1997 Davis Cup World Group qualifying round

none 1997 Davis Cup The 1997 Davis Cup World Group qualifying round was held from 20 to 22 September. They were the main play-offs of the 1997 Davis Cup. The winners of the playoffs advanced to the 1998 Davis Cup World Group, and the losers were relegated to their respective Zonal Regions I. Teams Bold indicates team had qualified for the 1998 Davis Cup World Group. From World Group 30em BRA FRA GER IND MEX ROU RUS SUI From Americas Group I 30em CAN CHI From Asia/Oceania Group I 30em NZL KOR 1984 From Europe/Africa Group I 30em AUT BEL SVK ZIM Results summary Date: 19–21 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 1997 World Group. Home team Score Visiting team Location Venue Door Surface Ref. Reference ZIM 3–2 AUT Harare City Sports Centre Indoor Hard BRA 5–0 NZL Florianópolis Costão Santinho Hotel Outdoor Clay IND 3–2 CHI New Delhi R.K. Khanna Tennis Complex Outdoor Grass BEL 3–2 FRA Ghent Flanders Expo Indoor Clay GER 5–0 MEX Essen Grugahalle Indoor Carpet RUS 3–2 ROU Moscow Olympic Stadium Indoor Carpet CAN 1–4 SVK Montreal Jarry Park Stadium Indoor Carpet SUI 3–2 KOR 1984 Locarno FEVI Indoor Carpet BRA, GER, IND, RUS and SUI remain in the World Group in 1998. BEL, SVK and ZIM are promoted to the World Group in 1998. AUT, CAN, CHI, NZL and KOR 1984 remain in Zonal Group I in 1998. FRA, MEX and ROU are relegated to Zonal Group I in 1998. Qualifying results Zimbabwe vs. Austria Zimbabwe Austria City Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwehttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-WG-QR-AUT-ZIM-01 Zimbabwe v Austria daviscup.com 19–21 September 1997 Hard (indoors) 3 2 Byron Black 6 6 6 Gilbert Schaller 3 2 1 Wayne Black 3 0 4 Thomas Muster 6 6 6 Byron Black Wayne Black 7 6 6 Georg Blumauer Gerald Mandl 5 4 3 Byron Black 6 3 6 3 1 Thomas Muster 3 6 2 6 6 Wayne Black 5 6 6 6 Gerald Mandl 7 3 3 0 Brazil vs. New Zealand Brazil New Zealand Costão Santinho Hotel, Florianópolis, Brazilhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-WG-QR-NZL-BRA-01 Brazil v New Zealand daviscup.com 19–21 September 1997 Clay 5 0 Gustavo Kuerten 7 6 6 Alistair Hunt 5 3 2 Fernando Meligeni 6 7 6 Brett Steven 3 5 4 Gustavo Kuerten Jaime Oncins 6 6 6 Alistair Hunt Brett Steven 0 2 0 Gustavo Kuerten 6 6 Brett Steven 1 0 André Sá 6 6 Alistair Hunt 2 2 India vs. Chile India Chile R.K. Khanna Tennis Complex, New Delhi, Indiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-WG-QR-CHI-IND-01 India v Chile daviscup.com 19–21 September 1997 Grass 3 2 Leander Paes 6 6 6 Gabriel Silberstein 3 2 2 Mahesh Bhupathi 2 6 3 4 Marcelo Ríos 6 3 6 6 Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes 3 6 6 6.029 6 Nicolás Massú Marcelo Ríos 6 3 4 7 3 Leander Paes 7 4 0 6.029 Marcelo Ríos 6.049 6 6 7 Mahesh Bhupathi 6.039 4 6 6 6 Nicolás Massú 7 6 4 4 3 Belgium vs. France Belgium France Flanders Expo, Ghent, Belgiumhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-WG-QR-BEL-FRA-01 Belgium v France daviscup.com 19–21 September 1997 Clay (indoors) 3 2 Filip Dewulf 6 6 6 Fabrice Santoro 1 3 3 Johan Van Herck 4 2 7 4 Cédric Pioline 6 6 5 1 4 Filip Dewulf Libor Pimek 7 5 5 1 Guillaume Raoux Fabrice Santoro 5 7 7 6 Filip Dewulf 3 4 5 Guillaume Raoux 6 6 7 Christophe Van Garsse 7 6 1 6 Lionel Roux 5 4 6 2 Germany vs. Mexico Germany Mexico Grugahalle, Essen, Germanyhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-WG-QR-GER-MEX-01 Germany v Mexico daviscup.com 19–21 September 1997 Carpet (indoors) 5 0 Boris Becker 7 6 6 Luis Herrera 5 2 3 Marc-Kevin Goellner 7 6 6 Alejandro Hernández 5 3 3 Marc-Kevin Goellner Jens Knippschild 7 7 4 6 Óscar Ortiz David Roditi 6.039 6.039 6 3 Boris Becker 6 7 Alejandro Hernández 4 5 Jens Knippschild 6 3 6 Luis Herrera 2 6 4 Russia vs. Romania Russia Romania Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-WG-QR-ROU-RUS-01 Russia v Romania daviscup.com 19–21 September 1997 Carpet (indoors) 3 2 Alexander Volkov 6 6.049 6 6 Andrei Pavel 3 7 2 4 Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6 7 6 Ionuț Moldovan 4 6.069 4 Yevgeny Kafelnikov Andrei Olhovskiy 4 4 4 Andrei Pavel Gabriel Trifu 6 6 6 Yevgeny Kafelnikov 4 6 4 1 Andrei Pavel 6 3 6 6 Alexander Volkov 6 6 7 Ionuț Moldovan 4 3 5 Canada vs. Slovakia Canada Slovakia Jarry Park Stadium, Montreal, Canadahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-WG-QR-SVK-CAN-01 Canada v Slovakia daviscup.com 19–21 September 1997 Carpet (indoors) 1 4 Daniel Nestor 3 3 6.00 Karol Kučera 6 6 7 Sébastien Lareau 6.069 6 6.049 3 Dominik Hrbatý 7 4 7 6 Grant Connell Daniel Nestor 6 6 6 Dominik Hrbatý Ján Krošlák 2 3 4 Sébastien Lareau 7 2 4 3 Karol Kučera 5 6 6 6 Daniel Nestor 4 7 3 Dominik Hrbatý 6 6.029 6 Switzerland vs. South Korea Switzerland South Korea 1984 FEVI, Locarno, Switzerlandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-WG-QR-KOR-SUI-01 Switzerland v South Korea daviscup.com 19–21 September 1997 Carpet (indoors) 3 2 Marc Rosset 6 7 7 Lee Hyung-taik 3 6.019 6.039 Ivo Heuberger 6 6 6 Yoon Yong-il 3 3 4 Lorenzo Manta Marc Rosset 7 7 6 Lee Hyung-taik Yoon Yong-il 6.049 6.049 4 Lorenzo Manta 4 3 Yoon Yong-il 6 6 Ivo Heuberger 5 2 Lee Hyung-taik 7 6 References External links Davis Cup official website https://web.archive.org/web/20101018182625/http://www.daviscup.com/ 2010-10-18 World Group qualifying round