2020 Davis Cup World Group I play-offs
{{short description|Tennis tournament}}
{{Main|2020 Davis Cup}}
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.{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/news/312773.aspx|title=2020 Davis Cup Play-offs draws on October 3|work=Daviscup.com|date=1 October 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/news/312773.aspx|title=Draw made for World Group I and II Play-offs|work=Daviscup.com|date=3 October 2019}}
Teams
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.
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Seeded teams
- {{davis|BAR}}
- {{davis|BIH}}
- {{davis|CHN}}
- {{davis|DOM}}
- {{davis|FIN}}
- {{davis|ISR}}
- {{davis|LBN}}
- {{davis|PAK}}
- {{davis|POR}}
- {{davis|SUI}}
- {{davis|UKR}}
- {{davis|VEN}}
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Unseeded teams
- {{davis|BOL}}
- {{davis|TPE}}
- {{davis|LTU}}
- {{davis|MEX}}
- {{davis|NZL}}
- {{davis|NOR}}
- {{davis|PER}}
- {{davis|ROU}}
- {{davis|SLO}}
- {{davis|RSA}}
- {{davis|THA}}
- {{davis|TUR}}
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Results summary
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! Home team !! Score !! Away team !! Location !! Venue !! Surface | |||||
{{davis|UKR}} | style="text-align:center;"| 3–2 | {{davis|TPE}} | Zaporizhia | Palace of Sports | Hard (i) |
{{davis|PAK}} | style="text-align:center;"| 3–0 | {{davis|SLO}} | Islamabad | Pakistan Sports Complex | Grass |
{{davis|BOL}} | style="text-align:center;"| 3–1 | {{davis|DOM}} | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | Club de Tenis Santa Cruz | Clay |
{{davis|TUR}} | style="text-align:center;"| 1–3 | {{davis|ISR}} | Antalya | Club Megasaray Tennis Centre | Clay |
{{davis|BIH}} | style="text-align:center;"| 3–1 | {{davis|RSA}} | Zenica | Arena Zenica | Hard (i) |
{{davis|MEX}} | style="text-align:center;"| 2–3 | {{davis|FIN}} | Metepec | Club Deportivo La Asunción | Clay |
{{davis|LBN}} | style="text-align:center;"| 3–1 | {{davis|THA}} | Jounieh | Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon | Clay |
{{davis|NZL}} | style="text-align:center;"| 3–1 | {{davis|VEN}} | Auckland | ASB Tennis Centre | Hard |
{{davis|PER}} | style="text-align:center;"| 3–1 | {{davis|SUI}} | Lima | Club Lawn Tennis de la Exposición | Clay |
{{davis|NOR}} | style="text-align:center;"| 4–0 | {{davis|BAR}} | Oslo | Oslo Tennis Arena | Hard (i) |
{{davis|LTU}} | style="text-align:center;"| 0–4 | {{davis|POR}} | Šiauliai | Šiauliai Tennis Academy | Hard (i) |
{{davis|ROU}} | style="text-align:center;"| w/o | {{davis|CHN}} | 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
=Ukraine vs. Chinese Taipei=
{{DavisCupbox3sets
|team1=UKR
|team2=TPE
|venue=Palace of Sports, Zaporizhia, Ukraine{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2020-WG1-PO-UKR-TPE-01|title=Ukraine v Chinese Taipei|work=Daviscup.com}}
|date=6–7 March 2020
|surface=Hard (i)
|score1=3
|score2=2
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Sergiy Stakhovsky |6 |1 |2 |T2P1=Tseng Chun-hsin |3 |6 |6 }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Illya Marchenko |4 |4 | |T2P1=Wu Tung-lin |6 |6 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Denys Molchanov |T1P2=Sergiy Stakhovsky |6.035 |6 |6 |T2P1=Hsieh Cheng-peng |T2P2=Yang Tsung-hua |7 |4 |4 }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Sergiy Stakhovsky |7 |4 |6 |T2P1=Wu Tung-lin |6.025 |6 |3 }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Illya Marchenko |6 |6 | |T2P1=Tseng Chun-hsin |3 |2 | }}
}}
=Pakistan vs. Slovenia=
{{DavisCupbox3sets
|team1=PAK
|team2=SLO
|venue=Pakistan Sports Complex, Islamabad, Pakistan{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2020-WG1-PO-PAK-SLO-01|title=Pakistan v Slovenia|work=Daviscup.com}}
|date=8–9 March 2020
|surface=Grass
|score1=3
|score2=0
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |4 |7 |7 |T2P1=Nik Razboršek |6 |5 |6.005 }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Aqeel Khan |0 |7 |6 |T2P1=Blaž Kavčič |6 |6.055 |4 }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Aqeel Khan |T1P2=Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |6 |7 | |T2P1=Blaž Kavčič |T2P2=Tom Kočevar-Dešman |3 |6.065 | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | | | |T2P1=Blaž Kavčič | | | np=}}
|R5={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Aqeel Khan | | | |T2P1=Nik Razboršek | | | np=}}
}}
=Bolivia vs. Dominican Republic=
{{DavisCupbox3sets
|team1=BOL
|team2=DOM
