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| Frequently Asked Questions |
Below, you will find answers to the most common questions that we receive. If you have a question that is not answered in the list below please contact us and let us know.
General Davis Cup Questions
Technical / Website Questions
How can I find out venue details for Davis Cup Ties?
You can access venue details, including surface, for a tie by going to the Ties section and then clicking on the appropriate tie.
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How can I find out which group or zone my country is in?
Go to the Teams by Group page in the Teams section to find out which group or zone your nation is in for the current year. To work out whether it is likely to change groups for next year, please visit the drawsheet for the group or zone it is currently in, under the Draws & Results section. You will be able to see which teams may be / have been promoted or relegated.
For more information about how the Davis Cup works, and when and where ties and rounds are played, please visit the Davis Cup Structure page.
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How can I find out when a nation is next playing in Davis Cup?
Look under the Ties section for the tie involving your nation.If there is no tie listed for your nation, look under the Draws & Results section at the drawsheet for the group or zone in which your nation will be competing; all dates for rounds are listed. If there is no drawsheet, then the draw for that section has not yet been made or dates have not yet been finalised. Details of dates and venues will be posted on Daviscup.com, in the News and Ties sections, as they become available.
We also have a Dates and Venues page in the Ties section which gives an overview of dates and venues for rounds, Play-Off ties and zonal competitions throughout the year.
For more information about how the Davis Cup works, and when and where ties and rounds are played, please visit the Davis Cup Structure page.
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How can I buy tickets for Davis Cup?
Ticket details are also usually posted on the Tie page of the relevant tie.Ticket sales for ties are handled by the home national association organising the tie, so you should contact them. For a list of National Associations and their contact details, please visit the National Associations Section of the ITF website.
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How can I find Davis Cup coverage on television?
Click on the Ties section and find the tie you would like to watch in the list. If TV details are available, you will see a link on the right hand side of the page. You may also click on the Tie Preview, which will bring up the tie details, and you will see a link to details of TV coverage for that tie.
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When is Davis Cup next taking place in my country?
To work out the possibility of the next home tie for your team, you need to look at the relevant draw involving your team and their possible opponents.
The rule for choice of ground between two nations is as follows:
(i) If the previous tie between the two Nations was played on a neutral ground, choice shall be decided by lot. If this is not applicable, then
(ii) If the previous Tie between the two Nations was not played for any reason, choice shall be decided by lot. If this is not applicable, then
(iii) If one Nation has been entitled to choice for its Tie with another Nation in the 1970 Competition, or in any later Competition, the latter shall have choice on the occasion of the next meeting with that Nation. If this is not applicable, then
(iv) Choice shall be decided by lot.
By looking at the head-to-head record between two nations, which can be found by accessing the head-to-head page under the Teams section, you can see where the last tie was played.
If choice of ground is to be decided by lot, you can see which nation has been awarded the choice by lot by clicking on the Choice of Ground link, which can be found at the bottom of the relevant draw, in the Draws & Results section.
Groups III and IV are each played over one week in one venue according to Zone (although in the Europe/Africa Zone, these Groups are each split into two and held at different venues). Details appear on Daviscup.com in the Ties section as soon as they are confirmed.
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How can I find out who is playing for a nation in Davis Cup?
A nation must nominate a team at least ten days before the start of a tie.
Visit our Ties section and click on the relevant tie preview, where team details will appear. Where a team has been confirmed, you will see 'Official Team Nominations'; otherwise the webmaster will select a provisional team based on previous line-ups.
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Can a nation change its team before or during a tie?
After the 10 days limit (i.e. in the 10 days before a tie), up to two team nominations may be changed up to one hour before the draw.
