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1986 Davis Cup World Group

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1986 Davis Cup World Group
Date7 March – 28 December
Edition6th
Champions

Australia
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The World Group was the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 1986.[1]

Australia won the title, defeating the two-time defending champions Sweden in the final, 3–2. The final was held at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, from 26 to 28 December.[2] It was the Australian team's first Davis Cup title since 1983 and their 26th Davis Cup title overall.

Participating teams

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Participating teams

Australia

Czechoslovakia

Denmark

Ecuador

Great Britain

India

Italy

Mexico

New Zealand

Paraguay

Soviet Union

Spain

Sweden

United States

West Germany

Yugoslavia

Draw

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First round
7–10 March
Quarterfinals
18–20 July
Semifinals
3–5 October
Final
26–28 December
Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
 West Germany2
Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
 Mexico3
 Mexico1
Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)
 United States4
 United States3
Brisbane, Australia (grass)
 Ecuador2
 United States1
Auckland, New Zealand (hard)
 Australia3
 Australia4
Wimbledon, United Kingdom (grass)
 New Zealand1
 Australia4
Telford, United Kingdom (indoor carpet)
 Great Britain1
 Spain1
Melbourne, Australia (grass)
 Great Britain4
 Australia3
Belgrade, Yugoslavia (indoor hard)
 Sweden2
 Soviet Union2
Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (indoor hard)
 Yugoslavia3
 Yugoslavia0
Calcutta, India (grass)
 Czechoslovakia5
 India1
Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
 Czechoslovakia4
 Czechoslovakia1
Palermo, Italy (clay)
 Sweden4
 Italy4
Båstad, Sweden (clay)
 Paraguay1
 Italy0
Brøndby, Denmark (indoor carpet)
 Sweden5
 Denmark0
 Sweden5

First round

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Mexico vs. West Germany

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Mexico
3
Club Alemán de México, Mexico City, Mexico[3]
7–10 March 1986
Clay

West Germany
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Mexico
West Germany
Francisco Maciel
Michael Westphal
7
5
6
2
6
0
     
2 Mexico
West Germany
Leonardo Lavalle
Boris Becker
3
6
2
6
4
6
     
3 Mexico
West Germany
Leonardo Lavalle / Fernando Pérez Pascal
Boris Becker / Andreas Maurer
3
6
6
1
7
5
3
6
6
4
 
4 Mexico
West Germany
Francisco Maciel
Boris Becker
3
6
1
6
1
6
     
5 Mexico
West Germany
Leonardo Lavalle
Michael Westphal
8
10
3
6
6
3
6
4
6
3
 

Ecuador vs. United States

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Ecuador
2
Guayaquil Tenis Club, Guayaquil, Ecuador[4]
7–9 March 1986
Clay

United States
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Ecuador
United States
Andrés Gómez
Jimmy Arias
7
5
4
6
6
6
9
7
6
4
 
2 Ecuador
United States
Raúl Viver
Aaron Krickstein
6
8
1
6
3
6
     
3 Ecuador
United States
Andrés Gómez / Ricardo Ycaza
Ken Flach / Robert Seguso
2
6
4
6
6
2
4
6
   
4 Ecuador
United States
Andrés Gómez
Aaron Krickstein
3
6
7
5
6
1
6
4
   
5 Ecuador
United States
Raúl Viver
Jimmy Arias
3
6
1
6
4
6
     

New Zealand vs. Australia

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New Zealand
1
Stanley Street, Auckland, New Zealand[5]
7–9 March 1986
Hard

Australia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 New Zealand
Australia
Kelly Evernden
Paul McNamee
9
11
3
6
6
4
6
3
6
4
 
2 New Zealand
Australia
Chris Lewis
Peter McNamara
2
6
5
7
4
6
     
3 New Zealand
Australia
Kelly Evernden / Russell Simpson
Pat Cash / John Fitzgerald
2
6
3
6
3
6
     
4 New Zealand
Australia
Kelly Evernden
Peter McNamara
6
3
1
6
3
6
1
6
   
5 New Zealand
Australia
Chris Lewis
Paul McNamee
4
6
4
6
       

Great Britain vs. Spain

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Great Britain
4
Racquet Centre, Telford, United Kingdom[6]
7–9 March 1986
Carpet (indoors)

Spain
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 United Kingdom
Spain
Jeremy Bates
Sergio Casal
6
1
6
3
3
6
8
6
   
