2012 Davis Cup World Group play-offs

The 2012 Davis Cup World Group play-offs were held from September 14 to 16. They were the main play-offs of the 2012 Davis Cup.[1] Winners of the playoffs advanced to the 2013 World Group, and losers were relegated to their respective Zonal Regions I.

Teams edit

Bold indicates team has qualified for the 2013 Davis Cup World Group.

Results edit

Home team Score Visiting team Location Venue Door Surface
  Kazakhstan 3–1   Uzbekistan Astana National Tennis Centre Outdoor Clay
  Germany 3–2   Australia Hamburg Rothenbaum Stadium Outdoor Clay
  Japan 2–3   Israel Tokyo Ariake Coliseum Outdoor Hard
  Belgium 5–0   Sweden Brussels Royal Primerose Tennis Club Outdoor Clay
  Canada 4–1   South Africa Montreal Uniprix Stadium Outdoor Hard
  Brazil 5–0   Russia São José do Rio Preto Harmonia Tenis Clube Outdoor Clay
  Italy 4–1   Chile Napoli Tennis Club Napoli Outdoor Clay
  Netherlands 2–3    Switzerland Amsterdam Westergasfabriek Outdoor Clay

Playoff results edit

Kazakhstan vs. Uzbekistan edit

 
Kazakhstan
3
National Tennis Centre, Astana, Kazakhstan[2]
14–16 September 2012
Clay (i)
 
Uzbekistan
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Evgeny Korolev
Denis Istomin
3
6
6
4
2
6
6
0
3
6
 
2  
 
Mikhail Kukushkin
Farrukh Dustov
6
2
6
4
3
6
77
65
   
3  
 
Andrey Golubev / Yuri Schukin
Farrukh Dustov / Denis Istomin
77
63
6
3
6
4
     
4  
 
Mikhail Kukushkin
Denis Istomin
6
4
6
2
64
77
6
2
   
5  
 
Evgeny Korolev
Farrukh Dustov
          not
played

Germany vs. Australia edit

 
Germany
3
Rothenbaum Stadium, Hamburg, Germany[3]
14–16 September 2012
Clay
 
Australia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe
Bernard Tomic
6
2
3
6
4
6
64
77
   
2  
 
Florian Mayer
Lleyton Hewitt
7
5
6
3
6
2
     
3  
 
Benjamin Becker / Philipp Petzschner
Chris Guccione / Lleyton Hewitt
3
6
2
6
6
2
64
77
   
4  
 
Florian Mayer
Bernard Tomic
6
4
6
2
6
3
     
5  
 
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe
Lleyton Hewitt
6
4
6
1
6
4
     

Japan vs. Israel edit

 
Japan
2
Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan[4]
14–16 September 2012
Hard
 
Israel
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Go Soeda
Dudi Sela
6
2
6
4
3
6
6
4
   
2  
 
Tatsuma Ito
Amir Weintraub
3
6
2
6
4
6
     
3  
 
Tatsuma Ito / Yuichi Sugita
Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram
7
5
3
6
3
6
1
6
   
4  
 
Kei Nishikori
Dudi Sela
6
3
3
6
4
6
6
4
7
5
 
5  
 
Go Soeda
Amir Weintraub
3
6
65
77
6
4
3
6
   

Belgium vs. Sweden edit

 
Belgium
5
Royal Primerose Tennis Club, Brussels, Belgium[5]
14–16 September 2012
Clay
 
Sweden
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Steve Darcis
Michael Ryderstedt
6
3
77
63
6
0
     
2  
 
David Goffin
Andreas Vinciguerra
6
4
6
3
7
5
     
3  
 
Ruben Bemelmans / Olivier Rochus
Johan Brunström / Michael Ryderstedt
6
4
4
6
6
3
6
2
   
4  
 
David Goffin
Markus Eriksson
6
3
6
4
       
5  
 
Steve Darcis
Andreas Vinciguerra
6
4
6
2
       

Canada vs South Africa edit

 
Canada
4
Uniprix Stadium, Montreal, Canada[6]
14–16 September 2012
Hard
 
South Africa
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Vasek Pospisil
Izak van der Merwe
6
3
6
4
6
4
     
2  
 
Milos Raonic
Nikala Scholtz
7
5
6
4
7
5
     
3  
 
Daniel Nestor / Vasek Pospisil
Raven Klaasen / Izak van der Merwe
4
6
62
77
65
77
     
4  
 
Milos Raonic
Izak van der Merwe
6
2
6
2
6
4
     
5  
 
Frank Dancevic
Nikala Scholtz
6
2
6
2
       

Brazil vs. Russia edit

 
Brazil
5
Harmonia Tenis Clube, São José do Rio Preto, Brazil[7]
14–16 September 2012
Clay
 
Russia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Rogério Dutra da Silva
Igor Andreev
6
2
6
1
0
0
     
retired
2  
 
Thomaz Bellucci
Teymuraz Gabashvili
6
3
4
6
6
0
77
64
   
3  
 
Marcelo Melo / Bruno Soares
Alex Bogomolov, Jr. / Teymuraz Gabashvili
7
5
6
2
79
67
     
4  
 
Thomaz Bellucci
Alex Bogomolov, Jr.
77
64
6
3
       
5  
 
Rogério Dutra da Silva
Stanislav Vovk
6
2
6
2
       

Italy vs. Chile edit

 
Italy
4
Tennis Club Napoli, Napoli, Italy[8]
14–16 September 2012
Clay
 
Chile
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Andreas Seppi
Guillermo Hormazábal
7
5
6
1
6
2
     
2  
 
Fabio Fognini
Paul Capdeville
2
6
6
2
66
78
6
1
6
2
 
3  
 
Daniele Bracciali / Andreas Seppi
Jorge Aguilar / Paul Capdeville
4
6
6
4
4
6
2
6
   
4  
 
Andreas Seppi
Paul Capdeville
6
3
6
1
6
3
     
5  
 
Simone Bolelli
Christian Garín
6
4
6
3
       

Netherlands vs. Switzerland edit

 
Netherlands
2
Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, Netherlands[9]
14–16 September 2012
Clay
 
Switzerland
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Thiemo de Bakker
Roger Federer
3
6
4
6
4
6
     
2  
 
Robin Haase
Stanislas Wawrinka
3
6
6
3
3
6
64
77
   
3  
 
Robin Haase / Jean-Julien Rojer
Roger Federer / Stanislas Wawrinka
6
4
6
2
5
7
6
3
   
4  
 
Robin Haase
Roger Federer
1
6
4
6
4
6
     
5  
 
Thiemo de Bakker
Marco Chiudinelli
6
2
77
64
       

References edit

  1. ^ "Davis Cup WG Playoffs". Davis Cup.
  2. ^ "Kazakhstan v. Uzbekistan". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Germany v Australia". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Israel v Japan". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Belgium v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Canada v. South Africa". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Brazil v Russia". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Italy v Chile". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Switzerland vs Netherlands". daviscup.com.