2009 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I

Main article: 2009 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone

Countries participating in the 2009 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I

The Asian and Oceanian Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2009.

In the Asian and Oceanian Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.

Participating teams

•   Australia
•   China
•   Chinese Taipei
•   India
•   Japan
•   Kazakhstan
•   South Korea
•   Thailand
•   Uzbekistan

Draw

	Second Round Play-offs					First Round Play-offs					First Round					Second Round
											Nonthaburi, Thailand (hard)
											1	Australia	3
						Thailand						Thailand	2			Chennai, India (hard)
						Thailand		0								1	Australia
						Kazakhstan		5			Kaohsiung, Taiwan (hard)					4	India	w/o
											4	India	3
												Chinese Taipei*	2
	Thailand		1
	China		4								Osaka, Japan (indoor carpet)
												China	0
						South Korea					3	Japan	5			Namangan, Uzbekistan (indoor clay)
							China	2								3	Japan	2
						2	South Korea	3			Namangan, Uzbekistan (indoor clay)						Uzbekistan	3
												Uzbekistan	4
											2	South Korea	1

•   Thailand relegated to Group II in 2010.
•   India and   Uzbekistan advance to World Group Play-off.
•   Chinese Taipei defeated   Kazakhstan 4–1 in a 1st round tie on 6–8 February in Hsinchuang, Chinese Taipei.

First Round Matches

Kazakhstan vs. Chinese Taipei

Kazakhstan 1	Hsinchuang Stadium Taipei County, Taipei, Chinese Taipei 6–8 February 2009 carpet (indoors)		Chinese Taipei 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mikhail Kukushkin Chen Ti 69 711 5 7 6 1 7 5 6 4   2 Andrey Golubev Wang Yeu-tzuoo 64 77 3 6 2 6       3 Alexey Kedryuk  /  Yuri Schukin Yang Tsung-hua  /  Yi Chu-huan 77 65 66 78 64 77 4 6     4 Yuri Schukin Chen Ti 6 4 3 6 6 2 63 77 1 6   5 Mikhail Kukushkin Wang Yeu-tzuoo 6 2 3 6 3 6

Second Round Matches

Australia vs. Thailand

Australia 3	National Tennis Development Center (LTAT), Nonthaburi, Thailand 6–8 March 2009 hard		Thailand 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Lleyton Hewitt Kittipong Wachiramanowong 6 3 6 2 6 1       2 Brydan Klein Danai Udomchoke 2 6 2 6 5 7       3 Carsten Ball  /  Chris Guccione Sonchat Ratiwatana  /  Sanchai Ratiwatana 77 63 6 4 6 4       4 Lleyton Hewitt Danai Udomchoke 6 2 6 4 62 77 4 6 1 6   5 Chris Guccione Kittipong Wachiramanowong 6 3 7 5 77 64

India vs. Chinese Taipei

India 3	Yang-Ming Tennis Center, Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei 6–8 March 2009 hard		Chinese Taipei 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Somdev Devvarman Chen Ti 7 5 6 4 6 4       2 Rohan Bopanna Lu Yen-hsun 62 77 2 6 2 6       3 Leander Paes  /  Mahesh Bhupathi Yang Tsung-hua  /  Yi Chu-huan 6 4 7 6 62 77 6 2     4 Somdev Devvarman Lu Yen-hsun 6 1 6 2 6 3       5 Rohan Bopanna Yang Tsung-hua 3 6 78 66 65 77

China vs. Japan

China 0	Namihaya Dome, Kadoma, Osaka, Japan 6–8 March 2009 carpet		Japan 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Zeng Shaoxuan Go Soeda 2 6 65 77 4 6       2 Zhang Ze Kei Nishikori 4 6 5 7 2 6       3 Zeng Shaoxuan  /  Zhang Ze Satoshi Iwabuchi  /  Takao Suzuki 2 6 3 6 2 6       4 Wu Di Takao Suzuki 2 6 3 6         5 Zhang Ze Go Soeda 6 4 3 6 2 6

Uzbekistan vs. South Korea

Uzbekistan 4	Sport Complex "Pahlavon", Namangan, Uzbekistan 6–8 March 2009 clay (indoors)		South Korea 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Farrukh Dustov Lee Hyung-taik 5 7 69 711 4 6       2 Denis Istomin Im Kyu-tae 6 3 6 2 6 4       3 Farrukh Dustov  /  Denis Istomin Im Kyu-tae  /  Lee Hyung-taik 2 6 6 2 3 6 6 3 6 4   4 Denis Istomin Lee Hyung-taik 6 3 1 6 6 3 3 6 6 3   5 Murad Inoyatov Lim Yong-kyu 3 6 6 1 6 3

Third Round Matches

Australia vs. India

Australia refused to play the tie due to security concerns in Chennai, so India advance to the World Group Playoffs via forfeit.

Japan vs. Uzbekistan

Japan 2	Sport Complex "Pahlavon", Namangan, Uzbekistan 8–10 May 2009 clay (indoors)		Uzbekistan 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Yuichi Sugita Denis Istomin 3 6 2 6 2 6       2 Tatsuma Ito Farrukh Dustov 4 6 3 6 6 3 3 6     3 Satoshi Iwabuchi  /  Takao Suzuki Farrukh Dustov  /  Denis Istomin 79 67 3 6 63 77 6 4 3 6   4 Tatsuma Ito Murad Inoyatov 77 65 6 4         5 Takao Suzuki Vaja Uzakov 4 6 6 3 6 3

First Round Play-offs

Thailand vs. Kazakhstan

Thailand 0	National Tennis Development Centre, Nonthaburi, Thailand 10–12 July 2009 hard (outdoors)		Kazakhstan 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Perakiat Siriluethaiwattana Andrey Golubev 2 6 3 6 2 6       2 Kittipong Wachiramanowong Mikhail Kukushkin 2 6 4 6 2 6       3 Sanchai Ratiwatana  /  Sonchat Ratiwatana Alexey Kedryuk  /  Yuri Schukin 6 4 4 6 6 4 4 6 1 6   4 Kittipong Wachiramanowong Andrey Golubev 1 6 4 6         5 Perakiat Siriluethaiwattana Alexey Kedryuk 66 78 66 78

China vs. South Korea

China 2	Chuncheon Tennis Park, Chuncheon City, South Korea 10–12 July 2009 hard (outdoors)		South Korea 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Gong Maoxin Im Kyu-tae 3 6 0 6 2 6       2 Zeng Shaoxuan Lee Hyung-taik 3 6 4 6 2 6       3 Zeng Shaoxuan  /  Ze Zhang Im Kyu-tae  /  Lee Hyung-taik 7 5 3 6 77 65 6 4     4 Zhang Ze Lim Yong-kyu 2 6 60 7 6 4 79 67 2 0   retired 5 Zeng Shaoxuan Im Kyu-tae 0 6 2 6 3 6

Second Round Play-offs

Thailand vs. China

Thailand 1	Jiaxing International Tennis Center, Jiaxing, China 18–20 September 2009 hard (indoors)		China 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Kittiphong Wachiramanowong Zeng Shaoxuan 7 5 1 6 2 6 4 6     2 Danai Udomchoke Zhang Ze 6 3 6 3 6 2       3 Sanchai Ratiwatana  /  Sonchat Ratiwatana Zeng Shaoxuan  /  Zhang Ze 6 2 6 4 4 6 5 7 2 6   4 Danai Udomchoke Zeng Shaoxuan 6 2 4 6 6 3 1 6 4 6   5 Kittiphong Wachiramanowong Gong Maoxin 5 7 6 3 3 6

External links

• Davis Cup draw details