2008 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs

This article gives details on the 2008 Davis Cup World Group play-offs. The ties were played on the weekend of 19 to 21 September 2008 and the winners would return to the World Group for 2009. The eight losing teams from the 2008 Davis Cup World Group first round ties and the eight Group 1 winners were pooled. The eight seeded teams, based on the Davis Cup rankings as of 14 April, were drawn against eight unseeded teams.

The only two teams to lose home ties were Great Britain (against Austria) and Slovakia (against Serbia). The other six teams to emerge victorious were: Chile, Switzerland, Netherlands and Croatia (all promoted to the world group for 2009); Israel and Romania (along with Serbia and Austria) remain in the world group.

Details

Play-offs

Chile vs. Australia

R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Yves Allegro | 3| 2| | | |T2P1=Xavier Malisse | 6| 6| | |
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Croatia vs. Brazil

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team1=Croatia
team2=Brazil
venue=Športski centar Višnjik, Zadar, Croatia
date=September 19 - September 21, 2008
surface=hard (indoors)
score1=4
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1= Mario Ancic | 6| 7| 7| | |T2P1= Thomaz Bellucci | 2| 6.04| 6.03| |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1= Ivo Karlovic | 7| 7| 7| | |T2P1= Thiago Alves | 6.05| 6.03| 5| |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1= Ivo Karlovic |T1P2= Lovro Zovko | 7| 2| 5| 7| 3|T2P1= Marcelo Melo |T2P2= Andre Sa | 6.03| 6| 7| 6.05| 6
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1= Ivo Karlovic | 7| 6| 6.06| 7| |T2P1= Thomaz Bellucci | 6.05| 4| 7| 6.04|
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1= Roko Karanusic |7 |4 |7 | | |T2P1= Thiago Alves |6.04 |6 |6.05 | |
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Israel vs. Peru

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team1=Israel
team2=Peru
venue=Israel Tennis Center, Ramat HaSharon, Israel
date=September 19 - September 21, 2008
surface=hard (outdoors)
score1=4
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Harel Levy | 5| 7| 6.03| 3| |T2P1=Luis Horna | 7| 5| 7| 6|
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Dudi Sela | 6| 6| 3| 6| |T2P1=Ivan Miranda | 2| 1| 6| 4|
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Harel Levy |T1P2=Andy Ram | 6| 6| 6| | |T2P1=Mauricio Echazú |T2P2=Matías Silva | 1| 1| 2| |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Dudi Sela | 6.06| 6| 6| 6| |T2P1=Luis Horna | 7| 4| 1| 2|
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Noam Okun | 6| 5| 6| | |T2P1=Ivan Miranda | 4| 7| 3| |
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Netherlands vs. South Korea

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team1=Netherlands
team2=South Korea
venue=Omnisport Apeldoorn, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
date=September 19 - September 21, 2008
surface=clay (indoors)
score1=3
score2=2
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Thiemo de Bakker | 4| 3| 3| | |T2P1=Hyung-taik Lee | 6| 6| 6| |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jesse Huta Galung | 6| 6| 5| 6| |T2P1=Kyu-tae Im | 3| 3| 7| 2|
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jesse Huta Galung |T1P2=Peter Wessels | 4| 6| 6| 6| |T2P1=Woong-sun Jun |T2P2=Hyung-taik Lee | 6| 4| 4| 3|
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jesse Huta Galung | 6| 1| 6.05| 2| |T2P1=Hyung-taik Lee | 1| 6| 7| 6|
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Thiemo de Bakker | 6| 6| 6| | |T2P1=Woong-sun Jun | 2| 1| 3| |
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Romania vs. India

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team1=Romania
team2=India
venue=Clubul Sportiv Progresul, Bucuresti, Romania
date=September 19 - September 21, 2008
surface=clay (outdoors)
score1=4
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Victor Crivoi | 7| 5| 6| 6| |T2P1=Prakash Amritraj | 5| 7| 2| 2|
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Victor Hanescu | 6| 6| 6| | |T2P1=Somdev Devvarman | 3| 1| 0| |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Adrian Cruciat |T1P2=Horia Tecau | 4| 6⁰| 4| | |T2P1=Mahesh Bhupathi |T2P2=Leander Paes | 6| 7| 6| |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Victor Hanescu | 6| 6| 6| | |T2P1=Prakash Amritraj | 2| 3| 1| |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Victor Crivoi | 4| 7| 6| | |T2P1=Somdev Devvarman | 6| 5| 3| |
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lovakia vs. Serbia

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team1=Slovakia
team2=Serbia
venue=Sibamac Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia
date=September 19 - September 21, 2008
surface=hard (indoors)
score1=1
score2=4
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1= Dominik Hrbaty | 2| 4| 3| | |T2P1= Novak Djokovic | 6| 6| 6| |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1= Lukas Lacko | 7| 6| 4| 6.05| 6|T2P1= Janko Tipsarevic | 6.03| 4| 6| 7| 8
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1= Michal Mertinak |T1P2= Filip Polasek | 6.08| 4| 7| 6.05| |T2P1= Viktor Troicki |T2P2= Nenad Zimonjic | 7| 6| 6.07| 7|
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1= Lukas Lacko | 3| 4| | | |T2P1= Viktor Troicki | 6| 6| | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1= Filip Polasek | | | | | |T2P1= Janko TipsarevicSee [http://www.daviscup.com/results/tieresult.asp?tie=100010753] |wo=1| | | |
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ee also

*Davis Cup structure