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]

Participating teams
Argentina	Austria	Belgium	Brazil
Canada	Croatia	Czech Republic	France
Germany	Israel	Italy	Kazakhstan
Serbia	Spain	Switzerland	United States

Serbia 2	Belgrade Arena, Belgrade, Serbia[3] 15–17 November 2013 Hard (i)		Czech Republic 3
1 2 3 4 5 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

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

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
Poland	1−4	Australia	Warsaw	Torwar Hall		Clay
Belgium	3−2	Israel	Antwerp	Lotto Arena
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.

•  Chile relegated to Group II in 2014.
•  Ecuador and  Colombia advance to World Group Play-off.

•  Puerto Rico and  Haiti relegated to Group III in 2014.
•  Venezuela promoted to Group I in 2014.

• Venue: Club de Tennis, La Paz, Bolivia (outdoor clay)
• Date: 17-22 June

Rank	Team
1	Bolivia
2	Paraguay
3	Bahamas
4	Costa Rica
5	Honduras
6	Jamaica
7	Cuba
8	Panama
9	Bermuda

•  Bolivia and  Paraguay promoted to Group II in 2014.

•  Indonesia relegated to Group II in 2014.
•  Australia and  Japan advance to World Group Play-off.

•  Lebanon and  Syria relegated to Group III in 2014.
•  New Zealand promoted to Group I in 2014.

The eight teams will be split into two pools of four, the top two nations will advance to the promotion pool. The two best teams from there will be promoted to Group II for 2014. The bottom two teams will play in a relegation pool, where the two last teams will be relegated to Group IV for 2014.

It was played on the week commencing 9 September 2013 and it was played at the Aviation Tennis Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

• Venue: Dubai Aviation Club, Dubai. United Arab Emirates (outdoor hard)
• Date: 9–14 September

Rank	Team
1	Turkmenistan
2	Singapore
3	Qatar
4	Saudi Arabia
5	Jordan
6	Bahrain
7	Myanmar
8	Bangladesh
9	Iraq
10	Kyrgyzstan

•  Turkmenistan and  Singapore promoted to Group III in 2014.

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

•  South Africa and  Denmark relegated to Group II in 2014.
•  Great Britain,  Poland,  Netherlands, and  Ukraine advance to World Group Play-off.

•  Estonia,  Tunisia,  Hungary, and  Benin relegated to Group III in 2014.
•  Latvia and  Portugal promoted to Group I in 2014.

• Venue: Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino (outdoor clay)
• Date: 22–25 May

The Europe Zone was one of the four zones within Group 3 of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2013. The zone's competition was held in round robin format in Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, May 22–25, on outdoor clay courts.^[4] The thirteen competing nations were divided into four pools of three or four teams. The winners from each pool played off to determine the two nations to be promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2014, while the second and third placed nations played to off to determine overall placings within the group. The fourth-placed team in Pool D does not enter the play-offs.^[4]

Pool A ^[4][5][6][7]

	Greece	Montenegro	Liechtenstein	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
Greece		3–0	3–0	2–0	6–0	12–1	74–32	1
Montenegro	0–3		2–1	1–1	2–4	5–8	57–64	2
Liechtenstein	0–3	1–2		0–2	1–5	2–10	32–67	3

Pool B ^{[4][8][9][10]}

	Norway	Malta	Iceland	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
Norway		3–0	3–0	2–0	6–0	12–0	73–22	1
Malta	0–3		2–1	1–1	2–4	4–8	41–57	2
Iceland	0–3	1–2		0–2	1–5	2–10	30–65	3

Pool C ^{[4][11][12][13]}

	Georgia	San Marino	Armenia	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
Georgia		3–0	3–0	2–0	6–0	12–1	79–29	1
San Marino	0–3		3–0	1–1	3–3	7–6	49–62	2
Armenia	0–3	0–3		0–2	0–6	0–12	37–74	3

Pool D ^{[4][14][15][16][17][18][19]}

	North Macedonia	Turkey	Albania	Azerbaijan	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
North Macedonia		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	9–0	18–0	111–36	1
Turkey	0–3		3–0	3–0	2–1	6–3	12–6	98–49	2
Albania	0–3	0–3		3–0	1–2	3–6	6–12	51–92	3
Azerbaijan	0–3	0–3	0–3		0–3	0–9	0–18	27–110	4

