2010 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II

The European and African Zone was one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2010.

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

Participating teams

Seeds   Great Britain   Macedonia   Monaco   Cyprus   Portugal   Slovenia   Ireland   Hungary

Remaining Nations   Bosnia and Herzegovina   Bulgaria   Denmark   Egypt   Estonia   Lithuania   Norway   Turkey

Draw

	Play-offs					First Round					Second Round					Third Round
						Vilnius, Lithuania (indoor hard)
						1	Great Britain	2
	Eastbourne, Great Britain (grass)										Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet)
							Lithuania	3
	1	Great Britain	5									Lithuania	3
						Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet)
		Turkey	0								7	Ireland	2
						7	Ireland	4
																Vilnius, Lithuania (indoor hard)
							Turkey	1
																	Lithuania	2
						Sofia, Bulgaria (indoor hard)
																6	Slovenia	3
						3	Monaco	2
	Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay)										Otočec, Slovenia (clay)
							Bulgaria	3
	3	Monaco	5									Bulgaria	0
						Oslo, Norway (indoor hard)
		Norway	0								6	Slovenia	5
						6	Slovenia	5
							Norway	0
						Maia, Portugal (indoor clay)
							Denmark	1
	Cairo, Egypt (clay)										Cruz Quebrada, Portugal (clay)
						5	Portugal	4
		Denmark	5								5	Portugal	5
						Limassol, Cyprus (indoor hard)
		Egypt	0								4	Cyprus	0
							Egypt	2
																Cruz Quebrada, Portugal (clay)
						4	Cyprus	3
																5	Portugal	3
						Tallinn, Estonia (indoor hard)
																	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2
							Estonia	4
	Gödöllő, Hungary (clay)										Tallinn, Estonia (clay)
						8	Hungary	1
	8	Hungary	4									Estonia	2
						Veles, Macedonia (indoor clay)
	2	Macedonia	1									Bosnia and Herzegovina	3
							Bosnia and Herzegovina	3
						2	Macedonia	2

•   Turkey,   Norway,   Egypt, and   Macedonia relegated to Group III in 2011.
•   Slovenia and   Portugal promoted to Group I in 2011.

First Round Matches

Great Britain vs. Lithuania

Great Britain 2	SEB Arena, Vilnius, Lithuania 5–7 March 2010 hard (indoor)		Lithuania 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 James Ward Laurynas Grigelis 6 4 6 2 6 4       2 Daniel Evans Ričardas Berankis 1 6 6 4 65 77 6 3 3 6   3 Colin Fleming  /  Ken Skupski Laurynas Grigelis  /  Dovydas Šakinis 6 0 62 77 7 5 6 3     4 James Ward Ričardas Berankis 64 77 3 6 4 6       5 Daniel Evans Laurynas Grigelis 78 66 5 7 0 6 6 2 4 6

Ireland vs. Turkey

Ireland 4	Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland 5–7 March 2010 carpet (indoor)		Turkey 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 James McGee Haluk Akkoyun 6 2 6 2 6 4       2 Conor Niland Marsel İlhan 6 3 6 2 6 1       3 Barry King  /  James McGee Haluk Akkoyun  /  Marsel İlhan 6 3 6 1 6 3       4 James McGee Marsel İlhan 2 6 4 6         5 Barry King Baris Erguden 7 5 3 6 6 2

Monaco vs. Bulgaria

Monaco 2	Tennis Hall Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria 5–7 March 2010 hard (indoor)		Bulgaria 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Benjamin Balleret Todor Enev 4 6 60 77 7 5 6 2 6 1   2 Thomas Oger Grigor Dimitrov 4 6 5 7 3 6       3 Benjamin Balleret  /  Guillaume Couillard Grigor Dimitrov  /  Todor Enev 5 7 3 6 4 6       4 Benjamin Balleret Grigor Dimitrov 3 6 3 6 1 6       5 Thomas Oger Tzvetan Mihov 6 1 6 4

Slovenia vs. Norway

Slovenia 5	Riksanlegget For Tennis, Oslo, Norway 5–7 March 2010 hard (indoor)		Norway 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Blaž Kavčič Stian Boretti 6 2 6 4 6 2       2 Grega Žemlja Erling Tveit 6 2 6 2 77 62       3 Luka Gregorc  /  Grega Žemlja Stian Boretti  /  Erling Tveit 77 62 77 65 7 5       4 Luka Gregorc Fredrik Ask 6 1 6 3         5 Aljaž Bedene Stian Boretti 6 3 6 2

