2020 Davis Cup World Group I

The 2020 Davis Cup World Group I was held on 5–6 March 2021 and 17–19 September 2021. The eight highest-ranked winners of the World Group I ties automatically progressed to the 2022 Davis Cup qualifying round. The four lowest-ranked winners took part in an additional knock-out tie in November 2021, the two winners progressing to the 2022 Davis Cup qualifying round and the two losers contesting the 2022 Davis Cup World Group I play-offs. The losing nations from the World Group I ties will compete in the 2022 Davis Cup World Group I play-offs.^[1]

Teams edit

Twenty-four teams participated in the World Group I, in a series decided on a home and away basis. The seedings are based on the nations ranking of 9 March.^[2]

These twenty-four teams were:

12 losing teams from the qualifying round
12 winning teams from World Group I play-offs

The eight highest-ranked (as at 20 September 2021) winners of the World Group I ties automatically progressed to the 2022 qualifiers. The four lowest-ranked winners took part in an additional knock-out tie in November 2021, with the two winners progressing to the 2022 qualifiers and two losers contesting the 2022 World Group I play-offs. The losing nations from the World Group I ties will compete in the World Group I play-offs in 2022.^[3]

#: Nations ranking as of 9 March 2020.^[4]

Seeded teams

Belgium (#4)
Argentina (#16)
Japan (#19)
Netherlands (#20)
Chile (#21)
India (#22)
Uzbekistan (#25)
Brazil (#26)
South Korea (#27)
Portugal (#28)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (#29)
Israel (#30)

Unseeded teams

Slovakia (#31)
Uruguay (#32)
Finland (#33)
Pakistan (#34)
Ukraine (#35)
Lebanon (#36)
New Zealand (#37)
Peru (#38)
Bolivia (#40)
Romania (#41)
Belarus (#42)
Norway (#45)

Results summary edit

Home team	Score	Away team	Location	Venue	Surface
Bolivia	2–3	Belgium [1]	Asunción (Paraguay)	Rakiura Resort	Clay
Argentina [2]	4–1	Belarus	Buenos Aires	Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club	Clay
Pakistan	0–4	Japan [3]	Islamabad	Pakistan Sports Complex	Grass
Uruguay	0–4	Netherlands [4]	Montevideo	Carrasco Lawn Tenis Club	Clay
Slovakia	3–1	Chile [5]	Bratislava	NTC Arena	Hard (i)
Finland	3–1	India [6]	Espoo	Espoo Metro Areena	Hard (i)
Norway	3–1	Uzbekistan [7]	Oslo	Oslo Tennis Arena	Hard (i)
Lebanon	0–4	Brazil [8]	Jounieh	Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon	Clay
New Zealand	1–3	South Korea [9]	Newport (United States)	International Tennis Hall of Fame	Grass
Romania	3–1	Portugal [10]	Cluj-Napoca	Horia Demian Sports Hall	Hard (i)
Peru	3–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina [11]	Lima	Club Lawn Tennis de la Exposición	Clay
Ukraine	3–2	Israel [12]	Kyiv	Marina Tennis Club	Hard (i)

World Group I results edit

Bolivia vs. Belgium edit

Bolivia
2

Rakiura Resort, Asunción, Paraguay^[5]
18–19 September 2021
Clay

Belgium
3

		1	2	3
1	Hugo Dellien Ruben Bemelmans	6 3	6 4
2	Murkel Dellien Zizou Bergs	6 4	4 6	6 2
3	Boris Arias / Federico Zeballos Sander Gillé / Joran Vliegen	3 6	4 6
4	Hugo Dellien Michael Geerts	4 6	6 4	2 6
5	Murkel Dellien Ruben Bemelmans	6² 7⁷	2 6

Argentina vs. Belarus edit

Argentina
4

Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina^[6]
18–19 September 2021
Clay

Belarus
1

		1	2	3
1	Diego Schwartzman Daniil Ostapenkov	4 6	3 6
2	Guido Pella Erik Arutiunian	6 1	6 2
3	Máximo González / Horacio Zeballos Erik Arutiunian / Daniil Ostapenkov	5 7	6 2	6 2
4	Diego Schwartzman Alexander Zgirovsky	6 1	6 2
5	Federico Coria Daniil Ostapenkov	6 3	6 1

