(March 6, 2016) The ITF has announced the final results for the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group first round and Zone Group ties taking place on 4-6 March. A total of 32 ties have been held this weekend.
In the World Group quarterfinals, to be played on 15-17 July, Serbia will be at home to Great Britain, Italy will host Argentina, Czech Republic will welcome France and USA will be on home soil against Croatia. The deadline for confirmation of the World Group quarterfinal venues is 5 April.
The eight World Group first round losers will contest the World Group play-offs on 16-18 September, where they will be joined by the eight winners of the Zone Group I 2nd round ties played on 15-17 July. The draw for the World Group play-offs will be held at the ITF on Tuesday 19 July at 10:00 local time (09:00 GMT). The seeds for the draw will be based on the latest ITF Davis Cup Nations Ranking of 18 July.
WORLD GROUP FIRST ROUND
GREAT BRITAIN defeated JAPAN 3-1
Venue: Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham, GBR (hard – indoor)
Andy Murray (GBR) d. Taro Daniel (JPN) 61 63 61
Kei Nishikori (JPN) d. Daniel Evans (GBR) 63 75 76(3)
Andy Murray/Jamie Murray (GBR) d. Yoshihito Nishioka/Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) 63 62 64
Andy Murray (GBR) d. Kei Nishikori (JPN) 75 76(6) 36 46 63
Daniel Evans (GBR) v Taro Daniel (JPN) – not played
SERBIA defeated KAZAKHSTAN 3-2
Venue: Aleksandar Nikolic Arena (Pionir Hall), Belgrade, SRB (hard – indoor)
Novak Djokovic (SRB) d. Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ) 61 62 63
Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) d. Viktor Troicki (SRB) 75 62 64
Andrey Golubev/Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ) d. Novak Djokovic/Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 63 76(3) 75
Novak Djokovic (SRB) d. Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) 67(6) 76(3) 46 63 62
Viktor Troicki (SRB) d. Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ) 62 63 64
ITALY defeated SWITZERLAND 5-0
Venue: Adriatic Arena, Pesaro, ITA (clay – indoor)
Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) d. Marco Chiudinelli (SUI) 76(14) 63 46 57 75
Andreas Seppi (ITA) d. Henri Laaksonen (SUI) 75 76(4) 36 63
Simone Bolelli/Andreas Seppi (ITA) d. Marco Chiudinelli/Henri Laaksonen (SUI) 63 61 63
Marco Cecchinato (ITA) d. Adrien Bossel (SUI) 63 75
Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) d. Antoine Bellier (SUI) 63 62
ARGENTINA defeated POLAND 3-2
Venue: Ergo Arena, Gdansk, POL (hard – indoor)
Guido Pella (ARG) d. Michal Przysiezny (POL) 61 64 76(5)
Leonardo Mayer (ARG) d. Hubert Hurkacz (POL) 62 76(3) 62
Lukasz Kubot/Marcin Matkowski (POL) d. Carlos Berlocq/Renzo Olivo (ARG) 63 64 64
Leonardo Mayer (ARG) d. Michal Przysiezny (POL) 67(4) 76(4) 62 63
Hubert Hurkacz (POL) d. Renzo Olivo (ARG) 46 76(6) 64
FRANCE defeated CANADA 5-0
Venue: Vélodrome Amédée Detraux, Guadeloupe, FRA (clay – outdoor)
Gael Monfils (FRA) d. Frank Dancevic (CAN) 63 61 63
Gilles Simon (FRA) d. Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 75 63 63
Richard Gasquet/Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) d. Philip Bester/Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 76(4) 61 76(4)
Richard Gasquet (FRA) d. Philip Bester (CAN) 61 76(4)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) d. Frank Dancevic (CAN) 67(7) ret.
CZECH REPUBLIC defeated GERMANY 3-2
Venue: TUI Arena, Hannover, GER (hard – indoor)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) d. Lukas Rosol (CZE) 36 63 64 26 63
Tomas Berdych (CZE) d. Alexander Zverev (GER) 76(6) 16 46 76(5) 64
Tomas Berdych/Radek Stepanek (CZE) d. Philipp Kohlschreiber/Philipp Petzschner (GER) 76(7) 75 64
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) d. Tomas Berdych (CZE) 63 75 ret.
