2000 Davis Cup World Group qualifying round

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The 2000 Davis Cup World Group qualifying round was held from 14 to 23 July. They were the main play-offs of the 2000 Davis Cup. The winners of the playoffs advanced to the 2001 Davis Cup World Group, and the losers were relegated to their respective Zonal Regions I.

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Teams

Bold indicates team had qualified for the 2001 Davis Cup World Group.

Results summary

Date: 14–23 July

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 2001 World Group.

Home teamScoreVisiting teamLocationVenueDoorSurfaceRef.
Flag of France.svg  France 5-0Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Rennes Le LibertéIndoorCarpet [1]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2-3Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  Ecuador Wimbledon No. 1 Court, All England Lawn Tennis Club OutdoorGrass [2]
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1-4Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Venice Green Garden Sporting ClubOutdoorClay [3]
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco w/o [lower-alpha 1] Flag of Chile.svg  Chile [4] [5]
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 1-4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Tashkent N.B.U. ComplexOutdoorClay [6]
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 5-0Flag of India.svg  India Båstad Båstad Tennis Stadium OutdoorClay [7]
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 5-0Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus St. Gallen Kreuzbleichhalle OutdoorCarpet [8]
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 2-3Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Harare City Sport CentreIndoorHard [9]

Qualifying results

France vs. Austria

Flag of France.svg
France
5
Le Liberté, Rennes, France [1]
21–23 July 2000
Carpet (indoors)
Flag of Austria.svg
Austria
0
12345
1 Flag of France.svg
Flag of Austria.svg
Nicolas Escudé
Jürgen Melzer
6
2
6
4
6
2
   
2 Flag of France.svg
Flag of Austria.svg
Sébastien Grosjean
Stefan Koubek
6
3
6
2
6
3
   
3 Flag of France.svg
Flag of Austria.svg
Olivier Delaître  /  Nicolas Escudé
Julian Knowle  /  Thomas Strengberger
6
4
6
3
6
3
   
4 Flag of France.svg
Flag of Austria.svg
Jérôme Golmard
Stefan Koubek
6
4
6
4
    
5 Flag of France.svg
Flag of Austria.svg
Sébastien Grosjean
Jürgen Melzer
3
6
6
3
7
5
   

Great Britain vs. Ecuador

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Great Britain
2
No. 1 Court, All England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon, England [2]
14–16 July 2000
Grass
Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg
Ecuador
3
12345
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg
Greg Rusedski
Nicolás Lapentti
3
6
77
63
5
7
6
4
5
7
 
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg
Tim Henman
Luis Morejón
6
2
6
1
6
4
   
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg
Tim Henman  /  Arvind Parmar
Giovanni Lapentti  /  Nicolás Lapentti
3
6
5
7
3
6
   
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg
Tim Henman
Nicolás Lapentti
6
1
6
4
6
4
   
5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg
Arvind Parmar
Giovanni Lapentti
6
4
6
3
1
6
3
6
3
6
 

Italy vs. Belgium

Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
1
Green Garden Sporting Club, Venice, Italy [3]
21–23 July 2000
Clay
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Belgium
4
12345
1 Flag of Italy.svg
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Andrea Gaudenzi
Olivier Rochus
2
6
5
7
3
6
   
2 Flag of Italy.svg
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Davide Sanguinetti
Filip Dewulf
1
6
77
65
7
5
6
0
  
3 Flag of Italy.svg
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Andrea Gaudenzi  /  Diego Nargiso
Christophe Rochus  /  Tom Vanhoudt
4
6
4
6
4
6
   
4 Flag of Italy.svg
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Davide Sanguinetti
Christophe Rochus
2
6
5
7
78
66
6
1
5
7
 
5 Flag of Italy.svg
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Renzo Furlan
Filip Dewulf
5
7
2
6
    

Uzbekistan vs. Netherlands

Flag of Uzbekistan.svg
Uzbekistan
1
N.B.U. Complex, Tashkent, Uzbekistan [6]
14–16 July 2000
Clay
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands
4
12345
1 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Oleg Ogorodov
Richard Krajicek
4
6
3
6
4
6
   
2 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Vadim Kutsenko
Sjeng Schalken
2
6
1
6
4
6
   
3 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Oleg Ogorodov  /  Dmitri Tomashevich
Paul Haarhuis  /  Sjeng Schalken
3
6
1
6
60
77
   
4 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Vadim Kutsenko
Paul Haarhuis
1
6
2
6
    
5 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Oleg Ogorodov
Sjeng Schalken
6
4
6
3
    

Sweden vs. India

Flag of Sweden.svg
Sweden
5
Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden [7]
21–23 July 2000
Clay
Flag of India.svg
India
0
12345
1 Flag of Sweden.svg
Flag of India.svg
Andreas Vinciguerra
Harsh Mankad
6
3
6
1
6
1
   
2 Flag of Sweden.svg
Flag of India.svg
Mikael Tillström
Srinath Prahlad
6
2
6
0
6
1
   
3 Flag of Sweden.svg
Flag of India.svg
Nicklas Kulti  /  Mikael Tillström
Mahesh Bhupathi  /  Syed Fazaluddin
6
3
3
6
4
6
6
3
6
3
 
4 Flag of Sweden.svg
Flag of India.svg
Andreas Vinciguerra
Srinath Prahlad
6
2
6
1
    
5 Flag of Sweden.svg
Flag of India.svg
Mikael Tillström
Harsh Mankad
6
3
6
0
    

Switzerland vs. Belarus

Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Switzerland
5
Kreuzbleichhalle, St. Gallen, Switzerland [8]
21–23 July 2000
Carpet
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg
Belarus
0
12345
1 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg
George Bastl
Max Mirnyi
6
4
77
64
6
2
   
2 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg
Roger Federer
Vladimir Voltchkov
4
6
7
5
77
61
5
7
6
2
 
3 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg
Roger Federer  /  Lorenzo Manta
Max Mirnyi  /  Vladimir Voltchkov
2
6
77
65
7
5
77
64
  
4 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg
Michel Kratochvil
Alexander Shvets
6
0
6
0
    
5 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg
Lorenzo Manta
Vasili Kazhera
77
60
6
1
    

Zimbabwe vs. Romania

Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
Zimbabwe
2
Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe [9]
14–16 July 2000
Hard (indoors)
Flag of Romania.svg
Romania
3
12345
1 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
Flag of Romania.svg
Byron Black
Răzvan Sabău
6
2
4
6
7
5
6
2
  
2 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
Flag of Romania.svg
Kevin Ullyett
Andrei Pavel
4
6
62
77
2
6
   
3 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
Flag of Romania.svg
Wayne Black  /  Kevin Ullyett
Andrei Pavel  /  Gabriel Trifu
5
7
2
6
62
77
   
4 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
Flag of Romania.svg
Byron Black
Andrei Pavel
2
6
4
6
1
6
   
5 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
Flag of Romania.svg
Wayne Black
Răzvan Sabău
6
3
77
62
    

Notes

  1. Following crowd trouble during the second round Americas Zone Group I tie between Chile and Argentina, Chile were disqualified from the tournament. Their qualifying tie against Morocco was therefore defaulted and Morocco advanced directly to the 2001 World Group. [4]

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