The 1989 Davis Cup World Group qualifying round was held from 20 to 24 July. They were the main play-offs of the 1989 Davis Cup. The winners of the playoffs advanced to the 1990 Davis Cup World Group, and the losers were relegated to their respective Zonal Regions I.

Bold indicates team had qualified for the 1990 Davis Cup World Group.

Date: 20–24 July

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 1990 World Group.

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface	Ref.
Great Britain	2–3	Argentina	Eastbourne	Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club	Outdoor	Grass	[1]
Peru	2–3	Australia	Lima	Jockey Club del Perú	Outdoor	Clay	[2]
Denmark	1–4	Italy	Aarhus	Aarhus Idrætspark	Indoor	Carpet	[3]
New Zealand	4–1	Hungary	Auckland	Chase Stadium	Indoor	Carpet	[4]
Netherlands	5–0	Indonesia	Best	Best Leisure Centre	Indoor	Carpet	[5]
South Korea	1–4	Israel	Seoul	Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center	Outdoor	Hard	[6]
Mexico	4–1	Soviet Union	Mexico City	Club Alemán de México	Outdoor	Clay	[7]
Switzerland	5–0	Paraguay	Langenthal	Dreilinden Tenniscenter	Outdoor	Clay	[8]

•  Australia,  Israel,  Italy and  Mexico remain in the World Group in 1990.
•  Argentina,  Netherlands,  New Zealand and   Switzerland are promoted to the World Group in 1990.
•  Great Britain,  Hungary,  Peru and  South Korea remain in Zonal Group I in 1990.
•  Denmark,  Indonesia,  Paraguay and  Soviet Union are relegated to Zonal Group I in 1990.

Great Britain 2	Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, United Kingdom[1] 20–22 July 1989 Grass		Argentina 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jeremy Bates Martín Jaite 6 2 62 77 6 3 1 6 7 5   2 Chris Bailey Alberto Mancini 5 7 77 64 60 77 7 5 4 6   3 Nick Brown / Andrew Castle Javier Frana / Gustavo Luza 65 77 4 6 3 6       4 Chris Bailey Martín Jaite 64 77 3 6 5 7       5 Jeremy Bates Alberto Mancini 5 0           retired

Peru 2	Jockey Club del Perú, Lima, Peru[2] 21–24 July 1989 Clay		Australia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jaime Yzaga Wally Masur 6 4 2 6 6 4 6 2     2 Pablo Arraya Darren Cahill 5 7 1 6 0 6       3 Carlos di Laura / Jaime Yzaga Darren Cahill / John Fitzgerald 5 7 3 6 63 77       4 Jaime Yzaga Jason Stoltenberg 1 6 6 2 6 1 1 6 9 7   5 Pablo Arraya Wally Masur 4 6 4 6 6 4 2 6

Denmark 1	Aarhus Idrætspark, Aarhus, Denmark[3] 21–23 July 1989 Carpet (indoors)		Italy 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Michael Tauson Diego Nargiso 6 4 4 6 1 6 3 6     2 Morten Christensen Omar Camporese 6 4 4 6 6 3 2 6 6 8   3 Peter Flintsø / Michael Mortensen Omar Camporese / Diego Nargiso 5 7 63 77 4 6       4 Peter Flintsø Omar Camporese 62 77 1 6         5 Morten Christensen Claudio Pistolesi 6 4 7 5

New Zealand 4	Chase Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand[4] 21–23 July 1989 Carpet (indoors)		Hungary 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Kelly Evernden Sándor Noszály 7 5 6 1 6 4       2 Steve Guy András Lányi 5 6 7 5 4 6 4 6     3 Kelly Evernden / David Lewis Gábor Köves / László Markovits 6 2 4 6 6 2 6 3     4 Kelly Evernden András Lányi 6 0 7 5 6 4       5 Steve Guy Sándor Noszály 77 60 6 4

Netherlands 5	Best Leisure Centre, Best, Netherlands[5] 21–23 July 1989 Carpet (indoors)		Indonesia 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Tom Nijssen Tintus Arianto Wibowo 7 5 6 3 65 77 6 3     2 Michiel Schapers Hary Suharyadi 7 5 6 3 6 2       3 Tom Nijssen / Michiel Schapers Hary Suharyadi / Donald Wailan-Walalangi 6 2 6 3 6 4       4 Michiel Schapers Tintus Arianto Wibowo 6 2 6 3         5 Tom Nijssen Hary Suharyadi 6 2 6 0

South Korea 1	Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center, Seoul, South Korea[6] 21–23 July 1989 Hard		Israel 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Song Dong-wook Gilad Bloom 4 6 2 6 4 6       2 Kim Bong-soo Amos Mansdorf 63 77 3 6 0 6       3 Kim Jae-sik / Yoo Jin-sun Amos Mansdorf / Shahar Perkiss 6 4 6 1 3 6 4 6 4 6   4 Song Dong-wook Amos Mansdorf 5 7 3 6         5 Kim Bong-soo Gilad Bloom 77 63 6 4

Mexico 4	Club Alemán de México, Mexico City, Mexico[7] 21–23 July 1989 Clay		Soviet Union 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Leonardo Lavalle Andrei Chesnokov 77 65 4 6 6 3 6 4     2 Jorge Lozano Andrei Cherkasov 77 65 4 6 77 63 6 4     3 Leonardo Lavalle / Jorge Lozano Andrei Olhovskiy / Alexander Volkov 7 5 77 64 64 77 4 6 6 2   4 Agustín Moreno Andrei Cherkasov 77 65 4 6 4 6       5 Jorge Lozano Andrei Chesnokov 6 3 6 0

Switzerland 5	Dreilinden Tenniscenter, Langenthal, Switzerland[8] 21–23 July 1989 Clay		Paraguay 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Claudio Mezzadri Rubén Alvarenga 6 2 6 2 6 1       2 Jakob Hlasek Hugo Chapacú 710 68 6 1 6 3       3 Heinz Günthardt / Jakob Hlasek Francisco González / Víctor Pecci 4 6 6 1 6 1 6 3     4 Claudio Mezzadri Hugo Chapacú 77 63 7 5         5 Jakob Hlasek Rubén Alvarenga 6 2 6 2

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