2002 Davis Cup World Group qualifying round

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The World Group qualifying round were the main play-offs of 2002 Davis Cup. Winners advanced to the World Group, and loser were relegated in the Zonal Regions I.

Teams

Bold indicates team has qualified for the 2003 Davis Cup World Group.

From World Group

• Netherlands
• Brazil
• Morocco
• Slovakia
• Switzerland
• Great Britain
• Germany
• Australia

From Americas Group I

• Venezuela
• Canada

From Asia/Oceania Group I

• Thailand
• India

From Europe/Africa Group I

• Belgium
• Finland
• Romania
• Zimbabwe

Results

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface
Australia	5–0	India	Adelaide	Memorial Drive	Outdoor	Hard
Zimbabwe	1–4	Belgium	Harare	City Sports Centre	Indoor	Hard
Brazil	4–0	Canada	Rio de Janeiro	Veiga-Almeida University	Outdoor	Clay
Germany	5–0	Venezuela	Karlsruhe	Europahalle Karlsruhe	Indoor	Hard
Great Britain	3–2	Thailand	Birmingham	National Indoor Arena	Indoor	Carpet
Finland	1–4	Netherlands	Turku	Turku Hall	Indoor	Carpet
Slovakia	1–4	Romania	Prešov	Mestska Hala	Indoor	Carpet
Morocco	2–3	Switzerland	Casablanca	Al Amal Complex	Outdoor	Clay

• Australia, Brazil, Germany, Great Britain, Netherlands and Switzerland will remain in the World Group in 2003.
• Belgium and Romania are promoted to the World Group in 2003.
• Canada, Finland, India, Thailand, Venezuela and Zimbabwe will remain in Zonal Group I in 2003.
• Morocco and Slovakia are relegated to Zonal Group I in 2003.

Playoff results

Australia vs. India

Australia 5	Memorial Drive, Adelaide, Australia 20–22 September 2002 Hard		India 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Lleyton Hewitt Harsh Mankad 6 1 77 62 6 1       2 Wayne Arthurs Leander Paes 6 4 3 6 6 3 6 4     3 Lleyton Hewitt / Todd Woodbridge Leander Paes / Vishal Uppal 6 3 77 65 6 1       4 Scott Draper Rohan Bopanna 6 3 7 5         5 Wayne Arthurs Harsh Mankad 6 4 3 6 7 5

Zimbabwe vs. Belgium

Zimbabwe 1	City Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe 20–22 September 2002 Hard (i)		Belgium 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Wayne Black Xavier Malisse 61 77 79 67 5 7 3 6     2 Byron Black Olivier Rochus 77 64 4 6 2 6 3 6     3 Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett Gilles Elseneer / Tom Vanhoudt 6 1 2 6 78 66 6 3     4 Byron Black Xavier Malisse 3 6 63 77 4 6       5 Genius Chidzikwe Gilles Elseneer 1 6 4 6

Brazil vs. Canada

Brazil 4	Veiga-Almeida University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 20–22 September 2002 Clay		Canada 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Fernando Meligeni Frank Dancevic 6 2 7 5 2 6 7 5     2 Gustavo Kuerten Daniel Nestor 6 4 712 610 6 0       3 Gustavo Kuerten / André Sá Simon Larose / Daniel Nestor 4 6 77 65 6 1 4 6 6 2   4 André Sá Frank Dancevic 6 3 6 2         5 Fernando Meligeni Simon Larose           not played

Germany vs. Venezuela

Germany 5	Europahalle Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany 20–22 September 2002 Hard (i)		Venezuela 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Rainer Schüttler José de Armas 6 1 6 1 6 1       2 Tommy Haas Jimy Szymanski 6 1 6 2 6 1       3 Nicolas Kiefer / David Prinosil José de Armas / Jimy Szymanski 6 1 6 3 6 0       4 Nicolas Kiefer Kepler Orellana 6 1 7 5         5 Rainer Schüttler Jimy Szymanski 6 3 6 0

Great Britain vs. Thailand

Great Britain 3	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, Great Britain 20–22 September 2002 Carpet (i)		Thailand 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Tim Henman Danai Udomchoke 4 6 6 3 6 2 6 2     2 Martin Lee Paradorn Srichaphan 0 6 62 77 2 6       3 Tim Henman / Miles McLagan Paradorn Srichaphan / Danai Udomchoke 64 77 6 4 7 5 6 2     4 Tim Henman Paradorn Srichaphan 6 3 6 2 6 3       5 Arvind Parmar Danai Udomchoke 3 6 1 6

Finland vs. Netherlands

Finland 1	Turku Hall, Turku, Finland 20–22 September 2002 Carpet (i)		Netherlands 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jarkko Nieminen Raemon Sluiter 6 4 63 77 0 6 68 710     2 Tuomas Ketola Sjeng Schalken 613 715 3 6 3 6       3 Tuomas Ketola / Jarkko Nieminen Paul Haarhuis / Sjeng Schalken 1 6 4 6 4 6       4 Jarkko Nieminen Martin Verkerk 6 2 6 4         5 Timo Nieminen Raemon Sluiter 0 6 3 6

Slovakia vs. Romania

Slovakia 1	Mestská hala, Prešov, Slovakia 20–22 September 2002 Carpet (i)		Romania 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Dominik Hrbatý Adrian Voinea 6 3 6 4 3 6 6 3     2 Karol Kučera Andrei Pavel 0 6 3 6 77 63 2 6     3 Karol Beck / Dominik Hrbatý Andrei Pavel / Gabriel Trifu 77 64 65 77 6 6 3 8 6   4 Dominik Hrbatý Andrei Pavel 61 77 2 6 2 6       5 Karol Beck Victor Hănescu 4 6 61 77

Morocco vs. Switzerland

Morocco 2	Al Amal Complex, Casablanca, Morocco 20–22 September 2002 Clay		Switzerland 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Younes El Aynaoui Michel Kratochvil 7 5 6 2 6 2       2 Hicham Arazi Roger Federer 3 6 2 6 1 6       3 Karim Alami / Younes El Aynaoui George Bastl / Roger Federer 4 6 1 6 4 6       4 Younes El Aynaoui Roger Federer 3 6 2 6 1 6       5 Mounir El Aarej Michel Kratochvil 6 2 6 3