1998 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

Main article: 1998 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1998.

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 1999.[1]

Participating nations

Draw

Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
 France
Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)
bye
 Croatia France4
Helsinki, Finland (hard)
bye Finland1
 Croatia2
Oslo, Norway (clay)
 Finland3
 Croatia3
 Norway2
 Romania
Bucharest, Romania (indoor hard)
bye
bye Romania4
 Norway Norway1
bye
 Norway
 Israel
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
bye
 Austria Israel4
bye Austria1
bye
Pörtschach, Austria (clay)
 Austria
 Austria5
Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet)
 Denmark0
 Ukraine3
Newcastle, England (indoor carpet)
 Denmark2
 Denmark Ukraine0
bye Great Britain5
bye
 Great Britain

First round

Finland vs. Croatia


Finland
3 		Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland[2]
13–15 February 1998
Hard
Croatia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ville Liukko
Ivan Ljubičić 		4
6 		6
4 		7
5 		6
4 		   
2
Tuomas Ketola
Saša Hiršzon 		4
6 		6
3 		0
6 		65
77 		   
3
Tuomas Ketola / Ville Liukko
Saša Hiršzon / Ivan Ljubičić 		6
2 		3
6 		4
6 		6
3 		6
4 		 
4
Tuomas Ketola
Ivan Ljubičić 		6
3 		6
3 		6
3 		     
5
Ville Liukko
Željko Krajan 		5
7 		63
77 		       

Ukraine vs. Denmark


Ukraine
3 		Nauka Tennis Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine[3]
13–15 February 1998
Carpet (indoors)
Denmark
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Andriy Medvedev
Frederik Fetterlein 		6
3 		6
4 		7
5 		     
2
Andrei Rybalko
Kenneth Carlsen 		2
6 		64
77 		3
6 		     
3
Andriy Medvedev / Dimitri Poliakov
Kenneth Carlsen / Frederik Fetterlein 		6
3 		3
6 		64
77 		78
66 		6
4 		 
4
Andriy Medvedev
Kenneth Carlsen 		6
3 		6
3 		6
3 		     
5
Denis Yakimenko
Frederik Fetterlein 		2
6 		2
6 		       

Second round

Finland vs. France


Finland
1 		Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland[4]
3–5 April 1998
Carpet (indoors)
France
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Tuomas Ketola
Guillaume Raoux 		1
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
2
Ville Liukko
Cédric Pioline 		3
6 		5
7 		5
7 		     
3
Tuomas Ketola / Tommi Lenho
Nicolas Escudé / Guillaume Raoux 		5
7 		6
4 		61
77 		2
6 		   
4
Tapio Nurminen
Jérôme Golmard 		64
77 		4
6 		       
5
Tommi Lenho
Guillaume Raoux 		6
3 		6
4 		       

Romania vs. Norway


Romania
4 		Palatul Sport Culturii, Bucharest, Romania[5]
3–5 April 1998
Hard (indoors)
Norway
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Dinu Pescariu
Jan Frode Andersen 		77
62 		6
4 		6
4 		     
2
Andrei Pavel
Christian Ruud 		6
2 		6
2 		6
2 		     
3
Andrei Pavel / Gabriel Trifu
Lars Hjarrand / Helge Koll-Frafjord 		6
3 		6
2 		6
2 		     
4
Dinu Pescariu
Christian Ruud 		4
6 		6
4 		4
6 		     
5
Andrei Pavel
Jan Frode Andersen 		6
4 		6
4 		       

Israel vs. Austria


Israel
4 		Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel[6]
3–5 April 1998
Hard
Austria
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Eyal Erlich
Gerald Mandl 		6
1 		77
64 		7
5 		     
2
Amir Hadad
Stefan Koubek 		77
65 		6
4 		6
3 		     
3
Noam Behr / Eyal Erlich
Thomas Buchmayer / Wolfgang Schranz 		6
4 		77
63 		4
6 		1
6 		6
4 		 
4
Noam Behr
Stefan Koubek 		77
63 		6
1 		       
5
Amir Hadad
Wolfgang Schranz 		4
6 		7
5 		3
6 		     

Great Britain vs. Ukraine


Great Britain
5 		Telewest Arena, Newcastle, England[7]
3–5 April 1998
Carpet (indoors)
Ukraine
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Greg Rusedski
Andrei Rybalko 		6
4 		6
0 		6
4 		     
2
Tim Henman
Andriy Medvedev 		6
2 		64
77 		6
4 		1
6 		6
1 		 
3
Tim Henman / Greg Rusedski
Andriy Medvedev / Andrei Rybalko 		6
4 		7
5 		711
69 		     
4
Greg Rusedski
Andriy Medvedev 		6
1 		6
4 		       
5
Tim Henman
Andrei Rybalko 		6
1 		2
6 		6
2 		     

Second round relegation play-offs

Norway vs. Croatia


Norway
2 		Oslo Tennis Club, Oslo, Norway[8]
25–27 September 1998
Clay
Croatia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Christian Ruud
Lovro Zovko 		77
65 		6
4 		6
1 		     
2
Jan Frode Andersen
Ivan Ljubičić 		4
6 		4
6 		77
65 		4
6 		   
3
Jan Frode Andersen / Christian Ruud
Ivan Ljubičić / Lovro Zovko 		4
6 		6
3 		2
6 		6
3 		6
8 		 
4
Christian Ruud
Ivan Ljubičić 		1
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
5
Jan Frode Andersen
Lovro Zovko 		6
2 		6
3 		       

Austria vs. Denmark


Austria
5 		Werzer Arena, Pörtschach, Austria[9]
25–27 September 1998
Clay
Denmark
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Markus Hipfl
Kenneth Carlsen 		6
4 		6
0 		6
3 		     
2
Stefan Koubek
Thomas Larsen 		3
6 		3
6 		6
4 		6
0 		6
2 		 
3
Wolfgang Schranz / Thomas Strengberger
Kenneth Carlsen / Frederik Fetterlein 		6
3 		6
2 		6
4 		     
4
Wolfgang Schranz
Frederik Fetterlein 		6
3 		63
77 		6
1 		     
5
Markus Hipfl
Thomas Larsen 		6
1 		6
3 		       

References

  1. ^ "1998 Europe/Africa Group I". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Finland v Croatia". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Ukraine v Denmark". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Finland v France". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Romania v Norway". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Israel v Austria". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Great Britain v Ukraine". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Norway v Croatia". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Austria v Denmark". daviscup.com.
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