2011 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

The Europe and Africa Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2011.

In the Europe and Africa Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.

Participating teams

[1]

Draw

  2nd round play-offs
16–18 September
1st round play-offs
1st round
4–6 March
2nd round
8–10 July
                                     
 
    1   Israel  
     bye     4–6 March
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
   bye       1   Israel 3
    Poland       Poland 2
    Poland
  Espoo, Finland (indoor hard)      bye  
    Poland 2  
    Finland 3    
    3   Italy  
     bye     Arzachena, Italy (clay)
 bye       3   Italy 5
    Finland   Ljubljana, Slovenia (indoor clay)     Slovenia 0
    Finland 2
      Slovenia 3  
  Kharkiv, Ukraine (indoor hard)
      Ukraine 2  
      Netherlands 3     Potchefstroom, South Africa (hard)
    Ukraine         Netherlands 1
   bye     4   South Africa 3
   bye
      4   South Africa  
    Ukraine 1  
    Slovakia 4     Cruz Quebrada, Portugal (clay)
      Portugal 4  
      Slovakia 1     Bern, Switzerland (indoor hard)
  Slovakia         Portugal 0
   bye     2    Switzerland 5
   bye
    2    Switzerland  
 Poland and  Ukraine
relegated to Group II in 2012.
 Israel,  Italy,  South Africa, and   Switzerland
advance to World Group Play-off.

First Round Matches

Slovenia vs. Finland


Slovenia
3
Sportno Rekeacijski Center Tivoli, Ljubljana, Slovenia[2]
4–6 March 2011
clay (indoors)

Finland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Slovenia
Finland
Grega Žemlja
Jarkko Nieminen
6
3
3
6
4
6
3
6
   
2 Slovenia
Finland
Blaž Kavčič
Harri Heliövaara
4
6
6
2
6
3
6
4
   
3 Slovenia
Finland
Luka Gregorc / Grega Žemlja
Harri Heliövaara / Jarkko Nieminen
65
77
6
4
6
4
7
5
   
4 Slovenia
Finland
Blaž Kavčič
Jarkko Nieminen
3
6
4
6
6
4
4
6
   
5 Slovenia
Finland
Grega Žemlja
Micke Kontinen
2
6
6
3
6
3
6
3
   

Ukraine vs. Netherlands


Ukraine
2
Palace of Sports Lokomotiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine[3]
4–6 March 2011
Hard (indoors)

Netherlands
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Ukraine
Netherlands
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Robin Haase
6
1
6
4
62
77
4
6
6
2
 
2 Ukraine
Netherlands
Illya Marchenko
Thiemo de Bakker
63
77
66
78
4
6
     
3 Ukraine
Netherlands
Sergei Bubka / Sergiy Stakhovsky
Robin Haase / Thiemo de Bakker
66
78
77
65
4
6
69
711
   
4 Ukraine
Netherlands
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Jesse Huta Galung
6
1
6
4
3
6
64
77
6
4
 
5 Ukraine
Netherlands
Illya Marchenko
Robin Haase
7
6
6
1
63
77
4
6
2
6
 

Portugal vs. Slovak Republic


Portugal
4
Centro Desportivo Nacional do Jamor, Cruz Quebrada, Portugal[4]
4–6 March 2011
clay

Slovakia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Portugal
Slovakia
Frederico Gil
Lukáš Lacko
6
2
6
2
6
1
     
2 Portugal
Slovakia
Rui Machado
Martin Kližan
6
4
6
4
1
6
2
6
6
4
 
3 Portugal
Slovakia
Frederico Gil / Leonardo Tavares
Michal Mertiňák / Filip Polášek
3
6
4
6
6
1
1
6
   
4 Portugal
Slovakia
Rui Machado
Lukáš Lacko
6
4
3
6
6
4
6
0
   
5 Portugal
Slovakia
João Sousa
Martin Kližan
6
2
4
1
       
retired

Second Round Matches

Israel vs. Poland


Israel
3
Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel[5]
4–6 March 2011
hard (outdoor)

Poland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Israel
Poland
Dudi Sela
Marcin Gawron
6
1
6
3
6
4
     
2 Israel
Poland
Amir Weintraub
Jerzy Janowicz
4
6
6
4
6
2
64
77
6
3
 
3 Israel
Poland
Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram
Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski
4
6
6
4
6
3
6
1
   
