2013 Davis Cup

2013 Davis Cup

Details
Duration	1 February – 17 November
Edition	102nd
Achievements (singles)
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The 2013 Davis Cup (also known as the 2013 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas for sponsorship purposes) was the 102nd edition of the tournament between national teams in men's tennis. Czech Republic successfully held their place as Davis Cup champions, by defeating Serbia in the final, in Belgrade, by a 3–2 score.^[1]

The draw took place on 19 September 2012 in London, United Kingdom. Although, the draws for Asia/Oceania Zone Group I and Europe/Africa Zone Group II were held following the remaining play-off ties on 19–21 October 2012.^[2]

World Group

Participating teams
Argentina	Austria	Belgium	Brazil
Canada	Croatia	Czech Republic	France
Germany	Israel	Italy	Kazakhstan
Serbia	Spain	Switzerland	United States

Seeds:

1.  Spain
2.  Czech Republic
3.  Argentina
4.  Serbia
5.  France
6.  United States
7.  Croatia
8.  Kazakhstan

Draw

	First round 1–3 February					Quarterfinals 5–7 April					Semifinals 13–15 September					Final 15–17 November
	Vancouver, Canada (indoor hard)
	1	Spain	2
						Vancouver, Canada (indoor hard)
		Canada	3
							Canada	3
	Turin, Italy (indoor clay)
							Italy	1
	7	Croatia	2
											Belgrade, Serbia (indoor clay)
		Italy	3
												Canada	2
	Charleroi, Belgium (indoor clay)
										4	Serbia	3
	4	Serbia	3
						Boise, United States (indoor hard)
		Belgium	2
						4	Serbia	3
	Jacksonville, United States (indoor hard)
						6	United States	1
	6	United States	3
																Belgrade, Serbia (indoor hard)
		Brazil	2
																4	Serbia	2
	Rouen, France (indoor hard)
																2	Czech Republic	3
		Israel	0
						Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
	5	France	5
						5	France	2
	Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
						3	Argentina	3
		Germany	0
											Prague, Czech Republic (indoor hard)
	3	Argentina	5
											3	Argentina	2
	Astana, Kazakhstan (indoor clay)
										2	Czech Republic	3
		Austria	1
						Astana, Kazakhstan (indoor clay)
	8	Kazakhstan	3
						8	Kazakhstan	1
	Geneva, Switzerland (indoor hard)
						2	Czech Republic	3
		Switzerland	2
	2	Czech Republic	3

Final

Serbia 2	Belgrade Arena, Belgrade, Serbia[3] 15–17 November 2013 Hard (i)		Czech Republic 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Novak Djokovic Radek Štěpánek 7 5 6 1 6 4       2 Dušan Lajović Tomáš Berdych 3 6 4 6 3 6       3 Ilija Bozoljac / Nenad Zimonjić Tomáš Berdych / Radek Štěpánek 2 6 4 6 6^4 7^7       4 Novak Djokovic Tomáš Berdych 6 4 7^7 6^5 6 2       5 Dušan Lajović Radek Štěpánek 3 6 1 6 1 6

World Group Play-offs

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 will compete in the World Group Play-offs for spots in the 2014 World Group. The draw took place April 11 in London.

Bold indicates team qualified for the 2014 Davis Cup World Group

Seeded teams  Spain  Austria  Croatia   Switzerland  Germany  Australia  Belgium  Japan

Unseeded teams  Brazil  Colombia  Ecuador  Great Britain  Israel  Netherlands  Poland  Ukraine

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.

Americas Zone

Group I

Seeds:  Chile  Colombia

Remaining nations:  Dominican Republic  Ecuador  Uruguay

Draw

2nd round play-offs 13–15 September

1st round play-offs

1st round 1–3 February

2nd round 5–7 April

1

Chile

bye

Manta, Ecuador (hard)

1

Chile

1

Chile

2

bye

Ecuador

3

Ecuador

Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic (hard)

bye

1

Chile

1

Dominican Republic

4

Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)

Uruguay

3

Dominican Republic

1

Cúcuta, Colombia (hard)

Dominican Republic

Uruguay

0

bye

2

Colombia

5

bye

2

Colombia

Chile relegated to Group II in 2014.

