1992 Davis Cup

The 1992 Davis Cup (also known as the 1992 Davis Cup by NEC for sponsorship purposes) was the 81st edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 93 teams would enter the competition, 16 in the World Group, 21 in the Americas Zone, 23 in the Asia/Oceania Zone, and 33 in the Europe/Africa Zone. Due to the increased number of entries, the tournament was expanded to add a Group III in all zones, with promotion and relegation between it and Group II. Puerto Rico and Qatar made their first appearances in the tournament, and former champions South Africa returned to the tournament for the first time since 1978.

1992 Davis Cup
Details
Duration31 January – 6 December 1992
Edition81st
Teams92
Champion
Winning Nation United States
← 1991
1993 →

The United States defeated Switzerland in the final, held at the Tarrant County Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, on 4–6 December, to win their 30th title overall.[1][2]

World Group
Main article: 1992 Davis Cup World Group
Participating teams

Argentina
Australia
Belgium
Brazil

Canada
Czechoslovakia
France
Germany

Great Britain
Italy
Netherlands
Spain

Sweden
Switzerland
United States
Yugoslavia

Draw
First round
31 January–2 February		Quarterfinals
27–29 March		Semifinals
25–27 September		Final
4–6 December
Bayonne, France (indoor carpet)
 France5
Nîmes, France (indoor clay)
 Great Britain0
 France2
The Hague, Netherlands (indoor carpet)
  Switzerland3
 Netherlands1
Geneva, Switzerland (indoor carpet)
  Switzerland4
  Switzerland5
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (clay)
 Brazil0
 Germany1
Maceió, Brazil (clay)
 Brazil3
 Brazil3
Bolzano, Italy (indoor carpet)
 Italy1
 Spain1
Fort Worth, TX, United States (indoor hard)
 Italy4
  Switzerland1
Nicosia, Cyprus (indoor carpet)
 United States3
 Yugoslavia0
Lund, Sweden (indoor carpet)
 Australia5
 Australia0
Vancouver, Canada (indoor carpet)
 Sweden5
 Canada2
Minneapolis, MN, United States (indoor clay)
 Sweden3
 Sweden1
Prague, Czechoslovakia (indoor carpet)
 United States4
 Belgium0
Fort Myers, FL, United States (hard)
 Czechoslovakia5
 Czechoslovakia2
Waimea, HI, United States (hard)
 United States3
 Argentina0
 United States5

Final

United States
3		 Tarrant County Convention Center, Fort Worth, TX, United States[2]
4–6 December 1992
Hard (indoors)
Switzerland
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 United States
Switzerland		 Andre Agassi
Jakob Hlasek		 6
1		 6
2		 6
2		      
2 United States
Switzerland		 Jim Courier
Marc Rosset		 3
6 		711
69		 6
3		 4
6 		4
6 		 
3 United States
Switzerland		 John McEnroe / Pete Sampras
Jakob Hlasek / Marc Rosset		 65
77		 67
79		 7
5		 6
1		 6
2		  
4 United States
Switzerland		 Jim Courier
Jakob Hlasek		 6
3		 3
6 		6
3		 6
4		    
5 United States
Switzerland		 Andre Agassi
Marc Rosset		           not
played

World Group qualifying round
Main article: 1992 Davis Cup World Group qualifying round

Date: 25–27 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 1993 World Group.

Home teamScoreVisiting teamLocationVenueDoorSurface
 Denmark3-2 ArgentinaAarhusAarhus IdrætsparkIndoorCarpet
 Canada1-3 AustriaVancouverHollyburn Country ClubOutdoorGrass
 Germany5-0 BelgiumEssenGrugahalleIndoorCarpet
 Cubaw/o FR Yugoslavia[lower-alpha 1]————
 Spain3-0 IsraelAvilésReal Club de Tenis AvilésOutdoorClay
 India4-1 Great BritainNew DelhiDelhi Lawn Tennis Association ComplexOutdoorGrass
 CIS[lower-alpha 2]5-0 South KoreaMoscowOlympic StadiumIndoorCarpet
 Netherlands4-1 UruguayThe HagueStadion HoutrustIndoorCarpet

