2019 Davis Cup Finals


The Finals, formerly known as World Group, was the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 2019. It was held on indoor hard courts at the Caja Mágica in Madrid, Spain from 18 until 24 November. The ties were contested in a best-of-three rubbers format and were played on one day. There were two singles followed by a doubles.
Croatia were the defending champions, but were eliminated during the round robin stage.
Spain won the title, defeating Canada in the final, 2–0. It was the Spanish team's first Davis Cup title since 2011 and their sixth Davis Cup title overall. Rafael Nadal was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament after winning all eight of his matches.

Participating teams

18 nations took part in the Finals.
The qualification were as follows:
H = Host Nation, TH = Title Holder, WC = Wild Card

Seeds

The seedings were based on the Davis Cup Ranking of 4 February. The top six nations were seeded and drawn into position 1 across groups A-F, the nations ranked from 7 to 12 were drawn randomly into position 2, the remaining nations were drawn randomly into position 3.
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Each nation had to submit a team of up to five players at least 20 days before the Monday of the week of the event. If a player became injured or ill severely enough to prevent his participation in the tournament before his team's first match, he would be replaced by another player.

Format

The 18 teams are divided in six round robin groups of three teams each. The six group winners plus the two second-placed teams with the best records based on percentage of matches won, will qualify for the quarterfinals.
DayRoundNumber of teams
18–21 November Round robin18
21–22 November Quarterfinals8
23 November Semifinals4
24 November Final2

Group stage

Overview

T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets

Group A

France vs. Japan

Serbia vs. Japan

France vs. Serbia

Group B

Croatia vs. Russia

Spain vs. Russia

Croatia vs. Spain

Group C

Argentina vs. Chile

Argentina vs. Germany

Germany vs. Chile

Group D

Belgium vs. Colombia

Australia vs. Colombia

Belgium vs. Australia

Note: Gillé/Vliegen's retirement victory over Peers/Thompson counted as a 6–1, 6–0 win.

Group E

Kazakhstan vs. Netherlands

Great Britain vs. Netherlands

Great Britain vs. Kazakhstan

Group F

Italy vs. Canada

United States vs. Canada

Note: Querrey/Sock's walkover victory over Pospisil/Shapovalov counted as a 6–0, 6–0 win.

United States vs. Italy

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Australia vs. Canada

Serbia vs. Russia

Great Britain vs. Germany

Argentina vs. Spain

Semifinals

Russia vs. Canada

Great Britain vs. Spain

Final

Canada vs. Spain