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The World Group play-offs were the main play-offs of 2010 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 2012 Davis Cup World Group.

From World Group

From Americas Group I

From Asia/Oceania Group I

Australia
Kazakhstan

From Europe/Africa Group I

Results

Seeded teams

Unseeded teams

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface
Colombia	1–3	United States	Bogotá	Plaza de Toros la Santamaria	Outdoor	Clay
Israel	2–3	Austria	Tel Aviv	Nokia Arena	Indoor	Hard
Germany	5–0	South Africa	Stuttgart	TC Weissenhof	Outdoor	Clay
Sweden	3–2	Italy	Lidköping	Sparbanken Lidköping Arena	Indoor	Hard
India	3–2	Brazil	Santiago	Estadio Nacional	Outdoor	Hard
Australia	2–3	Belgium	North Cairns	Cairns Regional Tennis Centre	Outdoor	Hard
Kazakhstan	5–0	Switzerland	Astana	National Tennis Centre	Indoor	Hard
Romania	5–0	Ecuador	Bucharest	Centrul Naţional de Tenis	Outdoor	Clay

Belgium, Germany, India, Sweden and United States will remain in the World Group in 2011.
Austria, Kazakhstan and Romania are promoted to the World Group in 2011.
Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Italy and South Africa will remain in Zonal Group I in 2011.
Ecuador, Israel and Switzerland are relegated to Zonal Group I in 2011.

Playoff results

Colombia vs. United States

Colombia
1

Plaza de Toros la Santamaria, Bogotá, Colombia^[1]
17–19 September 2010
Clay

United States
3

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Alejandro Falla Mardy Fish	6 4	1 6	4 6	6 3	4 6
2	Santiago Giraldo Sam Querrey	6 2	6 4	7 5
3	Robert Farah / Carlos Salamanca Mardy Fish / John Isner	4 6	4 6	7⁷ 6⁵	3 6
4	Santiago Giraldo Mardy Fish	6 3	3 6	5 7	6 4	6 8
5	Carlos Salamanca Ryan Harrison						not played

Israel vs. Austria

Israel
2

Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv, Israel^[2]
16–19 September 2010
Hard (i)

Austria
3

		1	2	3	4
1	Dudi Sela Andreas Haider-Maurer	6 4	6 1	6 3
2	Harel Levy Jürgen Melzer	4 6	3 6	3 6
3	Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram Jürgen Melzer / Alexander Peya	7⁷ 6²	6 4	6 4
4	Dudi Sela Jürgen Melzer	4 6	0 6	3 6
5	Harel Levy Martin Fischer	6 2	3 6	0 6	3 6

Germany vs. South Africa

Germany
5

TC Weissenhof, Stuttgart, Germany^[3]
17–19 September 2010
Clay

South Africa
0

		1	2	3	4
1	Philipp Kohlschreiber Rik de Voest	6 4	6 4	6 4
2	Florian Mayer Izak van der Merwe	6 3	3 6	6 1	7⁸ 6⁶
3	Andreas Beck / Christopher Kas Rik de Voest / Wesley Moodie	6 4	3 6	6 3	6 4
4	Andreas Beck Izak van der Merwe	7 5	6 2
5	Florian Mayer Rik de Voest	6 3	6⁸ 7¹⁰	6 2

Sweden vs. Italy

Sweden
3

Sparbanken Lidköping Arena, Lidköping, Sweden^[4]
17–19 September 2010
Hard (i)

Italy
2

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Andreas Vinciguerra Potito Starace	2 6	2 6	2 6
2	Robin Söderling Fabio Fognini	6 1	6 3	6 2
3	Simon Aspelin / Robert Lindstedt Simone Bolelli / Potito Starace	5 7	6⁰ 7⁷	7⁷ 6⁴	6 3	7 5
4	Robin Söderling Simone Bolelli	6 3	6 3	6 3
5	Andreas Vinciguerra Fabio Fognini	1 6	3 6

India vs. Brazil

India
3

SDAT Tennis Stadium, Chennai, India^[5]
17–19 September 2010
Hard

Brazil
2

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Rohan Bopanna Thomaz Bellucci	7⁷ 6²	6⁷ 7⁹	5 7	6 4	8 10
2	Somdev Devvarman Ricardo Mello	6 4	2 6	7⁷ 6³	2 6	4 6
3	Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes Marcelo Melo / Bruno Soares	6 4	7⁷ 6⁵	6 1
4	Somdev Devvarman Thomaz Bellucci	7⁷ 6³	4 0				retired
5	Rohan Bopanna Ricardo Mello	6 3	7⁷ 6²	6 3

Australia vs. Belgium

Australia
2

Cairns Regional Tennis Centre, North Cairns, Australia^[6]
17–20 September 2010
Hard

Belgium
3

		1	2	3	4
1	Lleyton Hewitt Ruben Bemelmans	7⁷ 6⁴	7 5	2 6	6 4
2	Carsten Ball Olivier Rochus	4 6	4 6	6⁵ 7⁷
3	Paul Hanley / Lleyton Hewitt Ruben Bemelmans / Olivier Rochus	6 1	6 2	6 4
4	Peter Luczak Olivier Rochus	6⁸ 7¹⁰	4 6	7⁷ 6⁰	6² 7⁷
5	Carsten Ball Steve Darcis	6⁴ 7⁷	3 6	4 6

Rain stopped play on the third day: only 51 minutes of play were held in rubber 4 in which Peter Luczak and Olivier Rochus won 4 games each in the first set. The remainder of Rubber 4 and Rubber 5 continued on 20 September 2010.

Kazakhstan vs. Switzerland

Kazakhstan
5

National Tennis Centre, Astana, Kazakhstan^[7]
17–19 September 2010
Hard (i)

Switzerland
0

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Andrey Golubev Marco Chiudinelli	6 4	6 4	6 4
2	Mikhail Kukushkin Stanislas Wawrinka	3 6	6 1	6 4	1 6	6 3
3	Andrey Golubev / Yuri Schukin Yves Allegro / Stanislas Wawrinka	6 4	6 3	6 3
4	Andrey Golubev Michael Lammer	6 3	6 2
5	Mikhail Kukushkin Marco Chiudinelli	6 2	6 4

Romania vs. Ecuador

Romania
5

Centrul Naţional de Tenis, Bucharest, Romania^[8]
17–19 September 2010
Clay

Ecuador
0

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Victor Hănescu Iván Endara	6 2	6 2	6 2
2	Adrian Ungur Giovanni Lapentti	6² 7⁷	4 6	6 3	6 4	6 1
3	Victor Hănescu / Horia Tecău Iván Endara / Giovanni Lapentti	6 2	6 2	6 2
4	Victor Crivoi Giovanni Lapentti	6 2	6 4
5	Adrian Ungur Emilio Gómez	6 3	6 4