2013 Davis Cup

2013 Davis Cup
Details
Duration	1 February – 17 November 2013
Edition	102nd
Champion
Winning nation	Czech Republic
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The 2013 Davis Cup (also known as the 2013 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas for sponsorship purposes) was the 102nd edition of the tournament between national teams in men's tennis. Czech Republic successfully held their place as Davis Cup champions, by defeating Serbia in the final, in Belgrade, by a 3–2 score.^[1] The draw took place on 19 September 2012 in London, United Kingdom. Although, the draws for Asia/Oceania Zone Group I and Europe/Africa Zone Group II were held following the remaining play-off ties on 19–21 October 2012.^[2]

World Group

Participating teams
Argentina	Austria	Belgium	Brazil
Canada	Croatia	Czech Republic	France
Germany	Israel	Italy	Kazakhstan
Serbia	Spain	Switzerland	United States

Seeds

Spain (first round)
Czech Republic (champion)
Argentina (semifinals)
Serbia (final)
France (quarterfinals)
United States (quarterfinals)
Croatia (first round)
Kazakhstan (quarterfinals)

Draw


First round 1–3 February			Quarterfinals 5–7 April			Semifinals 13–15 September			Final 15–17 November

Vancouver, Canada (indoor hard)

1	Spain	2
			Vancouver, Canada (indoor hard)
	Canada	3
				Canada	3
Turin, Italy (indoor clay)
				Italy	1
7	Croatia	2
						Belgrade, Serbia (indoor clay)
	Italy	3
							Canada	2
Charleroi, Belgium (indoor clay)
						4	Serbia	3
4	Serbia	3
			Boise, United States (indoor hard)
	Belgium	2
			4	Serbia	3
Jacksonville, United States (indoor hard)
			6	United States	1
6	United States	3
									Belgrade, Serbia (indoor hard)
	Brazil	2
									4	Serbia	2
Rouen, France (indoor hard)
									2	Czech Republic	3
	Israel	0
			Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
5	France	5
			5	France	2
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
			3	Argentina	3
	Germany	0
						Prague, Czech Republic (indoor hard)
3	Argentina	5
						3	Argentina	2
Astana, Kazakhstan (indoor clay)
						2	Czech Republic	3
	Austria	1
			Astana, Kazakhstan (indoor clay)
8	Kazakhstan	3
			8	Kazakhstan	1
Geneva, Switzerland (indoor hard)
			2	Czech Republic	3
	Switzerland	2

2	Czech Republic	3

Final

Serbia
2

Belgrade Arena, Belgrade, Serbia^[3]
15–17 November 2013
Hard (i)

Czech Republic
3

		1	2	3
1	Novak Djokovic Radek Štěpánek	7 5	6 1	6 4
2	Dušan Lajović Tomáš Berdych	3 6	4 6	3 6
3	Ilija Bozoljac / Nenad Zimonjić Tomáš Berdych / Radek Štěpánek	2 6	4 6	6⁴ 7⁷
4	Novak Djokovic Tomáš Berdych	6 4	7⁷ 6⁵	6 2
5	Dušan Lajović Radek Štěpánek	3 6	1 6	1 6

World Group play-offs

Date: 13–15 September

The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties and eight winners of the Zonal Group I final round ties will compete in the World Group play-offs for spots in the 2014 World Group. The draw took place April 11 in London.

Bold indicates team qualified for the 2014 Davis Cup World Group

Seeded teams

Unseeded teams

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface
Spain	5−0	Ukraine	Madrid	Caja Mágica	Outdoor	Clay
Netherlands	5−0	Austria	Groningen	Martiniplaza	Indoor
Croatia	1−4	Great Britain	Umag	ITC Stella Maris	Outdoor
Switzerland	4−1	Ecuador	Neuchâtel	Patinoire du Littoral	Indoor	Hard
Germany	4−1	Brazil	Neu-Ulm	Ratiopharm Arena		Hard
Poland	1−4	Australia	Warsaw	Torwar Hall		Clay
Belgium	3−2	Israel	Antwerp	Lotto Arena		Clay
Japan	3−2	Colombia	Tokyo	Ariake Coliseum	Outdoor	Hard

Belgium, Germany, Spain and Switzerland remained in the World Group in 2014.
Australia, Great Britain, Japan and Netherlands were promoted to the World Group in 2014.
Colombia, Ecuador, Poland and Ukraine remained in Zonal Group I in 2014.
Austria, Brazil, Croatia and Israel were relegated to Zonal Group I in 2014.

