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2002 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

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The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2002.

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 2003.[1]

Participating nations

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Draw

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Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
S Italy
Reggio Calabria, Italy (clay)
bye
S ItalyS Italy1
bye Finland4
 Finland
Follonica, Italy (indoor carpet)
bye
S Italy4
 Portugal1
S Belarus
Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet)Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)
bye
S Belarus4S Belarus1
Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)
 Portugal1 Zimbabwe4
 Portugal0
 Zimbabwe5
Tirol, Austria (indoor clay)
 Austria3
Constanța, Romania (indoor carpet)
 Israel2
 Israel Austria0
byeS Romania5
bye
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
S Romania
 Israel5
 Greece0
bye
Liège, Belgium (indoor carpet)
 Greece
bye Greece0
 GreeceS Belgium5
bye
S Belgium

First round

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Zimbabwe vs. Portugal

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Zimbabwe
5
City Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe[2]
8–10 February 2002
Hard (indoors)

Portugal
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Zimbabwe
Portugal
Byron Black
Emanuel Couto
6
3
77
64
7
5
     
2 Zimbabwe
Portugal
Wayne Black
Bernardo Mota
6
1
3
6
6
3
6
2
   
3 Zimbabwe
Portugal
Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett
Emanuel Couto / Nuno Marques
6
4
6
4
6
4
     
4 Zimbabwe
Portugal
Wayne Black
Hélder Lopes
77
65
6
3
       
5 Zimbabwe
Portugal
Genius Chidzikwe
Bernardo Mota
3
6
78
66
7
5
     

Genius Chidzikwe became the first black Zimbabwean to win a Davis Cup tennis match[3]

Austria vs. Israel

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Austria
3
Tirol, Austria[4]
8–10 February 2002
Clay (indoors)

Israel
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Austria
Israel
Stefan Koubek
Amir Hadad
6
1
6
3
77
62
     
2 Austria
Israel
Markus Hipfl
Noam Okun
6
3
4
6
6
3
6
1
   
3 Austria
Israel
Alexander Peya / Clemens Trimmel
Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram
6
2
4
6
7
5
65
77
2
6
 
4 Austria
Israel
Stefan Koubek
Noam Okun
6
3
7
5
6
4
     
5 Austria
Israel
Markus Hipfl
Amir Hadad
3
6
0
3
      retired
 

Second round

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Italy vs. Finland

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Italy
1
Rocco Polimeni TC, Reggio Calabria, Italy[5]
5–7 April 2002
Clay

Finland
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Italy
Finland
Davide Sanguinetti
Kim Tiilikainen
6
2
7
5
3
6
2
6
5
7
 
2 Italy
Finland
Giorgio Galimberti
Jarkko Nieminen
3
6
2
6
2
6
     
3 Italy
Finland
Giorgio Galimberti / Mosé Navarra
Lauri Kiiski / Jarkko Nieminen
3
6
610
712
3
6
     
4 Italy
Finland
Mosé Navarra
Timo Nieminen
6
3
7
5
       
5 Italy
Finland
Stefano Galvani
Kim Tiilikainen
3
6
1
6
       

Zimbabwe vs. Belarus

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Zimbabwe
4
Harare Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe[6]
5–7 April 2002
Hard (indoors)

Belarus
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Zimbabwe
Belarus
Byron Black
Vladimir Voltchkov
64
77
3
6
4
6
     
2 Zimbabwe
Belarus
Wayne Black
Max Mirnyi
77
63
6
3
4
6
6
4
   
3 Zimbabwe
Belarus
Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett
Max Mirnyi / Vladimir Voltchkov
6
3
77
64
4
6
714
612
   
4 Zimbabwe
Belarus
Byron Black
Max Mirnyi
6
3
7
5
63
77
6
3
   
5 Zimbabwe
Belarus
Genius Chidzikwe
Alexander Skrypko
6
3
65
77
6
3
     

Romania vs. Austria

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Romania
5
Urilor Sports Hall, Constanța, Romania[7]
5–7 April 2002
Carpet (indoors)

Austria
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Romania
Austria
Andrei Pavel
Jürgen Melzer
6
1
6
2
6
4
     
