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.

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[edit]

Draw[edit]

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

Great Britain

Solihull, England (indoor carpet)

bye

Great Britain

5

Maia, Portugal (clay)

Ukraine

Portugal

0

Ukraine

2

Wels, Austria (indoor hard)

Portugal

3

Ukraine

1

Austria

4

Austria

Pula, Croatia (indoor carpet)

bye

Austria

1

bye

Croatia

4

bye

Croatia

Belarus

Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet)

bye

Belarus

3

Zimbabwe

2

bye

Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)

Zimbabwe

3

Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)

Slovenia

2

Slovenia

2

Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)

Finland

3

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[edit]

Portugal vs. Ukraine[edit]

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	7⁹ 6⁷

Finland vs. Slovenia[edit]

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	7⁷ 6²	7⁷ 6⁴	6³ 7⁷	4 6
4	Tuomas Ketola Marko Tkalec	2 6	6¹ 7⁷	3 2			retired
5	Jarkko Nieminen Andrej Kračman	6 3	6 1	7 5

Second round[edit]

Great Britain vs. Portugal[edit]

Great Britain
5

National Exhibition Centre, Solihull, England^[4]
6–8 April 2001
Carpet (indoors)

Portugal
0

		1	2	3	4
1	Tim Henman Tiago Vinhas Sousa	6 2	6 1	6 1
2	Greg Rusedski Emanuel Couto	6 3	6³ 7⁷	6 1	6 2
3	Tim Henman / Greg Rusedski Emanuel Couto / António van Grichen	6 1	7⁷ 6⁵	7¹⁰ 6⁸
4	Martin Lee António van Grichen	6 2	6 0
5	Lee Childs Tiago Vinhas Sousa	6 1	6 4

Croatia vs. Austria[edit]

Croatia
4

Dom Mladosti Hall, Pula, Croatia^[5]
6–8 April 2001
Carpet (indoors)

Austria
1

		1	2	3	4
1	Goran Ivanišević Stefan Koubek	6 4	6 3	7⁷ 6³
2	Ivan Ljubičić Julian Knowle	4 6	6⁵ 7⁷	6³ 7⁷
3	Goran Ivanišević / Ivan Ljubičić Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer	6 4	7⁹ 6⁷	4 6	6 3
4	Ivan Ljubičić Stefan Koubek	5 7	6 3	7⁷ 6³	6 3
5	Mario Ančić Clemens Trimmel	4 6	6 3	7⁷ 6⁴

Belarus vs. Zimbabwe[edit]

Belarus
3

Olympic Tennis Centre, Minsk, Belarus^[6]
6–8 April 2001
Carpet (indoors)

Zimbabwe
2

		1	2	3	4
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	7⁸ 6⁶	5 7	3 6	6⁵ 7⁷
4	Alexander Shvets Byron Black	6 4	7⁷ 6⁵	6 1
5	Max Mirnyi Kevin Ullyett	6 3	7⁷ 6⁴	7 5

Finland vs. Italy[edit]

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	6⁷ 7⁹	6 4	6 3	12 14
2	Jarkko Nieminen Mosé Navarra	6 3	6¹ 7⁷	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[edit]

Austria vs. Ukraine[edit]

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	6⁶ 7⁸	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[edit]

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	7⁷ 6⁴	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[edit]

^ "2001 Europe/Africa Group I". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
^ "Portugal v Ukraine". daviscup.com.
^ "Finland v Slovenia". daviscup.com.
^ "Great Britain v Portugal". daviscup.com.
^ "Croatia v Austria". daviscup.com.
^ "Belarus v Zimbabwe". daviscup.com.
^ "Finland v Italy". daviscup.com.
^ "Austria v Ukraine". daviscup.com.
^ "Zimbabwe v Slovenia". daviscup.com.

External links[edit]

Davis Cup official website

[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.

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