Americas Zone

Group I

Seeds:

Remaining nations:

Draw

Second round play-offs

First round play-offs

First round

Second round

1

Chile

bye

Manta, Ecuador (hard)

1

Chile

1

Chile

2

bye

Ecuador

3

Ecuador

Santo Domingo Este, Dom. Rep. (hard)

bye

1

Chile

1

Dominican Republic

4

Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)

Uruguay

3

Dominican Republic

1

Cúcuta, Colombia (hard)

Dominican Republic

Uruguay

0

bye

2

Colombia

5

bye

2

Colombia

Chile relegated to Group II in 2014.
Ecuador and Colombia advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

Seeds:

Remaining nations:

Draw


Play-offs		First Round			Second Round			Third Round

		Humacao, Puerto Rico (hard)

		1	Mexico	4

St. Michael, Barbados (hard)			Puerto Rico	1	Ciudad Merliot, El Salvador (hard)

Puerto Rico	1				1	Mexico	2

Barbados	3	Santa Tecla, El Salvador (clay)			4	El Salvador	3

		4	El Salvador	4

			Barbados	1				El Salvador

								4	El Salvador	1

		San Juan de los Morros, Ven. (hard)						3	Venezuela	3

			Guatemala	1

Guatemala City, Guatemala (hard)		3	Venezuela	4	Arequipa, Peru (clay)

Guatemala	4				3	Venezuela	4

Haiti	1	Lima, Peru (clay)			2	Peru	1

			Haiti	0

		2	Peru	5

Puerto Rico and Haiti relegated to Group III in 2014.
Venezuela promoted to Group I in 2014.

Group III

Venue: Club de Tennis, La Paz, Bolivia (outdoor clay)
Date: 17-22 June

Rank	Team
1	Bolivia
2	Paraguay
3	Bahamas
4	Costa Rica
5	Honduras
6	Jamaica
7	Cuba
8	Panama
9	Bermuda

Bolivia and Paraguay promoted to Group II in 2014.

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

Seeds:

Remaining nations:

Draw


Second Round Play-offs		First Round Play-offs		First Round			Second Round

				Kaohsiung City, Taiwan (hard)

				1	Australia	5

		Tianjin, China (hard)			Chinese Taipei	0	Namangan, Uzbekistan (indoor clay)

		Chinese Taipei	0				1	Australia	3

		China	5	Namangan, Uzbekistan (indoor clay)			3	Uzbekistan	1

				3	Uzbekistan	4

Chinese Taipei (hard)					China	1

Chinese Taipei	5

Indonesia	0			New Delhi, India (hard)

					South Korea	4

		Bangalore, India (hard)		4	India	1	Tokyo, Japan (indoor hard)

		India	5					South Korea	2

		Indonesia	0	Tokyo, Japan (indoor hard)			2	Japan	3

					Indonesia	0

				2	Japan	5

Indonesia relegated to Group II in 2014.
Australia and Japan advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

Seeds:

Remaining nations:

Draw


Play-offs		First Round			Second Round			Third Round

		Auckland, New Zealand (indoor hard)

		1	New Zealand	5

Jounieh, Lebanon (clay)			Lebanon	0	Yangon, Myanmar (grass)

Lebanon	2				1	New Zealand	4

Sri Lanka	3	Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay)			4	Pakistan	1

		4	Pakistan	3

			Sri Lanka	2				Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines

								1	New Zealand	3

		Meshref, Kuwait (hard)						2	Philippines	2

			Kuwait	1

Mishref, Kuwait (hard)		3	Thailand	4	Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines (clay)

Kuwait	3				3	Thailand	1

Syria	2	Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines (clay)			2	Philippines	4

			Syria	2

		2	Philippines	3

Lebanon and Syria relegated to Group III in 2014.
New Zealand promoted to Group I in 2014.

Group III

The eight teams will be split into two pools of four, the top two nations will advance to the promotion pool. The two best teams from there will be promoted to Group II for 2014. The bottom two teams will play in a relegation pool, where the two last teams will be relegated to Group IV for 2014.

It was played on the week commencing 9 September 2013 and it was played at the Aviation Tennis Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Pools

	Pool A	HKG	OMN	MAS	IRN
1	Hong Kong		2–1	3–0	2–1
2	Oman	1–2		1–2	1–2
3	Malaysia	0–3	2–1		2–1
4	Iran	1–2	2–1	1–2

	Pool B	POC	UAE	VIE	CAM
1	Pacific Oceania		1–2	1–2	1–2
2	United Arab Emirates	2–1		0–3	1–2
3	Vietnam	2–1	3–0		3–0
4	Cambodia	2–1	2–1	0–3

Play-offs

	Promotion	HKG	VIE	MAS	CAM
1	Hong Kong		1–2	3–0	2–1
2	Vietnam	2–1		1–2	3–0
3	Malaysia	0–3	2–1		3–0
4	Cambodia	1–2	0–3	0–3

	Relegation	POC	UAE	OMN	IRN
1	Pacific Oceania		1–2	2–1	1–2
2	United Arab Emirates	2–1		3–0	0–3
3	Oman	1–2	0–3		1–2
4	Iran	2–1	3–0	2–1

Hong Kong and Vietnam promoted to Group II in 2014
Pacific Oceania and Oman relegated to Group IV in 2014

Group IV

Venue: Dubai Aviation Club, Dubai. United Arab Emirates (outdoor hard)
Date: 9–14 September

Rank	Team
1	Turkmenistan
2	Singapore
3	Qatar
4	Saudi Arabia
5	Jordan
6	Bahrain
7	Myanmar
8	Bangladesh
9	Iraq
10	Kyrgyzstan

Turkmenistan and Singapore promoted to Group III in 2014.

