We have our 1️⃣2️⃣ seeded nations for the 2019 #DavisCupFinals Qualifying Round!
Find out if your nation will play home or away at the #DavisCup draw on 26 September! pic.twitter.com/1vZmlBlTUz
— Davis Cup (@DavisCup) September 16, 2018
(September 16. 2018) The ITF has announced the results for the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group semifinals and
World Group play-offs that took place on 14-16 September, the Zone Group I ties that took place on
14-15 September and the Zone Group II ties that took place on 15-16 September (NB: Egypt v
Finland took place on 14-15 September). A total of 18 ties were held this weekend.
France will host Croatia in the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Final on 23-25 November. The two losing
semifinalists, Spain and USA, will contest the new Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Finals event in 2019.
The eight World Group play-off winners, Argentina, Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Great Britain,
Japan, Serbia and Sweden, will join the four losing quarterfinalists from 2018, Belgium, Germany,
Italy and Kazakhstan, as seeded nations in the draw for the 2019 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Finals
Qualifying Round.
The draw will take place at the ITF headquarters in London on Wednesday 26 September and will be
live streamed on DavisCup.com and the Davis Cup Facebook page. The 12 unseeded nations in
February’s Qualifying Round will be determined by the Davis Cup Nations Ranking of Monday 17
September, with six nations coming from Europe/Africa, three from Americas and three from
Asia/Oceania.
WORLD GROUP SEMIFINALS
FRANCE defeated SPAIN 3-2
Venue: Stade Pierre Mauroy, Lille, FRA (hard – indoor)
Benoit Paire (FRA) d. Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) 75 61 60
Lucas Pouille (FRA) d. Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) 36 76(5) 64 26 64
Julien Benneteau/Nicolas Mahut (FRA) d. Marcel Granollers/Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 60 64 76(7)
Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) d. Richard Gasquet (FRA) 16 64 [14-12]
Marcel Granollers (ESP) d. Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 67(2) 63 [13-11]
CROATIA defeated USA 3-2
Venue: Sportski centar Visnjik, Zadar, CRO (clay – outdoor)
Borna Coric (CRO) d. Steve Johnson (USA) 64 76(4) 63
Marin Cilic (CRO) d. Frances Tiafoe (USA) 61 63 76(5)
Mike Bryan/Ryan Harrison (USA) d. Ivan Dodig/Mate Pavic (CRO) 75 76(6) 16 67(5) 76(5)
Sam Querrey (USA) d. Marin Cilic (CRO) 67(2) 76(6) 63 64
Borna Coric (CRO) d. Frances Tiafoe (USA) 67(0) 61 67(11) 61 63
WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS
ARGENTINA defeated COLOMBIA 4-0
Venue: Estadio Cerrado Doctor Aldo Cantoni, San Juan, ARG (clay – indoor)
Diego Schwartzman (ARG) d. Santiago Giraldo (COL) 63 61 67(3) 61
Guido Pella (ARG) d. Daniel Elahi Galan (COL) 36 64 46 63 62
Maximo Gonzalez/Horacio Zeballos (ARG) d. Alejandro Gomez/Cristian Rodriguez (COL) 64 76(3)
67(4) 46 64
Horacio Zeballos (ARG) d. Nicolas Mejia (COL) 75 62
Guido Pella (ARG) v Santiago Giraldo (COL) – not played
GREAT BRITAIN defeated UZBEKISTAN 3-1
Venue: Emirates Arena, Glasgow, GBR (hard – indoor)
Daniel Evans (GBR) d. Denis Istomin (UZB) 76(4) 46 06 64 75
Jurabek Karimov (UZB) d. Cameron Norrie (GBR) 06 57 76(6) 62 62
