1987 Davis Cup World Group

1987 Davis Cup World Group
Date	13 March – 20 December
Edition	7th
Champions
Sweden
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The World Group was the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 1987.^[1]

Australia were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the semifinals.

Sweden won the title, defeating India in the final, 5–0. The final was held at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden, from 18 to 20 December.^[2] It was the Swedish team's 4th Davis Cup title overall.

Participating teams[edit]

Participating teams
Argentina	Australia	Czechoslovakia	France
Great Britain	India	Israel	Italy
Mexico	Paraguay	South Korea	Spain
Sweden	United States	West Germany	Yugoslavia

Draw[edit]

First round 13–15 March

Quarterfinals 24–26 July

Semifinals 2–4 October

Final 18–20 December

Prato, Italy (clay)

Sweden

3

Fréjus, France (clay)

Italy

2

Sweden

4

Marcq-en-Barœul, France (indoor carpet)

France

1

France

5

Barcelona, Spain (clay)

South Korea

0

Sweden

3

Asunción, Paraguay (clay)

Spain

2

United States

2

Caracas, Venezuela (clay)

Paraguay

3

Paraguay

2

Barcelona, Spain (clay)

Spain

3

West Germany

2

Gothenburg, Sweden (indoor clay)

Spain

3

Sweden

5

New Delhi, India (grass)

India

0

India

3

New Delhi, India (grass)

Argentina

2

India

4

Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia (indoor carpet)

Israel

0

Israel

3

Sydney, Australia (grass)

Czechoslovakia

2

India

3

Mexico City, Mexico (clay)

Australia

2

Great Britain

0

Brisbane, Australia (grass)

Mexico

5

Mexico

1

Adelaide, Australia (grass)

Australia

4

Yugoslavia

1

Australia

4

First round[edit]

Italy vs. Sweden[edit]

Italy 2	Tennis Club Prato, Prato, Italy[3] 13–15 March 1987 Clay		Sweden 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Paolo Canè Mikael Pernfors 1 6 6 2 6 3 6 4     2 Simone Colombo Mats Wilander 2 6 3 6 0 6       3 Paolo Canè / Simone Colombo Anders Järryd / Mats Wilander 1 6 2 6 2 6       4 Simone Colombo Anders Järryd 3 6 4 6 6 4 5 7     5 Paolo Canè Mats Wilander 6 3 2 6 7 5

France vs. South Korea[edit]

France 5	Salle de Sport, Marcq-en-Barœul, France[4] 13–15 March 1987 Carpet (indoors)		South Korea 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Thierry Tulasne Kim Bong-soo 6 4 6 2 6 3       2 Guy Forget Yoo Jin-sun 6 3 5 7 6 3 6 3     3 Tarik Benhabiles / Guy Forget Song Dong-wook / Yoo Jin-sun 4 6 4 6 6 2 6 3 10 8   4 Tarik Benhabiles Yoo Jin-sun 6 3 4 6 6 3       5 Guy Forget Kim Bong-soo 6 4 7 5

Paraguay vs. United States[edit]

Paraguay 3	Yacht y Golf Club Paraguayo, Asunción, Paraguay[5] 13–15 March 1987 Clay		United States 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Hugo Chapacú Aaron Krickstein 7 5 3 6 1 6 6 4 4 6   2 Víctor Pecci Jimmy Arias 6 3 4 6 6 4 7 5     3 Francisco González / Víctor Pecci Ken Flach / Robert Seguso 7 5 11 9 2 6 5 7 4 6   4 Hugo Chapacú Jimmy Arias 6 4 6 1 5 7 3 6 9 7   5 Víctor Pecci Aaron Krickstein 6 2 8 6 9 7

Spain vs. West Germany[edit]

Spain 3	Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain[6] 13–15 March 1987 Clay		West Germany 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Emilio Sánchez Boris Becker 4 6 5 7 7 5 6 3 3 6   2 Sergio Casal Eric Jelen 6 4 6 8 7 9 6 3 6 4   3 Sergio Casal / Emilio Sánchez Boris Becker / Eric Jelen 5 7 6 4 4 6 3 6     4 Emilio Sánchez Eric Jelen 8 6 6 3 6 2       5 Sergio Casal Boris Becker 6 2 0 6 6 2 6 3

India vs. Argentina[edit]

India 3	New Delhi, India[7] 13–15 March 1987 Grass		Argentina 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Vijay Amritraj Horacio de la Peña 9 7 6 3 6 3       2 Ramesh Krishnan Martín Jaite 6 1 6 3 3 6 2 6 3 6   3 Anand Amritraj / Vijay Amritraj Javier Frana / Christian Miniussi 3 6 4 6 6 3 6 8     4 Vijay Amritraj Martín Jaite 3 6 3 6 6 4 8 6 6 2   5 Ramesh Krishnan Horacio de la Peña 6 4 7 5 6 2