Denmark vs. Portugal

Denmark 1	Complexo de Tenis da Maia, Maia, Portugal 5–7 March 2010 clay (indoor)		Portugal 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Frederik Nielsen Rui Machado 6 4 4 6 0 6 1 6     2 Martin Pedersen Frederico Gil 2 6 60 77 6 3 3 6     3 Frederik Nielsen  /  Martin Pedersen Frederico Gil  /  Leonardo Tavares 4 6 3 6 1 6       4 Frederik Nielsen Pedro Sousa 77 63 1 6 1 6       5 Martin Pedersen Leonardo Tavares 7 5 6 4

Egypt vs. Cyprus

Egypt 2	Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Centre, Limassol, Cyprus 5–7 March 2010 hard (indoor)		Cyprus 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Karim Maamoun Rareș Cuzdriorean 6 3 6 4 7 5       2 Sherif Sabry Marcos Baghdatis 2 6 1 6 1 6       3 Karim Maamoun / Sherif Sabry Marcos Baghdatis / Photos Kallias 67 79 5 7 1 6       4 Mohamed Safwat Marcos Baghdatis 1 6 2 6 3 6       5 Sherif Sabry Christopher Koutrouzas 6 1 6 0

Estonia vs. Hungary

Estonia 4	Coral Tennis Club, Tallinn, Estonia [1] 5–7 March 2010 hard (indoor)		Hungary 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jaak Pöldma Ádám Kellner 3 6 4 6 4 6       2 Jürgen Zopp Kornél Bardóczky 79 67 6 1 6 0       3 Mait Künnap  /  Jürgen Zopp Kornél Bardóczky  /  Márton Fucsovics 6 3 2 6 7 5 5 7 10 8   4 Jürgen Zopp Ádám Kellner 6 3 77 64 6 4       5 Vladimir Ivanov Márton Fucsovics 6 4 77 65

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Macedonia

Bosnia and Herzegovina 3	Sport Hall "Gemidzii", Veles, Macedonia 5–7 March 2010 clay (indoor)		Macedonia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ismar Gorčić Predrag Rusevski 4 6 2 6 4 6       2 Aldin Šetkić Dimitar Grabuloski 6 1 6 4 6 0       3 Ismar Gorčić  /  Aldin Šetkić Lazar Magdinčev  /  Predrag Rusevski 4 6 4 6 2 6       4 Aldin Šetkić Predrag Rusevski 1 6 7 5 6 4 6 2     5 Ismar Gorčić Lazar Magdinčev 77 65 6 1 6 3

Second Round Matches

Ireland vs. Lithuania

Ireland 2	Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland 9–11 July Carpet (indoors)		Lithuania 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 James McGee Ričardas Berankis 77 62 4 6 4 6 3 6     2 Conor Niland Laurynas Grigelis 2 6 3 6 1 6       3 James Cluskey  /  Barry King Ričardas Berankis  /  Laurynas Grigelis 3 6 3 6 4 6       4 Conor Niland Lukas Mugevičius 6 0 6 2         5 James McGee Dovydas Šakinis 6 2 6 3

Slovenia vs. Bulgaria

Slovenia 5	TK Krka Otočec, Otočec, Slovenia 9–11 July Clay (outdoors)		Bulgaria 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Grega Žemlja Todor Enev 6 3 6 1 2 6 6 4     2 Blaž Kavčič Grigor Dimitrov 1 6 6 1 6 0 6 3     3 Luka Gregorc  /  Grega Žemlja Grigor Dimitrov  /  Ivaylo Traykov 63 77 77 62 714 612 6 3     4 Blaž Rola Valentin Dimov 6 0 6 1         5 Blaž Kavčič Todor Enev 6 2 6 1

Portugal vs. Cyprus

Portugal 5	Centro de Tenis do Jamor, Cruz Quebrada, Portugal 9–11 July Clay (outdoors)		Cyprus 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Rui Machado Rareș Cuzdriorean 6 3 6 0 6 3       2 Frederico Gil Philippos Tsangaridis 6 0 6 1         retired 3 Frederico Gil  /  Leonardo Tavares Eleftherios Christou  /  Rareș Cuzdriorean 6 2 6 1 6 3       4 João Sousa Eleftherios Christou 6 1 6 0         5 Rui Machado Sergis Kyratzis 6 2 6 0

