2020 Davis Cup World Group I play-offs

The 2020 Davis Cup World Group I play-offs were held on 6–9 March. The twelve winners of this round qualified for the 2020 Davis Cup World Group I while the twelve losers qualified for the 2020 Davis Cup World Group II.[1][2]

Teams edit

Twenty-four teams played for twelve spots in the World Group I, in series decided on a home and away basis.

These twenty-four teams are:

  • 12 losing teams from their Group I zone.
  • 12 winning teams from their Group II zone.

The 12 winning teams from the play-offs would play at the World Group I and the 12 losing teams would play at the World Group II.

Results summary edit

Home team Score Away team Location Venue Surface
  Ukraine 3–2   Chinese Taipei Zaporizhia Palace of Sports Hard (i)
  Pakistan 3–0   Slovenia Islamabad Pakistan Sports Complex Grass
  Bolivia 3–1   Dominican Republic Santa Cruz de la Sierra Club de Tenis Santa Cruz Clay
  Turkey 1–3   Israel Antalya Club Megasaray Tennis Centre Clay
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–1   South Africa Zenica Arena Zenica Hard (i)
  Mexico 2–3   Finland Metepec Club Deportivo La Asunción Clay
  Lebanon 3–1   Thailand Jounieh Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon Clay
  New Zealand 3–1   Venezuela Auckland ASB Tennis Centre Hard
  Peru 3–1    Switzerland Lima Club Lawn Tennis de la Exposición Clay
  Norway 4–0   Barbados Oslo Oslo Tennis Arena Hard (i)
  Lithuania 0–4   Portugal Šiauliai Šiauliai Tennis Academy Hard (i)
  Romania w/o   China Piatra Neamț Polyvalent Hall Hard (i)

China withdrew from its match against Romania because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

World Group I play-offs results edit

Ukraine vs. Chinese Taipei edit

 
Ukraine
3
Palace of Sports, Zaporizhia, Ukraine[3]
6–7 March 2020
Hard (i)
 
Chinese Taipei
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Tseng Chun-hsin
6
3
1
6
2
6
 
2  
 
Illya Marchenko
Wu Tung-lin
4
6
4
6
   
3  
 
Denys Molchanov / Sergiy Stakhovsky
Hsieh Cheng-peng / Yang Tsung-hua
64
77
6
4
6
4
 
4  
 
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Wu Tung-lin
77
63
4
6
6
3
 
5  
 
Illya Marchenko
Tseng Chun-hsin
6
3
6
2
   

Pakistan vs. Slovenia edit

 
Pakistan
3
Pakistan Sports Complex, Islamabad, Pakistan[4]
8–9 March 2020
Grass
 
Slovenia
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Nik Razboršek
4
6
7
5
77
61
 
2  
 
Aqeel Khan
Blaž Kavčič
0
6
78
66
6
4
 
3  
 
Aqeel Khan / Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Blaž Kavčič / Tom Kočevar-Dešman
6
3
79
67
   
4  
 
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Blaž Kavčič
      not
played
5  
 
Aqeel Khan
Nik Razboršek
      not
played

Bolivia vs. Dominican Republic edit

 
Bolivia
3
Club de Tenis Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia[5]
6–7 March 2020
Clay
 
Dominican Republic
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Hugo Dellien
José Hernández-Fernández
6
3
6
4
   
2  
 
Federico Zeballos
Roberto Cid Subervi
3
6
4
6
   
3  
 
Hugo Dellien / Federico Zeballos
Roberto Cid Subervi / Nick Hardt
6
3
6
2
   
4  
 
Hugo Dellien
Roberto Cid Subervi
7
5
6
4
   
5  
 
Federico Zeballos
José Hernández-Fernández
      not
played

Turkey vs. Israel edit

 
Turkey
1
Club Megasaray Tennis Centre, Antalya, Turkey[6]
6–7 March 2020
Clay
 
Israel
3
1 2 3
1  
 
Cem İlkel
Daniel Cukierman
64
77
2
6
   
2  
 
Altuğ Çelikbilek
Ben Patael
7
5
1
6
6
4
 
3  
 
Yankı Erel / Cem İlkel
Daniel Cukierman / Jonathan Erlich
3
6
1
6
   
4  
 
Cem İlkel
Edan Leshem
2
6
64
77
   
5  
 
Altuğ Çelikbilek
Daniel Cukierman
      not
played

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. South Africa edit

 
Bosnia and Herzegovina
3
Arena Zenica, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina[7]
6–7 March 2020
Hard (i)
 
South Africa
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Damir Džumhur
Ruan Roelofse
77
63
7
5
   
2  
 
Mirza Bašić
Lloyd Harris
5
7
2
6
   
3  
 
Mirza Bašić / Tomislav Brkić
Raven Klaasen / Ruan Roelofse
77
64
6
3
   
4  
 
Damir Džumhur
Lloyd Harris
6
1
2
1
   
retired
5  
 
Mirza Bašić
Ruan Roelofse
      not
played

Mexico vs. Finland edit

 
Mexico
2
Club Deportivo La Asunción, Metepec, Mexico[8]
6–7 March 2020
Clay
 
Finland
3
1 2 3
1  
 
Manuel Sánchez
Patrik Niklas-Salminen
4
6
4
6
   
2  
 
Gerardo López Villaseñor
Otto Virtanen
6
3
65
77
7
5
 
3  
 
Santiago González / Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
Harri Heliövaara / Henri Kontinen
3
6
66
78
   