Greece 3	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino[5] 22 May 2013 Clay		Montenegro 0
1 2 3 1 Markos Kalovelonis Pavle Rogan 6 2 6 3     2 Alexandros Jakoubovits Ljubomir Čelebić 6 3 1 6 77 65   3 Charalampos Kapogiannis / Konstantinos Mikos Igor Saveljić / Ivan Saveljić 6 2 6 4

Greece 3	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino[6] 23 May 2013 Clay		Liechtenstein 0
1 2 3 1 Markos Kalovelonis Timo Kranz 6 2 6 0     2 Alexandros Jakoubovits Thomas Weirather 6 1 6 1     3 Charalampos Kapogiannis / Konstantinos Mikos Robin Forster / Vital Flurin Leuch 6 1 6 1

Montenegro 2	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino[7] 24 May 2013 Clay		Liechtenstein 1
1 2 3 1 Igor Saveljić Timo Kranz 7 5 6 3     2 Ljubomir Čelebić Thomas Weirather 6 4 6 2     3 Pavle Rogan / Ivan Saveljić Timo Kranz / Thomas Weirather 3 6 3 6

Norway 3	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino[8] 22 May 2013 Clay		Malta 0
1 2 3 1 Stian Boretti Matthew Asciak 6 3 77 63     2 Joachim Bjerke Bradley Callus 6 0 6 1     3 Stian Boretti / Erling Tveit Matthew Asciak / Bradley Callus 6 0 6 2

Norway 3	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino[9] 23 May 2013 Clay		Iceland 0
1 2 3 1 Stian Boretti Birkir Gunnarsson 6 2 6 1     2 Joachim Bjerke Rafn Bonifacius 6 1 6 0     3 Joachim Bjerke / Stian Boretti Rafn Bonifacius / Raj-Kumar Bonifacius 6 4 6 2

Malta 2	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino[10] 24 May 2013 Clay		Iceland 1
1 2 3 1 Matthew Asciak Vladimir Ristic 6 2 6 0     2 Bradley Callus Birkir Gunnarsson 4 6 1 6     3 Matthew Asciak / Bernard Cassar Torregiani Rafn Bonifacius / Birkir Gunnarsson 6 4 6 2

Georgia 3	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino[11] 22 May 2013 Clay		Armenia 0
1 2 3 1 George Tsivadze Khachatur Khachatryan 6 1 7 5     2 Aleksandre Metreveli Ashot Gevorgyan 77 60 6 2     3 Aleksandre Metreveli / George Tsivadze Khachatur Khachatryan / Sedrak Khachatryan 6 2 6 0

Georgia 3	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino[12] 23 May 2013 Clay		San Marino 0
1 2 3 1 George Tsivadze Marco De Rossi 6 0 6 0     2 Aleksandre Metreveli Diego Zonzini 6 1 4 6 6 0   3 Aleksandre Metreveli / George Tsivadze Marco De Rossi / Domenico Vicini 6 1 7 5

Armenia 0	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino[13] 24 May 2013 Clay		San Marino 3
1 2 3 1 Sedrak Khachatryan Marco De Rossi 4 6 3 6     2 Khachatur Khachatryan Diego Zonzini 4 6 4 6     3 Mikayel Avetisyan / Khachatur Khachatryan Marco De Rossi / Domenico Vicini 2 6 4 6

North Macedonia 3	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino[14] 22 May 2013 Clay		Turkey 0
1 2 3 1 Predrag Rusevski Cem İlkel 6 4 7 5     2 Shendrit Deari Anıl Yüksel 7 5 6 4     3 Predrag Rusevski / Stefan Micov Durukan Durmuş / Efe Yurtaçan 6 2 77 65

Albania 3	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino[15] 22 May 2013 Clay		Azerbaijan 0
1 2 3 1 Genajd Shypheja Arif Guliyev 7 5 6 3     2 Flavio Deçe Aykhan Manafli 6 1 6 3     3 Flavio Deçe / Rei Pelushi Arif Guliyev / Aykhan Manafli 6 2 710 68

