2005 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

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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.

Draw

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First round

Second round

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Ramat Hasharon, Israel (hard)

bye

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3

bye

2

Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)

bye

4

1

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Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro (clay)

bye

bye

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3

Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro (indoor clay)

Serbia and Montenegro

2

Serbia and Montenegro

5

0

Luxembourg City, Lux. (indoor hard)

5

Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard)

Rome, Italy (clay)

0

3

4

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2

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1

bye

Khemisset, Morocco (clay)

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4

1

bye

Doornfontein, South Africa (indoor hard)

2

bye

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3

bye

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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)

			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

Centre National Sportif et Culturel D'Coque, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg^[2]
4–6 March 2005
Hard (indoor)

			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

			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

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

Foro Italico, Rome, Italy^[5]
28–30 April 2005
Clay

			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

Ellis Park Tennis Stadium, Doornfontein, South Africa^[6]
4–6 March 2005
Hard (indoor)

			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

Second Round Play-offs Matches

References

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