2014 Davis Cup World Group play-offs

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The 2014 Davis Cup World Group play-offs were held from 12 to 14 September. They were the main play-offs of the 2014 Davis Cup. [1] Winners of the playoffs advanced to the 2015 World Group, and the losers were relegated to their respective Zonal Regions I.

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Teams

Bold indicates team has qualified for the 2015 Davis Cup World Group.

Results summary

Date: 12–14 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 play-offs for spots in the 2015 World Group. The draw took place on April 8 in London.

Home teamScoreVisiting teamLocationVenueDoorSurface
Flag of India.svg  India 2–3Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Bangalore KSLTA Tennis StadiumOutdoorHard
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 3–1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain São Paulo Ginásio do Ibirapuera IndoorClay
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2–3Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Sunrise, United States [2] [3] Sunrise Tennis Club [2] [3] OutdoorHard
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3–2Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Halifax Halifax Metro Centre IndoorHard
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5–0Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Chicago Sears Centre IndoorHard
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 5–0Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Perth Cottesloe Tennis ClubOutdoorGrass
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2–3Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Amsterdam Ziggo Dome IndoorClay
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2–3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Tallinn, Estonia [2] [4] Tere Tennis Centre [2] [4] IndoorHard

Note: Due to security concerns, the International Tennis Federation Board of Directors decided to move the World Group play-off ties originally scheduled to be held in Israel and Ukraine. Israel and Ukraine exercised their option of nominating neutral venues for their ties against Argentina and Belgium, respectively. [2]

Playoff results

India vs. Serbia

Flag of India.svg
India
2
KSLTA Tennis Stadium, Bangalore, India [5]
12 – 14 September 2014
Hard
Flag of Serbia.svg
Serbia
3
12345
1 Flag of India.svg
Flag of Serbia.svg
Yuki Bhambri
Dušan Lajović
3
6
2
6
5
7
   
2 Flag of India.svg
Flag of Serbia.svg
Somdev Devvarman
Filip Krajinović
1
6
6
4
3
6
2
6
  
3 Flag of India.svg
Flag of Serbia.svg
Rohan Bopanna  /  Leander Paes
Ilija Bozoljac  /  Nenad Zimonjić
1
6
64
77
6
3
6
3
8
6
 
4 Flag of India.svg
Flag of Serbia.svg
Somdev Devvarman
Dušan Lajović
1
6
6
4
4
6
6
3
6
2
 
5 Flag of India.svg
Flag of Serbia.svg
Yuki Bhambri
Filip Krajinović
3
6
4
6
4
6
   

Brazil vs. Spain

Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
3
Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, Brazil [6]
12 – 14 September 2014
Clay (i)
Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
1
12345
1 Flag of Brazil.svg
Flag of Spain.svg
Rogério Dutra Silva
Roberto Bautista Agut
0
6
1
6
3
6
   
2 Flag of Brazil.svg
Flag of Spain.svg
Thomaz Bellucci
Pablo Andújar
3
6
66
78
6
4
7
5
6
3
 
3 Flag of Brazil.svg
Flag of Spain.svg
Marcelo Melo  /  Bruno Soares
Marc López  /  David Marrero
6
3
7
5
7
5
   
4 Flag of Brazil.svg
Flag of Spain.svg
Thomaz Bellucci
Roberto Bautista Agut
6
4
3
6
6
3
6
2
  
5 Flag of Brazil.svg
Flag of Spain.svg
Rogério Dutra Silva
Pablo Andújar
     not
played

Israel vs. Argentina

Flag of Israel.svg
Israel
2
Sunrise Tennis Club, Sunrise, United States [7]
12 – 14 September 2014
Hard
Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
3
12345
1 Flag of Israel.svg
Flag of Argentina.svg
Bar Tzuf Botzer
Leonardo Mayer
4
6
6
3
2
6
1
6
  
2 Flag of Israel.svg
Flag of Argentina.svg
Dudi Sela
Carlos Berlocq
6
3
65
77
6
2
6
2
  
3 Flag of Israel.svg
Flag of Argentina.svg
Jonathan Erlich  /  Andy Ram
Federico Delbonis  /  Horacio Zeballos
6
3
3
6
6
1
3
6
6
3
 