North Macedonia 3	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino[16] 23 May 2013 Clay		Albania 0
1 2 3 1 Stefan Micov Rei Pelushi 6 0 6 0     2 Shendrit Deari Flavio Deçe 6 0 6 3     3 David Micevski / Stefan Micov Kevi Kaceli / Genajd Shypheja 6 2 6 2

Turkey 3	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino[17] 23 May 2013 Clay		Azerbaijan 0
1 2 3 1 Durukan Durmuş Samir Gafarov 6 2 6 0     2 Efe Yurtaçan Aykhan Manafli 6 0 6 0     3 Cem İlkel / Anıl Yüksel Arif Guliyev / Aykhan Manafli 6 0 6 2

North Macedonia 3	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino[18] 24 May 2013 Clay		Azerbaijan 0
1 2 3 1 David Micevski Arif Guliyev 6 0 6 1     2 Stefan Micov Aykhan Manafli 6 1 6 0     3 David Micevski / Stefan Micov Arif Guliyev / Aykhan Manafli 6 1 6 0

Turkey 3	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino[19] 24 May 2013 Clay		Albania 0
1 2 3 1 Durukan Durmuş Genajd Shypheja 6 2 6 0     2 Anıl Yüksel Flavio Deçe 6 2 6 1     3 Cem İlkel / Efe Yurtaçan Kevi Kaceli / Rei Pelushi 6 1 6 0

Greece 2	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino[20] 25 May 2013 Clay		North Macedonia 1
1 2 3 1 Markos Kalovelonis Predrag Rusevski 6 4 4 6 3 6   2 Alexandros Jakoubovits Shendrit Deari 7 5 6 2     3 Alexandros Jakoubovits / Markos Kalovelonis Predrag Rusevski / Stefan Micov 6 3 6 4

Norway 2	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino[21] 25 May 2013 Clay		Georgia 0
1 2 3 1 Stian Boretti George Tsivadze 6 2 7 5     2 Joachim Bjerke Aleksandre Metreveli 6 4 6 1     3 Stian Boretti / Erling Tveit Aleksandre Metreveli / George Tsivadze       not played

Montenegro 1	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino[22] 25 May 2013 Clay		San Marino 1
1 2 3 1 Pavle Rogan Marco De Rossi 4 6 5 7     2 Igor Saveljić Diego Zonzini 6 2 6 2     3 Igor Saveljić / Ivan Saveljić Marco De Rossi / Domenico Vicini       not played

Malta 1	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino[23] 25 May 2013 Clay		Turkey 1
1 2 3 1 Matthew Asciak Durukan Durmuş 6 0 6 1     2 Bradley Callus Cem İlkel 0 6 2 6     3 Bernard Cassar Torregiani / Raphael Sammut Anıl Yüksel / Efe Yurtaçan       not played

Liechtenstein 2	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino[24] 25 May 2013 Clay		Albania 0
1 2 3 1 Timo Kranz Rei Pelushi 6 0 6 2     2 Thomas Weirather Flavio Deçe 6 1 6 1     3 Timo Kranz / Thomas Weirather Flavio Deçe / Genajd Shypheja       not played

Iceland 1	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino[25] 25 May 2013 Clay		Armenia 1
1 2 3 1 Birkir Gunnarsson Mikayel Avetisyan 6 3 6 0     2 Rafn Bonifacius Khachatur Khachatryan 3 6 1 6     3 Rafn Bonifacius / Birkir Gunnarsson Mikayel Avetisyan / Khachatur Khachatryan       not played

Rank	Team
1	Greece
1	Norway
3	Georgia
3	North Macedonia
5	Malta
5	Montenegro
5	San Marino
5	Turkey
9	Liechtenstein
10	Armenia
10	Iceland
12	Albania
13	Azerbaijan

•  Greece and  Norway promoted to Group II in 2014.

• Venue: Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt (outdoor clay)
• Date: 15–18 May

Rank	Team
1	Egypt
1	Morocco
3	Madagascar
3	Zimbabwe
5	Algeria
5	Ghana
7	Namibia
7	Nigeria
9	Botswana
9	Cameroon
11	Kenya
11	Rwanda
13	Zambia

•  Egypt and  Morocco promoted to Group II in 2014.

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