La Coupe Davis 2008 en chiffres
A statistical look back at the 2008 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas
1 - Mongolia made its first ever Davis Cup appearance in 2008 Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV, while Montenegro was promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II for the first time.
3 – Spain collected its 3rd Davis Cup title in 2008, defeating Argentina in the final. It was also the 3rd time that Argentina had contested – and lost - a Davis Cup Final.
4 – The number of nations – Croatia, Chile, Netherlands and Switzerland – that won promotion to the 2009 World Group from Zonal Group I.
8 – South Africa scored its 8th successive victory in the competition, defeating Monaco to earn promotion to Europe/Africa Group I in 2009.
11 – Croatia’s World Group play-off victory against Brazil featured 11 tiebreaks, setting a new record for the number of tiebreaks in a Davis Cup tie.
14 – Spain became only the 14th team to win the title after losing the opening rubber in the 96 finals to date.
14 – Aged 14 years, 31 days, Qatar’s Mousa Zayed became the youngest player ever to play a Davis Cup singles match.
15 – Pakistan won all 15 rubbers that it played in 2008, and earned promotion to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II.
16 – Russia scored its 16th successive home victory when defeating Czech Republic in April’s quarterfinals. This is currently the longest streak of ties won at home, though still 12 short of Italy’s all-time record (1949-1964).
19 – Marcos Baghdatis extended his singles winning streak to 19 for Cyprus in 2008 Davis Cup.
21 – Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes won a record 21st successive Davis Cup doubles match in 2008 in India’s World Group play-off tie with Romania.
28 – Czech Republic, Sweden and USA all qualified for their 28th appearance in the World Group, the most by any nation. They have all missed just one World Group participation since its introduction in 1981.
73 – the number of ties that Domenico Vicini has played for San Marino – a Davis Cup record.
77 – the longest rubber of the 2008 Davis Cup competition contained 77 games – Irakli Labadze (GEO) defeated Lukas Lacko (SVK) 46 76 36 63 1917 in a Europe/Africa Zone Group I 2nd round match.
83 – Leander Paes scored his 83rd Davis Cup victory in India’s World Group play-off tie with Romania in September. He moved to 4th place on the all-time list behind Nicola Pietrangeli, Ilie Nastase and Manolo Santana for total number of wins.
97 - the 2008 Davis Cup was the 97th time that the competition was held.
120 – number of nations that took part in 2008 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas, the 13th year in a row that 120 nations or more have taken part.
150 – Italy’s victory over Latvia to secure its place in Europe/Africa Group I in 2009 was its 150th the history of Davis Cup. Only USA and Australia have won more ties.
524 – number of players that played in 2008 Davis Cup.
550,000+- total number of spectators at all Davis Cup ties in 2008.
15 million – page views on the official Davis Cup website, www.daviscup.com
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Pronostics 
Lopez aurait été logique, et Verdasco jouait pas mal du tout contre Murray à Bercy. 