| ITF Davis Cup Nations Ranking - How it Works |
The ITF Davis Cup Nations Ranking was launched at the end of 2001. It is published following every World Group round and is the sole criteria for seeding at all levels of the Davis Cup competition.
The ITF Davis Cup Nations Ranking measures the success of all Nations participating in the Competition over a 'rolling' four year period with recent performance weighted more heavily.
After each round the ranking period adjusts and any results outside the adjusted four year period drop off. At the same time points from the same round for the three previous years are reduced as per the points table below. Therefore, 100 points would become 75, then 50, then 25 over the four years.
The points stated are awarded to the winning team in that round. (A nation losing in the World Group first round, for example, earns 0 points for that tie.) In addition, any Nation that defeats a higher-ranked Nation receives bonus points according to its opponent's ranking as detailed in the table below
Unique to tennis, there are additional bonus points for any Nation that is able to win on an opponent's home ground in the World Group, Group I or Group II.
If an away nation wins a tie, a 25% "Away win bonus" is added to the total points (win + ranking bonus) for that tie. For example, if a nation received 110 round points and 10 bonus points for winning a tie, making a total of 120 points, if it had won away it would then receive 25% of this total (30 points) in addition, making a total of 150 points.
| Discounted Points | | | 25% | 50% | 75% | | World Group | | | | | | Final | 8000 | 6000 | 4000 | 2000 | | Semifinal | 6000 | 4500 | 3000 | 1500 | | 2nd Round | 4000 | 3000 | 2000 | 1000 | | 1st Round | 2000 | 1500 | 1000 | 500 | | Play-Off Ties | 1000 | 750 | 500 | 250 |
| Group I | | | | | | 2nd Round | 600 | 450 | 300 | 150 | | 1st Round | 400 | 300 | 200 | 100 | | Relegation/Play-Off | 320 | 240 | 160 | 50 |
| Group II | | | | | | 3rd Round | 200 | 150 | 100 | 50 | | 2nd Round | 120 | 90 | 60 | 30 | | 1st Round | 80 | 60 | 40 | 20 | | Play-Off | 40 | 30 | 20 | 10 |
| Group III (per win) | 5 | 3.75 | 2.5 | 1.25 |
| Group IV (per win) | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Nations Ranking | Bonus Points | | 1-2 | 100 | | 3-4 | 90 | | 5-8 | 75 | | 9-16 | 50 | | 17-32 | 40 | | 33-64 | 25 |
Notes
Only winning nations receive the above cumulative Round Points.
Davis Cup Nations Bonus Points as shown above for defeating higher Davis Cup ranked nations will be added when appropriate to each tie in World Group, Group I and Group II.
Davis Cup Bonus Points do not apply in Groups III and IV.
N.B. If the number of teams in Europe/Africa Groups I and II exceeds 16 or the number of teams in Asia/Oceania and Americas Groups I and II exceeds 8, 200 points will be awarded for a first-round win, 400 for a second-round win and 600 for a third round win.
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