Pakistan vs. Japan edit

Pakistan
0

Pakistan Sports Complex, Islamabad, Pakistan^[7]
5–6 March 2021
Grass

Japan
4

		1	2	3
1	Aqeel Khan Yosuke Watanuki	3 6	2 6
2	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Kaichi Uchida	4 6	6⁴ 7⁷
3	Aqeel Khan / Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Shintaro Mochizuki / Sho Shimabukuro	6 4	4 6	2 6
4	Muzammil Murtaza Yuta Shimizu	1 6	1 6
5	Aqeel Khan Kaichi Uchida				not played

Uruguay vs. Netherlands edit

Uruguay
0

Carrasco Lawn Tenis Club, Montevideo, Uruguay^[8]
18–19 September 2021
Clay

Netherlands
4

		1	2
1	Francisco Llanes Botic van de Zandschulp	0 6	3 6
2	Martín Cuevas Tallon Griekspoor	4 6	6⁶ 7⁸
3	Ignacio Carou / Martín Cuevas Wesley Koolhof / Matwé Middelkoop	2 6	1 6
4	Ignacio Carou Robin Haase	3 6	2 6
5	Francisco Llanes Tallon Griekspoor			not played

Slovakia vs. Chile edit

Slovakia
3

NTC Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia^[9]
17–18 September 2021
Hard (i)

Chile
1

		1	2	3
1	Alex Molčan Cristian Garín	2 6	4 6
2	Norbert Gombos Nicolás Jarry	6 3	6⁵ 7⁷	6 3
3	Filip Polášek / Igor Zelenay Marcelo Tomás Barrios Vera / Alejandro Tabilo	6 1	7⁷ 6⁴
4	Norbert Gombos Cristian Garín	6 0	6 1
5	Alex Molčan Nicolás Jarry				not played

Finland vs. India edit

Finland
3

Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo, Finland^[10]
17–18 September 2021
Hard (i)

India
1

		1	2
1	Otto Virtanen Prajnesh Gunneswaran	6 3	7⁷ 6¹
2	Emil Ruusuvuori Ramkumar Ramanathan	6 4	7 5
3	Harri Heliövaara / Henri Kontinen Rohan Bopanna / Ramkumar Ramanathan	7⁷ 6²	7⁷ 6²
4	Patrik Niklas-Salminen Prajnesh Gunneswaran	3 6	5 7
5	Otto Virtanen Ramkumar Ramanathan			not played

Norway vs. Uzbekistan edit

Norway
3

Oslo Tennis Arena, Oslo, Norway^[11]
17–18 September 2021
Hard (i)

Uzbekistan
1

		1	2
1	Casper Ruud Khumoyun Sultanov	6 3	6 3
2	Viktor Durasovic Denis Istomin	6 4	6 4
3	Casper Ruud / Viktor Durasovic Sanjar Fayziev / Denis Istomin	6¹ 7⁷	3 6
4	Casper Ruud Sanjar Fayziev	6 3	6 1
5	Viktor Durasovic Khumoyun Sultanov			not played

Lebanon vs. Brazil edit

Lebanon
0

Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon, Jounieh, Lebanon^[12]
18–19 September 2021
Clay

Brazil
4

		1	2	3
1	Benjamin Hassan Orlando Luz	4 6	4 6
2	Hady Habib Felipe Meligeni Alves	1 6	3 6
3	Hady Habib / Benjamin Hassan Marcelo Demoliner / Rafael Matos	2 6	6 3	6⁵ 7⁷
4	Roey Tabet Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida	0 6	1 6
5	Hady Habib Orlando Luz				not played

New Zealand vs. South Korea edit

New Zealand
1

International Tennis Hall of Fame, Newport, United States^[13]
17–18 September 2021
Grass

South Korea
3

		1	2	3
1	Rubin Statham Nam Ji-sung	2 6	2 6
2	Finn Reynolds Kwon Soon-woo	6¹ 7⁷	3 6
3	Marcus Daniell / Michael Venus Nam Ji-sung / Song Min-kyu	4 6	6 2	6 4
4	Rubin Statham Kwon Soon-woo	3 6	3 6
5	Finn Reynolds Nam Ji-sung				not played

