2007 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

Main article: 2007 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The European and African Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2007.

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

Participating teams

Draw

Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
S Slovakia
Skopje, Macedonia (clay)
bye
byeS Slovakia5
 Macedonia Macedonia0
 Macedonia
Esch-sur-Alzette, Lux. (ind. hard)
bye
 Macedonia3
 Luxembourg2
S Italy
Alghero, Italy (hard)Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
bye
S Italy4S Italy2
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
 Luxembourg1 Israel3
 Israel5
 Luxembourg0
Tbilisi, Georgia (indoor carpet)
 Georgia3
Belgrade, Serbia (indoor clay)
 Portugal2
 Portugal Georgia0
byeS Serbia5
bye
Rotterdam, Netherlands (indoor hard)
S Serbia
 Portugal0
S Netherlands5
bye
Birmingham, England (indoor hard)
 Great Britain
bye Great Britain4
S NetherlandsS Netherlands1
bye
S Netherlands
  • Luxembourg and Portugal relegated to Group II in 2008.
  • Slovakia, Israel, Serbia, and Great Britain advance to World Group Play-off.

First Round Matches

Israel vs. Luxembourg


Israel
5 		Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel[1]
9–11 February 2007
Hard
Luxembourg
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Noam Okun
Gilles Kremer 		6
0 		6
0 		6
1 		     
2
Dudi Sela
Gilles Müller 		4
6 		6
4 		6
2 		77
61 		   
3
Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram
Laurent Bram / Mike Scheidweiler 		77
65 		6
0 		6
3 		     
4
Andy Ram
Laurent Bram 		6
2 		5
7 		6
4 		     
5
Dudi Sela
Gilles Kremer 		6
4 		7
5 		       

Georgia vs. Portugal


Georgia
3 		Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi, Georgia[2]
9–11 February 2007
Carpet (indoor)
Portugal
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Irakli Labadze
Rui Machado 		7
5 		6
3 		77
63 		     
2
Lado Chikhladze
Frederico Gil 		6
3 		77
62 		63
77 		6
4 		   
3
Lado Chikhladze / Irakli Labadze
Gastão Elias / Frederico Gil 		78
66 		67
79 		77
64 		5
7 		6
3 		 
4
George Chantouria
Pedro Sousa 		2
6 		4
6 		       
5
George Khrikadze
Gastão Elias 		3
6 		65
77 		       

Second Round Matches

Slovakia vs. Macedonia


Slovakia
5 		Tennis Club JUG, Skopje, Macedonia
6–8 April 2007
clay (outdoor)
Macedonia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Michal Mertiňák
Lazar Magdinčev 		6
3 		6
2 		4
6 		6
4 		   
2
Dominik Hrbatý
Predrag Rusevski 		6
2 		6
3 		6
3 		     
3
Dominik Hrbatý / Michal Mertiňák
Lazar Magdinčev / Predrag Rusevski 		6
2 		6
1 		6
2 		     
4
Pavol Červenák
Ilija Martinoski 		6
3 		6
4 		       
5
Ivo Klec
Dimitar Grabuloski 		6
2 		6
3 		       

Israel vs. Italy


Israel
3 		Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel[3]
6–8 April 2007
Hard
Italy
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Dudi Sela
Andreas Seppi 		6
3 		7
5 		1
6 		3
6 		6
3 		 
2
Noam Okun
Simone Bolelli 		7
5 		7
5 		6
4 		     
3
Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram
Daniele Bracciali / Potito Starace 		6
3 		77
64 		77
65 		     
4
Noam Okun
Andreas Seppi 		64
77 		61
77 		       
5
Dudi Sela
Simone Bolelli 		5
7 		3
6 		       

Serbia vs. Georgia


Serbia
5 		Sportski Centar Kovilovo, Belgrade, Serbia[4]
6–8 April 2007
Clay (indoor)
Georgia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Novak Djokovic
George Chantouria 		6
1 		5
0 		       
retired
2
Janko Tipsarević
Lado Chikhladze 		6
4 		6
4 		7
5 		     
3
Ilija Bozoljac / Nenad Zimonjić
Lado Chikhladze / George Khrikadze 		7
5 		6
4 		6
3 		     
4
Ilija Bozoljac
Lado Chikhladze 		4
6 		6
3 		78
66 		     
5
Janko Tipsarević
George Khrikadze 		6
0 		6
1 		       

Great Britain vs. Netherlands


Great Britain
4 		National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, Great Britain
6–8 April 2007
hard (indoor)
Netherlands
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Andy Murray
Raemon Sluiter 		6
3 		7
5 		6
2 		     
2
Tim Henman
Robin Haase 		77
64 		6
3 		77
64 		     
3
Jamie Murray / Greg Rusedski
Robin Haase / Rogier Wassen 		6
1 		3
6 		6
3 		77
65 		   
4
Jamie Murray
Robin Haase 		6
4 		60
77 		2
6 		     
5
Tim Henman
Igor Sijsling 		6
2 		6
3 		       

First Round Play-offs Matches

Italy vs. Luxembourg


Italy
4 		Tennis Club Alghero, Alghero, Italy[5]
20–22 July 2007
Hard
Luxembourg
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Potito Starace
Laurent Bram 		6
1 		6
3 		6
4 		     
2
Andreas Seppi
Gilles Müller 		6
1 		6
1 		6
4 		     
3
Daniele Bracciali / Potito Starace
Gilles Müller / Mike Scheidweiler 		3
6 		6
1 		4
6 		6
4 		6
3 		 
4
Daniele Bracciali
Gilles Kremer 		3
6 		        retired
 
5
Federico Luzzi
Laurent Bram 		6
4 		6
4 		       

Second Round Play-offs Matches

Macedonia vs. Luxembourg


Macedonia
3 		National Tennis Centre (CNT), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
21–23 September 2007
Hard (indoor)
Luxembourg
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Lazar Magdinčev
Gilles Müller 		2
6 		77
64 		6
3 		1
6 		6
3 		 
2
Predrag Rusevski
Gilles Kremer 		6
4 		3
6 		6
3 		5
7 		6
4 		 
3
Lazar Magdinčev / Predrag Rusevski
Gilles Müller / Mike Scheidweiler 		77
64 		4
6 		7
5 		2
6 		3
6 		 
4
Ilija Martinoski
Gilles Müller 		3
6 		4
6 		3
6 		     
5
Lazar Magdinčev
Gilles Kremer 		6
1 		6
3 		61
77 		63
77 		6
4 		 

Netherlands vs. Portugal


Netherlands
5 		Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands[6]
21–23 September 2007
Hard (indoor)
Portugal
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Raemon Sluiter
Frederico Gil 		6
2 		6
1 		6
3 		     
2
Robin Haase
Gastão Elias 		6
1 		6
1 		2
6 		5
7 		6
2 		 
3
Jesse Huta Galung / Peter Wessels
Gastão Elias / Frederico Gil 		6
2 		65
77 		77
65 		6
3 		   
4
Robin Haase
Frederico Gil 		6
3 		6
4 		       
5
Jesse Huta Galung
Rui Machado 		6
3 		3
6 		6
2 		     

References

  1. ^ "Israel v Luxembourg". daviscup.com.
  2. ^ "Georgia v Portugal". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Israel v Italy". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Serbia v Georgia". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Italy v Luxembourg". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Netherlands v Portugal". daviscup.com.
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