2016 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs

The 2016 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs were held from 16 to 18 September. They were the main play-offs of the 2016 Davis Cup.[1] The winners of the playoffs advanced to the 2017 Davis Cup World Group, and the losers were relegated to their respective Zonal Regions I.

Teams

Bold indicates team had qualified for the 2017 Davis Cup World Group.

Results summary

Date: 16–18 September

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 Play-offs for spots in the 2017 World Group. The draw took place on July 18 in London.

Home teamScoreVisiting teamLocationVenueDoorSurface
 Uzbekistan2–3  SwitzerlandTashkentOlympic Tennis SchoolOutdoorClay
 Belgium4–0 BrazilOstendSleuyter ArenaIndoorHard
 Australia3–0 SlovakiaSydneyNSW Tennis CentreOutdoorGrass
 Canada5–0 ChileHalifaxScotiabank CentreIndoorHard
 Russia3–1 KazakhstanMoscowNational Tennis CenterOutdoorHard
 India0–5 SpainNew DelhiR.K. Khanna Tennis ComplexOutdoorHard
 Germany3–2 PolandBerlinRot-Weiss Tennis ClubOutdoorClay
 Japan5–0 UkraineOsakaUtsubo Tennis CenterOutdoorHard

Playoff results

Uzbekistan vs. Switzerland


Uzbekistan
2
Olympic Tennis School, Tashkent, Uzbekistan[2]
16 – 18 September
Clay

Switzerland
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Denis Istomin
Antoine Bellier
6
3
6
2
6
4
     
2
Sanjar Fayziev
Henri Laaksonen
2
6
2
6
2
6
     
3
Farrukh Dustov / Denis Istomin
Adrien Bossel / Henri Laaksonen
4
6
2
6
62
77
     
4
Denis Istomin
Henri Laaksonen
63
77
78
66
78
66
7
5
   
5
Jurabek Karimov
Antoine Bellier
4
6
2
6
78
66
3
6
   

Belgium vs. Brazil


Belgium
4
Sleuyter Arena, Ostend, Belgium[3]
16 – 18 September
Hard (i)

Brazil
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
David Goffin
Thiago Monteiro
6
2
6
2
6
0
     
2
Steve Darcis
Thomaz Bellucci
65
77
6
1
6
3
6
3
   
3
Ruben Bemelmans / Joris De Loore
Marcelo Melo / Bruno Soares
3
6
77
65
4
6
6
4
6
4
 
4
Joris De Loore
Thomaz Bellucci
6
3
64
77
6
2
     
5
Steve Darcis
Thiago Monteiro
          not
played

Australia vs. Slovakia


Australia
3
NSW Tennis Centre, Sydney, Australia[4]
16 – 18 September
Grass

Slovakia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Nick Kyrgios
Andrej Martin
6
3
6
2
6
4
     
2
Bernard Tomic
Jozef Kovalík
77
65
6
4
6
4
     
3
Sam Groth / John Peers
Andrej Martin / Igor Zelenay
6
4
6
2
63
77
77
62
   
4
Sam Groth
Jozef Kovalík
          not
played
5
Bernard Tomic
Andrej Martin
          not
played

Canada vs. Chile


Canada
5
Scotiabank Centre, Halifax, Canada[5]
16 – 18 September
Hard (i)

Chile
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Frank Dancevic
Christian Garín
6
3
65
77
6
1
6
4
   
2
Vasek Pospisil
Nicolás Jarry
6
1
5
7
77
62
6
3
   
3
Vasek Pospisil / Adil Shamasdin
Nicolás Jarry / Hans Podlipnik
6
3
6
4
78
66
     
4
Denis Shapovalov
Christian Garín
77
65
6
4
       
5
Frank Dancevic
Gonzalo Lama
6
4
6
4
       

Russia vs. Kazakhstan


Russia
3
National Tennis Center, Moscow, Russia[6]
16 – 18 September
Hard

Kazakhstan
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Andrey Kuznetsov
Aleksandr Nedovyesov
6
3
6
4
5
7
7
5
   
2
Evgeny Donskoy
Mikhail Kukushkin
79
67
2
6
6
4
2
6
2
6
 
3
Konstantin Kravchuk / Andrey Rublev
Andrey Golubev / Aleksandr Nedovyesov
6
3
63
77
6
2
7
5
   
4
Andrey Kuznetsov
Mikhail Kukushkin
6
1
6
2
6
2
     
5
Evgeny Donskoy
Aleksandr Nedovyesov
          not
played

Friday games were moved to Saturday due to rain. The fifth set of the 2nd game was moved from Saturday to Sunday due to dark.

India vs. Spain


India
0
R.K. Khanna Tennis Complex, New Delhi, India[7]
16 – 18 September
Hard

Spain
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ramkumar Ramanathan
Feliciano López
4
6
4
6
6
3
1
6
   
2
Saketh Myneni
David Ferrer
1
6
2
6
1
6
     
3
Saketh Myneni / Leander Paes
Marc López / Rafael Nadal
6
4
62
77
4
6
4
6
   
4
Sumit Nagal
Marc López
3
6
6
1
3
6
     
5
Ramkumar Ramanathan
David Ferrer
2
6
2
6
       

Germany vs. Poland


Germany
3
Rot-Weiss Tennis Club, Berlin, Germany[8]
16 – 18 September
Clay

Poland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jan-Lennard Struff
Kamil Majchrzak
68
710
6
3
5
7
6
2
6
1
 
2
Florian Mayer
Hubert Hurkacz
1
6
78
66
6
4
7
5
   
3
Daniel Brands / Daniel Masur
Łukasz Kubot / Marcin Matkowski
77
65
6
3
3
6
4
6
2
6
 
4
Florian Mayer
Kamil Majchrzak
2
6
6
4
2
6
3
6
   
5
Jan-Lennard Struff
Hubert Hurkacz
77
64
6
4
6
1
     

Japan vs. Ukraine


Japan
5
Utsubo Tennis Center, Osaka, Japan[9]
16 – 18 September
Hard

Ukraine
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Taro Daniel
Sergiy Stakhovsky
77
64
77
61
6
1
     
2
Yoshihito Nishioka
Illya Marchenko
6
4
5
7
6
4
7
5
   
3
Kei Nishikori / Yūichi Sugita
Artem Smirnov / Sergiy Stakhovsky
6
3
6
0
6
3
     
4
Taro Daniel
Artem Smirnov
3
6
7
5
6
1
     
5
Yoshihito Nishioka
Danylo Kalenichenko
6
2
6
2
       

References

  1. "Davis Cup World Group Playoffs". Davis Cup.
  2. "Uzbekistan v Switzerland". daviscup.com.
  3. "Belgium v Brazil". daviscup.com.
  4. "Australia v Slovakia". daviscup.com.
  5. "Canada v Chile". daviscup.com.
  6. "Russia v Kazakhstan". daviscup.com.
  7. "India v Spain". daviscup.com.
  8. "Germany v Poland". daviscup.com.
  9. "Japan v Ukraine". daviscup.com.
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