2013 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs

The 2013 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs were held from September 13 to 15. They were the main play-offs of the 2013 Davis Cup.^[1] Winners of the playoffs advanced to the 2014 World Group, and the losers were relegated to their respective Zonal Regions I.

Teams[]

Bold indicates team has qualified for the 2014 Davis Cup World Group.

Results[]

Date: 13–15 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 2014 World Group. The draw took place April 11 in London.

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface
Spain	5−0	Ukraine	Madrid	Caja Mágica	Outdoor	Clay
Netherlands	5−0	Austria	Groningen	Martiniplaza	Indoor
Croatia	1−4	Great Britain	Umag	ITC Stella Maris	Outdoor
Switzerland	4−1	Ecuador	Neuchâtel	Patinoire du Littoral	Indoor	Hard
Germany	4−1	Brazil	Neu-Ulm	Ratiopharm Arena
Poland	1−4	Australia	Warsaw	Torwar Hall		Clay
Belgium	3−2	Israel	Antwerp	Lotto Arena
Japan	3−2	Colombia	Tokyo	Ariake Coliseum	Outdoor	Hard

•  Belgium,  Germany,  Spain and   Switzerland remained in the World Group in 2014.
•  Australia,  Great Britain,  Japan and  Netherlands were promoted to the World Group in 2014.
•  Colombia,  Ecuador,  Poland and  Ukraine remained in Zonal Group I in 2014.
•  Austria,  Brazil,  Croatia and  Israel were relegated to Zonal Group I in 2014.

Playoff results[]

Spain vs. Ukraine[]

Spain 5	Caja Mágica, Madrid, Spain[2] 13–15 September 2013 Clay		Ukraine 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Fernando Verdasco Alexandr Dolgopolov 3 6 6 4 6 4 6 2     2 Rafael Nadal Sergiy Stakhovsky 6 0 6 0 6 4       3 Marc López / Rafael Nadal Denys Molchanov / Sergiy Stakhovsky 6 2 66 78 6 3 6 4     4 Marc López Denys Molchanov 6 3 6 3         5 Fernando Verdasco Vladyslav Manafov 6 2 6 1

Netherlands vs. Austria[]

Netherlands 5	MartiniPlaza, Groningen, Netherlands[3] 13–15 September 2013 Clay (i)		Austria 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Robin Haase Oliver Marach 6 4 6 3 6 1       2 Thiemo de Bakker Jürgen Melzer 5 7 7 5 5 7 6 4 6 1   3 Robin Haase / Jean-Julien Rojer Oliver Marach / Julian Knowle 4 6 6 3 6 4 7 5     4 Jesse Huta Galung Jürgen Melzer 3 6 7 5 6 3       5 Thiemo de Bakker Oliver Marach           w/o

Croatia vs. Great Britain[]

Croatia 1	Stadion Stella Maris, Umag, Croatia[4] 13–15 September 2013 Clay		Great Britain 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Borna Ćorić Andy Murray 3 6 0 6 3 6       2 Ivan Dodig Dan Evans 6 3 6 2 6 3       3 Ivan Dodig / Mate Pavić Colin Fleming / Andy Murray 3 6 2 6 78 66 1 6     4 Ivan Dodig Andy Murray 4 6 2 6 4 6       5 Mate Pavić Dan Evans 4 6 64 77

Switzerland vs. Ecuador[]

Switzerland 4	, Neuchatel, Switzerland[5] 13–15 September 2013 Hard (i)		Ecuador 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Stanislas Wawrinka Emilio Gómez 6 4 6 3 6 3       2 Marco Chiudinelli Júlio César Campozano 3 6 6 1 6 3 79 67     3 Michael Lammer / Stanislas Wawrinka Emilio Gómez / Roberto Quiroz 6 3 6 4 3 6 67 79 6 4   4 Michael Lammer Roberto Quiroz 6 3 2 6 6 2       5 Marco Chiudinelli Gonzalo Escobar 0 6 5 7

Germany vs. Brazil[]

Germany 4	Ratiopharm Arena, Neu-Ulm, Germany[6] 13–15 September 2013 Hard (i)		Brazil 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Philipp Kohlschreiber Rogério Dutra da Silva 6 3 7 5 6 4       2 Florian Mayer Thomaz Bellucci 6 4 6 1 6 2       3 Daniel Brands / Martin Emmrich Marcelo Melo / Bruno Soares 3 6 4 6 4 6       4 Daniel Brands Thomaz Bellucci 6 4 6 2 6 3       5 Florian Mayer Rogério Dutra da Silva 6 4 6 4

Poland vs. Australia[]

Poland 1	Torwar Hall, Warsaw, Poland[7] 13–15 September 2013 Clay (i)		Australia 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Łukasz Kubot Lleyton Hewitt 1 6 3 6 2 6       2 Michał Przysiężny Bernard Tomic 5 7 61 77 4 6       3 Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski Chris Guccione / Nick Kyrgios 5 7 6 4 6 2 65 77 6 4   4 Łukasz Kubot Bernard Tomic 4 6 65 77 3 6       5 Michał Przysiężny Nick Kyrgios 1 4         retired

Belgium vs. Israel[]

Belgium 3	Lotto Arena, Antwerp, Belgium[8] 12–15 September 2013 Clay (i)		Israel 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Steve Darcis Dudi Sela 6 1 6 2 6 2       2 Ruben Bemelmans Amir Weintraub 3 6 6 2 77 62 64 77 4 6   3 Steve Darcis / Olivier Rochus Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram 3 6 7 5 6 1 5 7 3 6   4 Ruben Bemelmans Dudi Sela 7 5 3 6 6 0 6 4     5 Steve Darcis Amir Weintraub 6 2 6 2 6 2

Japan vs. Colombia[]

Japan 3	Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan[9] 13–15 September 2013 Hard		Colombia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Kei Nishikori Alejandro Falla 6 3 6 4 6 4       2 Go Soeda Santiago Giraldo 4 6 6 3 5 7 6 3 1 6   3 Tatsuma Ito / Yuichi Sugita Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah 1 6 2 6 1 6       4 Kei Nishikori Santiago Giraldo 6 1 6 2 6 4       5 Go Soeda Alejandro Falla 4 6 6 4 6 3 6 3

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