2008 Davis Cup World Group
Date8 February – 23 November
Edition28th
Champions

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The World Group was the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 2008. The first-round losers went into the Davis Cup World Group play-offs, and the winners progress to the quarterfinals. The quarterfinalists were guaranteed a World Group spot for 2009.

Participating teams

Participating teams

Argentina
Austria
Belgium
Czech Republic

France
Great Britain
Germany
Israel

Peru
Romania
Russia
Serbia

South Korea
Spain
Sweden
United States

Draw

First round
8–10 February		Quarterfinals
11–13 April		Semifinals
19–21 September		Final
21–23 November
Moscow, Russia (indoor hard)[1]
1 Russia3
Moscow, Russia (indoor clay)[9]
 Serbia2
1 Russia3
Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor carpet)[2]
 Czech Republic2
8 Belgium2
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)[13]
 Czech Republic3
1 Russia2
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)[3]
3 Argentina3
3 Argentina4
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)[10]
 Great Britain1
3 Argentina4
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)[4]
6 Sweden1
6 Sweden3
Mar del Plata, Argentina (indoor hard)[15]
 Israel2
3 Argentina1
Braunschweig, Germany (indoor clay)[5]
5 Spain3
 South Korea2
Bremen, Germany (indoor hard)[11]
4 Germany3
4 Germany1
Lima, Peru (clay)[6]
5 Spain4
 Peru0
Madrid, Spain (clay)[14]
5 Spain5
5 Spain4
Sibiu, Romania (indoor hard)[7]
2 United States1
 Romania0
Winston-Salem, United States (indoor hard)[12]
7 France5
7 France1
Vienna, Austria (indoor clay)[8]
2 United States4
 Austria1
2 United States4

First round

Russia vs. Serbia


Russia
3 		Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow, Russia[1]
8-10 February 2008
Hard (i)
Serbia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Russia
Serbia 		Mikhail Youzhny
Nenad Zimonjić 		2
6 		6
3 		6
2 		6
4 		   
2 Russia
Serbia 		Nikolay Davydenko
Viktor Troicki 		6
1 		1
6 		6
3 		1
6 		6
2 		 
3 Russia
Serbia 		Mikhail Youzhny / Dmitry Tursunov
Novak Djokovic / Nenad Zimonjić 		3
6 		66
78 		65
77 		     
4 Russia
Serbia 		Nikolay Davydenko
Novak Djokovic 		4
6 		3
6 		6
4 		     
retired
5 Russia
Serbia 		Dmitry Tursunov
Viktor Troicki 		67
79 		6
4 		3
6 		     

Czech Republic vs. Belgium


Czech Republic
3 		ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava, Czech Republic[2]
8-10 February 2008
Carpet (i)
Belgium
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Czech Republic
Belgium 		Tomáš Berdych
Kristof Vliegen 		6
3 		6
1 		6
4 		     
2 Czech Republic
Belgium 		Radek Štěpánek
Steve Darcis 		6
4 		77
64 		77
65 		     
3 Czech Republic
Belgium 		Tomáš Berdych / Radek Štěpánek
Kristof Vliegen / Olivier Rochus 		62
77 		78
66 		7
5 		5
7 		6
4 		 
4 Czech Republic
Belgium 		Lukáš Dlouhý
Steve Darcis 		61
77 		4
6 		       
5 Czech Republic
Belgium 		Pavel Vízner
Ruben Bemelmans 		77
64 		5
7 		2
2 		    retired
 

Argentina vs. Great Britain


Argentina
4 		Estadio Parque Roca, Buenos Aires, Argentina[3]
8-10 February 2008
Clay
Great Britain
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Argentina
United Kingdom 		David Nalbandian
Jamie Baker 		6
1 		6
3 		6
3 		     
2 Argentina
United Kingdom 		Agustín Calleri
Alex Bogdanovic 		6
3 		6
1 		6
1 		     
3 Argentina
United Kingdom 		José Acasuso / David Nalbandian
Ross Hutchins / Jamie Murray 		6
2 		713
611 		6
0 		     
4 Argentina
United Kingdom 		José Acasuso
Alex Bogdanovic 		7
5 		7
5 		       
5 Argentina
United Kingdom 		Agustín Calleri
Jamie Baker 		64
77 		4
6 		       

Israel vs. Sweden


Israel
2 		Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel[4]
8-10 February 2008
Hard
Sweden
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Israel
Sweden 		Dudi Sela
Jonas Björkman 		710
68 		6
3 		6
1 		     
2 Israel
Sweden 		Harel Levy
Thomas Johansson 		1
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
3 Israel
Sweden 		Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram
Simon Aspelin / Robert Lindstedt 		6
3 		77
63 		7
5 		     
4 Israel
Sweden 		Dudi Sela
Thomas Johansson 		66
78 		1
6 		5
7 		     
5 Israel
Sweden 		Harel Levy
Jonas Björkman 		6
0 		4
6 		3
6 		66
78 		   

