1991 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

Main article: 1991 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1991.

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 1992.

Participating nations

•   Denmark
•   Finland
•   Great Britain
•   Hungary
•   Ireland
•   Morocco
•   Netherlands
•   Portugal
•   Poland
•   Romania
•   Switzerland
•   Soviet Union

Draw

	First Round					Second Round
	Netherlands
						Lisbon, Portugal (clay)
	bye
						Netherlands		4
	Porto, Portugal (indoor clay)
						Portugal		1
	Portugal		5
	Ireland		0
	Poznań, Poland (indoor carpet)
	Poland		5
						Warsaw, Poland (clay)
	Romania		0
						Poland		1
						Great Britain		4
	bye
	Great Britain
	Finland
						Helsinki, Finland (hard)
	bye
						Finland		2
	Rungsted, Denmark (indoor carpet)
						Denmark		3
	Morocco		0
	Denmark		5
	Budapest, Hungary (indoor carpet)
	Soviet Union		4
						Davos, Switzerland (indoor carpet)
	Hungary		1
						Soviet Union		2
						Switzerland		3
	bye
	Switzerland

•   Netherlands,   Great Britain,   Denmark and   Switzerland advance to World Group qualifying round.

	Relegation Play-off 3–5 May
	Bucharest, Romania (clay)
	Ireland	0
	Romania	5
	Budapest, Hungary (clay)
	Morocco	0
	Hungary	5

•   Ireland and   Morocco relegated to Group II in 1992.

First round

Portugal vs. Ireland

Portugal 5	Porto Tennis Club, Porto, Portugal [1] 1–3 February 1991 Clay (indoors)		Ireland 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 João Cunha e Silva Owen Casey 5 7 6 1 6 2 6 3     2 Nuno Marques Peter Wright 6 3 7 5 6 2       3 João Cunha e Silva  /  Nuno Marques Owen Casey  /  Peter Wright 6 1 6 4 6 1       4 Nuno Marques Owen Casey 7 5 6 4         5 Bernardo Mota Stewart Doyle 6 1 6 1

Poland vs. Romania

Poland 5	Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa, Poznań, Poland [2] 1–3 February 1991 Carpet (indoors)		Romania 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Wojciech Kowalski Adrian Marcu 3 6 6 3 61 77 77 63 7 5   2 Darek Nowicki Dinu Pescariu 6 3 6 3 5 7 77 65     3 Tomasz Iwański  /  Wojciech Kowalski George Cosac  /  Florin Segărceanu 6 2 77 64 77 65       4 Tomasz Iwański Dinu Pescariu 77 64 1 6 6 2       5 Darek Nowicki Adrian Marcu 61 77 6 4 11 9

Denmark vs. Morocco

Denmark 5	Hørsholm Rungsted Tennisklub, Rungsted, Denmark [3] 1–3 February 1991 Carpet (indoors)		Morocco 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Frederik Fetterlein Karim Alami 6 4 6 3 6 1       2 Michael Tauson Younes El Aynaoui 6 1 6 3 6 3       3 Morten Christensen  /  Michael Tauson Karim Alami  /  Mohammed Ridaoui 6 2 6 2 6 4       4 Michael Tauson Karim Alami 6 3 6 4         5 Frederik Fetterlein Younes El Aynaoui 6 3 6 1

Hungary vs. Soviet Union

Hungary 1	Vasas Sport Clubja, Budapest, Hungary [4] 1–3 February 1991 Carpet (indoors)		Soviet Union 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 András Lányi Andrei Cherkasov 3 6 3 6 3 6       2 László Markovits Alexander Volkov 3 6 4 6 4 6       3 András Lányi  /  László Markovits Andrei Chesnokov  /  Dimitri Poliakov 6 3 66 78 6 4 6 4     4 László Markovits Andrei Cherkasov 62 77 5 7 3 6       5 Sándor Noszály Alexander Volkov 3 6 3 6

