1989 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1989.

In the Europe/Africa Zone there were two 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 IIs in 1990.

Participating nations

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Draw

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First RoundSecond Round
   Switzerland
Liestal, Switzerland (clay)
bye
   Switzerland4
  Romania1
bye
  Romania
Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)
  Zimbabwe1
Budapest, Hungary (clay)
  Hungary4
  Hungary4
  Nigeria1
bye
  Nigeria
  Great Britain
Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)
bye
  Great Britain4
Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard)
  Finland1
  Ireland0
  Finland5
Porto, Portugal (indoor clay)
  Senegal0
Best, Netherlands (indoor carpet)
  Portugal5
  Portugal1
  Netherlands4
bye
  Netherlands
Relegation Play-off
Limerick, Ireland (carpet)
  Ireland4
  Senegal1

First round

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Zimbabwe vs. Hungary

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Zimbabwe
1
City Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe[1]
3–5 February 1989
Hard (indoors)
 
Hungary
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Greig Rodger
Sándor Noszály
65
77
2
6
1
6
     
2  
 
Byron Black
András Lányi
3
6
6
2
64
77
6
4
3
6
 
3  
 
Byron Black / Greig Rodger
András Lányi / László Markovits
2
6
7
5
6
1
5
7
8
10
 
4  
 
Greig Rodger
András Lányi
2
6
2
6
       
5  
 
Byron Black
Sándor Noszály
6
4
4
6
8
6
     

Ireland vs. Finland

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Ireland
0
Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[2]
3–5 February 1989
Hard (indoors)
 
Finland
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Eoin Collins
Veli Paloheimo
2
6
4
6
3
6
     
2  
 
Owen Casey
Olli Rahnasto
5
7
1
6
4
6
     
3  
 
Owen Casey / Eoin Collins
Veli Paloheimo / Olli Rahnasto
4
6
79
67
1
6
4
6
   
4  
 
Owen Casey
Kimmo Hurme
3
6
65
77
       
5  
 
Eoin Collins
Olli Rahnasto
7
5
3
6
2
6
     

Portugal vs. Senegal

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Portugal
5
Porto Tennis Club, Porto, Portugal[3]
3–5 February 1989
Clay (indoors)
 
Senegal
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Nuno Marques
Yahiya Doumbia
6
4
6
4
6
4
     
2  
 
João Cunha e Silva
Thierno Ly
6
0
6
0
6
3
     
3  
 
Nuno Marques / João Cunha e Silva
Abou Berthé / Yahiya Doumbia
6
4
6
4
6
2
     
4  
 
João Cunha e Silva
Yahiya Doumbia
2
6
6
1
6
2
     
5  
 
Nuno Marques
Thierno Ly
6
0
6
0
       

Second round

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Switzerland vs. Romania

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Switzerland
4
Tennisclub Liestal, Liestal, Switzerland[4]
5–7 May 1989
Clay
 
Romania
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Claudio Mezzadri
Adrian Marcu
4
6
6
1
6
4
6
4
   
2  
 
Jakob Hlasek
George Cosac
6
1
1
6
7
5
6
3
   
3  
 
Heinz Günthardt / Jakob Hlasek
George Cosac / Florin Segărceanu
6
4
4
6
64
77
6
3
9
11
 
4  
 
Jakob Hlasek
Adrian Marcu
77
64
4
6
6
4
6
4
   
5  
 
Claudio Mezzadri
George Cosac
77
65
6
1
       

Hungary vs. Nigeria

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Hungary
4
Dózsa Stadium, Budapest, Hungary[5]
5–7 May 1989
Clay
 
Nigeria
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Sándor Noszály
Nduka Odizor
6
1
2
6
67
79
6
2
6
3
 
2  
 
András Lányi
Sadiq Abdullahi
6
3
6
3
6
4
     
3  
 
Gábor Köves / László Markovits
Sadiq Abdullahi / Nduka Odizor
6
1
4
6
6
3
6
0
   
4  
 
András Lányi
Nduka Odizor
4
6
77
65
2
6
     
5  
 
Sándor Noszály
Sadiq Abdullahi
5
2
         
retired

Finland vs. Great Britain

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Finland
1
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki, Finland[6]
5–7 May 1989
Carpet (indoors)
 
Great Britain
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Olli Rahnasto
Jeremy Bates
1
6
2
6
5
7
     
2  
 
Veli Paloheimo
Chris Bailey
6
1
6
2
4
6
77
63
   
3  
 
Veli Paloheimo / Olli Rahnasto
Jeremy Bates / Andrew Castle
4
6
64
77
5
7
     
4  
 
Olli Rahnasto
Chris Bailey
4
6
610
712
5
7
     
5  
 
Veli Paloheimo
Jeremy Bates
2
6
5
7
       

Netherlands vs. Portugal

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Netherlands
4
Best Leisure Centre, Best, Netherlands[7]
5–7 May 1989
Carpet (indoors)
 
Portugal
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Michiel Schapers
João Cunha e Silva
6
1
6
2
6
2
     
2  
 
Tom Nijssen
Pedro Cordeiro
4
6
6
2
6
2
6
2
   
3  
 
Tom Nijssen / Michiel Schapers
Pedro Cordeiro / João Cunha e Silva
6
1
7
5
6
0
     
4  
 
Tom Nijssen
João Cunha e Silva
6
3
4
6
2
6
     
5  
 
Michiel Schapers
Pedro Cordeiro
6
1
6
2
       

Relegation play-off

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Ireland vs. Senegal

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Ireland
4
Limerick Lawn Tennis Club, Limerick, Ireland[8]
5–7 May 1989
Carpet
 
Senegal
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Peter Wright
Abou Berthé
6
1
6
1
6
1
     
2  
 
Robert Dolan
Yahiya Doumbia
1
6
4
6
0
6
     
3  
 
Sean Molloy / Peter Wright
Abou Berthé / Yahiya Doumbia
6
4
4
6
5
7
6
3
11
9
 
4  
 
Peter Wright
Yahiya Doumbia
6
3
6
4
6
4
     
5  
 
Robert Dolan
Abou Berthé
6
2
6
3
       

References

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  1. ^ "Zimbabwe v Hungary". daviscup.com.
  2. ^ "Ireland v Finland". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Portugal v Senegal". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Switzerland v Romania". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Hungary v Nigeria". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Finland v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Netherlands v Portugal". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Ireland v Senegal". daviscup.com.
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