2016 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

International tennis competition January 2016 2016 Davis Cup The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2016. In the Europe/Africa Zone there were three 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 play-offs, along with losing teams from the World Group first round. Teams who lost their respective ties 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 II in 2017. Participating nations Seeds: ESP SVK NED UKR Remaining nations: AUT HUN ISR POR ROU RUS SLO SWE Draw y 175 2 5 Second Round Play-offs First Round Play-offs First Round Second Round 16–18 September/28–30 October 16–18 September 4–6 March 17–19 July 1 ESP bye Arad, Romania (indoor hard) ROU 4 SLO 1 4 UKR bye Guimarães, Portugal (indoor hard) POR 1 AUT 4 Kazan, Russia (indoor hard) RUS 5 SWE 0 bye 3 NED Budapest, Hungary (indoor clay) HUN 3 ISR 2 bye 2 SVK bye SLO bye POR Båstad, Sweden (clay) SWE 0 3 NED 5 ISR bye Cluj-Napoca, Romania (indoor hard) 1 ESP 4 ROU 1 Kyiv, Ukraine (hard) 4 UKR 3 AUT 2 Moscow, Russia (hard) RUS 4 3 NED 1 Budapest, Hungary (clay) HUN 0 2 SVK 3 Viana do Castelo, Portugal (clay) SLO 0 POR 5 Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) SWE 1 ISR 3 SLO and SWE relegated to Group II in 20. ESP, UKR, RUS, and SVK advance to World Group Play-off. First round Romania vs. Slovenia ROU SLO Sala Sporturilor, Arad, Romaniahttp://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100029645 Romania v Slovenia daviscup.com 4–6 March Hard (i) 4 1 Marius Copil 7 6 7 Blaž Rola 5 3 6.05 Adrian Ungur 4 4 6 7 6 Grega Žemlja 6 6 3 6.025 4 Florin Mergea Horia Tecău 6 7 7 Blaž Rola Grega Žemlja 3 6.05 6.025 Adrian Ungur 3 4 Blaž Rola 6 6 Marius Copil 6 6 Tomislav Ternar 3 3 Portugal vs. Austria POR AUT Pavilhão Vitória Sport Clube, Guimarães, Portugalhttp://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100029647 Portugal v Austria daviscup.com 4–6 March Hard (i) 1 4 João Sousa 6 7 6 Gerald Melzer 1 5 2 Gastão Elias 6 5 3 6 6.055 Dominic Thiem 3 7 6 1 7 Gastão Elias João Sousa 7 7 1 3 4 Alexander Peya Dominic Thiem 6.055 6.039 6 6 6 João Sousa 2 4 2 Dominic Thiem 6 6 6 Pedro Sousa 4 3 Dennis Novak 6 6 Russia vs. Sweden RUS SWE Kazan Tennis Academy, Kazan, Russiahttp://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100029648 Russia v Sweden daviscup.com 4–6 March Hard (i) 5 0 Andrey Kuznetsov 4 6 6 6 Isak Arvidsson 6 1 1 4 Teymuraz Gabashvili 6 6 6 Daniel Windahl 3 1 1 Evgeny Donskoy Konstantin Kravchuk 6 7 6 Johan Brunström Robert Lindstedt 3 6.05 3 Teymuraz Gabashvili 6 6 Isak Arvidsson 4 0 Konstantin Kravchuk 6 6 Daniel Windahl 2 2 Hungary vs. Israel HUN ISR Heroes' Square, Budapest, Hungaryhttp://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100029650 Hungary v Israel daviscup.com 4–6 March Clay (i) 3 2 Péter Nagy 6 6 4 4 6 Dudi Sela 2 3 6 6 1 Márton Fucsovics 6 6 7 Amir Weintraub 4 2 5 Márton Fucsovics Levente Gödry 7 3 7 7 Dudi Sela Jonathan Erlich 6.019 6 6.049 6.069 Gábor Borsos 6 4 6.029 Edan Leshem 4 6 7 Péter Nagy 7 4 2 Amir Weintraub 5 6 6 Second round Romania vs. Spain ROU ESP Polyvalent Hall, Cluj-Napoca, Romaniahttp://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100029652 