2018 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 2018 Davis Cup.

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 I advanced to the World Group Play-offs, along with losing teams from the World Group first round. Teams who lost their respective ties 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 2019.

Participating nations

Draw

  Second Round Play-offs
19–20 October / 26–27 October
First Round Play-offs
14–15 September
First Round
2–3 February
Second Round
6–7 April
                                     
 
    1   Czech Republic  
     bye     Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor clay)[1]
   bye       1   Czech Republic 3
    South Africa   Centurion, South Africa (hard)[2]     Israel 1
    South Africa 2
  Lisbon, Portugal (clay)[3]       Israel 3  
    South Africa 0  
  4   Portugal 4    
    4   Portugal  
  Bucha, Ukraine (hard)[4]    bye     Stockholm, Sweden (indoor hard)[5]
4   Portugal 1       4   Portugal 2
    Ukraine 3   Dnipro, Ukraine (indoor hard)[6]     Sweden 3
    Ukraine 2
      Sweden 3  
 
      Bosnia and Herzegovina  
     bye     Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor clay)[7]
   bye         Bosnia and Herzegovina 3
  3   Slovakia     3   Slovakia 2
   bye
  Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor clay)[8]     3   Slovakia  
  3   Slovakia 3  
    Belarus 1     Sankt Pölten, Austria (indoor clay)[9]
      Austria 5  
  Moscow, Russia (indoor hard)[10]     Belarus 0     Moscow, Russia (indoor hard)[11]
  Belarus 2         Austria 3
  2   Russia 3     2   Russia 1
   bye
    2   Russia  
 South Africa and  Belarus
relegated to Group II in 2019.
 Czech Republic,  Sweden,  Bosnia and Herzegovina, and  Austria
advance to World Group Play-off.

First round

South Africa vs. Israel


South Africa
2
Irene Country Club, Centurion, South Africa, South Africa[2]
2–3 February
Hard (i)

Israel
3
1 2 3
1
Lloyd Harris
Edan Leshem
7
5
6
4
   
2
Nicolaas Scholtz
Dudi Sela
1
6
7
6
5
7
 
3
Raven Klaasen / Ruan Roelofse
Jonathan Erlich / Dudi Sela
5
7
6
4
6
4
 
4
Lloyd Harris
Dudi Sela
6
7
1
6
   
5
Nicolaas Scholtz
Edan Leshem
3
6
5
7
   

Ukraine vs. Sweden


Ukraine
2
Megaron Tennis Club, Dnipro, Ukraine[6]
2–3 February
Hard (i)

Sweden
3
1 2 3
1
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Mikael Ymer
66
78
2
6
   
2
Artem Smirnov
Elias Ymer
2
6
3
6
   
3
Denys Molchanov / Sergiy Stakhovsky
Markus Eriksson / Andreas Siljeström
77
64
4
6
6
2
 
4
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Elias Ymer
6
4
6
4
   
5
Artem Smirnov
Mikael Ymer
4
6
2
6
   

Austria vs. Belarus


Austria
5
VAZ St. Pölten, Sankt Pölten, Austria[9]
2–3 February
Clay (i)

Belarus
0
1 2 3
1
Gerald Melzer
Ilya Ivashka
2
6
7
5
6
4
 
2
Dominic Thiem
Dzmitry Zhyrmont
6
3
6
3
   
3
Oliver Marach / Philipp Oswald
Ilya Ivashka / Andrei Vasilevski
6
3
77
65
   
4
Dominic Thiem
Ilya Ivashka
6
4
77
65
   
5
Dennis Novak
Yaraslav Shyla
77
61
6
0
   

Second round

Czech Republic vs. Israel


Czech Republic
3
RT Torax Arena, Ostrava, Czech Republic[1]
6–7 April
Clay (i)

Israel
1
1 2 3
1
Jiří Veselý
Edan Leshem
6
0
6
1
   
2
Adam Pavlásek
Dudi Sela
3
6
6
3
6
1
 
3
Adam Pavlásek / Jiří Veselý
Jonathan Erlich / Yshai Oliel
6
2
3
6
6
3
 
4
Václav Šafránek
Yshai Oliel
5
7
3
6
   
5
Adam Pavlásek
Edan Leshem
      not
played

Sweden vs. Portugal


Sweden
3
Kungliga tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden[5]
6–7 April
Hard (i)

