2001 Davis Cup World Group qualifying round

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The 2001 Davis Cup World Group qualifying round was held from 21 September to 14 October. They were the main play-offs of the 2001 Davis Cup. The winners of the playoffs advanced to the 2002 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  Belgium  Czech Republic  Ecuador  Morocco  Romania  Slovakia  Spain  United States

From Americas Group I  Argentina  Chile From Asia/Oceania Group I  India  Uzbekistan From Europe/Africa Group I  Belarus  Croatia  Great Britain  Italy

Results summary

Date: 21–23 September; 12–14 October

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 2002 World Group.

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface	Ref.
Argentina	5–0	Belarus	Córdoba	Córdoba Lawn Tennis Club	Outdoor	Clay	[1]
Belgium	2–3	Morocco	Liège	Country Hall Liège	Indoor	Carpet	[2]
Czech Republic	3–2	Romania	Prostějov	Sports Hall	Indoor	Carpet	[3]
Ecuador	1–4	Great Britain	Guayaquil	Club Nacional	Outdoor	Clay	[4]
Italy	2–3	Croatia	Rome	Foro Italico	Outdoor	Clay	[5]
Slovakia	3–2	Chile	Prešov	Mestská hala	Indoor	Carpet	[6]
Spain	4–0	Uzbekistan	Albacete	Tennis Club de Albacete	Outdoor	Clay	[7]
United States	4–1	India	Winston-Salem, NC	Lawrence Joel Colisseum	Indoor	Hard	[8]

•  Czech Republic,  Morocco,  Slovakia,  Spain and  United States remain in the World Group in 2002.
•  Argentina,  Croatia and  Great Britain are promoted to the World Group in 2002.
•  Belarus,  Chile,  Italy,  India and  Uzbekistan remain in Zonal Group I in 2002.
•  Belgium,  Ecuador and  Romania are relegated to Zonal Group I in 2002.

Playoff results

Argentina vs. Belarus

Argentina 5	Córdoba Lawn Tennis Club, Córdoba, Argentina[1] 21–23 September 2001 Clay		Belarus 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Franco Squillari Vladimir Voltchkov 6 2 6 4 6 3       2 Gastón Gaudio Max Mirnyi 4 6 6 3 6 1 6 3     3 Guillermo Cañas / Luis Lobo Max Mirnyi / Vladimir Voltchkov 67 79 77 65 77 63 4 6 6 4   4 Franco Squillari Alexander Shvets 6 3 6 3         5 Gastón Gaudio Alexander Skrypko 6 2 6 0

Belgium vs. Morocco

Belgium 2	Country Hall, Liège, Belgium[2] 21–23 September 2001 Carpet (indoors)		Morocco 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Olivier Rochus Hicham Arazi 6 2 3 6 1 6 7 5 3 6   2 Xavier Malisse Younes El Aynaoui 3 6 4 6 4 6       3 Christophe Rochus / Tom Vanhoudt Karim Alami / Younes El Aynaoui 6 3 6 2 3 6 5 7 6 2   4 Xavier Malisse Hicham Arazi 4 6 77 62 7 5 6 4     5 Christophe Rochus Younes El Aynaoui 3 6 4 6 7 5 64 77

Czech Republic vs. Romania

Czech Republic 3	Sports Hall, Prostějov, Czech Republic[3] 21–23 September 2001 Carpet (indoors)		Romania 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Bohdan Ulihrach Adrian Voinea 6 2 3 6 7 5 4 6 5 7   2 Jiří Novák Andrei Pavel 6 3 7 5 6 3       3 Jiří Novák / David Rikl Victor Hănescu / Gabriel Trifu 77 63 77 65 6 4       4 Bohdan Ulihrach Gabriel Trifu 7 5 6 4 6 4       5 Michal Tabara Adrian Voinea 1 6 4 6

Ecuador vs. Great Britain

Ecuador 1	Club Nacional, Guayaquil, Ecuador[4] 21–23 September 2001 Clay		Great Britain 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Nicolás Lapentti Greg Rusedski 6 2 2 6 5 7 3 6     2 Luis Morejón Tim Henman 4 6 2 6 2 6       3 Giovanni Lapentti / Nicolás Lapentti Tim Henman / Greg Rusedski 2 6 3 6 4 6       4 Giovanni Lapentti Martin Lee 0 6 4 6         5 Luis Morejón Barry Cowan 6 1 6 4

Italy vs. Croatia

Italy 2	Foro Italico, Rome, Italy[5] 21–23 September 2001 Clay		Croatia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Filippo Volandri Goran Ivanišević 6 2 77 64 3 6 0 6 6 4   2 Federico Luzzi Ivan Ljubičić 4 6 2 6 1 6       3 Giorgio Galimberti / Mosé Navarra Goran Ivanišević / Ivan Ljubičić 78 66 6 3 65 77 2 6 4 6   4 Federico Luzzi Goran Ivanišević 64 77 3 6 4 6       5 Filippo Volandri Ivan Vajda 6 2 6 4

Slovakia vs. Chile

Slovakia 3	Mestská hala, Prešov, Slovakia[6] 21–23 September 2001 Carpet (indoors)		Chile 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Karol Kučera Marcelo Ríos 3 6 2 6 3 6       2 Dominik Hrbatý Nicolás Massú 6 1 6 1 4 6 6 3     3 Dominik Hrbatý / Ján Krošlák Fernando González / Nicolás Massú 6 3 77 64 4 6 6 3     4 Dominik Hrbatý Marcelo Ríos 2 6 4 6 6 2 6 4 6 2   5 Ján Krošlák Nicolás Massú 2 6 7 5 3 6

Spain vs. Uzbekistan

Spain 4	Tennis Club de Albacete, Albacete, Spain[7] 21–23 September 2001 Clay		Uzbekistan 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero Oleg Ogorodov 7 5 6 2 6 4       2 Àlex Corretja Vadim Kutsenko 6 0 6 2 64 77 6 0     3 Joan Balcells / Àlex Corretja Vadim Kutsenko / Oleg Ogorodov 5 7 6 3 6 4 6 4     4 Joan Balcells Vadim Kutsenko 6 4 77 64         5 Àlex Corretja Oleg Ogorodov           not played

United States vs. India

United States 4	Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, NC, United States[8] 12–14 October 2001 Hard (indoors)		India 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Andy Roddick Harsh Mankad 6 3 6 4 6 1       2 James Blake Leander Paes 7 5 6 3 6 3       3 Donald Johnson / Jared Palmer Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes 4 6 6 1 3 6 66 78     4 Andy Roddick Leander Paes 4 6 6 3 6 2 7 5     5 James Blake Harsh Mankad 6 3 6 0