4 Israel
Poland
Dudi Sela
Jerzy Janowicz
65
77
4
6
       
5 Israel
Poland
Amir Weintraub
Marcin Gawron
           
w/o

Italy vs. Slovenia


Italy
5
Circolo Tennistico Corracilvuna, Arzachena, Italy[6]
8–10 July 2011
clay (outdoor)

Slovenia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Italy
Slovenia
Fabio Fognini
Grega Žemlja
1
6
6
4
6
4
6
4
   
2 Italy
Slovenia
Potito Starace
Blaž Kavčič
3
6
6
3
6
2
6
4
   
3 Italy
Slovenia
Daniele Bracciali / Potito Starace
Blaž Kavčič / Grega Žemlja
77
63
77
64
6
2
     
4 Italy
Slovenia
Fabio Fognini
Aljaž Bedene
6
2
2
2
       
retired
5 Italy
Slovenia
Simone Bolelli
Grega Žemlja
7
5
6
3
       

South Africa vs. Netherlands


South Africa
3
Fanie Du Toit Sports Stadium, Potchefstroom, South Africa[7]
8–10 July 2011
hard (outdoor)

Netherlands
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 South Africa
Netherlands
Rik de Voest
Robin Haase
77
65
3
6
0
6
4
6
   
2 South Africa
Netherlands
Kevin Anderson
Thomas Schoorel
65
77
6
4
77
64
6
1
   
3 South Africa
Netherlands
Kevin Anderson / Rik de Voest
Robin Haase / Jesse Huta Galung
64
77
6
2
6
4
6
4
   
4 South Africa
Netherlands
Kevin Anderson
Robin Haase
6
3
3
6
6
2
6
2
   
5 South Africa
Netherlands
Rik de Voest
Thomas Schoorel
          not
played

Portugal vs. Switzerland


Portugal
0
Postfinance Arena, Bern, Switzerland[8]
8–10 July 2011
hard (indoor)

Switzerland
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Portugal
Switzerland
Frederico Gil
Stanislas Wawrinka
5
7
3
6
4
6
     
2 Portugal
Switzerland
Rui Machado
Roger Federer
7
5
3
6
4
6
2
6
   
3 Portugal
Switzerland
Frederico Gil / Leonardo Tavares
Roger Federer / Stanislas Wawrinka
3
6
4
6
4
6
     
4 Portugal
Switzerland
João Sousa
Marco Chiudinelli
3
6
4
6
       
5 Portugal
Switzerland
Leonardo Tavares
Stanislas Wawrinka
61
77
0
6
       

Second Round Play-offs

Poland vs. Finland


Poland
2
Barona Areena, Espoo, Finland[9]
16–18 September 2011
hard (indoors)

Finland
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Poland
Finland
Jerzy Janowicz
Henri Kontinen
4
6
3
6
712
610
3
6
   
2 Poland
Finland
Grzegorz Panfil
Jarkko Nieminen
4
6
4
6
4
6
     
3 Poland
Finland
Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski
Henri Kontinen / Jarkko Nieminen
61
77
65
77
4
6
     
4 Poland
Finland
Jerzy Janowicz
Harri Heliövaara
6
3
6
4
       
5 Poland
Finland
Grzegorz Panfil
Henri Kontinen
7
6
6
4
       

Ukraine vs. Slovak Republic

Davis Cup advertisement in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Ukraine
1
Národné tenisové centrum, Bratislava, Slovakia[10]
16–18 September 2011
hard (indoor)

Slovakia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Ukraine
Slovakia
Illya Marchenko
Martin Kližan
77
64
3
6
1
6
3
6
   
2 Ukraine
Slovakia
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Pavol Červenák
7
5
6
2
6
1
     
3 Ukraine
Slovakia
Sergei Bubka / Sergiy Stakhovsky
Filip Polášek / Igor Zelenay
5
7
77
63
2
6
77
63
4
6
 
4 Ukraine
Slovakia
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Martin Kližan
4
6
6
3
63
77
2
6
   
5 Ukraine
Slovakia
Artem Smirnov
Pavol Červenák
4
6
4
6
       

References

  1. "Draw made for 2011 Davis Cup". daviscup.com. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
  2. "Slovenia v Finland". daviscup.com.
  3. "Ukraine v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
  4. "Portugal v Slovak Republic". daviscup.com.
  5. "Israel v Poland". daviscup.com.
  6. "Italy v Slovenia". daviscup.com.
  7. "South Africa v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
  8. "Portugal v Switzerland". daviscup.com.
  9. "Finland v Poland". daviscup.com.
  10. "Slovak Rep. v Ukraine". daviscup.com.

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