1988 Davis Cup World Group
Date	5 February ? 18 December
Edition	8th
Champions
West Germany
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The World Group was the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 1988. ^[1]

West Germany won the title, defeating the defending champions Sweden in the final, 4?1. The final was held at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg , Sweden , from 16 to 18 December. ^[2] It was the West German team's first Davis Cup title (having previously come runner-up in 1970 and 1985 ), becoming the ninth nation to win the Davis Cup.

Participating teams [ edit ]

Participating teams
Australia	Brazil	Czechoslovakia	Denmark
France	India	Israel	Italy
Mexico	New Zealand	Paraguay	Spain
Sweden	Switzerland	West Germany	Yugoslavia

Draw [ edit ]

First round [ edit ]

Sweden vs. New Zealand [ edit ]

Sweden 5	Gavlerinken , Gavle , Sweden [3] 5?7 February 1988 Carpet (indoors)		New Zealand 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Anders Jarryd Bruce Derlin 14 12 6 2 6 4       2 Stefan Edberg Kelly Evernden 12 10 6 2 9 7       3 Stefan Edberg  /  Anders Jarryd Kelly Evernden  /  David Lewis 6 3 7 5 6 4       4 Anders Jarryd Kelly Evernden 8 6 4 6 11 9       5 Stefan Edberg Bruce Derlin 6 1 6 2

Czechoslovakia vs. Paraguay [ edit ]

Czechoslovakia 5	Prague , Czechoslovakia [4] 5?7 February 1988 Carpet (indoors)		Paraguay 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Petr Korda Hugo Chapacu 6 2 6 1 6 2       2 Miloslav Me?i? Francisco Gonzalez 6 2 6 2 6 2       3 Miloslav Me?i?  /  Toma? ?mid Hugo Chapacu  /  Francisco Gonzalez 6 1 7 5 6 1       4 Miloslav Me?i? Hugo Chapacu 6 3 6 1         5 Petr Korda Francisco Gonzalez 6 4 6 4

Mexico vs. Australia [ edit ]

Mexico 2	Estadio Federico Boehm, Mexico City , Mexico [5] 5?8 February 1988 Clay		Australia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Leonardo Lavalle Pat Cash 7 5 4 6 1 6 9 11     2 Francisco Maciel Wally Masur 3 6 8 6 6 3 7 5     3 Leonardo Lavalle  /  Jorge Lozano Pat Cash  /  John Fitzgerald 2 6 3 6 2 6       4 Leonardo Lavalle Wally Masur 6 2 6 1 4 6 9 11 6 2   5 Francisco Maciel Pat Cash 2 6 6 4 5 7 2 6

Switzerland vs. France [ edit ]

Switzerland 1	Basel , Switzerland [6] 5?7 February 1988 Carpet (indoors)		France 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Roland Stadler Yannick Noah 8 10 11 9 1 6 5 7     2 Claudio Mezzadri Henri Leconte 3 6 6 3 0 6 8 6 6 2   3 Heinz Gunthardt  /  Claudio Mezzadri Guy Forget  /  Yannick Noah 2 6 4 6 3 6       4 Roland Stadler Henri Leconte 3 6 4 6 6 4 1 6     5 Claudio Mezzadri Yannick Noah 3 6 6 3 3 6

West Germany vs. Brazil [ edit ]

West Germany 5	Essen , West Germany [7] 5?7 February 1988 Carpet (indoors)		Brazil 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Boris Becker Cassio Motta 6 0 6 2 6 0       2 Carl-Uwe Steeb Luiz Mattar 6 1 6 2 6 3       3 Boris Becker  /  Patrik Kuhnen Ricardo Acioly  /  Luiz Mattar 8 6 15 13 6 4       4 Patrik Kuhnen Luiz Mattar 9 7 6 3         5 Carl-Uwe Steeb Cassio Motta 6 1 6 2

Denmark vs. Spain [ edit ]

Denmark 3	Aarhus , Denmark [8] 5?7 February 1988 Carpet (indoors)		Spain 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Michael Tauson Sergio Casal 6 4 6 3 6 2       2 Morten Christensen Emilio Sanchez 5 7 2 6 6 4 6 3 6 4   3 Peter Bastiansen  /  Michael Mortensen Sergio Casal  /  Emilio Sanchez 5 7 9 11 2 6       4 Morten Christensen Sergio Casal 4 6 4 6 4 6       5 Michael Tauson Emilio Sanchez 3 6 6 1 13 11 6 4