Lukas Rosol (CZE) d. Alexander Zverev (GER) 62 63 61
USA defeated AUSTRALIA 3-1
Venue: Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club, Kooyong, AUS (grass – outdoor)
John Isner (USA) d. Samuel Groth (AUS) 76(2) 62 62
Bernard Tomic (AUS) d. Jack Sock (USA) 76(2) 63 36 64
Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan (USA) d. Lleyton Hewitt/John Peers (AUS) 63 63 46 46 63
John Isner (USA) d. Bernard Tomic (AUS) 64 64 57 76(4)
Samuel Groth (AUS) v Jack Sock (USA) – not played
CROATIA defeated BELGIUM 3-2
Venue: Country Hall du Sart-Tilman, Liège, BEL (clay – indoor)
Marin Cilic (CRO) d. Kimmer Coppejans (BEL) 75 63 75
David Goffin (BEL) d. Borna Coric (CRO) 63 62 26 36 63
Ivan Dodig/Franko Skugor (CRO) d. Ruben Bemelmans/David Goffin (BEL) 76(5) 63 61
David Goffin (BEL) d. Marin Cilic (CRO) 64 64 36 75
Borna Coric (CRO) d. Kimmer Coppejans (BEL) 76(5) 62 62
EUROPE/AFRICA ZONE GROUP I FIRST ROUND
ROMANIA defeated SLOVENIA 4-1
Venue: Sala Sporturilor, Arad, ROU (hard – indoor)
Marius Copil (ROU) d. Blaz Rola (SLO) 75 63 76(5)
Adrian Ungur (ROU) d. Grega Zemlja (SLO) 46 46 63 76(3) 64
Florin Mergea/Horia Tecau (ROU) d. Blaz Rola/Grega Zemlja (SLO) 63 76(5) 76(3)
Blaz Rola (SLO) d. Adrian Ungur (ROU) 63 64
Marius Copil (ROU) d. Tomislav Ternar (SLO) 63 63
AUSTRIA defeated PORTUGAL 4-1
Venue: Pavilhao Vitoria Sport Clube, Guimarães, POR (hard – indoor)
Joao Sousa (POR) d. Gerald Melzer (AUT) 61 75 62
Dominic Thiem (AUT) d. Gastao Elias (POR) 36 75 63 16 76(6)
Alexander Peya/Dominic Thiem (AUT) d. Gastao Elias/Joao Sousa (POR) 67(6) 67(4) 61 63 64
Dominic Thiem (AUT) d. Joao Sousa (POR) 62 64 62
Dennis Novak (AUT) d. Pedro Sousa (POR) 64 63
RUSSIA defeated SWEDEN 5-0
Venue: Kazan Tennis Academy, Kazan, RUS (hard – indoor)
Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) d. Isak Arvidsson (SWE) 46 61 61 64
Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) d. Daniel Windahl (SWE) 63 61 61
Evgeny Donskoy/Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS) d. Johan Brunstrom/Robert Lindstedt (SWE) 63 76(5) 63
Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) d. Isak Arvidsson (SWE) 64 60
Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS) d. Daniel Windahl (SWE) 62 62
HUNGARY defeated ISRAEL 3-2
Venue: Heroes’ Square Stadium, Budapest, HUN (clay – indoor)
Peter Nagy (HUN) d. Dudi Sela (ISR) 62 63 46 46 61
Marton Fucsovics (HUN) d. Amir Weintraub (ISR) 64 62 75
Marton Fucsovics/Levente Godry (HUN) d. Jonathan Erlich/Dudi Sela (ISR) 76(2) 36 76(5) 76(7)
Edan Leshem (ISR) d. Gabor Borsos (HUN) 46 64 76(3)
Amir Weintraub (ISR) d. Peter Nagy (HUN) 57 64 62
ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP I FIRST ROUND
KOREA, REPUBLIC defeated NEW ZEALAND 3-1
Venue: Olympic Tennis Courts, Seoul, KOR (hard – outdoor)
Hong Seong Chan (KOR) d. Jose Statham (NZL) 64 63 46 76(6)
Chung Hyeon (KOR) d. Michael Venus (NZL) 64 75 61
Artem Sitak/Michael Venus (NZL) d. Lee Duck Hee / Lim Yong-Kyu (KOR) 76(3) 64 46 64
Chung Hyeon (KOR) d. Jose Statham (NZL) 62 64 62
Hong Seong Chan (KOR) v Michael Venus (NZL) – not played
CHINA, P.R. defeated PAKISTAN 5-0
Venue: Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, SRI (clay – outdoor)
