# 1986 Davis Cup World Group

The World Group was the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 1986.
Australia won the title, defeating the two-time defending champions Sweden in the final, 3–2. The final was held at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, from 26 to 28 December. It was the Australian team's first Davis Cup title since 1983 and their 26th Davis Cup title overall.

## Participating teams

Participating teams :
| Australia | Czechoslovakia | Denmark | Ecuador |
| Great Britain | India | Italy | Mexico |
| New Zealand | Paraguay | Soviet Union | Spain |
| Sweden | United States | West Germany | Yugoslavia |

### Draw

| First round 7–10 March | First round 7–10 March | First round 7–10 March | Quarterfinals 18–20 July | Quarterfinals 18–20 July | Quarterfinals 18–20 July | Semifinals 3–5 October | Semifinals 3–5 October | Semifinals 3–5 October | Final 26–28 December | Final 26–28 December | Final 26–28 December |
| Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | | | | | | | | | |
| West Germany | West Germany | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| West Germany | West Germany | 2 | Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | | | | | | |
| Mexico | Mexico | 3 | Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | | | | | | |
| Mexico | Mexico | 3 | Mexico | Mexico | 1 | | | | | | |
| Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay) | Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay) | Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay) | Mexico | Mexico | 1 | | | | | | |
| Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay) | Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay) | Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay) | United States | United States | 4 | | | | | | |
| United States | United States | 3 | United States | United States | 4 | | | | | | |
| United States | United States | 3 | | | | Brisbane, Australia (grass) | Brisbane, Australia (grass) | Brisbane, Australia (grass) | | | |
| Ecuador | Ecuador | 2 | | | | Brisbane, Australia (grass) | Brisbane, Australia (grass) | Brisbane, Australia (grass) | | | |
| Ecuador | Ecuador | 2 | | | | United States | United States | 1 | | | |
| Auckland, New Zealand (hard) | Auckland, New Zealand (hard) | Auckland, New Zealand (hard) | | | | United States | United States | 1 | | | |
| Auckland, New Zealand (hard) | Auckland, New Zealand (hard) | Auckland, New Zealand (hard) | | | | Australia | Australia | 3 | | | |
| Australia | Australia | 4 | | | | Australia | Australia | 3 | | | |
| Australia | Australia | 4 | Wimbledon, United Kingdom (grass) | Wimbledon, United Kingdom (grass) | Wimbledon, United Kingdom (grass) | | | | | | |
| New Zealand | New Zealand | 1 | Wimbledon, United Kingdom (grass) | Wimbledon, United Kingdom (grass) | Wimbledon, United Kingdom (grass) | | | | | | |
| New Zealand | New Zealand | 1 | Australia | Australia | 4 | | | | | | |
| Telford, United Kingdom (indoor carpet) | Telford, United Kingdom (indoor carpet) | Telford, United Kingdom (indoor carpet) | Australia | Australia | 4 | | | | | | |
| Telford, United Kingdom (indoor carpet) | Telford, United Kingdom (indoor carpet) | Telford, United Kingdom (indoor carpet) | Great Britain | Great Britain | 1 | | | | | | |
| Spain | Spain | 1 | Great Britain | Great Britain | 1 | | | | | | |
| Spain | Spain | 1 | | | | | | | Melbourne, Australia (grass) | Melbourne, Australia (grass) | Melbourne, Australia (grass) |
| Great Britain | Great Britain | 4 | | | | | | | Melbourne, Australia (grass) | Melbourne, Australia (grass) | Melbourne, Australia (grass) |
| Great Britain | Great Britain | 4 | | | | | | | Australia | Australia | 3 |
| Belgrade, Yugoslavia (indoor hard) | Belgrade, Yugoslavia (indoor hard) | Belgrade, Yugoslavia (indoor hard) | | | | | | | Australia | Australia | 3 |
| Belgrade, Yugoslavia (indoor hard) | Belgrade, Yugoslavia (indoor hard) | Belgrade, Yugoslavia (indoor hard) | | | | | | | Sweden | Sweden | 2 |
| Soviet Union | Soviet Union | 2 | | | | | | | Sweden | Sweden | 2 |
| Soviet Union | Soviet Union | 2 | Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (indoor hard) | Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (indoor hard) | Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (indoor hard) | | | | | | |
| Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 3 | Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (indoor hard) | Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (indoor hard) | Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (indoor hard) | | | | | | |
| Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 3 | Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 0 | | | | | | |
| Calcutta, India (grass) | Calcutta, India (grass) | Calcutta, India (grass) | Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 0 | | | | | | |
| Calcutta, India (grass) | Calcutta, India (grass) | Calcutta, India (grass) | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 5 | | | | | | |
| India | India | 1 | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 5 | | | | | | |
| India | India | 1 | | | | Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay) | Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay) | Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay) | | | |
| Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 4 | | | | Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay) | Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay) | Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay) | | | |
| Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 4 | | | | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 1 | | | |
| Palermo, Italy (clay) | Palermo, Italy (clay) | Palermo, Italy (clay) | | | | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 1 | | | |
| Palermo, Italy (clay) | Palermo, Italy (clay) | Palermo, Italy (clay) | | | | Sweden | 4 | |
| Italy | Italy | 4 | | | | Sweden | 4 | |
| Italy | Italy | 4 | Båstad, Sweden (clay) | Båstad, Sweden (clay) | Båstad, Sweden (clay) | | | | | |
| Paraguay | Paraguay | 1 | Båstad, Sweden (clay) | Båstad, Sweden (clay) | Båstad, Sweden (clay) | | | | | |
| Paraguay | Paraguay | 1 | Italy | Italy | 0 | | | | | |
| Brøndby, Denmark (indoor carpet) | Brøndby, Denmark (indoor carpet) | Brøndby, Denmark (indoor carpet) | Italy | Italy | 0 | | | | | |
| Brøndby, Denmark (indoor carpet) | Brøndby, Denmark (indoor carpet) | Brøndby, Denmark (indoor carpet) | Sweden | Sweden | 5 | | | | | |
| Denmark | Denmark | 0 | Sweden | Sweden | 5 | | | | | |
| Sweden | Sweden | 5 | | | | | | | | |

