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1988 Davis Cup World Group

1988 edition of the Davis Cup World Group

Top 3 1988 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 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
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
1988 Davis Cup World Group
Date5 February – 18 December
Edition8th
Champions

West Germany
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Main article: 1988 Davis Cup

The World Group was the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 1988.[1]

West Germany won the title, defeating the defending champions Sweden in the final, 4–1. The final was held at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden, from 16 to 18 December.[2] It was the West German team's first Davis Cup title (having previously come runner-up in 1970 and 1985), becoming the ninth nation to win the Davis Cup.

1988 Davis Cup World Group Intro articles: 5
1 Scandinavium
Scandinavium is an indoor arena located in Gothenburg, Sweden. Construction on Scandinavium began in 1969 after decades of setbacks, and was inaugurated on 18 May 1971.More
2 Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has a population of approximately 570,000 in the city proper and about 1 million inhabitants in the metropolitan area.More
3 Sweden
Sweden, officially the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund Strait. At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the largest country in Northern Europe, the third-largest country in the European Union and the fifth largest country in Europe by area. The capital city is Stockholm. Sweden has a total population of 10.4 million of which 2.6 million have a foreign background. Persons with foreign backgrounds are defined as persons who are foreign born, or born in Sweden with foreign born parents. It has a low population density of 25 inhabitants per square kilometre (65/sq mi), with 1 437 persons per km2 in localities. 87% of Swedes live in urban areas, which cover 1.5% of the entire land area. The highest concentration is in the central and southern half of the country.More
4 1970 Davis Cup
The 1970 Davis Cup was the 59th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 31 teams entered the Europe Zone, 11 teams entered the Americas Zone, and 11 teams entered the Eastern Zone. Hong Kong made its first appearance in the tournament.More
5 1985 Davis Cup
The 1985 Davis Cup was the 74th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 63 teams would enter the competition, 16 in the World Group, 27 in the Europe Zone, 12 in the Eastern Zone, and 8 in the Americas Zone. Cyprus made its first appearance in the tournament.More

Participating teams

Participating teams

Australia
Brazil
Czechoslovakia
Denmark

France
India
Israel
Italy

Mexico
New Zealand
Paraguay
Spain

Sweden
Switzerland
West Germany
Yugoslavia

Draw

  First Round
5–7 February 		Quarterfinals
8–10 April 		Semifinals
22–24 July 		Final
16–18 December
                                     
Gävle, Sweden (indoor carpet)
   Sweden 5  
Norrköping, Sweden (indoor carpet)
   New Zealand 0  
     Sweden 3  
Prague, Czechoslovakia (indoor carpet)
     Czechoslovakia 2  
   Czechoslovakia 5
Båstad, Sweden (clay)
   Paraguay 0  
     Sweden 4  
Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
     France 1  
   Australia 3  
Clermont-Ferrand, France (indoor clay)
   Mexico 2  
     Australia 0
Basel, Switzerland (indoor carpet)
     France 5  
   France 4
Gothenburg, Sweden (indoor clay)
    Switzerland 1  
     Sweden 1
Essen, West Germany (indoor carpet)
     West Germany 4
   Brazil 0  
Frankfurt, West Germany (indoor carpet)
   West Germany 5  
     West Germany 5
Aarhus, Denmark (indoor carpet)
     Denmark 0  
   Denmark 3
Dortmund, West Germany (indoor carpet)
   Spain 2  
     West Germany 5
Palermo, Italy (clay)
     Yugoslavia 0  
   Italy 4  
Belgrade, Yugoslavia (indoor carpet)
   Israel 1  
     Italy 1
New Delhi, India (grass)
     Yugoslavia 4  
   Yugoslavia 3
   India 2  

First round

Sweden vs. New Zealand


Sweden
5 		Gavlerinken, Gävle, Sweden [3]
5–7 February 1988
Carpet (indoors)
New Zealand
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Anders Järryd
Bruce Derlin 		14
12 		6
2 		6
4 		     
2
Stefan Edberg
Kelly Evernden 		12
10 		6
2 		9
7 		     
3
Stefan Edberg / Anders Järryd
Kelly Evernden / David Lewis 		6
3 		7
5 		6
4 		     
4
Anders Järryd
Kelly Evernden 		8
6 		4
6 		11
9 		     
5
Stefan Edberg
Bruce Derlin 		6
1 		6
2 		       

