2020 Davis Cup World Group I

The 2020 Davis Cup World Group I was held on 5–6 March 2021 and 17–19 September 2021. The eight highest-ranked winners of the World Group I ties automatically progressed to the 2022 Davis Cup qualifying round. The four lowest-ranked winners took part in an additional knock-out tie in November 2021, the two winners progressing to the 2022 Davis Cup qualifying round and the two losers contesting the 2022 Davis Cup World Group I play-offs. The losing nations from the World Group I ties will compete in the 2022 Davis Cup World Group I play-offs.[1]

Teams

Twenty-four teams participated in the World Group I, in a series decided on a home and away basis. The seedings are based on the nations ranking of 9 March.[2]

These twenty-four teams were:

  • 12 losing teams from the qualifying round
  • 12 winning teams from World Group I play-offs

The eight highest-ranked (as at 20 September 2021) winners of the World Group I ties automatically progressed to the 2022 qualifiers. The four lowest-ranked winners took part in an additional knock-out tie in November 2021, with the two winners progressing to the 2022 qualifiers and two losers contesting the 2022 World Group I play-offs. The losing nations from the World Group I ties will compete in the World Group I play-offs in 2022.[3]

#: Nations ranking as of 9 March 2020.[4]

Results summary

Home teamScoreAway teamLocationVenueSurface
 Bolivia 2–3  Belgium [1]Asunción (Paraguay)Rakiura ResortClay
 Argentina [2] 4–1  BelarusBuenos AiresBuenos Aires Lawn Tennis ClubClay
 Pakistan 0–4  Japan [3]IslamabadPakistan Sports ComplexGrass
 Uruguay 0–4  Netherlands [4]MontevideoCarrasco Lawn Tenis ClubClay
 Slovakia3–1 Chile [5]BratislavaNTC ArenaHard (i)
 Finland3–1 India [6]EspooEspoo Metro AreenaHard (i)
 Norway3–1 Uzbekistan [7]OsloOslo Tennis ArenaHard (i)
 Lebanon0–4 Brazil [8]JouniehAutomobile and Touring Club of LebanonClay
 New Zealand1–3 South Korea [9]Newport (United States)International Tennis Hall of FameGrass
 Romania 3–1  Portugal [10]Cluj-NapocaHoria Demian Sports HallHard (i)
 Peru 3–2  Bosnia and Herzegovina [11]LimaClub Lawn Tennis de la ExposiciónClay
 Ukraine3–2 Israel [12]KyivMarina Tennis ClubHard (i)

World Group I results

Bolivia vs. Belgium


Bolivia
2
Rakiura Resort, Asunción, Paraguay[5]
18–19 September 2021
Clay

Belgium
3
1 2 3
1 Bolivia
Belgium
Hugo Dellien
Ruben Bemelmans
6
3
6
4
   
2 Bolivia
Belgium
Murkel Dellien
Zizou Bergs
6
4
4
6
6
2
 
3 Bolivia
Belgium
Boris Arias / Federico Zeballos
Sander Gillé / Joran Vliegen
3
6
4
6
   
4 Bolivia
Belgium
Hugo Dellien
Michael Geerts
4
6
6
4
2
6
 
5 Bolivia
Belgium
Murkel Dellien
Ruben Bemelmans
62
77
2
6
   

Argentina vs. Belarus


Argentina
4
Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina[6]
18–19 September 2021
Clay

Belarus
1
1 2 3
1 Argentina
Belarus
Diego Schwartzman
Daniil Ostapenkov
4
6
3
6
   
2 Argentina
Belarus
Guido Pella
Erik Arutiunian
6
1
6
2
   
3 Argentina
Belarus
Máximo González / Horacio Zeballos
Erik Arutiunian / Daniil Ostapenkov
5
7
6
2
6
2
 
4 Argentina
Belarus
Diego Schwartzman
Alexander Zgirovsky
6
1
6
2
   
5 Argentina
Belarus
Federico Coria
Daniil Ostapenkov
6
3
6
1
   

Pakistan vs. Japan


Pakistan
0
Pakistan Sports Complex, Islamabad, Pakistan[7]
5–6 March 2021
Grass

Japan
4
1 2 3
1 Pakistan
Japan
Aqeel Khan
Yosuke Watanuki
3
6
2
6
   
2 Pakistan
Japan
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Kaichi Uchida
4
6
64
77
   
3 Pakistan
Japan
Aqeel Khan / Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Shintaro Mochizuki / Sho Shimabukuro
6
4
4
6
2
6
 
