2003 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

International tennis competition August 2017 2003 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone The European and African Zone was one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2003. 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 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 2004. Participating teams Seeds: SVK MAR ZIM FIN Remaining nations: AUT BLR ISR ITA LUX NOR Draw 16TeamBracket-Consols y 175 2 5 Second Round Play-offs First Round Play-offs First Round Second Round 19–21 September 11–13 July 7–9 February 4–6 April 1 SVK bye LUX bye 4 FIN bye Oslo, Norway (indoor hard) AUT 5 NOR 0 Minsk, Belarus (carpet) BLR 3 ISR 2 bye 3 ZIM bye ITA bye 2 MAR LUX bye Asker, Norway (clay) 4 FIN 4 NOR 1 Ramat Hasharon, Israel (hard) ISR 5 3 ZIM 0 bye ITA Esch-sur-Alzette, Lux. (indoor hard) 1 SVK 3 LUX 2 St. Anton, Austria (carpet) 4 FIN 2 AUT 3 Minsk, Belarus (carpet) BLR 4 3 ZIM 1 Marrakesh, Morocco (clay) ITA 2 2 MAR 3 Asker, Norway (clay) LUX 5 NOR 0 Harare, Zimbabwe (hard) 3 ZIM 3 ITA 2 NOR and ITA relegated to Group II in 2004. SVK, AUT, BLR, and MAR advance to World Group Play-off. First Round Matches Norway vs. Austria NOR AUT Riksanlegget, Oslo, Norwayhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2003-G1-EA-M-AUT-NOR-01 Norway v Austria daviscup.com 7–9 February 2003 Hard (indoor) 0 5 Stian Boretti 2 2 1 Jürgen Melzer 6 6 6 Jan Frode Andersen 3 3 5 Alexander Peya 6 6 7 Jan Frode Andersen Stian Boretti 3 2 7 6 5 Jürgen Melzer Alexander Peya 6 6 6.035 4 7 Fredrik Aarum 4 2 Oliver Marach 6 6 Stian Boretti 3 5 Konstantin Gruber 6 7 Belarus vs. Israel BLR ISR Olympic Training Centre, Minsk, Belarushttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2003-G1-EA-M-BLR-ISR-01 Belarus v Israel daviscup.com 7–9 February 2003 Carpet (indoor) 3 2 Max Mirnyi 6 6.015 6 7 Harel Levy 1 7 3 6.055 Vladimir Voltchkov 6 7 6 Noam Okun 2 6.045 3 Max Mirnyi Vladimir Voltchkov 7 6 6 Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram 6.015 4 4 Alexander Shvets 1 2 Andy Ram 6 3 2 Alexander Skrypko 4 4 Harel Levy 6 6 Second Round Matches Luxembourg vs. Slovakia LUX SVK National Tennis Centre (CNT), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourghttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2003-G1-EA-M-SVK-LUX-01 Luxembourg v Slovakia daviscup.com 4–6 April 2003 Hard (indoor) 2 3 Gilles Müller 7 6 7 Michal Mertiňák 5 3 6.055 Gilles Kremer 3 4 2 Karol Beck 6 6 6 Gilles Müller Mike Scheidweiler 7 7 6 Karol Beck Igor Zelenay 5 5 4 Gilles Müller 4 3 3 Karol Beck 6 6 6 Mike Scheidweiler 6 3 2 4 Michal Mertiňák 4 6 6 6 Austria vs. Finland AUT FIN Arlberg-well.com Halle, St. Anton, Austriahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2003-G1-EA-M-FIN-AUT-01 Austria v Finland daviscup.com 4–6 April 2003 Carpet (indoor) 3 2 Stefan Koubek 7 4 7 6 Tuomas Ketola 5 6 6.025 1 Jürgen Melzer 6.045 6 4 6 4 Jarkko Nieminen 7 4 6 4 6 Julian Knowle Alexander Peya 2 6 7 7 Tuomas Ketola Jarkko Nieminen 6 4 6.035 5 Stefan Koubek 3 2 3 Jarkko Nieminen 6 6 6 Jürgen Melzer 7 3 6.055 6 6 Tuomas