Czechoslovakia vs. Paraguay


Czechoslovakia
5 		Prague, Czechoslovakia [4]
5–7 February 1988
Carpet (indoors)
Paraguay
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Petr Korda
Hugo Chapacú 		6
2 		6
1 		6
2 		     
2
Miloslav Mečíř
Francisco González 		6
2 		6
2 		6
2 		     
3
Miloslav Mečíř / Tomáš Šmíd
Hugo Chapacú / Francisco González 		6
1 		7
5 		6
1 		     
4
Miloslav Mečíř
Hugo Chapacú 		6
3 		6
1 		       
5
Petr Korda
Francisco González 		6
4 		6
4 		       

Mexico vs. Australia


Mexico
2 		Estadio Federico Boehm, Mexico City, Mexico [5]
5–8 February 1988
Clay
Australia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Leonardo Lavalle
Pat Cash 		7
5 		4
6 		1
6 		9
11 		   
2
Francisco Maciel
Wally Masur 		3
6 		8
6 		6
3 		7
5 		   
3
Leonardo Lavalle / Jorge Lozano
Pat Cash / John Fitzgerald 		2
6 		3
6 		2
6 		     
4
Leonardo Lavalle
Wally Masur 		6
2 		6
1 		4
6 		9
11 		6
2 		 
5
Francisco Maciel
Pat Cash 		2
6 		6
4 		5
7 		2
6 		   

Switzerland vs. France


Switzerland
1 		Basel, Switzerland [6]
5–7 February 1988
Carpet (indoors)
France
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Roland Stadler
Yannick Noah 		8
10 		11
9 		1
6 		5
7 		   
2
Claudio Mezzadri
Henri Leconte 		3
6 		6
3 		0
6 		8
6 		6
2 		 
3
Heinz Günthardt / Claudio Mezzadri
Guy Forget / Yannick Noah 		2
6 		4
6 		3
6 		     
4
Roland Stadler
Henri Leconte 		3
6 		4
6 		6
4 		1
6 		   
5
Claudio Mezzadri
Yannick Noah 		3
6 		6
3 		3
6 		     

West Germany vs. Brazil


West Germany
5 		Essen, West Germany [7]
5–7 February 1988
Carpet (indoors)
Brazil
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Boris Becker
Cássio Motta 		6
0 		6
2 		6
0 		     
2
Carl-Uwe Steeb
Luiz Mattar 		6
1 		6
2 		6
3 		     
3
Boris Becker / Patrik Kühnen
Ricardo Acioly / Luiz Mattar 		8
6 		15
13 		6
4 		     
4
Patrik Kühnen
Luiz Mattar 		9
7 		6
3 		       
5
Carl-Uwe Steeb
Cássio Motta 		6
1 		6
2 		       

Denmark vs. Spain


Denmark
3 		Aarhus, Denmark [8]
5–7 February 1988
Carpet (indoors)
Spain
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Michael Tauson
Sergio Casal 		6
4 		6
3 		6
2 		     
2
Morten Christensen
Emilio Sánchez 		5
7 		2
6 		6
4 		6
3 		6
4 		 
3
Peter Bastiansen / Michael Mortensen
Sergio Casal / Emilio Sánchez 		5
7 		9
11 		2
6 		     
4
Morten Christensen
Sergio Casal 		4
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
5
Michael Tauson
Emilio Sánchez 		3
6 		6
1 		13
11 		6
4 		   

Italy vs. Israel


Italy
4 		Palermo, Italy [9]
5–7 February 1988
Clay
Israel
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Francesco Cancellotti
Gilad Bloom 		6
1 		6
2 		6
8 		6
4 		   
2
Paolo Canè
Amos Mansdorf 		7
5 		6
3 		6
2 		     
3
Paolo Canè / Diego Nargiso
Amos Mansdorf / Shahar Perkiss 		5
7 		3
6 		4
6 		     
4
Paolo Canè
Gilad Bloom 		4
6 		6
1 		6
1 		6
0 		   
5
Francesco Cancellotti
Amos Mansdorf 		6
4 		6
2 		       

