title: 2019 Davis Cup Finals
text: # 2019 Davis Cup Finals
  
  The Finals, formerly known as World Group, was the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 2019. It was held on indoor hard courts at the Caja Mágica in Madrid, Spain from 18 until 24 November. The ties were contested in a best-of-three rubbers format and were played on one day. There were two singles followed by a doubles.
  
  Croatia were the defending champions, but were eliminated during the round-robin stage.
  
  Spain won the title, defeating Canada in the final, 2–0. It was the Spanish men's national tennis team's first Davis Cup title since 2011 and their sixth Davis Cup title overall. Rafael Nadal was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament after winning all eight of his matches.
  
  ## Participating teams
  
  18 nations took part in the Finals.
  
  The qualification were as follows:
  
  * 4 semifinalists of the previous edition
  * 2 wild card teams, selected by the Organising Committee that did not have to participate in the Qualifying round
  * 12 winners of the qualifying round, in February 2019
  
  ### Overview
  
  H = Host nation, TH = Title holder, WC = Wild card
  
  Participating teams :
  
  | Argentina (WC) | Australia | Belgium | Canada | Chile | Colombia |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Croatia (TH) | France | Germany | Great Britain (WC) | Italy | Japan |
  | Kazakhstan | Netherlands | Russia | Serbia | Spain (H) | United States |
  
  ### Seeds
  
  The seedings were based on the Davis Cup Ranking of 4 February. The top six nations were seeded and drawn into position 1 across groups A-F, the nations ranked from 7 to 12 were drawn randomly into position 2, the remaining nations were drawn randomly into position 3.
  
  * France (Round robin)
  * Croatia (Round robin)
  * Argentina (Quarterfinals)
  * Belgium (Round robin)
  * Great Britain (Semifinals)
  * United States (Round robin)
  * Spain (Champion)
  * Serbia (Quarterfinals)
  * Australia (Quarterfinals)
  * Italy (Round robin)
  * Germany (Quarterfinals)
  * Kazakhstan (Round robin)
  * Canada (Final)
  * Japan (Round robin)
  * Colombia (Round robin)
  * Netherlands (Round robin)
  * Russia (Semifinals)
  * Chile (Round robin)
  
  ## Team nominations
  
  Each nation had to submit a team of up to five players at least 20 days before the Monday of the week of the event. If a player became injured or ill severely enough to prevent his participation in the tournament before his team's first match, he would be replaced by another player.
  
  ## Format
  
  The 18 teams are divided in six round robin groups of three teams each. The six group winners plus the two second-placed teams with the best records based on percentage of matches won (followed by percentage of sets won and then percentage of games won), will qualify for the quarterfinals.
  
  | Day | Round | Number of teams |
  | - | - | - |
  | 18–21 November (Monday–Thursday) | Round robin | 18 (6 groups of 3 teams) |
  | 21–22 November (Thursday–Friday) | Quarterfinals | 8 (6 group winners + 2 best second place) |
  | 23 November (Saturday) | Semifinals | 4 (automatically qualified for 2020 Davis Cup Finals) |
  | 24 November (Sunday) | Final | 2 |
  
  ## Group stage
  
  * Qualified for the Knockout stage
  
  ### Overview
  
  T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets
  
  | Group | Winners | Winners | Winners | Winners | Runners-up | Runners-up | Runners-up | Runners-up | Third | Third | Third | Third |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Group | Nation | T | M | S | Nation | T | M | S | Nation | T | M | S |
  | A | Serbia | 2–0 | 5–1 | 10–2 | France | 1–1 | 3–3 | 6–7 | Japan | 0–2 | 1–5 | 3–10 |
  | B | Spain | 2–0 | 5–1 | 11–2 | Russia | 1–1 | 4–2 | 8–6 | Croatia | 0–2 | 0–6 | 1–12 |
  | C | Germany | 2–0 | 5–1 | 11–4 | Argentina | 1–1 | 3–3 | 8–6 | Chile | 0–2 | 1–5 | 2–11 |
  | D | Australia | 2–0 | 5–1 | 10–3 | Belgium | 1–1 | 3–3 | 7–7 | Colombia | 0–2 | 1–5 | 4–11 |
  | E | Great Britain | 2–0 | 4–2 | 10–5 | Kazakhstan | 1–1 | 3–3 | 7–7 | Netherlands | 0–2 | 2–4 | 5–10 |
  | F | Canada | 2–0 | 4–2 | 9–5 | United States | 1–1 | 3–3 | 7–8 | Italy | 0–2 | 2–4 | 7–10 |
  