Romania vs. Portugal edit

Romania
3

Horia Demian Sports Hall, Cluj-Napoca, Romania^[14]
18–19 September 2021
Hard (i)

Portugal
1

		1	2	3
1	Filip Jianu João Sousa	3 6	5 7
2	Marius Copil Gastão Elias	6 4	6 3
3	Marius Copil / Horia Tecău Nuno Borges / João Sousa	6 4	6 3
4	Marius Copil João Sousa	6 3	2 6	6 4
5	Filip Jianu Gastão Elias				not played

Peru vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina edit

Peru
3

Club Lawn Tennis de la Exposición, Lima, Peru^[15]
17–18 September 2021
Clay

Bosnia and Herzegovina
2

		1	2	3
1	Nicolás Álvarez Damir Džumhur	2 6	7⁷ 6⁴	3 6
2	Juan Pablo Varillas Mirza Bašić	7 5	7⁹ 6⁷
3	Sergio Galdós / Jorge Panta Mirza Bašić / Tomislav Brkić	5 7	2 6
4	Juan Pablo Varillas Damir Džumhur	6 1	6 3
5	Nicolás Álvarez Nerman Fatić	7⁷ 6⁴	6 4

Ukraine vs. Israel edit

Ukraine
3

Marina Tennis Club, Kyiv, Ukraine^[16]
5–6 March 2021
Hard (i)

Israel
2

		1	2	3
1	Illya Marchenko Daniel Cukierman	1 6	6 3	6 2
2	Sergiy Stakhovsky Edan Leshem	3 6	6 3	2 6
3	Denys Molchanov / Sergiy Stakhovsky Daniel Cukierman / Jonathan Erlich	4 6	6 4	3 6
4	Illya Marchenko Edan Leshem	6 3	6 2
5	Sergiy Stakhovsky Yshai Oliel	6 4	6 2

References edit

^ "2020 Davis Cup play-offs draws on October 3". Daviscup.com. 1 October 2019.
^ "Seeds announced for Davis Cup Finals 2020". Daviscup.com. 9 March 2020.
^ "Davis Cup - Draws & Results".
^ "Davis Cup - Rankings". Daviscup.com. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
^ "Bolivia v Belgium". Daviscup.com.
^ "Argentina v Belarus". Daviscup.com.
^ "Pakistan v Japan". Daviscup.com.
^ "Uruguay v Netherlands". Daviscup.com.
^ "Slovakia v Chile". Daviscup.com.
^ "Finland v India". Daviscup.com.
^ "Norway v Uzbekistan". Daviscup.com.
^ "Lebanon v Brazil". Daviscup.com.
^ "New Zealand v South Korea". Daviscup.com.
^ "Romania v Portugal". Daviscup.com.
^ "Peru v Bosnia and Herzegovina". Daviscup.com.
^ "Ukraine v Israel". Daviscup.com.

External links edit

[1] "2020 Davis Cup play-offs draws on October 3". Daviscup.com. 1 October 2019.

[seeds-2] "Seeds announced for Davis Cup Finals 2020". Daviscup.com. 9 March 2020.

[3] "Davis Cup - Draws & Results".

[4] "Davis Cup - Rankings". Daviscup.com. Retrieved 9 March 2020.

[5] "Bolivia v Belgium". Daviscup.com.

[6] "Argentina v Belarus". Daviscup.com.

[7] "Pakistan v Japan". Daviscup.com.

[8] "Uruguay v Netherlands". Daviscup.com.

[9] "Slovakia v Chile". Daviscup.com.

[10] "Finland v India". Daviscup.com.

[11] "Norway v Uzbekistan". Daviscup.com.

[12] "Lebanon v Brazil". Daviscup.com.

[13] "New Zealand v South Korea". Daviscup.com.

[14] "Romania v Portugal". Daviscup.com.

[15] "Peru v Bosnia and Herzegovina". Daviscup.com.

[16] "Ukraine v Israel". Daviscup.com.

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