2011 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

Main article: 2011 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe and Africa Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2011.

In the Europe and Africa Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.

Participating teams

[1]

Draw

Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
1 Israel
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
bye
bye1 Israel3
 Poland Poland2
 Poland
Espoo, Finland (indoor hard)
bye
 Poland2
 Finland3
3 Italy
Arzachena, Italy (clay)
bye
bye3 Italy5
Ljubljana, Slovenia (indoor clay)
 Finland Slovenia0
 Finland2
 Slovenia3
Kharkiv, Ukraine (indoor hard)
 Ukraine2
Potchefstroom, South Africa (hard)
 Netherlands3
 Ukraine Netherlands1
bye4 South Africa3
bye
Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)
4 South Africa
 Ukraine1
Cruz Quebrada, Portugal (clay)
 Slovakia4
 Portugal4
Bern, Switzerland (indoor hard)
 Slovakia1
 Slovakia Portugal0
bye2  Switzerland5
bye
2  Switzerland

First Round Matches

Slovenia vs. Finland


Slovenia
3 		Sportno Rekeacijski Center Tivoli, Ljubljana, Slovenia[2]
4–6 March 2011
Clay (indoor)
Finland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Slovenia
Finland 		Grega Žemlja
Jarkko Nieminen 		6
3 		3
6 		4
6 		3
6 		   
2 Slovenia
Finland 		Blaž Kavčič
Harri Heliövaara 		4
6 		6
2 		6
3 		6
4 		   
3 Slovenia
Finland 		Luka Gregorc / Grega Žemlja
Harri Heliövaara / Jarkko Nieminen 		65
77 		6
4 		6
4 		7
5 		   
4 Slovenia
Finland 		Blaž Kavčič
Jarkko Nieminen 		3
6 		4
6 		6
4 		4
6 		   
5 Slovenia
Finland 		Grega Žemlja
Micke Kontinen 		2
6 		6
3 		6
3 		6
3 		   

Ukraine vs. Netherlands


Ukraine
2 		Palace of Sports Lokomotiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine[3]
4–6 March 2011
Hard (indoor)
Netherlands
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Ukraine
Netherlands 		Sergiy Stakhovsky
Robin Haase 		6
1 		6
4 		62
77 		4
6 		6
2 		 
2 Ukraine
Netherlands 		Illya Marchenko
Thiemo de Bakker 		63
77 		66
78 		4
6 		     
3 Ukraine
Netherlands 		Sergei Bubka / Sergiy Stakhovsky
Robin Haase / Thiemo de Bakker 		66
78 		77
65 		4
6 		69
711 		   
4 Ukraine
Netherlands 		Sergiy Stakhovsky
Jesse Huta Galung 		6
1 		6
4 		3
6 		64
77 		6
4 		 
5 Ukraine
Netherlands 		Illya Marchenko
Robin Haase 		7
6 		6
1 		63
77 		4
6 		2
6 		 

Portugal vs. Slovak Republic


Portugal
4 		Centro Desportivo Nacional do Jamor, Cruz Quebrada, Portugal[4]
4–6 March 2011
Clay
Slovakia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Portugal
Slovakia 		Frederico Gil
Lukáš Lacko 		6
2 		6
2 		6
1 		     
2 Portugal
Slovakia 		Rui Machado
Martin Kližan 		6
4 		6
4 		1
6 		2
6 		6
4 		 
3 Portugal
Slovakia 		Frederico Gil / Leonardo Tavares
Michal Mertiňák / Filip Polášek 		3
6 		4
6 		6
1 		1
6 		   
4 Portugal
Slovakia 		Rui Machado
Lukáš Lacko 		6
4 		3
6 		6
4 		6
0 		   
5 Portugal
Slovakia 		João Sousa
Martin Kližan 		6
2 		4
1 		       
retired

Second Round Matches

Israel vs. Poland


Israel
3 		Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel[5]
4–6 March 2011
Hard
Poland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Israel
Poland 		Dudi Sela
Marcin Gawron 		6
1 		6
3 		6
4 		     
2 Israel
Poland 		Amir Weintraub
Jerzy Janowicz 		4
6 		6
4 		6
2 		64
77 		6
3 		 
3 Israel
Poland 		Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram
Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski 		4
6 		6
4 		6
3 		6
1 		   
4 Israel
Poland 		Dudi Sela
Jerzy Janowicz 		65
77 		4
6 		       
5 Israel
Poland 		Amir Weintraub
Marcin Gawron 		           
w/o

