2010 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

The European and African Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2010.

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

Seeds

1. Austria
2. Romania
3. Netherlands
4. South Africa

Other Nations

• Belarus
• Finland
• Italy
• Latvia
• Poland
• Slovakia
• Ukraine

Draw

Second-round play-offs

First-round play-offs

First Round

Second Round

1

Austria

Bad Gleichenberg, Austria (indoor hard)

bye

bye

1

Austria

3

Slovakia

Slovakia

2

Slovakia

Minsk, Belarus (hard)

bye

Slovakia

4

Belarus

1

3

Netherlands

Zoetermeer, Netherlands (indoor hard)

bye

3

Netherlands

4

3

Netherlands

1

Castellaneta, Italy (clay)

Belarus

1

Italy

4

Italy

5

Belarus

0

Sopot, Poland (indoor hard)

Poland

2

Pretoria, South Africa (hard)

Finland

3

Poland

Finland

0

bye

4

South Africa

4

bye

Riga, Latvia (indoor carpet)

4

South Africa

Poland

3

Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine (indoor hard)

Latvia

2

Ukraine

4

Bucharest, Romania (clay)

Latvia

1

Latvia

Ukraine

1

bye

2

Romania

3

bye

2

Romania

• Belarus and Latvia relegated to Group II in 2011.
• Austria, Italy, South Africa, and Romania advance to World Group play-off.

First Round Matches

Italy vs. Belarus

Italy 5	Nova Yardinia, Castellaneta Marina, Italy 5–7 March 2010 clay (outdoor)		Belarus 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Potito Starace Uladzimir Ignatik 6 4 6 1 6 2       2 Fabio Fognini Alexander Bury 6 2 6 4 6 1       3 Simone Bolelli / Filippo Volandri Uladzimir Ignatik / Max Mirnyi 6 1 6 4 6 2       4 Simone Bolelli Uladzimir Ignatik 6 3 6 3         5 Filippo Volandri Andrei Vasilevski 77 63 6 3

Poland vs. Finland

Poland 2	Hala 100-lecia Sopotu, Sopot, Poland 5–7 March 2010 hard (indoor)		Finland 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Michał Przysiężny Jarkko Nieminen 77 65 64 77 77 65 67 79 4 6   2 Łukasz Kubot Henri Kontinen 6 4 6 2 77 65       3 Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski Henri Kontinen / Jarkko Nieminen 6 4 77 64 4 6 6 3     4 Łukasz Kubot Jarkko Nieminen 4 6 66 78 77 64 6 2 5 7   5 Michał Przysiężny Henri Kontinen 4 6 6 3 77 64 64 77 5 7

Ukraine vs. Latvia

Ukraine 4	Megaron Tennis Club, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine 5–7 March 2010 hard (indoor)		Latvia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Illya Marchenko Andis Juška 6 3 6 2 6 4       2 Sergiy Stakhovsky Deniss Pavlovs 6 2 6 3 6 4       3 Sergei Bubka / Sergiy Stakhovsky Andis Juška / Deniss Pavlovs 64 77 3 6 2 6       4 Sergiy Stakhovsky Andis Juška 6 2 5 7 6 4 77 62     5 Ivan Sergeyev Karlis Lejnieks 6 4 66 78 6 1

Second Round Matches

Austria vs. Slovakia

Austria 3	Gleichenberg-Halle, Bad Gleichenberg, Austria 5–7 March 2010 hard (indoor)		Slovakia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Daniel Köllerer Lukáš Lacko 6 2 2 6 65 77 3 6     2 Jürgen Melzer Martin Kližan 6 3 6 3 7 5       3 Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer Michal Mertiňák / Filip Polášek 3 6 6 1 6 3 6 2     4 Jürgen Melzer Lukáš Lacko 77 62 7 5 7 5       5 Daniel Köllerer Martin Kližan 2 6 63 77

Netherlands vs. Italy

Netherlands 1	PWA Silverdome, Zoetermeer, Netherlands 7 – 9 May Hard – Indoors		Italy 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Thiemo de Bakker Simone Bolelli 65 77 65 77 3 6       2 Robin Haase Potito Starace 5 7 3 6 6 2 62 77     3 Robin Haase / Igor Sijsling Simone Bolelli / Potito Starace 6 4 3 6 65 77 4 6     4 Igor Sijsling Paolo Lorenzi 4 6 3 6         5 Robin Haase Daniele Bracciali 79 67 7 5

Finland vs. South Africa

Finland 0	Groenkloof Tennis Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa 7 – 9 May Hard, Outdoors		South Africa 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Harri Helliovaara Izak van der Merwe 3 6 4 6 6 3 3 6     2 Jarkko Nieminen Rik de Voest 7 5 3 6 2 6 7 5 3 6   3 Harri Helliovaara / Jarkko Nieminen Rik de Voest / Wesley Moodie 2 6 3 6 4 6       4 Timo Nieminen Izak van der Merwe 3 6 4 6         5 Harri Helliovaara Rik de Voest           not played

Ukraine vs. Romania

Ukraine 1	Arenele BNR, București, Bucharest, Romania 7 – 9 May Clay, Outdoors		Romania 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Illya Marchenko Victor Hănescu 61 77 5 7 4 6       2 Sergiy Stakhovsky Adrian Ungur 6 2 63 77 7 5 7 5     3 Sergei Bubka / Sergiy Stakhovsky Victor Hănescu / Horia Tecău 4 6 4 6 2 6       4 Sergiy Stakhovsky Victor Hănescu 4 6 2 6 5 7       5 Ivan Sergeyev Marius Copil 6 4 1 2       not completed

First-round play-offs

Netherlands vs. Belarus

Netherlands 4	Republic Olympic Training Centre for Tennis, Minsk, Belarus 9 – 11 July Hard, Outdoors		Belarus 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Thiemo de Bakker Andrei Vasilevski 6 2 6 2 7 5       2 Robin Haase Uladzimir Ignatik 4 6 5 7 6 3 6 0 6 3   3 Igor Sijsling / Thiemo de Bakker Max Mirnyi / Uladzimir Ignatik 7 5 3 6 66 78 6 4 3 6   4 Thiemo de Bakker Uladzimir Ignatik 6 1 77 65 64 77 6 4     5 Robin Haase Andrei Vasilevski 6 3 6 4

Second-round play-offs

Slovakia vs. Belarus

Slovakia 4	Republic Olympic Training Center for Tennis, Minsk, Belarus 17 – 19 September Hard		Belarus 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Martin Kližan Uladzimir Ignatik 69 711 2 6 2 6       2 Lukáš Lacko Siarhei Betau 6 0 6 4 6 4       3 Michal Mertiňák / Filip Polášek Uladzimir Ignatik / Max Mirnyi 77 65 78 66 3 6 4 6 6 4   4 Lukáš Lacko Uladzimir Ignatik 6 1 3 6 6 1 67 79 6 4   5 Martin Kližan Siarhei Betau 77 62 6 2

Poland vs. Latvia

Poland 3	Olympic Sports Centre, Riga, Latvia 17 – 19 September Carpet		Latvia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Michał Przysiężny Andis Juška 6 3 6 4 6 4       2 Jerzy Janowicz Ernests Gulbis 4 6 4 6 6 3 2 6     3 Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski Andis Juška / Deniss Pavlovs 6 3 6 4 77 64       4 Michał Przysiężny Ernests Gulbis 77 65 1 6 2 6 5 7     5 Jerzy Janowicz Kārlis Lejnieks 7 5 6 4 77 63