1999 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

International tennis competition 1999 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1999. 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 2000.https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/historic-format/group-i/europe-africa.aspx#/1999 1999 Europe/Africa Group I DavisCup.com 11 June 2020 Participating nations 30em AUT BLR 1995 CRO FIN ISR POR ROU RSA UKR Draw y 175 2 5 Second Round Play-offs First Round Play-offs First Round Second Round 24–26 September 12–14 February 2–4 April ROU bye bye CRO AUT bye bye POR ISR bye bye FIN Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet) UKR 2 BLR 1995 3 bye RSA bye CRO bye POR ISR bye UKR bye Bucharest, Romania (clay) ROU 3 CRO 2 Wels, Austria (indoor clay) AUT 4 POR 1 Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) ISR 2 FIN 3 Cape Town, South Africa (hard) BLR 1995 1 RSA 4 Zagreb, Croatia (indoor carpet) CRO 1 POR 4 Kyiv, Ukraine (clay) ISR 2 UKR 3 CRO and ISR relegated to Group II in 2000. ROU, AUT, FIN, and RSA advance to World Group qualifying round. First round Ukraine vs. Belarus Ukraine Belarus 1995 Meridian Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukrainehttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1999-G1-EA-M-UKR-BLR-01 Ukraine v Belarus daviscup.com 12–14 February 1999 Carpet (indoors) 2 3 Andrei Rybalko 2 3 5 Vladimir Voltchkov 6 6 7 Andriy Medvedev 3 6 7 7 Max Mirnyi 6 3 6.039 5 Andriy Medvedev Orest Tereshchuk 3 1 4 Max Mirnyi Vladimir Voltchkov 6 6 6 Andriy Medvedev 5 6 6 6 Vladimir Voltchkov 7 3 3 3 Andrei Rybalko 3 0 6 3 Max Mirnyi 6 6 3 6 Second round Romania vs. Croatia Romania Croatia Arena Club, Bucharest, Romaniahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1999-G1-EA-M-ROU-CRO-01 Romania v Croatia daviscup.com 2–4 April 1999 Clay 3 2 Adrian Voinea 6 6 6.009 7 Ivan Ljubičić 1 4 7 6.049 Andrei Pavel 7 6 6 Željko Krajan 6.049 2 0 Andrei Pavel Gabriel Trifu 7 7 7 Ivan Ljubičić Lovro Zovko 6.049 6.049 5 Ionuț Moldovan 7 1 2 Lovro Zovko 5 6 6 Gabriel Trifu 3 2 Ivan Beroš 6 6 Austria vs. Portugal Austria Portugal Messe Wels, Wels, Austriahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1999-G1-EA-M-AUT-POR-01 Austria v Portugal daviscup.com 2–4 April 1999 Clay 4 1 Stefan Koubek 6 6 6 Nuno Marques 3 4 4 Markus Hipfl 6 6 6 João Cunha e Silva 4 2 2 Julian Knowle Wolfgang Schranz 6 2 7 4 2 Emanuel Couto Nuno Marques 3 6 6.039 6 6 Stefan Koubek 6 7 6 João Cunha e Silva 3 6.049 0 Markus Hipfl 6 6 Bruno Fragoso 1 2 Finland vs. Israel Finland Israel Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finlandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1999-G1-EA-M-ISR-FIN-01 Finland v Israel daviscup.com 2–4 April 1999 Carpet (indoors) 3 2 Tuomas Ketola 3 2 4 Eyal Ran 6 6 6 Ville Liukko 6 6 6 Eyal Erlich 1 1 3 Tuomas Ketola Ville Liukko 0 7 6.019 6 8 Amir Hadad Harel Levy 6 5 7 3 6 Ville Liukko 4 7 6 6 Eyal Ran 6 6.059 4 4 Tapio Nurminen 2 4 Eyal Erlich 6 6 South Africa vs. Belarus South Africa Belarus 1995 Rondebosch Stadium, Cape Town, South Africahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1999-G1-EA-M-BLR-RSA-01 South Africa v Belarus daviscup.com 2–4 April 1999 Hard 4 1 David Nainkin 6 5 4 6.049 Vladimir Voltchkov 3 7 6 7 Wayne Ferreira 5 6 6 6.059 9 Max Mirnyi 7 4 3 7 7 David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager 6 6 6 Max Mirnyi Vladimir Voltchkov 4 3 4 Wayne Ferreira 6 4 3 6 6 Vladimir Voltchkov 0 6 6 2 4 David Nainkin 6 6 Sergei Samoseiko 2 2 Second round relegation play-offs Croatia vs. Portugal Croatia Portugal Dom Sportova, Zagreb, Croatiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1999-G1-EA-REL-CRO-POR-01 Croatia v Portugal daviscup.com 24–26 September 1999 Carpet (indoors) 1 4 Ivan Ljubičić 4 4 6 3 Nuno Marques 6 6 3 6 Željko Krajan 6.039 2 2 João Cunha e Silva 7 6 6 Ivan Ljubičić Lovro Zovko 7 6 6.079 4 2 Emanuel Couto Nuno Marques 6.039 4 7 6 6 Mario Ančić 4 4 João Cunha e Silva 6 6 Lovro Zovko 6.039 6 6 Bernardo Mota 7 4 4 Ukraine vs. Israel Ukraine Israel Nauka Tennis Centre, Kyiv, Ukrainehttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1999-G1-EA-REL-ISR-UKR-01 Ukraine v Israel daviscup.com 24–26 September 1999 Clay 3 2 Andrei Rybalko 2 1 2 Harel Levy 6 6 6 Andriy Medvedev 6 6 7 Noam Okun 0 4 6.019 Andriy Medvedev Andrei Rybalko 6 6 6 Harel Levy Eyal Ran 3 4 4 Andriy Medvedev 7 4 6 6 Harel Levy 5 6 3 2 Orest Tereshchuk 3 5 Noam Okun 6 7 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