2008 Davis Cup World Group play-offs

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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[edit]

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

Results[edit]

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[edit]

Chile vs. Australia[edit]


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

Great Britain vs. Austria[edit]


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 United Kingdom
Austria 		Alex Bogdanović
Jürgen Melzer 		6
3 		64
77 		2
6 		1
6 		   
2 United Kingdom
Austria 		Andy Murray
Alexander Peya 		6
4 		6
1 		6
3 		     
3 United Kingdom
Austria 		Ross Hutchins / Jamie Murray
Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer 		4
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     
4 United Kingdom
Austria 		Andy Murray
Jürgen Melzer 		6
4 		5
7 		6
4 		6
1 		   
5 United Kingdom
Austria 		Alex Bogdanović
Alexander Peya 		6
2 		4
6 		4
6 		2
6 		   

Switzerland vs. Belgium[edit]


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

Croatia vs. Brazil[edit]


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

Israel vs. Peru[edit]


Israel
4 		Israel Tennis Center, Ramat HaSharon, Israel[5]
September 19–21, 2008
Hard
Peru
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Israel
Peru 		Harel Levy
Luis Horna 		5
7 		7
5 		64
77 		3
6 		   
2 Israel
Peru 		Dudi Sela
Iván Miranda 		6
2 		6
1 		3
6 		6
4 		   
3 Israel
Peru 		Harel Levy / Andy Ram
Mauricio Echazú / Matías Silva 		6
1 		6
1 		6
2 		     
4 Israel
Peru 		Dudi Sela
Luis Horna 		66
78 		6
4 		6
1 		6
2 		   
5 Israel
Peru 		Noam Okun
Iván Miranda 		6
4 		5
7 		6
3 		     

Netherlands vs. South Korea[edit]


Netherlands
3 		Omnisport Apeldoorn, Apeldoorn, Netherlands[6]
September 19–21, 2008
Clay (i)
South Korea
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Netherlands
South Korea 		Thiemo de Bakker
Lee Hyung-taik 		4
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
2 Netherlands
South Korea 		Jesse Huta Galung
Im Kyu-tae 		6
3 		6
3 		5
7 		6
2 		   
3 Netherlands
South Korea 		Jesse Huta Galung / Peter Wessels
Jun Woong-sun / Lee Hyung-taik 		4
6 		6
4 		6
4 		6
3 		   
4 Netherlands
South Korea 		Jesse Huta Galung
Lee Hyung-taik 		6
1 		1
6 		65
77 		2
6 		   
5 Netherlands
South Korea 		Thiemo de Bakker
Jun Woong-sun 		6
2 		6
1 		6
3 		     

Romania vs. India[edit]


Romania
4 		Clubul Sportiv Progresul, Bucharest, Romania[7]
September 19–21, 2008
Clay
India
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Romania
India 		Victor Crivoi
Prakash Amritraj 		7
5 		5
7 		6
2 		6
2 		   
2 Romania
India 		Victor Hănescu
Somdev Devvarman 		6
3 		6
1 		6
0 		     
3 Romania
India 		Adrian Cruciat / Horia Tecău
Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes 		4
6 		60
7 		4
6 		     
4 Romania
India 		Victor Hănescu
Prakash Amritraj 		6
2 		6
3 		6
1 		     
5 Romania
India 		Victor Crivoi
Somdev Devvarman 		4
6 		7
5 		6
3 		     

Slovakia vs. Serbia[edit]


Slovakia
1 		Sibamac Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia[8]
September 19–21, 2008
Hard (i)
Serbia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Slovakia
Serbia 		Dominik Hrbatý
Novak Djokovic 		2
6 		4
6 		3
6 		     
2 Slovakia
Serbia 		Lukáš Lacko
Janko Tipsarević 		77
63 		6
4 		4
6 		65
77 		6
8 		 
3 Slovakia
Serbia 		Michal Mertiňák / Filip Polášek
Viktor Troicki / Nenad Zimonjić 		68
710 		4
6 		79
67 		65
77 		   
4 Slovakia
Serbia 		Lukáš Lacko
Viktor Troicki 		3
6 		4
6 		       
5 Slovakia
Serbia 		Filip Polášek
Janko Tipsarević 		          w/o
 

References[edit]

  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.
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