2000 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

International tennis competition 2000 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2000. 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 2001.https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/historic-format/group-i/europe-africa.aspx#/2000 2000 Europe/Africa Group I DavisCup.com 11 June 2020 Participating nations 30em BLR 1995 FIN HUN MAR POR ROU RSA SWE UKR Draw y 175 2 5 Second Round Play-offs First Round Play-offs First Round Second Round 6–8 October 4–6 February 7–9 April SWE bye bye FIN ROU bye bye HUN BLR 1995 bye bye RSA Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet) POR 1 UKR 4 bye MAR bye FIN bye HUN bye RSA POR bye Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard) SWE 3 FIN 2 Bucharest, Romania (indoor carpet) ROU 3 HUN 2 Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet) BLR 1995 4 RSA 1 Casablanca, Morocco (clay) UKR 2 MAR 3 Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) FIN 4 HUN 1 Maia, Portugal (clay) RSA 2 POR 3 HUN and RSA relegated to Group II in 2001. SWE, ROU, BLR 1995, and MAR advance to World Group qualifying round. First round Ukraine vs. Portugal Ukraine Portugal Meridian Complex, Kyiv, Ukrainehttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2000-G1-EA-M-POR-UKR-01 Ukraine v Portugal daviscup.com 4–6 February 2000 Carpet (indoors) 4 1 Andrei Dernovskiy 7 6 3 3 6 João Cunha e Silva 6.059 4 6 6 4 Andriy Medvedev 6 6 4 6 Bernardo Mota 1 3 6 2 Andriy Medvedev Andrei Rybalko 7 6 6 Emanuel Couto João Cunha e Silva 5 4 4 Orest Tereshchuk 6 6 João Cunha e Silva 3 4 Andrei Dernovskiy 5 6 6.049 Bernardo Mota 7 3 7 Second round Finland vs. Sweden Finland Sweden Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finlandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2000-G1-EA-M-SWE-FIN-01 Finland v Sweden daviscup.com 7–9 April 2000 Hard (indoors) 2 3 Ville Liukko 3 6 1 6.069 Magnus Norman 6 4 6 7 Tuomas Ketola 6 3 4 6 6 Mikael Tillström 3 6 6 4 3 Tuomas Ketola Ville Liukko 1 1 4 Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillström 6 6 6 Tuomas Ketola 2 4 1 Magnus Norman 6 6 6 Jarkko Nieminen 6 6 Mikael Tillström 1 4 Romania vs. Hungary Romania Hungary Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest, Romaniahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2000-G1-EA-M-ROU-HUN-01 Romania v Hungary daviscup.com 7–9 April 2000 Carpet (indoors) 3 2 Andrei Pavel 6 7 5 6.079 6 Gergely Kisgyörgy 2 6.049 7 7 2 Răzvan Sabău 4 3 2 Attila Sávolt 6 6 6 Dinu Pescariu Gabriel Trifu 1 7 3 6 5 Gábor Köves Attila Sávolt 6 5 6 3 7 Andrei Pavel 6 1 6 6 Attila Sávolt 4 6 4 2 Dinu Pescariu 6 7 6.029 6 Gergely Kisgyörgy 3 5 7 4 Belarus vs. South Africa Belarus South Africa National Centre, Minsk, Belarushttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2000-G1-EA-M-BLR-RSA-01 Belarus v South Africa daviscup.com 7–9 April 2000 Carpet (indoors) 4 1 Vladimir Voltchkov 6 7 7 Neville Godwin 2 6.019 5 Max Mirnyi 6 6 6 Jeff Coetzee 3 2 4 Sergei Samoseiko Alexander Shvets 6.019 1 3 David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager 7 6 6 Max Mirnyi 6 6 6 Neville Godwin 4 3 4 Vladimir Voltchkov 6 6 Jeff Coetzee 1 2 Morocco vs. Ukraine Morocco Ukraine Club Olympique, Casablanca, Moroccohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2000-G1-EA-M-UKR-MAR-01 Morocco v Ukraine daviscup.com 7–9 April 2000 Clay 3 2 Hicham Arazi 4 6 2 6 5 Andriy Medvedev 6 1 6 3 7 Younes El Aynaoui 6 6 6 Andrei Dernovskiy 2 2 3 Karim Alami Hicham Arazi 3 6 7 6 Andriy Medvedev Andrei Rybalko 6 1 5 3 Younes El Aynaoui 5 5 2 Andriy Medvedev 7 7 6 Hicham Arazi 6 6 6 Orest Tereshchuk 4 0 1 Second round relegation play-offs Finland vs. Hungary Finland Hungary Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finlandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2000-G1-EA-REL-FIN-HUN-01 Finland v Hungary daviscup.com 6–8 October 2000 Carpet (indoors) 4 1 Ville Liukko 6 6 6 Gergely Kisgyörgy 1 3 3 Jarkko Nieminen 6 1 7 6 Attila Sávolt 2 6 6.049 0 Tuomas Ketola Ville Liukko 6 6.049 4 5 Gábor Köves Attila Sávolt 4 7 6 7 Ville Liukko 2 5 6 6 6 Attila Sávolt 6 7 4 4 4 Jarkko Nieminen 6 6 Gergely Kisgyörgy 3 2 Portugal vs. South Africa Portugal South Africa Maia Tennis Club, Maia, Portugalhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2000-G1-EA-REL-RSA-POR-01 Portugal v South Africa daviscup.com 6–8 October 2000 Clay 3 2 Bernardo Mota 6 6 7 Justin Bower 4 1 5 Emanuel Couto 1 4 4 Wayne Ferreira 6 6 6 Emanuel Couto Nuno Marques 4 7 6 3 8 John-Laffnie de Jager Piet Norval 6 6.069 3 6 6 Bernardo Mota 3 2 6 3 Wayne Ferreira 6 6 4 6 Emanuel Couto 7 4 4 7 6 Justin Bower 6.039 6 6 6.059 4 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