## First round
### Mexico vs. West Germany

| Mexico 3 | Club Alemán de México, Mexico City, Mexico 7–10 March 1986 Clay | Club Alemán de México, Mexico City, Mexico 7–10 March 1986 Clay | West Germany 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Francisco Maciel Michael Westphal 7 5 6 2 6 0       2 Leonardo Lavalle Boris Becker 3 6 2 6 4 6       3 Leonardo Lavalle / Fernando Pérez Pascal Boris Becker / Andreas Maurer 3 6 6 1 7 5 3 6 6 4   4 Francisco Maciel Boris Becker 3 6 1 6 1 6       5 Leonardo Lavalle Michael Westphal 8 10 3 6 6 3 6 4 6 3 ||||

### Ecuador vs. United States

| Ecuador 2 | Guayaquil Tenis Club, Guayaquil, Ecuador 7–9 March 1986 Clay | Guayaquil Tenis Club, Guayaquil, Ecuador 7–9 March 1986 Clay | United States 3 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Andrés Gómez Jimmy Arias 7 5 4 6 6 6 9 7 6 4   2 Raúl Viver Aaron Krickstein 6 8 1 6 3 6       3 Andrés Gómez / Ricardo Ycaza Ken Flach / Robert Seguso 2 6 4 6 6 2 4 6     4 Andrés Gómez Aaron Krickstein 3 6 7 5 6 1 6 4     5 Raúl Viver Jimmy Arias 3 6 1 6 4 6 ||||

### New Zealand vs. Australia

| New Zealand 1 | Stanley Street, Auckland, New Zealand 7–9 March 1986 Hard | Stanley Street, Auckland, New Zealand 7–9 March 1986 Hard | Australia 4 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Kelly Evernden Paul McNamee 9 11 3 6 6 4 6 3 6 4   2 Chris Lewis Peter McNamara 2 6 5 7 4 6       3 Kelly Evernden / Russell Simpson Pat Cash / John Fitzgerald 2 6 3 6 3 6       4 Kelly Evernden Peter McNamara 6 3 1 6 3 6 1 6     5 Chris Lewis Paul McNamee 4 6 4 6 ||||

