2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

The European and African Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2009.

Countries participating in the 2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

In the European and African Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.

Participating teams

Draw

  Second Round Play-offs
18–20 September
First Round Play-offs
10–12 July
First Round
6–8 March
Second Round
6–8 March
                                     
 
      Slovakia  
     bye     Cagliari, Italy (clay)
    Slovakia         Slovakia 1
   bye       Italy 4
    Italy
  Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)      bye  
    Slovakia 5  
    Macedonia 0    
      Belarus  
  Minsk, Belarus (hard)    bye     Johannesburg, South Africa (hard)
  Belarus 4         Belarus 0
    Macedonia 1   Johannesburg, South Africa (hard)     South Africa 5
    South Africa 5
      Macedonia 0  
 
     bye  
      Ukraine     Renfrewshire, Great Britain (indoor hard)
   bye         Ukraine 4
    Great Britain       Great Britain 1
   bye
  Liverpool, Great Britain (indoor hard)       Great Britain  
    Great Britain 2  
    Poland 3    
     bye  
      Poland     Liège, Belgium (clay)
  Poland         Poland 1
   bye       Belgium 4
   bye
      Belgium  
 Macedonia and  Great Britain
relegated to Group II in 2010.
 Italy,  South Africa,  Ukraine, and  Belgium
advance to World Group Play-off.

First Round Matches

South Africa vs. Macedonia


South Africa
5
Emperors Palace, Johannesburg, South Africa
6–8 March 2009
hard (outdoor)

Macedonia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Izak van der Merwe
Predrag Rusevski
2
6
6
2
6
2
6
4
   
2
Rik de Voest
Lazar Magdinčev
6
3
6
2
6
1
     
3
Jeff Coetzee / Rik de Voest
Lazar Magdinčev / Predrag Rusevski
6
1
77
61
6
2
     
4
Raven Klaasen
Ilija Martinoski
6
2
6
2
       
5
Izak van der Merwe
Dimitar Grabuloski
6
4
6
0
       

Second Round Matches

Slovakia vs. Italy


Slovakia
1
Tennis Club Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
6–8 March 2009
clay (outdoor)

Italy
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Dominik Hrbatý
Potito Starace
1
6
2
6
4
6
     
2
Lukáš Lacko
Fabio Fognini
6
1
3
6
2
6
6
1
1
6
 
3
Michal Mertiňák / Filip Polášek
Flavio Cipolla / Potito Starace
7
5
4
6
6
0
2
6
9
7
 
4
Dominik Hrbatý
Fabio Fognini
61
77
1
6
3
6
     
5
Lukáš Lacko
Flavio Cipolla
2
6
5
7
       

Belarus vs. South Africa


Belarus
0
Arthur Ashe Tennis Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa
8–10 May 2009
hard (outdoor)

South Africa
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Uladzimir Ignatik
Izak van der Merwe
4
6
3
4
      retired
 
2
Andrei Karatchenia
Rik de Voest
1
6
4
6
1
6
     
3
Siarhei Betau / Max Mirnyi
Jeff Coetzee / Rik de Voest
3
6
4
6
65
77
     
4
Siarhei Betau
Raven Klaasen
1
6
4
6
       
5
Andrei Karatchenia
Izak van der Merwe
1
6
3
6
       

Ukraine vs. Great Britain


Ukraine
4
Braehead Arena, Renfrewshire, Scotland, Great Britain
6–8 March 2009
hard (indoor)

Great Britain
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Illya Marchenko
Josh Goodall
77
62
77
65
77
65
     
2
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Chris Eaton
6
3
3
6
6
3
6
4
   
3
Sergei Bubka / Sergiy Stakhovsky
Colin Fleming / Ross Hutchins
6
4
3
6
6
3
5
7
6
4
 
4
Ivan Sergeyev
Josh Goodall
77
63
6
3
       
5
Illya Marchenko
Chris Eaton
3
6
6
4
65
77
     

Poland vs. Belgium


Poland
1
Country Hall du Sart-Tilman, Liège, Belgium
6–8 March 2009
clay (indoor)

Belgium
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Michał Przysiężny
Kristof Vliegen
6
1
3
6
4
6
6
1
3
6
 
2
Jerzy Janowicz
Xavier Malisse
6
7
3
6
3
6
     
3
Marcin Matkowski / Grzegorz Panfil
Steve Darcis / Olivier Rochus
3
6
61
77
3
6
     
4
Jerzy Janowicz
Kristof Vliegen
6
2
6
4
       
5
Grzegorz Panfil
Xavier Malisse
3
6
2
6
       

First Round Play-offs Matches

Belarus vs. Macedonia


Belarus
4
Republic Olympic Training Center for Tennis, Minsk, Belarus
10–12 July 2009
hard (outdoor)

Macedonia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Andrei Vasilevski
Dimitar Grabuloski
7
5
77
62
3
6
65
77
3
6
 
2
Uladzimir Ignatik
Lazar Magdinčev
6
2
7
5
6
3
     
3
Alexander Bury / Max Mirnyi
Dimitar Grabuloski / Lazar Magdinčev
6
1
77
62
6
1
     
4
Uladzimir Ignatik
Dimitar Grabuloski
6
3
6
1
6
4
     
5
Andrei Vasilevski
Lazar Magdinčev
6
4
6
2
       

Second Round Play-offs Matches

Slovakia vs. Macedonia


Slovakia
5
Sibamac Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia
18–20 September 2009
Hard (Indoor)

Macedonia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Dominik Hrbatý
Dimitar Grabuloski
6
2
6
4
6
4
     
2
Lukáš Lacko
Lazar Magdinčev
6
1
6
1
6
3
     
3
Martin Kližan / Filip Polášek
Dimitar Grabuloski / Lazar Magdinčev
6
3
6
3
6
3
     
4
Lukáš Lacko
Shendrit Deari
6
3
6
0
       
5
Dominik Hrbatý
Tomislav Jotovski
6
0
6
0
       

Great Britain vs. Poland


Great Britain
2
Echo Arena, Liverpool, England, Great Britain
18–20 September 2009
Hard (Indoor)

Poland
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Andy Murray
Michał Przysiężny
6
4
6
2
6
4
     
2
Daniel Evans
Jerzy Janowicz
3
6
3
6
65
77
     
3
Ross Hutchins / Andy Murray
Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski
5
7
6
3
3
6
2
6
   
4
Andy Murray
Jerzy Janowicz
6
3
6
4
6
3
     
5
Daniel Evans
Michał Przysiężny
2
6
1
6
5
7
     
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