2004 Davis Cup

2004 Davis Cup
Details
Edition	93rd
Achievements (singles)
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The 2004 Davis Cup was the 93rd edition of the tournament between nations in men's tennis. A total of 131 nations participated in the tournament. In the final, Spain defeated the United States at the Estadio de La Cartuja in Seville, Spain, on 3–5 December, giving Spain their second title.^[1]

World Group

Main article: 2004 Davis Cup World Group

Participating Teams
Argentina	Australia	Austria	Belarus
Canada	Czech Republic	Croatia	France
Morocco	Netherlands	Romania	Russia
Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	United States

Draw

First round 6–8 February			Quarterfinals 9–11 April				Semifinals 24–26 September			Final 3–5 December

Adelaide, Australia (hard)
1	Australia	1
			Delray Beach, United States (hard)
	Sweden	4
				Sweden	1
Uncasville, USA (indoor hard)
			7	United States	4
7	United States	5
							Charleston, United States (hard)
	Austria	0
							7	United States	4
Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet)
							Belarus	0
4	Russia	2
			Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet)
	Belarus	3
				Belarus	5
Agadir, Morocco (indoor hard)
			5	Argentina	0
5	Argentina	5
										Seville, Spain (indoor clay)
	Morocco	0
										7	United States	2
Bucharest, Romania (indoor clay)
										2	Spain	3
	Romania	2
			Prilly, Switzerland (indoor hard)
6	Switzerland	3
			6	Switzerland	2
Metz, France (indoor clay)
			3	France	3
	Croatia	1
							Alicante, Spain (clay)
3	France	4
							3	France	1
Maastricht, Netherlands (indoor clay)
						2	Spain	4
	Canada	1
			Palma de Mallorca, Spain (clay)
8	Netherlands	4
			8	Netherlands	1
Brno, Czech Republic (indoor carpet)
			2	Spain	4
	Czech Republic	2

2	Spain	3

First round losers compete in Play-off ties with Zonal Group I Qualifiers.

Final

Spain
3

Estadio Olímpico, Seville, Spain^[2]
3–5 December 2004
Clay (i)

United States
2

		1	2	3	4
1	Carlos Moyà Mardy Fish	6 4	6 2	6 3
2	Rafael Nadal Andy Roddick	6⁶ 7⁸	6 2	7⁸ 6⁶	6 2
3	Juan Carlos Ferrero / Tommy Robredo Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan	0 6	3 6	2 6
4	Carlos Moyà Andy Roddick	6 2	7⁷ 6¹	7⁷ 6⁵
5	Tommy Robredo Mardy Fish	6⁸ 7¹⁰	2 6

World Group Playoffs

Main article: 2004 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs

Date: 24–26 September

Venue	Home Team	Score	Visiting Team
Perth, Australia (grass)	Australia	4-1	Morocco
Viña del Mar, Chile (clay)	Chile	5-0	Japan
Rijeka, Croatia (indoor carpet)	Croatia	3-2	Belgium
Lambaré, Paraguay (clay)	Paraguay	0-5	Czech Republic
Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)	Slovakia	3-2	Germany
Pörtschach, Austria (clay)	Austria	3-2	Great Britain
Bucharest, Romania (clay)	Romania	4-1	Canada
Moscow, Russia (indoor clay)	Russia	5-0	Thailand

Chile and Slovakia promoted to World Group in 2005.
Australia, Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Romania, and Russia remain in World Group in 2005.
Belgium (EA), Germany (EA), Great Britain (EA), Japan (AO), Paraguay (Am), and Thailand (AO) remain in Group I in 2005.
Canada (Am) and Morocco (EA) relegated to Group I in 2005.

Americas Zone

Main article: 2004 Davis Cup Americas Zone

Group I

Participating Teams

Brazil — relegated to Group II in 2005
Chile — advanced to World Group Qualifying Round
Ecuador
Paraguay — advanced to World Group Qualifying Round
Peru
Venezuela

Group II

Participating Teams

Bahamas
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Haiti — relegated to Group III in 2005
Jamaica
Mexico — promoted to Group I in 2005
Puerto Rico — relegated to Group III in 2005
Uruguay

Group III

Participating Teams

Bolivia
Colombia — promoted to Group II in 2005
El Salvador
Honduras
Netherlands Antilles — promoted to Group II in 2005
Trinidad and Tobago — relegated to Group IV in 2005
Panama
U.S. Virgin Islands — relegated to Group IV in 2005

Group IV

Participating Teams

Barbados
Bermuda
Costa Rica
Eastern Caribbean
Guatemala — promoted to Group III in 2005
Saint Lucia — promoted to Group III in 2005