The 2018 Davis Cup was the 107th edition of the

Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the orga ...

, a tournament between national teams in men's tennis. It was sponsored by

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. 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.

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won their second Davis Cup on indoor clay in the final match held at 25 November with a 3–1 win over

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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 * * * * * * * *

Americas Zone

Group I

Group II

Group III

Date: 28 May–2 June Location: Costa Rica Country Club, Escazú, Costa Rica (hard) 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. ;Participating teams ;

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Pool B Pool may refer to: Water pool * Swimming pool, usually an artificial structure containing a large body of water intended for swimming * Reflecting pool, a shallow pool designed to reflect a structure and its surroundings * Tide pool, a rocky poo ...

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Play-offs

* and promoted to Group II in 2019.

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

Group II

Group III

Date: 2–7 April Location: Mỹ Đình Sports Complex,

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(indoor hard) Format: Round-robin basis. One pool of 4 teams (Pool A) and one pool of 5 teams (Pool B). 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. ;Participating teams ;

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Play-offs

* and promoted to Group II in 2019. * ' and ' relegated to Group IV in 2019.

Group IV

Date: 29 January–3 February Location:

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(hard) 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. ;Participating teams ;

* * * * * * ;

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Play-offs

* and were promoted to Group III in 2019.

Europe/Africa Zone

Group I

Group II

Group III Europe

Date: 3–7 April Location 1: Tennis Club Lokomotiv,

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(clay)
Location 2: Ulcinj Bellevue,

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(clay) 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. ;Participating teams ; Pool A (Plovdiv) * * * * ; Pool B (Plovdiv) * * * *
; Pool A (Ulcinj) * * * * ; Pool B (Ulcinj) * * * *

Play-offs

* and were promoted to Group II in 2019.

Group III Africa

Date: 18–23 June Location: Nairobi Club Ground,

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(clay) Format: Round-robin basis. One pool of four teams (Pool A) and one pool of five teams (Pool B). 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. ;Participating teams ;

* * * * ;

* * * * *

Play-offs

* and were promoted to Group II in 2019.

References

External links

Official website
{{2018 ATP World Tour

Davis Cups by year