Second round

Portugal vs. Netherlands

Portugal 1	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal [5] 3–5 May 1991 Clay		Netherlands 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 João Cunha e Silva Paul Haarhuis 6 4 0 6 4 6 1 6     2 Nuno Marques Mark Koevermans 3 6 6 2 5 7 0 6     3 João Cunha e Silva  /  Nuno Marques Paul Haarhuis  /  Mark Koevermans 6 4 5 7 65 77 3 6     4 João Cunha e Silva Mark Koevermans 6 3 4 6 2 6       5 Nuno Marques Paul Haarhuis 4 6 6 4 6 4

Poland vs. Great Britain

Poland 1	Legia Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland [6] 3–5 May 1991 Clay		Great Britain 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Wojciech Kowalski Danny Sapsford 63 77 2 6 77 62 1 6     2 Tomasz Iwański Jeremy Bates 4 6 0 6 4 6       3 Tomasz Iwański  /  Wojciech Kowalski Jeremy Bates  /  Nick Brown 2 6 5 7 6 3 77 63 4 6   4 Wojciech Kowalski Jeremy Bates 6 2 3 6 6 3       5 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski Chris Wilkinson 67 79 3 6

Finland vs. Denmark

Finland 2	Talin Tenniskeskus, Helsinki, Finland [7] 3–5 May 1991 Hard		Denmark 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Olli Rahnasto Michael Tauson 62 77 710 68 3 6 77 63 6 1   2 Aki Rahunen Frederik Fetterlein 4 6 0 6 3 6       3 Olli Rahnasto  /  Pasi Virtanen Morten Christensen  /  Frederik Fetterlein 6 4 0 6 4 6 4 6     4 Aki Rahunen Morten Christensen 6 4 6 4 6 1       5 Olli Rahnasto Frederik Fetterlein 1 6 2 6 1 6

Switzerland vs. Soviet Union

Switzerland 3	Eisstadion, Davos, Switzerland [8] 3–5 May 1991 Carpet (indoors)		Soviet Union 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Marc Rosset Andrei Chesnokov 77 65 5 7 3 6 6 4 11 9   2 Jakob Hlasek Andrei Cherkasov 7 5 7 5 6 3       3 Jakob Hlasek  /  Claudio Mezzadri Andrei Cherkasov  /  Dimitri Poliakov 6 3 77 64 6 3       4 Jakob Hlasek Andrei Chesnokov 3 6 4 6         5 Marc Rosset Andrei Cherkasov 4 6 4 6

Relegation play-offs

Romania vs. Ireland

Romania 5	Club Sportiv Progresul, Bucharest, Romania [9] 3–5 May 1991 Clay		Ireland 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Andrei Pavel Owen Casey 6 4 6 1 6 1       2 Adrian Marcu Eoin Collins 6 4 6 2 6 3       3 George Cosac  /  Florin Segărceanu Eoin Collins  /  Peter Wright 4 6 6 4 6 2 64 77 6 0   4 Andrei Pavel Peter Wright 77 62 6 3         5 Adrian Marcu Stewart Doyle 6 2 6 2

Hungary vs. Morocco

Hungary 5	Újpesti Tennis Club, Budapest, Hungary [10] 3–5 May 1991 Clay		Morocco 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Sándor Noszály Arafat Chekrouni 6 1 6 4 6 3       2 László Markovits Karim Alami 6 3 6 2 77 64       3 András Lányi  /  László Markovits Karim Alami  /  Arafat Chekrouni 6 3 6 4 4 6 3 6 6 3   4 Sándor Noszály Karim Alami 6 2 1 6 7 5       5 Viktor Nagy Arafat Chekrouni 6 4 6 1

References

1. "Portugal v Ireland". daviscup.com.
2. "Poland v Romania". daviscup.com.
3. "Denmark v Morocco". daviscup.com.
4. "Hungary v Soviet Union". daviscup.com.
5. "Portugal v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
6. "Poland v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
7. "Finland v Denmark". daviscup.com.
8. "Switzerland v Soviet Union". daviscup.com.
9. "Romania v Ireland". daviscup.com.
10. "Hungary v Morocco". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup official website