2014 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs

The 2014 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs were held from 12 to 14 September. They were the main play-offs of the 2014 Davis Cup.^[1] Winners of the playoffs advanced to the 2015 World Group, and the losers were relegated to their respective Zonal Regions I.

Teams

Bold indicates team has qualified for the 2015 Davis Cup World Group.

From World Group  Netherlands  Canada  Spain  Australia  United States  Argentina  Belgium  Serbia

From Americas Group I  Brazil  Colombia From Asia/Oceania Group I  Uzbekistan  India From Europe/Africa Group I  Croatia  Israel  Ukraine  Slovakia

Results summary

Date: 12–14 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 2015 World Group. The draw took place on April 8 in London.

Seeded teams  Serbia  Spain  Argentina  Canada  United States  Australia  Croatia  Belgium

Unseeded teams  Brazil  Colombia  India  Israel  Netherlands  Slovakia  Ukraine  Uzbekistan

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface
India	2–3	Serbia	Bangalore	KSLTA Tennis Stadium	Outdoor	Hard
Brazil	3–1	Spain	São Paulo	Ginásio do Ibirapuera	Indoor	Clay
Israel	2–3	Argentina	Sunrise, Florida[2][3]	Sunrise Tennis Club[2][3]	Outdoor	Hard
Canada	3–2	Colombia	Halifax	Halifax Metro Centre	Indoor	Hard
United States	5–0	Slovakia	Chicago	Sears Centre	Indoor	Hard
Australia	5–0	Uzbekistan	Perth	Cottesloe Tennis Club	Outdoor	Grass
Netherlands	2–3	Croatia	Amsterdam	Ziggo Dome	Indoor	Clay
Ukraine	2–3	Belgium	Tallinn[2][4]	Tere Tennis Centre[2][4]	Indoor	Hard

Note: Due to security concerns, the International Tennis Federation Board of Directors decided to move the World Group play-off ties originally scheduled to be held in Israel and Ukraine. Israel and Ukraine exercised their option of nominating neutral venues for their ties against Argentina and Belgium, respectively.^[2]

•  Argentina,  Australia,  Belgium,  Canada,  Serbia and  United States will remain in the World Group in 2015.
•  Brazil and  Croatia were promoted to the World Group in 2015.
•  Colombia,  India,  Israel,  Slovakia,  Ukraine and  Uzbekistan will remain in Zonal Group I in 2015.
•  Netherlands and  Spain were relegated to Zonal Group I in 2015.

Playoff results

India vs. Serbia

India 2	KSLTA Tennis Stadium, Bangalore, India[5] 12 – 14 September 2014 Hard		Serbia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Yuki Bhambri Dušan Lajović 3 6 2 6 5 7       2 Somdev Devvarman Filip Krajinović 1 6 6 4 3 6 2 6     3 Rohan Bopanna / Leander Paes Ilija Bozoljac / Nenad Zimonjić 1 6 6^4 7^7 6 3 6 3 8 6   4 Somdev Devvarman Dušan Lajović 1 6 6 4 4 6 6 3 6 2   5 Yuki Bhambri Filip Krajinović 3 6 4 6 4 6

Brazil vs. Spain

Brazil 3	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, Brazil[6] 12 – 14 September 2014 Clay (i)		Spain 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Rogério Dutra Silva Roberto Bautista Agut 0 6 1 6 3 6       2 Thomaz Bellucci Pablo Andújar 3 6 6^6 7^8 6 4 7 5 6 3   3 Marcelo Melo / Bruno Soares Marc López / David Marrero 6 3 7 5 7 5       4 Thomaz Bellucci Roberto Bautista Agut 6 4 3 6 6 3 6 2     5 Rogério Dutra Silva Pablo Andújar           not played

Israel vs. Argentina

Israel 2	Sunrise Tennis Club, Sunrise, United States[7] 12 – 14 September 2014 Hard		Argentina 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Bar Tzuf Botzer Leonardo Mayer 4 6 6 3 2 6 1 6     2 Dudi Sela Carlos Berlocq 6 3 6^5 7^7 6 2 6 2     3 Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram Federico Delbonis / Horacio Zeballos 6 3 3 6 6 1 3 6 6 3   4 Dudi Sela Leonardo Mayer 2 6 1 6 4 6       5 Bar Tzuf Botzer Carlos Berlocq 2 6 3 6 0 6

Canada vs. Colombia

Canada 3	Scotiabank Centre, Halifax, Canada[8] 12 – 14 September 2014 Hard (i)		Colombia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Vasek Pospisil Santiago Giraldo 6 3 7^7 6^2 6 3       2 Milos Raonic Alejandro González 6 3 6 3 6 2       3 Daniel Nestor / Vasek Pospisil Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah 6^3 7^7 6^7 7^9 4 6       4 Milos Raonic Santiago Giraldo 6 1 7^7 6^2 7 5       5 Frank Dancevic Alejandro González 6 4 5 7 2 6

United States vs. Slovakia

United States 5	Sears Centre, Chicago, United States[9] 12 – 14 September 2014 Hard (i)		Slovakia 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 John Isner Norbert Gomboš 7^7 6^5 6 4 6 2       2 Sam Querrey Martin Kližan 7^8 6^6 6 3 6 3       3 Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan Norbert Gomboš / Lukáš Lacko 6 1 6 2 6 1       4 John Isner Lukáš Lacko 6 3 6 0         5 Sam Querrey Norbert Gomboš 6 4 4 6 6 4

Australia vs. Uzbekistan

Australia 5	Cottesloe Tennis Club, Perth, Australia[10] 12 – 14 September 2014 Grass		Uzbekistan 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Nick Kyrgios Denis Istomin 6 4 7 5 6 4       2 Lleyton Hewitt Farrukh Dustov 6 4 6 4 6 2       3 Chris Guccione / Lleyton Hewitt Farrukh Dustov / Denis Istomin 6 3 7^7 6^5 6 2       4 Samuel Groth Temur Ismailov 6 3 6 2         5 Nick Kyrgios Sanjar Fayziev 6 1 6 1

Netherlands vs. Croatia

Netherlands 2	Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Netherlands[11] 12 – 14 September 2014 Clay (i)		Croatia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Igor Sijsling Mate Delić 6 4 4 6 5 7 2 6     2 Robin Haase Borna Ćorić 7^7 6^4 6 1 6 4       3 Robin Haase / Jean-Julien Rojer Marin Čilić / Marin Draganja 2 6 6 3 3 6 4 6     4 Robin Haase Mate Delić 3 6 4 6 6 4 6 1 6 4   5 Thiemo de Bakker Marin Čilić 7^7 6^4 4 6 2 6 5 7

Ukraine vs. Belgium

Ukraine 2	Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia[12] 12 – 14 September 2014 Hard (i)		Belgium 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Sergiy Stakhovsky Steve Darcis 6^5 7^7 6 4 6 2 6 2     2 Illya Marchenko David Goffin 6^1 7^7 3 6 1 6       3 Sergei Bubka / Sergiy Stakhovsky Ruben Bemelmans / Olivier Rochus 2 6 3 6 6 2 6 3 2 6   4 Sergiy Stakhovsky David Goffin 3 6 1 6 2 6       5 Illya Marchenko Steve Darcis 7^7 6^2 6 4

References

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