1991 Davis Cup

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1991 Davis Cup
Details
Duration1 February – 1 December 1991
Edition80th
Teams87
Champion
Winning Nation France
← 1990
1992 →

The 1991 Davis Cup (also known as the 1991 Davis Cup by NEC for sponsorship purposes) was the 80th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 88 teams would enter the competition, 16 in the World Group, 20 in the Americas Zone, 20 in the Asia/Oceania Zone, and 32 in the Europe/Africa Zone. Congo, the Eastern Caribbean, El Salvador and Saudi Arabia made their first appearances in the tournament.

This year's tournament saw the Germany Davis Cup team representing all parts of Germany for the first time since 1939, following the reunification of West and East Germany into a single German state in October 1990. The breakup of Yugoslavia during the tournament also resulted in impacts for the Yugoslavia Davis Cup team, after high-profile Croatian players Goran Ivanišević and Goran Prpić withdrew from the Yugoslav team following Croatia's declaration of independence in June 1991.[1]

France defeated the United States in the final, held at the Palais des Sports de Gerland in Lyon, France, on 29 November–1 December, to win their first title since 1932 and their 7th title overall.[2][3]

World Group[edit]

Main article: 1991 Davis Cup World Group
Participating teams

Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium

Canada
Czechoslovakia
France
Germany

Israel
Italy
Mexico
New Zealand

Spain
Sweden
United States
Yugoslavia

Draw[edit]

First round
1–3 February; 29–31 March		Quarterfinals
March–June		Semifinals
20–22 September		Final
29 November-1 December
Mexico City, Mexico (hard)
 United States3
Newport, RI, United States (grass)
 Mexico2
 United States4
Murcia, Spain (clay)
 Spain1
 Spain4
Kansas City, MO, United States (indoor clay)
 Canada1
 United States3
Christchurch, New Zealand (grass)
 Germany2
 Argentina4
Berlin, Germany (indoor carpet)
 New Zealand1
 Argentina0
Dortmund, Germany (indoor carpet)
 Germany5
 Germany3
Lyon, France (indoor carpet)
 Italy2
 United States1
Zagreb, Yugoslavia (indoor clay)
 France3
 Yugoslavia4
Prague, Czechoslovakia (indoor carpet)
 Sweden1
 Yugoslavia4
Prague, Czechoslovakia (indoor carpet)
 Czechoslovakia1
 Czechoslovakia4
Pau, France (indoor carpet)
 Austria1
 Yugoslavia0
Rennes, France (indoor clay)
 France5
 Israel0
Nîmes, France (clay)
 France5
 France3
Perth, Australia (grass)
 Australia2
 Belgium0
 Australia5

Final[edit]

France vs. United States


France
3 		Palais des Sports de Gerland, Lyon, France[3]
29 November–1 December 1991
Carpet (indoors)
United States
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 France
United States 		Guy Forget
Andre Agassi 		79
67 		2
6 		1
6 		2
6 		   
2 France
United States 		Henri Leconte
Pete Sampras 		6
4 		7
5 		6
4 		     
3 France
United States 		Guy Forget / Henri Leconte
Ken Flach / Robert Seguso 		6
1 		6
4 		4
6 		6
2 		   
4 France
United States 		Guy Forget
Pete Sampras 		78
66 		3
6 		6
3 		6
4 		   
5 France
United States 		Henri Leconte
Andre Agassi 		          not
played

World Group qualifying round[edit]

Main article: 1991 Davis Cup World Group qualifying round

Date: 20–22 September

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 1992 World Group.

Home team Score Visiting team Location Venue Door Surface
 Great Britain 3–1  Austria Manchester Northern Lawn Tennis Club Outdoor Grass
 Belgium 4–1  Israel Brussels Royal Primerose Tennis Club Outdoor Clay
 Brazil 4–1  India São Paulo Esporte Clube Pinheiros Outdoor Clay
 Cuba 2–3  Canada Havana Complejo de Canchas Outdoor Hard
 Italy 4–1  Denmark Bari Bari Tennis Club Outdoor Clay
 Mexico 0–5  Netherlands Mexico City Club Alemán de México Outdoor Clay
  Switzerland 5–0  New Zealand Baden Bareeg Tennis Club Indoor Carpet
 Philippines 0–5  Sweden Manila Ninoy Aquino Stadium Indoor Carpet

Americas Zone[edit]

Main article: 1991 Davis Cup Americas Zone

Group I[edit]

First RoundSecond Round
 Cuba
Havana, Cuba (hard)
bye
 Cuba5
 Paraguay0
bye
 Paraguay
São Paulo, Brazil (hard)
 Brazil3
Brasília, Brazil (indoor carpet)
 Peru1
 Brazil4
 Uruguay1
bye
 Uruguay
  •  Cuba and  Brazil advance to World Group qualifying round.
  •  Peru relegated to Group II in 1992.

Group II[edit]

Asia/Oceania Zone[edit]

Main article: 1991 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I[edit]

Preliminary Round
Bangkok, Thailand (hard)
 India5
 Thailand0
First RoundSecond Round
 South Korea
New Delhi, India (grass)
bye
 South Korea2
Jaipur, India (grass)
 India3
 Indonesia1
 India4
Kagoshima, Japan (indoor carpet)
 Philippines4
Manila, Philippines (indoor hard)
 Japan1
 Philippines4
 China1
bye
 China

Group II[edit]

Europe/Africa Zone[edit]

Main article: 1991 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Group I[edit]

This section is transcluded from 1991 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I. (edit | history)
First RoundSecond Round
 Netherlands
Lisbon, Portugal (clay)
bye
 Netherlands4
Porto, Portugal (indoor clay)
 Portugal1
 Portugal5
 Ireland0
Poznań, Poland (indoor carpet)
 Poland5
Warsaw, Poland (clay)
 Romania0
 Poland1
 Great Britain4
bye
 Great Britain
 Finland
Helsinki, Finland (hard)
bye
 Finland2
Rungsted, Denmark (indoor carpet)
 Denmark3
 Morocco0
 Denmark5
Budapest, Hungary (indoor carpet)
 Soviet Union4
Davos, Switzerland (indoor carpet)
 Hungary1
 Soviet Union2
  Switzerland3
bye
  Switzerland
Relegation Play-off
3–5 May
Bucharest, Romania (clay)
 Ireland0
 Romania5
Budapest, Hungary (clay)
 Morocco0
 Hungary5

Group II Europe[edit]

First RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Oslo, Norway (indoor carpet)
 Norway5
Oslo, Norway (clay)
 Bulgaria0
 Norway4
Nicosia, Cyprus (clay)
 Greece1
 Greece5
Oslo, Norway (clay)
 Cyprus0
 Norway4
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg (indoor hard)
 Luxembourg1
 Luxembourg5
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg (indoor hard)
 Monaco0
 Luxembourg5
Marsa, Malta (hard)
 Turkey0
 Malta2
 Turkey3

Group II Africa[edit]

First round
1–3 February; 3–10 May		Second RoundThird RoundFourth Round
 Nigeria
Ndola, Zambia (clay)
bye
 Nigeria3
Ndola, Zambia (clay)
 Zambia2
 Zambia3
Nairobi, Kenya (clay)
 Cameroon2
 Nigeria2
 Kenya3
 Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)
bye
 Zimbabwe1
Nairobi, Kenya (clay)
 Kenya4
 Kenya5
Nairobi, Kenya (clay)
 Congo0
 Kenya4
Algiers, Algeria (clay)
 Ivory Coast1
 Algeria2
Abidjan, Ivory Coast (indoor carpet)
 Ivory Coast3
 Ivory Coast5
 Togo0
bye
Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard)
 Togo
 Ivory Coast4
Cairo, Egypt (clay)
 Egypt1
 Senegal2
Cairo, Egypt (clay)
 Egypt3
 Egypt5
 Ghana0
bye
 Ghana

References[edit]

General
  • "World Group 1991". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
Specific
  1. ^ Bailey, Sandra (18 October 1991). "For Split's Bedraggled Basketball Team, Risky Road Trip Ends in Victory: Arrival". Paris: International Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on 27 November 2006. Retrieved 1 January 2020. At the U.S. Open tennis tournament last month in New York, the Yugoslav star Goran Ivanisevic declared, "My racket is my gun." He followed other top-ranked Croats in leaving Yugoslavia's Davis Cup team, which was subsequently routed by France in the semifinals.
  2. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–496, 499. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  3. ^ a b "France v United States". daviscup.com.

External links[edit]

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