2013 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

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The Europe and Africa Zone is one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2013.

In the Europe and Africa Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group. Winners in Group I advance to the World Group Play-offs, along with losing teams from the World Group first round. Teams who lose their respective ties will compete in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group I, whereas teams who lose their play-offs will be relegated to the Europe/Africa Group II in 2014.

Great Britain, Netherlands, Poland and Ukraine won their second-round ties, and will compete in the World Group Play-offs in mid-September.

Participating teams

Seeds:

1. Russia
2. Sweden
3. South Africa
4. Netherlands

Remaining nations:

• Denmark
• Great Britain
• Poland
• Romania

• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Ukraine

Draw

All seeded teams get a bye into the second round, as well as Great Britain who were second round losers in the 2012 Davis Cup

2nd round play-offs 18–20 October

1st round play-offs 13–15 September

1st round 1–3 February

2nd round 5–7 April

1

Russia

bye

Coventry, Great Britain (indoor hard)

1

Russia

1

Russia

2

bye

Great Britain

3

Great Britain

bye

1

Russia

3

South Africa

Slovenia

bye

Zielona Góra, Poland (indoor hard)

3

South Africa

3

South Africa

1

Slovenia

Wrocław, Poland (indoor hard)

Poland

3

Poland

3

Slovenia

2

Cluj-Napoca, Romania (indoor hard)

Denmark

0

Romania

5

Brasov, Romania (indoor hard)

Denmark

Romania

0

bye

4

Netherlands

5

4

Netherlands

bye

Denmark

Kremenchug, Ukraine (indoor hard)

Ukraine

3

Slovakia

Slovakia

2

Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine (indoor hard)

Slovakia

Ukraine

3

2

Sweden

2

Sweden

2

bye

2

Sweden

Losing teams relegated to Group II in 2014.

Great Britain, Poland, Netherlands, and Ukraine advance to World Group Play-off.

First round

Poland vs. Slovenia

Poland 3	Centennial Hall in "Wroclaw", Wroclaw, Poland 1–3 February 2013 hard (indoor)		Slovenia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jerzy Janowicz Blaž Kavčič 6 3 6 3 7 5       2 Łukasz Kubot Grega Žemlja 6 3 6 2 6 0       3 Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski Blaž Kavčič / Grega Žemlja 3 6 6 2 2 6 6 4 11 13   4 Jerzy Janowicz Grega Žemlja 77 64 6 3 6 3       5 Mariusz Fyrstenberg Tomislav Ternar 6 4 5 7 5 7

Romania vs. Denmark

Romania 5	Sala Sporturilor "Horia Demian", Cluj Napoca, Romania 1–3 February 2013 hard (indoor)		Denmark 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Marius Copil Frederik Nielsen 6 3 79 67 6 4       2 Adrian Ungur Martin Pedersen 6 2 77 63 4 6 4 6 6 2   3 Florin Mergea / Horia Tecău Frederik Nielsen / Thomas Kromann 77 63 6 2 6 4       4 Adrian Ungur Thomas Kromann 6 3 6 4         5 Marius Copil Christoffer Kønigsfeldt 6 4 6 3

Ukraine vs. Slovak Republic

Ukraine 3	TC Premier, Kremenchug, Ukraine 1–3 February 2013 hard (indoor)		Slovakia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Alexandr Dolgopolov Andrej Martin 6 2 6 2 7 5       2 Serhiy Stakhovsky Lukáš Lacko 2 6 7 5 65 77 4 6     3 Alexandr Dolgopolov / Serhiy Stakhovsky Filip Polášek / Igor Zelenay 64 77 63 77 3 6       4 Alexandr Dolgopolov Lukáš Lacko 3 6 6 3 6 2 6 1     5 Illya Marchenko Andrej Martin 7 5 77 65 6 4

Second round

Great Britain vs. Russia

Great Britain 3	Ricoh Arena, Coventry, Great Britain 5–7 April 2013 hard (indoor)		Russia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Daniel Evans Dmitry Tursunov 4 6 77 65 4 6 7 5 4 6   2 James Ward Evgeny Donskoy 6 4 6 4 5 7 3 6 6 8   3 Colin Fleming / Jonathan Marray Victor Baluda / Igor Kunitsyn 6 1 6 4 6 2       4 James Ward Dmitry Tursunov 6 4 5 7 5 7 6 4 6 4   5 Daniel Evans Evgeny Donskoy 6 4 6 4 6 1

• It was the first time since 1930 that Great Britain had won after being 2-0 down.

Poland vs. South Africa

Poland 3	Recreation and Sports Center, Zielona Góra, Poland 5–7 April 2013 hard (indoor)		South Africa 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jerzy Janowicz Jean Andersen 6 4 6 3 6 3       2 Łukasz Kubot Rik de Voest 3 6 77 64 5 7 4 6     3 Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski Rik de Voest / Jean Andersen 7 5 77 62 7 5       4 Jerzy Janowicz Ruan Roelofse 4 6 6 3 6 1 6 1     5 Łukasz Kubot Jean Andersen           not played

Romania vs. Netherlands

Romania 0	Dumitru Popescu Colibasi Sports Hall, Brasov, Romania 5–7 April 2013 hard (indoor)		Netherlands 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Adrian Ungur Robin Haase 4 6 4 6 6 3 3 6     2 Victor Hănescu Igor Sijsling 4 6 65 77 6 2 77 65 2 6   3 Marius Copil / Victor Hănescu Thiemo de Bakker / Robin Haase 4 6 5 7 4 6       4 Marius Copil Thiemo de Bakker 63 77 62 77         5 Adrian Ungur Igor Sijsling 6 1 3 6 4 6

Ukraine vs. Sweden

Ukraine 3	Megaron Tennis Club, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine 5–7 April 2013 hard (indoor)		Sweden 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Alexandr Dolgopolov Isak Arvidsson 6 2 6 0 77 65       2 Denys Molchanov Markus Eriksson 5 7 6 4 4 6 4 6     3 Denys Molchanov / Serhiy Stakhovsky Johan Brunström / Robert Lindstedt 4 6 3 6 6 3 77 63 4 6   4 Alexandr Dolgopolov Markus Eriksson 3 6 6 1 6 4 6 3     5 Serhiy Stakhovsky Isak Arvidsson 6 2 6 3 7 5

First round play-offs

Slovenia vs. South Africa

Slovenia	Slovenia 13–15 September 2013		South Africa
1 2 3 4 5 1               2               3               4               5

Slovakia vs. Sweden

Slovakia	Slovakia 13–15 September 2013		Sweden
1 2 3 4 5 1               2               3               4               5