Pernfors 		2
6 		4
6 		6
3 		6
4 		6
3 		 
5
Paul McNamee
Stefan Edberg 		8
10 		4
6 		       

Relegation play-offs

The first-round losers played in the Relegation Play-offs. The winners of the play-offs advanced to the 1987 Davis Cup World Group, and the losers were relegated to their respective Zonal Regions.

Results summary

Date: 3–5 October

Home team Score Visiting team Location Door Surface Ref.
 West Germany 5–0  Ecuador Essen Indoor Carpet [17]
 Spain 5–0  New Zealand Barcelona Outdoor Clay [18]
 India 4–1  Soviet Union New Delhi Outdoor Grass [19]
 Paraguay 3–2  Denmark Asunción Outdoor Clay [20]

West Germany vs. Ecuador


West Germany
5 		Essen, West Germany [17]
3–5 October 1986
Carpet (indoors)
Ecuador
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Boris Becker
Raúl Viver 		6
4 		6
4 		10
8 		     
2
Eric Jelen
Andrés Gómez 		6
4 		6
3 		7
9 		7
5 		   
3
Boris Becker / Eric Jelen
Andrés Gómez / Raúl Viver 		6
2 		6
4 		6
4 		     
4
Eric Jelen
Raúl Viver 		6
4 		6
3 		       
5
Boris Becker
Andrés Gómez 		7
5 		6
2 		       

Spain vs. New Zealand


Spain
5 		Barcelona, Spain [18]
3–5 October 1986
Clay
New Zealand
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Fernando Luna
Steve Guy 		6
3 		9
7 		6
1 		     
2
Emilio Sánchez
Bruce Derlin 		6
2 		6
0 		6
1 		     
3
Sergio Casal / Emilio Sánchez
Bruce Derlin / Kelly Evernden 		6
3 		6
2 		7
5 		     
4
Fernando Luna
Bruce Derlin 		6
4 		8
6 		       
5
Emilio Sánchez
Steve Guy 		3
6 		6
2 		6
3 		     

India vs. Soviet Union


India
4 		New Delhi, India [19]
3–5 October 1986
Grass
Soviet Union
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Vijay Amritraj
Andrei Chesnokov 		6
1 		6
4 		6
4 		     
2
Ramesh Krishnan
Alexander Zverev 		3
6 		3
6 		6
0 		6
1 		6
4 		 
3
Anand Amritraj / Vijay Amritraj
Sergey Leonyuk / Alexander Zverev 		2
6 		6
3 		6
2 		1
6 		6
4 		 
4
Ramesh Krishnan
Andrei Chesnokov 		6
4 		6
4 		       
5
Srinivasan Vasudevan
Alexander Volkov 		6
3 		5
7 		2
6 		     

Paraguay vs. Denmark


Paraguay
3 		Asunción, Paraguay [20]
3–5 October 1986
Clay
Denmark
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Víctor Pecci
Michael Tauson 		6
3 		6
2 		6
1 		     
2
Francisco González
Peter Bastiansen 		5
7 		4
6 		8
6 		4
6 		   
3
Francisco González / Víctor Pecci
Morten Christensen / Michael Mortensen 		6
4 		6
1 		5
7 		6
2 		   
4
Francisco González
Michael Tauson 		6
3 		5
7 		11
9 		6
8 		3
6 		 
5
Víctor Pecci
Peter Bastiansen 		6
2 		1
6 		6
0 		6
1 		   

