| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 9 February – 1 December |
| Edition | 85th |
| Teams | 124 |
| Champion | |
| Winning Nation | France |
| ← 1995 1997 → |
| Participating teams | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Austria |
Belgium |
Czech Republic |
Denmark |
France |
Germany |
Hungary |
India |
Italy |
Mexico |
Netherlands |
Russia |
South Africa |
Sweden |
Switzerland |
United States |
| First Round 9–11 February |
Quarterfinals 5–7 April |
Semifinals 20–22 September |
Final 29 November–1 December |
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| Rome, Italy (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Russia | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rome, Italy (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Italy | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Italy | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Johannesburg, South Africa (indoor hard) | ||||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Austria | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nantes, France (indoor carpet) | ||||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Italy | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Geneva, Switzerland (indoor clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
| France | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 5 |