Germany vs. South Korea


Germany
3 		Volkswagen Halle, Braunschweig, Germany[5]
8-10 February 2008
Clay (i)
South Korea
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Germany
South Korea 		Philipp Kohlschreiber
An Jae-sung 		6
2 		6
2 		6
2 		     
2 Germany
South Korea 		Florian Mayer
Hyung-Taik Lee 		5
7 		3
6 		6
1 		79
67 		3
6 		 
3 Germany
South Korea 		Philipp Kohlschreiber / Philipp Petzschner
Woong-Sun Jun / An Jae-sung 		6
1 		6
3 		6
3 		     
4 Germany
South Korea 		Philipp Kohlschreiber
Hyung-Taik Lee 		6
0 		4
6 		6
1 		77
61 		   
5 Germany
South Korea 		Michael Berrer
Woong-Sun Jun 		1
6 		6
3 		4
6 		     

Peru vs. Spain


Peru
0 		Jockey Club de Peru, Lima, Peru[6]
8-10 February 2008
Clay
Spain
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Peru
Spain 		Matías Silva
Nicolás Almagro 		3
6 		5
7 		0
6 		     
2 Peru
Spain 		Iván Miranda
Tommy Robredo 		2
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
3 Peru
Spain 		Luis Horna / Iván Miranda
Feliciano López / Fernando Verdasco 		3
6 		4
6 		64
77 		     
4 Peru
Spain 		Mauricio Echazú
Tommy Robredo 		4
6 		1
6 		       
5 Peru
Spain 		Iván Miranda
Nicolás Almagro 		2
6 		3
6 		       

Romania vs. France


Romania
0 		Sala Transilvania, Sibiu, Romania[7]
8-10 February 2008
Hard (i)
France
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Romania
France 		Victor Hănescu
Richard Gasquet 		65
77 		4
6 		5
7 		     
2 Romania
France 		Andrei Pavel
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 		77
62 		4
6 		4
6 		4
6 		   
3 Romania
France 		Florin Mergea / Horia Tecău
Arnaud Clément / Michaël Llodra 		3
6 		4
6 		78
66 		6
3 		2
6 		 
4 Romania
France 		Andrei Pavel
Michaël Llodra 		65
77 		67
79 		       
5 Romania
France 		Horia Tecău
Arnaud Clément 		63
77 		6
2 		4
6 		     

Austria vs. United States


Austria
1 		Ferry-Dusika-Hallenstadion, Vienna, Austria[8]
8-10 February 2008
Clay (i)
United States
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Austria
United States 		Jürgen Melzer
Andy Roddick 		4
6 		6
4 		3
6 		77
64 		3
6 		 
2 Austria
United States 		Stefan Koubek
James Blake 		7
5 		5
7 		2
6 		2
6 		   
3 Austria
United States 		Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 		1
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
4 Austria
United States 		Stefan Koubek
Mike Bryan 		7
5 		1
0 		       
retired
5 Austria
United States 		Werner Eschauer
Bob Bryan 		0
6 		6
3 		63
77 		     

Quarterfinals

Russia vs. Czech Republic


Russia
3 		Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow, Russia[9]
11-13 April 2008
Clay (i)
Czech Republic
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Russia
Czech Republic 		Marat Safin
Tomáš Berdych 		65
77 		4
6 		6
3 		6
2 		6
4 		 
2 Russia
Czech Republic 		Igor Andreev
Radek Štěpánek 		3
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
3 Russia
Czech Republic 		Igor Andreev / Nikolay Davydenko
Radek Štěpánek / Pavel Vízner 		3
6 		6
3 		7
5 		6
4 		   
4 Russia
Czech Republic 		Nikolay Davydenko
Tomáš Berdych 		6
3 		2
6 		65
77 		6
3 		1
2 		 
retired
5 Russia
Czech Republic 		Marat Safin
Lukáš Dlouhý 		3
6 		3
6 		       

Argentina vs. Sweden


Argentina
4 		Estadio Parque Roca, Buenos Aires, Argentina[10]
11-13 April 2008
Clay
Sweden
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Argentina
Sweden 		David Nalbandian
Thomas Johansson 		6
2 		5
7 		6
4 		6
2 		   
2 Argentina
Sweden 		José Acasuso
Robin Söderling 		0
6 		4
6 		1
6 		     
3 Argentina
Sweden 		Guillermo Cañas / David Nalbandian
Jonas Björkman / Robert Lindstedt 		7
5 		6
4 		6
4 		     
4 Argentina
Sweden 		David Nalbandian
Robin Söderling 		6
4 		1
6 		4
6 		6
4 		9
7 		 
5 Argentina
Sweden 		Juan Mónaco
Thomas Johansson 		6
3 		6
3 		       