Zhang Ze (CHN) d. Aqeel Khan (PAK) 64 62 62
Wu Di (CHN) d. Yasir Khan (PAK) 36 61 64 62
Bai Yan/Gong Mao-Xin (CHN) d. Aqeel Khan/Aisam Qureshi (PAK) 64 36 63 76(4)
Wu Di (CHN) d. Muhammad Abid (PAK) 61 60
Zhang Ze (CHN) d. Yasir Khan (PAK) 63 60
AMERICAS ZONE GROUP I FIRST ROUND
ECUADOR defeated BARBADOS 5-0
Venue: Portoviejo Tennis Club, Portoviejo, ECU (clay – outdoor)
Emilio Gomez (ECU) d. Adam Hornby (BAR) 60 60 60
Ivan Endara (ECU) d. Darian King (BAR) 61 62 64
Emilio Gomez/Giovanni Lapentti (ECU) d. Darian King/Haydn Lewis (BAR) 64 67(7) 62 63
Emilio Gomez (ECU) d. Seanon Williams (BAR) 60 62
Ivan Endara (ECU) d. Adam Hornby (BAR) 60 61
CHILE defeated DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 5-0
Venue: Estadio Nacional Julio Martinez P – Court Central, Santiago, CHI (clay – outdoor)
Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (CHI) d. Jose Olivares (DOM) 61 61 76(4)
Gonzalo Lama (CHI) d. Jose Hernandez-Fernandez (DOM) 63 76(3) 75
Julio Peralta/Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (CHI) d. Manuel Castellanos/Jose Hernandez-Fernandez (DOM) 61 61 75
Christian Garin (CHI) d. Manuel Castellanos (DOM) 61 62
Gonzalo Lama (CHI) d. Jose Olivares (DOM) 64 60
EUROPE/AFRICA ZONE GROUP II FIRST ROUND
LITHUANIA defeated NORWAY 3-2
Venue: Siauliu Arena, Siauliai, LTU (hard – indoor)
Viktor Durasovic (NOR) d. Laurynas Grigelis (LTU) 75 36 64 46 76(2)
Ricardas Berankis (LTU) d. Casper Ruud (NOR) 62 61 64
Ricardas Berankis/Laurynas Grigelis (LTU) d. Viktor Durasovic/Casper Ruud (NOR) 62 76(2) 61
Ricardas Berankis (LTU) d. Viktor Durasovic (NOR) 62 61 60
Casper Ruud (NOR) d. Lukas Mugevicius (LTU) 63 63
SOUTH AFRICA defeated LUXEMBOURG 5-0
Venue: Irene Country Club, Centurion, RSA (hard – outdoor)
Tucker Vorster (RSA) d. Alex Knaff (LUX) 61 64 64
Lloyd Harris (RSA) d. Ugo Nastasi (LUX) 61 64 64
Dean O’Brien/Ruan Roelofse (RSA) d. Ugo Nastasi/Mike Scheidweiler (LUX) 63 75 62
Tucker Vorster (RSA) d. Tom Diederich (LUX) 63 64
Lloyd Harris (RSA) d. Alex Knaff (LUX) 62 61
TURKEY defeated BULGARIA 3-2
Venue: Ankara Tenis Kulübü, Ankara, TUR (hard – indoor)
Cem Ilkel (TUR) d. Dimitar Kuzmanov (BUL) 76(4) 16 64 16 75
Marsel Ilhan (TUR) d. Alexandar Lazarov (BUL) 64 62 63
Aleksandar Lazov/Vasko Mladenov (BUL) d. Tuna Altuna/Cem Ilkel (TUR) 76(6) 67(5) 67(4) 76(5) 64
Marsel Ilhan (TUR) d. Dimitar Kuzmanov (BUL) 46 62 64 46 60
Alexandar Lazarov (BUL) d. Altug Celikbilek (TUR) 46 64 64
BOSNIA/HERZEGOVINA defeated TUNISIA 3-1
Venue: Gradska Arena Zenica, Zenica, BIH (carpet – indoor)
Mirza Basic (BIH) d. Anis Ghorbel (TUN) 62 64 62
Malek Jaziri (TUN) d. Tomislav Brkic (BIH) 67(5) 62 76(7) 67(5) 64
Mirza Basic/Tomislav Brkic (BIH) d. Malek Jaziri/Skander Mansouri (TUN) 67(2) 46 63 75 64
Mirza Basic (BIH) d. Malek Jaziri (TUN) 57 46 76(6) 76(16) 63
Tomislav Brkic (BIH) v Anis Ghorbel (TUN) – not played
LATVIA defeated MONACO 3-2
Venue: Daugavpils Olimpiskais Centrs, Daugavpils, LAT (hard – indoor)
Martins Podzus (LAT) d. Romain Arneodo (MON) 76(5) 64 76(6)
Mikelis Libietis (LAT) d. Benjamin Balleret (MON) 36 64 36 63 64
Mikelis Libietis/Martins Podzus (LAT) d. Romain Arneodo/Benjamin Balleret (MON) 63 62 75
Lucas Catarina (MON) d. Rudolfs Mednis (LAT) 5-2 ret.
