2002 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

Main article: 2002 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2002.

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 2003. ^[1]

Participating nations

•   Austria
•   Belarus
•   Belgium
•   Finland
•   Greece
•   Israel
•   Italy
•   Portugal
•   Romania
•   Zimbabwe

Draw

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

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Italy

Reggio Calabria, Italy (clay)

bye

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Italy

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Italy

1

bye

Finland

4

Finland

Follonica, Italy (indoor carpet)

bye

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Italy

4

Portugal

1

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Belarus

Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet)

Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)

bye

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Belarus

4

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Belarus

1

Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)

Portugal

1

Zimbabwe

4

Portugal

0

Zimbabwe

5

Tirol, Austria (indoor clay)

Austria

3

Constanța, Romania (indoor carpet)

Israel

2

Israel

Austria

0

bye

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Romania

5

bye

Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)

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Romania

Israel

5

Greece

0

bye

Liège, Belgium (indoor carpet)

Greece

bye

Greece

0

Greece

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Belgium

5

bye

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Belgium

•   Greece and   Portugal relegated to Group II in 2003.
•   Belgium,   Finland,   Romania, and   Zimbabwe advance to World Group qualifying round.

First round

Zimbabwe vs. Portugal

Zimbabwe 5	City Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe [2] 8–10 February 2002 Hard (indoors)		Portugal 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Byron Black Emanuel Couto 6 3 77 64 7 5       2 Wayne Black Bernardo Mota 6 1 3 6 6 3 6 2     3 Wayne Black  /  Kevin Ullyett Emanuel Couto  /  Nuno Marques 6 4 6 4 6 4       4 Wayne Black Hélder Lopes 77 65 6 3         5 Genius Chidzikwe Bernardo Mota 3 6 78 66 7 5

Genius Chidzikwe became the first black Zimbabwean to win a Davis Cup tennis match ^[3]

Austria vs. Israel

Austria 3	Tirol, Austria [4] 8–10 February 2002 Clay (indoors)		Israel 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Stefan Koubek Amir Hadad 6 1 6 3 77 62       2 Markus Hipfl Noam Okun 6 3 4 6 6 3 6 1     3 Alexander Peya  /  Clemens Trimmel Jonathan Erlich  /  Andy Ram 6 2 4 6 7 5 65 77 2 6   4 Stefan Koubek Noam Okun 6 3 7 5 6 4       5 Markus Hipfl Amir Hadad 3 6 0 3       retired

Second round

Italy vs. Finland

Italy 1	Rocco Polimeni TC, Reggio Calabria, Italy [5] 5–7 April 2002 Clay		Finland 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Davide Sanguinetti Kim Tiilikainen 6 2 7 5 3 6 2 6 5 7   2 Giorgio Galimberti Jarkko Nieminen 3 6 2 6 2 6       3 Giorgio Galimberti  /  Mosé Navarra Lauri Kiiski  /  Jarkko Nieminen 3 6 610 712 3 6       4 Mosé Navarra Timo Nieminen 6 3 7 5         5 Stefano Galvani Kim Tiilikainen 3 6 1 6

Zimbabwe vs. Belarus

Zimbabwe 4	Harare Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe [6] 5–7 April 2002 Hard (indoors)		Belarus 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Byron Black Vladimir Voltchkov 64 77 3 6 4 6       2 Wayne Black Max Mirnyi 77 63 6 3 4 6 6 4     3 Wayne Black  /  Kevin Ullyett Max Mirnyi  /  Vladimir Voltchkov 6 3 77 64 4 6 714 612     4 Byron Black Max Mirnyi 6 3 7 5 63 77 6 3     5 Genius Chidzikwe Alexander Skrypko 6 3 65 77 6 3

