2001 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

International tennis competition 2001 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2001. In the Europe/Africa Zone there were four 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 II in 2002.https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/historic-format/group-i/europe-africa.aspx#/2001 2001 Europe/Africa Group I DavisCup.com 12 June 2020 Participating nations 30em AUT BLR 1995 CRO FIN GBR ITA POR SLO UKR ZIM Draw y 175 2 5 Second Round Play-offs First Round Play-offs First Round Second Round 21–23 September 9–11 February 6–8 April GBR bye Maia, Portugal (clay) UKR 2 POR 3 AUT bye bye CRO BLR 1995 bye bye ZIM Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) SLO 2 FIN 3 bye ITA bye UKR AUT bye bye ZIM SLO bye Solihull, England (indoor carpet) GBR 5 POR 0 Pula, Croatia (indoor carpet) AUT 1 CRO 4 Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet) BLR 1995 3 ZIM 2 Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) FIN 2 ITA 3 Wels, Austria (indoor hard) UKR 1 AUT 4 Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard) ZIM 3 SLO 2 UKR and SLO relegated to Group II in 2002. GBR, CRO, BLR 1995, and ITA advance to World Group qualifying round. First round Portugal vs. Ukraine Portugal Ukraine Maia Tennis Complex, Maia, Portugalhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2001-G1-EA-M-UKR-POR-01 Portugal v Ukraine daviscup.com 9–11 February 2001 Clay 3 2 Emanuel Couto 7 1 3 2 Andriy Medvedev 5 6 6 6 Bernardo Mota 3 6 6 3 6 Andrei Dernovskiy 6 4 3 6 1 Emanuel Couto Nuno Marques 6 4 7 6 Andrei Dernovskiy Andriy Medvedev 4 6 5 4 Bernardo Mota 0 1 2 Andriy Medvedev 6 6 6 Emanuel Couto 6 6 7 Andrei Dernovskiy 3 4 6.069 Finland vs. Slovenia Finland Slovenia Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finlandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2001-G1-EA-M-SLO-FIN-01 Finland v Slovenia daviscup.com 9–11 February 2001 Carpet (indoors) 3 2 Tuomas Ketola 6 6 6 Andrej Kračman 3 3 4 Jarkko Nieminen 6 6 6 Marko Tkalec 4 2 2 Ville Liukko Jarkko Nieminen 4 7 7 6.029 4 Andrej Kračman Borut Urh 6 6.019 6.039 7 6 Tuomas Ketola 2 6.009 3 Marko Tkalec 6 7 2 3 Jarkko Nieminen 6 6 7 Andrej Kračman 3 1 5 Second round Great Britain vs. Portugal Great Britain Portugal National Exhibition Centre, Solihull, Englandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2001-G1-EA-M-GBR-POR-01 Great Britain v Portugal daviscup.com 6–8 April 2001 Carpet (indoors) 5 0 Tim Henman 6 6 6 Tiago Vinhas Sousa 2 1 1 Greg Rusedski 6 6.029 6 6 Emanuel Couto 3 7 1 2 Tim Henman Greg Rusedski 6 7 7 Emanuel Couto António van Grichen 1 6.049 6.079 Martin Lee 6 6 António van Grichen 2 0 Lee Childs 6 6 Tiago Vinhas Sousa 1 4 Croatia vs. Austria Croatia Austria Dom Mladosti Hall, Pula, Croatiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2001-G1-EA-M-AUT-CRO-01 Croatia v Austria daviscup.com 6–8 April 2001 Carpet (indoors) 4 1 Goran Ivanišević 6 6 7 Stefan Koubek 4 3 6.029 Ivan Ljubičić 4 6.049 6.029 Julian Knowle 6 7 7 Goran Ivanišević Ivan Ljubičić 6 7 4 6 Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer 4 6.069 6 3 Ivan Ljubičić 5 6 7 6 Stefan Koubek 7 3 6.029 3 Mario Ančić 4 6 7 Clemens Trimmel 6 3 6.039 Belarus vs. Zimbabwe Belarus 1995 Zimbabwe Olympic Tennis Centre, Minsk, Belarushttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2001-G1-EA-M-BLR-ZIM-01 Belarus v Zimbabwe daviscup.com 6–8 April 2001 Carpet (indoors) 3 2 Vladimir Voltchkov 2 Wayne Black 3 1 Max Mirnyi 6 7 6 Byron Black 3 5 0 Max Mirnyi Alexander Shvets 7 5 3 6.049 Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett 6.059 7 6 7 Alexander Shvets 6 7 6 Byron Black 4 6.049 1 Max Mirnyi 6 7 7 Kevin Ullyett 3 6.039 5 Finland vs. Italy Finland Italy Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finlandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2001-G1-EA-M-FIN-ITA-01 Finland v Italy daviscup.com 6–8 April 2001 Carpet (indoors) 2 3 Ville Liukko 4 6.069 6 6 12 Federico Luzzi 6 7 4 3 14 Jarkko Nieminen 6 6.009 2 4 Mosé Navarra 3 7 6 6 Tuomas Ketola Jarkko Nieminen 5 5 4 Mosé Navarra Vincenzo Santopadre 7 7 6 Jarkko Nieminen 6 7 Filippo Volandri 3 5 Tapio Nurminen 6 6 Vincenzo Santopadre 3 4 Second round relegation play-offs Austria vs. Ukraine Austria Ukraine Bosch-Halle, Wels, Austriahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2001-G1-EA-REL-AUT-UKR-01 Austria v Ukraine daviscup.com 21–23 September 2001 Hard (indoors) 4 1 Stefan Koubek 6 6 3 6 Andrei Dernovskiy 0 3 6 1 Markus Hipfl 6 6 6 Orest Tereshchuk 3 1 1 Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer 6.059 6 3 6 3 Andrei Dernovskiy Orest Tereshchuk 7 2 6 1 6 Markus Hipfl 6 4 6 6 Andriy Medvedev 4 6 0 4 Stefan Koubek 6 6 Taras Demyanenko 0 3 Zimbabwe vs. Slovenia Zimbabwe Slovenia City Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwehttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2001-G1-EA-REL-ZIM-SLO-01 Zimbabwe v Slovenia daviscup.com 21–23 September 2001 Hard (indoors) 3 2 Kevin Ullyett 7 7 6 Marko Tkalec 5 5 4 Wayne Black 7 4 6 3 4 Iztok Božič 6.039 6 3 6 6 Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett 6 6 6 Boštjan Ošabnik Matija Zgaga 3 3 3 Wayne Black 6 6 2 6 Marko Tkalec 4 4 6 4 Genius Chidzikwe 6 1 4 Iztok Božič 3 6 6 References External links Davis Cup official website https://web.archive.org/web/20101018182625/http://www.daviscup.com/ 2010-10-18 Category:Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Europe Africa Zone Group I