2 United Kingdom
Spain
John Lloyd
Emilio Sánchez
3
6
6
3
6
3
6
3
   
3 United Kingdom
Spain
Colin Dowdeswell / John Lloyd
Sergio Casal / Emilio Sánchez
6
4
6
3
6
3
     
4 United Kingdom
Spain
Jeremy Bates
Emilio Sánchez
11
9
6
4
       
5 United Kingdom
Spain
John Lloyd
Sergio Casal
4
6
6
8
       

Yugoslavia vs. Soviet Union

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Yugoslavia
3
Pionir Hall, Belgrade, Yugoslavia[7]
7–9 March 1986
Hard (indoors)

Soviet Union
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Bruno Orešar
Andrei Chesnokov
10
8
7
5
2
6
0
6
5
7
 
2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Slobodan Živojinović
Alexander Zverev
3
6
6
8
6
3
6
4
6
0
 
3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Goran Prpić / Slobodan Živojinović
Sergey Leonyuk / Alexander Zverev
3
6
2
6
4
6
     
4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Bruno Orešar
Alexander Zverev
6
3
6
2
7
5
     
5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Slobodan Živojinović
Andrei Chesnokov
6
3
6
3
3
6
6
4
   

India vs. Czechoslovakia

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India
1
Calcutta South Club, Calcutta, India[8]
7–9 March 1986
Grass

Czechoslovakia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 India
Czechoslovakia
Ramesh Krishnan
Tomáš Šmíd
6
4
6
2
7
5
     
2 India
Czechoslovakia
Vijay Amritraj
Miloslav Mečíř
0
6
5
7
4
6
     
3 India
Czechoslovakia
Anand Amritraj / Vijay Amritraj
Pavel Složil / Tomáš Šmíd
2
6
11
9
4
6
4
6
   
4 India
Czechoslovakia
Vijay Amritraj
Tomáš Šmíd
6
3
3
6
1
6
2
6
   
5 India
Czechoslovakia
Ramesh Krishnan
Miloslav Mečíř
3
6
2
6
       

Italy vs. Paraguay

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Italy
4
Palermo, Italy[9]
7–9 March 1986
Clay

Paraguay
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Italy
Paraguay
Francesco Cancellotti
Hugo Chapacú
6
4
6
3
6
1
     
2 Italy
Paraguay
Claudio Panatta
Víctor Pecci
4
6
11
9
9
7
10
8
   
3 Italy
Paraguay
Gianni Ocleppo / Claudio Panatta
Francisco González / Víctor Pecci
6
4
1
6
4
6
5
7
   
4 Italy
Paraguay
Claudio Panatta
Hugo Chapacú
6
3
7
5
6
3
     
5 Italy
Paraguay
Francesco Cancellotti
Víctor Pecci
5
7
1
0
       
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Denmark vs. Sweden

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Denmark
0
Brøndbyhallen, Brøndby, Denmark[10]
7–9 March 1986
Carpet (indoors)

Sweden
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Denmark
Sweden
Michael Tauson
Joakim Nyström
2
6
2
6
1
6
     
2 Denmark
Sweden
Morten Christensen
Mats Wilander
6
8
2
6
8
10
     
3 Denmark
Sweden
Peter Bastiansen / Michael Mortensen
Anders Järryd / Mats Wilander
3
6
3
6
4
6
     
4 Denmark
Sweden
Morten Christensen
Joakim Nyström
5
7
1
6
       
5 Denmark
Sweden
Michael Tauson
Mats Wilander
2
6
3
6
       

Quarterfinals

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Mexico vs. United States

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Mexico
1
Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City, Mexico[11]
18–20 July 1986
Clay

United States
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Mexico
United States
Francisco Maciel
Tim Mayotte
2
6
13
11
6
4
6
4
   
2 Mexico
United States
Leonardo Lavalle
Brad Gilbert
4
6
4
6
6
3
4
6
   
3 Mexico
United States
Jorge Lozano / Fernando Pérez Pascal
Ken Flach / Robert Seguso
7
5
3
6
4
6
4
6
   
4 Mexico
United States
Leonardo Lavalle
Tim Mayotte
5
7
6
4
6
0
4
6
7
9
 
5 Mexico
United States
Francisco Maciel
Brad Gilbert
5
7
6
1
5
7
     

Great Britain vs. Australia

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Great Britain
1
No. 1 Court, All England Club, Wimbledon, United Kingdom[12]
18–20 July 1986
Grass