Italy vs. Israel [ edit ]

Italy 4	Palermo , Italy [9] 5?7 February 1988 Clay		Israel 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Francesco Cancellotti Gilad Bloom 6 1 6 2 6 8 6 4     2 Paolo Cane Amos Mansdorf 7 5 6 3 6 2       3 Paolo Cane  /  Diego Nargiso Amos Mansdorf  /  Shahar Perkiss 5 7 3 6 4 6       4 Paolo Cane Gilad Bloom 4 6 6 1 6 1 6 0     5 Francesco Cancellotti Amos Mansdorf 6 4 6 2

India vs. Yugoslavia [ edit ]

India 2	New Delhi , India [10] 5?7 February 1988 Grass		Yugoslavia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Vijay Amritraj Bruno Ore?ar 6 3 6 0 6 3       2 Ramesh Krishnan Slobodan ?ivojinovi? 4 6 4 6 4 6       3 Anand Amritraj  /  Vijay Amritraj Goran Prpi?  /  Slobodan ?ivojinovi? 5 7 3 6 6 3 6 2 7 9   4 Ramesh Krishnan Bruno Ore?ar 4 6 6 4 4 6 6 1 6 3   5 Vijay Amritraj Slobodan ?ivojinovi? 3 6 4 6 4 6

Quarterfinals [ edit ]

Sweden vs. Czechoslovakia [ edit ]

Sweden 3	Himmelstalundshallen , Norrkoping , Sweden [11] 8?10 April 1988 Carpet (indoors)		Czechoslovakia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Stefan Edberg Toma? ?mid 6 3 6 4 6 3       2 Mats Wilander Miloslav Me?i? 11 13 3 6 4 6       3 Stefan Edberg  /  Mats Wilander Miloslav Me?i?  /  Toma? ?mid 8 6 6 4 8 6       4 Mats Wilander Milan ?rejber 6 3 2 6 4 6 3 6     5 Stefan Edberg Miloslav Me?i? 4 6 6 1 4 6 6 4 9 7

France vs. Australia [ edit ]

France 5	Maison des Sports , Clermont-Ferrand , France [12] 8?10 April 1988 Clay (indoors)		Australia 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Yannick Noah Darren Cahill 3 6 6 4 6 4 6 2     2 Henri Leconte Mark Woodforde 6 3 7 9 3 6 7 5 6 0   3 Guy Forget  /  Yannick Noah John Fitzgerald  /  Wally Masur 6 3 7 5 6 4       4 Henri Leconte John Fitzgerald 9 7 7 5         5 Yannick Noah Mark Woodforde 6 2 6 4

West Germany vs. Denmark [ edit ]

West Germany 5	Frankfurt , West Germany [13] 8?10 April 1988 Carpet (indoors)		Denmark 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Eric Jelen Morten Christensen 6 3 6 3 3 6 6 2     2 Boris Becker Michael Tauson 7 5 6 4 6 3       3 Boris Becker  /  Eric Jelen Michael Mortensen  /  Michael Tauson 6 3 6 4 6 4       4 Boris Becker Morten Christensen 6 3 6 4         5 Eric Jelen Michael Tauson 6 2 7 5

Yugoslavia vs. Italy [ edit ]

Yugoslavia 4	Belgrade , Yugoslavia [14] 8?10 April 1988 Carpet (indoors)		Italy 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Bruno Ore?ar Paolo Cane 1 6 1 6 3 6       2 Slobodan ?ivojinovi? Francesco Cancellotti 6 4 9 7 6 3       3 Goran Prpi?  /  Slobodan ?ivojinovi? Paolo Cane  /  Simone Colombo 6 4 6 2 3 6 6 3     4 Bruno Ore?ar Francesco Cancellotti 5 7 3 6 6 3 6 1 7 5   5 Slobodan ?ivojinovi? Paolo Cane 6 4 6 4

Semifinals [ edit ]

Sweden vs. France [ edit ]

Sweden 4	Bastad Tennis Stadium , Bastad , Sweden [15] 22?24 July 1988 Clay		France 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mats Wilander Yannick Noah 2 6 13 11 6 3 3 6 6 0   2 Stefan Edberg Henri Leconte 6 4 6 4 8 10 3 6 6 4   3 Anders Jarryd  /  Mats Wilander Guy Forget  /  Henri Leconte 6 4 7 9 2 6 2 6     4 Mats Wilander Henri Leconte 6 1 6 1 7 5       5 Kent Carlsson Thierry Tulasne 4 6 6 3 6 3

