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2012 Davis Cup
Details
Duration	10 February – 18 November 2012
Edition	101st
Champion
Winning Nation	Czech Republic
← 2011 2013 →

The 2012 Davis Cup (also known as the 2012 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas for sponsorship purposes) was the 101st edition of the tournament between national teams in men's tennis. The Czech Republic won the championship, beating Spain in the final, 3–2.^[1]

Czech Republic is the only country except United States and Australia to hold both Davis Cup and Fed Cup at the same time. The Czechs did the same in 2012, and they have also won the Hopman Cup.

The draw took place on 21 September 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand.^[2]

World Group

Main article: 2012 Davis Cup World Group

Participating Teams
Argentina	Austria	Canada	Croatia
Czech Republic	France	Germany	Italy
Japan	Kazakhstan	Russia	Serbia
Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	United States

Seeds:

Draw


First round 10–12 February			Quarterfinals 6–8 April			Semifinals 14–16 September			Final 16–18 November

Oviedo, Spain (indoor clay)

1	Spain	5
			Oropesa del Mar, Spain (clay)
	Kazakhstan	0
			1	Spain	4
Wiener Neustadt, Austria (indoor hard)
				Austria	1
8	Russia	2
						Gijón, Spain (clay)
	Austria	3
						1	Spain	3
Vancouver, Canada (indoor hard)
						6	United States	1
4	France	4
			Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay)
	Canada	1
			4	France	2
Fribourg, Switzerland (indoor clay)
			6	United States	3
6	United States	5
									Prague, Czech Republic (indoor hard)
	Switzerland	0
									1	Spain	2
Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor hard)
									5	Czech Republic	3
	Italy	1
			Prague, Czech Republic (indoor clay)
5	Czech Republic	4
			5	Czech Republic	4
Niš, Serbia (indoor hard)
			3	Serbia	1
	Sweden	1
						Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
3	Serbia	4
						5	Czech Republic	3
Miki, Japan (indoor hard)
						2	Argentina	2
	Japan	2
			Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
7	Croatia	3
			7	Croatia	1
Bamberg, Germany (indoor clay)
			2	Argentina	4
	Germany	1

2	Argentina	4

Final

Czech Republic
3

O₂ Arena, Prague, Czech Republic^[3]
16–18 November 2012
Hard (i)

Spain
2

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Radek Štěpánek David Ferrer	3 6	4 6	4 6
2	Tomáš Berdych Nicolás Almagro	6 3	3 6	6 3	6⁵ 7⁷	6 3
3	Tomáš Berdych / Radek Štěpánek Marcel Granollers / Marc López	3 6	7 5	7 5	6 3
4	Tomáš Berdych David Ferrer	2 6	3 6	5 7
5	Radek Štěpánek Nicolás Almagro	6 4	7⁷ 6⁰	3 6	6 3

World Group play-offs

Main article: 2012 Davis Cup World Group play-offs

Date: 14–16 September

The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties and eight winners of the Zonal Group I final round ties will compete in the World Group play-offs for spots in the 2013 World Group.

Seeded teams

Unseeded teams

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface
Kazakhstan	3–1	Uzbekistan	Astana	National Tennis Centre	Outdoor	Clay
Germany	3–2	Australia	Hamburg	Rothenbaum Stadium	Outdoor	Clay
Japan	2–3	Israel	Tokyo	Ariake Coliseum	Outdoor	Hard
Belgium	5–0	Sweden	Brussels	Royal Primerose Tennis Club	Outdoor	Clay
Canada	4–1	South Africa	Montreal	Uniprix Stadium	Outdoor	Hard
Brazil	5–0	Russia	São José do Rio Preto	Harmonia Tenis Clube	Outdoor	Clay
Italy	4–1	Chile	Napoli	Tennis Club Napoli	Outdoor	Clay
Netherlands	2–3	Switzerland	Amsterdam	Westergasfabriek	Outdoor	Clay

Canada, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan and Switzerland will remain in the World Group in 2013.
Belgium, Brazil and Israel are promoted to the World Group in 2013.
Australia, Chile, Netherlands, South Africa, and Uzbekistan will remain in Zonal Group I in 2013.
Japan, Russia and Sweden are relegated to Zonal Group I in 2013.

