2013 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

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The Europe and Africa Zone is one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2013.

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In the Europe and Africa Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group. Winners in Group I advance to the World Group play-offs, along with losing teams from the World Group first round. Teams who lose their respective ties will compete in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group I, whereas teams who lose their play-offs will be relegated to the Europe/Africa Group II in 2014.

Great Britain, Netherlands, Poland and Ukraine won their second-round ties, and competed in the World Group play-offs in mid-September.

South Africa and Denmark were defeated in the play-offs and were relegated to play the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2014.

Participating teams

Draw

All seeded teams get a bye into the second round, as well as Great Britain who were second round losers in the 2012 Davis Cup

Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Coventry, Great Britain (indoor hard)
bye
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2
byeFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Moscow, Russia (indoor hard)
bye
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 5
3Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 0
3Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Ljubljana, Slovenia (clay) Zielona Góra, Poland (indoor hard)
bye
3Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 13Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1
Wrocław, Poland (indoor hard)
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 4Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2
Cluj-Napoca, Romania (indoor hard)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 0
Brasov, Romania (indoor hard)
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 5
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 0
bye4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 5
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Helsingborg, Sweden (indoor hard)
bye
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2
Kremenchug, Ukraine (indoor hard)
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 3
Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard) Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine (indoor hard)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 2
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 3Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 3
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 22Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2
bye
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden

First round

Poland vs. Slovenia

Flag of Poland.svg
Poland
3
Centennial Hall in "Wroclaw", Wroclaw, Poland [1]
1–3 February 2013
hard (indoor)
Flag of Slovenia.svg
Slovenia
2
12345
1 Flag of Poland.svg
Flag of Slovenia.svg
Jerzy Janowicz
Blaž Kavčič
6
3
6
3
7
5
   
2 Flag of Poland.svg
Flag of Slovenia.svg
Łukasz Kubot
Grega Žemlja
6
3
6
2
6
0
   
3 Flag of Poland.svg
Flag of Slovenia.svg
Mariusz Fyrstenberg  /  Marcin Matkowski
Blaž Kavčič  /  Grega Žemlja
3
6
6
2
2
6
6
4
11
13
 
4 Flag of Poland.svg
Flag of Slovenia.svg
Jerzy Janowicz
Grega Žemlja
77
64
6
3
6
3
   
5 Flag of Poland.svg
Flag of Slovenia.svg
Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Tomislav Ternar
6
4
5
7
5
7
   

Romania vs. Denmark

Flag of Romania.svg
Romania
5
Sala Sporturilor "Horia Demian", Cluj Napoca, Romania [2]
1–3 February 2013
hard (indoor)
Flag of Denmark.svg
Denmark
0
12345
1 Flag of Romania.svg
Flag of Denmark.svg
Marius Copil
Frederik Nielsen
6
3
79
67
6
4
   
2 Flag of Romania.svg
Flag of Denmark.svg
Adrian Ungur
Martin Pedersen
6
2
77
63
4
6
4
6
6
2
 
3 Flag of Romania.svg
Flag of Denmark.svg
Florin Mergea  /  Horia Tecău
Frederik Nielsen  /  Thomas Kromann
77
63
6
2
6
4
   
4 Flag of Romania.svg
Flag of Denmark.svg
Adrian Ungur
Thomas Kromann
6
3
6
4
    
5 Flag of Romania.svg
Flag of Denmark.svg
Marius Copil
Christoffer Kønigsfeldt
6
4
6
3
    

Ukraine vs. Slovak Republic

Flag of Ukraine.svg
Ukraine
3
TC Premier, Kremenchug, Ukraine [3]
1–3 February 2013
hard (indoor)
Flag of Slovakia.svg
Slovakia
2
12345
1 Flag of Ukraine.svg
Flag of Slovakia.svg
Alexandr Dolgopolov
Andrej Martin
6
2
6
2
7
5
   
2 Flag of Ukraine.svg
Flag of Slovakia.svg
Serhiy Stakhovsky
Lukáš Lacko
2
6
7
5
65
77
4
6
  
3 Flag of Ukraine.svg
Flag of Slovakia.svg
Alexandr Dolgopolov  /  Serhiy Stakhovsky
Filip Polášek  /  Igor Zelenay
64
77
63
77
3
6
   
