The 1989 Davis Cup (also known as the 1989 Davis Cup by NEC for sponsorship purposes) was the 78th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. This year's tournament saw the expansion of the previous World Group Relegation Play-offs round into the World Group qualifying round; instead of advancing directly to the World Group, the Zonal Group I winners would now join the World Group first round losers for a chance to compete in the following year's World Group. This year also marked the introduction of the tiebreak, played at 6–6 in all sets except for the final set.

1989 Davis Cup
Details
Duration3 February – 17 December 1989
Edition78th
Teams79
Champion
Winning nation West Germany
1988
1990

79 teams would enter the competition, 16 in the World Group, 14 in the Americas Zone, 19 in the Asia/Oceania Zone, and 30 in the Europe/Africa Zone. The Bahamas, Bahrain, the Dominican Republic, Kuwait and Jordan made their first appearances in the tournament.

West Germany defeated Sweden in the final, held at the Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart, West Germany, on 15–17 December, to win their second consecutive Davis Cup title.[1][2]

World Group

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Participating teams
 
Australia
 
Austria
 
Czechoslovakia
 
Denmark
 
France
 
Indonesia
 
Israel
 
Italy
 
Mexico
 
Paraguay
 
Soviet Union
 
Spain
 
Sweden
 
United States
 
West Germany
 
Yugoslavia

Draw

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First round
3–5 February
Quarterfinals
7–9 April
Semifinals
21–23 July
Final
15–17 December
Malmö, Sweden (indoor carpet)
  Sweden4
Vienna, Austria (indoor clay)
  Italy1
  Sweden3
Vienna, Austria (indoor clay)
  Austria2
  Australia0
Båstad, Sweden (clay)
  Austria5
  Sweden4
Belgrade, Yugoslavia (indoor clay)
  Yugoslavia1
  Yugoslavia4
Split, Yugoslavia (indoor carpet)
  Denmark1
  Yugoslavia4
Marbella, Spain (clay)
  Spain1
  Spain3
Stuttgart, West Germany (indoor carpet)
  Mexico2
  Sweden2
Fort Myers, Florida, United States (hard)
  West Germany3
  Paraguay0
San Diego, United States (indoor carpet)
  United States5
  United States5
Tel Aviv, Israel (indoor carpet)
  France0
  Israel1
Munich, West Germany (indoor carpet)
  France4
  United States2
Prague, Czechoslovakia (indoor carpet)
  West Germany3
  Soviet Union1
Prague, Czechoslovakia (indoor carpet)
  Czechoslovakia4
  Czechoslovakia2
Karlsruhe, West Germany (indoor carpet)
  West Germany3
  Indonesia0
  West Germany5

Final

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West Germany vs. Sweden

 
West Germany
3
Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, West Germany[2]
15–17 December 1989
Carpet (indoors)
 
Sweden
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Carl-Uwe Steeb
Mats Wilander
7
5
6
7
77
64
2
6
3
6
 
2  
 
Boris Becker
Stefan Edberg
6
2
6
2
6
4
     
3  
 
Boris Becker / Eric Jelen
Jan Gunnarsson / Anders Järryd
78
66
6
4
3
6
64
77
6
4
 
4  
 
Boris Becker
Mats Wilander
6
2
6
0
6
2
     
5  
 
Carl-Uwe Steeb
Stefan Edberg
2
6
4
6
       

World Group qualifying round

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Date: 20–24 July

The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties and eight winners of the Zonal Group I final round ties competed in the World Group qualifying round for spots in the 1990 World Group.

Home team Score Visiting team Location Venue Door Surface
  Great Britain 2–3   Argentina Eastbourne Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club Outdoor Grass
  Peru 2–3   Australia Lima Jockey Club del Perú Outdoor Clay
  Denmark 1–4   Italy Aarhus Aarhus Idrætspark Indoor Carpet
  New Zealand 4–1   Hungary Auckland Chase Stadium Indoor Carpet
  Netherlands 5–0   Indonesia Best Best Leisure Centre Indoor Carpet
  South Korea 1–4   Israel Seoul Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center Outdoor Hard
  Mexico 4–1   Soviet Union Mexico City Club Alemán de México Outdoor Clay
   Switzerland 5–0   Paraguay Langenthal Dreilinden Tenniscenter Outdoor Clay

