2017 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II

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The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2017.

In the Europe/Africa Zone there were three different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group II advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group II, whereas European and African teams who lost their play-offs were relegated respectively to the Europe and Africa Zone Group III in 2018.

Participating nations

Seeds:   Sweden   Slovenia   Lithuania   Denmark   Finland   Latvia   Turkey   South Africa

Remaining nations:   Cyprus   Estonia   Georgia   Madagascar   Monaco   Morocco   Norway   Tunisia

Draw

	Play-offs					First Round					Second Round					Third Round
						Tunis, Tunisia (hard)
						1	Sweden	3
	Nicosia, Cyprus (hard)										Antalya, Turkey (clay)
							Tunisia	2
	Tunisia		4								1	Sweden	4
						Nicosia, Cyprus (hard)
	Cyprus		1								7	Turkey	1
						7	Turkey	4
																Båstad, Sweden (clay)
							Cyprus	1
																1	Sweden	5
						Šiauliai, Lithuania (indoor hard)
																3	Lithuania	0
						3	Lithuania	3
	Hanko, Finland (indoor hard)										Tbilisi, Georgia (hard)
							Madagascar	2
		Madagascar	2								3	Lithuania	3
						Tbilisi, Georgia (indoor carpet)
	5	Finland	3									Georgia	2
						5	Finland	2
							Georgia	3
						Jelgava, Latvia (indoor hard)
							Norway	5
	Marrakesh, Morocco (clay)										Stavanger, Norway (indoor hard)
						6	Latvia	0
	6	Latvia	2									Norway	1
						Aarhus, Denmark (indoor carpet)
		Morocco	3								4	Denmark	4
							Morocco	1
																Aarhus, Denmark (indoor hard)
						4	Denmark	4
																4	Denmark	1
						Centurion, South Africa (hard)
																8	South Africa	3
							Estonia	1
	Tallinn, Estonia (indoor hard)										Centurion, South Africa (hard)
						8	South Africa	4
	Estonia		3								8	South Africa	5
						Maribor, Slovenia (indoor hard)
	Monaco		2								2	Slovenia	0
							Monaco	2
						2	Slovenia	3

•   Cyprus,   Madagascar,   Latvia, and   Monaco relegated to Group III in 2018.
•   Sweden and   South Africa promoted to Group I in 2018.

First round

Tunisia vs. Sweden

Tunisia 2	Tennis courts of Cité Nationale Sportive El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia [1] 3–5 February 2017 Hard		Sweden 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Malek Jaziri Isak Arvidsson 6 4 7 5 6 2       2 Mohamed Aziz Dougaz Patrik Rosenholm 64 77 3 6 6 3 6 4 3 6   3 Anis Ghorbel  /  Malek Jaziri Johan Brunström  /  Andreas Siljeström 3 6 5 7 64 77       4 Malek Jaziri Patrik Rosenholm 6 3 6 3 6 1       5 Mohamed Aziz Dougaz Isak Arvidsson 79 67 2 6 1 6 6 3 3 6

Cyprus vs. Turkey

Cyprus 1	National Tennis Centre, Nicosia, Cyprus [2] 3–5 February 2017 Hard		Turkey 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Petros Chrysochos Cem İlkel 77 64 6 3 3 6 0 6 4 6   2 Menelaos Efstathiou Marsel İlhan 7 5 6 1 4 6 65 77 4 6   3 Petros Chrysochos  /  Eleftherios Neos Altuğ Çelikbilek  /  Cem İlkel 3 6 5 7 77 63 6 4 6 1   4 Petros Chrysochos Marsel İlhan 7 5 5 7 62 77 4 6     5 Nicholas Campbell Altuğ Çelikbilek 3 6 61 77

Lithuania vs. Madagascar

Lithuania 3	Šiauliai Tennis School, Šiauliai, Lithuania [3] 3–5 February 2017 Hard (i)		Madagascar 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Laurynas Grigelis Lucas Andriamasilalao 6 1 6 2 6 4       2 Tadas Babelis Antso Rakotondramanga 4 6 4 6 3 6       3 Tadas Babelis  /  Laurynas Grigelis Jean-Jacques Rakotohasy  /  Antso Rakotondramanga 6 2 6 4 6 4       4 Laurynas Grigelis Antso Rakotondramanga 6 4 78 66 6 4       5 Tomas Vaišė Jean-Jacques Rakotohasy 3 6 6 4 2 6

Georgia vs. Finland

Georgia 3	New Sport Hall, Tbilisi, Georgia [4] 3–5 February 2017 Carpet (i)		Finland 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Nikoloz Basilashvili Eero Vasa 2 6 6 1 6 4 6 1     2 George Tsivadze Harri Heliövaara 5 7 2 6 1 6       3 Nikoloz Basilashvili  /  George Tsivadze Harri Heliövaara  /  Patrik Niklas-Salminen 4 6 0 6 3 6       4 Nikoloz Basilashvili Emil Ruusuvuori 6 2 6 4 6 4       5 George Tsivadze Patrik Niklas-Salminen 6 4 7 5 5 7 0 6 77 65

