2002 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2002.

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 2003.^[1]

Participating nations

Draw

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

S

Italy

Reggio Calabria, Italy (clay)

bye

S

Italy

S

Italy

1

bye

Finland

4

Finland

Follonica, Italy (indoor carpet)

bye

S

Italy

4

Portugal

1

S

Belarus

Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet)

Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)

bye

S

Belarus

4

S

Belarus

1

Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)

1

4

0

5

Tirol, Austria (indoor clay)

Austria

3

Constanța, Romania (indoor carpet)

Israel

2

Israel

Austria

0

bye

S

Romania

5

bye

Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)

S

Romania

Israel

5

Greece

0

bye

Liège, Belgium (indoor carpet)

Greece

bye

Greece

0

Greece

S

Belgium

5

bye

S

Belgium

Greece and Portugal relegated to Group II in 2003.
Belgium, Finland, Romania, and Zimbabwe advance to World Group qualifying round.

First round

Zimbabwe vs. Portugal

Zimbabwe
5

City Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe^[2]
8–10 February 2002
Hard (indoors)

Portugal
0

		1	2	3	4
1	Byron Black Emanuel Couto	6 3	7⁷ 6⁴	7 5
2	Wayne Black Bernardo Mota	6 1	3 6	6 3	6 2
3	Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett Emanuel Couto / Nuno Marques	6 4	6 4	6 4
4	Wayne Black Hélder Lopes	7⁷ 6⁵	6 3
5	Genius Chidzikwe Bernardo Mota	3 6	7⁸ 6⁶	7 5

Genius Chidzikwe became the first black Zimbabwean to win a Davis Cup tennis match^[3]

Austria vs. Israel

Austria
3

Tirol, Austria^[4]
8–10 February 2002
Clay (indoors)

Israel
2

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Stefan Koubek Amir Hadad	6 1	6 3	7⁷ 6²
2	Markus Hipfl Noam Okun	6 3	4 6	6 3	6 1
3	Alexander Peya / Clemens Trimmel Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram	6 2	4 6	7 5	6⁵ 7⁷	2 6
4	Stefan Koubek Noam Okun	6 3	7 5	6 4
5	Markus Hipfl Amir Hadad	3 6	0 3				retired

Second round

Italy vs. Finland

Italy
1

Rocco Polimeni TC, Reggio Calabria, Italy^[5]
5–7 April 2002
Clay

Finland
4

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Davide Sanguinetti Kim Tiilikainen	6 2	7 5	3 6	2 6	5 7
2	Giorgio Galimberti Jarkko Nieminen	3 6	2 6	2 6
3	Giorgio Galimberti / Mosé Navarra Lauri Kiiski / Jarkko Nieminen	3 6	6¹⁰ 7¹²	3 6
4	Mosé Navarra Timo Nieminen	6 3	7 5
5	Stefano Galvani Kim Tiilikainen	3 6	1 6

Zimbabwe vs. Belarus

Zimbabwe
4

Harare Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe^[6]
5–7 April 2002
Hard (indoors)

Belarus
1

		1	2	3	4
1	Byron Black Vladimir Voltchkov	6⁴ 7⁷	3 6	4 6
2	Wayne Black Max Mirnyi	7⁷ 6³	6 3	4 6	6 4
3	Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett Max Mirnyi / Vladimir Voltchkov	6 3	7⁷ 6⁴	4 6	7¹⁴ 6¹²
4	Byron Black Max Mirnyi	6 3	7 5	6³ 7⁷	6 3
5	Genius Chidzikwe Alexander Skrypko	6 3	6⁵ 7⁷	6 3

Romania vs. Austria

Romania
5

Urilor Sports Hall, Constanța, Romania^[7]
5–7 April 2002
Carpet (indoors)

Austria
0

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Andrei Pavel Jürgen Melzer	6 1	6 2	6 4
2	Adrian Voinea Stefan Koubek	3 6	7 5	6 3	6 1
3	Andrei Pavel / Gabriel Trifu Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer	3 6	6 1	6 4	6⁶ 7⁸	6 2
4	Andrei Pavel Alexander Peya	6 1	7¹¹ 6⁹
5	Victor Hănescu Jürgen Melzer	6 4	6 4

Belgium vs. Greece

Belgium
5

Adeps Country Hall, Liège, Belgium^[8]
5–7 April 2002
Carpet (indoors)

