2010 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

The European and African Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2010.

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
1  Austria
Bad Gleichenberg, Austria (indoor hard)
bye
bye1  Austria3
  Slovakia  Slovakia2
  Slovakia
Minsk, Belarus (hard)
bye
  Slovakia4
  Belarus1
3  Netherlands
Zoetermeer, Netherlands (indoor hard)
bye
3  Netherlands43  Netherlands1
Castellaneta, Italy (clay)
  Belarus1  Italy4
  Italy5
  Belarus0
Sopot, Poland (indoor hard)
  Poland2
Pretoria, South Africa (hard)
  Finland3
  Poland  Finland0
bye4  South Africa4
bye
Riga, Latvia (indoor carpet)
4  South Africa
  Poland3
Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine (indoor hard)
  Latvia2
  Ukraine4
Bucharest, Romania (clay)
  Latvia1
  Latvia  Ukraine1
bye2  Romania3
bye
2  Romania

First Round Matches

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Italy vs. Belarus

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Italy
5
Nova Yardinia, Castellaneta Marina, Italy
5–7 March 2010
clay (outdoor)
 
Belarus
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Potito Starace
Uladzimir Ignatik
6
4
6
1
6
2
     
2  
 
Fabio Fognini
Alexander Bury
6
2
6
4
6
1
     
3  
 
Simone Bolelli / Filippo Volandri
Uladzimir Ignatik / Max Mirnyi
6
1
6
4
6
2
     
4  
 
Simone Bolelli
Uladzimir Ignatik
6
3
6
3
       
5  
 
Filippo Volandri
Andrei Vasilevski
77
63
6
3
       

Poland vs. Finland

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Poland
2
Hala 100-lecia Sopotu, Sopot, Poland
5–7 March 2010
hard (indoor)
 
Finland
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Michał Przysiężny
Jarkko Nieminen
77
65
64
77
77
65
67
79
4
6
 
2  
 
Łukasz Kubot
Henri Kontinen
6
4
6
2
77
65
     
3  
 
Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski
Henri Kontinen / Jarkko Nieminen
6
4
77
64
4
6
6
3
   
4  
 
Łukasz Kubot
Jarkko Nieminen
4
6
66
78
77
64
6
2
5
7
 
5  
 
Michał Przysiężny
Henri Kontinen
4
6
6
3
77
64
64
77
5
7
 

Ukraine vs. Latvia

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Ukraine
4
Megaron Tennis Club, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
5–7 March 2010
hard (indoor)
 
Latvia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Illya Marchenko
Andis Juška
6
3
6
2
6
4
     
2  
 
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Deniss Pavlovs
6
2
6
3
6
4
     
3  
 
Sergei Bubka / Sergiy Stakhovsky
Andis Juška / Deniss Pavlovs
64
77
3
6
2
6
     
4  
 
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Andis Juška
6
2
5
7
6
4
77
62
   
5  
 
Ivan Sergeyev
Karlis Lejnieks
6
4
66
78
6
1
     

Second Round Matches

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Austria vs. Slovakia

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Austria
3
Gleichenberg-Halle, Bad Gleichenberg, Austria
5–7 March 2010
hard (indoor)
 
Slovakia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Daniel Köllerer
Lukáš Lacko
6
2
2
6
65
77
3
6
   
2  
 
Jürgen Melzer
Martin Kližan
6
3
6
3
7
5
     
3  
 
Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer
Michal Mertiňák / Filip Polášek
3
6
6
1
6
3
6
2
   
4  
 
Jürgen Melzer
Lukáš Lacko
77
62
7
5
7
5
     
5  
 
Daniel Köllerer
Martin Kližan
2
6
63
77
       

Netherlands vs. Italy

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Netherlands
1
PWA Silverdome, Zoetermeer, Netherlands
7 – 9 May
Hard – Indoors
 
Italy
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Thiemo de Bakker
Simone Bolelli
65
77
65
77
3
6
     