4 Flag of Israel.svg
Flag of Argentina.svg
Dudi Sela
Leonardo Mayer
2
6
1
6
4
6
   
5 Flag of Israel.svg
Flag of Argentina.svg
Bar Tzuf Botzer
Carlos Berlocq
2
6
3
6
0
6
   

Canada vs. Colombia

Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada
3
Scotiabank Centre, Halifax, Canada [8]
12 – 14 September 2014
Hard (i)
Flag of Colombia.svg
Colombia
2
12345
1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Flag of Colombia.svg
Vasek Pospisil
Santiago Giraldo
6
3
77
62
6
3
   
2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Flag of Colombia.svg
Milos Raonic
Alejandro González
6
3
6
3
6
2
   
3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Flag of Colombia.svg
Daniel Nestor  /  Vasek Pospisil
Juan Sebastián Cabal  /  Robert Farah
63
77
67
79
4
6
   
4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Flag of Colombia.svg
Milos Raonic
Santiago Giraldo
6
1
77
62
7
5
   
5 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Flag of Colombia.svg
Frank Dancevic
Alejandro González
6
4
5
7
2
6
   

United States vs. Slovakia

Flag of the United States.svg
United States
5
Sears Centre, Chicago, United States [9]
12 – 14 September 2014
Hard (i)
Flag of Slovakia.svg
Slovakia
0
12345
1 Flag of the United States.svg
Flag of Slovakia.svg
John Isner
Norbert Gomboš
77
65
6
4
6
2
   
2 Flag of the United States.svg
Flag of Slovakia.svg
Sam Querrey
Martin Kližan
78
66
6
3
6
3
   
3 Flag of the United States.svg
Flag of Slovakia.svg
Bob Bryan  /  Mike Bryan
Norbert Gomboš  /  Lukáš Lacko
6
1
6
2
6
1
   
4 Flag of the United States.svg
Flag of Slovakia.svg
John Isner
Lukáš Lacko
6
3
6
0
    
5 Flag of the United States.svg
Flag of Slovakia.svg
Sam Querrey
Norbert Gomboš
6
4
4
6
6
4
   

Australia vs. Uzbekistan

Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
5
Cottesloe Tennis Club, Perth, Australia [10]
12 – 14 September 2014
Grass
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg
Uzbekistan
0
12345
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg
Nick Kyrgios
Denis Istomin
6
4
7
5
6
4
   
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg
Lleyton Hewitt
Farrukh Dustov
6
4
6
4
6
2
   
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg
Chris Guccione  /  Lleyton Hewitt
Farrukh Dustov  /  Denis Istomin
6
3
77
65
6
2
   
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg
Samuel Groth
Temur Ismailov
6
3
6
2
    
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg
Nick Kyrgios
Sanjar Fayziev
6
1
6
1
    

Netherlands vs. Croatia

Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands
2
Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Netherlands [11]
12 – 14 September 2014
Clay (i)
Flag of Croatia.svg
Croatia
3
12345
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Flag of Croatia.svg
Igor Sijsling
Mate Delić
6
4
4
6
5
7
2
6
  
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Flag of Croatia.svg
Robin Haase
Borna Ćorić
77
64
6
1
6
4
   
3 Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Flag of Croatia.svg
Robin Haase  /  Jean-Julien Rojer
Marin Čilić  /  Marin Draganja
2
6
6
3
3
6
4
6
  
4 Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Flag of Croatia.svg
Robin Haase
Mate Delić
3
6
4
6
6
4
6
1
6
4
 
5 Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Flag of Croatia.svg
Thiemo de Bakker
Marin Čilić
77
64
4
6
2
6
5
7
  

Ukraine vs. Belgium

Flag of Ukraine.svg
Ukraine
2
Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia [12]
12 – 14 September 2014
Hard (i)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Belgium
3
12345
1 Flag of Ukraine.svg
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Steve Darcis
65
77
6
4
6
2
6
2
  
2 Flag of Ukraine.svg
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Illya Marchenko
David Goffin
61
77
3
6
1
6
   
3 Flag of Ukraine.svg
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Sergei Bubka  /  Sergiy Stakhovsky
Ruben Bemelmans  /  Olivier Rochus
2
6
3
6
6
2
6
3
2
6
 
4 Flag of Ukraine.svg
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Sergiy Stakhovsky
David Goffin
3
6
1
6
2
6
   
5 Flag of Ukraine.svg
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Illya Marchenko
Steve Darcis
77
62
6
4
    

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