1999 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

Main article: 1999 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1999.

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 2000.[1]

Participating nations

Draw

Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
 Romania
Bucharest, Romania (clay)
bye
bye Romania3
 Croatia Croatia2
bye
Zagreb, Croatia (indoor carpet)
 Croatia
 Croatia1
 Portugal4
 Austria
Wels, Austria (indoor clay)
bye
bye Austria4
 Portugal Portugal1
bye
 Portugal
 Israel
Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)
bye
 Israel Israel2
bye Finland3
bye
Kyiv, Ukraine (clay)
 Finland
 Israel2
Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet)
 Ukraine3
 Ukraine2
Cape Town, South Africa (hard)
 Belarus3
 Ukraine Belarus1
bye South Africa4
bye
 South Africa

First round

Ukraine vs. Belarus


Ukraine
2 		Meridian Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine[2]
12–14 February 1999
Carpet (indoors)
Belarus
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Andrei Rybalko
Vladimir Voltchkov 		2
6 		3
6 		5
7 		     
2
Andriy Medvedev
Max Mirnyi 		3
6 		6
3 		77
64 		7
5 		   
3
Andriy Medvedev / Orest Tereshchuk
Max Mirnyi / Vladimir Voltchkov 		3
6 		1
6 		4
6 		     
4
Andriy Medvedev
Vladimir Voltchkov 		5
7 		6
3 		6
3 		6
3 		   
5
Andrei Rybalko
Max Mirnyi 		3
6 		0
6 		6
3 		3
6 		   

Second round

Romania vs. Croatia


Romania
3 		Arena Club, Bucharest, Romania[3]
2–4 April 1999
Clay
Croatia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Adrian Voinea
Ivan Ljubičić 		6
1 		6
4 		61
77 		77
65 		   
2
Andrei Pavel
Željko Krajan 		77
65 		6
2 		6
0 		     
3
Andrei Pavel / Gabriel Trifu
Ivan Ljubičić / Lovro Zovko 		77
65 		77
65 		7
5 		     
4
Ionuț Moldovan
Lovro Zovko 		7
5 		1
6 		2
6 		     
5
Gabriel Trifu
Ivan Beroš 		3
6 		2
6 		       

Austria vs. Portugal


Austria
4 		Messe Wels, Wels, Austria[4]
2–4 April 1999
Clay
Portugal
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Stefan Koubek
Nuno Marques 		6
3 		6
4 		6
4 		     
2
Markus Hipfl
João Cunha e Silva 		6
4 		6
2 		6
2 		     
3
Julian Knowle / Wolfgang Schranz
Emanuel Couto / Nuno Marques 		6
3 		2
6 		77
64 		4
6 		2
6 		 
4
Stefan Koubek
João Cunha e Silva 		6
3 		77
65 		6
0 		     
5
Markus Hipfl
Bruno Fragoso 		6
1 		6
2 		       

Finland vs. Israel


Finland
3 		Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland[5]
2–4 April 1999
Carpet (indoors)
Israel
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Tuomas Ketola
Eyal Ran 		3
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
2
Ville Liukko
Eyal Erlich 		6
1 		6
1 		6
3 		     
3
Tuomas Ketola / Ville Liukko
Amir Hadad / Harel Levy 		0
6 		7
5 		62
77 		6
3 		8
6 		 
4
Ville Liukko
Eyal Ran 		4
6 		78
66 		6
4 		6
4 		   
5
Tapio Nurminen
Eyal Erlich 		2
6 		4
6 		       

South Africa vs. Belarus


South Africa
4 		Rondebosch Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa[6]
2–4 April 1999
Hard
Belarus
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
David Nainkin
Vladimir Voltchkov 		6
3 		5
7 		4
6 		65
77 		   
2
Wayne Ferreira
Max Mirnyi 		5
7 		6
4 		6
3 		66
78 		9
7 		 
3
David Adams / John-Laffnie de Jager
Max Mirnyi / Vladimir Voltchkov 		6
4 		6
3 		6
4 		     
4
Wayne Ferreira
Vladimir Voltchkov 		6
0 		4
6 		3
6 		6
2 		6
4 		 
5
David Nainkin
Sergei Samoseiko 		6
2 		6
2 		       

Second round relegation play-offs

Croatia vs. Portugal


Croatia
1 		Dom Sportova, Zagreb, Croatia[7]
24–26 September 1999
Carpet (indoors)
Portugal
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ivan Ljubičić
Nuno Marques 		4
6 		4
6 		6
3 		3
6 		   
2
Željko Krajan
João Cunha e Silva 		64
77 		2
6 		2
6 		     
3
Ivan Ljubičić / Lovro Zovko
Emanuel Couto / Nuno Marques 		77
64 		6
4 		68
710 		4
6 		2
6 		 
4
Mario Ančić
João Cunha e Silva 		4
6 		4
6 		       
5
Lovro Zovko
Bernardo Mota 		64
77 		6
4 		6
4 		     

Ukraine vs. Israel


Ukraine
3 		Nauka Tennis Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine[8]
24–26 September 1999
Clay
Israel
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Andrei Rybalko
Harel Levy 		2
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
2
Andriy Medvedev
Noam Okun 		6
0 		6
4 		77
62 		     
3
Andriy Medvedev / Andrei Rybalko
Harel Levy / Eyal Ran 		6
3 		6
4 		6
4 		     
4
Andriy Medvedev
Harel Levy 		7
5 		4
6 		6
3 		6
2 		   
5
Orest Tereshchuk
Noam Okun 		3
6 		5
7 		       

References

  1. ^ "1999 Europe/Africa Group I". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Ukraine v Belarus". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Romania v Croatia". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Austria v Portugal". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Finland v Israel". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "South Africa v Belarus". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Croatia v Portugal". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Ukraine v Israel". daviscup.com.
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