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There are no ATP Tour events this week. But a number of top players are headed to locations all over the world to play Davis Cup qualifiers.

The winners get to take part in the finals playoffs, after the US Open in September, with the ultimate goal being part of the final 8 in Malaga in November.

There has been plenty of upheaval in recent months with this venerated competition having ended the “Kosmos rule”.

It’s tough to know what’s in store – one casualty of that is the three day, best-of-five format that made the ties much harder to win and far less dependent on chance.

But it is what it is.

Here are the lineups and results for the ties – some of which tookplace Friday and Saturday, the others Saturday and Sunday.

The 12 winners join 2022 champions Canada, finalists Australia, and wild cards Italy and Spain in the 2023 playoffs, which will happen after the US Open.

All of the details and live scores are here.

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HUN 2, FRA 3 (FINAL)
Venue: Tatabánya Multifunctional Arena, Tatabánya, Hungary
Surface: Hard – Rebound Ace Synpave, Indoor
Ball: Dunlop ATP

Friday, Feb. 3

#2 Zsombor Piros (HUN) def. #1 Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) 76 (4) 63
#2 Ugo Humbert (FRA) def #1 Marton Fucsovics (HUN) 63 62

Saturday, Feb. 4

Fabian Marozsan / Mate Valkusz (HUN) def Nicolas Mahut / Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) 62 76 (4)
#1 Benjamin Bonzi Adrian Mannarino (FRA) def. #1 Marton Fucsovics (HUN) 76 (6) 62
#2 Ugo Humbert (FRA) def #2 Zsombor Piros Fabian Marozsan (HUN) 63 63

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UZB 0, USA 4 (FINAL)
Venue: Olympic Tennis School, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Surface: Hard – Plexipave, Indoor
Ball: Dunlop Fort (PET)

Friday, Feb. 3

#2 Mackenzie McDonald (USA) def #1 Sergey Fomin (UZB) 64 61
#1 Tommy Paul (USA) def #2 Khumoyun Sultanov (UZB) 61 76 (6)

Saturday, Feb. 4

Austin Krajicek / Rajeev Ram (USA) def Sanjar Gayziev / Sergey Fomin (UZB) 62 64
#1 Tommy Paul [ALT] Denis Kudla (USA) def #1 Sergey Fomin  [ALT] Amir Milushev (UZB) 64 64
#2 Khumoyun Sultanov (UZB) vs #2 Mackenzie McDonald (USA)  NP

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GER 2, SUI 3 (FINAL)
Venue: Arena Trier, Trier, Germany
Surface: Hard – Greenset Grand Prix, Indoor
Ball: Dunlop ATP

Friday, Feb. 3 

#1 Marc-Andrea Huesler (SUI) def #2 Oscar Otte (GER) 26 62 64
#1 Alexander Zverev (GER) def. #2 Stan Wawrinka (SUI) 64 61

Saturday, Feb. 4

Andreas Mies / Tim Puetz (GER) def. Leandro Riedi Stan Wawrinka / Dominic Stricker (SUI) 67 (3) 63 64
#1 Marc-Andrea Huesler (SUI) def #1 Alexander Zverev (GER) 62 76 (4)
#2 Stan Wawrinka (SUI) def #2 Oscar Otte (GER) 63 57 64

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COL 1, GBR 3 (FINAL)
Venue: Pueblo Viejo Country Club, Cota, Colombia
Surface: Clay – Red Clay, Outdoor
Ball: Tretorn Plus (pressureless)

Friday, Feb. 3 

#1 Nicolas Mejia (COL) def. #2 Dan Evans (GBR) 62 26 64
#1 Cameron Norrie (GBR) def #2 Nicolas Barrientos (COL) 62 75

Saturday, Feb. 4

Dan Evans / Neal Skupski (GBR) def Juan Sebastian Cabal / Robert Farah (COL) 64 64
#1 Cameron Norrie (GBR) def #1 Nicolas Mejia (COL) 64 64
2 Nicolas Barrientos (COL) vs. #2 Dan Evans (GBR) – NP

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NOR 0, SRB 4 (FINAL)
Venue: Oslo Tennisarena, Oslo, Norway
Surface: Hard – Plexipave, Indoor
Ball: Dunlop Australian Open

Friday, Feb. 3

#1 Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) def #2 Andreja Petkovic (NOR) 61 63
#2 Laslo Djere (SRB) def #1 Viktor Durasovic (NOR) 63 46 76 (8)

Saturday, Feb. 4

Nikola Cacic / Filip Krajinovic (SRB) def Viktor Durasovic / Herman Joeyeraal (NOR) 64 36 63
#1 Miomir Kecmanovic Hamad Medjedovic (SRB) def #1 Viktor Durasovic (NOR) 64 67 (4) [10-4]
#2 Andreja Petkovic (NOR) vs #2 Laslo Djere (SRB) – NP

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SWE 3, BIH 1 (FINAL)
Venue: The Royal Tennis Hall, Stockholm, Sweden
Surface: Hard – Greenset Grand Prix, Indoor
Ball: RS Tour Edition

Friday, Feb. 3

#1 Mikael Ymer (SWE) def. #2 Mirza Basic (BIH) 64 75
#2 Elias Ymer (SWE) def. #1 Damir Dzumhur (BIH) 61 64

Saturday, Feb. 4

Mirza Basic / Tomislav Brkic (BIH) def Filip Bergevi Elias Ymer/ Andre Goransson (SWE) 64 62
#1 Mikael Ymer (SWE) def #1 Damir Dzumhur (BIH) 63 16 63
#2 Elias Ymer (SWE) vs #2 Mirza Basic (BIH) – NP

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CRO 3, AUT 1 (FINAL)
Venue: Sportska Dvorana Zamet, Rijeka, Croatia
Surface: Hard – Rebound Ace, Indoor
Ball: Dunlop ATP