India vs. Yugoslavia


India
2 		New Delhi, India [10]
5–7 February 1988
Grass
Yugoslavia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Vijay Amritraj
Bruno Orešar 		6
3 		6
0 		6
3 		     
2
Ramesh Krishnan
Slobodan Živojinović 		4
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
3
Anand Amritraj / Vijay Amritraj
Goran Prpić / Slobodan Živojinović 		5
7 		3
6 		6
3 		6
2 		7
9 		 
4
Ramesh Krishnan
Bruno Orešar 		4
6 		6
4 		4
6 		6
1 		6
3 		 
5
Vijay Amritraj
Slobodan Živojinović 		3
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     

Quarterfinals

Sweden vs. Czechoslovakia


Sweden
3 		Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping, Sweden [11]
8–10 April 1988
Carpet (indoors)
Czechoslovakia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Stefan Edberg
Tomáš Šmíd 		6
3 		6
4 		6
3 		     
2
Mats Wilander
Miloslav Mečíř 		11
13 		3
6 		4
6 		     
3
Stefan Edberg / Mats Wilander
Miloslav Mečíř / Tomáš Šmíd 		8
6 		6
4 		8
6 		     
4
Mats Wilander
Milan Šrejber 		6
3 		2
6 		4
6 		3
6 		   
5
Stefan Edberg
Miloslav Mečíř 		4
6 		6
1 		4
6 		6
4 		9
7 		 

France vs. Australia


France
5 		Maison des Sports, Clermont-Ferrand, France [12]
8–10 April 1988
Clay (indoors)
Australia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Yannick Noah
Darren Cahill 		3
6 		6
4 		6
4 		6
2 		   
2
Henri Leconte
Mark Woodforde 		6
3 		7
9 		3
6 		7
5 		6
0 		 
3
Guy Forget / Yannick Noah
John Fitzgerald / Wally Masur 		6
3 		7
5 		6
4 		     
4
Henri Leconte
John Fitzgerald 		9
7 		7
5 		       
5
Yannick Noah
Mark Woodforde 		6
2 		6
4 		       

West Germany vs. Denmark


West Germany
5 		Frankfurt, West Germany [13]
8–10 April 1988
Carpet (indoors)
Denmark
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Eric Jelen
Morten Christensen 		6
3 		6
3 		3
6 		6
2 		   
2
Boris Becker
Michael Tauson 		7
5 		6
4 		6
3 		     
3
Boris Becker / Eric Jelen
Michael Mortensen / Michael Tauson 		6
3 		6
4 		6
4 		     
4
Boris Becker
Morten Christensen 		6
3 		6
4 		       
5
Eric Jelen
Michael Tauson 		6
2 		7
5 		       

Yugoslavia vs. Italy


Yugoslavia
4 		Belgrade, Yugoslavia [14]
8–10 April 1988
Carpet (indoors)
Italy
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Bruno Orešar
Paolo Canè 		1
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
2
Slobodan Živojinović
Francesco Cancellotti 		6
4 		9
7 		6
3 		     
3
Goran Prpić / Slobodan Živojinović
Paolo Canè / Simone Colombo 		6
4 		6
2 		3
6 		6
3 		   
4
Bruno Orešar
Francesco Cancellotti 		5
7 		3
6 		6
3 		6
1 		7
5 		 
5
Slobodan Živojinović
Paolo Canè 		6
4 		6
4 		       

Semifinals

Sweden vs. France


Sweden
4 		Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden [15]
22–24 July 1988
Clay
France
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Mats Wilander
Yannick Noah 		2
6 		13
11 		6
3 		3
6 		6
0 		 
2
Stefan Edberg
Henri Leconte 		6
4 		6
4 		8
10 		3
6 		6
4 		 
3
Anders Järryd / Mats Wilander
Guy Forget / Henri Leconte 		6
4 		7
9 		2
6 		2
6 		   
4
Mats Wilander
Henri Leconte 		6
1 		6
1 		7
5 		     
5
Kent Carlsson
Thierry Tulasne 		4
6 		6
3 		6
3 		     

