The ITF has announced the seeds for the Draw for the 2015 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group play-offs. The Draw will take place on Tuesday 21 July at the ITF offices in London at 10:00 local time (09:00 GMT). The seeds are based on the new ITF Davis Cup Nations Ranking of 20 July: www.daviscup.com/en/rankings/current-rankings.aspx
The eight seeded nations in the World Group play-offs are:
Czech Republic (1)
Switzerland (2)
Italy (3)
USA (4)
Japan (5)
Germany (6)
Croatia (7)
Slovakia (8)
Each of the seeds will be drawn against one of the following unseeded nations:
Brazil
Colombia
Dominican Republic
India
Netherlands
Poland
Russia
Uzbekistan
The 2015 World Group play-offs will take place alongside the World Group semifinals on 18-20 September. The eight winning nations will contest the 2016 World Group, while the eight losing nations will contest their respective Zone Group I events in 2016.
The line-up for the World Group play-offs was confirmed when Dominican Republic, India, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia and Uzbekistan all won their Zone Group I second round ties on 17-19 July (Colombia won its second round tie on 6-8 March). They joined the losers from the 2015 World Group first round ties.
Davis Cup by BNP Paribas is the World Cup of Tennis. It is the largest annual international team competition in sport, with 126 nations entered in 2015. The competition is 115 years old having been founded in 1900. The title sponsor is BNP Paribas, the Official Bank of Davis Cup. International sponsors are Rolex (Official Timekeeper), Adecco (Official HR Sponsor) and NH Hotels (Official Hotel). beIN SPORTS is the Official Global Media Rights Partner. Follow all the action on www.daviscup.com, www.copadavis.com, www.twitter.com/daviscup, www.facebook.com/DavisCupTennis, www.Weibo.com/daviscupofficial and www.daviscup.tv.
For more information, please contact:
ITF Communications
Tel: +44 (0)20 8392 4632
Email: communications@itftennis.com
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