Estonia vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina

Estonia 2	Tere Tennisekeskus, Tallinn, Estonia [2] 9–11 July Clay (outdoors)		Bosnia and Herzegovina 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jürgen Zopp Ismar Gorčić 6 4 6 1 6 2       2 Vladimir Ivanov Aldin Šetkić 4 6 2 6 3 6       3 Mait Künnap  /  Jürgen Zopp Ismar Gorčić  /  Aldin Šetkić 6 2 6 1 6 1       4 Jürgen Zopp Aldin Šetkić 4 6 4 6 3 6       5 Vladimir Ivanov Damir Džumhur 6 2 0 6 2 6 3 6

Play-offs Matches

Great Britain vs. Turkey

Great Britain 5	Devonshire Park, Eastbourne, England 9–11 July Grass (outdoors)		Turkey 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jamie Baker Ergun Zorlu 6 1 6 4 6 1       2 James Ward Marsel İlhan 6 2 7 5 60 77 6 1     3 Colin Fleming  /  Ken Skupski Haluk Akkoyun  /  Ergun Zorlu 6 3 6 4 6 4       4 Jamie Baker Tuna Altuna 6 3 6 2         5 James Ward Ergun Zorlu 6 1 6 3

Monaco vs. Norway

Monaco 5	Monte Carlo Country Club, Roquebrune Cap Martin, Monaco 9–11 July Clay (outdoors)		Norway 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Benjamin Balleret Stian Boretti 6 0 6 3 2 1       retired 2 Thomas Oger Erling Tveit 6 1 6 2 77 65       3 Guillaume Couillard  /  Thomas Oger Stian Boretti  /  Erling Tveit 1 6 6 1 6 0 6 4     4 Benjamin Balleret Fredrik Ask 6 2 66 78 6 0       5 Thomas Oger Adrian Forberg Skogeng 6 1 6 2

Egypt vs. Denmark

Egypt 0	El Gezera Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt 9–11 July Clay (outdoors)		Denmark 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Sherif Sabry Frederik Nielsen 6 2 4 6 4 6 6 1 4 6   2 Karim Maamoun Martin Pedersen 64 77 78 66 63 77 1 6     3 Karim Maamoun  /  Sherif Sabry Thomas Kromann  /  Frederik Nielsen 3 6 4 6 65 77       4 Karim Maamoun Thomas Kromann 4 6 3 6         5 Sherif Sabry Soren Wedege 5 7 5 7

Hungary vs. Macedonia

Hungary 4	Gödöllő Kiskastely, Gödöllő, Hungary 9–11 July Clay (outdoors)		Macedonia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Attila Balázs Predrag Rusevski 6 4 6 2 6 4       2 Adam Kellner Dimitar Grabuloski 6 1 7 5 4 6 4 6 2 6   3 Gyorgy Balázs /  Kornél Bardóczky Lazar Magdinčev  /  Tomislav Jotovski 3 6 6 2 2 6 6 0 6 3   4 Attila Balázs Dimitar Grabuloski 6 3 6 1 6 2       5 Gyorgy Balázs Tomislav Jotovski 6 0 6 1

Third round Matches

Lithuania vs. Slovenia

Lithuania 2	SEB Arena, Vilnius, Lithuania 17–19 September Hard (indoors)		Slovenia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ričardas Berankis Blaž Kavčič 3 6 6 2 711 69 6 4     2 Laurynas Grigelis Grega Žemlja 3 6 64 77 3 6       3 Ričardas Berankis  /  Laurynas Grigelis Luka Gregorc  /  Grega Žemlja 5 7 4 6 6 1 6 3 6 3   4 Ričardas Berankis Grega Žemlja 62 77 4 6 3 6       5 Laurynas Grigelis Blaž Kavčič 4 6 64 77 65 77

Portugal vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina

Portugal 3	Centro de Tenis Do Jamor, Cruz Quebrada, Portugal 17–19 September Clay (outdoors)		Bosnia and Herzegovina 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Frederico Gil Amer Delić 6 3 6 4 614 716 3 6 9 7   2 Rui Machado Aldin Šetkić 4 6 3 6 6 1 1 6     3 Frederico Gil  /  Leonardo Tavares Amer Delić  /  Aldin Šetkić 6 1 6 4 4 6 6 4     4 Frederico Gil Aldin Šetkić 6 4 6 3 6 3       5 João Sousa Damir Džumhur 6 4 4 6 1 6

References

1. "Estonia v Hungary". Daviscup.com.
2. "Estonia v Bosnia and Herzegovina". Daviscup.com.

External links

• Seeds announced for 2010 Draw