2008 Davis Cup World Group play-offs

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The World Group play-offs were the main play-offs of 2008 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 2009 Davis Cup World Group.

From World Group  Serbia  Belgium  Great Britain  Israel  South Korea  Peru  Romania  Austria

From Americas Group I  Chile  Brazil From Asia/Oceania Group I  Australia  India From Europe/Africa Group I  Croatia  Netherlands   Switzerland  Slovakia

Results

Seeded teams  Australia  Austria  Belgium  Croatia  Israel  South Korea  Romania  Slovakia

Unseeded teams  Brazil  Chile  Great Britain  India  Netherlands  Peru  Serbia   Switzerland

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface
Chile	3–2	Australia	Antofagasta	Estadio Militar Antofagasta	Outdoor	Clay
Great Britain	2–3	Austria	Wimbledon, London	All England Lawn Tennis Club	Outdoor	Grass
Switzerland	4–1	Belgium	Lausanne	Centre Intercommunal de Glace Malley	Indoor	Hard
Croatia	4–1	Brazil	Zadar	Športski centar Višnjik	Indoor	Hard
Israel	4–1	Peru	Ramat HaSharon	Israel Tennis Center	Outdoor	Hard
Netherlands	4–1	South Korea	Apeldoorn	Omnisport Apeldoorn	Indoor	Clay
Romania	4–1	India	Bucharest	Clubul Sportiv Progresul	Outdoor	Clay
Slovakia	1–4	Serbia	Bratislava	Sibamac Arena	Indoor	Hard

•  Austria,  Israel,  Romania, and  Serbia will remain in the World Group in 2009.
•  Chile,  Croatia,  Netherlands and   Switzerland are promoted to the World Group in 2009.
•  Australia,  Brazil,  India and  Slovakia will remain in Zonal Group I in 2009.
•  Belgium,  Great Britain,  Peru and  South Korea are relegated to Zonal Group I in 2009.

Playoff results

Chile vs. Australia

Chile 3	Estadio Militar Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile[1] September 19–21, 2008 Clay		Australia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Nicolás Massú Chris Guccione 77 65 77 65 3 6 77 62     2 Fernando González Peter Luczak 6 2 6 2 6 3       3 Fernando González / Nicolás Massú Carsten Ball / Chris Guccione 77 65 69 711 3 6 7 5 5 7   4 Fernando González Chris Guccione 77 64 7 5 6 3       5 Paul Capdeville Carsten Ball 3 6 64 77

Great Britain vs. Austria

Great Britain 2	All England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon, London, Great Britain[2] September 19–21, 2008 Grass		Austria 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Alex Bogdanović Jürgen Melzer 6 3 64 77 2 6 1 6     2 Andy Murray Alexander Peya 6 4 6 1 6 3       3 Ross Hutchins / Jamie Murray Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer 4 6 3 6 1 6       4 Andy Murray Jürgen Melzer 6 4 5 7 6 4 6 1     5 Alex Bogdanović Alexander Peya 6 2 4 6 4 6 2 6

Switzerland vs. Belgium

Switzerland 4	Centre Intercommunal de Glace Malley, Lausanne, Switzerland[3] September 19–21, 2008 Hard (i)		Belgium 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Stanislas Wawrinka Steve Darcis 64 77 6 1 6 3 2 6 6 4   2 Roger Federer Kristof Vliegen 77 61 6 4 6 2       3 Roger Federer / Stanislas Wawrinka Xavier Malisse / Olivier Rochus 4 6 78 66 6 3 6 3     4 Stéphane Bohli Steve Darcis 6 3 1 6 6 3       5 Yves Allegro Xavier Malisse 3 6 2 6

Croatia vs. Brazil

Croatia 4	Športski centar Višnjik, Zadar, Croatia[4] September 19–21, 2008 Hard (i)		Brazil 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mario Ančić Thomaz Bellucci 6 2 77 65 77 64       2 Ivo Karlović Thiago Alves 77 65 77 64 7 5       3 Ivo Karlović / Lovro Zovko Marcelo Melo / André Sá 77 64 2 6 5 7 77 65 3 6   4 Ivo Karlović Thomaz Bellucci 77 65 6 4 66 78 77 65     5 Roko Karanušić Thiago Alves 77 65 4 6 77 65

Israel vs. Peru

Israel 4	Israel Tennis Center, Ramat HaSharon, Israel[5] September 19–21, 2008 Hard		Peru 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Harel Levy Luis Horna 5 7 7 5 64 77 3 6     2 Dudi Sela Iván Miranda 6 2 6 1 3 6 6 4     3 Harel Levy / Andy Ram Mauricio Echazú / Matías Silva 6 1 6 1 6 2       4 Dudi Sela Luis Horna 66 78 6 4 6 1 6 2     5 Noam Okun Iván Miranda 6 4 5 7 6 3

Netherlands vs. South Korea

Netherlands 3	Omnisport Apeldoorn, Apeldoorn, Netherlands[6] September 19–21, 2008 Clay (i)		South Korea 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Thiemo de Bakker Lee Hyung-taik 4 6 3 6 3 6       2 Jesse Huta Galung Im Kyu-tae 6 3 6 3 5 7 6 2     3 Jesse Huta Galung / Peter Wessels Jun Woong-sun / Lee Hyung-taik 4 6 6 4 6 4 6 3     4 Jesse Huta Galung Lee Hyung-taik 6 1 1 6 65 77 2 6     5 Thiemo de Bakker Jun Woong-sun 6 2 6 1 6 3

Romania vs. India

Romania 4	Clubul Sportiv Progresul, Bucharest, Romania[7] September 19–21, 2008 Clay		India 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Victor Crivoi Prakash Amritraj 7 5 5 7 6 2 6 2     2 Victor Hănescu Somdev Devvarman 6 3 6 1 6 0       3 Adrian Cruciat / Horia Tecău Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes 4 6 60 7 4 6       4 Victor Hănescu Prakash Amritraj 6 2 6 3 6 1       5 Victor Crivoi Somdev Devvarman 4 6 7 5 6 3

Slovakia vs. Serbia

Slovakia 1	Sibamac Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia[8] September 19–21, 2008 Hard (i)		Serbia 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Dominik Hrbatý Novak Djokovic 2 6 4 6 3 6       2 Lukáš Lacko Janko Tipsarević 77 63 6 4 4 6 65 77 6 8   3 Michal Mertiňák / Filip Polášek Viktor Troicki / Nenad Zimonjić 68 710 4 6 79 67 65 77     4 Lukáš Lacko Viktor Troicki 3 6 4 6         5 Filip Polášek Janko Tipsarević           w/o