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2003 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

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The European and African Zone was one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2003.

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 play-offs, along with losing teams from the World Group first round. Teams who lost their respective ties 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 2004.

Participating teams

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Draw

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Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
1 Slovakia
Esch-sur-Alzette, Lux. (indoor hard)
bye
 Luxembourg1 Slovakia3
bye Luxembourg2
 Luxembourg
Asker, Norway (clay)
bye
 Luxembourg5
 Norway0
4 Finland
Asker, Norway (clay)St. Anton, Austria (carpet)
bye
4 Finland44 Finland2
Oslo, Norway (indoor hard)
 Norway1 Austria3
 Austria5
 Norway0
Minsk, Belarus (carpet)
 Belarus3
Ramat Hasharon, Israel (hard)Minsk, Belarus (carpet)
 Israel2
 Israel5 Belarus4
3 Zimbabwe03 Zimbabwe1
bye
Harare, Zimbabwe (hard)
3 Zimbabwe
3 Zimbabwe3
 Italy2
bye
Marrakesh, Morocco (clay)
 Italy
bye Italy2
 Italy2 Morocco3
bye
2 Morocco

First Round Matches

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Norway vs. Austria

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Norway
0
Riksanlegget, Oslo, Norway[1]
7–9 February 2003
Hard (indoor)

Austria
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Norway
Austria
Stian Boretti
Jürgen Melzer
2
6
2
6
1
6
     
2 Norway
Austria
Jan Frode Andersen
Alexander Peya
3
6
3
6
5
7
     
3 Norway
Austria
Jan Frode Andersen / Stian Boretti
Jürgen Melzer / Alexander Peya
3
6
2
6
77
64
6
4
5
7
 
4 Norway
Austria
Fredrik Aarum
Oliver Marach
4
6
2
6
       
5 Norway
Austria
Stian Boretti
Konstantin Gruber
3
6
5
7
       

Belarus vs. Israel

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Belarus
3
Olympic Training Centre, Minsk, Belarus[2]
7–9 February 2003
Carpet (indoor)

Israel
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Belarus
Israel
Max Mirnyi
Harel Levy
6
1
62
77
6
3
78
66
   
2 Belarus
Israel
Vladimir Voltchkov
Noam Okun
6
2
77
65
6
3
     
3 Belarus
Israel
Max Mirnyi / Vladimir Voltchkov
Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram
77
62
6
4
6
4
     
4 Belarus
Israel
Alexander Shvets
Andy Ram
1
6
2
3
      retired
 
5 Belarus
Israel
Alexander Skrypko
Harel Levy
4
6
4
6
       

Second Round Matches

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Luxembourg vs. Slovakia

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Luxembourg
2
National Tennis Centre (CNT), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg[3]
4–6 April 2003
Hard (indoor)

Slovakia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Luxembourg
Slovakia
Gilles Müller
Michal Mertiňák
7
5
6
3
78
66
     
2 Luxembourg
Slovakia
Gilles Kremer
Karol Beck
3
6
4
6
2
6
     
3 Luxembourg
Slovakia
Gilles Müller / Mike Scheidweiler
Karol Beck / Igor Zelenay
7
5
7
5
6
4
     
4 Luxembourg
Slovakia
Gilles Müller
Karol Beck
4
6
3
6
3
6
     
5 Luxembourg
Slovakia
Mike Scheidweiler
Michal Mertiňák
6
4
3
6
2
6
4
6
   

Austria vs. Finland

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Austria
3
Arlberg-well.com Halle, St. Anton, Austria[4]
4–6 April 2003
Carpet (indoor)

Finland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Austria
Finland
Stefan Koubek
Tuomas Ketola
7
5
4
6
77
63
6
1
   
2 Austria
Finland
Jürgen Melzer
Jarkko Nieminen
65
77
6
4
4
6
6
4
4
6
 
3 Austria
Finland
Julian Knowle / Alexander Peya
Tuomas Ketola / Jarkko Nieminen
2
6
6
4
77
64
7
5
   
4 Austria
Finland
Stefan Koubek
Jarkko Nieminen
3
6
2
6
3
6
     
5 Austria
Finland
Jürgen Melzer
Tuomas Ketola
77
62
3
6
66
78
6
2
6
2
 

Belarus vs. Zimbabwe

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Belarus
4
Olympic Training Centre, Minsk, Belarus[5]
4–6 April 2003
Carpet (indoor)

Zimbabwe
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Belarus
Zimbabwe
Max Mirnyi
Kevin Ullyett
6
3
77
64
6
4
     
2 Belarus
Zimbabwe
Vladimir Voltchkov
Wayne Black
64
77
6
4
6
2
7
5
   
3 Belarus
Zimbabwe
Max Mirnyi / Vladimir Voltchkov
Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett
5
7
6
3
7
5
77
64
   
4 Belarus
Zimbabwe
Alexander Skrypko
Wayne Black
6
3
6
3
       
5 Belarus
Zimbabwe
Vladimir Voltchkov
Gwinyai Tongoona
6
1
1
2
      retired
 

Morocco vs. Italy

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Morocco
3
Royal Tennis Club, Marrakesh, Morocco[6]
4–6 April 2003
Clay

Italy
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Morocco
Italy
Younes El Aynaoui
Filippo Volandri
78
66
6
4
3
6
77
65
   
2 Morocco
Italy
Hicham Arazi
Davide Sanguinetti
5
7
6
1
6
0
4
6
3
6
 
3 Morocco
Italy
Mounir El Aarej / Younes El Aynaoui
Massimo Bertolini / Giorgio Galimberti
1
6
4
6
1
6
     
4 Morocco
Italy
Younes El Aynaoui
Davide Sanguinetti
6
4
6
3
6
2
     
5 Morocco
Italy
Hicham Arazi
Filippo Volandri
6
3
6
3
6
2
     

First Round Play-offs Matches

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Norway vs. Finland

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Norway
1
Asker Tennis Club, Asker, Norway[7]
11–13 July 2003
Clay

Finland
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Norway
Finland
Stian Boretti
Jarkko Nieminen
1
6
1
5
      retired
 
2 Norway
Finland
Jan Frode Andersen
Janne Ojala
4
6
6
3
77
63
7
5
   
3 Norway
Finland
Jan Frode Andersen / Stian Boretti
Tuomas Ketola / Jarkko Nieminen
5
7
4
6
4
6
     
4 Norway
Finland
Jan Frode Andersen
Jarkko Nieminen
2
6
2
6
4
6
     
5 Norway
Finland
Thomas Haug
Kim Tiilikainen
1
6
3
6
       

Israel vs. Zimbabwe

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Israel
5
Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel[8]
11–13 July 2003
Hard

Zimbabwe
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Israel
Zimbabwe
Noam Okun
Gwinyai Tongoona
6
4
6
3
6
4
     
2 Israel
Zimbabwe
Harel Levy
Genius Chidzikwe
6
2
6
4
6
4
     
3 Israel
Zimbabwe
Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram
Genius Chidzikwe / Gwinyai Chingoka
7
5
6
4
6
4
     
4 Israel
Zimbabwe
Noam Okun
Zibusiso Ncube
6
4
77
63
       
5 Israel
Zimbabwe
Jonathan Erlich
Gwinyai Chingoka
6
4
6
0
       

Second Round Play-offs Matches

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Norway vs. Luxembourg

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Norway
0
Asker Tennis Club, Asker, Norway[9]
19–21 September 2003
Clay

Luxembourg
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Norway
Luxembourg
Stian Boretti
Gilles Müller
3
6
63
77
6
2
3
6
   
2 Norway
Luxembourg
Jan Frode Andersen
Mike Scheidweiler
4
6
4
6
64
77
     
3 Norway
Luxembourg
Jan Frode Andersen / Stian Boretti
Gilles Müller / Mike Scheidweiler
1
6
6
4
6
3
3
6
4
6
 
4 Norway
Luxembourg
Helge Koll-Frafjord
Gilles Kremer
4
6
        retired
 
5 Norway
Luxembourg
Erling Tveit
Laurent Hild
3
6
77
65
3
6
     

Zimbabwe vs. Italy

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Zimbabwe
3
Harare City Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe[10]
19–21 September 2003
Hard

Italy
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Zimbabwe
Italy
Kevin Ullyett
Filippo Volandri
4
6
7
5
6
3
77
65
   
2 Zimbabwe
Italy
Wayne Black
Davide Sanguinetti
77
62
6
1
6
3
     
3 Zimbabwe
Italy
Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett
Massimo Bertolini / Giorgio Galimberti
79
67
6
2
6
4
     
4 Zimbabwe
Italy
Genius Chidzikwe
Giorgio Galimberti
2
6
2
6
       
5 Zimbabwe
Italy
Nigel Badza
Davide Sanguinetti
1
6
1
6
       

References

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  1. ^ "Norway v Austria". daviscup.com.
  2. ^ "Belarus v Israel". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Luxembourg v Slovakia". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Austria v Finland". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Belarus v Zimbabwe". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Morocco v Italy". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Norway v Finland". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Israel v Zimbabwe". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Norway v Luxembourg". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Zimbabwe v Italy". daviscup.com.