After the Draw has been made, no variation may be made in the composition of the singles team for the first and second singles matches, except that the Referee may sanction the substitution of any player who has been withdrawn by the Captain for Team disciplinary reasons or who, in his opinion, is incapacitated by illness, injury or other unavoidable hindrance. Any substitute sanctioned by the Referee as a result of the withdrawal of a player for Team disciplinary reasons must be selcted from among the players nominated for the Tie and the withdrawn player may not compete thereafter in the Tie.
A Captain may substitute players for the doubles or either of the reverse singles, provided the players are from the team originally nominated.
For more detailed information see our Rules and Regulations page in this section.
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When do the draws for the World Group, Zonal Groups, and the World Group Play-Off ties take place?
The draw for the World Group and Zonal Competitions I & II, at which each challenging Nation may be represented, shall be made by the Davis Cup Committee, not later than the second week of October.The draw for the World Group Play-off ties is made once the Zonal Group I second round matches have been played.
Draws for Groups III and IV are made shortly before the event starts, although participating teams are known from the conclusion of the preceding year's competition, and dates / venues are set before the start of the year.
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When does the draw for a tie take place?
The draw for a Davis Cup tie takes place on the day preceding the tie and at least 24 hours before the commencement of play.
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How can I find information on a country which has changed its name or no longer exists?
Enter the country name in Team search, which can be found in the Teams section.
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What are the technical requirements / recommendations for visiting your website?
The Davis Cup website makes extensive use of Dynamic HTML / HTML 4, so you will need an HTML 4-capable browser (e.g. Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4 or above, or Netscape Navigator version 4 or above) or some things will look very weird or not even work at all. In case of Netscape Navigator, we recommend using version 4.07 or higher since earlier versions were highly unstable in their implementation of Dynamic HTML.
Internet Explorer users need to make sure that the security settings are set to Medium or lower, otherwise some special features will not work.
Also, JavaScript / JScript support needs to be turned on in your browser or you won't be able to navigate through the site.
Finally, your display should be set to at least an 800x600 resolution, and support a minimum of 32,000 colors.
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What do I need to do to view the Live Scores?
Live scoring information is shown in the form of a scoreboard in a pop-up window which allows you to select the particular tie and rubber that you are interested in from all the matches currently being played.
Only World Group and World Group Play-Off matches are covered by the Live Scoring service on the website at the moment.
To launch the live scoreboard simply click on the flashing button that appears on certain pages on the site (the homepage, the tie details pages, and the World Group drawsheet page) when the service is live.
You need to ensure that Javascript is enabled in your web browser as this is used to launch the pop-up window for the scoreboard. You may also need to disable any software that you have running on your PC to which is designed to prevent pop-up advertisement windows from appearing.
The scoreboard itself requires Macromedia Flash Player 6 software to be installed on your computer. We use Flash because it provides the interactive features that the scoreboard requires across a very wide range of operating systems and web browsers. If you do not have the correct Flash Player already installed on your system, it should be installed automatically when you first launch the scoreboard. If it does not install automatically, you can download it FREE from www.macromedia.com.
If you have Javascript enabled and Flash Player 6 installed and working and you still cannot see the live Davis Cup scoreboard, try clearing your browser's temporary files cache. For Internet Explorer for example you need to go to Tools --> Internet Options and click the "Delete Files..." button in the middle of the options window. Select "Delete all offline content" in the next pop up window and click OK. Then close all open Internet Explorer windows. Open up a brand new Internet Explorer window and go to www.daviscup.com. Then press CTRL-F5 to reload the page and try the "Live Scores" button again.
If you have tried all of the suggestions above and you still cannot get the Live Scoreboard to work, please contact us providing us with as many details of the problem and your computer's set-up as possible and we will try to help you further.
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Why can I not read the text on the homepage? Why is it so small?
If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer to view the website you may have the default text size on your browser set to a very small size. We do not fix the size of our font as many websites do, as this can interfere with accessibility software and may override the viewing preferences of many people.
If you go to View --> Text Size in the Internet Explorer toolbar, try setting the size to Medium or larger. That should make the text readable for you.
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