West Germany vs. Yugoslavia


West Germany
5 		Dortmund, West Germany [16]
22–24 July 1988
Carpet (indoors)
Yugoslavia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Boris Becker
Slobodan Živojinović 		7
5 		6
2 		6
4 		     
2
Eric Jelen
Goran Prpić 		9
7 		9
7 		6
2 		     
3
Boris Becker / Eric Jelen
Goran Ivanišević / Slobodan Živojinović 		5
7 		4
6 		6
1 		11
9 		9
7 		 
4
Boris Becker
Goran Prpić 		7
5 		6
4 		       
5
Eric Jelen
Slobodan Živojinović 		6
4 		6
2 		       

Final

Sweden vs. West Germany


Sweden
1 		Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden [2]
16–18 December 1988
Clay (indoors)
West Germany
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Mats Wilander
Carl-Uwe Steeb 		10
8 		6
1 		2
6 		4
6 		6
8 		 
2
Stefan Edberg
Boris Becker 		3
6 		1
6 		4
6 		     
3
Stefan Edberg / Anders Järryd
Boris Becker / Eric Jelen 		6
3 		6
2 		5
7 		3
6 		2
6 		 
4
Stefan Edberg
Carl-Uwe Steeb 		6
4 		8
6 		       
5
Kent Carlsson
Patrik Kühnen 		           
w/o

Relegation play-offs

The first-round losers played in the Relegation Play-offs. The winners of the play-offs advanced to the 1989 Davis Cup World Group, and the losers were relegated to their respective Zonal Group I.

Results summary

Date: 8–10 April

Home team Score Visiting team Location Door Surface Ref.
 Paraguay 4–1  New Zealand Asunción Outdoor Hard [17]
  Switzerland 2–3  Mexico St. Gallen Indoor Carpet [18]
 Spain 5–0  Brazil Murcia Outdoor Clay [19]
 Israel w/o  India — — — [20]

Paraguay vs. New Zealand


Paraguay
4 		Asunción, Paraguay [17]
8–10 April 1988
Hard
New Zealand
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Víctor Pecci
Kelly Evernden 		6
4 		8
6 		6
8 		6
3 		   
2
Hugo Chapacú
Bruce Derlin 		6
0 		6
2 		6
3 		     
3
Francisco González / Víctor Pecci
Kelly Evernden / David Lewis 		6
3 		6
4 		6
3 		     
4
Francisco González
Bruce Derlin 		6
3 		2
6 		4
6 		     
5
Hugo Chapacú
Kelly Evernden 		6
2 		6
1 		       

Switzerland vs. Mexico


Switzerland
2 		Sportanlage Kreuzbleiche, St. Gallen, Switzerland [18]
8–10 April 1988
Carpet (indoors)
Mexico
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Roland Stadler
Leonardo Lavalle 		10
8 		6
2 		6
4 		     
2
Claudio Mezzadri
Jorge Lozano 		6
0 		11
9 		6
2 		     
3
Heinz Günthardt / Claudio Mezzadri
Leonardo Lavalle / Jorge Lozano 		6
4 		1
6 		7
9 		6
3 		4
6 		 
4
Roland Stadler
Jorge Lozano 		6
4 		6
3 		4
6 		4
6 		2
6 		 
5
Claudio Mezzadri
Leonardo Lavalle 		3
6 		6
2 		7
5 		4
6 		3
6 		 

Spain vs. Brazil


Spain
5 		Murcia Club de Tenis, Murcia, Spain [19]
8–10 April 1988
Clay
Brazil
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Javier Sánchez
Ivan Kley 		6
4 		10
8 		5
7 		6
2 		   
2
Emilio Sánchez
Luiz Mattar 		5
7 		6
3 		3
6 		6
4 		6
4 		 
3
Sergio Casal / Emilio Sánchez
Ricardo Acioly / Ivan Kley 		6
3 		6
3 		6
4 		     
4
Javier Sánchez
Cássio Motta 		10
12 		6
3 		6
4 		     
5
Emilio Sánchez
Ivan Kley 		6
2 		9
7 		       

