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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

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

Results summary

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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]

Qualifying results

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Australia vs. Uzbekistan

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Australia
5
Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville, Australia[1]
25–27 September 1998
Hard (indoors)

Uzbekistan
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Australia
Uzbekistan
Pat Rafter
Oleg Ogorodov
6
3
6
3
6
4
     
2 Australia
Uzbekistan
Jason Stoltenberg
Vadim Kutsenko
7
5
6
1
6
0
     
3 Australia
Uzbekistan
Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde
Oleg Ogorodov / Dmitri Tomashevich
6
3
77
63
77
64
     
4 Australia
Uzbekistan
Pat Rafter
Dmitri Tomashevich
6
2
6
4
       
5 Australia
Uzbekistan
Jason Stoltenberg
Oleg Ogorodov
6
3
6
3
       

Brazil vs. Romania

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Brazil
3
Hotel Costão do Santinho, Florianópolis, Brazil[2]
25–27 September 1998
Clay

Romania
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Brazil
Romania
Fernando Meligeni
Adrian Voinea
6
1
6
4
77
63
     
2 Brazil
Romania
Gustavo Kuerten
Andrei Pavel
7
5
6
3
6
3
     
3 Brazil
Romania
Gustavo Kuerten / Jaime Oncins
Andrei Pavel / Gabriel Trifu
7
5
6
4
6
4
     
4 Brazil
Romania
Gustavo Kuerten
Adrian Voinea
          not
played
5 Brazil
Romania
Fernando Meligeni
Andrei Pavel
          not
played

Czech Republic vs. South Africa

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Czech Republic
5
National Tennis Centre, Prague, Czech Republic[3]
25–27 September 1998
Clay

South Africa
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Czech Republic
South Africa
Ctislav Doseděl
Wayne Ferreira
6
2
6
3
6
4
     
2 Czech Republic
South Africa
Bohdan Ulihrach
Marcos Ondruska
6
1
6
2
6
1
     
3 Czech Republic
South Africa
Jiří Novák / David Rikl
Wayne Ferreira / Piet Norval
6
4
6
2
6
2
     
4 Czech Republic
South Africa
Bohdan Ulihrach
David Nainkin
6
0
6
1
       
5 Czech Republic
South Africa
Ctislav Doseděl
Piet Norval
6
1
6
1
       

Israel vs. France

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Israel
1
Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel[4]
25–27 September 1998
Hard

France
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Israel
France
Amir Hadad
Cédric Pioline
2
6
3
6
3
6
     
2 Israel
France
Harel Levy
Guillaume Raoux
61
77
2
6
4
6
     
3 Israel
France
Noam Behr / Eyal Erlich
Jérôme Golmard / Guillaume Raoux
1
6
4
6
3
6
     
4 Israel
France
Harel Levy
Cédric Pioline
3
6
6
1
6
2
     
5 Israel
France
Amir Hadad
Nicolas Escudé
6
4
2
6
1
6
     

Great Britain vs. India

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Great Britain
3
Nottingham Tennis Centre, Nottingham, Great Britain[5]
25–27 September 1998
Hard

India
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 United Kingdom
India
Greg Rusedski
Leander Paes
2
6
6
3
3
6
6
2
11
9
 
2 United Kingdom
India
Tim Henman
Mahesh Bhupathi
4
6
6
3
6
3
6
3
   
3 United Kingdom
India
Neil Broad / Tim Henman
Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes
62
77
3
6
63
77
     
4 United Kingdom
India
Tim Henman
Leander Paes
77
63
6
2
77
65
     
5 United Kingdom
India
Chris Wilkinson
Mahesh Bhupathi
3
6
4
6
       

Netherlands vs. Ecuador

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Netherlands
5
Indoor-Sportcentrum Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Netherlands[6]
25–27 September 1998
Carpet (indoors)

Ecuador
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Netherlands
Ecuador
Jan Siemerink
Luis Morejón
6
3
6
3
6
1
     
2 Netherlands
Ecuador
Paul Haarhuis
Nicolás Lapentti
6
2
6
3
6
2
     
3 Netherlands
Ecuador
Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis
Andrés Gómez / Nicolás Lapentti
5
7
6
1
6
3
61
77
6
4
 
4 Netherlands
Ecuador
Jan Siemerink
Giovanni Lapentti
6
2
6
1
       
5 Netherlands
Ecuador
Sjeng Schalken
Luis Morejón
6
0
6
3
       

Japan vs. Russia

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Japan
1
Utsubo Tennis Center, Osaka, Japan[7]
25–27 September 1998
Hard

Russia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Japan
Russia
Gouichi Motomura
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
6
4
2
6
3
6
3
6
   
2 Japan
Russia
Takao Suzuki
Marat Safin
64
77
2
6
3
6
     
3 Japan
Russia
Gouichi Motomura / Takao Suzuki
Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Marat Safin
5
7
3
6
6
4
2
6
   
4 Japan
Russia
Takao Suzuki
Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky
6
4
6
4
       
5 Japan
Russia
Gouichi Motomura
Alexander Volkov
6
3
        not
completed

Argentina vs. Slovakia

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Argentina
2
Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina[8]
25–28 September 1998
Clay

Slovakia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Argentina
Slovakia
Franco Squillari
Dominik Hrbatý
3
6
2
6
2
6
     
2 Argentina
Slovakia
Hernán Gumy
Karol Kučera
6
1
6
1
6
4
     
3 Argentina
Slovakia
Lucas Arnold Ker / Luis Lobo
Dominik Hrbatý / Karol Kučera
6
3
6
4
6
4
     
4 Argentina
Slovakia
Franco Squillari
Karol Kučera
3
6
3
6
6
3
77
63
4
6
 
5 Argentina
Slovakia
Hernán Gumy
Dominik Hrbatý
2
6
6
3
4
6
2
6
   

References

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