Americas Zone
Main article: 1992 Davis Cup Americas Zone

Group I
First Round
31 January–2 February		Second Round
27–29 March
Santiago, Chile (clay)
Asunción, Paraguay (clay) Chile1
 Paraguay1 Cuba4
 Cuba4
Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)
 Uruguay3
 Mexico2

Group II

Group III

Group A

 PUR  ESA  JAM  BOL
1  Puerto Rico (3–0) 3–0 2–1 3–0
2  El Salvador (2–1) 0–3 3–0 3–0
3  Jamaica (1–2) 1–2 0–3 3–0
4  Bolivia (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3

Group B

 HAI  CRC  GUA  TRI
1  Haiti (3–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0
2  Costa Rica (2–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0
3  Guatemala (1–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1
4  Trinidad and Tobago (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2

Asia/Oceania Zone
Main article: 1992 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I
Relegation Play-off
27–29 March		Preliminary Round
31 January–2 February
Seoul, South Korea (indoor carpet)
 South Korea5
Tokyo, Japan (hard)
 China0
 China2
Manila, Philippines (hard)
 Japan3
 Japan2
 Philippines3

Group II
Relegation Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Bangkok, Thailand (hard)
 Thailand5
Amman, Jordan (hard) Singapore0Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (hard)
 Singapore1 Thailand3
 Jordan4Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (indoor hard) Malaysia2
 Malaysia4
 Jordan1Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard)
 Thailand2
Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay) Hong Kong3
 Sri Lanka4
Dhaka, Bangladesh (hard) Bangladesh1Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay)
 Bangladesh1 Sri Lanka0
 Pakistan4Lahore, Pakistan (indoor hard) Hong Kong5
 Pakistan2
 Hong Kong3

Group III
  • Venue: Isa Town Tennis Courts, Manama, Bahrain
  • Date: 20–26 April
 IRI  KUW  LBN  BHR  QAT  SYR  KSA
1  Iran (6–0) 3–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0
2  Kuwait (5–1) 0–3 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0
3  Lebanon (4–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0
4  Bahrain (3–3) 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1
5  Qatar (2–4) 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–1
6  Syria (1–5) 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 3–0
7  Saudi Arabia (0–6) 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–3

Europe/Africa Zone
Main article: 1992 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Group I
First RoundSecond Round
 CIS
Porto, Portugal (clay)
bye
 CIS3
 Portugal2
bye
 Portugal
Nairobi, Kenya (clay)
 Kenya3
Holbæk, Denmark (clay)
 Romania2
 Kenya0
 Denmark5
bye
 Denmark
 Israel
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
bye
 Israel5
Budapest, Hungary (indoor carpet)
 Hungary0
 Poland2
 Hungary3
Oslo, Norway (indoor carpet)
 Finland3
Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)
 Norway2
 Finland1
 Austria4
bye
 Austria
Relegation Play-off
Oslo, Norway (indoor carpet)
 Poland1
 Norway4

Group II

Group III
  • Venue: Tennis Club de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
  • Date: 29 April–3 May
 RSA  SEN  ALG  CMR  TUN  CGO
1  South Africa (5–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Senegal (4–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0
3  Algeria (3–2) 0–3 1–2 2–0 2–1 3–0
4  Cameroon (2–3) 0–3 0–3 0–2 2–1 2–1
5  Tunisia (1–4) 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2 3–0
6  Congo (0–5) 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3

Notes
  1. In response to the Yugoslav Wars and following the adoption of UN SCR 757 in May 1992, Yugoslavia was barred from competing in international sporting competition. This resulted in the Yugoslav team being disqualified from this and future Davis Cups and their Qualifying Round tie against Cuba was defaulted.[3]
  2. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in December 1991, a team representing the Commonwealth of Independent States took their place in the competition.
  3. Cameroon would withdraw from the 1993 tournament, therefore Tunisia were promoted in their place

References
General
  • "World Group 1992". 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, 499. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. "United States v Switzerland". daviscup.com.
  3. "Yugoslav Athletes Banned". The New York Times. Associated Press. 1 June 1992. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
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