2001 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2001.

Main article: 2001 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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 2002.[1]

Participating nations

Draw
  Second Round Play-offs
21–23 September		 First Round Play-offs
 First Round
9–11 February		 Second Round
6–8 April
                                     
 
      Great Britain  
     bye     Solihull, England (indoor carpet)
   bye         Great Britain 5
    Ukraine   Maia, Portugal (clay)     Portugal 0
    Ukraine 2
  Wels, Austria (indoor hard)       Portugal 3  
    Ukraine 1  
    Austria 4    
      Austria  
     bye     Pula, Croatia (indoor carpet)
  Austria         Austria 1
   bye       Croatia 4
   bye
      Croatia  
 
      Belarus  
     bye     Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet)
   bye         Belarus 3
    Zimbabwe       Zimbabwe 2
   bye
  Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)       Zimbabwe  
    Zimbabwe 3  
    Slovenia 2     Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)
      Slovenia 2  
      Finland 3     Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)
  Slovenia         Finland 2
   bye       Italy 3
   bye
      Italy  
 Ukraine and  Slovenia
relegated to Group II in 2001.		  Great Britain,  Croatia,  Belarus, and  Italy
advance to World Group Qualifying Round.

First round

Portugal vs. Ukraine

Portugal
3		 Maia Tennis Complex, Maia, Portugal[2]
9–11 February 2001
Clay
Ukraine
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Emanuel Couto
Andriy Medvedev		 7
5		 1
6 		3
6 		2
6 		   
2
Bernardo Mota
Andrei Dernovskiy		 3
6 		6
4		 6
3		 3
6 		6
1		  
3
Emanuel Couto / Nuno Marques
Andrei Dernovskiy / Andriy Medvedev		 6
4		 4
6 		7
5		 6
4		    
4
Bernardo Mota
Andriy Medvedev		 0
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
5
Emanuel Couto
Andrei Dernovskiy		 6
3		 6
4		 79
67		      

Finland vs. Slovenia

Finland
3		 Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland[3]
9–11 February 2001
Carpet (indoors)
Slovenia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Tuomas Ketola
Andrej Kračman		 6
3		 6
3		 6
4		      
2
Jarkko Nieminen
Marko Tkalec		 6
4		 6
2		 6
2		      
3
Ville Liukko / Jarkko Nieminen
Andrej Kračman / Borut Urh		 4
6 		77
62		 77
64		 63
77		 4
6 		 
4
Tuomas Ketola
Marko Tkalec		 2
6 		61
77		 3
2		     retired
 
5
Jarkko Nieminen
Andrej Kračman		 6
3		 6
1		 7
5		      

Second round

Great Britain vs. Portugal

Great Britain
5		 National Exhibition Centre, Solihull, England[4]
6–8 April 2001
Carpet (indoors)
Portugal
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Tim Henman
Tiago Vinhas Sousa		 6
2		 6
1		 6
1		      
2
Greg Rusedski
Emanuel Couto		 6
3		 63
77		 6
1		 6
2		    
3
Tim Henman / Greg Rusedski
Emanuel Couto / António van Grichen		 6
1		 77
65		 710
68		      
4
Martin Lee
António van Grichen		 6
2		 6
0		        
5
Lee Childs
Tiago Vinhas Sousa		 6
1		 6
4		        

Croatia vs. Austria

Croatia
4		 Dom Mladosti Hall, Pula, Croatia[5]
6–8 April 2001
Carpet (indoors)
Austria
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Goran Ivanišević
Stefan Koubek		 6
4		 6
3		 77
63		      
2
Ivan Ljubičić
Julian Knowle		 4
6 		65
77		 63
77		      
3
Goran Ivanišević / Ivan Ljubičić
Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer		 6
4		 79
67		 4
6 		6
3		    
4
Ivan Ljubičić
Stefan Koubek		 5
7 		6
3		 77
63		 6
3		    
5
Mario Ančić
Clemens Trimmel		 4
6 		6
3		 77
64		      

Belarus vs. Zimbabwe

Belarus
3		 Olympic Tennis Centre, Minsk, Belarus[6]
6–8 April 2001
Carpet (indoors)
Zimbabwe
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Vladimir Voltchkov
Wayne Black		 2
3		         retired
 
2
Max Mirnyi
Byron Black		 6
3		 7
5		 6
0		      
3
Max Mirnyi / Alexander Shvets
Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett		 78
66		 5
7 		3
6 		65
77		    
4
Alexander Shvets
Byron Black		 6
4		 77
65		 6
1		      
5
Max Mirnyi
Kevin Ullyett		 6
3		 77
64		 7
5		      

Finland vs. Italy

Finland
2		 Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland[7]
6–8 April 2001
Carpet (indoors)
Italy
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ville Liukko
Federico Luzzi		 4
6 		67
79		 6
4		 6
3		 12
14 		 
2
Jarkko Nieminen
Mosé Navarra		 6
3		 61
77		 2
6 		4
6 		   
3
Tuomas Ketola / Jarkko Nieminen
Mosé Navarra / Vincenzo Santopadre		 5
7 		5
7 		4
6 		     
4
Jarkko Nieminen
Filippo Volandri		 6
3		 7
5		        
5
Tapio Nurminen
Vincenzo Santopadre		 6
3		 6
4		        

Second round relegation play-offs

Austria vs. Ukraine

Austria
4		 Bosch-Halle, Wels, Austria[8]
21–23 September 2001
Hard (indoors)
Ukraine
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Stefan Koubek
Andrei Dernovskiy		 6
0		 6
3		 3
6 		6
1		    
2
Markus Hipfl
Orest Tereshchuk		 6
3		 6
1		 6
1		      
3
Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer
Andrei Dernovskiy / Orest Tereshchuk		 66
78		 6
2		 3
6 		6
1		 3
6 		 
4
Markus Hipfl
Andriy Medvedev		 6
4		 4
6 		6
0		 6
4		    
5
Stefan Koubek
Taras Demyanenko		 6
0		 6
3		        

Zimbabwe vs. Slovenia

Zimbabwe
3		 City Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe[9]
21–23 September 2001
Hard (indoors)
Slovenia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Kevin Ullyett
Marko Tkalec		 7
5		 7
5		 6
4		      
2
Wayne Black
Iztok Božič		 77
64		 4
6 		6
3		 3
6 		4
6 		 
3
Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett
Boštjan Ošabnik / Matija Zgaga		 6
3		 6
3		 6
3		      
4
Wayne Black
Marko Tkalec		 6
4		 6
4		 2
6 		6
4		    
5
Genius Chidzikwe
Iztok Božič		 6
3		 1
6 		4
6 		     

References
  1. "2001 Europe/Africa Group I". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  2. "Portugal v Ukraine". daviscup.com.
  3. "Finland v Slovenia". daviscup.com.
  4. "Great Britain v Portugal". daviscup.com.
  5. "Croatia v Austria". daviscup.com.
  6. "Belarus v Zimbabwe". daviscup.com.
  7. "Finland v Italy". daviscup.com.
  8. "Austria v Ukraine". daviscup.com.
  9. "Zimbabwe v Slovenia". daviscup.com.
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