4 Flag of Ukraine.svg
Flag of Slovakia.svg
Alexandr Dolgopolov
Lukáš Lacko
3
6
6
3
6
2
6
1
  
5 Flag of Ukraine.svg
Flag of Slovakia.svg
Illya Marchenko
Andrej Martin
7
5
77
65
6
4
   

Second round

Great Britain vs. Russia

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Great Britain
3
Ricoh Arena, Coventry, Great Britain [4]
5–7 April 2013
hard (indoor)
Flag of Russia.svg
Russia
2
12345
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Flag of Russia.svg
Daniel Evans
Dmitry Tursunov
4
6
77
65
4
6
7
5
4
6
 
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Flag of Russia.svg
James Ward
Evgeny Donskoy
6
4
6
4
5
7
3
6
6
8
 
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Flag of Russia.svg
Colin Fleming  /  Jonathan Marray
Victor Baluda  /  Igor Kunitsyn
6
1
6
4
6
2
   
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Flag of Russia.svg
James Ward
Dmitry Tursunov
6
4
5
7
5
7
6
4
6
4
 
5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Flag of Russia.svg
Daniel Evans
Evgeny Donskoy
6
4
6
4
6
1
   

Poland vs. South Africa

Flag of Poland.svg
Poland
3
Recreation and Sports Center, Zielona Góra, Poland [8]
5–7 April 2013
hard (indoor)
Flag of South Africa.svg
South Africa
1
12345
1 Flag of Poland.svg
Flag of South Africa.svg
Jerzy Janowicz
Jean Andersen
6
4
6
3
6
3
   
2 Flag of Poland.svg
Flag of South Africa.svg
Łukasz Kubot
Rik de Voest
3
6
77
64
5
7
4
6
  
3 Flag of Poland.svg
Flag of South Africa.svg
Mariusz Fyrstenberg  /  Marcin Matkowski
Rik de Voest  /  Jean Andersen
7
5
77
62
7
5
   
4 Flag of Poland.svg
Flag of South Africa.svg
Jerzy Janowicz
Ruan Roelofse
4
6
6
3
6
1
6
1
  
5 Flag of Poland.svg
Flag of South Africa.svg
Łukasz Kubot
Jean Andersen
     not
played

Romania vs. Netherlands

Flag of Romania.svg
Romania
0
Dumitru Popescu Colibași Sports Hall, Brasov, Romania [9]
5–7 April 2013
hard (indoor)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands
5
12345
1 Flag of Romania.svg
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Adrian Ungur
Robin Haase
4
6
4
6
6
3
3
6
  
2 Flag of Romania.svg
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Victor Hănescu
Igor Sijsling
4
6
65
77
6
2
77
65
2
6
 
3 Flag of Romania.svg
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Marius Copil  /  Victor Hănescu
Thiemo de Bakker  /  Robin Haase
4
6
5
7
4
6
   
4 Flag of Romania.svg
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Marius Copil
Thiemo de Bakker
63
77
62
77
    
5 Flag of Romania.svg
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Adrian Ungur
Igor Sijsling
6
1
3
6
4
6
   

Ukraine vs. Sweden

Flag of Ukraine.svg
Ukraine
3
Megaron Tennis Club, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine [10]
5–7 April 2013
hard (indoor)
Flag of Sweden.svg
Sweden
2
12345
1 Flag of Ukraine.svg
Flag of Sweden.svg
Alexandr Dolgopolov
Isak Arvidsson
6
2
6
0
77
65
   
2 Flag of Ukraine.svg
Flag of Sweden.svg
Denys Molchanov
Markus Eriksson
5
7
6
4
4
6
4
6
  
3 Flag of Ukraine.svg
Flag of Sweden.svg
Denys Molchanov  /  Serhiy Stakhovsky
Johan Brunström  /  Robert Lindstedt
4
6
3
6
6
3
77
63
4
6
 
