2002 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

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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]

Draw

Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
S Italy
Reggio Calabria, Italy (clay)
bye
S ItalyS Italy1
bye Finland4
 Finland
Follonica, Italy (indoor carpet)
bye
S Italy4
 Portugal1
S Belarus
Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet)Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)
bye
S Belarus4S Belarus1
Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)
 Portugal1 Zimbabwe4
 Portugal0
 Zimbabwe5
Tirol, Austria (indoor clay)
 Austria3
Constanța, Romania (indoor carpet)
 Israel2
 Israel Austria0
byeS Romania5
bye
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
S Romania
 Israel5
 Greece0
bye
Liège, Belgium (indoor carpet)
 Greece
bye Greece0
 GreeceS Belgium5
bye
S Belgium

First round

Zimbabwe vs. Portugal


Zimbabwe
5		 City Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe[2]
8–10 February 2002
Hard (indoors)
Portugal
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Zimbabwe
Portugal		 Byron Black
Emanuel Couto		 6
3		 77
64		 7
5		      
2 Zimbabwe
Portugal		 Wayne Black
Bernardo Mota		 6
1		 3
6		 6
3		 6
2		    
3 Zimbabwe
Portugal		 Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett
Emanuel Couto / Nuno Marques		 6
4		 6
4		 6
4		      
4 Zimbabwe
Portugal		 Wayne Black
Hélder Lopes		 77
65		 6
3		        
5 Zimbabwe
Portugal		 Genius Chidzikwe
Bernardo Mota		 3
6		 78
66		 7
5		      

Genius Chidzikwe became the first black Zimbabwean to win a Davis Cup tennis match[3]

Austria vs. Israel


Austria
3		 Tirol, Austria[4]
8–10 February 2002
Clay (indoors)
Israel
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Austria
Israel		 Stefan Koubek
Amir Hadad		 6
1		 6
3		 77
62		      
2 Austria
Israel		 Markus Hipfl
Noam Okun		 6
3		 4
6		 6
3		 6
1		    
3 Austria
Israel		 Alexander Peya / Clemens Trimmel
Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram		 6
2		 4
6		 7
5		 65
77		 2
6		  
4 Austria
Israel		 Stefan Koubek
Noam Okun		 6
3		 7
5		 6
4		      
5 Austria
Israel		 Markus Hipfl
Amir Hadad		 3
6		 0
3		       retired
 

Second round

Italy vs. Finland


Italy
1		 Rocco Polimeni TC, Reggio Calabria, Italy[5]
5–7 April 2002
Clay
Finland
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Italy
Finland		 Davide Sanguinetti
Kim Tiilikainen		 6
2		 7
5		 3
6		 2
6		 5
7		  
2 Italy
Finland		 Giorgio Galimberti
Jarkko Nieminen		 3
6		 2
6		 2
6		      
3 Italy
Finland		 Giorgio Galimberti / Mosé Navarra
Lauri Kiiski / Jarkko Nieminen		 3
6		 610
712		 3
6		      
4 Italy
Finland		 Mosé Navarra
Timo Nieminen		 6
3		 7
5		        
5 Italy
Finland		 Stefano Galvani
Kim Tiilikainen		 3
6		 1
6		        

Zimbabwe vs. Belarus


Zimbabwe
4		 Harare Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe[6]
5–7 April 2002
Hard (indoors)
Belarus
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Zimbabwe
Belarus		 Byron Black
Vladimir Voltchkov		 64
77		 3
6		 4
6		      
2 Zimbabwe
Belarus		 Wayne Black
Max Mirnyi		 77
63		 6
3		 4
6		 6
4		    
3 Zimbabwe
Belarus		 Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett
Max Mirnyi / Vladimir Voltchkov		 6
3		 77
64		 4
6		 714
612		    
4 Zimbabwe
Belarus		 Byron Black
Max Mirnyi		 6
3		 7
5		 63
77		 6
3		    
5 Zimbabwe
Belarus		 Genius Chidzikwe
Alexander Skrypko		 6
3		 65
77		 6
3		      

Romania vs. Austria


Romania
5		 Urilor Sports Hall, Constanța, Romania[7]
5–7 April 2002
Carpet (indoors)
Austria
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Romania
Austria		 Andrei Pavel
Jürgen Melzer		 6
1		 6
2		 6
4		      
2 Romania
Austria		 Adrian Voinea
Stefan Koubek		 3
6		 7
5		 6
3		 6
1		    
3 Romania
Austria		 Andrei Pavel / Gabriel Trifu
Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer		 3
6		 6
1		 6
4		 66
78		 6
2		  
4 Romania
Austria		 Andrei Pavel
Alexander Peya		 6
1		 711
69		        
5 Romania
Austria		 Victor Hănescu
Jürgen Melzer		 6
4		 6
4		        

Belgium vs. Greece


Belgium
5		 Adeps Country Hall, Liège, Belgium[8]
5–7 April 2002
Carpet (indoors)
Greece
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Belgium
Greece		 Xavier Malisse
Nikos Rovas		 6
0		 77
64		 6
0		      
2 Belgium
Greece		 Olivier Rochus
Konstantinos Economidis		 77
64		 6
3		 6
1		      
3 Belgium
Greece		 Gilles Elseneer / Tom Vanhoudt
Konstantinos Economidis / Anastasios Vasiliadis		 64
77		 77
64		 77
61		 6
4		    
4 Belgium
Greece		 Gilles Elseneer
Anastasios Vasiliadis		 6
2		 6
2		        
5 Belgium
Greece		 Olivier Rochus
Nikos Rovas		 7
5		 6
3		        

First round relegation play-offs

Belarus vs. Portugal


Belarus
4		 Olympic Training Centre, Minsk, Belarus[9][10]
12–14 July 2002
Carpet (indoors)
Portugal
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Belarus
Portugal		 Vladimir Voltchkov
Bernardo Mota		 6
2		 6
1		 6
2		      
2 Belarus
Portugal		 Max Mirnyi
Hélder Lopes		 6
3		 6
3		 6
4		      
3 Belarus
Portugal		 Max Mirnyi / Vladimir Voltchkov
Nuno Marques / Bernardo Mota		 6
3		 6
0		 6
3		      
4 Belarus
Portugal		 Alexander Shvets
Leonardo Tavares		 6
2		 77
64		        
5 Belarus
Portugal		 Alexander Skrypko
Hélder Lopes		 6
2		 3
6		 4
6		      

Second round relegation play-offs

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