Benjamin Balleret (MON) d. Martins Podzus (LAT) w/o
BELARUS defeated EGYPT 3-1
Venue: El Gezera Sporting Club, Cairo, EGY (clay – outdoor)
Egor Gerasimov (BLR) d. Karim-Mohamed Maamoun (EGY) 62 63 61
Ilya Ivashka (BLR) d. Mohamed Safwat (EGY) 57 60 36 76(3) 75
Youssef Hossam/Mohamed Safwat (EGY) d. Alexander Bury/Egor Gerasimov (BLR) 76(7) 46 64 46 75
Egor Gerasimov (BLR) d. Mohamed Safwat (EGY) 67(2) 75 75 64
Youssef Hossam (EGY) v Ilya Ivashka (BLR) – not played
FINLAND defeated ZIMBABWE 4-1
Venue: Kittilan Urheiluhalli, Kittila, FIN (hard – indoor)
Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) d. Courtney John Lock (ZIM) 60 60 60
Harri Heliovaara (FIN) d. Takanyi Garanganga (ZIM) 36 63 46 64 64
Henri Kontinen/Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) d. Mark Fynn/Courtney John Lock (ZIM) 61 60 61
Takanyi Garanganga (ZIM) d. Eero Vasa (FIN) 76(5) 75
Harri Heliovaara (FIN) d. Courtney John Lock (ZIM) 61 60
DENMARK defeated GEORGIA 5-0
Venue: New Sport Hall, Tbilisi, GEO (carpet – indoor)
Christian Sigsgaard (DEN) d. Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) 67(4) 61 64 64
Frederik Nielsen (DEN) d. George Tsivadze (GEO) 76(3) 60 61
Thomas Kromann/Frederik Nielsen (DEN) d. Nikoloz Basilashvili/George Tsivadze (GEO) 76(0) 61 62
Benjamin Hannestad (DEN) d. Giorgi Javakhishvili (GEO) 61 30 ret.
Christian Sigsgaard (DEN) d. Irakli Metreveli (GEO) 61 61
ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP II FIRST ROUND
CHINESE TAIPEI defeated MALAYSIA 4-1
Venue: Kaohsiung Yangming Tennis Courts, Kaohsiung, TPE (hard – outdoor)
Mohd Assri Merzuki (MAS) d. Hung Jui-Chen (TPE) 62 67(6) 06 61 64
Huang Liang-Chi (TPE) d. Syed Mohd Agil Syed Naguib (MAS) 60 60 62
Huang Liang-Chi/Yi Chu-Huan (TPE) d. Mohd Assri Merzuki/Syed Mohd Agil Syed Naguib (MAS) 61 64 62
Huang Liang-Chi (TPE) d. Mohd Assri Merzuki (MAS) 61 62 62
Hung Jui-Chen (TPE) d. Hao Sheng Koay (MAS) 75 61
PHILIPPINES defeated KUWAIT 5-0
Venue: Valle Verde Country Club, Pasig City, Metro-Manila, PHI (clay – indoor)
Jeson Patrombon (PHI) d. Abdulrahman Alawadhi (KUW) 60 62 61
Ruben Gonzales (PHI) d. Mohammad Ghareeb (KUW) 76(2) 62 16 67(6) 55 ret.