Greece
0

		1	2	3	4
1	Xavier Malisse Nikos Rovas	6 0	7⁷ 6⁴	6 0
2	Olivier Rochus Konstantinos Economidis	7⁷ 6⁴	6 3	6 1
3	Gilles Elseneer / Tom Vanhoudt Konstantinos Economidis / Anastasios Vasiliadis	6⁴ 7⁷	7⁷ 6⁴	7⁷ 6¹	6 4
4	Gilles Elseneer Anastasios Vasiliadis	6 2	6 2
5	Olivier Rochus Nikos Rovas	7 5	6 3

First round relegation play-offs

Belarus vs. Portugal

Belarus
4

Olympic Training Centre, Minsk, Belarus^[9]^[10]
12–14 July 2002
Carpet (indoors)

Portugal
1

		1	2	3
1	Vladimir Voltchkov Bernardo Mota	6 2	6 1	6 2
2	Max Mirnyi Hélder Lopes	6 3	6 3	6 4
3	Max Mirnyi / Vladimir Voltchkov Nuno Marques / Bernardo Mota	6 3	6 0	6 3
4	Alexander Shvets Leonardo Tavares	6 2	7⁷ 6⁴
5	Alexander Skrypko Hélder Lopes	6 2	3 6	4 6

Second round relegation play-offs

Italy vs. Portugal

Italy
4

Follonica T.C., Follonica, Italy^[11]^[12]
20–22 September 2002
Carpet (indoors)

Portugal
1

		1	2	3	4
1	Stefano Galvani Bernardo Mota	5 7	3 6	6² 7⁷
2	Davide Sanguinetti Leonardo Tavares	6 3	6 2	6 1
3	Massimo Bertolini / Giorgio Galimberti Hélder Lopes / Bernardo Mota	6 3	6⁴ 7⁷	6 3	6 4
4	Davide Sanguinetti Bernardo Mota	6 4	7 5	6 4
5	Stefano Galvani Tiago Godinho	6 4	6 1

Israel vs. Greece

Israel
5

National Centre, Ramat HaSharon, Israel^[13]
20–22 September 2002
Hard

Greece
0

		1	2	3
1	Harel Levy Eleftherios- Spyridon Alexiou	6 3	6 1	6 2
2	Noam Okun Alexandros Jakoubovits	6 3	6 4	6 2
3	Jonathan Erlich / Amir Hadad Alexandros Jakoubovits / Niko Karagiannis	7 5	6 4	6 2
4	Amir Hadad Eleftherios- Spyridon Alexiou	6 0	6 0
5	Harel Levy Niko Karagiannis	6 4	6 3

References

^ "2002 Europe/Africa Group I". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
^ "Zimbabwe v Portugal". daviscup.com.
^ "Zimbabwe: Chidzikwe Powers to First Davis Cup Victory". allafrica.com. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
^ "Austria v Israel". daviscup.com.
^ "Italy v Finland". daviscup.com.
^ "Zimbabwe v Belarus". daviscup.com.
^ "Romania v Austria". daviscup.com.
^ "Belgium v Greece". daviscup.com.
^ "Belarus v Portugal". daviscup.com.
^ "ESPN tennis". www.espn.com.br. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
^ "Italy v Portugal". daviscup.com.
^ "Portugal's Bernardo Mota runs towards the ball as he makes a return to Stefano Galvani of Italy during the Davis Cup group B qualifying match in Follonica, central Italy, Friday, Sept. 20, 2002". www.alamy.com. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
^ "Israel v Greece". daviscup.com.

External links

Davis Cup official website

[1] "2002 Europe/Africa Group I". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 8 September 2024.

[2] "Zimbabwe v Portugal". daviscup.com.

[AllAfrica-3] "Zimbabwe: Chidzikwe Powers to First Davis Cup Victory". allafrica.com. Retrieved 9 September 2024.

[4] "Austria v Israel". daviscup.com.

[5] "Italy v Finland". daviscup.com.

[6] "Zimbabwe v Belarus". daviscup.com.

[7] "Romania v Austria". daviscup.com.

[8] "Belgium v Greece". daviscup.com.

[9] "Belarus v Portugal". daviscup.com.

[ESPN-10] "ESPN tennis". www.espn.com.br. Retrieved 9 September 2024.

[11] "Italy v Portugal". daviscup.com.

[alamy-12] "Portugal's Bernardo Mota runs towards the ball as he makes a return to Stefano Galvani of Italy during the Davis Cup group B qualifying match in Follonica, central Italy, Friday, Sept. 20, 2002". www.alamy.com. Retrieved 9 September 2024.

[13] "Israel v Greece". daviscup.com.

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