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1997 Davis Cup World Group
Date7 February – 30 November
Edition17th
Champions

Sweden
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Main article: 1997 Davis Cup

The World Group was the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 1997.[1] The first-round losers went into the Davis Cup World Group qualifying round, and the winners progressed to the quarterfinals and were guaranteed a World Group spot for 1998.

France were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the first round.

Sweden won the title, defeating the United States in the final, 5–0. The final was held at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden, from 28 to 30 November.[2] It was the Swedish team's 6th Davis Cup title overall.

Participating teams

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Participating teams

Australia
Brazil
Czech Republic
France

Germany
India
Italy
Mexico

Netherlands
Romania
Russia
South Africa

Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United States

Draw

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First round
7–9 February		Quarterfinals
4–6 April		Semifinals
19–21 September		Final
28–30 November
Ribeirão Preto, Brazil (clay)
 United States4
Newport Beach, CA, United States (hard)
 Brazil1
 United States4
Bucharest, Romania (indoor hard)
 Netherlands1
 Netherlands3
Washington, DC, United States (hard)
 Romania2
 United States4
Sydney, Australia (grass)
 Australia1
 France1
Adelaide, Australia (grass)
 Australia4
 Australia5
Příbram, Czech Republic (indoor clay)
 Czech Republic0
 Czech Republic3
Gothenburg, Sweden (indoor carpet)
 India2
 United States0
Rome, Italy (clay)
 Sweden5
 Mexico1
Pesaro, Italy (indoor carpet)
 Italy4
 Italy4
Mallorca, Spain (clay)
 Spain1
 Spain4
Norrköping, Sweden (indoor carpet)
 Germany1
 Italy1
Durban, South Africa (hard)
 Sweden4
 South Africa3
Växjö, Sweden (indoor carpet)
 Russia1
 South Africa2
Luleå, Sweden (indoor hard)
 Sweden3
  Switzerland1
 Sweden4

First round

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Brazil vs. United States

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Brazil
1 		Tennis Country Club, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil[3]
7–9 February 1997
Clay
United States
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Brazil
United States 		Gustavo Kuerten
MaliVai Washington 		6
3 		66
78 		63
77 		3
6 		   
2 Brazil
United States 		Fernando Meligeni
Jim Courier 		6
3 		1
6 		4
6 		6
4 		4
6 		 
3 Brazil
United States 		Gustavo Kuerten / Jaime Oncins
Alex O'Brien / Richey Reneberg 		6
2 		6
4 		7
5 		     
4 Brazil
United States 		Gustavo Kuerten
Jim Courier 		3
6 		2
6 		7
5 		611
713 		   
5 Brazil
United States 		Fernando Meligeni
Alex O'Brien 		5
7 		64
77 		       

Romania vs. Netherlands

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Romania
2 		Sports Palace, Bucharest, Romania[4]
7–9 February 1997
Hard (indoors)
Netherlands
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Romania
Netherlands 		Adrian Voinea
Paul Haarhuis 		4
6 		6
1 		6
3 		6
3 		   
2 Romania
Netherlands 		Andrei Pavel
Jan Siemerink 		6
2 		6
1 		4
6 		6
4 		   
3 Romania
Netherlands 		Ionuț Moldovan / Răzvan Sabău
Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis 		64
77 		4
6 		3
6 		     
4 Romania
Netherlands 		Adrian Voinea
Jan Siemerink 		66
78 		7
5 		77
63 		68
710 		4
6 		 
5 Romania
Netherlands 		Andrei Pavel
Paul Haarhuis 		3
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     

Australia vs. France

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Australia
4 		White City Stadium, Sydney, Australia[5]
7–9 February 1997
Grass
France
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Australia
France 		Pat Rafter
Cédric Pioline 		3
6 		65
77 		6
4 		7
5 		6
4 		 
2 Australia
France 		Mark Woodforde
Arnaud Boetsch 		6
4 		6
4 		6
3 		     
3 Australia
France 		Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde
Guy Forget / Guillaume Raoux 		78
66 		6
4 		6
3 		     
4 Australia
France 		Sandon Stolle
Cédric Pioline 		77
63 		6
4 		       
5 Australia
France 		Pat Rafter
Arnaud Boetsch 		6
4 		4
6 		65
77 		     

Czech Republic vs. India

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Czech Republic
3 		Zimní stadion, Příbram, Czech Republic[6]
7–9 February 1997
Clay (indoors)
India
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Czech Republic
India 		Petr Korda
Mahesh Bhupathi 		6
3 		62
77 		6
1 		6
2 		   
2 Czech Republic
India 		Jiří Novák
Leander Paes 		2
6 		3
6 		77
65 		3
6 		   
3 Czech Republic
India 		Martin Damm / Petr Korda
Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes 		67
79 		3
6 		4
6 		     
4 Czech Republic
India 		Petr Korda
Leander Paes 		5
7 		6
3 		6
4 		6
1 		   
5 Czech Republic
India 		Jiří Novák
Mahesh Bhupathi 		6
1 		6
4 		6
3 		     

