1984 Davis Cup
Details
Duration24 February – 18 December 1984
Edition73rd
Teams61
Champion
Winning Nation Sweden
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The 1984 Davis Cup (also known as the 1984 Davis Cup by NEC for sponsorship purposes) was the 73rd edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 62 teams would enter the competition, 16 in the World Group, 25 in the Europe Zone, 12 in the Eastern Zone, and 9 in the Americas Zone. Singapore and Senegal made their first appearances in the tournament.

Sweden defeated the United States in the final, held at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden, on 16–18 December, to win their 2nd Davis Cup title.[1][2]

World Group

Main article: 1984 Davis Cup World Group
Participating teams

Argentina
Australia
Czechoslovakia
Denmark

Ecuador
France
Great Britain
India

Italy
New Zealand
Paraguay
Romania

Sweden
United States
West Germany
Yugoslavia

Draw

First round
24–26 February		Quarterfinals
13–15 July		Semifinals
28–30 September		Final
16–18 December
Perth, Australia (grass)
 Australia5
Brisbane, Australia (grass)
 Yugoslavia0
 Australia5
Telford, United Kingdom (indoor carpet)
 Italy0
 Italy3
Portland, OR, United States (indoor carpet)
 Great Britain2
 Australia1
Stuttgart, West Germany (indoor carpet)
 United States4
 Argentina4
Atlanta, GA, United States (indoor carpet)
 West Germany1
 Argentina0
Bucharest, Romania (indoor carpet)
 United States5
 United States5
Gothenburg, Sweden (indoor clay)
 Romania0
 United States1
Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia (indoor carpet)
 Sweden4
 Denmark0
Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia (indoor carpet)
 Czechoslovakia5
 Czechoslovakia3
New Delhi, India (grass)
 France2
 India1
Båstad, Sweden (clay)
 France4
 Czechoslovakia0
Christchurch, New Zealand (grass)
 Sweden5
 Paraguay3
Båstad, Sweden (clay)
 New Zealand2
 Paraguay1
Norrköping, Sweden (indoor carpet)
 Sweden4
 Ecuador1
 Sweden4

Final

Sweden vs. United States


Sweden
4 		Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden[2]
16–18 December 1984
Clay (indoors)
United States
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Sweden
United States 		Mats Wilander
Jimmy Connors 		6
1 		6
3 		6
3 		     
2 Sweden
United States 		Henrik Sundström
John McEnroe 		13
11 		6
4 		6
3 		     
3 Sweden
United States 		Stefan Edberg / Anders Järryd
Peter Fleming / John McEnroe 		7
5 		5
7 		6
2 		7
5 		   
4 Sweden
United States 		Mats Wilander
John McEnroe 		3
6 		7
5 		3
6 		     
5 Sweden
United States 		Henrik Sundström
Jimmy Arias 		3
6 		8
6 		6
3 		     

Relegation play-offs

Further information: 1984 Davis Cup World Group § Relegation play-offs

Date: 28–30 September

Home team Score Visiting team Location Surface
 Great Britain 1–4  Yugoslavia Eastbourne Grass
 West Germany 5–0  Romania West Berlin Clay
 Denmark 2–3  India Aarhus Clay
 Ecuador 4–1  New Zealand Guayaquil Clay

Americas Zone

Main article: 1984 Davis Cup Americas Zone
First round
13–15 January		Quarterfinals
13–15 January; 2–4 March		Semifinals
4–6 May		Final
28–30 September
 Chile
Santiago, Chile (clay)
bye
 Chile5
 Colombia0
bye
Santiago, Chile (clay)
 Colombia
 Chile5
 Mexico0
 Canada
Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
bye
 Canada0
Caracas, Venezuela (hard)
 Mexico5
 Venezuela0
Santiago, Chile (clay)
 Mexico5
 Chile4
 Brazil1
 Caribbean/West Indies
Bridgetown, Barbados (clay)
bye
 Caribbean/West Indies1
 Uruguay4
bye
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (clay)
 Uruguay
 Uruguay2
 Brazil3
 Peru
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (clay)
bye
 Peru0
 Brazil5
bye
 Brazil

Eastern Zone

Main article: 1984 Davis Cup Eastern Zone
First round
13–15 January		Quarterfinals
2–4 March		Semifinals
4–6 May		Final
28–30 September
 Indonesia
Rawalpindi, Pakistan (clay)
bye
 Indonesia1
Karachi, Pakistan (indoor hard)
 Pakistan4
 Pakistan4
Rawalpindi, Pakistan (clay)
 Malaysia1
 Pakistan4
 Thailand1
 Thailand
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard)
bye
 Thailand5
Taipei, Taiwan (indoor hard)
 Hong Kong0
 Hong Kong3
Rawalpindi, Pakistan (clay)
 Chinese Taipei2
 Pakistan1
Guangzhou, China (indoor hard)
 Japan4
 Sri Lanka1
Kunming, China (indoor clay)
 China4
 China3
 South Korea1
bye
Kunming, China (indoor clay)
 South Korea
 China2
Singapore (hard)
 Japan3
 Philippines5
Fukuoka, Japan (indoor hard)
 Singapore0
 Philippines0
 Japan5
bye
 Japan

Europe Zone

Main article: 1984 Davis Cup Europe Zone

Zone A

First round
4–6 May		Quarterfinals
15–17 June		Semifinals
13–21 July		Final
28–30 September
 Soviet Union
Jūrmala, Soviet Union (clay)
bye
 Soviet Union5
Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay)
 Monaco0
 Zimbabwe1
Jūrmala, Soviet Union (clay)
 Monaco4
 Soviet Union3
 Austria2
 Austriaw/o
Vienna, Austria (clay)
 Lebanon
 Austria5
Oslo, Norway (clay)
 Norway0
 Norway4
Donetsk, Soviet Union (clay)
 Portugal1
 Soviet Union3
Warsaw, Poland (clay)
 Israel2
 Greece1
Jerusalem, Israel (hard)
 Poland4
 Poland0
 Israel5
bye
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
 Israel
 Israel4
Dakar, Senegal (hard)
  Switzerland1
 Senegal3
Disentis, Switzerland (clay)
 Tunisia2
 Senegal0
  Switzerland5
bye
  Switzerland

Zone B

First round
4–6 May		Quarterfinals
15–17 June		Semifinals
13–15 July		Final
28–30 September
 Hungary
Budapest, Hungary (clay)
bye
 Hungary4
Cairo, Egypt (clay)
 Egypt1
 Egypt5
Brussels, Belgium (clay)
 Luxembourg0
 Hungary3
 Belgium2
 Bulgaria
Plovdiv, Bulgaria (clay)
bye
 Bulgaria2
Istanbul, Turkey (clay)
 Belgium3
 Belgium5
Budapest, Hungary (clay)
 Turkey0
 Hungary1
Pamplona, Spain (indoor clay)
 Spain4
 Spain5
Amsterdam, Netherlands (indoor carpet)
 Algeria0
 Spain3
 Netherlands2
bye
Vigo, Spain (clay)
 Netherlands
 Spain4
Casablanca, Morocco (clay)
 Ireland1
 Finland5
Helsinki, Finland (clay)
 Morocco0
 Finland2
 Ireland3
bye
 Ireland

References

General
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. ^ a b "Sweden v United States". daviscup.com.

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