1988 Davis Cup World Group Participating teams articles: 38
1 1989 Davis Cup World Group
The World Group was the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 1989. 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 1990.More
2 1989 Davis Cup
The 1989 Davis Cup 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.More
3 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
4 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
5 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
6 Switzerland Davis Cup team
The Switzerland Davis Cup team represents Switzerland in the Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by Swiss Tennis.More
7 Mexico Davis Cup team
The Mexico Davis Cup team represents Mexico in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Federación Mexicana de Tenis.More
8 St. Gallen
St. Gallen or traditionally St Gall, in German sometimes Sankt Gallen is a Swiss town and the capital of the canton of St. Gallen. It evolved from the hermitage of Saint Gall, founded in the 7th century. Today, it is a large urban agglomeration and represents the center of eastern Switzerland. Its economy consists mainly of the service sector. The town is home of the University of St. Gallen, one of the best business schools in Europe.More
9 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
10 Brazil Davis Cup team
The Brazil Davis Cup team represents Brazil in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Brazilian Tennis Confederation.More
11 Murcia
Murcia is a city in south-eastern Spain, the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, and the seventh largest city in the country, with a population of 447,182 inhabitants in 2018. The population of the metropolitan area was 689,591 in 2010. It is located on the Segura River, in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula; it has a climate with hot summers, mild winters, and relatively low precipitation.More
12 Israel Davis Cup team
The Israel Davis Cup team represents Israel in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Israel Tennis Association. As of September 2017, Harel Levy became Captain of the team.More
13 Walkover
A walkover, also W.O. or w/o is the awarding of a victory to a contestant because there are no other contestants, or because the other contestants have been disqualified, or have forfeited, or have withdrawn from the contest. The term can apply in sport but also to uncontested elections, when it is also referred to as winning "by default". The word is used more generally by extension, particularly in politics, for an election in which the winner is not the only participant but has little or no competition. The narrow and extended meanings of "walkover" as a single word are both found from 1829.More
14 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
15 Paraguay
Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Although one of only two landlocked countries in South America, the country has coasts, beaches and ports on the Paraguay and Paraná rivers that give exit to the Atlantic Ocean through the Paraná-Paraguay Waterway.More
16 New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island and the South Island —and more than 700 smaller islands, covering a total area of 268,021 square kilometres (103,500 sq mi). New Zealand is about 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and 1,000 kilometres (600 mi) south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland.More
17 Víctor Pecci
Víctor Pecci Sr. is a former professional Paraguayan tennis player.More
18 Kelly Evernden
Kelly Graeme Evernden is a former professional tennis player from New Zealand.More
19 Hugo Chapacú
Hugo Chapacú is a former tennis player, who represented Paraguay at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. There he was defeated in the first round by qualifier Andrei Cherkasov from the Soviet Union. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on October 19, 1987, when he became the number 217 of the world.More
20 Bruce Derlin
Bruce Phillip Derlin is a retired tennis player from New Zealand.More
21 Francisco González (tennis)
Francisco González played professional tennis in the 1970s and 1980s. He represented Paraguay in Davis Cup and played collegiate tennis at the Ohio State University.More
22 David Lewis (tennis)
David Lewis is a former professional tennis player from New Zealand. He is a younger brother of 1983 Wimbledon finalist Chris Lewis and of Mark Lewis. He spent his childhood in Auckland and was educated at St Peter's College.More
23 Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a country situated at the confluence of Western, Central, and Southern Europe. It is a federal republic composed of 26 cantons, with federal authorities based in Bern. Switzerland is a landlocked country bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. It is geographically divided among the Swiss Plateau, the Alps, and the Jura, spanning a total area of 41,285 km2 (15,940 sq mi), and land area of 39,997 km2 (15,443 sq mi). While the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, the Swiss population of approximately 8.5 million is concentrated mostly on the plateau, where the largest cities and economic centres are located, among them Zürich, Geneva and Basel. These cities are home to several offices of international organisations such as the headquarters of FIFA, the UN's second-largest Office, and the main building of the Bank for International Settlements. The main international airports of Switzerland are also located in these cities.More
