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

Venue (surface)	Home Team	Score	Away Team
Antofagasta, Chile (clay)	Chile	3–2	Australia (3)
Wimbledon, London, Great Britain (grass)	Great Britain	2–3	Austria (7)
Lausanne, Switzerland (indoor hard)	Switzerland	4–1	Belgium (4)
Zadar, Croatia (indoor hard)	Croatia (1)	4–1	Brazil
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)	Israel (8)	4–1	Peru
Apeldoorn, Netherlands (indoor clay)	Netherlands	3–2	South Korea (5)
Bucharest, Romania (clay)	Romania (6)	4–1	India
Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)	Slovakia (2)	1–4	Serbia

Play-offs

Chile vs. Australia

Chile 3	Estadio Militar Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile September 19–21, 2008 Clay		Australia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Nicolás Massú Chris Guccione 7^7 6^5 7^7 6^5 3 6 7^7 6^2     2 Fernando González Peter Luczak 6 2 6 2 6 3       3 Fernando González / Nicolás Massú Carsten Ball / Chris Guccione 7^7 6^5 6^9 7^11 3 6 7 5 5 7   4 Fernando González Chris Guccione 7^7 6^4 7 5 6 3       5 Paul Capdeville Carsten Ball 3 6 6^4 7^7

Great Britain vs. Austria

Great Britain 2	All England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon, London, Great Britain September 19–21, 2008 Grass		Austria 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Alex Bogdanović Jürgen Melzer 6 3 6^4 7^7 2 6 1 6     2 Andy Murray Alexander Peya 6 4 6 1 6 3       3 Ross Hutchins / Jamie Murray Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer 4 6 3 6 1 6       4 Andy Murray Jürgen Melzer 6 4 5 7 6 4 6 1     5 Alex Bogdanović Alexander Peya 6 2 4 6 4 6 2 6

Switzerland vs. Belgium

Switzerland 4	Centre Intercommunal de Glace Malley, Lausanne, Switzerland September 19–21, 2008 Hard (i)		Belgium 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Stanislas Wawrinka Steve Darcis 6^4 7^7 6 1 6 3 2 6 6 4   2 Roger Federer Kristof Vliegen 7^7 6^1 6 4 6 2       3 Roger Federer / Stanislas Wawrinka Xavier Malisse / Olivier Rochus 4 6 7^8 6^6 6 3 6 3     4 Stéphane Bohli Steve Darcis 6 3 1 6 6 3       5 Yves Allegro Xavier Malisse 3 6 2 6

Croatia vs. Brazil

Croatia 4	Športski centar Višnjik, Zadar, Croatia September 19–21, 2008 Hard (i)		Brazil 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mario Ančić Thomaz Bellucci 6 2 7^7 6^5 7^7 6^4       2 Ivo Karlović Thiago Alves 7^7 6^5 7^7 6^4 7 5       3 Ivo Karlović / Lovro Zovko Marcelo Melo / André Sá 7^7 6^4 2 6 5 7 7^7 6^5 3 6   4 Ivo Karlović Thomaz Bellucci 7^7 6^5 6 4 6^6 7^8 7^7 6^5     5 Roko Karanušić Thiago Alves 7^7 6^5 4 6 7^7 6^5

Israel vs. Peru

Israel 4	Israel Tennis Center, Ramat HaSharon, Israel September 19–21, 2008 Hard		Peru 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Harel Levy Luis Horna 5 7 7 5 6^4 7^7 3 6     2 Dudi Sela Iván Miranda 6 2 6 1 3 6 6 4     3 Harel Levy / Andy Ram Mauricio Echazú / Matías Silva 6 1 6 1 6 2       4 Dudi Sela Luis Horna 6^6 7^8 6 4 6 1 6 2     5 Noam Okun Iván Miranda 6 4 5 7 6 3

Netherlands vs. South Korea

Netherlands 3	Omnisport Apeldoorn, Apeldoorn, Netherlands September 19–21, 2008 Clay (i)		South Korea 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Thiemo de Bakker Lee Hyung-taik 4 6 3 6 3 6       2 Jesse Huta Galung Im Kyu-tae 6 3 6 3 5 7 6 2     3 Jesse Huta Galung / Peter Wessels Jun Woong-sun / Lee Hyung-taik 4 6 6 4 6 4 6 3     4 Jesse Huta Galung Lee Hyung-taik 6 1 1 6 6^5 7^7 2 6     5 Thiemo de Bakker Jun Woong-sun 6 2 6 1 6 3

Romania vs. India

Romania 4	Clubul Sportiv Progresul, Bucuresti, Romania September 19–21, 2008 Clay		India 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Victor Crivoi Prakash Amritraj 7 5 5 7 6 2 6 2     2 Victor Hănescu Somdev Devvarman 6 3 6 1 6 0       3 Adrian Cruciat / Horia Tecău Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes 4 6 6^0 7 4 6       4 Victor Hănescu Prakash Amritraj 6 2 6 3 6 1       5 Victor Crivoi Somdev Devvarman 4 6 7 5 6 3

Slovakia vs. Serbia

Slovakia 1	Sibamac Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia September 19–21, 2008 Hard (i)		Serbia 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Dominik Hrbatý Novak Djokovic 2 6 4 6 3 6       2 Lukáš Lacko Janko Tipsarević 7^7 6^4 6 4 4 6 6^5 7^7 6 8   3 Michal Mertiňák / Filip Polášek Viktor Troicki / Nenad Zimonjić 6^9 7^11 4 6 7^10 6^8 6^5 7^7     4 Lukáš Lacko Viktor Troicki 3 6 4 6         5 Filip Polášek Janko Tipsarević           w/o

See also

• Davis Cup structure