2013 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

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

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

Seeds:  Russia  Sweden  South Africa  Netherlands

Remaining nations:  Denmark  Great Britain  Poland  Romania  Slovakia  Slovenia  Ukraine

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-offs 25–27 October					First Round Play-offs 13–15 September					First Round 1–3 February					Second Round 5–7 April
											1	Russia
												bye				Coventry, Great Britain (indoor hard)
						1	Russia									1	Russia	2
							bye										Great Britain	3
												Great Britain
	Moscow, Russia (indoor hard)										bye
	1	Russia	5
	3	South Africa	0
											3	South Africa
						Ljubljana, Slovenia (clay)						bye				Zielona Góra, Poland (indoor hard)
					3	South Africa	1								3	South Africa	1
							Slovenia	4		Wrocław, Poland (indoor hard)							Poland	3
											Poland	3
												Slovenia	2
											Cluj-Napoca, Romania (indoor hard)
												Denmark	0
												Romania	5			Brasov, Romania (indoor hard)
							Denmark										Romania	0
							bye									4	Netherlands	5
											4	Netherlands
	Helsingborg, Sweden (indoor hard)										bye
		Denmark	2
	2	Sweden	3							Kremenchug, Ukraine (indoor hard)
												Ukraine	3
						Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)						Slovakia	2			Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine (indoor hard)
						Slovakia	3									Ukraine	3
						2	Sweden	2								2	Sweden	2
											bye
											2	Sweden
South Africa and  Denmark relegated to Group II in 2014.								Great Britain,  Poland,  Netherlands, and  Ukraine advance to World Group Play-off.

First round

Poland vs. Slovenia

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

Romania vs. Denmark

Romania 5	Sala Sporturilor "Horia Demian", Cluj Napoca, Romania[2] 1–3 February 2013 hard (indoor)		Denmark 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Marius Copil Frederik Nielsen 6 3 7^9 6^7 6 4       2 Adrian Ungur Martin Pedersen 6 2 7^7 6^3 4 6 4 6 6 2   3 Florin Mergea / Horia Tecău Frederik Nielsen / Thomas Kromann 7^7 6^3 6 2 6 4       4 Adrian Ungur Thomas Kromann 6 3 6 4         5 Marius Copil Christoffer Kønigsfeldt 6 4 6 3

Ukraine vs. Slovak Republic

Ukraine 3	TC Premier, Kremenchug, Ukraine[3] 1–3 February 2013 hard (indoor)		Slovakia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Alexandr Dolgopolov Andrej Martin 6 2 6 2 7 5       2 Serhiy Stakhovsky Lukáš Lacko 2 6 7 5 6^5 7^7 4 6     3 Alexandr Dolgopolov / Serhiy Stakhovsky Filip Polášek / Igor Zelenay 6^4 7^7 6^3 7^7 3 6       4 Alexandr Dolgopolov Lukáš Lacko 3 6 6 3 6 2 6 1     5 Illya Marchenko Andrej Martin 7 5 7^7 6^5 6 4

Second round

Great Britain vs. Russia

Great Britain 3	Ricoh Arena, Coventry, Great Britain[4] 5–7 April 2013 hard (indoor)		Russia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Daniel Evans Dmitry Tursunov 4 6 7^7 6^5 4 6 7 5 4 6   2 James Ward Evgeny Donskoy 6 4 6 4 5 7 3 6 6 8   3 Colin Fleming / Jonathan Marray Victor Baluda / Igor Kunitsyn 6 1 6 4 6 2       4 James Ward Dmitry Tursunov 6 4 5 7 5 7 6 4 6 4   5 Daniel Evans Evgeny Donskoy 6 4 6 4 6 1

• It was the first time since 1930 that Great Britain had won after being 2-0 down.[5][6][7]

Poland vs. South Africa

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

Romania vs. Netherlands

Romania 0	Dumitru Popescu Colibași Sports Hall, Brasov, Romania[9] 5–7 April 2013 hard (indoor)		Netherlands 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Adrian Ungur Robin Haase 4 6 4 6 6 3 3 6     2 Victor Hănescu Igor Sijsling 4 6 6^5 7^7 6 2 7^7 6^5 2 6   3 Marius Copil / Victor Hănescu Thiemo de Bakker / Robin Haase 4 6 5 7 4 6       4 Marius Copil Thiemo de Bakker 6^3 7^7 6^2 7^7         5 Adrian Ungur Igor Sijsling 6 1 3 6 4 6

Ukraine vs. Sweden

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

First round play-offs

Slovenia vs. South Africa

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

Slovakia vs. Sweden

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

Second round play-offs

Russia vs. South Africa

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

Sweden vs. Denmark

Sweden 3	Idrottens Hus, Helsingborg, Sweden[14] 25–27 October 2013 hard (indoor)		Denmark 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Elias Ymer Frederik Nielsen 6^6 7^8 2 6 6 4 5 7     2 Markus Eriksson Martin Pedersen 7^9 6^7 3 6 6^3 7^7 4 6     3 Johan Brunström / Robert Lindstedt Thomas Kromann / Frederik Nielsen 6^5 7^7 6 4 6 3 6 3     4 Markus Eriksson Frederik Nielsen 6 3 3 6 6^1 7^7 6 4 9 7   5 Elias Ymer Martin Pedersen 7^7 6^3 7^10 6^8 4 6 7 5

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