1986 Davis Cup World Group Participating teams articles: 46
1 1987 Davis Cup World Group
The World Group was the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 1987.More
2 1987 Davis Cup
The 1987 Davis Cup was the 76th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 72 teams would enter the competition, 16 in the World Group, 32 in the Europe Zone, 13 in the Eastern Zone, and 11 in the Americas Zone.More
3 Germany Davis Cup team
The Germany Davis Cup team represents Germany in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Deutscher Tennis Bund. As East Germany never participated in the Davis Cup, and the Deutscher Tennisbund remained the same organization throughout the century, the West German Davis Cup team is included in this article.More
4 Ecuador Davis Cup team
The Ecuador Davis Cup team represents Ecuador in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Ecuador Tennis Federation.More
5 Essen
Essen is the central and second largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of 583,109 makes it the tenth largest city of Germany, as well as the fourth largest city of the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. On the Ruhr and Emscher rivers, Essen geographically is part of the Rhineland and the larger Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region. The Ruhrdeutsch regiolect spoken in the region has strong influences of both Low German (Westphalian) and Low Franconian.More
6 Spain Davis Cup team
The Spain Davis Cup team is the men's national tennis team and has represented Spain internationally since 1920. Organised by the Real Federación Española de Tenis (RFET), it is one of the 50 members of International Tennis Federation's European association.More
7 New Zealand Davis Cup team
The New Zealand Davis Cup team represents New Zealand in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by Tennis New Zealand.More
8 Barcelona
Barcelona is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits, its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the Province of Barcelona and is home to around 4.8 million people, making it the fifth most populous urban area in the European Union after Paris, the Ruhr area, Madrid, and Milan. It is one of the largest metropolises on the Mediterranean Sea, located on the coast between the mouths of the rivers Llobregat and Besòs, and bounded to the west by the Serra de Collserola mountain range, the tallest peak of which is 512 metres high.More
9 India Davis Cup team
The India Davis Cup team represents India in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the All India Tennis Association.More
10 Soviet Union Davis Cup team
The Soviet Union Davis Cup team competed from 1962–1991. The team competed with the name 'Commonwealth of Independent States' in 1992. Following 1992, the nations competed as:
  • Russia Davis Cup team
  • Armenia Davis Cup team
  • Azerbaijan Davis Cup team
  • Belarus Davis Cup team
  • Estonia Davis Cup team
  • Georgia Davis Cup team
  • Kazakhstan Davis Cup team
  • Kyrgyzstan Davis Cup team
  • Latvia Davis Cup team
  • Lithuania Davis Cup team
  • Moldova Davis Cup team
  • Tajikistan Davis Cup team
  • Turkmenistan Davis Cup team
  • Ukraine Davis Cup team
  • Uzbekistan Davis Cup team
More
11 New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital of India and an administrative district of NCT Delhi. New Delhi is also the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House, and the Supreme Court of India. Delhi itself is often considered as a hub for international trade.More
12 Paraguay Davis Cup team
The Paraguay Davis Cup team represents Paraguay in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Asociación Paraguaya de Tenis.More
13 Denmark Davis Cup team
The Denmark Davis Cup team represents Denmark in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Danish Tennis Association.More
14 Asunción
Asunción is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay in South America. The city stands on the left bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the River Pilcomayo. The Paraguay River and the Bay of Asunción in the northwest separate the city from the Occidental Region of Paraguay and from Argentina in the south part of the city. The rest of the city is surrounded by the Central Department.More
15 West Germany
West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany, retrospectively designated the Bonn Republic, in the period between its formation on 23 May 1949 and German reunification on 3 October 1990. During this Cold War period, the western portion of Germany was part of the Western Bloc. West Germany was formed as a political entity during the Allied occupation of Germany after World War II, established from eleven states formed in the three Allied zones of occupation held by the United States, the United Kingdom and France. Its provisional capital was the city of Bonn.More
16 Ecuador
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Ecuador also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometres (621 mi) west of the mainland. The capital is Quito.More
17 Boris Becker
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18 Raúl Viver
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19 Eric Jelen
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20 Andrés Gómez
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21 Spain
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22 New Zealand
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23 Fernando Luna (tennis)
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24 Steve Guy
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25 Emilio Sánchez
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26 Bruce Derlin
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27 Sergio Casal
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28 Kelly Evernden
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29 India
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30 Soviet Union
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31 Vijay Amritraj
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32 Andrei Chesnokov
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33 Ramesh Krishnan
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34 Alexander Zverev Sr.
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35 Anand Amritraj
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36 Sergey Leonyuk
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37 Srinivasan Vasudevan
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38 Alexander Volkov (tennis)
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39 Paraguay
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40 Denmark
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41 Víctor Pecci
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42 Michael Tauson
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43 Francisco González (tennis)
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44 Peter Bastiansen (tennis)
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45 Morten Christensen (tennis)
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46 Michael Mortensen
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References

  1. ^ "World Group 1986". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Australia v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Mexico v West Germany". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Ecuador v United States". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "New Zealand v Australia". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Great Britain v Spain". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Yugoslavia v Soviet Union". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "India v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Italy v Paraguay". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Denmark v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Mexico v United States". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Great Britain v Australia". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Yugoslavia v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Sweden v Italy". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "Australia v United States". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Czechoslovakia v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  17. ^ a b "West Germany v Ecuador". daviscup.com.
  18. ^ a b "Spain v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
  19. ^ a b "India v Soviet Union". daviscup.com.
  20. ^ a b "Paraguay v Denmark". daviscup.com.

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