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

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

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

		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

Bahamas
Bermuda
Bolivia – promoted to Group II in 2014
Costa Rica
Cuba

Honduras
Jamaica
Panama
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

Cambodia
Hong Kong – promoted to Group II in 2014
Iran
Malaysia

Oman – relegated to Group IV in 2014
Pacific Oceania – relegated to Group IV in 2014
United Arab Emirates
Vietnam – promoted to Group II in 2014

Group IV

Myanmar
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Singapore – promoted to Group III in 2014
Turkmenistan – 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	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

			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