2018 Davis Cup


The 2018 Davis Cup was the 107th edition of the Davis Cup, a tournament between national teams in men's tennis. It was sponsored by BNP Paribas. In 2018, new rules were introduced for the Group I and II zonal events, with ties now being played as best-of-three sets over the course of two days.
Croatia won their second Davis Cup on indoor clay in the final match held at 25 November with a 3–1 win over France.

World Group

Final

World Group Play-offs

Date: 14–16 September 2018
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 seeded spots in the 2019 Qualifying Round. Seedings are based on Davis Cup rankings as of 9 April 2018.
Seeded teams
Unseeded teams
Home teamScoreVisiting teamLocationVenueDoorSurface
'4–0San JuanEstadio Aldo CantoniIndoorClay
'3–1GlasgowCommonwealth ArenaIndoorHard
'3–1GrazMesse Congress GrazOutdoorClay
2–3'Biel/BienneSwiss Tennis ArenaIndoorHard
'4–0KraljevoKraljevo Sports HallIndoorClay
'3–1TorontoCoca-Cola ColiseumIndoorHard
2–3'BudapestKopaszi DamOutdoorClay
'4–0OsakaUtsubo Tennis CenterOutdoorHard

Americas Zone

Group I

Group II

Group III

Date: 28 May–2 June
Location: Costa Rica Country Club, Escazú, Costa Rica
Format: Round-robin basis. The winner of Pool A will play-off against the runner-up of Pool B and the winner of Pool B will play-off against the runner-up of Pool A to determine which two nations will advance to Americas Zone Group II in 2019.
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Group I

Group II

Group III

Date: 2–7 April
Location: Mỹ Đình Sports Complex, Hanoi, Vietnam
Format: Round-robin basis. One pool of 4 teams and one pool of 5 teams. The winner of Pool A will play-off against the runner-up of Pool B and the winner of Pool B will play-off against the runner-up of Pool A to determine which two nations will be promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2019.
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Date: 29 January–3 February
Location: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman
Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of six teams. The winner of Pool A will play-off against the runner-up in Pool B and the winner of Pool B will play-off against the runner-up in Pool A to determine which two nations will be promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group III in 2019.
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Group I

Group II

Group III Europe

Date: 3–7 April
Location 1: Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Location 2: Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro
Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of four teams at each venue. The winners of each pool play-off against each other to determine which nation will be promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2019. Two promoted - one from each venue.
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Date: 18–23 June
Location: Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya
Format: Round-robin basis. One pool of four teams and one pool of five teams. The winners of each pool play-off against each other to determine which two nations are promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2019.
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