1997 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

International tennis competition 1997 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1997. 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 1998.https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/historic-format/group-i/europe-africa.aspx#/1997 1997 Europe/Africa Group I DavisCup.com 11 June 2020 Participating nations 30em AUT BEL CRO DEN GBR HUN ISR MAR SVK UKR ZIM Draw 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 BEL bye Aalborg, Denmark (indoor carpet) DEN 5 HUN 0 GBR bye Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard) UKR 0 ZIM 5 ISR bye bye SVK Osijek, Croatia (indoor carpet) MAR 1 CRO 4 bye AUT bye HUN Kyiv, Ukraine (clay) GBR 3 UKR 2 ISR bye MAR bye Brussels, Belgium (clay) BEL 3 DEN 2 London, England (indoor carpet) GBR 1 ZIM 4 Bratislava, Slovakia (clay) ISR 1 SVK 3 Graz, Austria (indoor clay) CRO 2 AUT 3 Budapest, Hungary (clay) HUN 2 UKR 3 ISR MAR HUN and MAR relegated to Group II in 1998. BEL, ZIM, SVK, and AUT advance to World Group qualifying round. First round Denmark vs. Hungary Denmark Hungary Aalborg Stadium, Aalborg, Denmarkhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G1-EA-M-DEN-HUN-01 Denmark v Hungary daviscup.com 7–9 February 1997 Carpet (indoors) 5 0 Frederik Fetterlein 6 6 7 József Krocskó 4 2 5 Kenneth Carlsen 6 6 7 Attila Sávolt 4 4 6.029 Kenneth Carlsen Frederik Fetterlein 7 7 6 László Markovits Attila Sávolt 6.039 6.019 4 Kenneth Carlsen 6 6.049 6 József Krocskó 3 7 3 Frederik Fetterlein 5 6 6 Attila Sávolt 7 3 4 Zimbabwe vs. Ukraine Zimbabwe Ukraine City Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwehttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G1-EA-M-UKR-ZIM-01 Zimbabwe v Ukraine daviscup.com 7–9 February 1997 Hard (indoors) 5 0 Wayne Black 6 6 4 6 Andriy Medvedev 4 3 6 4 Byron Black 5 6 7 6 Andrei Rybalko 7 2 6.019 3 Byron Black Wayne Black 6.079 7 4 6 6 Andriy Medvedev Dimitri Poliakov 7 5 6 1 4 Byron Black 6 6 Denis Yakimenko 4 4 Wayne Black 7 6 Andrei Rybalko 6.029 3 Croatia vs. Morocco Croatia Morocco Zrinjevac Sport Hall, Osijek, Croatiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G1-EA-M-MAR-CRO-01 Croatia v Morocco daviscup.com 7–9 February 1997 Carpet (indoors) 4 1 Saša Hiršzon 6 6 6 Karim Alami 4 1 3 Goran Ivanišević 6 6 6.039 6 Hicham Arazi 2 2 7 2 Saša Hiršzon Goran Ivanišević 6 6 6 Karim Alami Hicham Arazi 2 3 3 Goran Ivanišević 6 7 Karim Alami 2 5 Saša Hiršzon 1 4 Hicham Arazi 6 6 Second round Belgium vs. Denmark Belgium Denmark Royal Léopold Club, Brussels, Belgiumhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G1-EA-M-BEL-DEN-01 Belgium v Denmark daviscup.com 4–6 April 1997 Clay 3 2 Filip Dewulf 6 6 6 Kenneth Carlsen 4 0 1 Johan Van Herck 6.049 6 2 1 Frederik Fetterlein 7 2 6 6 Filip Dewulf Libor Pimek 3 5 6 4 Kenneth Carlsen Frederik Fetterlein 6 7 1 6 Johan Van Herck 6 6 7 Kenneth Carlsen 4 1 5 Filip Dewulf 6 6 3 2 6 Frederik Fetterlein 0 4 6 6 1 Great Britain vs. Zimbabwe Great Britain Zimbabwe Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London, Englandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G1-EA-M-GBR-ZIM-01 Great Britain v Zimbabwe daviscup.com 4–6 April 1997 Carpet (indoors) 1 4 Jamie Delgado 6 3 1 3 Wayne Black 2 6 6 6 Andrew Richardson 3 6 1 6 6 Byron Black 6 4 6 4 4 Neil Broad Mark Petchey 6 1 4 7 3 Byron Black Wayne Black 3 6 6 6.059 6 Jamie Delgado 0 0 2 Byron Black 6 6 6 Andrew Richardson 3 7 6.019 Wayne Black 6 6.049 7 Slovakia vs. Israel Slovakia Israel Slovan Kerametal Tennis Club, Bratislava, Slovakiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G1-EA-M-ISR-SVK-01 Slovakia v Israel daviscup.com 4–6 April 1997 Clay 3 1 Dominik Hrbatý 6 4 6 6 Eyal Ran 3 6 3 4 Karol Kučera 6 6 6 Noam Behr 1 3 0 Dominik Hrbatý Karol Kučera 4 6 3 6.039 Noam Behr Eyal Erlich 6 3 6 7 Karol Kučera 6 6 6 Eyal Ran 2 3 2 Dominik Hrbatý Noam Behr Austria vs. Croatia Austria Croatia Liebenauer Stadium, Graz, Austriahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G1-EA-M-CRO-AUT-01 Austria v Croatia daviscup.com 4–6 April 1997 Clay (indoors) 3 2 Gilbert Schaller 6 6 6.029 2 3 Goran Ivanišević 3 4 7 6 1 5 Thomas Muster 6 6 3 6 Saša Hiršzon 0 4 6 1 Thomas Muster Udo Plamberger 5 2 2 Saša Hiršzon Goran Ivanišević 7 6 6 Thomas Muster 7 5 7 2 5 Goran Ivanišević 6.049 7 6.049 6 7 Gilbert Schaller 6 6 7 Saša Hiršzon 3 3 5 First round relegation play-offs Ukraine vs. Great Britain Ukraine Great Britain Nauka Sports Club, Kyiv, Ukrainehttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G1-EA-REL-UKR-GBR-01 Ukraine v Great Britain daviscup.com 11–13 July 1997 Clay 2 3 Andrei Rybalko 6 4 3 6 4 Tim Henman 3 6 6 4 6 Andriy Medvedev 6 6 2 6 Greg Rusedski 1 1 6 2 Andriy Medvedev Dimitri Poliakov 1 4 6.049 Tim Henman Greg Rusedski 6 6 7 Andriy Medvedev 6.049 6 6 6 Tim Henman 7 3 4 4 Andrei Rybalko 5 3 3 Greg Rusedski 7 6 6 Second round relegation play-offs Hungary vs. Ukraine Hungary Ukraine Római Tennis Academy, Budapest, Hungaryhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G1-EA-REL-HUN-UKR-01 Hungary v Ukraine daviscup.com 19–21 September 1997 Clay 2 3 Kornél Bardóczky 2 2 2 Andriy Medvedev 6 6 6 Attila Sávolt 6 6 2 6 Andrei Rybalko 4 2 6 2 Gergely Kisgyörgy Attila Sávolt 2 3 1 Andriy Medvedev Dimitri Poliakov 6 6 6 Attila Sávolt 1 7 3 7 2 Andriy Medvedev 6 6.009 6 5 6 Kornél Bardóczky 6 6 Andrei Rybalko 0 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