Romania vs. Austria

Romania 5	Urilor Sports Hall, Constanța, Romania [7] 5–7 April 2002 Carpet (indoors)		Austria 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Andrei Pavel Jürgen Melzer 6 1 6 2 6 4       2 Adrian Voinea Stefan Koubek 3 6 7 5 6 3 6 1     3 Andrei Pavel  /  Gabriel Trifu Julian Knowle  /  Jürgen Melzer 3 6 6 1 6 4 66 78 6 2   4 Andrei Pavel Alexander Peya 6 1 711 69         5 Victor Hănescu Jürgen Melzer 6 4 6 4

Belgium vs. Greece

Belgium 5	Adeps Country Hall, Liège, Belgium [8] 5–7 April 2002 Carpet (indoors)		Greece 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Xavier Malisse Nikos Rovas 6 0 77 64 6 0       2 Olivier Rochus Konstantinos Economidis 77 64 6 3 6 1       3 Gilles Elseneer  /  Tom Vanhoudt Konstantinos Economidis  /  Anastasios Vasiliadis 64 77 77 64 77 61 6 4     4 Gilles Elseneer Anastasios Vasiliadis 6 2 6 2         5 Olivier Rochus Nikos Rovas 7 5 6 3

First round relegation play-offs

Belarus vs. Portugal

Belarus 4	Olympic Training Centre, Minsk, Belarus [9] [10] 12–14 July 2002 Carpet (indoors)		Portugal 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Vladimir Voltchkov Bernardo Mota 6 2 6 1 6 2       2 Max Mirnyi Hélder Lopes 6 3 6 3 6 4       3 Max Mirnyi  /  Vladimir Voltchkov Nuno Marques  /  Bernardo Mota 6 3 6 0 6 3       4 Alexander Shvets Leonardo Tavares 6 2 77 64         5 Alexander Skrypko Hélder Lopes 6 2 3 6 4 6

Second round relegation play-offs

Italy vs. Portugal

Italy 4	Follonica T.C., Follonica, Italy [11] [12] 20–22 September 2002 Carpet (indoors)		Portugal 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Stefano Galvani Bernardo Mota 5 7 3 6 62 77       2 Davide Sanguinetti Leonardo Tavares 6 3 6 2 6 1       3 Massimo Bertolini  /  Giorgio Galimberti Hélder Lopes  /  Bernardo Mota 6 3 64 77 6 3 6 4     4 Davide Sanguinetti Bernardo Mota 6 4 7 5 6 4       5 Stefano Galvani Tiago Godinho 6 4 6 1

Israel vs. Greece

Israel 5	National Centre, Ramat HaSharon, Israel [13] 20–22 September 2002 Hard		Greece 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Harel Levy Eleftherios- Spyridon Alexiou 6 3 6 1 6 2       2 Noam Okun Alexandros Jakoubovits 6 3 6 4 6 2       3 Jonathan Erlich  /  Amir Hadad Alexandros Jakoubovits  /  Niko Karagiannis 7 5 6 4 6 2       4 Amir Hadad Eleftherios- Spyridon Alexiou 6 0 6 0         5 Harel Levy Niko Karagiannis 6 4 6 3

References

1. "2002 Europe/Africa Group I". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
2. "Zimbabwe v Portugal". daviscup.com.
3. "Zimbabwe: Chidzikwe Powers to First Davis Cup Victory". allafrica.com. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
4. "Austria v Israel". daviscup.com.
5. "Italy v Finland". daviscup.com.
6. "Zimbabwe v Belarus". daviscup.com.
7. "Romania v Austria". daviscup.com.
8. "Belgium v Greece". daviscup.com.
9. "Belarus v Portugal". daviscup.com.
10. "ESPN tennis". www.espn.com.br. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
11. "Italy v Portugal". daviscup.com.
12. "Portugal's Bernardo Mota runs towards the ball as he makes a return to Stefano Galvani of Italy during the Davis Cup group B qualifying match in Follonica, central Italy, Friday, Sept. 20, 2002". www.alamy.com. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
13. "Israel v Greece". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup official website