1998 Davis Cup World Group qualifying round

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The 1998 Davis Cup World Group qualifying round was held from 25 to 28 September. These were the main play-offs of the 1998 Davis Cup. The winners of playoffs advanced to the 1999 Davis Cup World Group, and the losers were relegated to their respective Zonal Regions I.

Teams

Bold indicates team had qualified for the 1999 Davis Cup World Group.

From World Group   Australia   Brazil   Czech Republic   India   Netherlands   Russia   Slovakia   South Africa

From Americas Group I   Argentina   Ecuador From Asia/Oceania Group I   Japan   Uzbekistan From Europe/Africa Group I   France   Great Britain   Israel   Romania

Results summary

Date: 25–28 September

The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties and eight winners of the Zonal Group I final round ties competed in the World Group qualifying round for spots in the 1999 World Group.

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface	Ref.
Australia	5–0	Uzbekistan	Townsville	Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre	Indoor	Hard	[1]
Brazil	3–0	Romania	Florianópolis	Hotel Costão do Santinho	Outdoor	Clay	[2]
Czech Republic	5–0	South Africa	Prague	National Tennis Centre	Outdoor	Clay	[3]
Israel	1–4	France	Ramat HaSharon	Canada Stadium	Outdoor	Hard	[4]
Great Britain	3–2	India	Nottingham	Nottingham Tennis Centre	Outdoor	Hard	[5]
Netherlands	5–0	Ecuador	Eindhoven	Indoor-Sportcentrum Eindhoven	Indoor	Carpet	[6]
Japan	1–3	Russia	Osaka	Utsubo Tennis Center	Outdoor	Hard	[7]
Argentina	2–3	Slovakia	Buenos Aires	Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club	Outdoor	Clay	[8]

•   Australia,   Brazil,   Czech Republic,   Netherlands,   Russia and   Slovakia remain in the World Group in 1999.
•   France and   Great Britain are promoted to the World Group in 1999.
•   Argentina,   Ecuador,   Israel,   Japan,   Romania and   Uzbekistan remain in Zonal Group I in 1999.
•   India and   South Africa are relegated to Zonal Group I in 1999.

Qualifying results

Australia vs. Uzbekistan

Australia 5	Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville, Australia [1] 25–27 September 1998 Hard (indoors)		Uzbekistan 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Pat Rafter Oleg Ogorodov 6 3 6 3 6 4       2 Jason Stoltenberg Vadim Kutsenko 7 5 6 1 6 0       3 Todd Woodbridge  /  Mark Woodforde Oleg Ogorodov  /  Dmitri Tomashevich 6 3 77 63 77 64       4 Pat Rafter Dmitri Tomashevich 6 2 6 4         5 Jason Stoltenberg Oleg Ogorodov 6 3 6 3

Brazil vs. Romania

Brazil 3	Hotel Costão do Santinho, Florianópolis, Brazil [2] 25–27 September 1998 Clay		Romania 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Fernando Meligeni Adrian Voinea 6 1 6 4 77 63       2 Gustavo Kuerten Andrei Pavel 7 5 6 3 6 3       3 Gustavo Kuerten  /  Jaime Oncins Andrei Pavel  /  Gabriel Trifu 7 5 6 4 6 4       4 Gustavo Kuerten Adrian Voinea           not played 5 Fernando Meligeni Andrei Pavel           not played

Czech Republic vs. South Africa

Czech Republic 5	National Tennis Centre, Prague, Czech Republic [3] 25–27 September 1998 Clay		South Africa 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ctislav Doseděl Wayne Ferreira 6 2 6 3 6 4       2 Bohdan Ulihrach Marcos Ondruska 6 1 6 2 6 1       3 Jiří Novák  /  David Rikl Wayne Ferreira  /  Piet Norval 6 4 6 2 6 2       4 Bohdan Ulihrach David Nainkin 6 0 6 1         5 Ctislav Doseděl Piet Norval 6 1 6 1

Israel vs. France

Israel 1	Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel [4] 25–27 September 1998 Hard		France 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Amir Hadad Cédric Pioline 2 6 3 6 3 6       2 Harel Levy Guillaume Raoux 61 77 2 6 4 6       3 Noam Behr  /  Eyal Erlich Jérôme Golmard  /  Guillaume Raoux 1 6 4 6 3 6       4 Harel Levy Cédric Pioline 3 6 6 1 6 2       5 Amir Hadad Nicolas Escudé 6 4 2 6 1 6

Great Britain vs. India

Great Britain 3	Nottingham Tennis Centre, Nottingham, Great Britain [5] 25–27 September 1998 Hard		India 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Greg Rusedski Leander Paes 2 6 6 3 3 6 6 2 11 9   2 Tim Henman Mahesh Bhupathi 4 6 6 3 6 3 6 3     3 Neil Broad  /  Tim Henman Mahesh Bhupathi  /  Leander Paes 62 77 3 6 63 77       4 Tim Henman Leander Paes 77 63 6 2 77 65       5 Chris Wilkinson Mahesh Bhupathi 3 6 4 6

Netherlands vs. Ecuador

Netherlands 5	Indoor-Sportcentrum Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Netherlands [6] 25–27 September 1998 Carpet (indoors)		Ecuador 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jan Siemerink Luis Morejón 6 3 6 3 6 1       2 Paul Haarhuis Nicolás Lapentti 6 2 6 3 6 2       3 Jacco Eltingh  /  Paul Haarhuis Andrés Gómez  /  Nicolás Lapentti 5 7 6 1 6 3 61 77 6 4   4 Jan Siemerink Giovanni Lapentti 6 2 6 1         5 Sjeng Schalken Luis Morejón 6 0 6 3

Japan vs. Russia

Japan 1	Utsubo Tennis Center, Osaka, Japan [7] 25–27 September 1998 Hard		Russia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Gouichi Motomura Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6 4 2 6 3 6 3 6     2 Takao Suzuki Marat Safin 64 77 2 6 3 6       3 Gouichi Motomura  /  Takao Suzuki Yevgeny Kafelnikov  /  Marat Safin 5 7 3 6 6 4 2 6     4 Takao Suzuki Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky 6 4 6 4         5 Gouichi Motomura Alexander Volkov 6 3         not completed

Argentina vs. Slovakia

Argentina 2	Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina [8] 25–28 September 1998 Clay		Slovakia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Franco Squillari Dominik Hrbatý 3 6 2 6 2 6       2 Hernán Gumy Karol Kučera 6 1 6 1 6 4       3 Lucas Arnold Ker  /  Luis Lobo Dominik Hrbatý  /  Karol Kučera 6 3 6 4 6 4       4 Franco Squillari Karol Kučera 3 6 3 6 6 3 77 63 4 6   5 Hernán Gumy Dominik Hrbatý 2 6 6 3 4 6 2 6

References

1. "Australia v Uzbekistan". daviscup.com.
2. "Brazil v Romania". daviscup.com.
3. "Czech Republic v South Africa". daviscup.com.
4. "Israel v France". daviscup.com.
5. "Great Britain v India". daviscup.com.
6. "Netherlands v Ecuador". daviscup.com.
7. "Japan v Russia". daviscup.com.
8. "Argentina v Slovakia". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup official website