Italy vs. Mexico

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Italy
4 		Foro Italico, Rome, Italy[7]
7–9 February 1997
Clay
Mexico
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Italy
Mexico 		Omar Camporese
Alejandro Hernández 		2
6 		6
0 		6
4 		7
5 		   
2 Italy
Mexico 		Renzo Furlan
Luis Herrera 		3
6 		6
1 		6
2 		6
1 		   
3 Italy
Mexico 		Diego Nargiso / Stefano Pescosolido
Alejandro Hernández / Leonardo Lavalle 		6
1 		4
6 		79
67 		6
3 		   
4 Italy
Mexico 		Renzo Furlan
Alejandro Hernández 		6
2 		6
3 		       
5 Italy
Mexico 		Omar Camporese
Luis Herrera 		6
2 		3
6 		4
6 		     

Spain vs. Germany

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Spain
4 		Hotel L'llot, S'illot, Mallorca, Spain[8]
7–9 February 1997
Clay
Germany
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Spain
Germany 		Carlos Moyá
Marc-Kevin Goellner 		6
4 		6
3 		6
3 		     
2 Spain
Germany 		Albert Costa
Hendrik Dreekmann 		6
4 		6
1 		6
4 		     
3 Spain
Germany 		Àlex Corretja / Carlos Costa
Marc-Kevin Goellner / David Prinosil 		2
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     
4 Spain
Germany 		Carlos Moyá
Hendrik Dreekmann 		6
4 		6
4 		7
5 		     
5 Spain
Germany 		Albert Costa
Marc-Kevin Goellner 		2
6 		77
65 		6
1 		     

South Africa vs. Russia

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South Africa
3 		Westridge Park, Durban, South Africa[9]
7–9 February 1997
Hard
Russia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 South Africa
Russia 		Marcos Ondruska
Andrei Chesnokov 		77
62 		6
3 		3
6 		4
6 		7
5 		 
2 South Africa
Russia 		Wayne Ferreira
Andrei Cherkasov 		7
5 		6
3 		3
6 		4
6 		8
6 		 
3 South Africa
Russia 		Ellis Ferreira / Grant Stafford
Andrei Cherkasov / Andrei Olhovskiy 		6
2 		3
6 		6
0 		6
2 		   
4 South Africa
Russia 		Wayne Ferreira
Andrei Chesnokov 		2
6 		79
67 		2
6 		     
5 South Africa
Russia 		Marcos Ondruska
Andrei Cherkasov 		          not
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Sweden vs. Switzerland

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Sweden
4 		Pontushallen, Luleå, Sweden[10]
7–9 February 1997
Hard (indoors)
Switzerland
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Sweden
Switzerland 		Magnus Larsson
Marc Rosset 		63
77 		6
3 		4
6 		6
4 		11
13 		 
2 Sweden
Switzerland 		Thomas Enqvist
Lorenzo Manta 		77
64 		711
69 		6
2 		     
3 Sweden
Switzerland 		Nicklas Kulti / Mikael Tillström
Lorenzo Manta / Marc Rosset 		5
7 		6
4 		6
3 		5
7 		6
4 		 
4 Sweden
Switzerland 		Thomas Enqvist
Marc Rosset 		6
3 		6
2 		3
6 		6
2 		   
5 Sweden
Switzerland 		Magnus Larsson
Ivo Heuberger 		3
6 		6
4 		6
2 		     

Quarterfinals

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United States vs. Netherlands

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United States
4 		Palisades Tennis Club, Newport Beach, CA, United States[11]
4–6 April 1997
Hard
Netherlands
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 United States
Netherlands 		Andre Agassi
Sjeng Schalken 		78
66 		6
4 		77
62 		     
2 United States
Netherlands 		Jim Courier
Jan Siemerink 		4
6 		4
6 		6
1 		77
64 		6
3 		 
3 United States
Netherlands 		Rick Leach / Jonathan Stark
Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis 		4
6 		4
6 		6
3 		3
6 		   
4 United States
Netherlands 		Andre Agassi
Jan Siemerink 		3
6 		3
6 		6
3 		6
3 		6
3 		 
5 United States
Netherlands 		Jonathan Stark
Sjeng Schalken 		6
4 		6
0 		       