### Great Britain vs. Spain

| Great Britain 4 | Racquet Centre, Telford, United Kingdom 7–9 March 1986 Carpet (indoors) | Racquet Centre, Telford, United Kingdom 7–9 March 1986 Carpet (indoors) | Spain 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Jeremy Bates Sergio Casal 6 1 6 3 3 6 8 6     2 John Lloyd Emilio Sánchez 3 6 6 3 6 3 6 3     3 Colin Dowdeswell / John Lloyd Sergio Casal / Emilio Sánchez 6 4 6 3 6 3       4 Jeremy Bates Emilio Sánchez 11 9 6 4         5 John Lloyd Sergio Casal 4 6 6 8 ||||

### Yugoslavia vs. Soviet Union

| Yugoslavia 3 | Pionir Hall, Belgrade, Yugoslavia 7–9 March 1986 Hard (indoors) | Pionir Hall, Belgrade, Yugoslavia 7–9 March 1986 Hard (indoors) | Soviet Union 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Bruno Orešar Andrei Chesnokov 10 8 7 5 2 6 0 6 5 7   2 Slobodan Živojinović Alexander Zverev 3 6 6 8 6 3 6 4 6 0   3 Goran Prpić / Slobodan Živojinović Sergey Leonyuk / Alexander Zverev 3 6 2 6 4 6       4 Bruno Orešar Alexander Zverev 6 3 6 2 7 5       5 Slobodan Živojinović Andrei Chesnokov 6 3 6 3 3 6 6 4 ||||

### India vs. Czechoslovakia

| India 1 | Calcutta South Club, Calcutta, India 7–9 March 1986 Grass | Calcutta South Club, Calcutta, India 7–9 March 1986 Grass | Czechoslovakia 4 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Ramesh Krishnan Tomáš Šmíd 6 4 6 2 7 5       2 Vijay Amritraj Miloslav Mečíř 0 6 5 7 4 6       3 Anand Amritraj / Vijay Amritraj Pavel Složil / Tomáš Šmíd 2 6 11 9 4 6 4 6     4 Vijay Amritraj Tomáš Šmíd 6 3 3 6 1 6 2 6     5 Ramesh Krishnan Miloslav Mečíř 3 6 2 6 ||||

### Italy vs. Paraguay

| Italy 4 | Palermo, Italy 7–9 March 1986 Clay | Palermo, Italy 7–9 March 1986 Clay | Paraguay 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Francesco Cancellotti Hugo Chapacú 6 4 6 3 6 1       2 Claudio Panatta Víctor Pecci 4 6 11 9 9 7 10 8     3 Gianni Ocleppo / Claudio Panatta Francisco González / Víctor Pecci 6 4 1 6 4 6 5 7     4 Claudio Panatta Hugo Chapacú 6 3 7 5 6 3       5 Francesco Cancellotti Víctor Pecci 5 7 1 0        retired ||||

### Denmark vs. Sweden

| Denmark 0 | Brøndbyhallen, Brøndby, Denmark 7–9 March 1986 Carpet (indoors) | Brøndbyhallen, Brøndby, Denmark 7–9 March 1986 Carpet (indoors) | Sweden 5 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Michael Tauson Joakim Nyström 2 6 2 6 1 6       2 Morten Christensen Mats Wilander 6 8 2 6 8 10       3 Peter Bastiansen / Michael Mortensen Anders Järryd / Mats Wilander 3 6 3 6 4 6       4 Morten Christensen Joakim Nyström 5 7 1 6         5 Michael Tauson Mats Wilander 2 6 3 6 ||||

