2005 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

Main article: 2005 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The European and African Zone was one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2005.

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

Participating teams

Draw

Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst roundSecond round
S Great Britain
Ramat Hasharon, Israel (hard)
bye
 IsraelS Great Britain3
bye Israel2
 Israel
Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)
bye
 Israel4
 Zimbabwe1
S Belgium
Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro (clay)
bye
byeS Belgium3
Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro (indoor clay)
 Zimbabwe Serbia and Montenegro2
 Serbia and Montenegro5
 Zimbabwe0
Luxembourg City, Lux. (indoor hard)
 Italy5
Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard)Rome, Italy (clay)
 Luxembourg0
 Luxembourg3 Italy4
S Morocco2S Morocco1
bye
Khemisset, Morocco (clay)
S Morocco
S Morocco4
 South Africa1
bye
Doornfontein, South Africa (indoor hard)
 South Africa
 South Africa South Africa2
byeS Germany3
bye
S Germany
  • Zimbabwe and South Africa relegated to Group II in 2006.
  • Great Britain, Belgium, Italy, and Germany advance to World Group Play-off.

First Round Matches

Serbia and Montenegro vs. Zimbabwe


Serbia and Montenegro
5 		Novosadski Sajam Hala, Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro[1]
4–6 March 2005
Clay (indoor)
Zimbabwe
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Novak Djokovic
Genius Chidzikwe 		6
4 		6
0 		6
4 		     
2
Janko Tipsarević
Gwinyai Tongoona 		6
3 		6
2 		6
1 		     
3
Dušan Vemić / Nenad Zimonjić
Genius Chidzikwe / Gwinyai Tongoona 		77
63 		6
0 		6
3 		     
4
Janko Tipsarević
Zibusiso Ncube 		6
0 		6
2 		       
5
Novak Djokovic
Pfungwa Mahefu 		6
1 		6
2 		       

Italy vs. Luxembourg


Italy
5 		Centre National Sportif et Culturel D'Coque, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg[2]
4–6 March 2005
Hard (indoor)
Luxembourg
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Daniele Bracciali
Gilles Müller 		77
64 		64
77 		6
4 		6
4 		   
2
Potito Starace
Mike Scheidweiler 		6
3 		6
1 		6
2 		     
3
Daniele Bracciali / Giorgio Galimberti
Gilles Müller / Mike Scheidweiler 		6
4 		6
4 		66
78 		7
5 		   
4
Potito Starace
Gilles Kremer 		6
4 		6
2 		       
5
Andreas Seppi
Laurent Bram 		77
64 		6
3 		       

Second Round Matches

Great Britain vs. Israel


Great Britain
3 		Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel[3]
4–6 March 2005
Hard
Israel
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Greg Rusedski
Harel Levy 		6
4 		6
3 		6
0 		     
2
Alex Bogdanović
Noam Okun 		63
77 		2
6 		2
6 		     
3
Andy Murray / David Sherwood
Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram 		6
4 		77
65 		2
6 		77
65 		   
4
Greg Rusedski
Noam Okun 		6
3 		6
4 		6
2 		     
5
David Sherwood
Harel Levy 		77
61 		4
6 		3
6 		     

Belgium vs. Serbia and Montenegro


Belgium
3 		Tennis Club Gemax, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro[4]
29 April – 1 May 2005
Clay
Serbia and Montenegro
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Christophe Rochus
Janko Tipsarević 		6
2 		6
4 		5
7 		4
6 		1
6 		 
2
Olivier Rochus
Novak Djokovic 		1
6 		7
5 		63
77 		6
1 		6
3 		 
3
Dick Norman / Kristof Vliegen
Dušan Vemić / Nenad Zimonjić 		6
3 		6
4 		3
6 		6
4 		   
4
Olivier Rochus
Janko Tipsarević 		710
68 		6
3 		63
77 		2
6 		4
6 		 
5
Kristof Vliegen
Novak Djokovic 		6
3 		6
3 		3
6 		6
2 		   