4 Flag of Ukraine.svg
Flag of Sweden.svg
Alexandr Dolgopolov
Markus Eriksson
3
6
6
1
6
4
6
3
  
5 Flag of Ukraine.svg
Flag of Sweden.svg
Serhiy Stakhovsky
Isak Arvidsson
6
2
6
3
7
5
   

First round play-offs

Slovenia vs. South Africa

Flag of Slovenia.svg
Slovenia
4
Park Tivoli, Ljubljana, Slovenia [11]
13–15 September 2013
clay (outdoor)
Flag of South Africa.svg
South Africa
1
12345
1 Flag of Slovenia.svg
Flag of South Africa.svg
Blaž Rola
Rik de Voest
6
1
6
4
6
4
   
2 Flag of Slovenia.svg
Flag of South Africa.svg
Blaž Kavčič
Ruan Roelofse
6
1
6
3
6
4
   
3 Flag of Slovenia.svg
Flag of South Africa.svg
Blaž Kavčič  /  Blaž Rola
Raven Klaasen  /  Nikala Scholtz
7
5
6
1
77
64
   
4 Flag of Slovenia.svg
Flag of South Africa.svg
Janez Semrajc
Rik de Voest
6
2
6
4
    
5 Flag of Slovenia.svg
Flag of South Africa.svg
Blaž Rola
Nikala Scholtz
3
2
    retired
 

Slovakia vs. Sweden

Flag of Slovakia.svg
Slovakia
3
Aegon Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia [12]
13–15 September 2013
hard (indoor)
Flag of Sweden.svg
Sweden
2
12345
1 Flag of Slovakia.svg
Flag of Sweden.svg
Andrej Martin
Isak Arvidsson
6
2
6
3
6
4
   
2 Flag of Slovakia.svg
Flag of Sweden.svg
Lukáš Lacko
Markus Eriksson
6
2
6
3
6
4
   
3 Flag of Slovakia.svg
Flag of Sweden.svg
Lukáš Lacko  /  Filip Polášek
Johan Brunström  /  Robert Lindstedt
4
6
5
7
4
6
   
4 Flag of Slovakia.svg
Flag of Sweden.svg
Andrej Martin
Markus Eriksson
77
63
2
6
5
7
4
6
  
5 Flag of Slovakia.svg
Flag of Sweden.svg
Lukáš Lacko
Isak Arvidsson
6
2
6
3
6
3
   

Second round play-offs

Russia vs. South Africa

Flag of Russia.svg
Russia
5
Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia [13]
25–27 October 2013
hard (indoor)
Flag of South Africa.svg
South Africa
0
12345
1 Flag of Russia.svg
Flag of South Africa.svg
Karen Khachanov
Dean O'Brien
7
5
6
1
6
3
   
2 Flag of Russia.svg
Flag of South Africa.svg
Alex Bogomolov, Jr.
Jacob Coenraad de Klerk
63
77
6
0
6
4
6
1
  
3 Flag of Russia.svg
Flag of South Africa.svg
Konstantin Kravchuk  /  Andrey Kuznetsov
Raven Klaasen  /  Tucker Vorster
2
6
6
3
77
64
6
2
  
4 Flag of Russia.svg
Flag of South Africa.svg
Andrey Kuznetsov
Dean O'Brien
6
2
6
3
    
5 Flag of Russia.svg
Flag of South Africa.svg
Konstantin Kravchuk
Jacob Coenraad de Klerk
4
1
     
retired

Sweden vs. Denmark

Flag of Sweden.svg
Sweden
3
Idrottens Hus, Helsingborg, Sweden [14]
25–27 October 2013
hard (indoor)
Flag of Denmark.svg
Denmark
2
12345
1 Flag of Sweden.svg
Flag of Denmark.svg
Elias Ymer
Frederik Nielsen
66
78
2
6
6
4
5
7
  
2 Flag of Sweden.svg
Flag of Denmark.svg
Markus Eriksson
Martin Pedersen
79
67
3
6
63
77
4
6
  
3 Flag of Sweden.svg
Flag of Denmark.svg
Johan Brunström  /  Robert Lindstedt
Thomas Kromann  /  Frederik Nielsen
65
77
6
4
6
3
6
3
  
4 Flag of Sweden.svg
Flag of Denmark.svg
Markus Eriksson
Frederik Nielsen
6
3
3
6
61
77
6
4
9
7
 
5 Flag of Sweden.svg
Flag of Denmark.svg
Elias Ymer
Martin Pedersen
77
63
710
68
4
6
7
5
  

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