Latvia vs. Norway

Latvia 0	Olympic Sports Center of Zemgale, Jelgava, Latvia [5] 3–5 February 2017 Hard (i)		Norway 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mārtiņš Podžus Casper Ruud 3 6 1 6 5 7       2 Miķelis Lībietis Viktor Durasovic 77 65 4 6 1 6 63 77     3 Miķelis Lībietis  /  Mārtiņš Podžus Viktor Durasovic  /  Casper Ruud 3 6 62 77 77 65 2 6     4 Rūdolfs Mednis Simen Sunde Bratholm 7 5 65 77 66 78       5 Artūrs Lazdiņš Viktor Durasovic             w/o

Denmark vs. Morocco

Denmark 4	Vejlby-Risskov Hallen, Aarhus, Denmark [6] 3–5 February 2017 Carpet (i)		Morocco 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Frederik Nielsen Amine Ahouda 6 1 6 3 6 3       2 Søren Hess-Olesen Reda El Amrani 2 6 6 3 2 6 65 77     3 Thomas Kromann  /  Frederik Nielsen Reda El Amrani  /  Yassine Idmbarek 6 2 6 4 6 2       4 Frederik Nielsen Reda El Amrani 6 2 3 6 6 3 6 4     5 Søren Hess-Olesen Mehdi Jdi 3 6 6 0 6 0

South Africa vs. Estonia

South Africa 4	Irene Country Club, Centurion, South Africa [7] 3–5 February 2017 Hard		Estonia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Nicolaas Scholtz Jürgen Zopp 4 6 6 4 6 3 0 0     retired 2 Lloyd Harris Vladimir Ivanov 6 4 6 3 6 2       3 Raven Klaasen  /  Ruan Roelofse Kenneth Raisma  /  Mattias Siimar 64 77 6 3 6 4 7 5     4 Lloyd Harris Mattias Siimar 7 5 6 3         5 Nicolaas Scholtz Vladimir Ivanov 63 77 3 6

Slovenia vs. Monaco

Slovenia 3	Zeleznicarski Teniski Klub Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia [8] 3–5 February 2017 Hard (i)		Monaco 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Blaž Kavčič Lucas Catarina 6 4 2 6 6 2 6 4     2 Grega Žemlja Romain Arneodo 6 3 6 4 65 77 6 4     3 Blaž Kavčič  /  Grega Žemlja Romain Arneodo  /  Benjamin Balleret 2 6 4 6 3 6       4 Grega Žemlja Lucas Catarina 6 2 6 3 6 1       5 Tilen Žitnik Thomas Oger 6 1 4 6 2 6

Second round

Turkey vs. Sweden

Turkey 1	Ali Bey Hotels & Resorts, Antalya, Turkey [9] 7–9 April Clay		Sweden 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Marsel İlhan Christian Lindell 1 6 4 6 4 6       2 Cem İlkel Elias Ymer 6 4 3 6 78 66 63 77 3 6   3 Altuğ Çelikbilek  /  Cem İlkel Johan Brunström  /  Andreas Siljeström 65 77 6 4 6 4 6 3     4 Altuğ Çelikbilek Elias Ymer 66 78 1 6 5 7       5 Anıl Yüksel Christian Lindell 3 6 7 5 1 6

Georgia vs. Lithuania

Georgia 2	Mziuri Tennis Club, Tbilisi, Georgia [10] 7–9 April Hard		Lithuania 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Nikoloz Basilashvili Tadas Babelis 6 3 6 2 6 0       2 George Tsivadze Laurynas Grigelis 3 6 2 6 2 6       3 Nikoloz Basilashvili  /  George Tsivadze Laurynas Grigelis  /  Lukas Mugevičius 4 6 3 6 3 6       4 Nikoloz Basilashvili Laurynas Grigelis 6 0 6 1 6 0       5 George Tsivadze Lukas Mugevičius 4 6 2 6 6 1 4 6

Norway vs. Denmark

Norway 1	Stavanger Forum Expo, Stavanger, Norway [11] 7–9 April Hard (i)		Denmark 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Casper Ruud Søren Hess-Olesen 6 3 5 7 7 5 6 2     2 Viktor Durasovic Frederik Nielsen 2 6 6 3 2 6 67 79     3 Viktor Durasovic  /  Casper Ruud Thomas Kromann  /  Frederik Nielsen 4 6 6 4 2 6 2 6     4 Casper Ruud Frederik Nielsen 4 6 2 6 3 6       5 Simen Sunde Bratholm August Holmgren 64 77 5 7

South Africa vs. Slovenia

South Africa 5	Irene Country Club, Centurion, South Africa [12] 7–9 April Hard		Slovenia 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Lloyd Harris Mike Urbanija 6 1 6 1 6 2       2 Nicolaas Scholtz Grega Žemlja 3 6 61 77 78 66 77 64 79 67   3 Raven Klaasen  /  Ruan Roelofse Tomislav Ternar  /  Grega Žemlja 78 66 6 2 6 4       4 Lloyd Harris Tilen Žitnik 6 3 6 3         5 Nicolaas Scholtz Tomislav Ternar 6 2 6 4