Italy vs. Morocco


Italy
4 		Foro Italico, Rome, Italy[5]
28–30 April 2005
Clay
Morocco
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Potito Starace
Mounir El Aarej 		6
0 		3
6 		7
5 		6
0 		   
2
Filippo Volandri
Younes El Aynaoui 		6
2 		6
4 		6
1 		     
3
Daniele Bracciali / Giorgio Galimberti
Younes El Aynaoui / Mehdi Tahiri 		7
5 		6
1 		6
2 		     
4
Filippo Volandri
Mounir El Aarej 		3
6 		6
1 		1
6 		     
5
Potito Starace
Mehdi Tahiri 		6
1 		3
6 		6
4 		     

South Africa vs. Germany


South Africa
2 		Ellis Park Tennis Stadium, Doornfontein, South Africa[6]
4–6 March 2005
Hard (indoor)
Germany
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Wesley Moodie
Nicolas Kiefer 		6
4 		77
63 		64
77 		3
6 		2
6 		 
2
Wayne Ferreira
Tommy Haas 		3
6 		0
6 		63
77 		     
3
Jeff Coetzee / Wesley Moodie
Nicolas Kiefer / Rainer Schüttler 		6
3 		77
64 		7
5 		     
4
Wesley Moodie
Tommy Haas 		65
77 		6
2 		4
6 		6
3 		10
8 		 
5
Wayne Ferreira
Rainer Schüttler 		1
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     

First Round Play-offs Matches

Luxembourg vs. Morocco


Luxembourg
3 		National Tennis Centre, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg[7]
15–17 July 2005
Hard (indoor)
Morocco
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Gilles Müller
Mehdi Tahiri 		711
69 		4
6 		61
77 		77
62 		4
6 		 
2
Gilles Kremer
Mounir El Aarej 		6
3 		7
5 		6
4 		     
3
Gilles Müller / Mike Scheidweiler
Mounir El Aarej / Mehdi Tahiri 		6
0 		6
4 		5
7 		77
62 		   
4
Gilles Müller
Mounir El Aarej 		6
3 		6
4 		64
77 		6
3 		   
5
Laurent Bram
Mehdi Tahiri 		5
7 		4
6 		       

Second Round Play-offs Matches

Israel vs. Zimbabwe


Israel
4 		Harare City Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe[8]
23–25 September 2005
Hard (indoor)
Zimbabwe
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Dudi Sela
Wayne Black 		1
6 		64
77 		77
62 		3
6 		   
2
Noam Okun
Genius Chidzikwe 		6
2 		77
63 		6
3 		     
3
Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram
Wayne Black / Gwinyai Tongoona 		6
2 		6
3 		6
3 		     
4
Dudi Sela
Genius Chidzikwe 		6
4 		6
4 		6
3 		     
5
Noam Okun
Stefan D'Almeida 		6
0 		6
2 		       

Morocco vs. South Africa


Morocco
4 		Club Olympic de Tennis Khemisset, Khemisset, Morocco[9]
23–25 September 2005
Clay
South Africa
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Mounir El Aarej
Justin Bower 		6
4 		6
4 		3
6 		4
6 		8
6 		 
2
Mehdi Tahiri
Rik De Voest 		2
6 		6
2 		6
4 		4
6 		6
2 		 
3
Talal Ouahabi / Mehdi Ziadi
Jeff Coetzee / Chris Haggard 		64
77 		77
62 		6
4 		3
6 		5
7 		 
4
Mounir El Aarej
Rik De Voest 		6
3 		6
4 		7
5 		     
5
Mehdi Tahiri
Justin Bower 		7
5 		77
62 		       

References

  1. ^ "Serbia and Montenegro v Zimbabwe". daviscup.com.
  2. ^ "Luxembourg v Italy". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Israel v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Serbia and Montenegro v Belgium". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Italy v Morocco". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "South Africa v Germany". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Luxembourg v Morocco". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Zimbabwe v Israel". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Morocco v South Africa". daviscup.com.

Main Draw

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