  ### Group A
  
  | Pos. | Country | Ties | Matches | Sets | Sets % | Games | Games % |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Serbia | 2–0 | 5–1 | 10–2 | 83% | 72–50 | 59% |
  | 2 | France | 1–1 | 3–3 | 6–7 | 46% | 67–66 | 50% |
  | 3 | Japan | 0–2 | 1–5 | 3–10 | 23% | 53–76 | 41% |
  
  **France vs. Japan**
  
  | France 2 | Estadio Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 19 November 2019 | Estadio Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 19 November 2019 | Japan 1 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 1 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Yasutaka Uchiyama 6 2 6 1     2 Gaël Monfils Yoshihito Nishioka 5 7 2 6     3 Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut Ben McLachlan / Yasutaka Uchiyama $6^4$ $7^7$ 6 4 7 5 ||||
  
  **Serbia vs. Japan**
  
  | Serbia 3 | Estadio Manolo Santana 20 November 2019 | Estadio Manolo Santana 20 November 2019 | Japan 0 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 1 Filip Krajinović Yūichi Sugita 6 2 6 4     2 Novak Djokovic Yoshihito Nishioka 6 1 6 2     3 Janko Tipsarević / Viktor Troicki Ben McLachlan / Yasutaka Uchiyama $7^7$ $6^5$ $7^7$ $6^4$ ||||
  
  **France vs. Serbia**
  
  | France 1 | Estadio Manolo Santana 21 November 2019 | Estadio Manolo Santana 21 November 2019 | Serbia 2 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 1 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Filip Krajinović 5 7 $6^5$ $7^7$     2 Benoît Paire Novak Djokovic 3 6 3 6     3 Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut Janko Tipsarević / Viktor Troicki 6 4 6 4 ||||
  
  ### Group B
  
  | Pos. | Country | Ties | Matches | Sets | Sets % | Games | Games % |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Spain | 2–0 | 5–1 | 11–2 | 85% | 77–53 | 59% |
  | 2 | Russia | 1–1 | 4–2 | 8–6 | 57% | 78–72 | 52% |
  | 3 | Croatia | 0–2 | 0–6 | 1–12 | 8% | 49–79 | 38% |
  
  **Croatia vs. Russia**
  
  | Croatia 0 | Estadio Manolo Santana 18 November 2019 | Estadio Manolo Santana 18 November 2019 | Russia 3 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 1 Borna Gojo Andrey Rublev 3 6 3 6     2 Borna Ćorić Karen Khachanov $7^7$ $6^4$ 4 6 4 6   3 Ivan Dodig / Nikola Mektić Karen Khachanov / Andrey Rublev $6^3$ $7^7$ 4 6 ||||
  
  **Spain vs. Russia**
  
  | Spain 2 | Estadio Manolo Santana 19 November 2019 | Estadio Manolo Santana 19 November 2019 | Russia 1 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 1 Roberto Bautista Agut Andrey Rublev 6 3 3 6 $6^0$ $7^7$   2 Rafael Nadal Karen Khachanov 6 3 $7^9$ $6^7$     3 Marcel Granollers / Feliciano López Karen Khachanov / Andrey Rublev 6 4 $7^7$ $6^5$ ||||
  
  **Croatia vs. Spain**
  
  | Croatia 0 | Estadio Manolo Santana 20 November 2019 | Estadio Manolo Santana 20 November 2019 | Spain 3 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 1 Nikola Mektić Roberto Bautista Agut 1 6 3 6     2 Borna Gojo Rafael Nadal 4 6 3 6     3 Ivan Dodig / Mate Pavić Marcel Granollers / Rafael Nadal 3 6 4 6 ||||
  
  ### Group C
  
  | Pos. | Country | Ties | Matches | Sets | Sets % | Games | Games % |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Germany | 2–0 | 5–1 | 11–4 | 73% | 90–77 | 54% |
  | 2 | Argentina | 1–1 | 3–3 | 8–6 | 57% | 78–65 | 55% |
  | 3 | Chile | 0–2 | 1–5 | 2–11 | 15% | 55–81 | 40% |
  
