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[]

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 3 6 6 4 6 3 3 6 6 1   3 Emanuel Couto / Nuno Marques  / Andriy Medvedev 6 4 4 6 7 5 6 4     4 Bernardo Mota Andriy Medvedev 0 6 1 6 2 6       5 Emanuel Couto 6 3 6 4 79 67

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 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[]

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 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 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 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[]

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 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[]

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[]

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 6 0 6 3 3 6 6 1     2 Markus Hipfl Orest Tereshchuk 6 3 6 1 6 1       3 Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer  / 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 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 77 64 4 6 6 3 3 6 4 6   3 Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett Boštjan Ošabnik /  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[]

External links[]

• Davis Cup official website