4 Pakistan
Japan
Muzammil Murtaza
Yuta Shimizu
1
6
1
6
   
5 Pakistan
Japan
Aqeel Khan
Kaichi Uchida
      not
played

Uruguay vs. Netherlands


Uruguay
0
Carrasco Lawn Tenis Club, Montevideo, Uruguay[8]
18–19 September 2021
Clay

Netherlands
4
1 2 3
1 Uruguay
Netherlands
Francisco Llanes
Botic van de Zandschulp
0
6
3
6
   
2 Uruguay
Netherlands
Martín Cuevas
Tallon Griekspoor
4
6
66
78
   
3 Uruguay
Netherlands
Ignacio Carou / Martín Cuevas
Wesley Koolhof / Matwé Middelkoop
2
6
1
6
   
4 Uruguay
Netherlands
Ignacio Carou
Robin Haase
3
6
2
6
   
5 Uruguay
Netherlands
Francisco Llanes
Tallon Griekspoor
      not
played

Slovakia vs. Chile


Slovakia
3
NTC Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia[9]
17–18 September 2021
Hard (i)

Chile
1
1 2 3
1 Slovakia
Chile
Alex Molčan
Cristian Garín
2
6
4
6
   
2 Slovakia
Chile
Norbert Gombos
Nicolás Jarry
6
3
65
77
6
3
 
3 Slovakia
Chile
Filip Polášek / Igor Zelenay
Marcelo Tomás Barrios Vera / Alejandro Tabilo
6
1
77
64
   
4 Slovakia
Chile
Norbert Gombos
Cristian Garín
6
0
6
1
   
5 Slovakia
Chile
Alex Molčan
Nicolás Jarry
      not
played

Finland vs. India


Finland
3
Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo, Finland[10]
17–18 September 2021
Hard (i)

India
1
1 2 3
1 Finland
India
Otto Virtanen
Prajnesh Gunneswaran
6
3
77
61
   
2 Finland
India
Emil Ruusuvuori
Ramkumar Ramanathan
6
4
7
5
   
3 Finland
India
Harri Heliövaara / Henri Kontinen
Rohan Bopanna / Ramkumar Ramanathan
77
62
77
62
   
4 Finland
India
Patrik Niklas-Salminen
Prajnesh Gunneswaran
3
6
5
7
   
5 Finland
India
Otto Virtanen
Ramkumar Ramanathan
      not
played

Norway vs. Uzbekistan


Norway
3
Oslo Tennis Arena, Oslo, Norway[11]
17–18 September 2021
Hard (i)

Uzbekistan
1
1 2 3
1 Norway
Uzbekistan
Casper Ruud
Khumoyun Sultanov
6
3
6
3
   
2 Norway
Uzbekistan
Viktor Durasovic
Denis Istomin
6
4
6
4
   
3 Norway
Uzbekistan
Casper Ruud / Viktor Durasovic
Sanjar Fayziev / Denis Istomin
61
77
3
6
   
4 Norway
Uzbekistan
Casper Ruud
Sanjar Fayziev
6
3
6
1
   
5 Norway
Uzbekistan
Viktor Durasovic
Khumoyun Sultanov
      not
played

Lebanon vs. Brazil


Lebanon
0
Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon, Jounieh, Lebanon[12]
18–19 September 2021
Clay

Brazil
4
1 2 3
1 Lebanon
Brazil
Benjamin Hassan
Orlando Luz
4
6
4
6
   
2 Lebanon
Brazil
Hady Habib
Felipe Meligeni Alves
1
6
3
6
   
3 Lebanon
Brazil
Hady Habib / Benjamin Hassan
Marcelo Demoliner / Rafael Matos
2
6
6
3
65
77
 
4 Lebanon
Brazil
Roey Tabet
Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida
0
6
1
6
   
5 Lebanon
Brazil
Hady Habib
Orlando Luz
      not
played

New Zealand vs. South Korea


New Zealand
1
International Tennis Hall of Fame, Newport, United States[13]
17–18 September 2021
Grass