Americas Zone

Main article: 2012 Davis Cup Americas Zone

Group I

Further information: 2012 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I

Seeds:

Chile
Brazil

Remaining Nations:

Draw

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Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

1

Chile

bye

Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)

bye

1

Chile

3

Peru

Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)

Uruguay

1

Peru

1

Lima, Peru (clay)

Uruguay

3

Peru

1

Ecuador

4

Salinas, Ecuador (clay)

Ecuador

1

Colombia

4

São José do Rio Preto, Brazil (clay)

Ecuador

Colombia

1

bye

2

Brazil

4

bye

2

Brazil

Peru relegated to Group II in 2013.
Chile and Brazil advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

Further information: 2012 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group II

Seeds:

Remaining Nations:

Draw

This section is transcluded from 2012 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group II. (edit | history)


Play-offs			First Round			Second Round			Third Round

			Saint Michael, Barbados (hard)

			1	Paraguay	2

Ciudad Merliot, El Salvador (hard)				Barbados	3	Mexico City, Mexico (clay)

1	Paraguay	2					Barbados	0

	El Salvador	3	Mexico City, Mexico (clay)			3	Mexico	5

			3	Mexico	5

				El Salvador	0				Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Rep. (clay)

									3	Mexico	2

			S. Domingo, Dominican Rep. (hard)						4	Dominican Republic	3

				Bolivia	1

Humacao, Puerto Rico (hard)			4	Dominican Republic	4	Valencia, Venezuela (hard)

Bolivia		1				4	Dominican Republic	3

Puerto Rico		3	Caracas, Venezuela (hard)			2	Venezuela	1

				Puerto Rico	0

			2	Venezuela	5

Paraguay and Bolivia relegated to Group III in 2013.
Dominican Republic promoted to Group I in 2013.

Group III

Further information: 2012 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III

Aruba
Bahamas
Costa Rica
Guatemala – promoted to Group II in 2013
Haiti – promoted to Group II in 2013

Asia/Oceania Zone

Main article: 2012 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

Further information: 2012 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I

Seeds:

Remaining Nations:

Draw

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Second round play-offs		First round play-offs			First round			Second round



					1	India

		Chandigarh, India (hard)				Bye		Namangan, Uzbekistan (clay indoor)

		1	India	5				1	India	2

			New Zealand	0	Tauranga, New Zealand (hard)				Uzbekistan	3

					New Zealand		2

Kaohsiung City, Taiwan (hard)					Uzbekistan		3

New Zealand	2

Chinese Taipei	3				Gimcheon, South Korea (hard)

					South Korea		4

		Kaohsiung City, Taiwan (hard)			Chinese Taipei		1	Brisbane, Australia (hard)

		Chinese Taipei		2					South Korea	0

		China		3	Geelong, Australia (grass)			2	Australia	5

						China	0

					2	Australia	5

New Zealand relegated to Group II in 2013.
Uzbekistan and Australia advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

Further information: 2012 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II

Seeds:

Remaining Nations:

Draw

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Play-offs		First Round			Second Round			Third Round

		Camarines Sur, Philippines (indoor hard)

		1	Philippines	5

Jounieh, Lebanon (clay)			Pacific Oceania	0	Manila, Philippines (indoor clay)

Pacific Oceania	1				1	Philippines	5

Lebanon	4	Jounieh, Lebanon (clay)			4	Pakistan	0

		4	Pakistan	3

			Lebanon	2				Pekanbaru, Indonesia (hard)

								1	Philippines	2

		Hong Kong (hard)						3	Indonesia	3

			Hong Kong	2

Hong Kong (hard)		3	Indonesia	3	Jakarta, Indonesia (hard)

Hong Kong	2				3	Indonesia	3

Sri Lanka	3	Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay)			2	Thailand	2

			Sri Lanka	2

		2	Thailand	3

Pacific Oceania and Hong Kong relegated to Group III in 2013.
Indonesia promoted to Group I in 2013.

Group III

Further information: 2012 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III

Bangladesh – relegated to Group IV in 2013
Iran
Kuwait – promoted to Group II in 2013
Kyrgyzstan – relegated to Group IV in 2013

Malaysia
Oman
Syria – promoted to Group II in 2013
Vietnam

Group IV

Further information: 2012 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV

Bahrain
Cambodia – promoted to Group III in 2013
Iraq
Jordan
Myanmar

Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates – promoted to Group III in 2013

Europe/Africa Zone

Main article: 2012 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Group I

Further information: 2012 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

Seeds:

Remaining Nations:

Draw

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Seeds:

Remaining Nations:

Draw

Second-round play-offs

First-round play-offs

First round

Second round

1

Israel

bye

1

Israel

3

2

bye

1

3

Belgium

Great Britain

bye

3

Belgium

4

Great Britain

1

3

2

Netherlands

Finland

0

Cluj-Napoca, Romania (indoor)

Netherlands

5

Finland

2

Netherlands

5

4

Romania

3

4

Romania

0

bye

Finland

4

Romania

Finland

1

Slovenia

Denmark

4

Denmark

0

South Africa

Slovenia

5

Denmark

Slovenia

1

bye

2

South Africa

4

bye

2

South Africa

Portugal and Finland relegated to Group II in 2013.
Israel, Belgium, Netherlands, and South Africa advance to World Group play-off.