Francis Casey Alcantara/Treat Huey (PHI) d. Abdulrahman Alawadhi/Abdulhamid Mubarak (KUW) 61 61 62
Jeson Patrombon (PHI) d. Abdulhamid Mubarak (KUW) 76(5) 63
Francis Casey Alcantara (PHI) d. Ali Ghareeb (KUW) 62 61
VIETNAM defeated INDONESIA 3-2
Venue: Gelora Manahan Tennis Stadium Complex, Surakarta, INA (hard – outdoor)
Christopher Rungkat (INA) d. Minh Tuan Pham (VIE) 61 61 62
Nam Hoang Ly (VIE) d. Aditya Hari Sasongko (INA) 61 64 62
Nam Hoang Ly/Thien Nguyen Hoang (VIE) d. Christopher Rungkat/Sunu-Wahyu Trijati (INA) 63 36 76(3) 62
Christopher Rungkat (INA) d. Nam Hoang Ly (VIE) 64 61 20 ret.
Thien Nguyen Hoang (VIE) d. Aditya Hari Sasongko (INA) 36 62 36 64 64
THAILAND defeated SRI LANKA 3-2
Venue: The National Tennis Development Center (LTAT), Nonthaburi, THA (hard – outdoor)
Harshana Godamanna (SRI) d. Puriwat Chatpatcharoen (THA) 63 67(4) 63 63
Pruchya Isarow (THA) d. Sharmal Dissanayake (SRI) 62 63 63
Sanchai Ratiwatana/Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) d. Yasitha De Silva/Dineshkanthan Thangarajah (SRI) 60 62 63
Sharmal Dissanayake (SRI) d. Puriwat Chatpatcharoen (THA) 46 26 63 63 61
Pruchya Isarow (THA) d. Harshana Godamanna (SRI) 64 67(5) 63 76(6)
AMERICAS ZONE GROUP II FIRST ROUND
PERU defeated URUGUAY 3-2
Venue: Club Tennis Las Terrazas Miraflores, Lima, PER (clay – outdoor)
Jorge Brian Panta (PER) d. Martin Cuevas (URU) 57 75 67(5) 76(4) 64
Mauricio Echazu (PER) d. Santiago Maresca (URU) 67(5) 61 62 61
Ariel Behar/Martin Cuevas (URU) d. Duilio Vallebuona/Juan Pablo Varillas Patino-Samudio (PER) 64 76(3) 75
Martin Cuevas (URU) d. Mauricio Echazu (PER) 75 61 64
Juan Pablo Varillas Patino-Samudio (PER) d. Rodrigo Arus (URU) 57 57 61 64 62
MEXICO defeated GUATEMALA 3-2
Venue: Juan Camilo Mouriño Terrazo Stadium, San Francisco de Campeche, MEX (hard – outdoor)
Lucas Gomez (MEX) d. Wilfredo Gonzalez (GUA) 64 36 62 62
Hans Hach (MEX) d. Christopher Diaz-Figueroa (GUA) 76(5) 67(2) 46 63 62
Santiago Gonzalez/Miguel-Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) d. Christopher Diaz-Figueroa/Wilfredo Gonzalez (GUA) 61 76(7) 63
Christopher Diaz-Figueroa (GUA) d. Lucas Gomez (MEX) 62 62
Wilfredo Gonzalez (GUA) d. Hans Hach (MEX) 63 62
EL SALVADOR defeated PUERTO RICO 3-2
Venue: Complejo Polideportivo de Ciudad Merliot, Santa Tecla, ESA (hard – outdoor)
Sebastian Arcila (PUR) d. Alberto Emmanuel Alvarado Larin (ESA) 64 64 62
Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) d. Alex Diaz (PUR) 62 62 60
Marcelo Arevalo/Rafael Arevalo (ESA) d. Sebastian Arcila/Alex Diaz (PUR) 67(6) 62 62 63
Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) d. Sebastian Arcila (PUR) 62 75 61
Ignacio Garcia (PUR) d. Sebastian Quiros (ESA) 61 62
VENEZUELA defeated PARAGUAY 5-0
Venue: Cancha Central, Caracas, VEN (hard – outdoor)
Ricardo Rodriguez (VEN) d. Bruno Britez (PAR) 67(8) 75 61 75
Luis David Martinez (VEN) d. Ayed Zatar (PAR) 75 36 76(7) 64
Luis David Martinez/Roberto Maytin (VEN) d. Bruno Britez/Ayed Zatar (PAR) 62 62 64
Ricardo Rodriguez (VEN) d. Francisco Yim Kim (PAR) 61 60
Miguel Angel Este (VEN) d. Hernando Jose Escurra Isnardi (PAR) 63 63