2  
 
Robin Haase
Potito Starace
5
7
3
6
6
2
62
77
   
3  
 
Robin Haase / Igor Sijsling
Simone Bolelli / Potito Starace
6
4
3
6
65
77
4
6
   
4  
 
Igor Sijsling
Paolo Lorenzi
4
6
3
6
       
5  
 
Robin Haase
Daniele Bracciali
79
67
7
5
       

Finland vs. South Africa

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Finland
0
Groenkloof Tennis Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa
7 – 9 May
Hard, Outdoors
 
South Africa
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Harri Helliovaara
Izak van der Merwe
3
6
4
6
6
3
3
6
   
2  
 
Jarkko Nieminen
Rik de Voest
7
5
3
6
2
6
7
5
3
6
 
3  
 
Harri Helliovaara / Jarkko Nieminen
Rik de Voest / Wesley Moodie
2
6
3
6
4
6
     
4  
 
Timo Nieminen
Izak van der Merwe
3
6
4
6
       
5  
 
Harri Helliovaara
Rik de Voest
          not
played

Ukraine vs. Romania

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Ukraine
1
Arenele BNR, București, Bucharest, Romania
7 – 9 May
Clay, Outdoors
 
Romania
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Illya Marchenko
Victor Hănescu
61
77
5
7
4
6
     
2  
 
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Adrian Ungur
6
2
63
77
7
5
7
5
   
3  
 
Sergei Bubka / Sergiy Stakhovsky
Victor Hănescu / Horia Tecău
4
6
4
6
2
6
     
4  
 
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Victor Hănescu
4
6
2
6
5
7
     
5  
 
Ivan Sergeyev
Marius Copil
6
4
1
2
      not
completed

First-round play-offs

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Netherlands vs. Belarus

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Netherlands
4
Republic Olympic Training Centre for Tennis, Minsk, Belarus
9 – 11 July
Hard, Outdoors
 
Belarus
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Thiemo de Bakker
Andrei Vasilevski
6
2
6
2
7
5
     
2  
 
Robin Haase
Uladzimir Ignatik
4
6
5
7
6
3
6
0
6
3
 
3  
 
Igor Sijsling / Thiemo de Bakker
Max Mirnyi / Uladzimir Ignatik
7
5
3
6
66
78
6
4
3
6
 
4  
 
Thiemo de Bakker
Uladzimir Ignatik
6
1
77
65
64
77
6
4
   
5  
 
Robin Haase
Andrei Vasilevski
6
3
6
4
       

Second-round play-offs

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Slovakia vs. Belarus

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Slovakia
4
Republic Olympic Training Center for Tennis, Minsk, Belarus
17 – 19 September
Hard
 
Belarus
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Martin Kližan
Uladzimir Ignatik
69
711
2
6
2
6
     
2  
 
Lukáš Lacko
Siarhei Betau
6
0
6
4
6
4
     
3  
 
Michal Mertiňák / Filip Polášek
Uladzimir Ignatik / Max Mirnyi
77
65
78
66
3
6
4
6
6
4
 
4  
 
Lukáš Lacko
Uladzimir Ignatik
6
1
3
6
6
1
67
79
6
4
 
5  
 
Martin Kližan
Siarhei Betau
77
62
6
2
       

Poland vs. Latvia

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Poland
3
Olympic Sports Centre, Riga, Latvia
17 – 19 September
Carpet
 
Latvia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Michał Przysiężny
Andis Juška
6
3
6
4
6
4
     
2  
 
Jerzy Janowicz
Ernests Gulbis
4
6
4
6
6
3
2
6
   
3  
 
Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski
Andis Juška / Deniss Pavlovs
6
3
6
4
77
64
     
4  
 
Michał Przysiężny
Ernests Gulbis
77
65
1
6
2
6
5
7
   
5  
 
Jerzy Janowicz
Kārlis Lejnieks
7
5
6
4
77
63
     

References

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  1. ^ "Seeds announced for 2010 Draw".