March 4 (Reuters) - Factbox on the Davis Cup world group
first round ties taking place later this week (all times
GMT).
SPAIN v SWITZERLAND
Venue: Plaza de Toros de la Ribera, Logrono
Surface: Indoor clay
Times: Friday (1200), Saturday (1500), Sunday (1100)
Head-to-head: 4-1
SPAIN team: David Ferrer, Tommy Robredo, Marcel Granollers,
Nicolas Almagro; Captain: Albert Costa
Best result: Winners 2000, 2004, 2008, 2009
Ties played (W-L): 183 (114-69)
SWITZERLAND team: Stanislas Wawrinka, Marco Chiudinelli,
Michael Lammer, Yves Allegro; Captain: Severin Luthi
Best result: Runner-up 1992
Ties played (W-L): 148 (68-80)
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FRANCE v GERMANY
Venue: Palais des Sports, Toulon
Surface: Indoor hard
Times: Friday (1200), Saturday (1400), Sunday (1200)
Head-to-head: 5-2
FRANCE team: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gael Monfils, Michael
Llodra, Julien Benneteau; Captain: Guy Forget
Best result: Winners nine times, last time in 2001
Ties played (W-L): 230 (149-81)
GERMANY team: Philipp Kohlschreiber, Benjamin Becker, Simon
Greul, Christopher Kas; Captain: Patrik Kuhnen
Best result: Winners 1988, 1989, 1993
Ties played (W-L): 206 (135-71)
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RUSSIA v INDIA
Venue: Small Sports Arena "Luzhniki", Moscow
Surface: Indoor hard
Times: Friday (1000), Saturday (1100), Sunday (1000)
Head-to-head: 1-2
RUSSIA team: Nikolay Davydenko, Mikhail Youzhny, Teimuraz
Gabashvili, Igor Kunitsyn; Captain: Shamil Tarpishchev
Best result: Winners 2002, 2006
Ties played (W-L): 119 (78-41)
INDIA team: Somdev Devvarman, Rohan Bopanna, Leander Paes,
Mahesh Bhupathi; Captain: Shiv-Prakash Misra
Best result: Runners-up 1966, 1974, 1987
Ties played (W-L): 178 (108-70)
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SWEDEN v ARGENTINA
Venue: Kungliga Tennishallen, Stockholm
Surface: Indoor hard
Times: Friday (1400), Saturday (1500), Sunday (1200)
Head-to-head: 2-2
SWEDEN team: Robin Soderling, Andreas Vinciguerra, Simon
Aspelin, Robert Lindstedt; Captain: Thomas Enqvist
Best result: Winners seven times, last time in 1998
Ties played (W-L) 213 (144-69)
ARGENTINA team: Horacio Zeballos, Leonardo Mayer, Eduardo
Schwank, Federico del Bonis; Captain: Tito Vazquez
Best result: Runners-up 1981, 2006, 2008
Ties played (W-L): 129 (72-57)
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CROATIA v ECUADOR
Venue: Gradska Sportska, Varazdin
Surface: Indoor hard
Times: Friday (1300), Saturday (1300), Sunday (1300)
Head-to-head: 0-0
CROATIA team: Marin Cilic, Ivo Karlovic, Ivan Dodig, Antonio
Veic; Captain: Goran Prpic
Best result: Winners 2005
Ties played (W-L): 38 (23-15). Prior to 1992, Croatian
players represented Yugoslavia.
EDUADOR team: Nicolas Lapentti, Giovanni Lapentti, Ivan
Endara, Julio-Cesar Campozano; Captain: Raul Viver
Best result: Quarter-finals 1985
Ties played (W-L): 95 (51-44)
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SERBIA v UNITED STATES
Venue: Belgrade Arena
Surface: Indoor clay
Times: Friday (1500), Saturday (1300), Sunday (1400)
Head-to-head: 0-0
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): 39 (27-12)
UNITED STATES team: John Isner, Sam Querrey, Mike Bryan,
Bob Bryan; Captain: Patrick McEnroe
Best result: Winners 32 times, last time in 2007
Ties played (W-L): 271 (208-63)
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CHILE v ISRAEL
Venue: Enjoy Tennis Center, Coquimbo
Surface: Outdoor clay
Times: Saturday (1400), Sunday (1700), Monday (1400)
Head-to-head: 1-1
CHILE team: Fernando Gonzalez, Nicolas Massu, Paul
Capdeville, Jorge Aguilar; Captain: Hans Gildemeister
Best result: Runner-up 1976
Ties played (W-L): 134 (73-61)
ISRAEL team: Dudi Sela, Harel Levy, Jonathan Erlich, Andy
Ram; Captain: Eyal Ran
Best result: Semi-finals 2009
Ties played (W-L) 97 (42-55)
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BELGIUM v CZECH REPUBLIC
Venue: Expodroom Bree
Surface: Indoor clay
Times: Friday (1200), Saturday (1300), Sunday (1230)
Head-to-head: 3-7
BELGIUM team: Olivier Rochus, Xavier Malisse, Steve Darcis,
Christophe Rochus; Captain: Reginald Willems
Best result: Runner-up 1904
Ties played (W-L): 169 (84-85)
CZECH REPUBLIC team: Tomas Berdych, Radek Stepanek, Jan
Hajek, Lukas Dlouhy; Captain: Jaroslav Navratil
Best result: Winners 1980 (as Czechoslovakia), runner-up
2009
Ties played (W-L): 186 (112-74)
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(Compiled by Tom Pilcher and Toby Davis)
