Davis Cup 2021: Who made it back to World Group? All the weekend’s results…

September 20, 2021

Eight teams, including Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Finland and Japan booked their spots in the 2022 Davis Cup qualifiers. Here’s a rundown of a busy weekend of Davis Cup tennis across the globe.

Davis Cup, On this day

World Group Qualifiers: Which teams are in?

The eight highest-ranked winning nations of World Group I ties in 2021 automatically progress to the 2022 Davis Cup Qualifiers.

They are:

Argentina (defeated Belarus 4-1)
Belgium (defeated Bolivia 3-2)
Brazil (defeated Lebanon 4-0)
Finland (defeated Indian 3-1)
Japan (defeated Pakistan 4-0)
Korea (defeated New Zealand 3-1)
Netherlands (defeated Uruguay 4-0)
Slovakia (defeated Chile 3-1)

World Group Qualifiers: Which teams still have work to do?

The four lowest-ranked winning nations will take part in the Davis Cup World Group I Knock-outs in November, with the two winning teams from those ties progressing to the 2022 Qualifiers and the two losing nations contesting the 2022 World Group I Play-offs.

They are:

Norway (defeated Uzbekistan 3-1)
Peru (defeated Boznia and Herzegovina 3-2)
Romania (defeated Portugal 3-1)
Ukraine (defeated Israel 3-2)

The 12 nations that lost in World Group I in 2021 will also contest the 2022 World Group I Play-offs.

The eight highest-ranked winning nations of World Group II ties in 2021 (Barbados, Lithuania, Mexico, Poland, Slovenia, South Africa, Switzerland and Turkey) automatically progress to the 2022 World Group I Play-offs. The four lowest-ranked winning nations (Denmark, Morocco, Tunisia and Zimbabwe) will take part in the Davis Cup World Group II Knock-outs in November, with the two winning teams from those ties progressing to the 2022 World Group I Play-offs and the two losing teams contesting the 2022 World Group II Play-offs. The 12 nations that lost in World Group II in 2021 will also contest the 2022 World Group II Play-offs.

DAVIS CUP BY RAKUTEN WORLD GROUP I

BELGIUM defeated BOLIVIA 3-2
Dates: Saturday 18-Sunday 19 September
Venue: Rakiura Resort, Asunción, PAR (clay – outdoor)

Hugo Dellien (BOL) d. Ruben Bemelmans (BEL) 6-3 6-4
Murkel Dellien (BOL) d. Zizou Bergs (BEL) 6-4 4-6 6-2
Sander Gille/Joran Vliegen (BEL) d. Boris Arias/Federico Zeballos (BOL) 6-3 6-4
Michael Geerts (BEL) d. Hugo Dellien (BOL) 6-4 4-6 6-2
Ruben Bemelmans (BEL) d. Murkel Dellien (BOL) 7-6(2) 6-2

ARGENTINA defeated BELARUS 4-1
Dates: Saturday 18-Sunday 19 September
Venue: Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, ARG (clay – outdoor)

Daniil Ostapenkov (BLR) d. Diego Schwartzman (ARG) 6-4 6-3
Guido Pella (ARG) d. Erik Arutiunian (BLR) 6-1 6-2
Maximo Gonzalez/Horacio Zeballos (ARG) d. Erik Arutiunian/Daniil Ostapenkov (BLR) 5-7 6-2 6-2
Diego Schwartzman (ARG) d. Alexander Zgirovsky (BLR) 6-2 6-1
Federico Coria (ARG) d. Daniil Ostapenkov (BLR) 6-3 6-1

NETHERLANDS defeated URUGUAY 4-0
Dates: Saturday 18-Sunday 19 September
Venue: Carrasco Lawn Tenis Club, Montevideo, URU (clay – outdoor)

Botic van de Zandschulp (NED) d. Francisco Llanes (URU) 6-0 6-3
Tallon Griekspoor (NED) d. Martin Cuevas (URU) 6-4 7-6(6)
Wesley Koolhof/Matwe Middelkoop (NED) d. Ignacio Carou/Martin Cuevas (URU) 6-2 6-1
Robin Haase (NED) d. Ignacio Carou (URU) 6-3 6-2
Francisco Llanes (URU) v Tallon Griekspoor (NED) – not played

SLOVAKIA defeated CHILE 3-1
Dates: Friday 17-Saturday 18 September
Venue: NTC Arena, Bratislava, SVK (hard – indoor)

Cristian Garin (CHI) d. Alex Molcan (SVK) 6-2 6-4
Norbert Gombos (SVK) d. Nicolas Jarry (CHI) 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3
Filip Polasek/Igor Zelenay (SVK) d. Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera/Alejandro Tabilo (CHI) 6-1 7-6(4)
Norbert Gombos (SVK) d. Cristian Garin (CHI) 6-0 6-1
Alex Molcan (SVK) v Nicolas Jarry (CHI) – not played