24 Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Mexico covers 1,972,550 square kilometers (761,610 sq mi) and has approximately 128,649,565 inhabitants, making it the world's 13th-largest country by area, 10th-most-populous country, and most populous Spanish-speaking nation. It is a federation comprising 31 states and Mexico City, its capital city and largest metropolis. Other major urban areas include Guadalajara, Monterrey, Puebla, Toluca, Tijuana, Ciudad Juárez, and León.More
25 Roland Stadler
Roland Stadler is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland.More
26 Leonardo Lavalle
Leonardo Lavalle Moreno is a former tennis player from Mexico, who turned professional in 1985. He represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the quarterfinals by Spain's eventual runner up Jordi Arrese. The left-hander won one career title in singles. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 17 March 1986, when he became World No. 51.More
27 Claudio Mezzadri
Claudio Mezzadri is a retired professional tennis player from Switzerland. Mezzadri turned professional in 1983, and won his only ATP title four years later. He also won four doubles titles in his career.More
28 Jorge Lozano
Jorge Lozano is a retired professional tennis player from Mexico. He reached his highest doubles ranking of World No. 4 in August 1988. His highest singles ranking was World No. 51, achieved the following month. During his career, he won two mixed doubles titles at the French Open: in 1988 with Lori McNeil and in 1990 with Arantxa Sánchez. He reached the round of 16 in singles at the 1988 US Open and also the semifinal in doubles that same year. Qualified twice for the Doubles Masters at the Royal Albert Hall in London and reached the semifinals in 1988. In his career, he won nine doubles titles, but no singles titles. He turned professional in 1986, and in his career He was the first player to be beaten by Pete Sampras in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, at the French Open in 1989. In Davis Cup play, represented Mexico for 15 years, 1981–1995, won 12 doubles matches, and lost 12 as well. He lost 11 singles matches, and won 8, making his overall win / loss record at the Davis Cup 20–23. Lozano won his first title at Forest Hills in 1988, with his partner Todd Witsken, and won his last at Athens in 1993. He resides in Guadalajara, Mexico where he directs a tennis academy for kids and also coaches the men and women tennis team at the University Tec de Monterrey. He was the captain of the Mexican Davis Cup Team from 2007 to 2014. He is now the Athletic Director for the University Tec de Monterrey, campus Guadalajara.More
29 Heinz Günthardt
Heinz Peter Günthardt is a retired tennis player from Switzerland.More
30 Spain
Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southwestern Europe with some pockets of territory across the Strait of Gibraltar and the Atlantic Ocean. Its continental European territory is situated on the Iberian Peninsula. Its territory also includes two archipelagos: the Canary Islands off the coast of North Africa, and the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. The African enclaves of Ceuta, Melilla, and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera make Spain the only European country to have a physical border with an African country (Morocco). Several small islands in the Alboran Sea are also part of Spanish territory. The country's mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea; to the north and northeast by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean respectively.More
31 Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At 8.5 million square kilometers and with over 211 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the sixth most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 states and the Federal District. It is the largest country to have Portuguese as an official language and the only one in the Americas; it is also one of the most multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass immigration from around the world; as well as the most populous Roman Catholic-majority country.More
32 Javier Sánchez (tennis)
Javier Sánchez Vicario is a former top-ten doubles professional tennis player from Spain. Sánchez won the US Open junior singles and doubles title in 1986, and reached the quarterfinal stage in the US Open men's singles event twice - in 1991 and 1996.More
33 Ivan Kley
Ivan Kley is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.More
34 Emilio Sánchez
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35 Luiz Mattar
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36 Sergio Casal
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37 Ricardo Acioly
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38 Cássio Motta
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References

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  3. ^ "Sweden v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Czechoslovakia v Paraguay". daviscup.com.
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  13. ^ "West Germany v Denmark". daviscup.com.
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