Dominic Inglot/Jamie Murray (GBR) d. Sanjar Fayziev/Denis Istomin (UZB) 46 76(8) 62 63
Cameron Norrie (GBR) d. Sanjar Fayziev (UZB) 62 62 60
Daniel Evans (GBR) v Jurabek Karimov (UZB) – not played
AUSTRIA defeated AUSTRALIA 3-1
Venue: Messe Congress Graz, Graz, AUT (clay – outdoor)
Dominic Thiem (AUT) d. Jordan Thompson (AUS) 61 63 60
Dennis Novak (AUT) d. Alex de Minaur (AUS) 36 62 63 62
Lleyton Hewitt/John Peers (AUS) d. Oliver Marach/Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 61 64 36 75
Dominic Thiem (AUT) d. Alex de Minaur (AUS) 64 62 36 64
Dennis Novak (AUT) v Jordan Thompson (AUS) – not played
SWEDEN defeated SWITZERLAND 3-2
Venue: Swiss Tennis Arena, Biel, SUI (hard – indoor)
Markus Eriksson (SWE) d. Marc-Andrea Huesler (SUI) 36 46 64 76(10) 64
Henri Laaksonen (SUI) d. Jonathan Mridha (SWE) 76(5) 62 63
Markus Eriksson/Robert Lindstedt (SWE) d. Antoine Bellier/Luca Margaroli (SUI) 62 62 64
Henri Laaksonen (SUI) d. Markus Eriksson (SWE) 62 62 67(5) 61
Jonathan Mridha (SWE) d. Sandro Ehrat (SUI) 46 63 64 76(4)
SERBIA defeated INDIA 4-0
Venue: Kraljevo Sports Venue, Kraljevo, SRB (clay – indoor)
Laslo Djere (SRB) d. Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) 36 64 76(2) 62
Dusan Lajovic (SRB) d. Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND) 64 63 64
Nikola Milojevic/Danilo Petrovic (SRB) d. Rohan Bopanna/Saketh Myneni (IND) 76(5) 62 76(4)
Pedja Krstin (SRB) d. N.Sriram Balaji (IND) 63 61
Laslo Djere (SRB) v Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND) – not played
CANADA defeated NETHERLANDS 3-1
Venue: Coca-Cola Coliseum, Toronto, CAN (hard – indoor)
Milos Raonic (CAN) d. Thiemo de Bakker (NED) 63 62 62
Denis Shapovalov (CAN) d. Robin Haase (NED) 36 36 75 63 64
Matwe Middelkoop/Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) d. Daniel Nestor/Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 46 63 64 64
Milos Raonic (CAN) d. Scott Griekspoor (NED) 76(4) 63 64
Denis Shapovalov (CAN) v Thiemo de Bakker (NED) – not played
CZECH REPUBLIC defeated HUNGARY 3-2
Venue: Lurdy Haz, Budapest, HUN (clay – outdoor)
Zsombor Piros (HUN) d. Jiri Vesely (CZE) 36 64 46 76(3) 75
Lukas Rosol (CZE) d. Mate Valkusz (HUN) 61 62 64
Gabor Borsos/Peter Nagy (HUN) d. Roman Jebavy/Lukas Rosol (CZE) 36 46 61 62 64
Jiri Vesely (CZE) d. Mate Valkusz (HUN) 67(4) 63 62 64
Lukas Rosol (CZE) d. Zsombor Piros (HUN) 64 76(6) 63
JAPAN defeated BOSNIA/HERZEGOVINA 4-0
Venue: ITC Utsubo Tennis Center, Osaka, JPN (hard – outdoor)
Taro Daniel (JPN) d. Tomislav Brkic (BIH) 64 62 76(3)
Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) d. Mirza Basic (BIH) 64 63 63
Ben Mclachlan/Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) d. Tomislav Brkic/Nerman Fatic (BIH) 62 64 64
Yosuke Watanuki (JPN) d. Darko Bojanovic (BIH) 61 63
Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) v Tomislav Brkic (BIH) – not played
EUROPE/AFRICA ZONE GROUP I FIRST ROUND PLAY-OFF
UKRAINE defeated PORTUGAL 3-1
Venue: Campa Tennis Club, Bucha, UKR (hard – outdoor)
Joao Sousa (POR) d. Illya Marchenko (UKR) 46 62 63
Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) d. Pedro Sousa (POR) 63 62
Denys Molchanov/Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) d. Gastao Elias/Joao Sousa (POR) 64 36 76(5)
Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) d. Joao Sousa (POR) 62 46 64
Illya Marchenko (UKR) v Pedro Sousa (POR) – not played
