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}}ZaporizhiaPalace of SportsHard (i)
{{davis|PAK}}style="text-align:center;"| 3–0{{davis|SLO}}IslamabadPakistan Sports ComplexGrass
{{davis|BOL}}style="text-align:center;"| 3–1{{davis|DOM}}Santa Cruz de la SierraClub de Tenis Santa CruzClay
{{davis|TUR}}style="text-align:center;"| 1–3{{davis|ISR}}AntalyaClub Megasaray Tennis CentreClay
{{davis|BIH}}style="text-align:center;"| 3–1{{davis|RSA}}ZenicaArena ZenicaHard (i)
{{davis|MEX}}style="text-align:center;"| 2–3{{davis|FIN}}MetepecClub Deportivo La AsunciónClay
{{davis|LBN}}style="text-align:center;"| 3–1{{davis|THA}}JouniehAutomobile and Touring Club of LebanonClay
{{davis|NZL}}style="text-align:center;"| 3–1{{davis|VEN}}AucklandASB Tennis CentreHard
{{davis|PER}}style="text-align:center;"| 3–1{{davis|SUI}}LimaClub Lawn Tennis de la ExposiciónClay
{{davis|NOR}}style="text-align:center;"| 4–0{{davis|BAR}}OsloOslo Tennis ArenaHard (i)
{{davis|LTU}}style="text-align:center;"| 0–4{{davis|POR}}ŠiauliaiŠiauliai Tennis AcademyHard (i)
{{davis|ROU}}style="text-align:center;"| w/o{{davis|CHN}}Piatra NeamțPolyvalent HallHard (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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