2018 Davis Cup World Group play-offs

The 2018 Davis Cup World Group play-offs were held from 14 to 16 September. They were the main play-offs of the 2018 Davis Cup. The winners of the playoffs advance as seeded to the 2019 Davis Cup qualifying round.


Teams edit

Bold indicates team had qualified as seeded to the 2019 Davis Cup qualifying round.

Results summary edit

Date: 14–16 September

The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties and eight winners of the Zonal Group I final round ties competed in the World Group play-offs for spots in the 2019 qualifying round. The draw took place on April 10 in London.

Home team Score Visiting team Location Venue Door Surface
  Argentina 4–0   Colombia San Juan Estadio Aldo Cantoni Indoor Clay
  Great Britain 3–1   Uzbekistan Glasgow Commonwealth Arena Indoor Hard
  Austria 3–1   Australia Graz Messe Congress Graz Outdoor Clay
   Switzerland 2–3   Sweden Biel/Bienne Swiss Tennis Arena Indoor Hard
  Serbia 4–0   India Kraljevo Kraljevo Sports Hall Indoor Clay
  Canada 3–1   Netherlands Toronto Coca-Cola Coliseum Indoor Hard
  Hungary 2–3   Czech Republic Budapest Kopaszi Dam Outdoor Clay
  Japan 4–0   Bosnia and Herzegovina Osaka Utsubo Tennis Center Outdoor Hard

Play-off results edit

Argentina vs. Colombia edit

 
Argentina
4
Estadio Aldo Cantoni, San Juan, Argentina[1]
14–16 September
Clay (i)
 
Colombia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Diego Schwartzman
Santiago Giraldo
6
3
6
1
63
77
6
1
   
2  
 
Guido Pella
Daniel Elahi Galán
3
6
6
4
4
6
6
3
6
2
 
3  
 
Máximo González / Horacio Zeballos
Alejandro Gómez / Cristian Rodríguez
6
4
77
63
64
77
4
6
6
4
 
4  
 
Horacio Zeballos
Nicolás Mejía
7
5
6
2
       
5  
 
Guido Pella
Santiago Giraldo
          not
played

Great Britain vs. Uzbekistan edit

 
Great Britain
3
Commonwealth Arena, Glasgow, United Kingdom[2]
14–16 September
Hard (i)
 
Uzbekistan
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Dan Evans
Denis Istomin
77
64
4
6
0
6
6
4
7
5
 
2  
 
Cameron Norrie
Jurabek Karimov
6
0
7
5
66
78
2
6
2
6
 
3  
 
Dominic Inglot / Jamie Murray
Sanjar Fayziev / Denis Istomin
4
6
710
68
6
2
6
3
   
4  
 
Cameron Norrie
Sanjar Fayziev
6
2
6
2
6
0
     
5  
 
Dan Evans
Jurabek Karimov
          not
played

Austria vs. Australia edit

 
Austria
3
Messe Congress Graz, Graz, Austria[3]
14–16 September
Clay
 
Australia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Dominic Thiem
Jordan Thompson
6
1
6
3
6
0
     
2  
 
Dennis Novak
Alex de Minaur
3
6
6
2
6
3
6
2
   
3  
 
Oliver Marach / Jürgen Melzer
Lleyton Hewitt / John Peers
1
6
4
6
6
3
5
7
   
4  
 
Dominic Thiem
Alex de Minaur
6
4
6
2
3
6
6
4
   
5  
 
Dennis Novak
Jordan Thompson
          not
played

Switzerland vs. Sweden edit

 
Switzerland
2
Swiss Tennis Arena, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland[4]
14–16 September
Hard (i)
 
Sweden
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Marc-Andrea Hüsler
Markus Eriksson
6
3
6
4
4
6
610
712
4
6
 
2  
 
Henri Laaksonen
Jonathan Mridha
77
65
6
2
6
3
     
3  
 
Antoine Bellier / Luca Margaroli
Markus Eriksson / Robert Lindstedt
2
6
2
6
4
6
     
4  
 
Henri Laaksonen
Markus Eriksson
6
2
6
2
65
77
6
1
   
5  
 
Sandro Ehrat
Jonathan Mridha
6
4
3
6
4
6
64
77
   

Serbia vs. India edit

 
Serbia
4
Kraljevo Sports Hall, Kraljevo, Serbia[5]
14–16 September
Clay (i)
 
India
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Laslo Đere
Ramkumar Ramanathan
3
6
6
4
77
62
6
2
   
2  
 
Dušan Lajović
Prajnesh Gunneswaran
6
4
6
3
6
4
     
3  
 
Nikola Milojević / Danilo Petrović
Rohan Bopanna / Saketh Myneni
77
65
6
2
77
64
     
4  
 
Peđa Krstin
Sriram Balaji
6
3
6
1
       
5  
 
Laslo Đere
Prajnesh Gunneswaran
          not
played

Canada vs. Netherlands edit

 
Canada
3
Coca-Cola Coliseum, Toronto, Canada[6]
14–16 September
Hard (i)
 
Netherlands
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Milos Raonic
Thiemo de Bakker
6
3
6
2
6
2
     
2  
 
Denis Shapovalov
Robin Haase
3
6
3
6
7
5
6
3
6
4
 
3  
 
Daniel Nestor / Vasek Pospisil
Matwé Middelkoop / Jean-Julien Rojer
6
4
3
6
4
6
4
6
   
4  
 
Milos Raonic
Scott Griekspoor
77
64
6
3
6
4
     
5  
 
Denis Shapovalov
Thiemo de Bakker
          not
played

Hungary vs. Czech Republic edit

 
Hungary
2
Lurdy Ház, Budapest, Hungary[7]
14–16 September
Clay
 
Czech Republic
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Zsombor Piros
Jiří Veselý
3
6
6
4
4
6
77
63
7
5
 
2  
 
Máté Valkusz
Lukáš Rosol
1
6
2
6
4
6
     
3  
 
Gábor Borsos / Péter Nagy
Roman Jebavý / Lukáš Rosol
3
6
4
6
6
1
6
2
6
4
 
4  
 
Máté Valkusz
Jiří Veselý
77
64
3
6
2
6
4
6
   
5  
 
Zsombor Piros
Lukáš Rosol
4
6
66
78
3
6
     

Japan vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina edit

 
Japan
4
Utsubo Tennis Center, Osaka, Japan[8]
14–16 September
Hard
 
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Taro Daniel
Tomislav Brkić
6
4
6
2
77
63
     
2  
 
Yoshihito Nishioka
Mirza Bašić
6
4
6
3
6
3
     
3  
 
Ben McLachlan / Yasutaka Uchiyama
Tomislav Brkić / Nerman Fatić
6
2
6
4
6
4
     
4  
 
Yosuke Watanuki
Darko Bojanović
6
1
6
3
       
5  
 
Yoshihito Nishioka
Tomislav Brkić
          not
played

References edit

  1. ^ "Argentina v Colombia". daviscup.com.
  2. ^ "Great Britain v Uzbekistan". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Austria v Australia". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Switzerland v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Serbia v India". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Canada v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Hungary v Czech Republic". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Japan v Bosnia and Herzegovina". daviscup.com.

[1] Davis Cup Tennis 2018: Final Scores and Results from Round 1 Bracket

  1. ^ Verschueren, Gianni. "Davis Cup Tennis 2018: Final Scores and Results from Round 1 Bracket". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2022-05-31.