Portugal
2
1 2 3
1
Mikael Ymer
João Sousa
4
6
4
6
   
2
Elias Ymer
Gastão Elias
713
611
6
4
   
3
Markus Eriksson / Robert Lindstedt
Gastão Elias / João Sousa
78
66
6
2
   
4
Elias Ymer
João Sousa
4
6
4
6
   
5
Mikael Ymer
Gastão Elias
6
3
6
4
   

Slovakia vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina


Slovakia
2
Aegon Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia[7]
6–7 April
Clay (i)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
3
1 2 3
1
Norbert Gombos
Damir Džumhur
4
6
1
6
   
2
Martin Kližan
Mirza Bašić
77
65
6
1
   
3
Andrej Martin / Igor Zelenay
Mirza Bašić / Tomislav Brkić
2
6
4
6
   
4
Martin Kližan
Damir Džumhur
6
3
77
63
   
5
Jozef Kovalík
Mirza Bašić
60
77
6
2
3
6
 

Russia vs. Austria


Russia
1
Luzhniki Small Sports Arena, Moscow, Russia[11]
6–7 April
Hard (i)

Austria
3
1 2 3
1
Andrey Rublev
Dennis Novak
65
77
4
6
   
2
Daniil Medvedev
Sebastian Ofner
6
1
6
2
   
3
Karen Khachanov / Andrey Rublev
Jürgen Melzer / Philipp Oswald
3
6
63
77
   
4
Evgeny Donskoy
Jürgen Melzer
3
6
6
3
3
6
 
5
Daniil Medvedev
Dennis Novak
      not
played

First round play-offs

Ukraine vs. Portugal


Ukraine
3
Campa Tennis Club, Bucha, Ukraine[4]
14–15 September
Hard

Portugal
1
1 2 3
1
Illya Marchenko
João Sousa
6
4
2
6
3
6
 
2
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Pedro Sousa
6
3
6
2
   
3
Denys Molchanov / Sergiy Stakhovsky
Gastão Elias / João Sousa
6
4
3
6
77
65
 
4
Sergiy Stakhovsky
João Sousa
6
2
4
6
6
4
 
5
Illya Marchenko
Pedro Sousa
      not
played

Russia vs. Belarus


Russia
3
Luzhniki Small Sports Arena, Moscow, Russia[10]
14–15 September
Hard (i)

Belarus
2
1 2 3
1
Karen Khachanov
Egor Gerasimov
77
64
6
3
   
2
Daniil Medvedev
Ilya Ivashka
62
77
4
6
   
3
Karen Khachanov / Andrey Rublev
Max Mirnyi / Andrei Vasilevski
5
7
3
6
   
4
Karen Khachanov
Ilya Ivashka
6
2
6
4
   
5
Daniil Medvedev
Egor Gerasimov
77
64
3
6
6
3
 

2nd round play-offs

Portugal vs. South Africa


Portugal
4
Club Internacional de Foot-ball, Lisbon, Portugal[3]
19–20 October 2018
Clay

South Africa
0
1 2 3
1
Pedro Sousa
Lloyd Harris
6
1
6
1
   
2
João Sousa
Nicolaas Scholtz
6
3
6
2
   
3
Gastão Elias / João Sousa
Raven Klaasen / Ruan Roelofse
6
4
64
77
6
2
 
4
João Domingues
Philip Henning
6
4
6
0
   
5
Pedro Sousa
Nicolaas Scholtz
      not
played

Slovakia vs. Belarus


Slovakia
3
Aegon Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia[8]
26–27 October 2018
Clay (i)

Belarus
1
1 2 3
1
Martin Kližan
Alexander Zgirovsky
6
1
6
4
   
2
Norbert Gombos
Egor Gerasimov
6
3
4
6
4
6
 
3
Martin Kližan / Filip Polášek
Max Mirnyi / Andrei Vasilevski
65
77
6
4
6
3
 
4
Martin Kližan
Egor Gerasimov
6
4
6
3
   
5
Norbert Gombos
Alexander Zgirovsky
      not
played

References

  1. "Czech Republic v Israel". DavisCup.com.
  2. "South Africa v Israel". DavisCup.com.
  3. "Portugal v South Africa". DavisCup.com.
  4. "Portugal v Ukraine". DavisCup.com.
  5. "Sweden v Portugal". DavisCup.com.
  6. "Ukraine v Sweden". DavisCup.com.
  7. "Slovakia v Bosnia and Herzegovina". DavisCup.com.
  8. "Slovakia v Belarus". DavisCup.com.
  9. "Austria v Belarus". DavisCup.com.
  10. "Belarus v Russia". DavisCup.com.
  11. "Russia v Austria". DavisCup.com.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.