Australia vs. Czech Republic

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Australia
5 		Memorial Drive Park, Adelaide, Australia[12]
4–6 April 1997
Grass
Czech Republic
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Australia
Czech Republic 		Pat Rafter
Martin Damm 		6
1 		79
67 		4
6 		6
4 		   
2 Australia
Czech Republic 		Mark Philippoussis
David Rikl 		6
1 		6
4 		2
6 		6
4 		   
3 Australia
Czech Republic 		Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde
Martin Damm / David Rikl 		4
6 		6
1 		7
5 		6
4 		   
4 Australia
Czech Republic 		Mark Philippoussis
Martin Damm 		6
4 		6
2 		       
5 Australia
Czech Republic 		Pat Rafter
David Rikl 		715
613 		0
6 		6
2 		     

Italy vs. Spain

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Italy
4 		Palazzo dello Sport, Pesaro, Italy[13]
4–6 April 1997
Carpet (indoors)
Spain
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Italy
Spain 		Omar Camporese
Carlos Moyá 		68
710 		64
77 		6
1 		6
3 		6
3 		 
2 Italy
Spain 		Renzo Furlan
Albert Costa 		4
6 		6
3 		4
6 		6
4 		6
1 		 
3 Italy
Spain 		Omar Camporese / Diego Nargiso
Francisco Roig / Javier Sánchez 		5
7 		77
60 		6
2 		77
65 		   
4 Italy
Spain 		Marzio Martelli
Carlos Moyá 		65
77 		6
4 		3
6 		     
5 Italy
Spain 		Omar Camporese
Albert Costa 		6
2 		3
6 		6
4 		     

Sweden vs. South Africa

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Sweden
3 		Tipshallen, Växjö, Sweden[14]
4–6 April 1997
Carpet (indoors)
South Africa
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Sweden
South Africa 		Thomas Enqvist
Grant Stafford 		7
5 		2
6 		6
4 		6
1 		   
2 Sweden
South Africa 		Jonas Björkman
Wayne Ferreira 		3
6 		4
6 		6
2 		63
77 		   
3 Sweden
South Africa 		Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti
David Adams / Ellis Ferreira 		7
5 		2
6 		6
4 		66
78 		6
2 		 
4 Sweden
South Africa 		Thomas Enqvist
Wayne Ferreira 		4
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
5 Sweden
South Africa 		Jonas Björkman
Grant Stafford 		3
6 		6
0 		3
6 		6
2 		6
2 		 

Semifinals

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United States vs. Australia

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United States
4 		William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, Washington, DC, United States[15]
19–21 September 1997
Hard
Australia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 United States
Australia 		Michael Chang
Pat Rafter 		6
4 		1
6 		6
3 		6
4 		   
2 United States
Australia 		Pete Sampras
Mark Philippoussis 		6
1 		6
2 		77
65 		     
3 United States
Australia 		Todd Martin / Pete Sampras
Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde 		6
3 		65
77 		2
6 		4
6 		   
4 United States
Australia 		Pete Sampras
Pat Rafter 		66
78 		6
1 		6
1 		6
4 		   
5 United States
Australia 		Michael Chang
Mark Philippoussis 		77
65 		77
62 		       

Sweden vs. Italy

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Sweden
4 		Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping, Sweden[16]
19–21 September 1997
Carpet (indoors)
Italy
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Sweden
Italy 		Jonas Björkman
Omar Camporese 		65
77 		6
3 		6
2 		3
6 		6
3 		 
2 Sweden
Italy 		Thomas Enqvist
Renzo Furlan 		6
3 		3
6 		4
6 		6
3 		3
6 		 
3 Sweden
Italy 		Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti
Omar Camporese / Diego Nargiso 		6
1 		6
1 		6
2 		     
4 Sweden
Italy 		Jonas Björkman
Renzo Furlan 		4
6 		6
4 		6
0 		6
4 		   
5 Sweden
Italy 		Thomas Enqvist
Omar Camporese 		6
3 		65
77 		6
3 		     

Final

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Sweden vs. United States

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Sweden
5 		Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden[2]
28–30 November 1997
Carpet (indoors)
United States
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Sweden
United States 		Jonas Björkman
Michael Chang 		7
5 		1
6 		6
3 		6
3 		   
2 Sweden
United States 		Magnus Larsson
Pete Sampras 		3
6 		77
61 		2
1 		     
retired
3 Sweden
United States 		Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti
Todd Martin / Jonathan Stark 		6
4 		6
4 		6
4 		     
4 Sweden
United States 		Jonas Björkman
Jonathan Stark 		6
1 		6
1 		       
5 Sweden
United States 		Magnus Larsson
Michael Chang 		77
64 		66
78 		6
4 		     

References

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  1. ^ "World Group 1997". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Sweden v United States". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Brazil v United States". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Romania v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Australia v France". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Czech Republic v India". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Italy v Mexico". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Spain v Germany". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "South Africa v Russia". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Sweden v Switzerland". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "United States v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Australia v Czech Republic". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Italy v Spain". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Sweden v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "United States v Australia". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Sweden v Italy". daviscup.com.
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