2002 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I
Appearance
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
[edit]Draw
[edit]Second Round Play-offs | First Round Play-offs | First Round | Second Round | |||||||||||||||
S | Italy | |||||||||||||||||
Reggio Calabria, Italy (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
bye | ||||||||||||||||||
S | Italy | S | Italy | 1 | ||||||||||||||
bye | Finland | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
Finland | ||||||||||||||||||
Follonica, Italy (indoor carpet) | ||||||||||||||||||
bye | ||||||||||||||||||
S | Italy | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
Portugal | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
S | Belarus | |||||||||||||||||
Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet) | Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard) | |||||||||||||||||
bye | ||||||||||||||||||
S | Belarus | 4 | S | Belarus | 1 | |||||||||||||
Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard) | ||||||||||||||||||
Portugal | 1 | Zimbabwe | 4 | |||||||||||||||
Portugal | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Zimbabwe | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Tirol, Austria (indoor clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
Austria | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Constanța, Romania (indoor carpet) | ||||||||||||||||||
Israel | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Israel | Austria | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
bye | S | Romania | 5 | |||||||||||||||
bye | ||||||||||||||||||
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) | ||||||||||||||||||
S | Romania | |||||||||||||||||
Israel | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Greece | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
bye | ||||||||||||||||||
Liège, Belgium (indoor carpet) | ||||||||||||||||||
Greece | ||||||||||||||||||
bye | Greece | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Greece | S | Belgium | 5 | |||||||||||||||
bye | ||||||||||||||||||
S | Belgium | |||||||||||||||||
- Greece and Portugal relegated to Group II in 2003.
- Belgium, Finland, Romania, and Zimbabwe advance to World Group qualifying round.
First round
[edit]Zimbabwe vs. Portugal
[edit]Zimbabwe 5 |
City Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe[2] 8–10 February 2002 Hard (indoors) |
Portugal 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genius Chidzikwe became the first black Zimbabwean to win a Davis Cup tennis match[3]
Austria vs. Israel
[edit]Austria 3 |
Tirol, Austria[4] 8–10 February 2002 Clay (indoors) |
Israel 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Second round
[edit]Italy vs. Finland
[edit]Italy 1 |
Rocco Polimeni TC, Reggio Calabria, Italy[5] 5–7 April 2002 Clay |
Finland 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zimbabwe vs. Belarus
[edit]Zimbabwe 4 |
Harare Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe[6] 5–7 April 2002 Hard (indoors) |
Belarus 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Romania vs. Austria
[edit]Romania 5 |
Urilor Sports Hall, Constanța, Romania[7] 5–7 April 2002 Carpet (indoors) |
Austria 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Belgium vs. Greece
[edit]Belgium 5 |
Adeps Country Hall, Liège, Belgium[8] 5–7 April 2002 Carpet (indoors) |
Greece 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First round relegation play-offs
[edit]Belarus vs. Portugal
[edit]Belarus 4 |
Olympic Training Centre, Minsk, Belarus[9][10] 12–14 July 2002 Carpet (indoors) |
Portugal 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Second round relegation play-offs
[edit]Italy vs. Portugal
[edit]Italy 4 |
Follonica T.C., Follonica, Italy[11][12] 20–22 September 2002 Carpet (indoors) |
Portugal 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Israel vs. Greece
[edit]Israel 5 |
National Centre, Ramat HaSharon, Israel[13] 20–22 September 2002 Hard |
Greece 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References
[edit]- ^ "2002 Europe/Africa Group I". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ "Zimbabwe v Portugal". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Zimbabwe: Chidzikwe Powers to First Davis Cup Victory". allafrica.com. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ "Austria v Israel". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Italy v Finland". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Zimbabwe v Belarus". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Romania v Austria". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Belgium v Greece". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Belarus v Portugal". daviscup.com.
- ^ "ESPN tennis". www.espn.com.br. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ "Italy v Portugal". daviscup.com.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Israel v Greece". daviscup.com.