2013 Davis Cup World Group play-offs

The 2013 Davis Cup World Group play-offs were held from September 13 to 15. They were the main play-offs of the 2013 Davis Cup.^[1] Winners of the playoffs advanced to the 2014 World Group, and the losers were relegated to their respective Zonal Regions I.

Teams

Bold indicates team has qualified for the 2014 Davis Cup World Group.

Results

Date: 13–15 September

The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties and eight winners of the Zonal Group I final round ties competed in the World Group play-offs for spots in the 2014 World Group. The draw took place April 11 in London.

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface
Spain	5−0	Ukraine	Madrid	Caja Mágica	Outdoor	Clay
Netherlands	5−0	Austria	Groningen	Martiniplaza	Indoor
Croatia	1−4	Great Britain	Umag	ITC Stella Maris	Outdoor
Switzerland	4−1	Ecuador	Neuchâtel	Patinoire du Littoral	Indoor	Hard
Germany	4−1	Brazil	Neu-Ulm	Ratiopharm Arena
Poland	1−4	Australia	Warsaw	Torwar Hall		Clay
Belgium	3−2	Israel	Antwerp	Lotto Arena
Japan	3−2	Colombia	Tokyo	Ariake Coliseum	Outdoor	Hard

•  Belgium,  Germany,  Spain and   Switzerland remained in the World Group in 2014.
•  Australia,  Great Britain,  Japan and  Netherlands were promoted to the World Group in 2014.
•  Colombia,  Ecuador,  Poland and  Ukraine remained in Zonal Group I in 2014.
•  Austria,  Brazil,  Croatia and  Israel were relegated to Zonal Group I in 2014.

Playoff results

Spain vs. Ukraine

Spain 5	Caja Mágica, Madrid, Spain[2] 13–15 September 2013 Clay		Ukraine 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Fernando Verdasco Alexandr Dolgopolov 3 6 6 4 6 4 6 2     2 Rafael Nadal Sergiy Stakhovsky 6 0 6 0 6 4       3 Marc López / Rafael Nadal Denys Molchanov / Sergiy Stakhovsky 6 2 66 78 6 3 6 4     4 Marc López Denys Molchanov 6 3 6 3         5 Fernando Verdasco Vladyslav Manafov 6 2 6 1

Netherlands vs. Austria

Netherlands 5	MartiniPlaza, Groningen, Netherlands[3] 13–15 September 2013 Clay (i)		Austria 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Robin Haase Oliver Marach 6 4 6 3 6 1       2 Thiemo de Bakker Jürgen Melzer 5 7 7 5 5 7 6 4 6 1   3 Robin Haase / Jean-Julien Rojer Oliver Marach / Julian Knowle 4 6 6 3 6 4 7 5     4 Jesse Huta Galung Jürgen Melzer 3 6 7 5 6 3       5 Thiemo de Bakker Oliver Marach           w/o

Croatia vs. Great Britain

Croatia 1	Stadion Stella Maris, Umag, Croatia[4] 13–15 September 2013 Clay		Great Britain 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Borna Ćorić Andy Murray 3 6 0 6 3 6       2 Ivan Dodig Dan Evans 6 3 6 2 6 3       3 Ivan Dodig / Mate Pavić Colin Fleming / Andy Murray 3 6 2 6 78 66 1 6     4 Ivan Dodig Andy Murray 4 6 2 6 4 6       5 Mate Pavić Dan Evans 4 6 64 77

Switzerland vs. Ecuador

Switzerland 4	Patinoire du Littoral, Neuchatel, Switzerland[5] 13–15 September 2013 Hard (i)		Ecuador 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Stanislas Wawrinka Emilio Gómez 6 4 6 3 6 3       2 Marco Chiudinelli Júlio César Campozano 3 6 6 1 6 3 79 67     3 Michael Lammer / Stanislas Wawrinka Emilio Gómez / Roberto Quiroz 6 3 6 4 3 6 67 79 6 4   4 Michael Lammer Roberto Quiroz 6 3 2 6 6 2       5 Marco Chiudinelli Gonzalo Escobar 0 6 5 7

Germany vs. Brazil

Germany 4	Ratiopharm Arena, Neu-Ulm, Germany[6] 13–15 September 2013 Hard (i)		Brazil 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Philipp Kohlschreiber Rogério Dutra da Silva 6 3 7 5 6 4       2 Florian Mayer Thomaz Bellucci 6 4 6 1 6 2       3 Daniel Brands / Martin Emmrich Marcelo Melo / Bruno Soares 3 6 4 6 4 6       4 Daniel Brands Thomaz Bellucci 6 4 6 2 6 3       5 Florian Mayer Rogério Dutra da Silva 6 4 6 4

Poland vs. Australia

Poland 1	Torwar Hall, Warsaw, Poland[7] 13–15 September 2013 Clay (i)		Australia 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Łukasz Kubot Lleyton Hewitt 1 6 3 6 2 6       2 Michał Przysiężny Bernard Tomic 5 7 61 77 4 6       3 Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski Chris Guccione / Nick Kyrgios 5 7 6 4 6 2 65 77 6 4   4 Łukasz Kubot Bernard Tomic 4 6 65 77 3 6       5 Michał Przysiężny Nick Kyrgios 1 4         retired

Belgium vs. Israel

Belgium 3	Lotto Arena, Antwerp, Belgium[8] 12–15 September 2013 Clay (i)		Israel 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Steve Darcis Dudi Sela 6 1 6 2 6 2       2 Ruben Bemelmans Amir Weintraub 3 6 6 2 77 62 64 77 4 6   3 Steve Darcis / Olivier Rochus Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram 3 6 7 5 6 1 5 7 3 6   4 Ruben Bemelmans Dudi Sela 7 5 3 6 6 0 6 4     5 Steve Darcis Amir Weintraub 6 2 6 2 6 2

Japan vs. Colombia

Japan 3	Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan[9] 13–15 September 2013 Hard		Colombia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Kei Nishikori Alejandro Falla 6 3 6 4 6 4       2 Go Soeda Santiago Giraldo 4 6 6 3 5 7 6 3 1 6   3 Tatsuma Ito / Yuichi Sugita Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah 1 6 2 6 1 6       4 Kei Nishikori Santiago Giraldo 6 1 6 2 6 4       5 Go Soeda Alejandro Falla 4 6 6 4 6 3 6 3

References

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