2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

The European and African Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2009.

Countries participating in the 2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

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

Participating teams

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Draw

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Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
  Slovakia
Cagliari, Italy (clay)
bye
  Slovakia  Slovakia1
bye  Italy4
  Italy
Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)
bye
  Slovakia5
  Macedonia0
  Belarus
Minsk, Belarus (hard)Johannesburg, South Africa (hard)
bye
  Belarus4  Belarus0
Johannesburg, South Africa (hard)
  Macedonia1  South Africa5
  South Africa5
  Macedonia0
bye
Renfrewshire, Great Britain (indoor hard)
  Ukraine
bye  Ukraine4
  Great Britain  Great Britain1
bye
Liverpool, Great Britain (indoor hard)
  Great Britain
  Great Britain2
  Poland3
bye
Liège, Belgium (clay)
  Poland
  Poland  Poland1
bye  Belgium4
bye
  Belgium

First Round Matches

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South Africa vs. Macedonia

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South Africa
5
Emperors Palace, Johannesburg, South Africa
6–8 March 2009
hard (outdoor)
 
Macedonia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Izak van der Merwe
Predrag Rusevski
2
6
6
2
6
2
6
4
   
2  
 
Rik de Voest
Lazar Magdinčev
6
3
6
2
6
1
     
3  
 
Jeff Coetzee / Rik de Voest
Lazar Magdinčev / Predrag Rusevski
6
1
77
61
6
2
     
4  
 
Raven Klaasen
Ilija Martinoski
6
2
6
2
       
5  
 
Izak van der Merwe
Dimitar Grabuloski
6
4
6
0
       

Second Round Matches

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Slovakia vs. Italy

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Slovakia
1
Tennis Club Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
6–8 March 2009
clay (outdoor)
 
Italy
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Dominik Hrbatý
Potito Starace
1
6
2
6
4
6
     
2  
 
Lukáš Lacko
Fabio Fognini
6
1
3
6
2
6
6
1
1
6
 
3  
 
Michal Mertiňák / Filip Polášek
Flavio Cipolla / Potito Starace
7
5
4
6
6
0
2
6
9
7
 
4  
 
Dominik Hrbatý
Fabio Fognini
61
77
1
6
3
6
     
5  
 
Lukáš Lacko
Flavio Cipolla
2
6
5
7
       

Belarus vs. South Africa

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Belarus
0
Arthur Ashe Tennis Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa
8–10 May 2009
hard (outdoor)
 
South Africa
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Uladzimir Ignatik
Izak van der Merwe
4
6
3
4
      retired
 
2  
 
Andrei Karatchenia
Rik de Voest
1
6
4
6
1
6
     
3  
 
Siarhei Betau / Max Mirnyi
Jeff Coetzee / Rik de Voest
3
6
4
6
65
77
     
4  
 
Siarhei Betau
Raven Klaasen
1
6
4
6
       
5  
 
Andrei Karatchenia
Izak van der Merwe
1
6
3
6
       

Ukraine vs. Great Britain

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Ukraine
4
Braehead Arena, Renfrewshire, Scotland, Great Britain
6–8 March 2009
hard (indoor)
 
Great Britain
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Illya Marchenko
Josh Goodall
77
62
77
65
77
65
     
2  
 
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Chris Eaton
6
3
3
6
6
3
6
4
   
3  
 
Sergei Bubka / Sergiy Stakhovsky
Colin Fleming / Ross Hutchins
6
4
3
6
6
3
5
7
6
4
 
4  
 
Ivan Sergeyev
Josh Goodall
77
63
6
3
       
5  
 
Illya Marchenko
Chris Eaton
3
6
6
4
65
77
     

Poland vs. Belgium

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Poland
1
Country Hall du Sart-Tilman, Liège, Belgium
6–8 March 2009
clay (indoor)
 
Belgium
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Michał Przysiężny
Kristof Vliegen
6
1
3
6
4
6
6
1
3
6
 
2  
 
Jerzy Janowicz
Xavier Malisse
6
7
3
6
3
6
     
3  
 
Marcin Matkowski / Grzegorz Panfil
Steve Darcis / Olivier Rochus
3
6
61
77
3
6
     
4  
 
Jerzy Janowicz
Kristof Vliegen
6
2
6
4
       
5  
 
Grzegorz Panfil
Xavier Malisse
3
6
2
6
       

First Round Play-offs Matches

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Belarus vs. Macedonia

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Belarus
4
Republic Olympic Training Center for Tennis, Minsk, Belarus
10–12 July 2009
hard (outdoor)
 
Macedonia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Andrei Vasilevski
Dimitar Grabuloski
7
5
77
62
3
6
65
77
3
6
 
2  
 
Uladzimir Ignatik
Lazar Magdinčev
6
2
7
5
6
3
     
3  
 
Alexander Bury / Max Mirnyi
Dimitar Grabuloski / Lazar Magdinčev
6
1
77
62
6
1
     
4  
 
Uladzimir Ignatik
Dimitar Grabuloski
6
3
6
1
6
4
     
5  
 
Andrei Vasilevski
Lazar Magdinčev
6
4
6
2
       

Second Round Play-offs Matches

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Slovakia vs. Macedonia

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Slovakia
5
Sibamac Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia
18–20 September 2009
Hard (Indoor)
 
Macedonia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Dominik Hrbatý
Dimitar Grabuloski
6
2
6
4
6
4
     
2  
 
Lukáš Lacko
Lazar Magdinčev
6
1
6
1
6
3
     
3  
 
Martin Kližan / Filip Polášek
Dimitar Grabuloski / Lazar Magdinčev
6
3
6
3
6
3
     
4  
 
Lukáš Lacko
Shendrit Deari
6
3
6
0
       
5  
 
Dominik Hrbatý
Tomislav Jotovski
6
0
6
0
       

Great Britain vs. Poland

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Great Britain
2
Echo Arena, Liverpool, England, Great Britain
18–20 September 2009
Hard (Indoor)
 
Poland
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Andy Murray
Michał Przysiężny
6
4
6
2
6
4
     
2  
 
Daniel Evans
Jerzy Janowicz
3
6
3
6
65
77
     
3  
 
Ross Hutchins / Andy Murray
Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski
5
7
6
3
3
6
2
6
   
4  
 
Andy Murray
Jerzy Janowicz
6
3
6
4
6
3
     
5  
 
Daniel Evans
Michał Przysiężny
2
6
1
6
5
7
     
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