## Quarterfinals
### Mexico vs. United States

| Mexico 1 | Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City, Mexico 18–20 July 1986 Clay | Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City, Mexico 18–20 July 1986 Clay | United States 4 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Francisco Maciel Tim Mayotte 2 6 13 11 6 4 6 4     2 Leonardo Lavalle Brad Gilbert 4 6 4 6 6 3 4 6     3 Jorge Lozano / Fernando Pérez Pascal Ken Flach / Robert Seguso 7 5 3 6 4 6 4 6     4 Leonardo Lavalle Tim Mayotte 5 7 6 4 6 0 4 6 7 9   5 Francisco Maciel Brad Gilbert 5 7 6 1 5 7 ||||

### Great Britain vs. Australia

| Great Britain 1 | No. 1 Court, All England Club, Wimbledon, United Kingdom 18–20 July 1986 Grass | No. 1 Court, All England Club, Wimbledon, United Kingdom 18–20 July 1986 Grass | Australia 4 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Jeremy Bates Pat Cash 4 6 7 9 4 6       2 Andrew Castle Paul McNamee 5 7 1 6 2 6       3 Jeremy Bates / Colin Dowdeswell Pat Cash / John Fitzgerald 1 6 5 7 4 6       4 Andrew Castle Pat Cash 6 8 4 6         5 Jeremy Bates Paul McNamee 3 6 6 2 6 4 ||||

### Yugoslavia vs. Czechoslovakia

| Yugoslavia 0 | Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia 18–20 July 1986 Hard (indoors) | Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia 18–20 July 1986 Hard (indoors) | Czechoslovakia 5 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Slobodan Živojinović Miloslav Mečíř 4 6 6 4 8 10 4 6     2 Bruno Orešar Milan Šrejber 2 6 3 6 4 6       3 Igor Flego / Slobodan Živojinović Miloslav Mečíř / Tomáš Šmíd 3 6 2 6 4 6       4 Slobodan Živojinović Milan Šrejber 10 8 2 6 13 15       5 Igor Flego Miloslav Mečíř 2 6 5 7 ||||

### Sweden vs. Italy

| Sweden 5 | Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden 18–20 July 1986 Clay | Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden 18–20 July 1986 Clay | Italy 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Mats Wilander Paolo Canè 6 8 6 2 6 3 6 4     2 Joakim Nyström Claudio Panatta 6 2 6 3 6 1       3 Joakim Nyström / Mats Wilander Paolo Canè / Claudio Panatta 6 4 7 5 6 2       4 Stefan Edberg Paolo Canè 6 3 2 6 6 0       5 Mats Wilander Claudio Panatta 6 4 6 3 ||||

## Semifinals
### Australia vs. United States

| Australia 3 | Milton Courts, Brisbane, Australia 3–5 October 1986 Grass | Milton Courts, Brisbane, Australia 3–5 October 1986 Grass | United States 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Paul McNamee Brad Gilbert 2 6 6 3 3 6 6 0 6 1   2 Pat Cash Tim Mayotte 4 6 6 1 6 2 6 2     3 Pat Cash / John Fitzgerald Paul Annacone / Ken Flach 10 8 6 1 5 7 11 13 7 9   4 Pat Cash Brad Gilbert 3 6 6 2 6 3 6 4     5 Paul McNamee Tim Mayotte 6 3 2 5       not completed ||||

### Czechoslovakia vs. Sweden

| Czechoslovakia 1 | Prague, Czechoslovakia 3–5 October 1986 Clay | Prague, Czechoslovakia 3–5 October 1986 Clay | Sweden 4 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Miloslav Mečíř Kent Carlsson 0 6 2 6 4 6       2 Milan Šrejber Stefan Edberg 6 3 4 6 3 6 6 4 5 7   3 Miloslav Mečíř / Tomáš Šmíd Stefan Edberg / Anders Järryd 7 5 6 2 6 4       4 Milan Šrejber Mikael Pernfors 7 5 0 6 0 6 5 7     5 Miloslav Mečíř Stefan Edberg 4 6 7 9 ||||