South Korea
3
1 2 3
1 New Zealand
South Korea
Rubin Statham
Nam Ji-sung
2
6
2
6
   
2 New Zealand
South Korea
Finn Reynolds
Kwon Soon-woo
61
77
3
6
   
3 New Zealand
South Korea
Marcus Daniell / Michael Venus
Nam Ji-sung / Song Min-kyu
4
6
6
2
6
4
 
4 New Zealand
South Korea
Rubin Statham
Kwon Soon-woo
3
6
3
6
   
5 New Zealand
South Korea
Finn Reynolds
Nam Ji-sung
      not
played

Romania vs. Portugal


Romania
3
Horia Demian Sports Hall, Cluj-Napoca, Romania[14]
18–19 September 2021
Hard (i)

Portugal
1
1 2 3
1 Romania
Portugal
Filip Jianu
João Sousa
3
6
5
7
   
2 Romania
Portugal
Marius Copil
Gastão Elias
6
4
6
3
   
3 Romania
Portugal
Marius Copil / Horia Tecău
Nuno Borges / João Sousa
6
4
6
3
   
4 Romania
Portugal
Marius Copil
João Sousa
6
3
2
6
6
4
 
5 Romania
Portugal
Filip Jianu
Gastão Elias
      not
played

Peru vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina


Peru
3
Club Lawn Tennis de la Exposición, Lima, Peru[15]
17–18 September 2021
Clay

Bosnia and Herzegovina
2
1 2 3
1 Peru
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nicolás Álvarez
Damir Džumhur
2
6
77
64
3
6
 
2 Peru
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Juan Pablo Varillas
Mirza Bašić
7
5
79
67
   
3 Peru
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sergio Galdós / Jorge Panta
Mirza Bašić / Tomislav Brkić
5
7
2
6
   
4 Peru
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Juan Pablo Varillas
Damir Džumhur
6
1
6
3
   
5 Peru
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nicolás Álvarez
Nerman Fatić
77
64
6
4
   

Ukraine vs. Israel


Ukraine
3
Marina Tennis Club, Kyiv, Ukraine[16]
5–6 March 2021
Hard (i)

Israel
2
1 2 3
1 Ukraine
Israel
Illya Marchenko
Daniel Cukierman
1
6
6
3
6
2
 
2 Ukraine
Israel
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Edan Leshem
3
6
6
3
2
6
 
3 Ukraine
Israel
Denys Molchanov / Sergiy Stakhovsky
Daniel Cukierman / Jonathan Erlich
4
6
6
4
3
6
 
4 Ukraine
Israel
Illya Marchenko
Edan Leshem
6
3
6
2
   
5 Ukraine
Israel
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Yshai Oliel
6
4
6
2
   

References

  1. "2020 Davis Cup play-offs draws on October 3". Daviscup.com. 1 October 2019.
  2. "Seeds announced for Davis Cup Finals 2020". Daviscup.com. 9 March 2020.
  3. "Davis Cup - Draws & Results".
  4. "Davis Cup - Rankings". Daviscup.com. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  5. "Bolivia v Belgium". Daviscup.com.
  6. "Argentina v Belarus". Daviscup.com.
  7. "Pakistan v Japan". Daviscup.com.
  8. "Uruguay v Netherlands". Daviscup.com.
  9. "Slovakia v Chile". Daviscup.com.
  10. "Finland v India". Daviscup.com.
  11. "Norway v Uzbekistan". Daviscup.com.
  12. "Lebanon v Brazil". Daviscup.com.
  13. "New Zealand v South Korea". Daviscup.com.
  14. "Romania v Portugal". Daviscup.com.
  15. "Peru v Bosnia and Herzegovina". Daviscup.com.
  16. "Ukraine v Israel". Daviscup.com.
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