Germany vs. Spain


Germany
1 		AWD Dome, Bremen, Germany[11]
11-13 April 2008
Hard (i)
Spain
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Germany
Spain 		Nicolas Kiefer
Rafael Nadal 		65
77 		0
6 		3
6 		     
2 Germany
Spain 		Philipp Kohlschreiber
David Ferrer 		77
63 		3
6 		4
6 		2
6 		   
3 Germany
Spain 		Philipp Kohlschreiber / Philipp Petzschner
Feliciano López / Fernando Verdasco 		77
63 		61
77 		4
6 		6
2 		10
12 		 
4 Germany
Spain 		Michael Berrer
Fernando Verdasco 		6
2 		65
77 		4
6 		     
5 Germany
Spain 		Nicolas Kiefer
Feliciano López 		6
4 		77
62 		       

United States vs. France


United States
4 		Joel Coliseum, Winston-Salem, United States[12]
11-13 April 2008
Hard (i)
France
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 United States
France 		Andy Roddick
Michaël Llodra 		6
4 		77
63 		77
65 		     
2 United States
France 		James Blake
Paul-Henri Mathieu 		77
65 		63
77 		6
3 		3
6 		7
5 		 
3 United States
France 		Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan
Arnaud Clément / Michaël Llodra 		79
67 		5
7 		3
6 		4
6 		   
4 United States
France 		Andy Roddick
Paul-Henri Mathieu 		6
2 		6
3 		6
2 		     
5 United States
France 		James Blake
Richard Gasquet 		64
77 		6
4 		6
4 		     

Semifinals

Argentina vs. Russia


Argentina
3 		Estadio Parque Roca, Buenos Aires, Argentina[13]
19-21 September 2008
Clay
Russia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Argentina
Russia 		David Nalbandian
Igor Andreev 		77
65 		6
2 		6
4 		     
2 Argentina
Russia 		Juan Martín del Potro
Nikolay Davydenko 		6
1 		6
4 		6
2 		     
3 Argentina
Russia 		Guillermo Cañas / David Nalbandian
Igor Kunitsyn / Dmitry Tursunov 		2
6 		1
6 		711
69 		6
3 		6
8 		 
4 Argentina
Russia 		David Nalbandian
Nikolay Davydenko 		6
3 		3
6 		62
77 		0
6 		   
5 Argentina
Russia 		Juan Martín del Potro
Igor Andreev 		6
4 		6
2 		6
1 		     

Spain vs. United States


Spain
4 		Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas, Madrid, Spain[14]
19-21 September 2008
Clay
United States
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Spain
United States 		Rafael Nadal
Sam Querrey 		65
77 		6
4 		6
3 		6
4 		   
2 Spain
United States 		David Ferrer
Andy Roddick 		77
65 		2
6 		1
6 		6
4 		8
6 		 
3 Spain
United States 		Feliciano López / Fernando Verdasco
Mike Bryan / Mardy Fish 		6
4 		4
6 		3
6 		6
4 		4
6 		 
4 Spain
United States 		Rafael Nadal
Andy Roddick 		6
4 		6
0 		6
4 		     
5 Spain
United States 		Feliciano López
Sam Querrey 		77
63 		77
64 		       

Final

Argentina vs. Spain


Argentina
1 		Estadio Polideportivo, Mar del Plata, Argentina[15]
21-23 November 2008
Hard (i)
Spain
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Argentina
Spain 		David Nalbandian
David Ferrer 		6
3 		6
2 		6
3 		     
2 Argentina
Spain 		Juan Martín del Potro
Feliciano López 		6
4 		62
77 		64
77 		3
6 		   
3 Argentina
Spain 		Agustín Calleri / David Nalbandian
Feliciano López / Fernando Verdasco 		7
5 		5
7 		65
77 		3
6 		   
4 Argentina
Spain 		José Acasuso
Fernando Verdasco 		3
6 		77
63 		6
4 		3
6 		1
6 		 
5 Argentina
Spain 		David Nalbandian
Feliciano López 		          not
played

References

  1. ^ a b "Russia v Serbia". daviscup.com.
  2. ^ a b "Czech Republic v Belgium". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ a b "Argentina v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ a b "Israel v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ a b "Germany v South Korea". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ a b "Peru v Spain". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ a b "Romania v France". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ a b "Austria v United States". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ a b "Russia v Czech Republic". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ a b "Argentina v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ a b "Germany v Spain". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ a b "Germany v Spain". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ a b "Argentina v Russia". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ a b "Spain v United States". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ a b "Argentina v Spain". daviscup.com.
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