Australia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 United Kingdom
Australia
Jeremy Bates
Pat Cash
4
6
7
9
4
6
     
2 United Kingdom
Australia
Andrew Castle
Paul McNamee
5
7
1
6
2
6
     
3 United Kingdom
Australia
Jeremy Bates / Colin Dowdeswell
Pat Cash / John Fitzgerald
1
6
5
7
4
6
     
4 United Kingdom
Australia
Andrew Castle
Pat Cash
6
8
4
6
       
5 United Kingdom
Australia
Jeremy Bates
Paul McNamee
3
6
6
2
6
4
     

Yugoslavia vs. Czechoslovakia

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Yugoslavia
0
Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia[13]
18–20 July 1986
Hard (indoors)

Czechoslovakia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Slobodan Živojinović
Miloslav Mečíř
4
6
6
4
8
10
4
6
   
2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Bruno Orešar
Milan Šrejber
2
6
3
6
4
6
     
3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Igor Flego / Slobodan Živojinović
Miloslav Mečíř / Tomáš Šmíd
3
6
2
6
4
6
     
4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Slobodan Živojinović
Milan Šrejber
10
8
2
6
13
15
     
5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Igor Flego
Miloslav Mečíř
2
6
5
7
       

Sweden vs. Italy

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Sweden
5
Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden[14]
18–20 July 1986
Clay

Italy
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Sweden
Italy
Mats Wilander
Paolo Canè
6
8
6
2
6
3
6
4
   
2 Sweden
Italy
Joakim Nyström
Claudio Panatta
6
2
6
3
6
1
     
3 Sweden
Italy
Joakim Nyström / Mats Wilander
Paolo Canè / Claudio Panatta
6
4
7
5
6
2
     
4 Sweden
Italy
Stefan Edberg
Paolo Canè
6
3
2
6
6
0
     
5 Sweden
Italy
Mats Wilander
Claudio Panatta
6
4
6
3
       

Semifinals

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Australia vs. United States

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Australia
3
Milton Courts, Brisbane, Australia[15]
3–5 October 1986
Grass

United States
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Australia
United States
Paul McNamee
Brad Gilbert
2
6
6
3
3
6
6
0
6
1
 
2 Australia
United States
Pat Cash
Tim Mayotte
4
6
6
1
6
2
6
2
   
3 Australia
United States
Pat Cash / John Fitzgerald
Paul Annacone / Ken Flach
10
8
6
1
5
7
11
13
7
9
 
4 Australia
United States
Pat Cash
Brad Gilbert
3
6
6
2
6
3
6
4
   
5 Australia
United States
Paul McNamee
Tim Mayotte
6
3
2
5
      not
completed

Czechoslovakia vs. Sweden

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Czechoslovakia
1
Prague, Czechoslovakia[16]
3–5 October 1986
Clay

Sweden
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Czechoslovakia
Sweden
Miloslav Mečíř
Kent Carlsson
0
6
2
6
4
6
     
2 Czechoslovakia
Sweden
Milan Šrejber
Stefan Edberg
6
3
4
6
3
6
6
4
5
7
 
3 Czechoslovakia
Sweden
Miloslav Mečíř / Tomáš Šmíd
Stefan Edberg / Anders Järryd
7
5
6
2
6
4
     
4 Czechoslovakia
Sweden
Milan Šrejber
Mikael Pernfors
7
5
0
6
0
6
5
7
   
5 Czechoslovakia
Sweden
Miloslav Mečíř
Stefan Edberg
4
6
7
9
       

Final

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Australia vs. Sweden

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Australia
3
Kooyong Stadium, Melbourne, Australia[2]
26–28 December 1986
Grass

Sweden
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Australia
Sweden
Pat Cash
Stefan Edberg
13
11
13
11
6
4
     
2 Australia
Sweden
Paul McNamee
Mikael Pernfors
3
6
1
6
3
6
     
3 Australia
Sweden
Pat Cash / John Fitzgerald
Stefan Edberg / Anders Järryd
6
3
6
4
4
6
6
1
   
4 Australia
Sweden
Pat Cash
Mikael Pernfors
2
6
4
6
6
3
6
4
6
3
 
5 Australia
Sweden
Paul McNamee
Stefan Edberg
8
10
4
6
       

Relegation play-offs

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The first-round losers played in the Relegation Play-offs. The winners of the play-offs advanced to the 1987 Davis Cup World Group, and the losers were relegated to their respective Zonal Regions.