Ketola 6.015 6 7 2 2 Belarus vs. Zimbabwe BLR ZIM Olympic Training Centre, Minsk, Belarushttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2003-G1-EA-M-BLR-ZIM-01 Belarus v Zimbabwe daviscup.com 4–6 April 2003 Carpet (indoor) 4 1 Max Mirnyi 6 7 6 Kevin Ullyett 3 6.035 4 Vladimir Voltchkov 6.035 6 6 7 Wayne Black 7 4 2 5 Max Mirnyi Vladimir Voltchkov 5 6 7 7 Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett 7 3 5 6.035 Alexander Skrypko 6 6 Wayne Black 3 3 Vladimir Voltchkov 6 1 Gwinyai Tongoona 1 2 2 Morocco vs. Italy MAR ITA Royal Tennis Club, Marrakesh, Moroccohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2003-G1-EA-M-ITA-MAR-01 Morocco v Italy daviscup.com 4–6 April 2003 Clay 3 2 Younes El Aynaoui 7 6 3 7 Filippo Volandri 6.055 4 6 6.045 Hicham Arazi 5 6 6 4 3 Davide Sanguinetti 7 1 0 6 6 Mounir El Aarej Younes El Aynaoui 1 4 1 Massimo Bertolini Giorgio Galimberti 6 6 6 Younes El Aynaoui 6 6 6 Davide Sanguinetti 4 3 2 Hicham Arazi 6 6 6 Filippo Volandri 3 3 2 First Round Play-offs Matches Norway vs. Finland NOR FIN Asker Tennis Club, Asker, Norwayhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2003-G1-EA-REL-FIN-NOR-01 Norway v Finland daviscup.com 11–13 July 2003 Clay 1 4 Stian Boretti 1 1 Jarkko Nieminen 6 5 2 Jan Frode Andersen 4 6 7 7 Janne Ojala 6 3 6.025 5 Jan Frode Andersen Stian Boretti 5 4 4 Tuomas Ketola Jarkko Nieminen 7 6 6 Jan Frode Andersen 2 2 4 Jarkko Nieminen 6 6 6 Thomas Haug 1 3 Kim Tiilikainen 6 6 Israel vs. Zimbabwe ISR ZIM Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israelhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2003-G1-EA-REL-ISR-ZIM-01 Israel v Zimbabwe daviscup.com 11–13 July 2003 Hard 5 0 Noam Okun 6 6 6 Gwinyai Tongoona 4 3 4 Harel Levy 6 6 6 Genius Chidzikwe 2 4 4 Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram 7 6 6 Genius Chidzikwe Gwinyai Chingoka 5 4 4 Noam Okun 6 7 Zibusiso Ncube 4 6.025 Jonathan Erlich 6 6 Gwinyai Chingoka 4 0 Second Round Play-offs Matches Norway vs. Luxembourg NOR LUX Asker Tennis Club, Asker, Norwayhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2003-G1-EA-REL-LUX-NOR-01 Norway v Luxembourg daviscup.com 19–21 September 2003 Clay 0 5 Stian Boretti 3 6.025 6 3 Gilles Müller 6 7 2 6 Jan Frode Andersen 4 4 6.035 Mike Scheidweiler 6 6 7 Jan Frode Andersen Stian Boretti 1 6 6 3 4 Gilles Müller Mike Scheidweiler 6 4 3 6 6 Helge Koll-Frafjord 4 Gilles Kremer 6 2 Erling Tveit 3 7 3 Laurent Hild 6 6.045 6 Zimbabwe vs. Italy ZIM ITA Harare City Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwehttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2003-G1-EA-REL-ZIM-ITA-01 Zimbabwe v Italy daviscup.com 19–21 September 2003 Hard 3 2 Kevin Ullyett 4 7 6 7 Filippo Volandri 6 5 3 6.045 Wayne Black 7 6 6 Davide Sanguinetti 6.015 1 3 Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett 7 6 6 Massimo Bertolini Giorgio Galimberti 6.065 2 4 Genius Chidzikwe 2 2 Giorgio Galimberti 6 6 Nigel Badza 1 1 Davide Sanguinetti 6 6 References Category:2003 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Category:Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone