The 1999 Davis Cup (also known as the 1999 Davis Cup by NEC for sponsorship purposes) was the 88th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 129 teams entered the competition, 16 in the World Group, 30 in the Americas Zone, 32 in the Asia/Oceania Zone, and 51 in the Europe/Africa Zone. Fiji made its first appearances in the tournament.

1999 Davis Cup
Details
Duration2 April – 5 December 1999
Edition88th
Teams128
Champion
Winning nation Australia
1998
2000

Australia defeated France in the final, held at the Acropolis Exhibition Hall in Nice, France, on 3–5 December, to win their 27th title and their first since 1986.[1][2] Mark Philippoussis, Lleyton Hewitt and doubles pairing Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde made up the winning Australian team in the final; Pat Rafter, who was involved in the Aussies' run to the final was forced to pull out due to injury.[3]

World Group

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Participating teams
 
Australia
 
Belgium
 
Brazil
 
Czech Republic
 
France
 
Germany
 
Great Britain
 
Italy
 
Netherlands
 
Russia
 
Slovakia
 
Spain
 
Sweden
 
Switzerland
 
United States
 
Zimbabwe

Draw

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First round
2–4 April
Quarterfinals
16–18 July
Semifinals
24–26 September
Final
3–5 December
Trollhättan, Sweden (indoor carpet)
  Sweden2
Moscow, Russia (indoor clay)
  Slovakia3
  Slovakia2
Frankfurt, Germany (indoor carpet)
  Russia3
  Germany2
Brisbane, Australia (grass)
  Russia3
  Russia1
Birmingham, England (indoor hard)
  Australia4
  United States3
Chestnut Hill, MA, United States (hard)
  Great Britain2
  United States1
Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)
  Australia4
  Australia4
Nice, France (indoor clay)
  Zimbabwe1
  Australia3
Nîmes, France (indoor clay)
  France2
  Netherlands1
Pau, France (indoor carpet)
  France4
  France3
Lleida, Spain (clay)
  Brazil2
  Brazil3
Pau, France (indoor carpet)
  Spain2
  France4
Ghent, Belgium (indoor clay)
  Belgium1
  Belgium3
Brussels, Belgium (clay)
  Czech Republic2
  Belgium3
Neuchâtel, Switzerland (indoor carpet)
   Switzerland2
   Switzerland3
  Italy2

Final

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France vs. Australia

 
France
2
Acropolis Exhibition Hall, Nice, France[2]
3–5 December 1999
Clay (indoors)
 
Australia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Sébastien Grosjean
Mark Philippoussis
4
6
2
6
4
6
     
2  
 
Cédric Pioline
Lleyton Hewitt
79
67
78
66
7
5
     
3  
 
Olivier Delaître / Fabrice Santoro
Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde
6
2
5
7
2
6
2
6
   
4  
 
Cédric Pioline
Mark Philippoussis
3
6
7
5
1
6
2
6
   
5  
 
Sébastien Grosjean
Lleyton Hewitt
6
4
6
3
       

World Group qualifying round

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Date: 24–26 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 2000 World Group.

Home team Score Visiting team Location Venue Door Surface
  Austria 3-2   Sweden Pörtschach Werzer Arena Outdoor Clay
  Zimbabwe 4-1   Chile Harare Harare Municipal Centre Indoor Hard
  Uzbekistan 0-5   Czech Republic Tashkent Yunusabad Tennis Centre Indoor Hard
  Ecuador 2-3   Netherlands Guayaquil Club Nacional de Guayaquil Outdoor Clay
  New Zealand 0-5   Spain Hamilton Mystery Creek Events Centre Indoor Hard
  Italy 3-2   Finland Sassari Torres Tennis Sassari Outdoor Clay
  Great Britain 4-1   South Africa Birmingham National Indoor Arena Indoor Hard
  Romania 1-4   Germany Bucharest Arena Club Outdoor Clay

