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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. 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.

World Group

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

Seeds

1.  Spain (first round)
2.  Czech Republic (champion)
3.  Argentina (semifinals)
4.  Serbia (final)
5.  France (quarterfinals)
6.  United States (quarterfinals)
7.  Croatia (first round)
8.  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 15–17 November 2013 Hard (i)		Czech Republic 3
1 2 3 4 5 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 6 7       4 Novak Djokovic Tomáš Berdych 6 4 7 6 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

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
Poland	1−4	Australia	Warsaw	Torwar Hall		Clay
Belgium	3−2	Israel	Antwerp	Lotto Arena
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Venue: Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino (outdoor clay)
• Date: 22–25 May

Rank	Team
1	Greece
1	Norway
3	Georgia
3	North Macedonia
5	Malta
5	Montenegro
5	San Marino
5	Turkey
9	Liechtenstein
10	Armenia
10	Iceland
12	Albania
13	Azerbaijan

•  Greece and  Norway promoted to Group II in 2014.

Group III Africa

• Venue: Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt (outdoor clay)
• Date: 15–18 May

Rank	Team
1	Egypt
1	Morocco
3	Madagascar
3	Zimbabwe
5	Algeria
5	Ghana
7	Namibia
7	Nigeria
9	Botswana
9	Cameroon
11	Kenya
11	Rwanda
13	Zambia

•  Egypt and  Morocco promoted to Group II in 2014.

References

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.
3. "Serbia v Czech Republic". daviscup.com.

External links

• Official Site

• 2013 Davis Cup
• 2013 in tennis
• Davis Cups by year