2009 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs

The World Group Play-offs were the main play-offs of 2009 Davis Cup. Winners advanced to the World Group, and loser were relegated in the Zonal Regions I.

Teams

Bold indicates team has qualified for the 2012 Davis Cup World Group.

Results

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface
Chile	3–2	Austria	Rancagua	Medialuna Monumental de Rancagua	Outdoor	Clay
Belgium	3–2	Ukraine	Charleroi	Spiroudome de Charleroi	Indoor	Clay
Brazil	2–3	Ecuador	Porto Alegre	Ginásio Gigantinho	Indoor	Clay
Netherlands	1–4	France	Maastricht	MECC Maastricht	Indoor	Clay
South Africa	1–4	India	Johannesburg	Ellis Park Indoor Arena	Indoor	Hard
Serbia	5–0	Uzbekistan	Belgrade	Belgrade Arena	Indoor	Hard
Sweden	4–1	Romania	Helsingborg	Idrottens Hus	Indoor	Hard
Italy	2–3	Switzerland	Genova	Valletta Cambiaso Club	Outdoor	Clay

•  Chile,  France,  Serbia,  Sweden and   Switzerland will remain in the World Group in 2010.
•  Belgium,  Ecuador, and  India are promoted to the World Group in 2010.
•  Brazil,  Italy,  South Africa,  Ukraine and  Uzbekistan will remain in Zonal Group I in 2010.
•  Austria,  Netherlands and  Romania are relegated to Zonal Group I in 2010.

Playoff results

Chile vs. Austria

Chile 3	Medialuna Monumental de Rancagua, Rancagua, Chile[1] 18 – 20 September 2009 Clay		Austria 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Nicolás Massú Jürgen Melzer 4 6 6 4 6 4 6 3     2 Paul Capdeville Stefan Koubek 6 4 6 4 3 6 1 6 6 4   3 Paul Capdeville / Nicolás Massú Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer 2 6 4 6 3 6       4 Paul Capdeville Jürgen Melzer 62 77 6 4 2 6 7 5 4 6   5 Nicolás Massú Stefan Koubek 6 4 4 6 6 4 78 66

Belgium vs. Ukraine

Belgium 3	Spiroudome de Charleroi, Charleroi, Belgium[2] 18 – 20 September 2009 Clay (i)		Ukraine 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Olivier Rochus Illya Marchenko 6 3 6 4 3 6 6 1     2 Steve Darcis Sergiy Stakhovsky 6 2 6 3 6 4       3 Xavier Malisse / Christophe Rochus Sergei Bubka / Sergiy Stakhovsky 65 77 6 3 4 6 64 77     4 Xavier Malisse Sergiy Stakhovsky 3 6 6 3 6 0 1 6 3 6   5 Steve Darcis Sergei Bubka 6 2 6 1 6 0

Brazil vs. Ecuador

Brazil 2	Ginásio Gigantinho, Porto Alegre, Brazil[3] 18 – 20 September 2009 Clay (i)		Ecuador 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Marcos Daniel Giovanni Lapentti 77 63 3 6 77 64 6 2     2 Thomaz Bellucci Nicolás Lapentti 62 77 4 6 5 7       3 Marcelo Melo / André Sá Giovanni Lapentti / Nicolás Lapentti 6 3 3 6 4 6 6 4 4 6   4 Marcos Daniel Nicolás Lapentti 4 6 4 6 6 1 6 2 6 8   5 Thomaz Bellucci Julio-Cesar Campozano 6 2 6 4

Netherlands vs. France

Netherlands 1	MECC Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands[4] 18 – 20 September 2009 Clay (i)		France 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Thiemo de Bakker Gaël Monfils 6 3 5 7 6 3 6 4     2 Jesse Huta Galung Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 62 77 2 6 63 77       3 Thiemo de Bakker / Igor Sijsling Michaël Llodra / Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 3 6 6 3 62 77 4 6     4 Thiemo de Bakker Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 65 77 2 6 6 3 64 77     5 Jesse Huta Galung Jérémy Chardy 3 6 2 6

South Africa vs. India

South Africa 1	Ellis Park Indoor Arena, Johannesburg, South Africa[5] 18 – 20 September 2009 Hard (i)		India 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Izak van der Merwe Somdev Devvarman 65 77 3 6 4 6       2 Rik de Voest Rohan Bopanna 6 2 2 6 2 6 4 6     3 Jeff Coetzee / Wesley Moodie Mahesh Bhupathi / Rohan Bopanna 6 3 3 6 4 0       retired 4 Rik de Voest Somdev Devvarman 6 3 77 63 65 77 2 6 4 6   5 Izak van der Merwe Yuki Bhambri 6 3 3 6 4 6

Serbia vs. Uzbekistan

Serbia 5	Belgrade Arena, Belgrade, Serbia[6] 18 – 20 September 2009 Hard (i)		Uzbekistan 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Janko Tipsarević Denis Istomin 6 2 5 7 6 1 6 4     2 Viktor Troicki Farrukh Dustov 6 4 3 6 6 3 4 6 6 2   3 Janko Tipsarević / Nenad Zimonjić Farrukh Dustov / Denis Istomin 6 2 6 3 6 2       4 Viktor Troicki Murad Inoyatov 4 6 6 4 6 3       5 Ilija Bozoljac Vaja Uzakov 6 1 6 4

Sweden vs. Romania

Sweden 4	Idrottens Hus, Helsingborg, Sweden[7] 18 – 20 September 2009 Hard (i)		Romania 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Andreas Vinciguerra Victor Hănescu 65 77 610 712 0 0     retired   2 Robin Söderling Victor Crivoi 6 2 6 1 7 5       3 Robert Lindstedt / Robin Söderling Victor Hănescu / Horia Tecău 6 1 79 67 77 65       4 Robin Söderling Victor Hănescu 7 5 6 1 6 0       5 Andreas Vinciguerra Marius Copil 6 4           retired

Italy vs. Switzerland

Italy 2	Valletta Cambiaso Club, Genova, Italy[8] 18 – 20 September 2009 Clay		Switzerland 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Andreas Seppi Stanislas Wawrinka 4 6 1 6 2 6       2 Simone Bolelli Roger Federer 3 6 4 6 1 6       3 Simone Bolelli / Potito Starace Marco Chiudinelli / Stanislas Wawrinka 6 2 6 4 77 63       4 Potito Starace Roger Federer 3 6 0 6 4 6       5 Fabio Fognini Michael Lammer 7 5 77 64

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