Americas Zone

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Group I

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First roundSecond round
  Brazil
Lima, Peru (clay)
bye
  Brazil2
Lima, Peru (clay)
  Peru3
  Ecuador0
  Peru5
Montreal, Canada (indoor carpet)
  Canada4
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
  Uruguay1
  Canada0
  Argentina3
bye
  Argentina
  •   Peru and   Argentina advance to World Group qualifying round.
Relegation Play-off
Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)
  Ecuador0
  Uruguay3

Group II

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First roundSecond roundThird round
Kingston, Jamaica (hard)
  Chile4
Havana, Cuba (hard)
  Jamaica1
  Chile4
Bogotá, Colombia (indoor clay)
  Cuba1
  Cuba4
Nassau, Bahamas (hard)
  Colombia1
  Chile4
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (clay)
  Bahamas1
  Dominican Republic3
Nassau, Bahamas (hard)
  Bolivia2
  Dominican Republic0
Nassau, Bahamas (hard)
  Bahamas5
  Bahamas5
  Venezuela0

Asia/Oceania Zone

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Group I

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Preliminary round
Manila, Philippines (hard)
  Philippines5
  Hong Kong0
First roundSecond round
  New Zealand
Manila, Philippines (indoor clay)
bye
  New Zealand4
Manila, Philippines (hard)
  Philippines1
  Philippines4
  China1
Hasaki, Japan (hard)
  Japan2
Bharuch, India (grass)
  South Korea3
  South Korea4
  India1
bye
  India

Group II

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First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round
  Thailand
Bangkok, Thailand (hard)
bye
  Thailand5
Manama, Bahrain (hard)
  Bahrain0
  Bahrain4
Bangkok, Thailand (hard)
  Syria1
  Thailand5
  Sri Lanka0
  Chinese Taipei
Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay)
bye
  Chinese Taipei2
Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay)
  Sri Lanka3
  Sri Lanka3
Rawalpindi, Pakistan (clay)
  Malaysia2
  Thailand1
Baghdad, Iraq (hard)
  Pakistan3
  Iraq2
Dhaka, Bangladesh (hard)
  Bangladesh3
  Bangladesh4
  Singapore1
bye
Islamabad, Pakistan (clay)
  Singapore
  Bangladesh0
Amman, Jordan (indoor hard)
  Pakistan5
  Kuwait3
Kuwait City, Kuwait (hard)
  Jordan2
  Kuwait0
  Pakistan5
bye
  Pakistan

Europe/Africa Zone

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Group I

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First roundSecond round
   Switzerland
Liestal, Switzerland (clay)
bye
   Switzerland4
  Romania1
bye
  Romania
Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)
  Zimbabwe1
Budapest, Hungary (clay)
  Hungary4
  Hungary4
  Nigeria1
bye
  Nigeria
  Great Britain
Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)
bye
  Great Britain4
Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard)
  Finland1
  Ireland0
  Finland5
Porto, Portugal (indoor clay)
  Senegal0
Best, Netherlands (indoor carpet)
  Portugal5
  Portugal1
  Netherlands4
bye
  Netherlands
Relegation Play-off
Limerick, Ireland (carpet)
  Ireland4
  Senegal1

Group II Europe

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First round
7–9 April
Second round
5–14 May
Third round
15–18 June
Fourth round
21–23 July
Liège, Belgium (clay)
  Belgium5
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg (indoor hard)
  Turkey0
  Belgium5
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg (indoor hard)
  Luxembourg0
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg (indoor hard)  Norway2
Athens, Greece (clay)
  Luxembourg5  Luxembourg3
  Belgium5
  Malta0Warsaw, Poland (clay)
  Greece0
  Poland2
Athens, Greece (clay)
  Greece3
  Greece3
Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay)
  Monaco2
Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay)  Monaco3
  Cyprus0  Bulgaria1
  Monaco5

Group II Africa

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First round
3–5 February
Second round
4–10 April
Third round
16–18 June
Fourth round
21–23 July
Accra, Ghana (hard)
  Egypt1
Accra, Ghana (hard)
  Ghana4
  Ghana4
Tripoli, Libya (hard)
  Cameroon1
  Cameroon5
Accra, Ghana (hard)
  Libya0
  Ghana4
Algiers, Algeria (clay)
  Morocco1
Tunis, Tunisia (hard)  Algeria1
Nairobi, Kenya (clay)
  Algeria5  Morocco3
  Morocco5
  Tunisia0Nairobi, Kenya (clay)
  Kenya0
  Kenya3
  Ivory Coast2

References

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General
  • "World Group 1989". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
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 "West Germany v Sweden". daviscup.com.
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