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Performance of countries at the 1982 Davis Cup
The nations to reach the semifinals of the World Group were United States, Australia, France and New Zealand. In the first semifinal, United States gave a fine performance and defeated Australia by a score of 5-0. In the second semifinal, France defeated New Zealand by winning 3 out of the 5 matches.
Thus, United States and New Zealand successfully qualified for the finals of the World Group. In the final tie, United States completely dominated France by winning 4 out of the total 5 games. Thus, United States emerged as the winner of the Davis cup tournament Tennis in the year 1982.
In the World Group relegation play off matches, Argentina, Romania, Great Britain and Soviet Union gave a good performance and retained their positions in the World Group for the next Davis cup tournament Tennis.
However, India, Mexico, Spain and West Germany were relegated to the zonal competitions for the next Davis cup tournament Tennis.
In the North and Central Americas zone, Canada advanced to the Inter zonal final. In the South Americas zone, Paraguay advanced to the Americas Inter zonal final and also got promoted to the World Group.
Then, in the Eastern zone, Indonesia was promoted to the World Group for the next Davis cup tournament Tennis. Ireland and Denmark also got promoted to the World Group from the European zone.
Summary of the performance of countries at the 1982 Davis Cup
In the 1982 Davis Cup final, matches were held as follows:
World Group:
Semifinal 1 – United States versus Australia
Winner – United States
Semifinal 2 – New Zealand versus France
Winner – France
Final – United States versus France
Winner – United States.
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