Romania v Spain daviscup.com 15–17 July Hard (i) 1 4 Marius Copil 6.035 7 4 6 3 Feliciano López 7 5 6 3 6 Adrian Ungur 3 2 1 Roberto Bautista Agut 6 6 6 Florin Mergea Horia Tecău 3 6 1 7 6 Feliciano López Marc López 6 1 6 5 3 Florin Mergea 4 3 2 Roberto Bautista Agut 6 6 6 Adrian Ungur 3 6.045 Pablo Carreño Busta 6 7 Ukraine vs. Austria UKR AUT Campa Tennis Club, Kyiv, Ukrainehttp://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100029653 Ukraine v Austria daviscup.com 15–17 July Hard 3 2 Illya Marchenko 7 5 6 6 Dennis Novak 6.025 7 3 2 Sergiy Stakhovsky 6 6 6 Gerald Melzer 3 4 3 Denys Molchanov Artem Smirnov 3 67 3 Jürgen Melzer Philipp Oswald 6 79 6 Illya Marchenko 6 3 6 5 3 Jürgen Melzer 3 6 3 7 6 Sergiy Stakhovsky 6 6 6.075 7 Dennis Novak 3 3 7 5 Russia vs. Netherlands RUS NED National Tennis Centre, Moscow, Russiahttp://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100029654 Russia v Netherlands daviscup.com 15–17 July Hard 4 1 Andrey Rublev 7 6 6 Robin Haase 6.019 3 4 Teymuraz Gabashvili 6.025 7 6 6 Thiemo de Bakker 7 6.035 4 4 Andrey Rublev Konstantin Kravchuk 6 6 7 Robin Haase Matwé Middelkoop 3 4 5 Konstantin Kravchuk 6 7 Robin Haase 4 6.05 Aslan Karatsev 6 1 4 Matwé Middelkoop 4 6 6 Hungary vs. Slovakia HUN SVK Europe Tennis Center, Budapest, Hungaryhttp://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100029655 Hungary v Slovakia daviscup.com 15–17 July Clay 0 3 Péter Nagy 4 2 4 Andrej Martin 6 6 6 Márton Fucsovics 7 4 6.045 1 Jozef Kovalík 6.045 6 7 6 Márton Fucsovics Levente Gödry 2 2 3 Andrej Martin Igor Zelenay 6 6 6 Márton Fucsovics Andrej Martin Péter Nagy Jozef Kovalík First round play-offs Sweden vs. Netherlands SWE NED Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Swedenhttp://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2016-G1-EPA-REL-SWE-NED-01 Sweden v Netherlands daviscup.com 16–18 September Clay 0 5 Elias Ymer 4 4 6 6 6.015 Thiemo de Bakker 6 6 1 4 7 Mikael Ymer 3 3 6.10 Robin Haase 6 6 7 Isak Arvidsson Fred Simonsson 5 2 3 Robin Haase Jean-Julien Rojer 7 6 6 Isak Arvidsson 2 4 Robin Haase 6 6 Mikael Ymer 7 6.055 2 Tim van Rijthoven 6.01 7 6 Second round play-offs Portugal vs. Slovenia POR SVN Clube de Tenis de Viana, Viana do Castelo, Portugalhttp://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2016-G1-EPA-REL-SLO-POR-01 Portugal v Slovenia daviscup.com 16–18 September Clay 5 0 João Sousa 6.045 7 6 6 Tom Kočevar-Desman 7 6.025 2 1 Gastão Elias 6 7 6 Grega Žemlja 4 6.01 4 Gastão Elias João Sousa 6 6 6 Tom Kočevar-Desman Grega Žemlja 4 4 4 Pedro Sousa 6 6 Tomislav Ternar 0 4 João Domingues 6 6 Tom Kočevar-Desman 4 3 Israel vs. Sweden ISR SWE Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israelhttp://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2016-G1-EPA-REL-SWE-ISR-01 Israel v Sweden daviscup.com 28–30 October Hard 3 1 Amir Weintraub 6 6 6 Elias Ymer 2 3 0 Dudi Sela 6 6 6 Markus Eriksson 4 2 3 Jonathan Erlich Dudi Sela 6 7 4 6 Isak Arvidsson Johan Brunström 4 6.045 6 1 Edan Leshem 7 3 2 Isak Arvidsson 5 6 6 Amir Weintraub Markus Eriksson References External links Official Website Asia/Oceania Zone Group I Category:Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone