1989 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1989.

In the Europe/Africa Zone there were two 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 IIs in 1990.

Participating nations[]

Draw[]

	First Round 3–5 February					Second Round 5–7 May
		Switzerland
						Liestal, Switzerland (clay)
		bye
							Switzerland	4
							Romania	1
		bye
		Romania
	Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)
		Zimbabwe	1
						Budapest, Hungary (clay)
		Hungary	4
							Hungary	4
							Nigeria	1
		bye
		Nigeria
		Great Britain
						Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)
		bye
							Great Britain	4
	Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard)
							Finland	1
		Ireland	0
		Finland	5
	Porto, Portugal (indoor clay)
		Senegal	0
						Best, Netherlands (indoor carpet)
		Portugal	5
							Portugal	1
							Netherlands	4
		bye
		Netherlands

•   Switzerland,  Hungary,  Great Britain and  Netherlands advance to World Group Qualifying Round.

	Relegation Play-off 5–7 May
	Limerick, Ireland (carpet)
		Ireland	4
		Senegal	1

•  Zimbabwe and  Senegal relegated to Group II in 1990.

First round[]

Zimbabwe vs. Hungary[]

Zimbabwe 1	City Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe[1] 3–5 February 1989 Hard (indoors)		Hungary 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Sándor Noszály 65 77 2 6 1 6       2 Byron Black András Lányi 3 6 6 2 64 77 6 4 3 6   3 Byron Black /  András Lányi / László Markovits 2 6 7 5 6 1 5 7 8 10   4 András Lányi 2 6 2 6         5 Byron Black Sándor Noszály 6 4 4 6 8 6

Ireland vs. Finland[]

Ireland 0	Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[2] 3–5 February 1989 Hard (indoors)		Finland 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Eoin Collins Veli Paloheimo 2 6 4 6 3 6       2 Owen Casey Olli Rahnasto 5 7 1 6 4 6       3 Owen Casey / Eoin Collins Veli Paloheimo / Olli Rahnasto 4 6 79 67 1 6 4 6     4 Owen Casey 3 6 65 77         5 Eoin Collins Olli Rahnasto 7 5 3 6 2 6

Portugal vs. Senegal[]

Portugal 5	Porto Tennis Club, Porto, Portugal[3] 3–5 February 1989 Clay (indoors)		Senegal 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Nuno Marques Yahiya Doumbia 6 4 6 4 6 4       2 João Cunha e Silva 6 0 6 0 6 3       3 Nuno Marques / João Cunha e Silva  / Yahiya Doumbia 6 4 6 4 6 2       4 João Cunha e Silva Yahiya Doumbia 2 6 6 1 6 2       5 Nuno Marques 6 0 6 0

Second round[]

Switzerland vs. Romania[]

Switzerland 4	Tennisclub Liestal, Liestal, Switzerland[4] 5–7 May 1989 Clay		Romania 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Claudio Mezzadri Adrian Marcu 4 6 6 1 6 4 6 4     2 Jakob Hlasek George Cosac 6 1 1 6 7 5 6 3     3 Heinz Günthardt / Jakob Hlasek George Cosac / Florin Segărceanu 6 4 4 6 64 77 6 3 9 11   4 Jakob Hlasek Adrian Marcu 77 64 4 6 6 4 6 4     5 Claudio Mezzadri George Cosac 77 65 6 1

Hungary vs. Nigeria[]

Hungary 4	Dózsa Stadium, Budapest, Hungary[5] 5–7 May 1989 Clay		Nigeria 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Sándor Noszály Nduka Odizor 6 1 2 6 67 79 6 2 6 3   2 András Lányi Sadiq Abdullahi 6 3 6 3 6 4       3 Gábor Köves / László Markovits Sadiq Abdullahi / Nduka Odizor 6 1 4 6 6 3 6 0     4 András Lányi Nduka Odizor 4 6 77 65 2 6       5 Sándor Noszály Sadiq Abdullahi 5 2           retired

Finland vs. Great Britain[]

Finland 1	Tennispalatsi, Helsinki, Finland[6] 5–7 May 1989 Carpet (indoors)		Great Britain 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Olli Rahnasto Jeremy Bates 1 6 2 6 5 7       2 Veli Paloheimo Chris Bailey 6 1 6 2 4 6 77 63     3 Veli Paloheimo / Olli Rahnasto Jeremy Bates / Andrew Castle 4 6 64 77 5 7       4 Olli Rahnasto Chris Bailey 4 6 610 712 5 7       5 Veli Paloheimo Jeremy Bates 2 6 5 7

Netherlands vs. Portugal[]

Netherlands 4	Best Leisure Centre, Best, Netherlands[7] 5–7 May 1989 Carpet (indoors)		Portugal 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Michiel Schapers João Cunha e Silva 6 1 6 2 6 2       2 Tom Nijssen Pedro Cordeiro 4 6 6 2 6 2 6 2     3 Tom Nijssen / Michiel Schapers Pedro Cordeiro / João Cunha e Silva 6 1 7 5 6 0       4 Tom Nijssen João Cunha e Silva 6 3 4 6 2 6       5 Michiel Schapers Pedro Cordeiro 6 1 6 2

Relegation play-off[]

Ireland vs. Senegal[]

Ireland 4	Limerick Lawn Tennis Club, Limerick, Ireland[8] 5–7 May 1989 Carpet		Senegal 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Peter Wright 6 1 6 1 6 1       2 Yahiya Doumbia 1 6 4 6 0 6       3  / Peter Wright  / Yahiya Doumbia 6 4 4 6 5 7 6 3 11 9   4 Peter Wright Yahiya Doumbia 6 3 6 4 6 4       5 6 2 6 3

References[]

External links[]

• Davis Cup official website