1989 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

Main article: 1989 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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

•   Finland
•   Great Britain
•   Hungary
•   Ireland
•   Netherlands
•   Nigeria
•   Portugal
•   Romania
•   Senegal
•   Switzerland
•   Zimbabwe

Draw

	First Round					Second Round
	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
	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 Greig Rodger 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  /  Greig Rodger András Lányi  /  László Markovits 2 6 7 5 6 1 5 7 8 10   4 Greig Rodger 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 Kimmo Hurme 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 Thierno Ly 6 0 6 0 6 3       3 Nuno Marques  /  João Cunha e Silva Abou Berthé  /  Yahiya Doumbia 6 4 6 4 6 2       4 João Cunha e Silva Yahiya Doumbia 2 6 6 1 6 2       5 Nuno Marques Thierno Ly 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 Abou Berthé 6 1 6 1 6 1       2 Robert Dolan Yahiya Doumbia 1 6 4 6 0 6       3 Sean Molloy  /  Peter Wright Abou Berthé  /  Yahiya Doumbia 6 4 4 6 5 7 6 3 11 9   4 Peter Wright Yahiya Doumbia 6 3 6 4 6 4       5 Robert Dolan Abou Berthé 6 2 6 3

References

1. "Zimbabwe v Hungary". daviscup.com.
2. "Ireland v Finland". daviscup.com.
3. "Portugal v Senegal". daviscup.com.
4. "Switzerland v Romania". daviscup.com.
5. "Hungary v Nigeria". daviscup.com.
6. "Finland v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
7. "Netherlands v Portugal". daviscup.com.
8. "Ireland v Senegal". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup official website