Czechoslovakia vs. Israel[edit]

Czechoslovakia 2	Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia[8] 13–15 March 1987 Carpet (indoors)		Israel 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Miloslav Mečíř Amos Mansdorf 4 6 2 6 6 3 3 6     2 Milan Šrejber Shlomo Glickstein 5 7 4 6 6 3 6 4 2 3 retired   3 Miloslav Mečíř / Tomáš Šmíd Shlomo Glickstein / Amos Mansdorf 6 2 4 6 8 6 8 6     4 Miloslav Mečíř Shlomo Glickstein 6 3 6 1 6 2       5 Karel Nováček Amos Mansdorf 3 6 6 4 2 6 0 6

Mexico vs. Great Britain[edit]

Mexico 5	Estadio Federico Boehm, Mexico City, Mexico[9] 13–15 March 1987 Clay		Great Britain 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Francisco Maciel Jeremy Bates 6 3 6 2 6 5       2 Leonardo Lavalle Andrew Castle 6 2 3 6 6 2 6 4     3 Leonardo Lavalle / Jorge Lozano Jeremy Bates / Andrew Castle 6 3 6 2 6 8 6 2     4 Agustín Moreno Andrew Castle 9 7 6 1         5 Jorge Lozano Jeremy Bates 6 4 6 3

Australia vs. Yugoslavia[edit]

Australia 4	Memorial Drive Park, Adelaide, Australia[10] 13–15 March 1987 Grass		Yugoslavia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Pat Cash Bruno Orešar 9 7 6 4 7 5       2 Wally Masur Slobodan Živojinović 8 6 6 8 7 9 10 12     3 Pat Cash / Peter Doohan Igor Flego / Slobodan Živojinović 9 11 7 5 6 3 6 4     4 Wally Masur Bruno Orešar 8 6 6 2 6 1       5 Pat Cash Slobodan Živojinović 6 8 7 5 6 0

Quarterfinals[edit]

France vs. Sweden[edit]

France 1	Arènes de Fréjus, Fréjus, France[11] 24–26 July 1987 Clay		Sweden 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Thierry Tulasne Kent Carlsson 1 6 6 3 1 6 2 6     2 Henri Leconte Mats Wilander 3 6 4 6 2 6       3 Guy Forget / Henri Leconte Stefan Edberg / Anders Järryd 6 4 6 2 3 6 15 13     4 Henri Leconte Kent Carlsson 5 7 2 6 5 7       5 Thierry Tulasne Mats Wilander 4 6 3 6

Paraguay vs. Spain[edit]

Paraguay 2	Caracas, Venezuela[12] 24–26 July 1987 Clay		Spain 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Víctor Pecci Emilio Sánchez 1 6 4 6 9 11       2 Hugo Chapacú Sergio Casal 2 6 7 5 6 1 6 3     3 Francisco González / Víctor Pecci Sergio Casal / Emilio Sánchez 2 6 18 16 3 6 12 14     4 Víctor Pecci Sergio Casal 2 6 6 3 6 2 6 2     5 Hugo Chapacú Emilio Sánchez 1 6 3 6 0 6

India vs. Israel[edit]

India 4	New Delhi, India[13] 24–26 July 1987 Grass		Israel 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ramesh Krishnan Shlomo Glickstein 7 5 6 1 6 2       2 Vijay Amritraj Amos Mansdorf 6 4 6 4 7 5       3 Anand Amritraj / Vijay Amritraj Gilad Bloom / Shlomo Glickstein 6 2 6 2 7 5       4 Ramesh Krishnan Amos Mansdorf 10 8 6 0         5 Srinivasan Vasudevan Shlomo Glickstein 10 8         not completed

Australia vs. Mexico[edit]

Australia 4	Milton Courts, Brisbane, Australia[14] 24–26 July 1987 Grass		Mexico 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Wally Masur Jorge Lozano 6 3 6 4 6 4       2 Pat Cash Leonardo Lavalle 6 2 6 1 6 0       3 Peter Doohan / Wally Masur Leonardo Lavalle / Jorge Lozano 3 6 6 4 4 6 8 6 13 11   4 Pat Cash Jorge Lozano 6 3 6 4         5 Wally Masur Leonardo Lavalle 5 7 4 6

Semifinals[edit]

Spain vs. Sweden[edit]

Spain 2	Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain[15] 2–5 October 1987 Clay		Sweden 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Emilio Sánchez Mats Wilander 6 8 6 3 0 6 2 6     2 Javier Sánchez Stefan Edberg 4 6 2 6 4 6       3 Sergio Casal / Emilio Sánchez Anders Järryd / Mats Wilander 6 0 6 3 2 6 6 4     4 Emilio Sánchez Stefan Edberg 4 6 6 8 4 6       5 Javier Sánchez Jan Gunnarsson 6 3 3 6 6 3