Americas Zone

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Group I

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Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
  Argentina
Caracas, Venezuela (hard)byeSalinas, Ecuador (hard)
  Argentina4  Argentina1
  Venezuela1Salinas, Ecuador (hard)  Ecuador4
  Venezuela2
Caracas, Venezuela (hard)  Ecuador3
  Venezuela1
  Bahamas3Cali, Colombia (clay)
  Colombia3
Nassau, Bahamas (hard)  Canada2Bogotá, Colombia (clay)
  Canada4  Colombia0
  Bahamas1Nassau, Bahamas (hard)  Chile5
  Bahamas0
  Chile5
  •   Venezuela relegated to Group II in 2000.
  •   Ecuador and   Chile advance to World Group qualifying round.

Group II

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Relegation Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
San Luis Potosí City, Mexico (hard)
  Mexico3
Port-au-Prince, Haiti (clay)  Paraguay2Havana, Cuba (hard)
  Paraguay5  Mexico3
  Haiti0Havana, Cuba (indoor hard)  Cuba2
  Cuba4
  Haiti1Lima, Peru (clay)
  Mexico2
Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep. (hard)  Peru3
  Peru4
San José, Costa Rica (hard)  Dominican Republic1Lima, Peru (clay)
  Dominican Republic2  Peru4
  Costa Rica3San Rafael de Escazú, Costa Rica  Uruguay1
  Costa Rica1
  Uruguay4

Group III

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Rank Team
1   El Salvador
2   Guatemala
3   Panama
4   Bolivia
5   Netherlands Antilles
6   Jamaica
7   Antigua and Barbuda
8   Honduras

Group IV

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    PUR   TRI   ISV   LCA   BER   BAR   ECA RR
W–L
Match
W–L
Set
W–L
Standings
  Puerto Rico 3–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 6–0 16–2 (89%) 32–7 (82%) 1
  Trinidad and Tobago 0–3 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 5–1 12–6 (67%) 25–17 (60%) 2
  U.S. Virgin Islands 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 4–2 11–7 (61%) 26–16 (62%) 3
  Saint Lucia 0–3 0–3 1–2 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–3 9–9 (50%) 21–20 (51%) 4
  Bermuda 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–3 3–0 2–1 2–4 8–10 (44%) 20–23 (47%) 5
  Barbados 0–3 1–2 0–3 1–2 0–3 3–0 1–5 5–13 (28%) 12–28 (30%) 6
  Eastern Caribbean 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3 1–2 0–3 0–6 2–16 (11%) 9–34 (21%) 7

Asia/Oceania Zone

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Group I

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Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
Seogwipo, South Korea (hard)
  India2
Calcutta, India (grass)  South Korea3Christchurch, New Zealand (indoor hard)
  India5  South Korea2
  China0Shenzhen, China (hard)  New Zealand3
  New Zealand3
Shenzhen, China (hard)  China2
  China3
  Pakistan0Tashkent, Uzbekistan (indoor hard)
  Pakistan1
Beirut, Lebanon (indoor hard)  Uzbekistan4Fukushima, Japan (indoor carpet)
  Pakistan1  Uzbekistan3
  Lebanon4Zouk Mikael, Lebanon (indoor hard)  Japan2
  Lebanon1
  Japan4

Group II

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Relegation Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Doha, Qatar (hard)
  Indonesia5
Kaohsiung, Taiwan (clay)  Qatar0Jakarta, Indonesia (indoor hard)
  Qatar0  Indonesia
  Chinese Taipei5Manila, Philippines (hard)  Philippines
  Chinese Taipei2
  Philippines3Nonthaburi, Thailand (hard)
  Philippines1
Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay)  Thailand4
  Iran3
Almaty, Kazakhstan (indoor hard)  Sri Lanka2Tehran, Iran (clay)
  Sri Lanka1  Iran0
  Kazakhstan4Nonthaburi, Thailand (hard)  Thailand5
  Kazakhstan0
  Thailand5

Group III

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Rank Team
1   Malaysia
2   Hong Kong
3   Tajikistan
4   Pacific Oceania
5   Bangladesh
6   Syria
7   Saudi Arabia
8   Bahrain

