2004 Davis Cup

The 2004 Davis Cup was the 93rd edition of the tournament between nations in men's tennis. A total of 130 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.

World Group

Draw

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

Final

World Group play-offs

Date: 24–26 September

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface
'	4–1		West Perth	Royal Kings Park	Outdoor	Grass
'	5–0		Viña del Mar	Club Naval de Campo Las Salinas	Outdoor	Clay
'	3–2		Rijeka	Dvorana Mladosti	Indoor	Carpet
	0–5	'	Lambaré	Yacht y Golf Club Paraguayo	Outdoor	Clay
'	3–2		Bratislava	National Tennis Centre	Indoor	Hard
'	3–2		Pörtschach	Werzer Arena Pörtschach	Outdoor	Clay
'	4–1		Bucharest	Clubul Sportiv Progresul Bucuresti	Outdoor	Clay
'	5–0		Moscow	Olympic Stadium	Indoor	Clay

, ,,, and will remain in the World Group in 2005.
and are promoted to the World Group in 2005.
,,,, and will remain in Zonal Group I in 2005.
and are relegated to Zonal Group I in 2005.
Americas Zone

Group I

Group II

The Americas Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2004.
In the Americas Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams compete against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group II advanced to the Americas Zone Group I. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group II, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Americas Zone Group III in 2005.

Participating nations

Draw
Puerto Rico and Haiti relegated to Group III in 2005.
Mexico promoted to Group I in 2005.
First round

Puerto Rico vs. Bahamas

Jamaica vs. Mexico

Haiti vs. Uruguay

Cuba vs. Dominican Republic

Second round

Mexico vs. Bahamas

Dominican Republic vs. Uruguay

Relegation play-offs

Puerto Rico vs. Jamaica

Cuba vs. Haiti

Third round

Mexico vs. Dominican Republic

Group III

Venue: Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Date: 4-8 February
Group IV

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

Group II

Group III

Venue: Phu Tho Tennis Centre, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Date: 7–11 April
;Pool A
;Pool B
;Promotion pool
;Relegation pool

Group IV

Venue: Al Hussein Sport City, Amman, Jordan

Date: 7–11 April

Saudi Arabia and Sri Lanka promoted to Group III in 2005.
Europe/Africa Zone

Group I

Group II

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2004.
In the Europe/Africa Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group II advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group II, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2005.

Participating nations

Draw
,,, and relegated to Group III in 2005.
and promoted to Group I in 2005.
First round

Italy vs. Georgia

Bulgaria vs. Egypt

Slovenia vs. Poland

Tunisia vs. Portugal

Serbia and Montenegro vs. Latvia

Ireland vs. Hungary

Norway vs. Ukraine

Second round

Italy vs. Bulgaria

Poland vs. Algeria

Portugal vs. Serbia and Montenegro

Hungary vs. Norway

Relegation play-offs

Georgia vs. Egypt

Latvia vs. Tunisia

Ukraine vs. Ireland

Third round

Italy vs. Poland

Hungary vs. Serbia and Montenegro

Group III

Zone A

Venue: Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia
Date: 12–16 May

	5th–6th Play-off	KEN	MAD
1			3–0
2		0–3

Ivory Coast and Ghana promoted to Group II in 2005.
Benin and Togo withdrew from the tournament and relegated to Group IV in 2005.

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2004.
In the Europe/Africa Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. Group III was split into two tournaments. One tournament was held in Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia, May 12–16, on outdoor hard courts, while the other was held in Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania, February 2–8, on indoor carpet courts.

Format

Benin and Togo withdrew from the Windhoek tournament and relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 2005. The six remaining teams in the Windhoek tournament were split into two pools and played in a round-robin format. The top two teams of each pool advanced to the promotion pool, from which the two top teams were promoted to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2005. The remaining teams of each group played against each other in the 5th–6th Play-off and remained in Group III in 2005.

Pool A

Turkey vs. Kenya

Ivory Coast vs. Kenya

Ivory Coast vs. Turkey

Pool B

Madagascar vs. Namibia

Ghana vs. Namibia

Ghana vs. Madagascar

Promotion pool

The top two teams from each of Pools A and B advanced to the Promotion pool. Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward.
Ivory Coast and Ghana promoted to Group II in 2005.

Ivory Coast vs. Namibia

Turkey vs. Ghana

Ivory Coast vs. Ghana

Turkey vs. Namibia

5th–6th Play-off: Kenya vs. Madagascar

Final standings

and promoted to Group II in 2005.
and withdrew from the tournament and relegated to Group IV in 2005.
Zone B

Venue: Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania
Date: 2–8 February

Monaco and Estonia promoted to Group II in 2005.
Andorra relegated to Group IV in 2005.
Azerbaijan withdrew from the tournament and relegated to Group IV in 2005.

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2004.
In the Europe/Africa Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. Group III was split into two tournaments. One tournament was held in Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia, May 12–16, on outdoor hard courts, while the other was held in Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania, February 2–8, on indoor carpet courts.

Format

Azerbaijan withdrew from the Kaunas tournament and relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 2005. The seven remaining teams in the Kaunas tournament were split into two pools and played in a round-robin format. The top two teams of each pool advanced to the promotion pool, from which the two top teams were promoted to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2005. The remaining teams in each group from the preliminary round were relegated into the relegation pool, from which the bottom team relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 2005.

Pool A

Cyprus vs. Lithuania

Cyprus vs. Estonia

Estonia vs. Lithuania

Pool B

North Macedonia vs. Iceland

Monaco vs. Andorra

North Macedonia vs. Andorra

Monaco vs. Iceland

North Macedonia vs. Monaco

Andorra vs. Iceland

Promotion pool

The top two teams from each of Pools A and B advanced to the Promotion pool. Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward.
Monaco and Estonia promoted to Group II in 2005.

Monaco vs. Lithuania

Estonia vs. North Macedonia

Monaco vs. Estonia

North Macedonia vs. Lithuania

Relegation pool

The bottom team from Pool A and the bottom two teams from Pool B were placed in the relegation group. Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward.
Andorra relegated to Group IV in 2005.

Andorra vs. Cyprus

Iceland vs. Cyprus

Final standings

and promoted to Group II in 2005.
relegated to Group IV in 2005.
withdrew from the tournament and relegated to Group IV in 2005.
Group IV

Zone A

Zone B

Venue: Tennis Club Ali-Ten, Chișinău, Moldova
Date: 15–18 July

Bosnia and Herzegovina and Armenia promoted to Group III in 2005.

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2004.
In the Europe/Africa Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. Group IV was split into two tournaments. One tournament was held in Olympique Club de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal, February 4–8, on outdoor hard courts, while the other was held in Tennis Club Ali-Ten, Chișinău, Moldova, July 15–18, on outdoor clay courts.