Europe/Africa Zone

Group I

Seeds:

Remaining nations:

Draw

All seeded teams get a bye into the second round, as well as Great Britain who were second round losers in the 2012 Davis Cup


Second Round Play-offs			First Round Play-offs			First Round			Second Round



						1	Russia
									Coventry, Great Britain (indoor hard)
							bye
			1	Russia					1	Russia	2

				bye						Great Britain	3
						Great Britain
Moscow, Russia (indoor hard)
						bye
1	Russia	5

3	South Africa	0
						3	South Africa
			Ljubljana, Slovenia (clay)						Zielona Góra, Poland (indoor hard)
							bye
			3	South Africa	1				3	South Africa	1
						Wrocław, Poland (indoor hard)
				Slovenia	4					Poland	3
						Poland		3

						Slovenia		2

						Cluj-Napoca, Romania (indoor hard)

						Denmark		0
									Brasov, Romania (indoor hard)
						Romania		5
			Denmark							Romania	0

			bye						4	Netherlands	5
						4	Netherlands
Helsingborg, Sweden (indoor hard)
							bye
	Denmark	2
						Kremenchuk, Ukraine (indoor hard)
2	Sweden	3
						Ukraine		3
			Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)						Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine (indoor hard)
						Slovakia		2
				Slovakia	3					Ukraine	3

			2	Sweden	2				2	Sweden	2
							bye

						2	Sweden

South Africa and Denmark relegated to Group II in 2014.
Great Britain, Poland, Netherlands, and Ukraine advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

Seeds:

Remaining nations:

Draw


Play-offs			First round			Second round			Third round

			Sofia, Bulgaria (indoor hard)

			1	Finland	3
Plovdiv, Bulgaria (clay)						Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard)
				Bulgaria	2
	Bulgaria	3				1	Finland	3
			Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard)
7	Estonia	0					Ireland	2
			7	Estonia	2
									Riga, Latvia (indoor hard)
				Ireland	3
									1	Finland	2
			El Menzah, Tunisia (hard)
									3	Latvia	3
			3	Latvia	3
Tunis, Tunisia (clay)						Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay)
				Tunisia	0
	Tunisia	2				3	Latvia	3
			Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay)
5	Belarus	3					Monaco	2
			5	Belarus	1

				Monaco	3

			Chișinău, Moldova (indoor hard)

				Moldova	3
Budapest, Hungary (hard)						Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina (clay)
			6	Hungary	2
6	Hungary	1					Moldova	3
			Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herz. (indoor hard)
	Luxembourg	4				4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1
				Luxembourg	1
									Chișinău, Moldova (indoor hard)
			4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4
										Moldova	2
			Šiauliai, Lithuania (indoor hard)
									2	Portugal	3
				Lithuania	4
Nicosia, Cyprus (hard)						Lisbon, Portugal (clay)
			8	Cyprus	1
8	Cyprus	3					Lithuania	0
			Lisbon, Portugal (indoor clay)
	Benin	2				2	Portugal	5
				Benin	0

			2	Portugal	5

Estonia, Tunisia, Hungary, and Benin relegated to Group III in 2014.
Latvia and Portugal promoted to Group I in 2014.

Group III Europe

Albania
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Greece – promoted to Group II in 2014
Iceland
Liechtenstein

Macedonia
Malta
Montenegro
Norway – promoted to Group II in 2014
San Marino
Turkey

Group III Africa

Algeria
Botswana
Cameroon
Egypt – promoted to Group II in 2014
Ghana
Kenya
Madagascar

Morocco – promoted to Group II in 2014
Namibia
Nigeria
Rwanda
Zambia
Zimbabwe

References

^ "Davis Cup scorecards – 2013". www.daviscup.com. ITF.
^ "Articles - 2013 Davis Cup Draw: World Group". Davis Cup. 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
^ "Serbia v Czech Republic". daviscup.com.

External links

Official Site

[1] "Davis Cup scorecards – 2013". www.daviscup.com. ITF.

[2] "Articles - 2013 Davis Cup Draw: World Group". Davis Cup. 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2012-09-27.

[SRB_vs._CZE-3] "Serbia v Czech Republic". daviscup.com.

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