Ecuador and  Colombia advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

Seeds:  Mexico  Peru  Venezuela  El Salvador

Remaining nations:  Barbados  Guatemala  Haiti  Puerto Rico

Draw

	Play-offs 5–7 April					1st round 1–3 February					2nd round 5–7 April					3rd round 13–15 September
						Humacao, Puerto Rico (hard)
						1	Mexico	4
	Saint Michael, Barbados (hard)						Puerto Rico	1			Ciudad Merliot, El Salvador (hard)
		Puerto Rico	1								1	Mexico	2
		Barbados	3			Santa Tecla, El Salvador (clay)					4	El Salvador	3
						4	El Salvador	4
							Barbados	1								Ciudad Merliot, El Salvador (hard)
																4	El Salvador	1
						San Juan de los Morros, Venezuela (hard)										3	Venezuela	3
							Guatemala	1
	Guatemala City, Guatemala (hard)					3	Venezuela	4			Arequipa, Peru (clay)
		Guatemala	4								3	Venezuela	4
		Haiti	1			Lima, Peru (clay)					2	Peru	1
							Haiti	0
						2	Peru	5
Puerto Rico and  Haiti relegated to Group III in 2014.															Venezuela promoted to Group I in 2014.

Group III

Bahamas  Bermuda  Bolivia – promoted to Group II in 2014  Costa Rica  Cuba

Honduras  Jamaica  Panama  Paraguay – promoted to Group II in 2014

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

Seeds:  Australia  Japan  Uzbekistan  India

Remaining nations:  China  Chinese Taipei  Indonesia  South Korea

Draw

	2nd round play-offs 13–15 September					1st round play-offs 5–7 April					1st round 1–3 February					2nd round 5–7 April
											Kaohsiung City, Taiwan (hard)
											1	Australia	5
						Tianjin, China (hard)						Chinese Taipei	0			Namangan, Uzbekistan (indoor clay)
							Chinese Taipei	0								1	Australia	3
							China	5			Namangan, Uzbekistan (indoor clay)					3	Uzbekistan	1
											3	Uzbekistan	4
	Kaohsiung City, Taiwan (hard)										China	1
		Chinese Taipei	5
		Indonesia	0							New Delhi, India (hard)
												South Korea	4
						Bangalore, India (hard)					4	India	1			Tokyo, Japan (indoor hard)
					4	India	5									South Korea	2
							Indonesia	0		Tokyo, Japan (indoor hard)						2	Japan	3
											Indonesia	0
											2	Japan	5
Indonesia relegated to Group II in 2014.															Australia and  Japan advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

Seeds:  New Zealand  Philippines  Thailand  Pakistan

Remaining nations:  Kuwait  Lebanon  Sri Lanka  Syria

Draw

	Play-offs 5–7 April					1st round 1–3 February					2nd round 5–7 April					3rd round 13–15 September
						Auckland, New Zealand (indoor hard)
						1	Lebanon	2
	Jounieh, Lebanon (clay)						New Zealand	3			Yangon, Myanmar (grass)
	1	Lebanon	2								1	New Zealand	4
		Sri Lanka	3			Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay)					4	Pakistan	1
						4	Pakistan	3
							Sri Lanka	2								Lapu-Lapu, Philippines (clay)
																1	New Zealand	3
						Mishref, Kuwait (hard)										2	Philippines	2
							Kuwait	1
	Mishref, Kuwait (hard)					3	Thailand	4			Lapu-Lapu, Philippines (clay)
		Kuwait	3								3	Thailand	1
		Syria	2			Lapu-Lapu, Philippines (clay)					2	Philippines	4
							Syria	2
						2	Philippines	3
Lebanon and  Syria relegated to Group III in 2014.															New Zealand promoted to Group I in 2014.

