2018 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs

The play-offs of the 2018 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I were the final stages of the Group I zonal competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Using the positions determined in their pools, the fourteen teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2018 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I. The top two teams advanced to World Group II Play-offs, and the bottom two teams were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

Main article: 2018 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Pool results
PlacingPool APool BPool CPool D
1 Serbia Great Britain Hungary Latvia
2 Bulgaria Estonia Croatia Poland
3N/AN/A Slovenia Turkey
4 Georgia Portugal Sweden Austria

Promotional play-offs

The first placed teams of each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds. The winner of each round advanced to the World Group II Play-offs.

Serbia vs. Latvia

Serbia
1		 Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia[1]
10 February
Hard (indoors)
Latvia
2
1 2 3
1
Olga Danilović
Anastasija Sevastova		 6
2		 6
4		    
2
Dejana Radanović
Jeļena Ostapenko		 2
6 		1
6 		   
3
Olga Danilović / Bojana Marinković
Jeļena Ostapenko / Anastasija Sevastova		 1
6 		2
6		    

Great Britain vs. Hungary

Great Britain
2		 Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia[2]
10 February
Hard (indoors)
Hungary
0
1 2 3
1
Heather Watson
Dalma Gálfi		 3
6 		6
1		 6
4		  
2
Johanna Konta
Fanny Stollár		 6
3		 6
1		    
3
Katie Boulter / Anna Smith
Dalma Gálfi / Fanny Stollár		       not
played

5th place play-off

The runner-up teams from pools A and D, and B and C competed in order to establish which two teams would place joint fifth in the final standings and which two would place joint seventh.

Bulgaria vs. Poland

Bulgaria
0		 Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia[3]
10 February
Hard (indoors)
Poland
2
1 2 3
1
Petia Arshinkova
Iga Świątek		 0
6 		4
6 		   
2
Isabella Shinikova
Magdalena Fręch		 5
7 		3
6 		   
3
Petia Arshinkova / Julia Terziyska
Alicja Rosolska / Iga Świątek		       not
played

Estonia vs. Croatia

Estonia
2		 Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia[4]
10 February
Hard (indoors)
Croatia
1
1 2 3
1
Saara Orav
Ana Biškić		 3
6 		6
4		 6
2		  
2
Katriin Saar
Tena Lukas		 6
2		 5
7 		1
6 		 
3
Elena Malygina / Saara Orav
Ana Biškić / Tena Lukas		 6
2		 4
6 		7
5		  

Relegation play-offs

The teams placing last in each pool competed to keep their place in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I. The bottom-placed team from group A faced the bottom-placed team from Group D, whilst Group B's and Group C's bottom-placed teams faced off. The losers were relegated to the 2019 Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

Georgia vs. Austria

Georgia
2		 Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia[5]
10 February
Hard (indoors)
Austria
1
1 2 3
1
Sofia Shapatava
Julia Grabher		 6
3		 4
6 		6
4		  
2
Ekaterine Gorgodze
Barbara Haas		 65
77		 6
2		 3
6 		 
3
Oksana Kalashnikova / Sofia Shapatava
Julia Grabher / Barbara Haas		 6
4		 3
6 		6
2		  

Portugal vs. Sweden

Portugal
0		 Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia[6]
10 February
Hard (indoors)
Sweden
2
1 2 3
1
Francisca Jorge
Cornelia Lister		 2
6 		2
6 		   
2
Maria João Koehler
Rebecca Peterson		 4
6 		0
6 		   
3
Francisca Jorge / Maria João Koehler
Mirjam Björklund / Jacqueline Cabaj Awad		       not
played

Final placements
Placing Teams
Promoted/First  Latvia  Great Britain
Third  Serbia  Hungary
Fifth  Poland  Estonia
Seventh  Bulgaria  Croatia
Ninth  Turkey  Slovenia
Eleventh  Georgia  Sweden
Relegated/Thirteenth  Austria  Portugal

References
  1. "Serbia v Latvia". fedcup.com.
  2. "Great Britain v Hungary". fedcup.com.
  3. "Bulgaria v Poland". fedcup.com.
  4. "Estonia v Croatia". fedcup.com.
  5. "Georgia v Austria". fedcup.com.
  6. "Portugal v Sweden". fedcup.com.
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