The 2009 Davis Cup was the 98th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. Sixteen teams participated in the World Group and more than one hundred other took part in different regional groups. Spain won their fourth title. It is the first year that the ITF awarded ATP rankings points to the players competing in the World Group and related Play-Offs.
Date: 18–20 SeptemberThe eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties, and eight winners of the Group I second round ties compete in the World Group Play-offs.
Chile, France, Serbia, Sweden and Switzerland will remain in the World Group in 2010. Belgium, Ecuador, and India are promoted to the World Group in 2010. Brazil, Italy, South Africa, Ukraine and Uzbekistan will remain in Zonal Group I in 2010. Austria, Netherlands and Romania are relegated to Zonal Group I in 2010.Participating Teams Brazil - advanced to World Group Play-offs Canada Colombia Ecuador - promoted to World Group in 2010 Peru - relegated to Group II in 2010 UruguayParticipating Teams Bahamas - relegated to Group III in 2010 Dominican Republic - promoted to Group I in 2010 Guatemala Jamaica - relegated to Group III in 2010 Mexico Netherlands Antilles Paraguay VenezuelaParticipating Teams Barbados - relegated to Group IV in 2010 Bolivia - promoted to Group II in 2010 Costa Rica El Salvador - promoted to Group II in 2010 Honduras - relegated to Group IV in 2010 Puerto Rico CubaParticipating Teams Aruba - promoted to Group III in 2010 Bermuda - promoted to Group III in 2010 U.S. Virgin Islands Panama Trinidad and TobagoParticipating Teams Australia China Chinese Taipei India - promoted to World Group in 2010 Japan Kazakhstan South Korea Thailand - relegated to Group II in 2010 Uzbekistan - advanced to World Group Play-offsParticipating Teams Hong Kong Indonesia Kuwait - relegated to Group III in 2010 Malaysia New Zealand Oman - relegated to Group III in 2010 Pakistan Philippines - promoted to Group I in 2010Participating Teams Iran LebanonPacific Oceania - promoted to Group II in 2010 Saudi Arabia Singapore - relegated to Group IV in 2010 Sri Lanka - promoted to Group II in 2010 Syria Tajikistan - relegated to Group IV in 2010Participating Teams Bahrain Bangladesh - promoted to Group III in 2010 Jordan Myanmar Qatar Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Vietnam - promoted to Group III in 2010 YemenParticipating Teams Algeria - relegated to Group III in 2010 Bulgaria Cyprus Denmark Egypt Finland - promoted to Group I in 2010 Georgia - relegated to Group III in 2010 Hungary Ireland Latvia - promoted to Group I in 2010 Lithuania Moldova - relegated to Group III in 2010 Monaco Montenegro - relegated to Group III in 2010 Portugal SloveniaParticipating Teams Andorra Bosnia and Herzegovina - promoted to Group II in 2010 Botswana - relegated to Group IV in 2010† Estonia - promoted to Group II in 2010 Greece Iceland Luxembourg Madagascar Morocco Namibia - relegated to Group IV in 2010† Nigeria Norway - promoted to Group II in 2010 Rwanda - relegated to Group IV in 2010† San Marino - relegated to Group IV in 2010† Tunisia Turkey - promoted to Group II in 2010† Relegations to Group IV were ultimately not enforced, as Groups III and IV were reorganized into Group III (Europe) and Group III (Africa) for 2010.
Participating Teams Armenia - promoted to Group III in 2010 Cameroon Ivory Coast - promoted to Group III in 2010 Ghana - promoted to Group III in 2010 Zimbabwe - promoted to Group III in 2010ATP Points were distributed from 2009 to 2015
GlossaryOnly World Group and World Group Play-Off matches and only live matches earn points. Dead rubbers earn no points. If a player does not compete in the singles of one or more rounds he will receive points from the previous round when playing singles at the next tie. This last rule also applies for playing in doubles matches.
1 A player who wins a singles rubber in the first day of the tie is awarded 5 points, whereas a singles rubber win in tie's last day grants 10 points for a total of 15 available points.
2 For the first round only, any player who competes in a live rubber, without a win, receives 10 ranking points for participation.
3 Team bonus awarded to a singles player who wins 7 live matches in a calendar year and his team wins the competition.
4 Performance bonus awarded to a singles player who wins 8 live matches in a calendar year. In this case, no Team bonus is awarded.
5 Team bonus awarded to an unchanged doubles team who wins 4 matches in a calendar year and his team wins the competition.