FINLAND defeated INDIA 3-1
Dates: Friday 17-Saturday 18 September
Venue: Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo, FIN (hard – indoor)

Otto Virtanen (FIN) d. Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND) 6-3 7-6(1)
Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) d. Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) 6-4 7-5
Harri Heliovaara/Henri Kontinen (FIN) d. Rohan Bopanna/Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) 7-6(2) 7-6(2)
Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND) d. Patrik Niklas-Salminen (FIN) 6-3 7-5
Otto Virtanen (FIN) v Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) – not played

NORWAY defeated UZBEKISTAN 3-1
Dates: Friday 17-Saturday 18 September
Venue: Oslo Tennis Arena, Oslo, NOR (hard – indoor)

Casper Ruud (NOR) d. Khumoyun Sultanov (UZB) 6-3 6-3
Viktor Durasovic (NOR) d. Denis Istomin (UZB) 6-4 6-4
Sanjar Fayziev/Denis Istomin (UZB) d. Viktor Durasovic/Casper Ruud (NOR) 7-6(1) 6-3
Casper Ruud (NOR) d. Sanjar Fayziev (UZB) 6-3 6-1
Viktor Durasovic (NOR) v Khumoyun Sultanov (UZB) – not played

BRAZIL defeated LEBANON 4-0
Dates: Saturday 18-Sunday 19 September
Venue: Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon, Jounieh, LBN (clay – outdoor)

Orlando Luz (BRA) d. Benjamin Hassan (LBN) 6-4 6-4
Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves (BRA) d. Hady Habib (LBN) 6-1 6-3
Marcelo Demoliner/Rafael Matos (BRA) d. Hady Habib/Benjamin Hassan (LBN) 6-2 3-6 7-6(5)
Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida (BRA) d. Roey Tabet (LBN) 6-0 6-1
Hady Habib (LBN) v Orlando Luz (BRA) – not played

KOREA, REP. defeated NEW ZEALAND 3-1
Dates: Friday 17-Saturday 18 September
Venue: The International Tennis Hall of Fame, Newport, USA (grass – outdoor)

Nam Jisung(KOR) d. Rubin Statham (NZL) 6-2 6-2
Soonwoo Kwon (KOR) d. Finn Reynolds (NZL) 7-6(1) 6-3
Marcus Daniell/Michael Venus (NZL) d. Nam Jiung/Song Minkyu (KOR) 4-6 6-2 6-4
Soonwoo Kwon (KOR) d. Rubin Statham (NZL) 6-3 6-3
Finn Reynolds (NZL) v Nam Jisung (KOR) – not played

ROMANIA defeated PORTUGAL 3-1
Dates: Saturday 18-Sunday 19 September
Venue: Sala Sporturilor Horia Demian, Cluj-Napoca, ROU (hard – indoor)

Joao Sousa (POR) d. Filip Cristian Jianu (ROU) 6-3 7-5
Marius Copil (ROU) d. Gastao Elias (POR) 6-4 6-3
Marius Copil/Horia Tecau (ROU) d. Nuno Borges/Joao Sousa (POR) 6-4 6-3
Marius Copil (ROU) d. Joao Sousa (POR) 6-3 2-6 6-4
Filip Cristian Jianu (ROU) v Gastao Elias (POR) – not played

PERU defeated BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 3-2
Dates: Friday 17-Saturday 18 September
Venue: Club Lawn Tennis de la Exposición, Lima, PER (clay – outdoor)

Damir Dzumhur (BIH) d. Nicolas Alvarez (PER) 6-2 6-7(4) 6-3
Juan Pablo Varillas (PER) d. Mirza Basic (BIH) 7-5 7-6(7)
Mirza Basic/Tomislav Brkic (BIH) d. Sergio Galdos/Jorge Brian Panta (PER) 7-5 6-2
Juan Pablo Varillas (PER) d. Damir Dzumhur (BIH) 6-1 6-3
Nicolas Alvarez (PER) d. Nerman Fatic (BIH) 7-6(4) 6-4

DAVIS CUP BY RAKUTEN WORLD GROUP II

SWITZERLAND defeated ESTONIA 5-0
Dates: Friday 17-Saturday 18 September
Venue: Jan Group Arena, Biel, SUI (hard – indoor)

Dominic Stricker (SUI) d. Vladimir Ivanov (EST) 6-3 6-4
Henri Laaksonen (SUI) d. Mattias Siimar (EST) 6-4 6-0
Marc-Andrea Huesler/Dominic Stricker (SUI) d. Vladimir Ivanov/Mattias Siimar (EST) 6-4 7-6(4)
Henri Laaksonen (SUI) d. Daniil Glinka (EST) 7-6(3) 6-4
Jerome Kym (SUI) d. Siim Troost (EST) 6-3 6-1

TUNISIA defeated DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 3-2
Dates: Friday 17-Saturday 18 September
Venue: Cité Nationale Sportive El Menzah, Tunis, TUN (hard – outdoor)