  **Argentina vs. Chile**
  
  | Argentina 3 | Estadio Manolo Santana 19 November 2019 | Estadio Manolo Santana 19 November 2019 | Chile 0 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 1 Guido Pella Nicolás Jarry 6 4 6 3     2 Diego Schwartzman Cristian Garín 6 2 6 2     3 Máximo González / Leonardo Mayer Nicolás Jarry / Hans Podlipnik Castillo 6 3 7 5 ||||
  
  **Argentina vs. Germany**
  
  | Argentina 0 | Estadio Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 20 November 2019 | Estadio Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 20 November 2019 | Germany 3 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 1 Guido Pella Philipp Kohlschreiber 6 1 3 6 4 6   2 Diego Schwartzman Jan-Lennard Struff 3 6 $6^8$ $7^{10}$     3 Máximo González / Leonardo Mayer Kevin Krawietz / Andreas Mies $7^7$ $6^4$ $6^2$ $7^7$ $6^{18}$ $7^{20}$ ||||
  
  **Germany vs. Chile**
  
  | Germany 2 | Estadio Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 21 November 2019 | Estadio Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 21 November 2019 | Chile 1 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 1 Philipp Kohlschreiber Nicolás Jarry 6 4 6 3     2 Jan-Lennard Struff Cristian Garín $7^7$ $6^3$ $6^7$ $7^9$ $6^8$ $7^{10}$   3 Kevin Krawietz / Andreas Mies Marcelo Tomás Barrios Vera / Alejandro Tabilo $7^7$ $6^3$ 6 3 ||||
  
  ### Group D
  
  | Pos. | Country | Ties | Matches | Sets | Sets % | Games | Games % |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Australia | 2–0 | 5–1 | 10–3 | 77% | 67–56 | 54% |
  | 2 | Belgium | 1–1 | 3–3 | 7–7 | 50% | 70–63 | 53% |
  | 3 | Colombia | 0–2 | 1–5 | 4–11 | 27% | 66–84 | 44% |
  
  **Belgium vs. Colombia**
  
  | Belgium 2 | Estadio 3 18 November 2019 | Estadio 3 18 November 2019 | Colombia 1 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 1 Steve Darcis Santiago Giraldo 6 3 6 2     2 David Goffin Daniel Elahi Galán 3 6 6 3 6 3   3 Sander Gillé / Joran Vliegen Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah $7^7$ $6^5$ 4 6 $6^3$ $7^7$ ||||
  
  **Australia vs. Colombia**
  
  | Australia 3 | Estadio 3 19 November 2019 | Estadio 3 19 November 2019 | Colombia 0 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 1 Nick Kyrgios Alejandro González 6 4 6 4     2 Alex de Minaur Daniel Elahi Galán 6 4 6 3     3 John Peers / Jordan Thompson Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah 6 3 3 6 $7^8$ $6^6$ ||||
  
  **Belgium vs. Australia**
  
  | Belgium 1 | Estadio 3 20 November 2019 | Estadio 3 20 November 2019 | Australia 2 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 1 Steve Darcis Nick Kyrgios 2 6 $6^9$ $7^{11}$     2 David Goffin Alex de Minaur 0 6 $6^4$ $7^7$     3 Sander Gillé / Joran Vliegen John Peers / Jordan Thompson 0 1      retired ||||
  
  Note: Gillé/Vliegen's retirement victory over Peers/Thompson counted as a 6–1, 6–0 win.
  
  ### Group E
  
  | Pos. | Country | Ties | Matches | Sets | Sets % | Games | Games % |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Great Britain | 2–0 | 4–2 | 10–5 | 67% | 84–71 | 54% |
  | 2 | Kazakhstan | 1–1 | 3–3 | 7–7 | 50% | 70–67 | 51% |
  | 3 | Netherlands | 0–2 | 2–4 | 5–10 | 33% | 74–90 | 45% |
  