Play-offs

Cyprus vs. Tunisia

Cyprus 1	National Tennis Centre, Nicosia, Cyprus [13] 7–9 April Hard		Tunisia 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Menelaos Efstathiou Malek Jaziri 2 6 3 6 5 7       2 Marcos Baghdatis Moez Echargui 5 7 62 77 6 4 6 4 1 6   3 Marcos Baghdatis  /  Petros Chrysochos Malek Jaziri  /  Skander Mansouri 5 7 6 3 7 5 4 6 5 7   4 Petros Chrysochos Aziz Dougaz 6 4 77 62         5 Eleftherios Neos Moez Echargui 3 6 2 6

Finland vs. Madagascar

Finland 3	Hangon Urheilutalo, Hanko, Finland [14] 7–9 April Hard (i)		Madagascar 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Patrik Niklas-Salminen Jean-Jacques Rakotohasy 6 2 6 4 6 3       2 Eero Vasa Antso Rakotondramanga 6 4 3 6 2 6 0 6     3 Harri Heliövaara  /  Henri Kontinen Antso Rakotondramanga  /  Lofo Ramiaramanana 6 1 6 2 6 1       4 Patrik Niklas-Salminen Antso Rakotondramanga 3 6 5 7 63 77       5 Harri Heliövaara Lucas Andriamasilalao 6 2 6 1 6 1

Morocco vs. Latvia

Morocco 3	Royal Tennis Club de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco [15] 7–9 April Clay		Latvia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Amine Ahouda Miķelis Lībietis 6 3 4 6 6 3 6 2     2 Reda El Amrani Mārtiņš Podžus 6 4 710 68 6 4       3 Amine Ahouda  /  Reda El Amrani Miķelis Lībietis  /  Mārtiņš Podžus 6 4 65 77 64 77 3 6     4 Reda El Amrani Rūdolfs Mednis 6 2 6 2 6 3       5 Amine Ahouda Mārtiņš Podžus 1 6 0 0       retired

Estonia vs. Monaco

Estonia 3	Tere Tennisekeskus, Tallinn, Estonia [16] 7–9 April Hard (i)		Monaco 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Vladimir Ivanov Romain Arneodo 77 64 77 65 1 6 6 4     2 Kenneth Raisma Lucas Catarina 6 3 6 0 6 4       3 Kenneth Raisma  /  Mattias Siimar Romain Arneodo  /  Benjamin Balleret 4 6 6 1 6 2 79 67     4 Mattias Siimar Lucas Catarina 4 6 6 4 63 77       5 Kristofer Siimar Thomas Oger 4 6 4 6

Third round

Sweden vs. Lithuania

Sweden 5	Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden [17] 15–17 September Clay		Lithuania 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Elias Ymer Julius Tverijonas 6 2 6 3 6 4       2 Mikael Ymer Laurynas Grigelis 2 6 7 5 6 0 0 6 6 1   3 Johan Brunström  /  Markus Eriksson Tadas Babelis  /  Laurynas Grigelis 77 62 6 3 6 1       4 Markus Eriksson Tadas Babelis 6 3 6 0         5 Mikael Ymer Julius Tverijonas 7 5 6 3

Denmark vs. South Africa

Denmark 1	Ceres Arena, Aarhus, Denmark [18] 15–17 September Hard (indoor)		South Africa 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Frederik Nielsen Nicolaas Scholtz 6 4 6 2 6 3       2 Benjamin Hannestad Lloyd Harris 64 77 0 6 5 7       3 Thomas Kromann  /  Frederik Nielsen Raven Klaasen  /  Ruan Roelofse 3 6 0 6 4 6       4 Frederik Nielsen Lloyd Harris 1 6 6 1 4 6 3 6     5 Benjamin Hannestad Nicolaas Scholtz           not played

References

1. "Tunisia v Sweden". daviscup.com.
2. "Cyprus v Turkey". daviscup.com.
3. "Lithuania v Madagascar". daviscup.com.
4. "Georgia v Finland". daviscup.com.
5. "Latvia v Norway". daviscup.com.
6. "Denmark v Morocco". daviscup.com.
7. "South Africa v Estonia". daviscup.com.
8. "Slovenia v Monaco". daviscup.com.
9. "Turkey v Sweden". daviscup.com.
10. "Georgia v Lithuania". daviscup.com.
11. "Norway v Denmark". daviscup.com.
12. "South Africa v Slovenia". daviscup.com.
13. "Cyprus v Tunisia". daviscup.com.
14. "Finland v Madagascar". daviscup.com.
15. "Morocco v Latvia". daviscup.com.
16. "Estonia v Monaco". daviscup.com.
17. "Sweden v Lithuania". daviscup.com.
18. "Denmark v South Africa". daviscup.com.

External links

• Official Website