2020_Davis_Cup_World_Group_I_play-offs References

Teams

Results summary

World Group I play-offs results

Notes

References

External links

Ukraine vs. Chinese Taipei

Pakistan vs. Slovenia

Bolivia vs. Dominican Republic

Turkey vs. Israel

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. South Africa

Mexico vs. Finland

Lebanon vs. Thailand

New Zealand vs. Venezuela

Peru vs. Switzerland

Norway vs. Barbados

Lithuania vs. Portugal

Romania vs. China

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]

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.

Seeded teams

Unseeded teams

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.

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
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
3

Club de Tenis Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia^[5]
6–7 March 2020
Clay

Dominican Republic
1

		1	2
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
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
3

Arena Zenica, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina^[7]
6–7 March 2020
Hard (i)

South Africa
1

		1	2
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
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
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
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
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
4

Oslo Tennis Arena, Oslo, Norway^[12]
6–7 March 2020
Hard (i)

Barbados
0

		1	2
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
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
w/o

Polyvalent Hall, Piatra Neamț, Romania^[14]^{[note 1]}
6–7 March 2020
Hard (i)

China

^ 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.

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

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[ROUCHN-15] 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.

[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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