Results summary

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Date: 3–5 October

Home team Score Visiting team Location Door Surface Ref.
 West Germany 5–0  Ecuador Essen Indoor Carpet [17]
 Spain 5–0  New Zealand Barcelona Outdoor Clay [18]
 India 4–1  Soviet Union New Delhi Outdoor Grass [19]
 Paraguay 3–2  Denmark Asunción Outdoor Clay [20]

West Germany vs. Ecuador

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West Germany
5
Essen, West Germany[17]
3–5 October 1986
Carpet (indoors)

Ecuador
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 West Germany
Ecuador
Boris Becker
Raúl Viver
6
4
6
4
10
8
     
2 West Germany
Ecuador
Eric Jelen
Andrés Gómez
6
4
6
3
7
9
7
5
   
3 West Germany
Ecuador
Boris Becker / Eric Jelen
Andrés Gómez / Raúl Viver
6
2
6
4
6
4
     
4 West Germany
Ecuador
Eric Jelen
Raúl Viver
6
4
6
3
       
5 West Germany
Ecuador
Boris Becker
Andrés Gómez
7
5
6
2
       

Spain vs. New Zealand

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Spain
5
Barcelona, Spain[18]
3–5 October 1986
Clay

New Zealand
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Spain
New Zealand
Fernando Luna
Steve Guy
6
3
9
7
6
1
     
2 Spain
New Zealand
Emilio Sánchez
Bruce Derlin
6
2
6
0
6
1
     
3 Spain
New Zealand
Sergio Casal / Emilio Sánchez
Bruce Derlin / Kelly Evernden
6
3
6
2
7
5
     
4 Spain
New Zealand
Fernando Luna
Bruce Derlin
6
4
8
6
       
5 Spain
New Zealand
Emilio Sánchez
Steve Guy
3
6
6
2
6
3
     

India vs. Soviet Union

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India
4
New Delhi, India[19]
3–5 October 1986
Grass

Soviet Union
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 India
Soviet Union
Vijay Amritraj
Andrei Chesnokov
6
1
6
4
6
4
     
2 India
Soviet Union
Ramesh Krishnan
Alexander Zverev
3
6
3
6
6
0
6
1
6
4
 
3 India
Soviet Union
Anand Amritraj / Vijay Amritraj
Sergey Leonyuk / Alexander Zverev
2
6
6
3
6
2
1
6
6
4
 
4 India
Soviet Union
Ramesh Krishnan
Andrei Chesnokov
6
4
6
4
       
5 India
Soviet Union
Srinivasan Vasudevan
Alexander Volkov
6
3
5
7
2
6
     

Paraguay vs. Denmark

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Paraguay
3
Asunción, Paraguay[20]
3–5 October 1986
Clay

Denmark
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Paraguay
Denmark
Víctor Pecci
Michael Tauson
6
3
6
2
6
1
     
2 Paraguay
Denmark
Francisco González
Peter Bastiansen
5
7
4
6
8
6
4
6
   
3 Paraguay
Denmark
Francisco González / Víctor Pecci
Morten Christensen / Michael Mortensen
6
4
6
1
5
7
6
2
   
4 Paraguay
Denmark
Francisco González
Michael Tauson
6
3
5
7
11
9
6
8
3
6
 
5 Paraguay
Denmark
Víctor Pecci
Peter Bastiansen
6
2
1
6
6
0
6
1
   

References

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  1. ^ "World Group 1986". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Australia v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Mexico v West Germany". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Ecuador v United States". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "New Zealand v Australia". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Great Britain v Spain". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Yugoslavia v Soviet Union". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "India v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Italy v Paraguay". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Denmark v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Mexico v United States". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Great Britain v Australia". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Yugoslavia v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Sweden v Italy". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "Australia v United States". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Czechoslovakia v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  17. ^ a b "West Germany v Ecuador". daviscup.com.
  18. ^ a b "Spain v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
  19. ^ a b "India v Soviet Union". daviscup.com.
  20. ^ a b "Paraguay v Denmark". daviscup.com.
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