Group III

Cambodia  Hong Kong – promoted to Group II in 2014  Iran  Malaysia

Oman – relegated to Group IV in 2014  Pacific Oceania – relegated to Group IV in 2014  United Arab Emirates  Vietnam – promoted to Group II in 2014

Group IV

Bahrain  Bangladesh  Iraq  Jordan  Kyrgyzstan

Myanmar  Qatar  Saudi Arabia  Singapore – promoted to Group III in 2014  Turkmenistan – promoted to Group III in 2014

Europe/Africa Zone

Group I

Seeds:  Russia  Sweden  South Africa  Netherlands

Remaining nations:  Denmark  Great Britain  Poland  Romania  Slovakia  Slovenia  Ukraine

Draw

	2nd round play-offs 25–27 October					1st round play-offs 13–15 September					1st round 1–3 February					2nd round 5–7 April
											1	Russia
												bye				Coventry, Great Britain (indoor hard)
						1	Russia									1	Russia	2
							bye										Great Britain	3
												Great Britain
	Moscow, Russia (indoor hard)										bye
	1	Russia	5
	3	South Africa	0
											3	South Africa
						Ljubljana, Slovenia (clay)						bye				Zielona Góra, Poland (indoor hard)
					3	South Africa	1								3	South Africa	1
							Slovenia	4		Wrocław, Poland (indoor hard)							Poland	3
											Poland	3
												Slovenia	2
											Cluj-Napoca, Romania (indoor hard)
												Denmark	0
												Romania	5			Brasov, Romania (indoor hard)
							Denmark										Romania	0
							bye									4	Netherlands	5
											4	Netherlands
	Helsingborg, Sweden (indoor hard)										bye
		Denmark	2
	2	Sweden	3							Kremenchug, Ukraine (indoor hard)
												Ukraine	3
						Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)						Slovakia	2			Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine (indoor hard)
						Slovakia	3									Ukraine	3
						2	Sweden	2								2	Sweden	2
											bye
											2	Sweden
South Africa and  Denmark relegated to Group II in 2014.										Great Britain,  Poland,  Netherlands, and  Ukraine advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

Seeds:  Finland  Portugal  Latvia  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Belarus  Hungary  Estonia  Cyprus

Remaining nations:  Benin  Bulgaria  Ireland  Lithuania  Luxembourg  Moldova  Monaco  Tunisia

Draw

	Play-offs 5–7 April					1st round 1–3 February					2nd round 5–7 April					3rd round 13–15 September
						Sofia, Bulgaria (indoor hard)
						1	Finland	3
	Plovdiv, Bulgaria (clay)						Bulgaria	2			Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard)
		Bulgaria	3								1	Finland	3
	7	Estonia	0			Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard)						Ireland	2
						7	Estonia	2
							Ireland	3								Riga, Latvia (indoor hard)
																1	Finland	2
						El Menzah, Tunisia (hard)										3	Latvia	3
						3	Latvia	3
	Tunis, Tunisia (clay)						Tunisia	0			Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay)
		Tunisia	2								3	Latvia	3
	5	Belarus	3			Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay)						Monaco	2
						5	Belarus	1
							Monaco	3
						Chișinău, Moldova (indoor hard)
							Moldova	3
	Budapest, Hungary (indoor hard)					6	Hungary	2			Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina (clay)
	6	Hungary	1									Moldova	3
		Luxembourg	4			Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (indoor hard)					4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1
							Luxembourg	1
						4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4								Chișinău, Moldova (indoor hard)
																	Moldova	2
						Šiauliai, Lithuania (indoor hard)										2	Portugal	3
							Lithuania	4
	Nicosia, Cyprus (hard)					8	Cyprus	1			Lisbon, Portugal (clay)
	8	Cyprus	3									Lithuania	0
		Benin	2			Lisbon, Portugal (indoor clay)					2	Portugal	5
							Benin	0
						2	Portugal	5
Estonia,  Tunisia,  Hungary, and  Benin relegated to Group III in 2014.										Latvia and  Portugal promoted to Group I in 2014.

Group III Europe

Albania  Armenia  Azerbaijan  Georgia  Greece – promoted to Group II in 2014  Iceland  Liechtenstein

Macedonia  Malta  Montenegro  Norway – promoted to Group II in 2014  San Marino  Turkey

Group III Africa

Algeria  Botswana  Cameroon  Egypt – promoted to Group II in 2014  Ghana  Kenya  Madagascar

Morocco – promoted to Group II in 2014  Namibia  Nigeria  Rwanda  Zambia  Zimbabwe

References

1. "Davis Cup scorecards – 2013". www.daviscup.com. ITF.
2. "Articles - 2013 Davis Cup Draw: World Group". Davis Cup. 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
3. "Serbia v Czech Republic". daviscup.com.

External links

• Official Site