2 Romania
Austria
Adrian Voinea
Stefan Koubek
3
6
7
5
6
3
6
1
   
3 Romania
Austria
Andrei Pavel / Gabriel Trifu
Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer
3
6
6
1
6
4
66
78
6
2
 
4 Romania
Austria
Andrei Pavel
Alexander Peya
6
1
711
69
       
5 Romania
Austria
Victor Hănescu
Jürgen Melzer
6
4
6
4
       

Belgium vs. Greece

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Belgium
5
Adeps Country Hall, Liège, Belgium[8]
5–7 April 2002
Carpet (indoors)

Greece
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Belgium
Greece
Xavier Malisse
Nikos Rovas
6
0
77
64
6
0
     
2 Belgium
Greece
Olivier Rochus
Konstantinos Economidis
77
64
6
3
6
1
     
3 Belgium
Greece
Gilles Elseneer / Tom Vanhoudt
Konstantinos Economidis / Anastasios Vasiliadis
64
77
77
64
77
61
6
4
   
4 Belgium
Greece
Gilles Elseneer
Anastasios Vasiliadis
6
2
6
2
       
5 Belgium
Greece
Olivier Rochus
Nikos Rovas
7
5
6
3
       

First round relegation play-offs

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Belarus vs. Portugal

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Belarus
4
Olympic Training Centre, Minsk, Belarus[9][10]
12–14 July 2002
Carpet (indoors)

Portugal
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Belarus
Portugal
Vladimir Voltchkov
Bernardo Mota
6
2
6
1
6
2
     
2 Belarus
Portugal
Max Mirnyi
Hélder Lopes
6
3
6
3
6
4
     
3 Belarus
Portugal
Max Mirnyi / Vladimir Voltchkov
Nuno Marques / Bernardo Mota
6
3
6
0
6
3
     
4 Belarus
Portugal
Alexander Shvets
Leonardo Tavares
6
2
77
64
       
5 Belarus
Portugal
Alexander Skrypko
Hélder Lopes
6
2
3
6
4
6
     

Second round relegation play-offs

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Italy vs. Portugal

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Italy
4
Follonica T.C., Follonica, Italy[11][12]
20–22 September 2002
Carpet (indoors)

Portugal
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Italy
Portugal
Stefano Galvani
Bernardo Mota
5
7
3
6
62
77
     
2 Italy
Portugal
Davide Sanguinetti
Leonardo Tavares
6
3
6
2
6
1
     
3 Italy
Portugal
Massimo Bertolini / Giorgio Galimberti
Hélder Lopes / Bernardo Mota
6
3
64
77
6
3
6
4
   
4 Italy
Portugal
Davide Sanguinetti
Bernardo Mota
6
4
7
5
6
4
     
5 Italy
Portugal
Stefano Galvani
Tiago Godinho
6
4
6
1
       

Israel vs. Greece

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Israel
5
National Centre, Ramat HaSharon, Israel[13]
20–22 September 2002
Hard

Greece
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Israel
Greece
Harel Levy
Eleftherios- Spyridon Alexiou
6
3
6
1
6
2
     
2 Israel
Greece
Noam Okun
Alexandros Jakoubovits
6
3
6
4
6
2
     
3 Israel
Greece
Jonathan Erlich / Amir Hadad
Alexandros Jakoubovits / Niko Karagiannis
7
5
6
4
6
2
     
4 Israel
Greece
Amir Hadad
Eleftherios- Spyridon Alexiou
6
0
6
0
       
5 Israel
Greece
Harel Levy
Niko Karagiannis
6
4
6
3
       

References

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  1. ^ "2002 Europe/Africa Group I". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Zimbabwe v Portugal". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Zimbabwe: Chidzikwe Powers to First Davis Cup Victory". allafrica.com. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Austria v Israel". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Italy v Finland". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Zimbabwe v Belarus". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Romania v Austria". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Belgium v Greece". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Belarus v Portugal". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "ESPN tennis". www.espn.com.br. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  11. ^ "Italy v Portugal". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Portugal's Bernardo Mota runs towards the ball as he makes a return to Stefano Galvani of Italy during the Davis Cup group B qualifying match in Follonica, central Italy, Friday, Sept. 20, 2002". www.alamy.com. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  13. ^ "Israel v Greece". daviscup.com.
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