1988 Davis Cup

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The 1988 Davis Cup was the 77th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. For the first time, the Zones were divided into two groups, with promotion and relegation between the two. The Eastern Zone was also renamed the Asia/Oceania Zone. A total of 74 nations participated in the tournament. In the final, West Germany defeated Sweden at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden, on 16-18 December.

World Group

Participating Teams
Australia	Brazil	Czechoslovakia	Denmark
France	India	Israel	Italy
Mexico	New Zealand	Paraguay	Spain
Sweden	Switzerland	West Germany	Yugoslavia

Draw

First round 5-7 February

Quarterfinals 8-10 April

Semifinals 22-24 July

Final 16-18 December

Gävle, Sweden (indoor carpet)

Sweden

5

Norrköping, Sweden (indoor carpet)

New Zealand

0

Sweden

3

Prague, Czechoslovakia (indoor carpet)

Czechoslovakia

2

Czechoslovakia

5

Båstad, Sweden (clay)

Paraguay

0

Sweden

4

Mexico City, Mexico (clay)

France

1

Australia

3

Clermont-Ferrand, France (indoor clay)

Mexico

2

Australia

0

Basel, Switzerland (indoor carpet)

France

5

France

4

Gothenburg, Sweden (indoor clay)

Switzerland

1

Sweden

1

Essen, West Germany (indoor carpet)

West Germany

4

Brazil

0

Frankfurt, West Germany (indoor carpet)

West Germany

5

West Germany

5

Aarhus, Denmark (indoor carpet)

Denmark

0

Denmark

3

Dortmund, West Germany (indoor carpet)

Spain

2

West Germany

5

Palermo, Italy (clay)

Yugoslavia

0

Italy

4

Belgrade, Yugoslavia (indoor carpet)

Israel

1

Italy

1

New Delhi, India (grass)

Yugoslavia

4

Yugoslavia

3

India

2

First round losers play in World Group Relegation Play-off.

Final

Sweden 1	Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden 16 December - 18 December 1988 clay (indoors)		West Germany 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mats Wilander Carl-Uwe Steeb 10 8 6 1 2 6 4 6 6 8   2 Stefan Edberg Boris Becker 3 6 1 6 4 6       3 Stefan Edberg / Anders Järryd Boris Becker / Eric Jelen 6 2 6 3 5 7 3 6 2 6   4 Stefan Edberg Carl-Uwe Steeb 6 4 8 6         5 Kent Carlsson Patrik Kühnen             w/o

World Group Relegation Play-offs

Date: 8-10 April

Venue	Home Team	Score	Visiting Team
	Israel	w/o	India
Murcia, Spain (clay)	Spain	5-0	Brazil
St. Gallen, Switzerland (indoor carpet)	Switzerland	2-3	Mexico
Asunción, Paraguay (hard)	Paraguay	4-1	New Zealand

• Israel, Mexico, Paraguay, and Spain remain in World Group in 1989.
• Brazil (AME), India (EAS), New Zealand (EAS), and Switzerland (EUR) relegated to Group I in 1989.

American Zone

Group I

Participating Teams

•  Argentina
•  Canada
•  Chile — relegated to Group II in 1989
•  Ecuador
•  Peru
•  United States — promoted to World Group in 1989

Group II

Participating Teams

•  Bolivia
•  Colombia
•  Cuba
•  Haiti
•  Jamaica
•  Uruguay — promoted to Group I in 1989
•  Venezuela

Asia/Oceania Zone

Participating Teams

•  China
•  Indonesia — promoted to World Group in 1989
•  Japan
•  Philippines
•  South Korea
•  Thailand — relegated to Group II in 1989

Group II

Participating Teams

•  Bangladesh
•  Chinese Taipei
•  Hong Kong — promoted to Group I (preliminary round) in 1989
•  Iraq
•  Malaysia
•  Pakistan
•  Saudi Arabia
•  Singapore
•  Sri Lanka
•  Syria

Europe Zone

Group I

Participating Teams

•  Austria — promoted to World Group in 1989
•  Belgium — relegated to Group II in 1989
•  Bulgaria — relegated to Group II in 1989
•  Finland
•  Great Britain
•  Hungary
•  Netherlands
•  Nigeria
•  Portugal
•  Romania
•  Senegal
•  Soviet Union — promoted to World Group in 1989

Group II

Africa Zone

Participating Teams

•  Algeria
•  Cameroon
•  Côte d'Ivoire
•  Egypt
•  Ghana
•  Kenya
•  Morocco
•  Tunisia
•  Zimbabwe — promoted to Group I in 1989

Europe Zone

Participating Teams

•  Cyprus
•  Greece
•  Ireland — promoted to Group I in 1989
•  Luxembourg
•  Malta
•  Monaco
•  Norway
•  Poland
•  Turkey