RUSSIA defeated BELARUS 3-2
Venue: Luzhniki Small Sports Arena, Moscow, RUS (hard – indoor)
Karen Khachanov (RUS) d. Egor Gerasimov (BLR) 76(4) 63
Ilya Ivashka (BLR) d. Daniil Medvedev (RUS) 76(2) 64
Max Mirnyi/Andrei Vasilevski (BLR) d. Karen Khachanov/Andrey Rublev (RUS) 75 63
Karen Khachanov (RUS) d. Ilya Ivashka (BLR) 62 64
Daniil Medvedev (RUS) d. Egor Gerasimov (BLR) 76(4) 36 63
ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP I SECOND ROUND PLAY-OFF
KOREA, REP. defeated NEW ZEALAND 3-2
Venue: Gimcheon Sports Town Tennis Courts, Gimcheon, KOR (hard – indoor)
Rubin Statham (NZL) d. Hong Seong Chan (KOR) 76(10) 62
Duckhee Lee (KOR) d. Michael Venus (NZL) 75 67(7) 62
Ajeet Rai/Artem Sitak (NZL) d. Hong Seong Chan/Lee Jea Moon (KOR) 75 63
Duckhee Lee (KOR) d. Rubin Statham (NZL) 64 61
Lim Yong-Kyu (KOR) d. Michael Venus (NZL) 76(5) 64
AMERICAS ZONE GROUP I SECOND ROUND PLAY-OFF
ECUADOR defeated BARBADOS 4-0
Venue: National Tennis Centre, St Michael, BAR (hard – outdoor)
Roberto Quiroz (ECU) d. Matthew Foster-Estwick (BAR) 60 61
Emilio Gomez (ECU) d. Darian King (BAR) 63 36 63
Gonzalo Escobar/Diego Hidalgo (ECU) d. Darian King/Haydn Lewis (BAR) 64 76(0)
Diego Hidalgo (ECU) d. Xavier Lawrence (BAR) 60 61
Matthew Foster-Estwick (BAR) v Emilio Gomez (ECU) – not played
EUROPE/AFRICA ZONE GROUP II THIRD ROUND
POLAND defeated ROMANIA 3-2
Venue: Sala Polivalenta Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, ROU (clay – indoor)
Marius Copil (ROU) d. Kamil Majchrzak (POL) 62 64
Hubert Hurkacz (POL) d. Adrian Ungur (ROU) 76(3) 75
Florin Mergea/Horia Tecau (ROU) d. Lukasz Kubot/Marcin Matkowski (POL) 75 46 63
Hubert Hurkacz (POL) d. Marius Copil (ROU) 63 64
Kamil Majchrzak (POL) d. Adrian Ungur (ROU) 63 62
FINLAND defeated EGYPT 3-2
Venue: El Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, EGY (clay – outdoor)
Mohamed Safwat (EGY) d. Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) 64 76(7)
Harri Heliovaara (FIN) d. Karim-Mohamed Maamoun (EGY) 63 62
Henri Kontinen/Patrik Niklas-Salminen (FIN) d. Sherif Sabry/Mohamed Safwat (EGY) 63 64
Mohamed Safwat (EGY) d. Harri Heliovaara (FIN) 62 64
Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) d. Karim-Mohamed Maamoun (EGY) 61 36 61
ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP II THIRD ROUND
LEBANON defeated THAILAND 3-2
Venue: The National Tennis Development Center (LTAT), Nonthaburi, THA (hard – outdoor)
Hady Habib (LBN) d. Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul (THA) 46 76(2) 53 ret.
Benjamin Hassan (LBN) d. Palaphoom Kovapitukted (THA) 63 64
Sanchai Ratiwatana/Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) d. Jad Ballout/Giovani Samaha (LBN) 60 63
Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul (THA) d. Benjamin Hassan (LBN) 64 46 64
Hady Habib (LBN) d. Palaphoom Kovapitukted (THA) 63 63
AMERICAS ZONE GROUP II THIRD ROUND
URUGUAY defeated MEXICO 3-1
Venue: Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club, Montevideo, URU (clay – outdoor)
Pablo Cuevas (URU) d. Luis Patino (MEX) 75 62
Martin Cuevas (URU) d. Lucas Gomez (MEX) 64 63
Santiago Gonzalez/Miguel-Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) d. Rodrigo Arus/Nicolas Xiviller (URU) 61 61
Pablo Cuevas (URU) d. Gerardo Lopez Villasenor (MEX) 16 76(5) 63
Martin Cuevas (URU) v Luis Patino (MEX) – not played