  **Kazakhstan vs. Netherlands**
  
  | Kazakhstan 2 | Estadio 3 19 November 2019 | Estadio 3 19 November 2019 | Netherlands 1 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 1 Mikhail Kukushkin Botic van de Zandschulp 6 2 6 2     2 Alexander Bublik Robin Haase 5 7 6 3 $6^5$ $7^7$   3 Mikhail Kukushkin / Alexander Bublik Robin Haase / Jean-Julien Rojer 6 4 $7^7$ $6^2$ ||||
  
  **Great Britain vs. Netherlands**
  
  | Great Britain 2 | Estadio 3 20 November 2019 | Estadio 3 20 November 2019 | Netherlands 1 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 1 Andy Murray Tallon Griekspoor $6^7$ $7^9$ 6 4 $7^7$ $6^5$   2 Dan Evans Robin Haase 6 3 $6^5$ $7^7$ 4 6   3 Jamie Murray / Neal Skupski Wesley Koolhof / Jean-Julien Rojer 6 4 $7^8$ $6^6$ ||||
  
  **Great Britain vs. Kazakhstan**
  
  | Great Britain 2 | Estadio 3 21 November 2019 | Estadio 3 21 November 2019 | Kazakhstan 1 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 1 Kyle Edmund Mikhail Kukushkin 6 3 6 3     2 Dan Evans Alexander Bublik 7 5 4 6 1 6   3 Jamie Murray / Neal Skupski Alexander Bublik / Mikhail Kukushkin 6 1 6 4 ||||
  
  ### Group F
  
  | Pos. | Country | Ties | Matches | Sets | Sets % | Games | Games % |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Canada | 2–0 | 4–2 | 9–5 | 64% | 72–78 | 48% |
  | 2 | United States | 1–1 | 3–3 | 7–8 | 47% | 84–77 | 52% |
  | 3 | Italy | 0–2 | 2–4 | 7–10 | 41% | 95–96 | 50% |
  
  **Italy vs. Canada**
  
  | Italy 1 | Estadio Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 18 November 2019 | Estadio Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 18 November 2019 | Canada 2 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 1 Fabio Fognini Vasek Pospisil $6^5$ $7^7$ 5 7     2 Matteo Berrettini Denis Shapovalov $6^5$ $7^7$ $7^7$ $6^3$ $6^5$ $7^7$   3 Matteo Berrettini / Fabio Fognini Vasek Pospisil / Denis Shapovalov 6 2 3 6 6 3 ||||
  
  **United States vs. Canada**
  
  | United States 1 | Estadio Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 19 November 2019 | Estadio Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 19 November 2019 | Canada 2 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 1 Reilly Opelka Vasek Pospisil $6^5$ $7^7$ $6^7$ $7^9$     2 Taylor Fritz Denis Shapovalov $6^6$ $7^8$ 3 6     3 Sam Querrey / Jack Sock Vasek Pospisil / Denis Shapovalov       w/o ||||
  
  Note: Querrey/Sock's walkover victory over Pospisil/Shapovalov counted as a 6–0, 6–0 win.
  
  **United States vs. Italy**
  
  | United States 2 | Estadio Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 20 November 2019 | Estadio Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 20 November 2019 | Italy 1 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 1 Reilly Opelka Fabio Fognini 4 6 $7^7$ $6^4$ 3 6   2 Taylor Fritz Matteo Berrettini 5 7 $7^7$ $6^5$ 6 2   3 Sam Querrey / Jack Sock Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini $6^4$ $7^7$ $7^7$ $6^2$ 6 4 ||||
  
  ## Knockout stage
  
  ### Bracket
  
  | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 22 November | 22 November | 22 November | | | | | | |
  | 8 | Serbia | 1 | | | | | | |
  | 8 | Serbia | 1 | 23 November | 23 November | 23 November | | | |
  | 17 | Russia | 2 | 23 November | 23 November | 23 November | | | |
  | 17 | Russia | 2 | 17 | Russia | 1 | | | |
  | 21 November | 21 November | 21 November | 17 | Russia | 1 | | | |
  | 21 November | 21 November | 21 November | 13 | Canada | 2 | | | |
  | 9 | Australia | 1 | 13 | Canada | 2 | | | |
  | 9 | Australia | 1 | | | | 24 November | 24 November | 24 November |
  | 13 | Canada | 2 | | | | 24 November | 24 November | 24 November |
  | 13 | Canada | 2 | | | | 13 | Canada | 0 |
  | 22 November | 22 November | 22 November | | | | 13 | Canada | 0 |
  | 22 November | 22 November | 22 November | | | | 7 | Spain | 2 |
  | 5 | Great Britain | 2 | | | | 7 | Spain | 2 |
  | 5 | Great Britain | 2 | 23 November | 23 November | 23 November | | | |
  | 11 | Germany | 0 | 23 November | 23 November | 23 November | | | |
  | 11 | Germany | 0 | 5 | Great Britain | 1 | | | |
  | 22 November | 22 November | 22 November | 5 | Great Britain | 1 | | | |
  | 22 November | 22 November | 22 November | 7 | Spain | 2 | | | |
  | 3 | Argentina | 1 | 7 | Spain | 2 | | | |
  | 7 | Spain | 2 | | | | | | |
  
