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2003 Davis Cup World Group play-offs

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The World Group playoffs were the main playoffs of 2003 Davis Cup. Winners advanced to the World Group, and losers were relegated in the Zonal Regions I.

Teams

Bold indicates team has qualified for the 2004 Davis Cup World Group.

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; From World Group

  • {{davis|ROU}}
  • {{davis|NED}}
  • {{davis|GBR}}
  • {{davis|BRA}}
  • {{davis|USA}}
  • {{davis|BEL}}
  • {{davis|GER}}
  • {{davis|CZE}}

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; From Americas Group I

  • {{davis|ECU}}
  • {{davis|CAN}}

; From Asia/Oceania Group I

  • {{davis|IND}}
  • {{davis|THA}}

; From Europe/Africa Group I

  • {{davis|SVK}}
  • {{davis|AUT}}
  • {{davis|BLR}}
  • {{davis|MAR}}

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Results

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Seeded teams

  • {{davis|BEL}}
  • {{davis|BRA}}
  • {{davis|CZE}}
  • {{davis|GER}}
  • {{davis|GBR}}
  • {{davis|NED}}
  • {{davis|ROU}}
  • {{davis|USA}}

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Unseeded teams

  • {{davis|AUT}}
  • {{davis|BLR}}
  • {{davis|CAN}}
  • {{davis|ECU}}
  • {{davis|IND}}
  • {{davis|MAR}}
  • {{davis|SVK}}
  • {{davis|THA}}

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Home teamScoreVisiting teamLocationVenueDoorSurface
{{davis|AUT}}style="text-align:center;"|3–2{{davis|BEL}}PörtschachWerzer Arena PörtschachOutdoorClay
{{davis|CAN}}style="text-align:center;"|3–2{{davis|BRA}}CalgaryStampede CorralIndoorCarpet
{{davis|THA}}style="text-align:center;"|1–4{{davis|CZE}}BangkokImpact, Muang Thong ThaniIndoorHard
{{davis|GER}}style="text-align:center;"|2–3{{davis|BLR}}SundernTC Blau-Weiss SundernOutdoorClay
{{davis|MAR}}style="text-align:center;"|3–2{{davis|GBR}}CasablancaComplex Sportif Al AmalOutdoorClay
{{davis|NED}}style="text-align:center;"|5–0{{davis|IND}}ZwolleIJsselhallenIndoorHard
{{davis|ECU}}style="text-align:center;"|2–3{{davis|ROU}}QuitoQuito Tenis Y Golf ClubOutdoorClay
{{davis|SVK}}style="text-align:center;"|2–3{{davis|USA}}BratislavaNational Tennis CentreOutdoorClay

  • {{davis|CZE}}, {{davis|NED}}, {{davis|ROU}} and {{davis|USA}} will remain in the World Group in 2004.
  • {{davis|AUT}}, {{davis|BLR}}, {{davis|CAN}} and {{davis|MAR}} are promoted to the World Group in 2004.
  • {{davis|ECU}}, {{davis|IND}}, {{davis|SVK}} and {{davis|THA}} will remain in Zonal Group I in 2004.
  • {{davis|BEL}}, {{davis|BRA}}, {{davis|GER}} and {{davis|GBR}} are relegated to Zonal Group I in 2004.

Playoff results

=Austria vs. Belgium=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=AUT

|team2=BEL

|venue=Werzer Arena Pörtschach, Pörtschach, Austria{{cite web|url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2003-WG-PO-BEL-AUT-01|title=Austria v Belgium|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=19-22 September 2003

|surface=Clay

|score1=3

|score2=2

|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Stefan Koubek|6|6|6|| |T2P1=Christophe Rochus|2|4|1|| }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Jürgen Melzer|6|7|5|2|6 |T2P1=Olivier Rochus|1|6.035|7|6|1 }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Julian Knowle|T1P2=Alexander Peya|6|1|4|2| |T2P1=Olivier Rochus|T2P2=Kristof Vliegen|4|6|6|6| }}

|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Stefan Koubek|6.035|6|7|4|6 |T2P1=Olivier Rochus|7|2|5|6|3 }}

|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Jürgen Melzer|5|4||| |T2P1=Kristof Vliegen|7|6||| }}

|}}

=Canada vs. Brazil=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=CAN

|team2=BRA

|venue=Stampede Corral, Calgary, Canada{{cite web|url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2003-WG-PO-CAN-BRA-01|title=Canada v Brazil|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=19-22 September 2003

|surface=Carpet (i)

|score1=3

|score2=2

|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Frédéric Niemeyer|4|6.045|7|4| |T2P1=Flávio Saretta|6|7|6.035|6| }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Daniel Nestor|6.065|7|6|6.065|7 |T2P1=Gustavo Kuerten|7|6.00|3|7|5 }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Daniel Nestor|T1P2=Frédéric Niemeyer|6|6|1|6| |T2P1=Gustavo Kuerten|T2P2=André Sá|3|2|6|2| }}

|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Simon Larose|6.035|6.035|6|6.10| |T2P1=Gustavo Kuerten|7|7|3|7| }}

|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Frank Dancevic|6|7|3|7| |T2P1=Flávio Saretta|3|5|6|6.065| }}

|}}

=Thailand vs. Czech Republic=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=THA

|team2=CZE

|venue=Impact, Muang Thong Thani, Bangkok, Thailand{{cite web|url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2003-WG-PO-CZE-THA-01|title=Thailand v Czech Republic|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=19-22 September 2003

|surface=Hard (i)

