2001 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2001.

Main article: 2001 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

In the Europe/Africa Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group I advanced to the World Group Qualifying Round, along with losing teams from the World Group first round. Teams who lost in the first round competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group I, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2002.[1]

Participating nations

•  Austria
•  Belarus
•  Croatia
•  Finland
•  Great Britain
•  Italy
•  Portugal
•  Slovenia
•  Ukraine
•  Zimbabwe

Draw

Second Round Play-offs 21–23 September

First Round Play-offs

First Round 9–11 February

Second Round 6–8 April

Great Britain

bye

Solihull, England (indoor carpet)

bye

Great Britain

5

Ukraine

Maia, Portugal (clay)

Portugal

0

Ukraine

2

Wels, Austria (indoor hard)

Portugal

3

Ukraine

1

Austria

4

Austria

bye

Pula, Croatia (indoor carpet)

Austria

Austria

1

bye

Croatia

4

bye

Croatia

Belarus

bye

Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet)

bye

Belarus

3

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

2

bye

Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

3

Slovenia

2

Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)

Slovenia

2

Finland

3

Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)

Slovenia

Finland

2

bye

Italy

3

bye

Italy

Ukraine and  Slovenia relegated to Group II in 2001.

Great Britain,  Croatia,  Belarus, and  Italy advance to World Group Qualifying Round.

First round

Portugal vs. Ukraine

Portugal 3	Maia Tennis Complex, Maia, Portugal [2] 9–11 February 2001 Clay		Ukraine 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Emanuel Couto Andriy Medvedev 7 5 1 6 3 6 2 6     2 Bernardo Mota Andrei Dernovskiy 3 6 6 4 6 3 3 6 6 1   3 Emanuel Couto / Nuno Marques Andrei Dernovskiy / Andriy Medvedev 6 4 4 6 7 5 6 4     4 Bernardo Mota Andriy Medvedev 0 6 1 6 2 6       5 Emanuel Couto Andrei Dernovskiy 6 3 6 4 7^9 6^7

Finland vs. Slovenia

Finland 3	Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland [3] 9–11 February 2001 Carpet (indoors)		Slovenia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Tuomas Ketola Andrej Kračman 6 3 6 3 6 4       2 Jarkko Nieminen Marko Tkalec 6 4 6 2 6 2       3 Ville Liukko / Jarkko Nieminen Andrej Kračman / Borut Urh 4 6 7^7 6^2 7^7 6^4 6^3 7^7 4 6   4 Tuomas Ketola Marko Tkalec 2 6 6^1 7^7 3 2     retired   5 Jarkko Nieminen Andrej Kračman 6 3 6 1 7 5

Second round

Great Britain vs. Portugal

Great Britain 5	National Exhibition Centre, Solihull, England [4] 6–8 April 2001 Carpet (indoors)		Portugal 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Tim Henman Tiago Vinhas Sousa 6 2 6 1 6 1       2 Greg Rusedski Emanuel Couto 6 3 6^3 7^7 6 1 6 2     3 Tim Henman / Greg Rusedski Emanuel Couto / António van Grichen 6 1 7^7 6^5 7^10 6^8       4 Martin Lee António van Grichen 6 2 6 0         5 Lee Childs Tiago Vinhas Sousa 6 1 6 4

Croatia vs. Austria

Croatia 4	Dom Mladosti Hall, Pula, Croatia [5] 6–8 April 2001 Carpet (indoors)		Austria 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Goran Ivanišević Stefan Koubek 6 4 6 3 7^7 6^3       2 Ivan Ljubičić Julian Knowle 4 6 6^5 7^7 6^3 7^7       3 Goran Ivanišević / Ivan Ljubičić Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer 6 4 7^9 6^7 4 6 6 3     4 Ivan Ljubičić Stefan Koubek 5 7 6 3 7^7 6^3 6 3     5 Mario Ančić Clemens Trimmel 4 6 6 3 7^7 6^4

Belarus vs. Zimbabwe

Belarus 3	Olympic Tennis Centre, Minsk, Belarus [6] 6–8 April 2001 Carpet (indoors)		Zimbabwe 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Vladimir Voltchkov Wayne Black 2 3         retired   2 Max Mirnyi Byron Black 6 3 7 5 6 0       3 Max Mirnyi / Alexander Shvets Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett 7^8 6^6 5 7 3 6 6^5 7^7     4 Alexander Shvets Byron Black 6 4 7^7 6^5 6 1       5 Max Mirnyi Kevin Ullyett 6 3 7^7 6^4 7 5

Finland vs. Italy

Finland 2	Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland [7] 6–8 April 2001 Carpet (indoors)		Italy 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ville Liukko Federico Luzzi 4 6 6^7 7^9 6 4 6 3 12 14   2 Jarkko Nieminen Mosé Navarra 6 3 6^1 7^7 2 6 4 6     3 Tuomas Ketola / Jarkko Nieminen Mosé Navarra / Vincenzo Santopadre 5 7 5 7 4 6       4 Jarkko Nieminen Filippo Volandri 6 3 7 5         5 Tapio Nurminen Vincenzo Santopadre 6 3 6 4

Second round relegation play-offs

Austria vs. Ukraine

Austria 4	Bosch-Halle, Wels, Austria [8] 21–23 September 2001 Hard (indoors)		Ukraine 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Stefan Koubek Andrei Dernovskiy 6 0 6 3 3 6 6 1     2 Markus Hipfl Orest Tereshchuk 6 3 6 1 6 1       3 Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer Andrei Dernovskiy / Orest Tereshchuk 6^6 7^8 6 2 3 6 6 1 3 6   4 Markus Hipfl Andriy Medvedev 6 4 4 6 6 0 6 4     5 Stefan Koubek Taras Demyanenko 6 0 6 3

Zimbabwe vs. Slovenia

Zimbabwe 3	City Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe [9] 21–23 September 2001 Hard (indoors)		Slovenia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Kevin Ullyett Marko Tkalec 7 5 7 5 6 4       2 Wayne Black Iztok Božič 7^7 6^4 4 6 6 3 3 6 4 6   3 Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett Boštjan Ošabnik / Matija Zgaga 6 3 6 3 6 3       4 Wayne Black Marko Tkalec 6 4 6 4 2 6 6 4     5 Genius Chidzikwe Iztok Božič 6 3 1 6 4 6

References

1. "2001 Europe/Africa Group I". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
2. "Portugal v Ukraine". daviscup.com.
3. "Finland v Slovenia". daviscup.com.
4. "Great Britain v Portugal". daviscup.com.
5. "Croatia v Austria". daviscup.com.
6. "Belarus v Zimbabwe". daviscup.com.
7. "Finland v Italy". daviscup.com.
8. "Austria v Ukraine". daviscup.com.
9. "Zimbabwe v Slovenia". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup official website