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1998 Davis Cup World Group qualifying round

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The 1998 Davis Cup World Group qualifying round was held from 25 to 28 September. They were the main play-offs of the 1998 Davis Cup. The winners of the playoffs advanced to the 1999 Davis Cup World Group, and the losers were relegated to their respective Zonal Regions I.

Teams edit

Bold indicates team had qualified for the 1999 Davis Cup World Group.

Results summary edit

Date: 25–28 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 qualifying round for spots in the 1999 World Group.

Home team Score Visiting team Location Venue Door Surface Ref.
  Australia 5–0   Uzbekistan Townsville Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre Indoor Hard [1]
  Brazil 3–0   Romania Florianópolis Hotel Costão do Santinho Outdoor Clay [2]
  Czech Republic 5–0   South Africa Prague National Tennis Centre Outdoor Clay [3]
  Israel 1–4   France Ramat HaSharon Canada Stadium Outdoor Hard [4]
  Great Britain 3–2   India Nottingham Nottingham Tennis Centre Outdoor Hard [5]
  Netherlands 5–0   Ecuador Eindhoven Indoor-Sportcentrum Eindhoven Indoor Carpet [6]
  Japan 1–3   Russia Osaka Utsubo Tennis Center Outdoor Hard [7]
  Argentina 2–3   Slovakia Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club Outdoor Clay [8]

Qualifying results edit

Australia vs. Uzbekistan edit

 
Australia
5 		Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville, Australia[1]
25–27 September 1998
Hard (indoors) 		 
Uzbekistan
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Pat Rafter
Oleg Ogorodov 		6
3 		6
3 		6
4 		     
2  
  		Jason Stoltenberg
Vadim Kutsenko 		7
5 		6
1 		6
0 		     
3  
  		Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde
Oleg Ogorodov / Dmitri Tomashevich 		6
3 		77
63 		77
64 		     
4  
  		Pat Rafter
Dmitri Tomashevich 		6
2 		6
4 		       
5  
  		Jason Stoltenberg
Oleg Ogorodov 		6
3 		6
3 		       

Brazil vs. Romania edit

 
Brazil
3 		Hotel Costão do Santinho, Florianópolis, Brazil[2]
25–27 September 1998
Clay 		 
Romania
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Fernando Meligeni
Adrian Voinea 		6
1 		6
4 		77
63 		     
2  
  		Gustavo Kuerten
Andrei Pavel 		7
5 		6
3 		6
3 		     
3  
  		Gustavo Kuerten / Jaime Oncins
Andrei Pavel / Gabriel Trifu 		7
5 		6
4 		6
4 		     
4  
  		Gustavo Kuerten
Adrian Voinea 		          not
played
5  
  		Fernando Meligeni
Andrei Pavel 		          not
played

Czech Republic vs. South Africa edit

 
Czech Republic
5 		National Tennis Centre, Prague, Czech Republic[3]
25–27 September 1998
Clay 		 
South Africa
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Ctislav Doseděl
Wayne Ferreira 		6
2 		6
3 		6
4 		     
2  
  		Bohdan Ulihrach
Marcos Ondruska 		6
1 		6
2 		6
1 		     
3  
  		Jiří Novák / David Rikl
Wayne Ferreira / Piet Norval 		6
4 		6
2 		6
2 		     
4  
  		Bohdan Ulihrach
David Nainkin 		6
0 		6
1 		       
5  
  		Ctislav Doseděl
Piet Norval 		6
1 		6
1 		       

Israel vs. France edit

 
Israel
1 		Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel[4]
25–27 September 1998
Hard 		 
France
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Amir Hadad
Cédric Pioline 		2
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
2  
  		Harel Levy
Guillaume Raoux 		61
77 		2
6 		4
6 		     
3  
  		Noam Behr / Eyal Erlich
Jérôme Golmard / Guillaume Raoux 		1
6 		4
6 		3
6 		     
4  
  		Harel Levy
Cédric Pioline 		3
6 		6
1 		6
2 		     
5  
  		Amir Hadad
Nicolas Escudé 		6
4 		2
6 		1
6 		     

Great Britain vs. India edit

 
Great Britain
3 		Nottingham Tennis Centre, Nottingham, Great Britain[5]
25–27 September 1998
Hard 		 
India
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Greg Rusedski
Leander Paes 		2
6 		6
3 		3
6 		6
2 		11
9 		 
2  
  		Tim Henman
Mahesh Bhupathi 		4
6 		6
3 		6
3 		6
3 		   
3  
  		Neil Broad / Tim Henman
Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes 		62
77 		3
6 		63
77 		     
4  
  		Tim Henman
Leander Paes 		77
63 		6
2 		77
65 		     
5  
  		Chris Wilkinson
Mahesh Bhupathi 		3
6 		4
6 		       

Netherlands vs. Ecuador edit

 
Netherlands
5 		Indoor-Sportcentrum Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Netherlands[6]
25–27 September 1998
Carpet (indoors) 		 
Ecuador
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Jan Siemerink
Luis Morejón 		6
3 		6
3 		6
1 		     
2  
  		Paul Haarhuis
Nicolás Lapentti 		6
2 		6
3 		6
2 		     
3  
  		Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis
Andrés Gómez / Nicolás Lapentti 		5
7 		6
1 		6
3 		61
77 		6
4 		 
4  
  		Jan Siemerink
Giovanni Lapentti 		6
2 		6
1 		       
5  
  		Sjeng Schalken
Luis Morejón 		6
0 		6
3 		       

Japan vs. Russia edit

 
Japan
1 		Utsubo Tennis Center, Osaka, Japan[7]
25–27 September 1998
Hard 		 
Russia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Gouichi Motomura
Yevgeny Kafelnikov 		6
4 		2
6 		3
6 		3
6 		   
2  
  		Takao Suzuki
Marat Safin 		64
77 		2
6 		3
6 		     
3  
  		Gouichi Motomura / Takao Suzuki
Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Marat Safin 		5
7 		3
6 		6
4 		2
6 		   
4  
  		Takao Suzuki
Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky 		6
4 		6
4 		       
5  
  		Gouichi Motomura
Alexander Volkov 		6
3 		        not
completed

Argentina vs. Slovakia edit

 
Argentina
2 		Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina[8]
25–28 September 1998
Clay 		 
Slovakia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Franco Squillari
Dominik Hrbatý 		3
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
2  
  		Hernán Gumy
Karol Kučera 		6
1 		6
1 		6
4 		     
3  
  		Lucas Arnold Ker / Luis Lobo
Dominik Hrbatý / Karol Kučera 		6
3 		6
4 		6
4 		     
4  
  		Franco Squillari
Karol Kučera 		3
6 		3
6 		6
3 		77
63 		4
6 		 
5  
  		Hernán Gumy
Dominik Hrbatý 		2
6 		6
3 		4
6 		2
6 		   

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Australia v Uzbekistan". daviscup.com.
  2. ^ a b "Brazil v Romania". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ a b "Czech Republic v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ a b "Israel v France". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ a b "Great Britain v India". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ a b "Netherlands v Ecuador". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ a b "Japan v Russia". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ a b "Argentina v Slovakia". daviscup.com.

External links edit

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