1998 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I

Main article: 1998 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone

The Asia/Oceania Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1998.

In the Asia/Oceania Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group I advanced to the World Group qualifying round, along with losing teams from the World Group first round. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group I, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 1999.^[1]

Participating nations

•  China
•  Indonesia
•  Japan
•  Lebanon
•  New Zealand
•  South Korea
•  Uzbekistan

Draw

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

South Korea

Seoul, South Korea (hard)

bye

Seoul, South Korea (clay)

South Korea

4

South Korea

1

China

1

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (indoor hard)

Uzbekistan

3

Uzbekistan

5

Yanji, China (hard)

China

0

China

5

Indonesia

0

Sapporo, Japan (indoor carpet)

Indonesia

0

Zouk Mikael, Lebanon (indoor hard)

Japan

5

Miyazaki, Japan (clay)

Indonesia

2

Japan

3

Lebanon

3

Beirut, Lebanon (indoor hard)

New Zealand

2

Lebanon

2

New Zealand

3

•  Indonesia relegated to Group II in 1999.
•  Uzbekistan and  Japan advance to World Group qualifying round.

First round

Uzbekistan vs. China

Uzbekistan 5	Yunusabad, Tashkent, Uzbekistan[2] 13–15 February 1998 Hard (indoors)		China 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Vadim Kutsenko Wang Yuwei 6 2 6 2 6 1       2 Oleg Ogorodov Zhang Yu 6 3 3 6 6 1 6 4     3 Oleg Ogorodov / Dmitri Tomashevich Lu Ling / Zheng Yu 3 6 78 66 6 4 6 4     4 Oleg Ogorodov Zheng Yu 6 4 6 4         5 Vadim Kutsenko Zhang Yu 6 3 3 6 6 0

Japan vs. Indonesia

Japan 5	Tsukisamu Green Dome, Sapporo, Japan[3] 13–15 February 1998 Carpet (indoors)		Indonesia 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Takao Suzuki Andrian Raturandang 6 1 6 4 6 4       2 Gouichi Motomura Dede Suhendar Dinata 6 1 6 3 6 2       3 Satoshi Iwabuchi / Takao Suzuki Andrian Raturandang / Sulistyo Wibowo 6 4 78 66 6 3       4 Gouichi Motomura Andrian Raturandang 6 3 6 2         5 Takao Suzuki Dede Suhendar Dinata 6 3 6 4

Lebanon vs. New Zealand

Lebanon 2	E.D.L., Beirut, Lebanon[4] 13–15 February 1998 Hard (indoors)		New Zealand 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ali Hamadeh Alistair Hunt 4 6 4 6 4 6       2 Jicham Zaatini James Greenhalgh 6 4 6 2 7 5       3 Ali Hamadeh / Jicham Zaatini James Greenhalgh / Alistair Hunt 3 6 4 6 2 6       4 Jicham Zaatini Alistair Hunt 5 7 64 77 68 710       5 Ali Hamadeh James Greenhalgh 6 3 6 4

Second round

South Korea vs. Uzbekistan

South Korea 1	Jang Choong Tennis Centre, Seoul, South Korea[5] 3–5 April 1998 Clay		Uzbekistan 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Yoon Yong-il Vadim Kutsenko 6 4 4 6 4 6 2 6     2 Lee Hyung-taik Oleg Ogorodov 7 5 6 2 6 4       3 Kim Dong-hyun / Lee Hyung-taik Oleg Ogorodov / Dmitri Tomashevich 2 6 6 4 3 6 62 77     4 Yoon Yong-il Oleg Ogorodov 4 6 77 64 4 6 65 77     5 Lee Hyung-taik Vadim Kutsenko           not played

Japan vs. New Zealand

Japan 3	SeaGaia Tennis Centre, Miyazaki, Japan[6] 3–5 April 1998 Clay		New Zealand 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Gouichi Motomura Teo Susnjak 6 0 6 0 6 0       2 Takao Suzuki Brett Steven 77 64 77 65 7 5       3 Satoshi Iwabuchi / Takao Suzuki James Greenhalgh / Brett Steven 6 4 3 6 4 6 3 6     4 Gouichi Motomura Brett Steven 6 3 2 6 6 3 3 6 4 6   5 Takao Suzuki Teo Susnjak 6 4 65 77 6 4 6 1

First round relegation play-offs

South Korea vs. China

South Korea 4	Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center, Seoul, South Korea[7] 17–19 July 1998 Hard		China 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Yoon Yong-il Yang Jingzhu 6 3 6 2 6 0       2 Lee Hyung-taik Wang Yuwei 6 1 6 2 6 2       3 Kim Dong-hyun / Kim Nam-hoon Lu Ling / Yang Jingzhu 6 1 3 6 6 2 3 6 6 2   4 Yoon Yong-il Wang Yuwei 6 2 3 6 61 77       5 Lee Hyung-taik Lu Ling 6 4 6 3

Lebanon vs. Indonesia

Lebanon 3	E.D.L., Zouk Mikael, Lebanon[8] 17–19 July 1998 Hard (indoors)		Indonesia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ali Hamadeh Andrian Raturandang 78 66 6 3 77 65       2 Jicham Zaatini Febi Widhiyanto 6 4 3 6 6 3 6 4     3 Ali Hamadeh / Jicham Zaatini Sulistyo Wibowo / Bonit Wiryawan 77 64 6 4 6 4       4 Sean Karam Andrian Raturandang 2 6 6 4 2 6       5 Alex Zakharia Febi Widhiyanto 3 6 5 7

Second round relegation play-offs

China vs. Indonesia

China 5	Lishan Tennis Club, Yanji, China[9] 25–27 September 1998 Hard		Indonesia 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Zhang Yu Febi Widhiyanto 6 1 6 2 4 6 1 6 7 5   2 Zheng Yu Andrian Raturandang 6 3 6 2 6 2       3 Li Si / Zheng Yu Sulistyo Wibowo / Bonit Wiryawan 4 6 79 67 6 4 6 3     4 Zhang Yu Andrian Raturandang 3 6 6 3 6 4       5 Zheng Yu Febi Widhiyanto 6 2 6 1