|score1=1

|score2=4

|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Danai Udomchoke|2|2|6.01|| |T2P1=Jiří Novák|6|6|7|| }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Paradorn Srichaphan|7|6|7|| |T2P1=Bohdan Ulihrach|6.015|2|6.035|| }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Paradorn Srichaphan|T1P2=Danai Udomchoke|3|6.025|4|| |T2P1=Tomáš Berdych|T2P2=Jiří Novák|6|7|6|| }}

|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Paradorn Srichaphan|4|4|4|| |T2P1=Jiří Novák|6|6|6|| }}

|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Danai Udomchoke|6.015|3||| |T2P1=Tomáš Berdych|7|6||| }}

|}}

=Germany vs. Belarus=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=GER

|team2=BLR

|venue=TC Blau-Weiss Sundern, Sundern, Germany{{cite web|url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2003-WG-PO-BLR-GER-01|title=Germany v Belarus|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=19-22 September 2003

|surface=Clay

|score1=2

|score2=3

|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Tomas Behrend|7|6|6.055|2|4 |T2P1=Max Mirnyi|5|2|7|6|6 }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Rainer Schüttler|6|3|6.025|6|6 |T2P1=Vladimir Voltchkov|3|6|7|4|4 }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Nicolas Kiefer|T1P2=Rainer Schuettler|3|6|5|5| |T2P1=Max Mirnyi|T2P2=Vladimir Voltchkov|6|3|7|7| }}

|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Rainer Schüttler|3|5|3|| |T2P1=Max Mirnyi|6|7|6|| }}

|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Lars Burgsmüller|6|6||| |T2P1=Alexander Skrypko|2|0||| }}

|}}

=Morocco vs. Great Britain=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=MAR

|team2=GBR

|venue=Complex Sportif Al Amal, Casablanca, Morocco{{cite web|url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2003-WG-PO-GBR-MAR-01|title=Morocco v Great Britain|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=19-22 September 2003

|surface=Clay

|score1=3

|score2=2

|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Hicham Arazi|6|6|7|| |T2P1=Tim Henman|4|4|6.039|| }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Younes El Aynaoui|3|6|6|3|6 |T2P1=Greg Rusedski|6|3|4|6|1 }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Hicham Arazi|T1P2=Mounir El Aarej|6.029|2|4|| |T2P1=Tim Henman|T2P2=Greg Rusedski|7|6|6|| }}

|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Younes El Aynaoui|3|7|6.049|4| |T2P1=Tim Henman|6|6.039|7|6| }}

|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Hicham Arazi|5|7|7|7| |T2P1=Greg Rusedski|7|5|6.069|6.049| }}

|}}

=Netherlands vs. India=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=NED

|team2=IND

|venue=IJsselhallen, Zwolle, Netherlands{{cite web|url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2003-WG-PO-IND-NED-01|title=Netherlands v India|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=19-22 September 2003

|surface=Hard (i)

|score1=5

|score2=0

|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Martin Verkerk|5|6|5|7|12 |T2P1=Rohan Bopanna|7|3|7|6.069|10 }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Sjeng Schalken|6|6|6|| |T2P1=Prakash Amritraj|3|1|1|| }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=John van Lottum|T1P2=Martin Verkerk|4|7|7|6| |T2P1=Mahesh Bhupathi|T2P2=Rohan Bopanna|6|5|5|4| }}

|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Sjeng Schalken|6|6||| |T2P1=Harsh Mankad|3|1||| }}

|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Raemon Sluiter|6|6||| |T2P1=Prakash Amritraj|1|3||| }}

|}}

=Ecuador vs. Romania=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=ECU

|team2=ROU

|venue=Quito Tenis Y Golf Club, Quito, Ecuador{{cite web|url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2003-WG-PO-ROU-ECU-01|title=Ecuador v Romania|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=19-22 September 2003

|surface=Clay

|score1=2

|score2=3

|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Giovanni Lapentti|6.025|7|6.045|7|4 |T2P1=Victor Hănescu|7|6.045|7|6.01|6 }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Nicolás Lapentti|6|6|3|4|6 |T2P1=Răzvan Sabău|2|4|6|6|3 }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Giovanni Lapentti|T1P2=Nicolás Lapentti|6.015|6|3|6|11 |T2P1=Florin Mergea|T2P2=Horia Tecău|7|1|6|3|13 }}

|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Nicolás Lapentti|6|6.035|6.045|7|6 |T2P1=Victor Hănescu|4|7|7|6.013|3 }}

|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Giovanni Lapentti|4|6|4|7|5 |T2P1=Răzvan Sabău|6|3|6|5|7 }}

|}}

=Slovakia vs. United States=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=SVK

|team2=USA

|venue=National Tennis Centre, Bratislava, Slovakia {{cite web|url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2003-WG-PO-SVK-USA-01|title=Slovakia v United States|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=19-22 September 2003

|surface=Clay

|score1=2

|score2=3

|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Dominik Hrbatý|3|6|6|6| |T2P1=Andy Roddick|6|3|4|4| }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Karol Kučera|6|5|5|1| |T2P1=Mardy Fish|4|7|7|6| }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Karol Beck|T1P2=Dominik Hrbatý|1|4|6.045|| |T2P1=Bob Bryan|T2P2=Mike Bryan|6|6|7|| }}

|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Karol Beck|3|4|4|| |T2P1=Andy Roddick|6|6|6|| }}

|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Michal Mertiňák|3|6|6|| |T2P1=Mardy Fish|6|3|4|| }}

|}}

References

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