4  
 
Gerardo López Villaseñor
Harri Heliövaara
6
0
77
62
   
5  
 
Manuel Sánchez
Otto Virtanen
2
6
66
78
   

Lebanon vs. Thailand edit

 
Lebanon
3
Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon, Jounieh, Lebanon[9]
6–7 March 2020
Clay
 
Thailand
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Benjamin Hassan
Jirat Navasirisomboon
6
1
6
2
   
2  
 
Hasan Ibrahim
Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul
68
710
6
3
65
77
 
3  
 
Benjamin Hassan / Giovani Samaha
Kittirat Kerdlaphee / Phongsapak Kerdlaphee
6
3
67
79
6
0
 
4  
 
Benjamin Hassan
Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul
6
2
6
0
   
5  
 
Hasan Ibrahim
Jirat Navasirisomboon
      not
played

New Zealand vs. Venezuela edit

 
New Zealand
3
ASB Tennis Centre, Auckland, New Zealand[10]
6–7 March 2020
Hard
 
Venezuela
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Finn Tearney
Jordi Muñoz Abreu
6
4
6
4
   
2  
 
Ajeet Rai
Luis David Martínez
7
5
4
6
2
6
 
3  
 
Marcus Daniell / Artem Sitak
Luis David Martínez / Jordi Muñoz Abreu
6
3
77
63
   
4  
 
Rubin Statham
Brandon Pérez
6
2
63
77
4
1
 
retired
5  
 
Finn Tearney
Luis David Martínez
      not
played

Peru vs. Switzerland edit

 
Peru
3
Club Lawn Tennis de la Exposición, Lima, Peru[11]
6–7 March 2020
Clay
 
Switzerland
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Juan Pablo Varillas
Sandro Ehrat
77
64
77
63
   
2  
 
Nicolás Álvarez
Henri Laaksonen
4
6
4
6
   
3  
 
Sergio Galdós / Jorge Panta
Sandro Ehrat / Luca Margaroli
7
5
710
68
   
4  
 
Juan Pablo Varillas
Henri Laaksonen
6
3
3
6
77
63
 
5  
 
Nicolás Álvarez
Sandro Ehrat
      not
played

Norway vs. Barbados edit

 
Norway
4
Oslo Tennis Arena, Oslo, Norway[12]
6–7 March 2020
Hard (i)
 
Barbados
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Viktor Durasovic
Darian King
6
4
6
2
   
2  
 
Casper Ruud
Haydn Lewis
6
2
6
2
   
3  
 
Viktor Durasovic / Casper Ruud
Haydn Lewis / Kaipo Marshall
6
3
6
2
   
4  
 
Lukas Hellum Lilleengen
Kaipo Marshall
6
2
6
1
   
5  
 
Viktor Durasovic
Haydn Lewis
      not
played

Lithuania vs. Portugal edit

 
Lithuania
0
Šiauliai Tennis Academy, Šiauliai, Lithuania[13]
6–7 March 2020
Hard (i)
 
Portugal
4
1 2 3
1  
 
Laurynas Grigelis
Frederico Ferreira Silva
710
68
3
6
0
6
 
2  
 
Julius Tverijonas
João Sousa
1
6
3
6
   
3  
 
Laurynas Grigelis / Lukas Mugevičius
João Sousa / Pedro Sousa
3
6
1
6
   
4  
 
Laurynas Grigelis
Pedro Sousa
65
77
7
5
[3]
[10]
 
5  
 
Julius Tverijonas
Frederico Ferreira Silva
      not
played

Romania vs. China edit

 
Romania
w/o
Polyvalent Hall, Piatra Neamț, Romania[14][note 1]
6–7 March 2020
Hard (i)
 
China
1 2 3
1  
 
N/A
N/A
      not
played
2  
 
N/A
N/A
      not
played
3  
 
N/A
N/A
      not
played
4  
 
N/A
N/A
      not
played
5  
 
N/A
N/A
      not
played

Notes edit

  1. ^ China withdrew from the tie following the increased restrictions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic which have resulted in team China being unable to travel to this tie.

References edit

  1. ^ "2020 Davis Cup Play-offs draws on October 3". Daviscup.com. 1 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Draw made for World Group I and II Play-offs". Daviscup.com. 3 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Ukraine v Chinese Taipei". Daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Pakistan v Slovenia". Daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Bolivia v Dominican Republic". Daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Turkey v Israel". Daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Bosnia and Herzegovina v South Africa". Daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Mexico v Finland". Daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Lebanon v Thailand". Daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Venezuela v New Zealand". Daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Peru v Switzerland". Daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Norway v Barbados". Daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Lithuania v Portugal". Daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Romania v China". Daviscup.com.

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