1996 Davis Cup World Group Qualifying Round

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The 1996 Davis Cup World Group Qualifying Round was held from 20 to 22 September. They were the main play-offs of the 1996 Davis Cup. The winners of the playoffs advanced to the 1997 Davis Cup World Group, and the losers were relegated to their respective Zonal Regions I.

Teams[]

Bold indicates team had qualified for the 1997 Davis Cup World Group.

Results summary[]

Date: 20–22 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 Qualifying Round for spots in the 1997 World Group.

Home team Score Visiting team Location Venue Door Surface Ref.
 Mexico 3–2  Argentina Mexico City Club Alemán de México Outdoor Hard [1]
 Croatia 1–4  Australia Split Teniski klub Split Outdoor Clay [2]
 Brazil 4–1  Austria São Paulo Hotel Transamérica Indoor Carpet [3]
 Romania 3–2  Belgium Bucharest Arenele BNR Outdoor Clay [4]
 Spain 4–1  Denmark Tarragona Club de Tennis Tarragona Outdoor Clay [5]
 Russia 4–1  Hungary Moscow Olympic Stadium Indoor Carpet [6]
  Switzerland 5–0  Morocco Olten Olten Hallenstadion Indoor Carpet [7]
 Netherlands 4–1  New Zealand Haarlem Sportclub Haarlem Outdoor Hard [8]
  •  Mexico,  Netherlands,  Russia and   Switzerland remain in the World Group in 1997.
  •  Australia,  Brazil,  Romania and  Spain are promoted to the World Group in 1997.
  •  Argentina,  Croatia,  Morocco and  New Zealand remain in Zonal Group I in 1997.
  •  Austria,  Belgium,  Denmark and  Hungary are relegated to Zonal Group I in 1997.

Qualifying results[]

Mexico vs. Argentina[]


Mexico
3
Club Alemán de México, Mexico City, Mexico[1]
20–22 September 1996
Hard

Argentina
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Mexico
Argentina
Alejandro Hernández
Gastón Etlis
77
65
6
2
6
4
     
2 Mexico
Argentina
Leonardo Lavalle
Hernán Gumy
65
77
4
6
6
4
7
5
5
7
 
3 Mexico
Argentina
Alejandro Hernández / Óscar Ortiz
Pablo Albano / Luis Lobo
65
77
6
4
3
6
77
62
6
4
 
4 Mexico
Argentina
Alejandro Hernández
Hernán Gumy
6
4
7
5
6
1
     
5 Mexico
Argentina
Leonardo Lavalle
Gastón Etlis
3
6
6
3
      retired
 

Croatia vs. Australia[]


Croatia
1
Teniski klub Split, Split, Croatia[2]
20–22 September 1996
Clay

Australia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Croatia
Australia
Saša Hiršzon
Mark Philippoussis
2
6
3
6
2
6
     
2 Croatia
Australia
Goran Ivanišević
Jason Stoltenberg
6
4
3
6
6
3
65
77
2
6
 
3 Croatia
Australia
Saša Hiršzon / Goran Ivanišević
Pat Rafter / Mark Woodforde
3
6
2
6
4
6
     
4 Croatia
Australia
Goran Orešić
Mark Philippoussis
1
6
4
6
       
5 Croatia
Australia
Saša Hiršzon
Jason Stoltenberg
6
2
6
2
       

Brazil vs. Austria[]


Brazil
4
Hotel Transamérica, São Paulo, Brazil[3]
20–22 September 1996
Carpet (indoors)

Austria
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Brazil
Austria
Fernando Meligeni
Thomas Muster
3
6
3
6
3
6
     
2 Brazil
Austria
Gustavo Kuerten
Markus Hipfl
4
6
3
6
77
60
77
65
6
1
 
3 Brazil
Austria
Gustavo Kuerten / Jaime Oncins
Thomas Muster / Udo Plamberger
77
62
4
6
6
3
3
6
2
0
 
4 Brazil
Austria
Gustavo Kuerten
Udo Plamberger
          w/o
 
5 Brazil
Austria
Fernando Meligeni
Markus Hipfl
          w/o
 

Romania vs. Belgium[]