Group II

Further information: 2012 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II

Seeds:

Remaining Nations:

Draw

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Play-offs		First round			Second round			Third round

		Ukraine

		1	Ukraine	5
Morocco					Ukraine
			Monaco	0
Monaco	3				1	Ukraine	5
		Cyprus
Morocco	2				7	Cyprus	0
		7	Cyprus	3
								Latvia
			Morocco	2
								1	Ukraine	3
		Hungary
								6	Latvia	2
		4	Hungary	3
Egypt					Hungary
			Ireland	2
Ireland	3				4	Hungary	2
		Egypt
Egypt	2				6	Latvia	3
		6	Latvia	3

			Egypt	2

		Belarus

			Moldova	1
Turkey					Belarus
		5	Belarus	4
Moldova	3				5	Belarus	4
		Turkey
Turkey	2				3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1
			Turkey	1
								Poland
		3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3
								5	Belarus	2
		Estonia
								2	Poland	3
			Luxembourg	0
Madagascar					Poland
		8	Estonia	5
Luxembourg	4				8	Estonia	1
		Poland
Madagascar	1				2	Poland	4
			Madagascar	0

		2	Poland	5

Morocco, Egypt, Turkey, and Madagascar relegated to Group III in 2013.
Ukraine and Poland promoted to Group I in 2013.

Group III Europe

Further information: 2012 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III

Albania
Andorra
Armenia
Bulgaria – promoted to Group II in 2013
Georgia
Greece

Iceland
Lithuania – promoted to Group II in 2013
Macedonia
Malta
Montenegro
Norway
San Marino

Group III Africa

Further information: 2012 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group III

Algeria
Benin – promoted to Group II in 2013
Ivory Coast
Ghana

Kenya
Namibia
Tunisia – promoted to Group II in 2013
Zimbabwe

References

External links

2012 Davis Cup

2012 World Group teams

2012 Americas Zone teams

Group I	Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Peru Uruguay
Group II	Barbados Bolivia Dominican Republic El Salvador Mexico Paraguay Puerto Rico Venezuela
Group III	Aruba Bahamas Costa Rica Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Panama Trinidad and Tobago U.S. Virgin Islands

2012 Asia/Oceania Zone teams

Group I	Australia China Chinese Taipei India New Zealand South Korea Uzbekistan
Group II	Hong Kong Lebanon Indonesia Pacific Oceania Pakistan Philippines Sri Lanka Thailand
Group III	Bangladesh Iran Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Malaysia Oman Syria Vietnam
Group IV	Bahrain Cambodia Iraq Jordan Myanmar Qatar Singapore Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates

2012 Europe/Africa Zone teams

Group I	Belgium Denmark Finland Great Britain Israel Netherlands Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia South Africa
Group II	Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Cyprus Egypt Estonia Hungary Ireland Latvia Luxembourg Madagascar Moldova Monaco Morocco Poland Turkey Ukraine
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2012 in tennis

2012 in tennis
Grand Slam	Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
Men	ATP World Tour ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ATP World Tour Finals ATP Challenger Tour ATP Challenger Tour Finals ITF Men's Circuit
Women	WTA Tour WTA Championships WTA Tournament of Champions WTA 125K series ITF Women's Circuit
Team events	Davis Cup (World Group) Fed Cup (World Group) Hopman Cup World Team Cup
Other events	Olympic Games Paralympic Games

2012 ATP World Tour « 2011 2013 »

2012 ATP World Tour « 2011 2013 »
Grand Slam events	Australian Open (S, D, X) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Indian Wells (S, D) Miami (S, D) Monte Carlo (S, D) Madrid (S, D) Rome (S, D) Toronto (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) Shanghai (S, D) Paris (S, D)
ATP World Tour 500 series	Rotterdam (S, D) Memphis (S, D) Dubai (S, D) Acapulco (S, D) Barcelona (S, D) Hamburg (S, D) Washington (S, D) Beijing (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) Valencia (S, D) Basel (S, D)
ATP World Tour 250 series	Brisbane (S, D) Chennai (S, D) Doha (S, D) Sydney (S, D) Auckland (S, D) Montpellier (S, D) Zagreb (S, D) Viña del Mar (S, D) San Jose (S, D) São Paulo (S, D) Buenos Aires (S, D) Marseille (S, D) Delray Beach (S, D) Casablanca (S, D) Houston (S, D) Bucharest (S, D) Munich (S, D) Belgrade (S, D) Estoril (S, D) Nice (S, D) London (S, D) Halle (S, D) 's-Hertogenbosch (S, D) Eastbourne (S, D) Newport (S, D) Båstad (S, D) Stuttgart (S, D) Umag (S, D) Atlanta (S, D) Gstaad (S, D) Los Angeles (S, D) Kitzbühel (S, D) Winston-Salem (S, D) Metz (S, D) St. Petersburg (S, D) Bangkok (S, D) Kuala Lumpur (S, D) Stockholm (S, D) Moscow (S, D) Vienna (S, D)
Team events	Davis Cup World Group + play-offs Americas Asia/Oceania Europe/Africa World Team Cup
Summer Olympic Games, London (S, D, X) ATP World Tour Finals, London (S, D)