Italy vs. Slovenia


Italy
5 		Circolo Tennistico Corracilvuna, Arzachena, Italy[6]
8–10 July 2011
Clay
Slovenia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Italy
Slovenia 		Fabio Fognini
Grega Žemlja 		1
6 		6
4 		6
4 		6
4 		   
2 Italy
Slovenia 		Potito Starace
Blaž Kavčič 		3
6 		6
3 		6
2 		6
4 		   
3 Italy
Slovenia 		Daniele Bracciali / Potito Starace
Blaž Kavčič / Grega Žemlja 		77
63 		77
64 		6
2 		     
4 Italy
Slovenia 		Fabio Fognini
Aljaž Bedene 		6
2 		2
2 		       
retired
5 Italy
Slovenia 		Simone Bolelli
Grega Žemlja 		7
5 		6
3 		       

South Africa vs. Netherlands


South Africa
3 		Fanie Du Toit Sports Stadium, Potchefstroom, South Africa[7]
8–10 July 2011
Hard
Netherlands
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 South Africa
Netherlands 		Rik de Voest
Robin Haase 		77
65 		3
6 		0
6 		4
6 		   
2 South Africa
Netherlands 		Kevin Anderson
Thomas Schoorel 		65
77 		6
4 		77
64 		6
1 		   
3 South Africa
Netherlands 		Kevin Anderson / Rik de Voest
Robin Haase / Jesse Huta Galung 		64
77 		6
2 		6
4 		6
4 		   
4 South Africa
Netherlands 		Kevin Anderson
Robin Haase 		6
3 		3
6 		6
2 		6
2 		   
5 South Africa
Netherlands 		Rik de Voest
Thomas Schoorel 		          not
played

Portugal vs. Switzerland


Portugal
0 		Postfinance Arena, Bern, Switzerland[8]
8–10 July 2011
Hard (indoor)
Switzerland
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Portugal
Switzerland 		Frederico Gil
Stanislas Wawrinka 		5
7 		3
6 		4
6 		     
2 Portugal
Switzerland 		Rui Machado
Roger Federer 		7
5 		3
6 		4
6 		2
6 		   
3 Portugal
Switzerland 		Frederico Gil / Leonardo Tavares
Roger Federer / Stanislas Wawrinka 		3
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
4 Portugal
Switzerland 		João Sousa
Marco Chiudinelli 		3
6 		4
6 		       
5 Portugal
Switzerland 		Leonardo Tavares
Stanislas Wawrinka 		61
77 		0
6 		       

Second-round play-offs

Poland vs. Finland


Poland
2 		Barona Areena, Espoo, Finland[9]
16–18 September 2011
Hard (indoor)
Finland
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Poland
Finland 		Jerzy Janowicz
Henri Kontinen 		4
6 		3
6 		712
610 		3
6 		   
2 Poland
Finland 		Grzegorz Panfil
Jarkko Nieminen 		4
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
3 Poland
Finland 		Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski
Henri Kontinen / Jarkko Nieminen 		61
77 		65
77 		4
6 		     
4 Poland
Finland 		Jerzy Janowicz
Harri Heliövaara 		6
3 		6
4 		       
5 Poland
Finland 		Grzegorz Panfil
Henri Kontinen 		7
6 		6
4 		       

Ukraine vs. Slovak Republic

Davis Cup advertisement in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Ukraine
1 		Národné tenisové centrum, Bratislava, Slovakia[10]
16–18 September 2011
Hard (indoor)
Slovakia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Ukraine
Slovakia 		Illya Marchenko
Martin Kližan 		77
64 		3
6 		1
6 		3
6 		   
2 Ukraine
Slovakia 		Sergiy Stakhovsky
Pavol Červenák 		7
5 		6
2 		6
1 		     
3 Ukraine
Slovakia 		Sergei Bubka / Sergiy Stakhovsky
Filip Polášek / Igor Zelenay 		5
7 		77
63 		2
6 		77
63 		4
6 		 
4 Ukraine
Slovakia 		Sergiy Stakhovsky
Martin Kližan 		4
6 		6
3 		63
77 		2
6 		   
5 Ukraine
Slovakia 		Artem Smirnov
Pavol Červenák 		4
6 		4
6 		       

References

  1. ^ "Draw made for 2011 Davis Cup". daviscup.com. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
  2. ^ "Slovenia v Finland". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Ukraine v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Portugal v Slovak Republic". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Israel v Poland". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Italy v Slovenia". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "South Africa v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Portugal v Switzerland". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Finland v Poland". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Slovak Rep. v Ukraine". daviscup.com.