2008 Davis Cup World Group play-offs

The World Group play-offs were the main play-offs of 2008 Davis Cup. Winners advanced to the World Group, and loser were relegated in the Zonal Regions I.

Teams

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Bold indicates team has qualified for the 2009 Davis Cup World Group.

Results

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Home team Score Visiting team Location Venue Door Surface
  Chile 3–2   Australia Antofagasta Estadio Militar Antofagasta Outdoor Clay
  Great Britain 2–3   Austria Wimbledon, London All England Lawn Tennis Club Outdoor Grass
   Switzerland 4–1   Belgium Lausanne Centre Intercommunal de Glace Malley Indoor Hard
  Croatia 4–1   Brazil Zadar Športski centar Višnjik Indoor Hard
  Israel 4–1   Peru Ramat HaSharon Israel Tennis Center Outdoor Hard
  Netherlands 4–1   South Korea Apeldoorn Omnisport Apeldoorn Indoor Clay
  Romania 4–1   India Bucharest Clubul Sportiv Progresul Outdoor Clay
  Slovakia 1–4   Serbia Bratislava Sibamac Arena Indoor Hard

Playoff results

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Chile vs. Australia

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Chile
3
Estadio Militar Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile[1]
September 19–21, 2008
Clay
 
Australia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Nicolás Massú
Chris Guccione
77
65
77
65
3
6
77
62
   
2  
 
Fernando González
Peter Luczak
6
2
6
2
6
3
     
3  
 
Fernando González / Nicolás Massú
Carsten Ball / Chris Guccione
77
65
69
711
3
6
7
5
5
7
 
4  
 
Fernando González
Chris Guccione
77
64
7
5
6
3
     
5  
 
Paul Capdeville
Carsten Ball
3
6
64
77
       

Great Britain vs. Austria

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Great Britain
2
All England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon, London, Great Britain[2]
September 19–21, 2008
Grass
 
Austria
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Alex Bogdanović
Jürgen Melzer
6
3
64
77
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

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Switzerland
4
Centre Intercommunal de Glace Malley, Lausanne, Switzerland[3]
September 19–21, 2008
Hard (i)
 
Belgium
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Stanislas Wawrinka
Steve Darcis
64
77
6
1
6
3
2
6
6
4
 
2  
 
Roger Federer
Kristof Vliegen
77
61
6
4
6
2
     
3  
 
Roger Federer / Stanislas Wawrinka
Xavier Malisse / Olivier Rochus
4
6
78
66
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

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Croatia
4
Športski centar Višnjik, Zadar, Croatia[4]
September 19–21, 2008
Hard (i)
 
Brazil
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Mario Ančić
Thomaz Bellucci
6
2
77
65
77
64
     
2  
 
Ivo Karlović
Thiago Alves
77
65
77
64
7
5
     
3  
 
Ivo Karlović / Lovro Zovko
Marcelo Melo / André Sá
77
64
2
6
5
7
77
65
3
6
 
4  
 
Ivo Karlović
Thomaz Bellucci
77
65
6
4
66
78
77
65
   
5  
 
Roko Karanušić
Thiago Alves
77
65
4
6
77
65
     

Israel vs. Peru

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Israel
4
Israel Tennis Center, Ramat HaSharon, Israel[5]
September 19–21, 2008
Hard
 
Peru
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Harel Levy
Luis Horna
5
7
7
5
64
77
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
66
78
6
4
6
1
6
2
   
5  
 
Noam Okun
Iván Miranda
6
4
5
7
6
3
     

Netherlands vs. South Korea

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Netherlands
3
Omnisport Apeldoorn, Apeldoorn, Netherlands[6]
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
65
77
2
6
   
5  
 
Thiemo de Bakker
Jun Woong-sun
6
2
6
1
6
3
     

Romania vs. India

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Romania
4
Clubul Sportiv Progresul, Bucharest, Romania[7]
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
60
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

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Slovakia
1
Sibamac Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia[8]
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
77
63
6
4
4
6
65
77
6
8
 
3  
 
Michal Mertiňák / Filip Polášek
Viktor Troicki / Nenad Zimonjić
68
710
4
6
79
67
65
77
   
4  
 
Lukáš Lacko
Viktor Troicki
3
6
4
6
       
5  
 
Filip Polášek
Janko Tipsarević
          w/o
 

References

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  1. ^ "Chile v Australia". daviscup.com.
  2. ^ "Great Britain v Austria". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Switzerland v Belgium". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Croatia v Brazil". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Israel v Peru". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Netherlands v South Korea". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Romania v India". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Slovakia v Serbia". daviscup.com.