  ### Quarterfinals
  
  **Australia vs. Canada**
  
  | Australia 1 | Estadio Manolo Santana 21 November 2019 | Estadio Manolo Santana 21 November 2019 | Canada 2 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 1 John Millman Vasek Pospisil $6^7$ $7^9$ 4 6     2 Alex de Minaur Denis Shapovalov 3 6 6 3 7 5   3 John Peers / Jordan Thompson Vasek Pospisil / Denis Shapovalov 4 6 4 6 ||||
  
  **Serbia vs. Russia**
  
  | Serbia 1 | Estadio Manolo Santana 22 November 2019 | Estadio Manolo Santana 22 November 2019 | Russia 2 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 1 Filip Krajinović Andrey Rublev 1 6 2 6     2 Novak Djokovic Karen Khachanov 6 3 6 3     3 Novak Djokovic / Viktor Troicki Karen Khachanov / Andrey Rublev 4 6 6 4 $6^8$ $7^{10}$ ||||
  
  **Great Britain vs. Germany**
  
  | Great Britain 2 | Estadio Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 22 November 2019 | Estadio Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 22 November 2019 | Germany 0 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 1 Kyle Edmund Philipp Kohlschreiber 6 3 7 5     2 Dan Evans Jan-Lennard Struff $7^8$ $6^6$ 3 6 $7^7$ $6^2$   3 Jamie Murray / Neal Skupski Kevin Krawietz / Andreas Mies       not played ||||
  
  **Argentina vs. Spain**
  
  | Argentina 1 | Estadio Manolo Santana 22 November 2019 | Estadio Manolo Santana 22 November 2019 | Spain 2 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 1 Guido Pella Pablo Carreño Busta $6^3$ $7^7$ $7^7$ $6^4$ 6 1   2 Diego Schwartzman Rafael Nadal 1 6 2 6     3 Máximo González / Leonardo Mayer Marcel Granollers / Rafael Nadal 4 6 6 4 3 6 ||||
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  **Russia vs. Canada**
  
  | Russia 1 | Estadio Manolo Santana 23 November 2019 | Estadio Manolo Santana 23 November 2019 | Canada 2 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 1 Andrey Rublev Vasek Pospisil 6 4 6 4     2 Karen Khachanov Denis Shapovalov 4 6 6 4 4 6   3 Karen Khachanov / Andrey Rublev Vasek Pospisil / Denis Shapovalov 3 6 6 3 $6^5$ $7^7$ ||||
  
  **Great Britain vs. Spain**
  
  | Great Britain 1 | Estadio Manolo Santana 23 November 2019 | Estadio Manolo Santana 23 November 2019 | Spain 2 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 1 Kyle Edmund Feliciano López 6 3 $7^7$ $6^3$     2 Dan Evans Rafael Nadal 4 6 0 6     3 Jamie Murray / Neal Skupski Feliciano López / Rafael Nadal $6^3$ $7^7$ $6^8$ $7^{10}$ ||||
  
  ### Final
  
  **Canada vs. Spain**
  
  | Canada 0 | Estadio Manolo Santana 24 November 2019 | Estadio Manolo Santana 24 November 2019 | Spain 2 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 1 Félix Auger-Aliassime Roberto Bautista Agut $6^3$ $7^7$ 3 6     2 Denis Shapovalov Rafael Nadal 3 6 $6^7$ $7^9$     3 Vasek Pospisil / Denis Shapovalov Marcel Granollers / Feliciano López       not played ||||
  