The ITF has announced the seeds for the Draw for the 2017 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group play-offs. The Draw will take place on Tuesday 11 April at the ITF offices in London at 10:00 local time (09:00 GMT). The seeds are based on the new ITF Davis Cup Nations Ranking of 10 […]
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The ITF has announced the seeds for the Draw for the 2016 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group play-offs. The Draw will take place on Tuesday 19 July at the ITF offices in London at 10:00 local time (09:00 GMT). The seeds are based on the new ITF Davis Cup Nations Ranking of 18 […]
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The Draw for the 2015 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group play-offs was held on Tuesday at the ITF headquarters in London. The World Group play-offs will take place on 18-20 September alongside the World Group semifinals.
The winning nations in the World Group play-offs will qualify for the 2016 World Group, while the losing nations will compete in their respective Zone Group I events in 2016.
In the World Group semifinals, Great Britain will be at home to Australia, and Belgium will be at home to Argentina.
Seeds for the draw were based on the latest ITF Davis Cup Nations Ranking of 20 July.
The draw is as follows:
2015 World Group play-offs (18-20 September)
India (c) v Czech Republic (s)
Switzerland (s) (c) v Netherlands
Russia (c) v Italy (s)
Uzbekistan (c) (*) v USA (s)
Colombia (c) v Japan (s)
Dominican Republic (c) (*) v Germany (s)
Brazil (c) v Croatia (s)
Poland (c) v Slovakia (s)
(s) denotes seeded nation
(c) denotes choice of ground
(*) denotes choice of ground determined by lot
Davis Cup by BNP Paribas is the World Cup of Tennis. It is the largest annual international team competition in sport, with 126 nations entered in 2015. The competition is 115 years old having been founded in 1900. The title sponsor is BNP Paribas, the Official Bank of Davis Cup. International sponsors are Rolex (Official Timekeeper), Adecco (Official HR Sponsor) and NH Hotels (Official Hotel). beIN SPORTS is the Official Global Media Rights Partner. Follow all the action on http://www.daviscup.com, http://www.copadavis.com, http://www.twitter.com/daviscup, http://www.facebook.com/DavisCupTennis, http://www.Weibo.com/daviscupofficial and http://www.daviscup.tv.
The ITF has announced the seeds for the Draw for the 2015 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group play-offs. The Draw will take place on Tuesday 21 July at the ITF offices in London at 10:00 local time (09:00 GMT). The seeds are based on the new ITF Davis Cup Nations Ranking of 20 July: http://www.daviscup.com/en/rankings/current-rankings.aspx
The eight seeded nations in the World Group play-offs are:
Czech Republic (1)
Switzerland (2)
Italy (3)
USA (4)
Japan (5)
Germany (6)
Croatia (7)
Slovakia (8)
Each of the seeds will be drawn against one of the following unseeded nations:
Brazil
Colombia
Dominican Republic
India
Netherlands
Poland
Russia
Uzbekistan
The 2015 World Group play-offs will take place alongside the World Group semifinals on 18-20 September. The eight winning nations will contest the 2016 World Group, while the eight losing nations will contest their respective Zone Group I events in 2016.
The line-up for the World Group play-offs was confirmed when Dominican Republic, India, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia and Uzbekistan all won their Zone Group I second round ties on 17-19 July (Colombia won its second round tie on 6-8 March). They joined the losers from the 2015 World Group first round ties.
Davis Cup by BNP Paribas is the World Cup of Tennis. It is the largest annual international team competition in sport, with 126 nations entered in 2015. The competition is 115 years old having been founded in 1900. The title sponsor is BNP Paribas, the Official Bank of Davis Cup. International sponsors are Rolex (Official Timekeeper), Adecco (Official HR Sponsor) and NH Hotels (Official Hotel). beIN SPORTS is the Official Global Media Rights Partner. Follow all the action on http://www.daviscup.com, http://www.copadavis.com, http://www.twitter.com/daviscup, http://www.facebook.com/DavisCupTennis, http://www.Weibo.com/daviscupofficial and http://www.daviscup.tv.
The ITF has announced the results for the two Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Zone Group I second round play-off ties taking place on 24-26 October.
New Zealand defeated Chinese Taipei 4-1 and Sweden overcame Latvia 3-2. New Zealand and Sweden remain in Zone Group I in 2015, while Chinese Taipei and Latvia are relegated to Zone Group II next year.
The draw for the 2015 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Europe/Africa Zone Group II will be held at the ITF offices in London at 10:00 (09:00 GMT) on Wednesday 29 October. The seeds will be based on the new ITF Davis Cup Nations Ranking of Monday 27 October.
Davis Cup by BNP Paribas is the World Cup of Tennis. It is the largest annual international team competition in sport, Follow all the action on http://www.daviscup.com, http://www.copadavis.com, http://www.twitter.com/daviscup, http://www.facebook.com/DavisCupTennis and http://www.daviscup.tv
ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP I SECOND ROUND PLAY-OFF
NEW ZEALAND defeated CHINESE TAIPEI 4-1
Venue: Z Energy Wilding Park Tennis Centre, Christchurch, NZL (hard – indoor)
Jose Statham (NZL) d. Yang Tsung-Hua (TPE) 61 62 63
Michael Venus (NZL) d. Wang Chieh-Fu (TPE) 76(5) 76(3) 62
Marcus Daniell/Artem Sitak (NZL) d. Peng Hsien-Yin/Wang Chieh-Fu (TPE) 60 64 62
Yang Tsung-Hua (TPE) d. Artem Sitak (NZL) 63 57 62
Marcus Daniell (NZL) d. Hung Jui-Chen (TPE) 76(3) 75
EUROPE/AFRICA ZONE GROUP I SECOND ROUND PLAY-OFF
SWEDEN defeated LATVIA 3-2
Venue: Racketcentrum, Jonkoping, SWE (hard – indoor)
Martins Podzus (LAT) d. Elias Ymer (SWE) 76(3) 75 67(5) 36 97
Christian Lindell (SWE) d. Janis Podzus (LAT) 76(5) 46 76(3) 76(7)
Johan Brunstrom/Robert Lindstedt (SWE) d. Mikelis Libietis/Martins Podzus (LAT) 64 62 36 46 63
Martins Podzus (LAT) d. Christian Lindell (SWE) 64 67(3) 64 62
Elias Ymer (SWE) d. Janis Podzus (LAT) 75 67(7) 63 64
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