Saturday, Feb. 4

#1 Borna Coric (CRO) def #2 Dennis Novak (AUT) 63 75
#2 Borna Gojo (CRO) def #1 Dominic Thiem (AUT) 63 76 (2)

Sunday, Feb. 5

Alexander Erler / Lucas Miedler (AUT) def Ivan Dodig / Nikola Mektic (CRO) 63 76 (11)
#1 Borna Coric (CRO) def. #1 Dominic Thiem (AUT) 76 (3) 62
#2 Borna Gojo (CRO) vs. #2 Dennis Novak (AUT) – NP

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CHI 3, KAZ 1 (FINAL)
Venue: Campus Trentino, La Serena, Chile
Surface: Clay – Clay, Outdoor
Ball: Dunlop ATP

Saturday, Feb. 4

#2 Timofei Skatov (KAZ) def #1 Cristian Garin (CHI) 61 63
#2 Nicolas Jarry (CHI) def. #1 Alexander Bublik (KAZ) 62 62

Sunday, Feb. 5

Alejandro Tabilo / Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera (CHI) def Andrey Golubev / Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ) 64 75
#1 Cristian Garin (CHI) def. #1 Alexander Bublik (KAZ) 64 36 63
#2 Nicolas Jarry (CHI) vs. #2 Timofei Skatov (KAZ) – NP

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KOR 3 , BEL 2 (FINAL)
Venue: Olympic Tennis Court, Seoul, Korea, Rep.
Surface: Hard – DecoTurf, Indoor
Ball: Head Tour XT

Saturday, Feb. 4

#2 Zizou Bergs (BEL) def #1 Kwon Soonwoo (KOR) 16 64 76 (6)
#1 David Goffin (BEL) def #2 Hong Seong Chan (KOR) 64 62

Sunday, Feb. 5

Nam Ji Sung / Song Min-kyu (KOR) def. Sander Gille / Joran Vliegen (BEL) 76 (3) 76 (5)
#1 Kwon Soonwoo (KOR) def. #1 David Goffin (BEL) 36 61 63
#2 Hong Seong Chan (KOR) def. #2 Zizou Bergs (BEL) 63 76 (4)

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FIN 3, ARG 1 (FINAL)
Venue: Espoo Metro Arena, Espoo, Finland
Surface: Hard – Laykold MF4, Indoor
Ball: Dunlop Fort All Court Tournament Select

Saturday, Feb. 4

#1 Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) def #2 Pedro Cachin (ARG) 75 63
#1 Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) def #2 Otto Virtanen (FIN) 63 36 76 (3)

Sunday, Feb. 5

Harri Heliovaara / Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) def. Maximo Gonzalez / Andres Molteni (ARG) 76 (5) 46 64
#1 Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) def #1 Francisco Cerundolo Facundo Bagnis (ARG)  75 61
#2 Otto Virtanen (FIN) vs #2 Pedro Cachin (ARG) – NP

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POR 1, CZE 3 (FINAL)
Venue: Complexo Municipal de Ténis da Maia, Maia, Portugal
Surface: Clay, Indoor
Ball: Wilson Roland Garros Clay Court

Saturday, Feb. 4

#1 Jiri Lehecka (CZE) def #2 Nuno Borges (POR) 64 64
#2 Tomas Machac (CZE) def #1 Joao Sousa (POR) 76 (6) 36 62

Sunday, Feb. 5

Nuno Borges / Francisco Cabral (POL) vs. Tomas Machac / Adam Pavlasek (CZE) 75 76 (4)
#1 Jiri Lehecka (CZE) def #1 Joao Sousa (POR) 64 61
#2 Nuno Borges (POR) vs #2 Tomas Machac (CZE) – NP

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NED 4, SVK 0 (FINAL)
Venue: MartiniPlaza Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Surface: Hard, Indoor
Ball: Dunlop Fort Max TP (KNLTB)

Saturday, Feb. 4

#1 Tallon Griekspoor (NED) def #2 Lukas Klein (SVK) 76 (6) 26 64
#2 Tim Van Rijthoven (NED) def #1 Alex Molcan (SVK) 76 (6) 57 63

Sunday, Feb. 5

Wesley Koolhof / Matwe Middelkoop (NED) def. Lukas Klein / Jozek Kovalik Alex Molcan (SVK) 63 63
#1 Tallon Griekspoor Matwe Middelkoop (NED) vs. #1 Alex Molcan Josef Kovalik (SVK)
#2 Tim Van Rijthoven (NED) vs. #2 Lukas Klein (SVK) – NP

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Group I playoffs include Tsitsipas, Rune, Nishioka, …

We’ll keep track of some lower-level ties that involve bigger-name players – notably Greece hosting Ecuador, and Denmark hosting India.

Stefanos Tsitsipas headlined for Greece (while top Ecuadorian singles player Emilio Gomez was playing a Challenger in Cleveland and then the Dallas Open).

Holger Rune led Denmark. Neither had much backup.

Yoshihito Nishioka played for Japan  against Poland, which didn’t have top-ranked Hubert Hurkacz or Kamil Majchrzak, who is dealing with an anti-doping charge. They will have veteran doubles specialist Lukasz Kubot, 40, and Jan Zielinski, who reached the Australian Open doubles final with Hugo Nys.

Ernest Gulbis suited up for Latvia against Israel.

In another notable return, Cesar Ramirez (a former top-10 junior who served a 4-year suspension for doping, is back and will represent Mexico for the first time since 2014; he first suited up in 2008, when he was still a junior; he’s now 33. Newest Mexican Ernesto Escobedo, the American who just changed his citizenship, is not in the lineup.

Here are the World Group I ties.

And here are the World Group II ties.

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