Romania
3
Arenele BNR, Bucharest, Romania[4]
20–22 September 1996
Clay

Belgium
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Romania
Belgium
Adrian Voinea
Johan Van Herck
78
66
4
6
2
6
1
6
   
2 Romania
Belgium
Andrei Pavel
Filip Dewulf
6
1
6
3
6
2
     
3 Romania
Belgium
George Cosac / Dinu Pescariu
Filip Dewulf / Libor Pimek
6
4
0
6
2
6
4
6
   
4 Romania
Belgium
Adrian Voinea
Filip Dewulf
6
0
6
0
6
2
     
5 Romania
Belgium
Andrei Pavel
Johan Van Herck
6
3
6
4
6
3
     

Spain vs. Denmark[]


Spain
4
Club de Tennis Tarragona, Tarragona, Spain[5]
20–22 September 1996
Clay

Denmark
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Spain
Denmark
Albert Costa
Frederik Fetterlein
6
0
6
0
6
2
     
2 Spain
Denmark
Carlos Moyá
Kenneth Carlsen
6
1
6
2
6
1
     
3 Spain
Denmark
Tomás Carbonell / Àlex Corretja
Kenneth Carlsen / Frederik Fetterlein
6
4
7
5
4
6
5
7
6
3
 
4 Spain
Denmark
Albert Costa
Kenneth Carlsen
6
3
5
7
3
6
     
5 Spain
Denmark
Carlos Moyá
Thomas Larsen
6
3
6
4
       

Russia vs. Hungary[]


Russia
4
Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia[6]
20–22 September 1996
Carpet (indoors)

Hungary
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Russia
Hungary
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Attila Sávolt
7
5
3
6
6
3
6
4
   
2 Russia
Hungary
Andrei Chesnokov
József Krocskó
6
2
6
2
6
2
     
3 Russia
Hungary
Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Andrei Olhovskiy
Gábor Köves / Sándor Noszály
77
62
6
3
6
1
     
4 Russia
Hungary
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
József Krocskó
6
0
6
3
       
5 Russia
Hungary
Andrei Chesnokov
Attila Sávolt
3
6
2
6
       

Switzerland vs. Morocco[]


Switzerland
5
Olten Hallenstadion, Olten, Switzerland[7]
20–22 September 1996
Carpet (indoors)

Morocco
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Switzerland
Morocco
Jakob Hlasek
Mehdi Tahiri
0
6
6
3
6
2
7
5
   
2 Switzerland
Morocco
Marc Rosset
Mounir El Aarej
6
0
6
1
6
3
     
3 Switzerland
Morocco
Jakob Hlasek / Marc Rosset
Mounir El Aarej / Mehdi Tahiri
6
2
6
2
6
0
     
4 Switzerland
Morocco
Marc Rosset
Mehdi Tahiri
3
6
6
3
6
1
     
5 Switzerland
Morocco
Jakob Hlasek
6
0
6
1
       

Netherlands vs. New Zealand[]


Netherlands
4
Sportclub Haarlem, Haarlem, Netherlands[8]
20–22 September 1996
Hard

New Zealand
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Netherlands
New Zealand
Jan Siemerink
Brett Steven
64
77
77
62
6
3
3
6
6
2
 
2 Netherlands
New Zealand
Richard Krajicek
Alistair Hunt
65
77
6
3
6
4
1
4
  retired
 
3 Netherlands
New Zealand
Sjeng Schalken / Jan Siemerink
Alistair Hunt / Brett Steven
3
6
78
66
6
4
6
2
   
4 Netherlands
New Zealand
Sjeng Schalken
James Greenhalgh
7
5
6
1
65
77
6
1
   
5 Netherlands
New Zealand
Dennis van Scheppingen
Alistair Hunt
3
6
6
3
78
66
     

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Mexico v Argentina". daviscup.com.
  2. ^ a b "Croatia v Australia". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ a b "Brazil v Austria". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ a b "Romania v Belgium". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ a b "Spain v Denmark". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ a b "Russia v Hungary". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ a b "Switzerland v Morocco". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ a b "Netherlands v New Zealand". daviscup.com.

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