## Final
### Australia vs. Sweden

| Australia 3 | Kooyong Stadium, Melbourne, Australia 26–28 December 1986 Grass | Kooyong Stadium, Melbourne, Australia 26–28 December 1986 Grass | Sweden 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Pat Cash Stefan Edberg 13 11 13 11 6 4       2 Paul McNamee Mikael Pernfors 3 6 1 6 3 6       3 Pat Cash / John Fitzgerald Stefan Edberg / Anders Järryd 6 3 6 4 4 6 6 1     4 Pat Cash Mikael Pernfors 2 6 4 6 6 3 6 4 6 3   5 Paul McNamee Stefan Edberg 8 10 4 6 ||||

## Relegation play-offs

The first-round losers played in the Relegation Play-offs. The winners of the play-offs advanced to the 1987 Davis Cup World Group, and the losers were relegated to their respective Zonal Regions.

### Results summary

Date: 3–5 October
| Home team | Score | Visiting team | Location | Door | Surface |
| West Germany | 5–0 | Ecuador | Essen | Indoor | Carpet |
| Spain | 5–0 | New Zealand | Barcelona | Outdoor | Clay |
| India | 4–1 | Soviet Union | New Delhi | Outdoor | Grass |
| Paraguay | 3–2 | Denmark | Asunción | Outdoor | Clay |
* India, Paraguay, Spain and West Germany remain in the World Group in 1987.
* Denmark, Ecuador, New Zealand and Soviet Union are relegated to Zonal competition in 1987.

### West Germany vs. Ecuador

| West Germany 5 | Essen, West Germany 3–5 October 1986 Carpet (indoors) | Essen, West Germany 3–5 October 1986 Carpet (indoors) | Ecuador 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Boris Becker Raúl Viver 6 4 6 4 10 8       2 Eric Jelen Andrés Gómez 6 4 6 3 7 9 7 5     3 Boris Becker / Eric Jelen Andrés Gómez / Raúl Viver 6 2 6 4 6 4       4 Eric Jelen Raúl Viver 6 4 6 3         5 Boris Becker Andrés Gómez 7 5 6 2 ||||

### Spain vs. New Zealand

| Spain 5 | Barcelona, Spain 3–5 October 1986 Clay | Barcelona, Spain 3–5 October 1986 Clay | New Zealand 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Fernando Luna Steve Guy 6 3 9 7 6 1       2 Emilio Sánchez Bruce Derlin 6 2 6 0 6 1       3 Sergio Casal / Emilio Sánchez Bruce Derlin / Kelly Evernden 6 3 6 2 7 5       4 Fernando Luna Bruce Derlin 6 4 8 6         5 Emilio Sánchez Steve Guy 3 6 6 2 6 3 ||||

### India vs. Soviet Union

| India 4 | New Delhi, India 3–5 October 1986 Grass | New Delhi, India 3–5 October 1986 Grass | Soviet Union 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Vijay Amritraj Andrei Chesnokov 6 1 6 4 6 4       2 Ramesh Krishnan Alexander Zverev 3 6 3 6 6 0 6 1 6 4   3 Anand Amritraj / Vijay Amritraj Sergey Leonyuk / Alexander Zverev 2 6 6 3 6 2 1 6 6 4   4 Ramesh Krishnan Andrei Chesnokov 6 4 6 4         5 Srinivasan Vasudevan Alexander Volkov 6 3 5 7 2 6 ||||

### Paraguay vs. Denmark

| Paraguay 3 | Asunción, Paraguay 3–5 October 1986 Clay | Asunción, Paraguay 3–5 October 1986 Clay | Denmark 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Víctor Pecci Michael Tauson 6 3 6 2 6 1       2 Francisco González Peter Bastiansen 5 7 4 6 8 6 4 6     3 Francisco González / Víctor Pecci Morten Christensen / Michael Mortensen 6 4 6 1 5 7 6 2     4 Francisco González Michael Tauson 6 3 5 7 11 9 6 8 3 6   5 Víctor Pecci Peter Bastiansen 6 2 1 6 6 0 6 1 ||||