|venue=Club de Tenis Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2020-WG1-PO-BOL-DOM-01|title=Bolivia v Dominican Republic|work=Daviscup.com}}
|date=6–7 March 2020
|surface=Clay
|score1=3
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Hugo Dellien |6 |6 | |T2P1=José Hernández-Fernández |3 |4 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Federico Zeballos |3 |4 | |T2P1=Roberto Cid Subervi |6 |6 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Hugo Dellien |T1P2=Federico Zeballos |6 |6 | |T2P1=Roberto Cid Subervi |T2P2=Nick Hardt |3 |2 | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Hugo Dellien |7 |6 | |T2P1=Roberto Cid Subervi |5 |4 | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Federico Zeballos | | | |T2P1=José Hernández-Fernández | | | np=}}
}}
=Turkey vs. Israel=
{{DavisCupbox3sets
|team1=TUR
|team2=ISR
|venue=Club Megasaray Tennis Centre, Antalya, Turkey{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2020-WG1-PO-TUR-ISR-01|title=Turkey v Israel|work=Daviscup.com}}
|date=6–7 March 2020
|surface=Clay
|score1=1
|score2=3
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Cem İlkel |6.035 |2 | |T2P1=Daniel Cukierman |7 |6 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Altuğ Çelikbilek |7 |1 |6 |T2P1=Ben Patael |5 |6 |4 }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Yankı Erel |T1P2=Cem İlkel |3 |1 | |T2P1=Daniel Cukierman |T2P2=Jonathan Erlich |6 |6 | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Cem İlkel |2 |6.035 | |T2P1=Edan Leshem |6 |7 | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Altuğ Çelikbilek | | | |T2P1=Daniel Cukierman | | | np=}}
}}
=Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. South Africa=
{{DavisCupbox3sets
|team1=BIH
|team2=RSA
|venue=Arena Zenica, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2020-WG1-PO-BIH-RSA-01|title=Bosnia and Herzegovina v South Africa|work=Daviscup.com}}
|date=6–7 March 2020
|surface=Hard (i)
|score1=3
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Damir Džumhur |7 |7 | |T2P1=Ruan Roelofse |6.025 |5 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Mirza Bašić |5 |2 | |T2P1=Lloyd Harris |7 |6 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Mirza Bašić |T1P2=Tomislav Brkić |7 |6 | |T2P1=Raven Klaasen |T2P2=Ruan Roelofse |6.035 |3 | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Damir Džumhur |6 |2 | |T2P1=Lloyd Harris |1 |1 | re2=2}}
|R5={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Mirza Bašić | | | |T2P1=Ruan Roelofse | | | np=}}
}}
=Mexico vs. Finland=
{{DavisCupbox3sets
|team1=MEX
|team2=FIN
|venue=Club Deportivo La Asunción, Metepec, Mexico{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2020-WG1-PO-MEX-FIN-01|title=Mexico v Finland|work=Daviscup.com}}
|date=6–7 March 2020
|surface=Clay
|score1=2
|score2=3
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Manuel Sánchez |4 |4 | |T2P1=Patrik Niklas-Salminen |6 |6 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Gerardo López Villaseñor |6 |6.045 |7 |T2P1=Otto Virtanen |3 |7 |5 }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Santiago González |T1P2=Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela |3 |6.055 | |T2P1=Harri Heliövaara |T2P2=Henri Kontinen |6 |7 | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Gerardo López Villaseñor |6 |7 | |T2P1=Harri Heliövaara |0 |6.015 | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Manuel Sánchez |2 |6.055 | |T2P1=Otto Virtanen |6 |7 | }}
}}
=Lebanon vs. Thailand=
{{DavisCupbox3sets
|team1=LBN
|team2=THA
|venue=Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon, Jounieh, Lebanon{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2020-WG1-PO-LBN-THA-01|title=Lebanon v Thailand|work=Daviscup.com}}
|date=6–7 March 2020
|surface=Clay
|score1=3
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Benjamin Hassan |6 |6 | |T2P1=Jirat Navasirisomboon |1 |2 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Hasan Ibrahim |6.075 |6 |6.045 |T2P1=Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul |7 |3 |7 }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Benjamin Hassan |T1P2=Giovani Samaha |6 |6.065 |6 |T2P1=Kittirat Kerdlaphee |T2P2=Phongsapak Kerdlaphee |3 |7 |0 }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Benjamin Hassan |6 |6 | |T2P1=Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul |2 |0 | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Hasan Ibrahim | | | |T2P1=Jirat Navasirisomboon | | | np=}}
}}
=New Zealand vs. Venezuela=