Group IV

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Rank Team
1   Kuwait
2   Singapore
3   Oman
4   United Arab Emirates
5   Fiji
6   Jordan
7   Iraq
8   Brunei

Europe/Africa Zone

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Group I

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Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
  Romania
Bucharest, Romania (clay)
bye
bye  Romania3
  Croatia  Croatia2
bye
Zagreb, Croatia (indoor carpet)
  Croatia
  Croatia1
  Portugal4
  Austria
Wels, Austria (indoor clay)
bye
bye  Austria4
  Portugal  Portugal1
bye
  Portugal
  Israel
Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)
bye
  Israel  Israel2
bye  Finland3
bye
Kyiv, Ukraine (clay)
  Finland
  Israel2
Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet)
  Ukraine3
  Ukraine2
Cape Town, South Africa (hard)
  Belarus3
  Ukraine  Belarus1
bye  South Africa4
bye
  South Africa

Group II

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Relegation Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Aalborg, Denmark (indoor carpet)
  Denmark5
Ljubljana, Slovenia (clay)Skagen, Denmark (hard)
  Senegal0
  Senegal0  Denmark3
Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet)
  Slovenia5  Ireland2
  Slovenia2
Budapest, Hungary (clay)
  Ireland3
  Denmark1
Budapest, Hungary (clay)
  Hungary3
  Hungary5
Lomé, Togo (hard)Budapest, Hungary (clay)
  Greece0
  Greece4  Hungary4
Plovdiv, Bulgaria (clay)
  Togo1  Bulgaria1
  Togo0
  Bulgaria5
Jūrmala, Latvia (indoor carpet)
  Latvia2
Jūrmala, Latvia (clay)Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard)
  Poland3
  Latvia4  Poland3
Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard)
  Macedonia1  Ivory Coast1
  Macedonia0
Casablanca, Morocco (clay)
  Ivory Coast5
  Poland0
Casablanca, Morocco (clay)
  Morocco5
  Yugoslavia1
Istanbul, Turkey (hard)Oslo, Norway (clay)
  Morocco4
  Yugoslavia2  Morocco4
Oslo, Norway (indoor carpet)
  Turkey3  Norway1
  Turkey0
  Norway5

Group III

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Zone A

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Rank Team
1   Egypt
2   Luxembourg
3   Bosnia and Herzegovina
4   Tunisia
5   Nigeria
6   Benin
7   Algeria
8   Ghana

Zone B

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Rank Team
1   Estonia
2   Lithuania
3   Moldova
4   Armenia
5   Monaco
6   Georgia
7   Kenya
8   Zambia

Group IV

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Zone A

    ISL   MLT   CYP   ETH   SUD RR
W–L
Match
W–L
Set
W–L
Standings
  Iceland 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 4–0 10–2 (83%) 22–3 (88%) 1
  Malta 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 9–3 (75%) 17–9 (65%) 2
  Cyprus 1–2 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–2 8–4 (67%) 17–9 (65%) 3
  Ethiopia 0–3 0–3 0–3 3–0 1–3 3–9 (25%) 7–19 (27%) 4
  Sudan 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–4 0–12 (0%) 1–24 (4%) 5

Zone B

    MAD   BOT   AZE   SMR   UGA RR
W–L
Match
W–L
Set
W–L
Standings
  Madagascar 2–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–1 8–4 (67%) 17–9 (65%) 1
  Botswana 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–1 8–4 (67%) 18–12 (60%) 2
  Azerbaijan 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–1 7–5 (58%) 15–12 (56%) 3
  San Marino 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–3 5–7 (42%) 14–17 (45%) 4
  Uganda 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–4 2–10 (17%) 7–21 (25%) 5

References

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General
  • "World Group 1999". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
Specific
  1. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–496, 505. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ a b "France v Australia". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Rafter admits Davis Cup glory will be difficult". The Hindu. Associated Press. 28 October 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
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