Nick Hardt (DOM) d. Malek Jaziri (TUN) 4-6 6-1 6-5 ret.
Aziz Dougaz (TUN) d. Roberto Cid Subervi (DOM) 6-2 6-4
Aziz Dougaz/Aziz Ouakaa (TUN) d. Roberto Cid Subervi/Nick Hardt (DOM) 6-4 7-6(3)
Roberto Cid Subervi (DOM) d. Aziz Ouakaa (TUN) 6-4 6-2
Aziz Dougaz (TUN) d. Nick Hardt (DOM) 6-3 6-2

LITHUANIA defeated GREECE 3-1
Dates: Saturday 18-Sunday 19 September
Venue: Lyttos Beach Tennis Academy, Heraklion, GRE (hard – outdoor)

Ricardas Berankis (LTU) d. Petros Tsitsipas (GRE) 6-1 6-3
Laurynas Grigelis (LTU) d. Michail Pervolarakis (GRE) 7-6(6) 3-6 7-5
Ricardas Berankis/Laurynas Grigelis (LTU) d. Markos Kalovelonis/Petros Tsitsipas (GRE) 6-2 7-5
Alexandros Skorilas (GRE) d. Vilius Gaubas (LTU) 6-4 6-4
Petros Tsitsipas (GRE) v Laurynas Grigelis (LTU) – not played

DENMARK defeated THAILAND 4-1
Dates: Friday 17-Saturday 18 September
Venue: Sydbank Arena, Kolding, DEN (hard – indoor)

Christian Sigsgaard (DEN) d. Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul (THA) 6-3 6-2
August Holmgren (DEN) d. Kasidit Samrej (THA) 3-6 7-5 6-2
Benjamin Hannestad/Frederik Nielsen (DEN) d. Palaphoom Kovapitukted/Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul (THA) 6-3 6-1
August Holmgren (DEN) d. Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul (THA) 6-4 6-4
Kasidit Samrej (THA) d. Johannes Ingildsen (DEN) 7-5 6-3

SLOVENIA defeated PARAGUAY 3-1
Dates: Friday 17-Saturday 18 September (all matches played on Saturday 18 September due to rain on Friday)
Venue: Tennis Centre Portoroz, Portoroz, SLO (clay – outdoor)

Tom Kocevar-Desman (SLO) d. Adolfo Daniel Vallejo (PAR) 6-2 6-2
Bor Artnak (SLO) d. Martin Antonio Vergara del Puerto (PAR) 1-6 6-3 6-2
Tom Kocevar-Desman/Matic Spec (SLO) d. Adolfo Daniel Vallejo/Martin Antonio Vergara del Puerto (PAR) 6-2 6-2
Hernando Jose Escurra Isnardi (PAR) d. Sebastian Dominko (SLO) 4-6 6-3 [10-7]
Bor Artnak (SLO) v Adolfo Daniel Vallejo (PAR) – not played

TURKEY defeated LATVIA 4-0
Dates: Saturday 18-Sunday 19 September
Venue: Enka Spor Kulubu, Istanbul, TUR (hard – outdoor)

Altug Celikbilek (TUR) d. Robert Strombachs (LAT) 7-6(4) 6-4
Cem Ilkel (TUR) d. Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 6-4 6-1
Altug Celikbilek/Cem Ilkel (TUR) d. Ernests Gulbis/Robert Strombachs (LAT) 2-6 6-3 6-4
Ergi Kirkin (TUR) d. Edgars Manusis (LAT) 6-1 6-2
Cem Ilkel (TUR) v Robert Strombachs (LAT) – not played

SOUTH AFRICA defeated VENEZUELA 4-0
Dates: Saturday 18-Sunday 19 September
Venue: Forest Hills Stadium, New York, USA (hard – outdoor)

Lloyd Harris (RSA) d. Brandon Perez (VEN) 6-0 6-0
Philip Henning (RSA) d. Ricardo Rodriguez (VEN) 6-4 6-4
Lloyd Harris/Raven Klaasen (RSA) d. Dimitri Badra/Luis David Martinez (VEN) 6-2 6-4
Ruan Roelofse (RSA) d. Dimitri Badra (VEN) 6-4 7-6(5)
Philip Henning (RSA) v Brandon Perez (VEN) – not played

BARBADOS defeated INDONESIA 3-1
Dates: Friday 17-Saturday 18 September
Venue: National Tennis Centre, St. Michael, BAR (hard – outdoor)

Darian King (BAR) d. Gunawan Trismuwantara (INA) 6-1 6-1
Justin Barki (INA) d. Kaipo Marshall (BAR) 6-2 6-4
Darian King/Haydn Lewis (BAR) d. Justin Barki/Gunawan Trismuwantara (INA) 6-1 7-6(3)
Darian King (BAR) d. Justin Barki (INA) 6-2 6-4
Kaipo Marshall (BAR) v Gunawan Trismuwantara (INA) – not played