West Germany vs. Yugoslavia [ edit ]

West Germany 5	Dortmund , West Germany [16] 22?24 July 1988 Carpet (indoors)		Yugoslavia 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Boris Becker Slobodan ?ivojinovi? 7 5 6 2 6 4       2 Eric Jelen Goran Prpi? 9 7 9 7 6 2       3 Boris Becker  /  Eric Jelen Goran Ivani?evi?  /  Slobodan ?ivojinovi? 5 7 4 6 6 1 11 9 9 7   4 Boris Becker Goran Prpi? 7 5 6 4         5 Eric Jelen Slobodan ?ivojinovi? 6 4 6 2

Final [ edit ]

Sweden vs. West Germany [ edit ]

Sweden 1	Scandinavium , Gothenburg , Sweden [2] 16?18 December 1988 Clay (indoors)		West Germany 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mats Wilander Carl-Uwe Steeb 10 8 6 1 2 6 4 6 6 8   2 Stefan Edberg Boris Becker 3 6 1 6 4 6       3 Stefan Edberg  /  Anders Jarryd Boris Becker  /  Eric Jelen 6 3 6 2 5 7 3 6 2 6   4 Stefan Edberg Carl-Uwe Steeb 6 4 8 6         5 Kent Carlsson Patrik Kuhnen             w/o

Relegation play-offs [ edit ]

The first-round losers played in the Relegation Play-offs. The winners of the play-offs advanced to the 1989 Davis Cup World Group , and the losers were relegated to their respective Zonal Group I .

Results summary [ edit ]

Date: 8?10 April

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Door	Surface	Ref.
Paraguay	4?1	New Zealand	Asuncion	Outdoor	Clay	[17]
Switzerland	2?3	Mexico	St. Gallen	Indoor	Carpet	[18]
Spain	5?0	Brazil	Murcia	Outdoor	Clay	[19]
Israel	w/o	India	?	?	?	[20]

•   Israel ,   Mexico ,   Paraguay and   Spain remain in the World Group in 1989 .
•   Brazil ,   India ,   New Zealand and    Switzerland are relegated to Zonal competition in 1989 .

Paraguay vs. New Zealand [ edit ]

Paraguay 4	Asuncion , Paraguay [17] 8?10 April 1988 Clay		New Zealand 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Victor Pecci Kelly Evernden 6 4 8 6 6 8 6 3     2 Hugo Chapacu Bruce Derlin 6 0 6 2 6 3       3 Francisco Gonzalez  /  Victor Pecci Kelly Evernden  /  David Lewis 6 3 6 4 6 3       4 Francisco Gonzalez Bruce Derlin 6 3 2 6 4 6       5 Hugo Chapacu Kelly Evernden 6 2 6 1

Switzerland vs. Mexico [ edit ]

Switzerland 2	Sportanlage Kreuzbleiche, St. Gallen , Switzerland [18] 8?10 April 1988 Carpet (indoors)		Mexico 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Roland Stadler Leonardo Lavalle 10 8 6 2 6 4       2 Claudio Mezzadri Jorge Lozano 6 0 11 9 6 2       3 Heinz Gunthardt  /  Claudio Mezzadri Leonardo Lavalle  /  Jorge Lozano 6 4 1 6 7 9 6 3 4 6   4 Roland Stadler Jorge Lozano 6 4 6 3 4 6 4 6 2 6   5 Claudio Mezzadri Leonardo Lavalle 3 6 6 2 7 5 4 6 3 6

Spain vs. Brazil [ edit ]

Spain 5	Murcia Club de Tenis, Murcia , Spain [19] 8?10 April 1988 Clay		Brazil 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Javier Sanchez Ivan Kley 6 4 10 8 5 7 6 2     2 Emilio Sanchez Luiz Mattar 5 7 6 3 3 6 6 4 6 4   3 Sergio Casal  /  Emilio Sanchez Ricardo Acioly  /  Ivan Kley 6 3 6 3 6 4       4 Javier Sanchez Cassio Motta 10 12 6 3 6 4       5 Emilio Sanchez Ivan Kley 6 2 9 7

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• Davis Cup official website