2000 Davis Cup World Group Qualifying Round

The 2000 Davis Cup World Group Qualifying Round was held from 14 to 23 July. They were the main play-offs of the 2000 Davis Cup. The winners of the playoffs advanced to the 2001 Davis Cup World Group, and the losers were relegated to their respective Zonal Regions I.

Main article: 2000 Davis Cup

Teams

Bold indicates team had qualified for the 2001 Davis Cup World Group.

Results summary

Date: 14–23 July

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 Qualifying Round for spots in the 2001 World Group.

Home teamScoreVisiting teamLocationVenueDoorSurfaceRef.
 France5-0 AustriaRennesLe LibertéIndoorCarpet[1]
 Great Britain2-3 EcuadorWimbledonNo. 1 Court, All England Lawn Tennis ClubOutdoorGrass[2]
 Italy1-4 BelgiumVeniceGreen Garden Sporting ClubOutdoorClay[3]
 Moroccow/o[lower-alpha 1] Chile————[4][5]
 Uzbekistan1-4 NetherlandsTashkentN.B.U. ComplexOutdoorClay[6]
 Sweden5-0 IndiaBåstadBåstad Tennis StadiumOutdoorClay[7]
  Switzerland5-0 BelarusSt. GallenKreuzbleichhalleOutdoorCarpet[8]
 Zimbabwe2-3 RomaniaHarareCity Sport CentreIndoorHard[9]

Qualifying results

France vs. Austria

France
5		 Le Liberté, Rennes, France [1]
21–23 July 2000
Carpet (indoors)
Austria
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Nicolas Escudé
Jürgen Melzer		 6
2		 6
4		 6
2		      
2
Sébastien Grosjean
Stefan Koubek		 6
3		 6
2		 6
3		      
3
Olivier Delaître / Nicolas Escudé
Julian Knowle / Thomas Strengberger		 6
4		 6
3		 6
3		      
4
Jérôme Golmard
Stefan Koubek		 6
4		 6
4		        
5
Sébastien Grosjean
Jürgen Melzer		 3
6 		6
3		 7
5		      

Great Britain vs. Ecuador

Great Britain
2		 No. 1 Court, All England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon, England [2]
14–16 July 2000
Grass
Ecuador
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Greg Rusedski
Nicolás Lapentti		 3
6 		77
63		 5
7 		6
4		 5
7 		 
2
Tim Henman
Luis Morejón		 6
2		 6
1		 6
4		      
3
Tim Henman / Arvind Parmar
Giovanni Lapentti / Nicolás Lapentti		 3
6 		5
7 		3
6 		     
4
Tim Henman
Nicolás Lapentti		 6
1		 6
4		 6
4		      
5
Arvind Parmar
Giovanni Lapentti		 6
4		 6
3		 1
6 		3
6 		3
6 		 

Italy vs. Belgium

Italy
1		 Green Garden Sporting Club, Venice, Italy [3]
21–23 July 2000
Clay
Belgium
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Andrea Gaudenzi
Olivier Rochus		 2
6 		5
7 		3
6 		     
2
Davide Sanguinetti
Filip Dewulf		 1
6 		77
65		 7
5		 6
0		    
3
Andrea Gaudenzi / Diego Nargiso
Christophe Rochus / Tom Vanhoudt		 4
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
4
Davide Sanguinetti
Christophe Rochus		 2
6 		5
7 		78
66		 6
1		 5
7 		 
5
Renzo Furlan
Filip Dewulf		 5
7 		2
6 		       

Uzbekistan vs. Netherlands

Uzbekistan
1		 N.B.U. Complex, Tashkent, Uzbekistan [6]
14–16 July 2000
Clay
Netherlands
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Oleg Ogorodov
Richard Krajicek		 4
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     
2
Vadim Kutsenko
Sjeng Schalken		 2
6 		1
6 		4
6 		     
3
Oleg Ogorodov / Dmitri Tomashevich
Paul Haarhuis / Sjeng Schalken		 3
6 		1
6 		60
77		      
4
Vadim Kutsenko
Paul Haarhuis		 1
6 		2
6 		       
5
Oleg Ogorodov
Sjeng Schalken		 6
4		 6
3		        

Sweden vs. India

Sweden
5		 Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden [7]
21–23 July 2000
Clay
India
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Andreas Vinciguerra
Harsh Mankad		 6
3		 6
1		 6
1		      
2
Mikael Tillström
Srinath Prahlad		 6
2		 6
0		 6
1		      
3
Nicklas Kulti / Mikael Tillström
Mahesh Bhupathi / Syed Fazaluddin		 6
3		 3
6 		4
6 		6
3		 6
3		  
4
Andreas Vinciguerra
Srinath Prahlad		 6
2		 6
1		        
5
Mikael Tillström
Harsh Mankad		 6
3		 6
0		        

Switzerland vs. Belarus

Switzerland
5		 Kreuzbleichhalle, St. Gallen, Switzerland [8]
21–23 July 2000
Carpet
Belarus
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
George Bastl
Max Mirnyi		 6
4		 77
64		 6
2		      
2
Roger Federer
Vladimir Voltchkov		 4
6 		7
5		 77
61		 5
7 		6
2		  
3
Roger Federer / Lorenzo Manta
Max Mirnyi / Vladimir Voltchkov		 2
6 		77
65		 7
5		 77
64		    
4
Michel Kratochvil
Alexander Shvets		 6
0		 6
0		        
5
Lorenzo Manta
Vasili Kazhera		 77
60		 6
1		        

Zimbabwe vs. Romania

Zimbabwe
2		 Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe [9]
14–16 July 2000
Hard (indoors)
Romania
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Byron Black
Răzvan Sabău		 6
2		 4
6 		7
5		 6
2		    
2
Kevin Ullyett
Andrei Pavel		 4
6 		62
77		 2
6 		     
3
Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett
Andrei Pavel / Gabriel Trifu		 5
7 		2
6 		62
77		      
4
Byron Black
Andrei Pavel		 2
6 		4
6 		1
6 		     
5
Wayne Black
Răzvan Sabău		 6
3		 77
62		        

Notes
  1. Following crowd trouble during the second round Americas Zone Group I tie between Chile and Argentina, Chile were disqualified from the tournament. Their qualifying tie against Morocco was therefore defaulted and Morocco advanced directly to the 2001 World Group.[4]

References
  1. "France v Austria". daviscup.com.
  2. "Great Britain v Ecuador". daviscup.com.
  3. "Italy v Belgium". daviscup.com.
  4. "Chile and Argentina kicked out of 2000 Davis Cup". The Independent. Associated Press. 16 April 2000. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  5. "Morocco v Chile". daviscup.com.
  6. "Uzbekistan v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
  7. "Sweden v India". daviscup.com.
  8. "Switzerland v Belarus". daviscup.com.
  9. "Zimbabwe v Romania". daviscup.com.
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