Australia vs. India[edit]

Australia 2	White City Stadium, Sydney, Australia[16] 2–4 October 1987 Grass		India 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 John Fitzgerald Ramesh Krishnan 1 6 2 6 6 3 6 8     2 Wally Masur Vijay Amritraj 6 1 3 6 10 12 4 6     3 Pat Cash / Peter Doohan Anand Amritraj / Srinivasan Vasudevan 6 3 6 4 6 4       4 John Fitzgerald Vijay Amritraj 7 5 6 3 6 3       5 Wally Masur Ramesh Krishnan 6 8 4 6 4 6

Final[edit]

Sweden vs. India[edit]

Sweden 5	Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden[2] 18–20 December 1987 Clay (indoors)		India 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mats Wilander Ramesh Krishnan 6 4 6 1 6 3       2 Anders Järryd Vijay Amritraj 6 3 6 3 6 1       3 Joakim Nyström / Mats Wilander Anand Amritraj / Vijay Amritraj 6 2 3 6 6 1 6 2     4 Anders Järryd Ramesh Krishnan 6 4 6 3         5 Mats Wilander Vijay Amritraj 6 2 6 0

Relegation play-offs[edit]

The first-round losers played in the Relegation Play-offs. The winners of the play-offs advanced to the 1988 Davis Cup World Group, and the losers were relegated to their respective Zonal Regions.

Results summary[edit]

Date: 24–26 July

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Door	Surface	Ref.
South Korea	2–3	Italy	Seoul	Outdoor	Hard	[17]
United States	2–3	West Germany	Hartford, CT	Indoor	Carpet	[18]
Czechoslovakia	5–0	Argentina	Prague	Outdoor	Clay	[19]
Yugoslavia	3–0	Great Britain	Zagreb	Outdoor	Clay	[20]

•  Czechoslovakia,  Italy,  West Germany and  Yugoslavia remain in the World Group in 1988.
•  Argentina,  Great Britain,  South Korea and  United States are relegated to Zonal competition in 1988.

South Korea vs. Italy[edit]

South Korea 2	Seoul, South Korea[17] 24–26 July 1987 Hard		Italy 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Song Dong-wook Paolo Canè 10 8 3 6 6 4 6 4     2 Yoo Jin-sun Claudio Panatta 6 2 4 6 4 6 9 7 10 12   3 Song Dong-wook / Yoo Jin-sun Paolo Canè / Simone Colombo 2 6 4 6 4 6       4 Song Dong-wook Claudio Panatta 6 1 6 8 3 6 6 2 6 2   5 Kim Bong-soo Paolo Canè 3 6 1 6 6 8

United States vs. West Germany[edit]

United States 2	Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT, United States[18] 24–26 July 1987 Carpet (indoors)		West Germany 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Tim Mayotte Eric Jelen 8 6 2 6 6 1 3 6 2 6   2 John McEnroe Boris Becker 6 4 13 15 10 8 2 6 2 6   3 Ken Flach / Robert Seguso Eric Jelen / Ricki Osterthun 6 3 8 6 14 12       4 John McEnroe Eric Jelen 7 5 6 2 6 1       5 Tim Mayotte Boris Becker 2 6 3 6 7 5 6 4 2 6

Czechoslovakia vs. Argentina[edit]

Czechoslovakia 5	Prague, Czechoslovakia[19] 24–26 July 1987 Clay		Argentina 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Karel Nováček Martín Jaite 6 3 2 6 6 3 6 1     2 Miloslav Mečíř Horacio de la Peña 8 6 4 6 6 3 6 4     3 Miloslav Mečíř / Tomáš Šmíd Javier Frana / Christian Miniussi 6 1 4 6 6 3 6 2     4 Karel Nováček Horacio de la Peña 6 4 7 5         5 Miloslav Mečíř Martín Jaite 9 7 6 2

Yugoslavia vs. Great Britain[edit]

Yugoslavia 3	Tenis klub Medveščak, Zagreb, Yugoslavia[20] 24–26 July 1987 Clay		Great Britain 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Bruno Orešar Jeremy Bates 6 1 6 0 1 6 6 3     2 Slobodan Živojinović Steve Shaw 6 3 6 4 6 4       3 Bruno Orešar / Slobodan Živojinović Jeremy Bates / Andrew Castle 10 8 11 9 12 10       4 Slobodan Živojinović Jeremy Bates 4 6 6 3 4 0     not completed 5 Bruno Orešar Steve Shaw           not played

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Davis Cup official website