2000 Davis Cup World Group qualifying round

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The 2000 Davis Cup World Group qualifying round was held from 14 to 23 July. They were the main play-offs of the 2000 Davis Cup. The winners of the playoffs advanced to the 2001 Davis Cup World Group, and the losers were relegated to their respective Zonal Regions I.

Teams

Bold indicates team had qualified for the 2001 Davis Cup World Group.

From World Group  Austria  Belgium  France  Great Britain  Italy  Netherlands   Switzerland  Zimbabwe

From Americas Group I  Chile  Ecuador From Asia/Oceania Group I  India  Uzbekistan From Europe/Africa Group I  Belarus  Morocco  Romania  Sweden

Results summary

Date: 14–23 July

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 2001 World Group.

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface	Ref.
France	5-0	Austria	Rennes	Le Liberté	Indoor	Carpet	[1]
Great Britain	2-3	Ecuador	Wimbledon	No. 1 Court, All England Lawn Tennis Club	Outdoor	Grass	[2]
Italy	1-4	Belgium	Venice	Green Garden Sporting Club	Outdoor	Clay	[3]
Morocco	w/o[a]	Chile	—	—	—	—	[4][5]
Uzbekistan	1-4	Netherlands	Tashkent	N.B.U. Complex	Outdoor	Clay	[6]
Sweden	5-0	India	Båstad	Båstad Tennis Stadium	Outdoor	Clay	[7]
Switzerland	5-0	Belarus	St. Gallen	Kreuzbleichhalle	Outdoor	Carpet	[8]
Zimbabwe	2-3	Romania	Harare	City Sport Centre	Indoor	Hard	[9]

•  Belgium,  France,  Netherlands and   Switzerland remain in the World Group in 2001.
•  Ecuador,  Morocco,  Romania and  Sweden are promoted to the World Group in 2001.
•  Belarus,  Chile,  India and  Uzbekistan remain in Zonal Group I in 2001.
•  Austria,  Great Britain,  Italy and  Zimbabwe are relegated to Zonal Group I in 2001.

Qualifying results

France vs. Austria

France 5	Le Liberté, Rennes, France[1] 21–23 July 2000 Carpet (indoors)		Austria 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Nicolas Escudé Jürgen Melzer 6 2 6 4 6 2       2 Sébastien Grosjean Stefan Koubek 6 3 6 2 6 3       3 Olivier Delaître / Nicolas Escudé Julian Knowle / Thomas Strengberger 6 4 6 3 6 3       4 Jérôme Golmard Stefan Koubek 6 4 6 4         5 Sébastien Grosjean Jürgen Melzer 3 6 6 3 7 5

Great Britain vs. Ecuador

Great Britain 2	No. 1 Court, All England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon, England[2] 14–16 July 2000 Grass		Ecuador 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Greg Rusedski Nicolás Lapentti 3 6 77 63 5 7 6 4 5 7   2 Tim Henman Luis Morejón 6 2 6 1 6 4       3 Tim Henman / Arvind Parmar Giovanni Lapentti / Nicolás Lapentti 3 6 5 7 3 6       4 Tim Henman Nicolás Lapentti 6 1 6 4 6 4       5 Arvind Parmar Giovanni Lapentti 6 4 6 3 1 6 3 6 3 6

Italy vs. Belgium

Italy 1	Green Garden Sporting Club, Venice, Italy[3] 21–23 July 2000 Clay		Belgium 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Andrea Gaudenzi Olivier Rochus 2 6 5 7 3 6       2 Davide Sanguinetti Filip Dewulf 1 6 77 65 7 5 6 0     3 Andrea Gaudenzi / Diego Nargiso Christophe Rochus / Tom Vanhoudt 4 6 4 6 4 6       4 Davide Sanguinetti Christophe Rochus 2 6 5 7 78 66 6 1 5 7   5 Renzo Furlan Filip Dewulf 5 7 2 6

Uzbekistan vs. Netherlands

Uzbekistan 1	N.B.U. Complex, Tashkent, Uzbekistan[6] 14–16 July 2000 Clay		Netherlands 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Oleg Ogorodov Richard Krajicek 4 6 3 6 4 6       2 Vadim Kutsenko Sjeng Schalken 2 6 1 6 4 6       3 Oleg Ogorodov / Dmitri Tomashevich Paul Haarhuis / Sjeng Schalken 3 6 1 6 60 77       4 Vadim Kutsenko Paul Haarhuis 1 6 2 6         5 Oleg Ogorodov Sjeng Schalken 6 4 6 3

Sweden vs. India

Sweden 5	Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden[7] 21–23 July 2000 Clay		India 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Andreas Vinciguerra Harsh Mankad 6 3 6 1 6 1       2 Mikael Tillström Srinath Prahlad 6 2 6 0 6 1       3 Nicklas Kulti / Mikael Tillström Mahesh Bhupathi / Syed Fazaluddin 6 3 3 6 4 6 6 3 6 3   4 Andreas Vinciguerra Srinath Prahlad 6 2 6 1         5 Mikael Tillström Harsh Mankad 6 3 6 0

Switzerland vs. Belarus

Switzerland 5	Kreuzbleichhalle, St. Gallen, Switzerland[8] 21–23 July 2000 Carpet		Belarus 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 George Bastl Max Mirnyi 6 4 77 64 6 2       2 Roger Federer Vladimir Voltchkov 4 6 7 5 77 61 5 7 6 2   3 Roger Federer / Lorenzo Manta Max Mirnyi / Vladimir Voltchkov 2 6 77 65 7 5 77 64     4 Michel Kratochvil Alexander Shvets 6 0 6 0         5 Lorenzo Manta Vasili Kazhera 77 60 6 1

Zimbabwe vs. Romania

Zimbabwe 2	Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe[9] 14–16 July 2000 Hard (indoors)		Romania 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Byron Black Răzvan Sabău 6 2 4 6 7 5 6 2     2 Kevin Ullyett Andrei Pavel 4 6 62 77 2 6       3 Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett Andrei Pavel / Gabriel Trifu 5 7 2 6 62 77       4 Byron Black Andrei Pavel 2 6 4 6 1 6       5 Wayne Black Răzvan Sabău 6 3 77 62

Notes

1. Following crowd trouble during the second round Americas Zone Group I tie between Chile and Argentina, Chile were disqualified from the tournament. Their qualifying tie against Morocco was therefore defaulted and Morocco advanced directly to the 2001 World Group.^[4]