March 5 (Reuters) - Factbox on the Davis Cup world group
first round ties taking place from Friday to Sunday (all times
GMT) including the team changes made by Sweden and Israel.
ARGENTINA v NETHERLANDS
Venue: Parque Roca arena, Buenos Aires
Surface: Outdoor clay
Times: Friday (1300), Saturday (1400), Sunday (1300)
Head-to-head: No previous meetings
ARGENTINA team: Juan Monaco, Juan Ignacio Chela, Lucas
Arnold, Martin Vassallo Arguello; Captain: Modesto Vasquez
Best result: Runners-up 1981, 2006, 2008
Ties played (W-L): 127 (71-56)
NETHERLANDS team: Jesse Huta Galung, Thiemo De Bakker, Matwe
Middelkoop, Rogier Wassen; Captain: Jan Siemerink
Best result: Semi-finals 2001
Ties played (W-L): 142 (63-79)
CZECH REPUBLIC v FRANCE
Venue: CEZ Arena, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Surface: Indoor carpet
Times: Friday (1330), Saturday (1300), Sunday (1200)
Head-to-head: France lead 7-6
CZECH REPUBLIC team: Tomas Berdych, Radek Stepanek, Jan
Hernych, Lukas Dlouhy; Captain: Jaroslav Navratil
Best result: Winners 1980 (as Czechoslovakia)
Ties played (W-L): 182 (109-73)
FRANCE team: Gilles Simon, Gael Monfils, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga,
Richard Gasquet; Captain: Guy Forget
Best result: Winners nine times, last time in 2001
Ties played (W-L): 228 (148-80)
UNITED STATES v SWITZERLAND
Venue: Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex, Birmingham,
Alabama
Surface: Indoor hard
Times: Friday (1900), Saturday (1900), Sunday (1800)
Head-to-head: Teams are level 1-1
UNITED STATES team: Andy Roddick, James Blake, Mike Bryan,
Bob Bryan; Captain: Patrick McEnroe
Best result: Winners 32 times, last time in 2007
Ties played (W-L): 269 (207-62)
SWITZERLAND team: Stanislas Wawrinka, Stephane Bohli, Marco
Chiudinelli, Yves Allegro; Captain: Severin Luthi
Best result: Runner-up 1992
Ties played (W-L): 146 (67-79)
CROATIA v CHILE
Venue: Visenamjenska Sportska Dvorana ZATIKA, Porec, Croatia
Surface: Indoor hard
Times: Friday (1300), Saturday (1300), Sunday (1100)
Head-to-head: No previous meetings
CROATIA team: Marin Cilic, Ivo Karlovic, Mario Ancic, Roko
Karanusic; Captain: Goran Prpic
Best result: Winners 2005
Ties played (W-L): 35 (21-14). Prior to 1992, Croatian
players represented Yugoslavia.
CHILE team: Nicolas Massu, Paul Capdeville, Guillermo
Hormazabal, Hans Podlipnik-Castillo; Captain: Hans Gildemeister
Best result: Runner-up 1976
Ties played (W-L): 132 (72-60)
SWEDEN v ISRAEL
Venue: Baltic Hall, Malmo, Sweden. To be played behind
closed doors because of security concerns.
Surface: Indoor carpet
Times: Friday (1400), Saturday (1300), Sunday (1200)
Head-to-head: Sweden lead 1-0
SWEDEN team: Thomas Johansson, Andreas Vinciguerra, Simon
Aspelin, Robert Lindstedt; Captain: Mats Wilander
Best result: Winners seven times, last time in 1998
Ties played (W-L) 211 (143-68)
ISRAEL team: Dudi Sela, Harel Levy, Andy Ram, Amir Hadad;
Captain: Eyal Ran
Best result: Quarter-finals 1987
Ties played (W-L) 94 (40-54)
ROMANIA v RUSSIA
Venue: Sala Transilvania, Sibiu, Romania
Surface: Indoor carpet
Times: Friday (1000), Saturday (1100), Sunday (1000)
Head-to-head: Romania lead 3-1
ROMANIA team: Victor Hanescu, Victor Crivoi, Adrian Cruciat,
Horia Tecau; Captain: Andrei Pavel
Best result: Runners-up 1969, 1971, 1972
Ties played (W-L): 132 (69-63)
RUSSIA team: Marat Safin, Dmitry Tursunov, Mikhail Youzhny,
Teimuraz Gabashvili; Captain: Shamil Tarpishchev
Best result: Winners 2002, 2006
Ties played (W-L): 117 (77-40)
GERMANY v AUSTRIA
Venue: Olympia Eissportzentrum, Garmisch-Partenkirchen,
Germany
Surface: Indoor hard
Times: Friday (1330), Saturday (1230), Sunday (1200)
Head-to-head: Germany lead 4-0
GERMANY team: Rainer Schuettler, Nicolas Kiefer, Philipp
Kohlschreiber, Christopher Kas; Captain: Patrik Kuhnen
Best result: Winners 1988, 1989, 1993
Ties played (W-L): 204 (134-70)
AUSTRIA team: Juergen Melzer, Alexander Peya, Stefan Koubek,
Julian Knowle; Captain: Gilbert Schaller
Best result: Semi-finals 1990
Ties played (W-L): 137 (64-73)
SPAIN v SERBIA
Venue: Parque Tematico Terra Mitica, Benidorm, Spain
Surface: Outdoor clay
Times: Friday (1000), Saturday (1200), Sunday (1000)
Head-to-head: Spain lead 6-2 (all against former Yugoslavia)
SPAIN team: Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer, Tommy Robredo,
Feliciano Lopez; Captain: Albert Costa
Best result: Winners 2000, 2004, 2008
Ties played (W-L): 179 (110-69)
SERBIA team: Novak Djokovic, Viktor Troicki, Janko
Tipsarevic, Nenad Zimonjic; Captain: Bogdan Obradovic
Best result: Semi-final 1988, 1989, 1991 (as Yugoslavia)
Ties played (W-L): 37 (26-11)
(Editing by Sonia Oxley and Tom Pilcher)