{{DavisCupbox3sets
|team1=NZL
|team2=VEN
|venue=ASB Tennis Centre, Auckland, New Zealand{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2020-WG1-PO-VEN-NZL-01|title=Venezuela v New Zealand|work=Daviscup.com}}
|date=6–7 March 2020
|surface=Hard
|score1=3
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Finn Tearney |6 |6 | |T2P1=Jordi Muñoz Abreu |4 |4 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Ajeet Rai |7 |4 |2 |T2P1=Luis David Martínez |5 |6 |6 }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Marcus Daniell |T1P2=Artem Sitak |6 |7 | |T2P1=Luis David Martínez |T2P2=Jordi Muñoz Abreu |3 |6.025 | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Rubin Statham |6 |6.025 |4 |T2P1=Brandon Pérez |2 |7 |1 | re2=3 }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Finn Tearney | | | |T2P1=Luis David Martínez | | | np=}}
}}
=Peru vs. Switzerland=
{{DavisCupbox3sets
|team1=PER
|team2=SUI
|venue=Club Lawn Tennis de la Exposición, Lima, Peru{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2020-WG1-PO-PER-SUI-01|title=Peru v Switzerland|work=Daviscup.com}}
|date=6–7 March 2020
|surface=Clay
|score1=3
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1= Juan Pablo Varillas |7 |7 | |T2P1= Sandro Ehrat |6.035 |6.025 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1= Nicolás Álvarez |4 |4 | |T2P1= Henri Laaksonen |6 |6 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1= Sergio Galdós|T1P2= Jorge Panta |7 |7 | |T2P1= Sandro Ehrat |T2P2= Luca Margaroli |5 |6.075 | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1= Juan Pablo Varillas |6 |3 |7 |T2P1= Henri Laaksonen |3 |6 |6.025 }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1= Nicolás Álvarez | | | |T2P1= Sandro Ehrat | | | np=}}
}}
=Norway vs. Barbados=
{{DavisCupbox3sets
|team1=NOR
|team2=BAR
|venue=Oslo Tennis Arena, Oslo, Norway{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2020-WG1-PO-NOR-BAR-01|title=Norway v Barbados|work=Daviscup.com}}
|date=6–7 March 2020
|surface=Hard (i)
|score1=4
|score2=0
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Viktor Durasovic |6 |6 | |T2P1=Darian King |4 |2 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Casper Ruud |6 |6 | |T2P1=Haydn Lewis |2 |2 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Viktor Durasovic |T1P2=Casper Ruud |6 |6 | |T2P1=Haydn Lewis |T2P2=Kaipo Marshall |3 |2 | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Lukas Hellum Lilleengen |6 |6 | |T2P1=Kaipo Marshall |2 |1 | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Viktor Durasovic | | |T2P1=Haydn Lewis | | | np=}}
}}
=Lithuania vs. Portugal=
{{DavisCupbox3sets
|team1=LTU
|team2=POR
|venue=Šiauliai Tennis Academy, Šiauliai, Lithuania{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2020-WG1-PO-LTU-POR-01|title=Lithuania v Portugal|work=Daviscup.com}}
|date=6–7 March 2020
|surface=Hard (i)
|score1=0
|score2=4
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Laurynas Grigelis |7 |3 |0 |T2P1=Frederico Ferreira Silva |6.075 |6 |6 }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Julius Tverijonas |1 |3 | |T2P1=João Sousa |6 |6 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Laurynas Grigelis |T1P2=Lukas Mugevičius |3 |1 | |T2P1=João Sousa |T2P2=Pedro Sousa |6 |6 | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Laurynas Grigelis |6.045 |7 |3 |T2P1=Pedro Sousa |7 |5 |10 |mtb=}}
|R5={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Julius Tverijonas | | | |T2P1=Frederico Ferreira Silva | | | np=}}
}}
=Romania vs. China=
{{DavisCupbox3sets
|team1=ROU
|team2=CHN
|venue=Polyvalent Hall, Piatra Neamț, Romania{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2020-WG1-PO-ROU-CHN-01|title=Romania v China|work=Daviscup.com}}{{refn|group=note|name="ROUCHN"|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.}}
|date=6–7 March 2020
|surface=Hard (i)
|score1={{abbreviation|w/o|Walk over}}
|score2=
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=N/A | | | |T2P1=N/A | | | np=}}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=N/A | | | |T2P1=N/A | | | np=}}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=N/A |T1P2= | | | |T2P1=N/A |T2P2= | | | np=}}
|R4={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=N/A | | | |T2P1=N/A | | | np=}}
|R5={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=N/A | | | |T2P1=N/A | | | np=}}
}}
Notes
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References
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