2010 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

International tennis competition June 2023 September 2010 2010 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone 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 http://www.daviscup.com/en/news/articles/seeds-announced-for-2010-draw.aspx Seeds announced for 2010 Draw Seeds AUT ROM NED RSA Other Nations BLR FIN ITA LAT POL SVK UKR Draw y 175 2 5 Second-round play-offs First-round play-offs First Round Second Round 17-19 Sep 9–11 July 5–7 March 7–9 May 1 AUT bye SVK bye 3 NED bye Castellaneta, Italy (clay) ITA 5 BLR 0 Sopot, Poland (indoor hard) POL 2 FIN 3 bye 4 RSA Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine (indoor hard) UKR 4 LAT 1 bye 2 ROM bye SVK 3 NED 4 BLR 1 POL bye LAT bye Bad Gleichenberg, Austria (indoor hard) 1 AUT 3 SVK 2 Zoetermeer, Netherlands (indoor hard) 3 NED 1 ITA 4 Pretoria, South Africa (hard) FIN 0 4 RSA 4 Bucharest, Romania (clay) UKR 1 2 ROM 3 Minsk, Belarus (hard) SVK 4 BLR 1 Riga, Latvia (indoor carpet) POL 3 LAT 2 BLR and LAT relegated to Group II in 2011. AUT, ITA, RSA, and ROU advance to 2010 Davis Cup World Group play-offs. First Round Matches Italy vs. Belarus Italy Belarus Nova Yardinia, Castellaneta Marina, Italy 5–7 March 2010 clay (outdoor) 5 0 Potito Starace 6 6 6 Uladzimir Ignatik 4 1 2 Fabio Fognini 6 6 6 Alexander Bury 2 4 1 Simone Bolelli / Filippo Volandri 6 6 6 Uladzimir Ignatik / Max Mirnyi 1 4 2 Simone Bolelli 6 6 Uladzimir Ignatik 3 3 Filippo Volandri 7 6 Andrei Vasilevski 6.029 3 Poland vs. Finland Poland Finland Hala 100-lecia Sopotu, Sopot, Poland 5–7 March 2010 hard (indoor) 2 3 Michał Przysiężny 7 6.039 7 6.069 4 Jarkko Nieminen 6.049 7 6.049 7 6 Łukasz Kubot 6 6 7 Henri Kontinen 4 2 6.049 Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski 6 7 4 6 Henri Kontinen Jarkko Nieminen 4 6.039 6 3 Łukasz Kubot 4 6.059 7 6 5 Jarkko Nieminen 6 7 6.039 2 7 Michał Przysiężny 4 6 7 6.039 5 Henri Kontinen 6 3 6.039 7 7 Ukraine vs. Latvia Ukraine Latvia Megaron Tennis Club, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine 5–7 March 2010 hard (indoor) 4 1 Illya Marchenko 6 6 6 Andis Juška 3 2 4 Sergiy Stakhovsky 6 6 6 Deniss Pavlovs 2 3 4 Sergei Bubka / Sergiy Stakhovsky 6.039 3 2 Andis Juška / Deniss Pavlovs 7 6 6 Sergiy Stakhovsky 6 5 6 7 Andis Juška 2 7 4 6.019 Ivan Sergeyev 6 6.059 6 Karlis Lejnieks 4 7 1 Second Round Matches Austria vs. Slovakia Austria Slovakia Gleichenberg-Halle, Bad Gleichenberg, Austria 5–7 March 2010 hard (indoor) 3 2 Daniel Köllerer 6 2 6.049 3 Lukáš Lacko 2 6 7 6 Jürgen Melzer 6 6 7 Martin Kližan 3 3 5 Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer 3 6 6 6 Michal Mertiňák / Filip Polášek 6 1 3 2 Jürgen Melzer 7 7 7 Lukáš Lacko 6.019 5 5 Daniel Köllerer 2 6.029 Martin Kližan 6 7 Netherlands vs. Italy Netherlands Italy PWA Silverdome, Zoetermeer, Netherlands 7 – 9 May Hard – Indoors 1 4 Thiemo de Bakker 6.049 6.049 3 Simone Bolelli 7 7 6 Robin Haase 5 3 6 6.019 Potito Starace 7 6 2 7 Robin Haase / Igor Sijsling 6 3 6.049 4 Simone Bolelli / Potito Starace 4 6 7 6 Igor Sijsling 4 3 Paolo Lorenzi 6 6 Robin Haase 7 7 Daniele Bracciali 6.069 5 Finland vs. South Africa Finland South Africa Groenkloof Tennis Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa 7 – 9 May Hard, Outdoors 0 4 Harri Helliovaara 3 4 6 3 Izak van der Merwe 6 6 3 6 Jarkko Nieminen 7 3 2 7 3 Rik de Voest 5 6 6 5 6 Harri Helliovaara Jarkko Nieminen 2 3 4 Rik de Voest Wesley Moodie 6 6 6 Timo Nieminen 3 4 Izak van der Merwe 6 6 Harri Helliovaara Rik de Voest Ukraine vs. Romania Ukraine Romania Arenele BNR, București, Bucharest, Romania 7 – 9 May Clay, Outdoors 1 3 Illya Marchenko 6.005 5 4 Victor Hănescu 7 7 6 Sergiy Stakhovsky 6 6.029 7 7 Adrian Ungur 2 7 5 5 Sergei Bubka Sergiy Stakhovsky 4 4 2 Victor Hănescu Horia Tecău 6 6 6 Sergiy Stakhovsky 4 2 5 Victor Hănescu 6 6 7 Ivan Sergeyev 6 1 Marius Copil 4 2 2 First-round play-offs Netherlands vs. Belarus Netherlands Belarus Republic Olympic Training Centre for Tennis, Minsk, Belarus 9 – 11 July Hard, Outdoors 4 1 Thiemo de Bakker 6 6 7 Andrei Vasilevski 2 2 5 Robin Haase 4 5 6 6 6 Uladzimir Ignatik 6 7 3 0 3 Igor Sijsling Thiemo de Bakker 7 3 6.059 6 3 Max Mirnyi Uladzimir Ignatik 5 6 7 4 6 Thiemo de Bakker 6 7 6.039 6 Uladzimir Ignatik 1 6.049 7 4 Robin Haase 6 6 Andrei Vasilevski 3 4 Second-round play-offs Slovakia vs. Belarus Slovakia Belarus Republic Olympic Training Center for Tennis, Minsk, Belarus 17 – 19 September Hard 4 1 Martin Kližan 6.09 2 2 Uladzimir Ignatik 7 6 6 Lukáš Lacko 6 6 6 Siarhei Betau 0 4 4 Michal Mertiňák Filip Polášek 7 7 3 4 6 Uladzimir Ignatik Max Mirnyi 6.049 6.059 6 6 4 Lukáš Lacko 6 3 6 6.069 6 Uladzimir Ignatik 1 6 1 7 4 Martin Kližan 7 6 Siarhei Betau 6.019 2 Poland vs. Latvia Poland Latvia Olympic Sports Centre, Riga, Latvia 17 – 19 September Carpet 3 2 Michał Przysiężny 6 6 6 Andis Juška 3 4 4 Jerzy Janowicz 4 4 6 2 Ernests Gulbis 6 6 3 6 Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski 6 6 7 Andis Juška Deniss Pavlovs 3 4 6.039 Michał Przysiężny 7 1 2 5 Ernests Gulbis 6.049 6 6 7 Jerzy Janowicz 7 6 7 Kārlis Lejnieks 5 4 6.029 References Europe Africa Zone Group I Category:Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone