2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

Main article: 2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The European and African Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2009.

Countries participating in the 2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

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

• Belarus
• Belgium
• Great Britain
• Italy
• Macedonia
• Poland
• Slovakia
• South Africa
• Ukraine

Draw

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

Slovakia

Cagliari, Italy (clay)

bye

Slovakia

Slovakia

1

bye

Italy

4

Italy

Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)

bye

Slovakia

5

Macedonia

0

Belarus

Minsk, Belarus (hard)

Johannesburg, South Africa (hard)

bye

Belarus

4

Belarus

0

Johannesburg, South Africa (hard)

Macedonia

1

South Africa

5

South Africa

5

Macedonia

0

bye

Renfrewshire, Great Britain (indoor hard)

Ukraine

bye

Ukraine

4

Great Britain

Great Britain

1

bye

Liverpool, Great Britain (indoor hard)

Great Britain

Great Britain

2

Poland

3

bye

Liège, Belgium (clay)

Poland

Poland

Poland

1

bye

Belgium

4

bye

Belgium

• Macedonia and Great Britain relegated to Group II in 2010.
• Italy, South Africa,Ukraine, and Belgium advance to World Group Play-off.

First Round Matches

South Africa vs. Macedonia

South Africa 5	Emperors Palace, Johannesburg, South Africa 6–8 March 2009 hard (outdoor)		Macedonia 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Izak van der Merwe Predrag Rusevski 2 6 6 2 6 2 6 4     2 Rik de Voest Lazar Magdinčev 6 3 6 2 6 1       3 Jeff Coetzee / Rik de Voest Lazar Magdinčev / Predrag Rusevski 6 1 77 61 6 2       4 Raven Klaasen Ilija Martinoski 6 2 6 2         5 Izak van der Merwe Dimitar Grabuloski 6 4 6 0

Second Round Matches

Slovakia vs. Italy

Slovakia 1	Tennis Club Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy 6–8 March 2009 clay (outdoor)		Italy 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Dominik Hrbatý Potito Starace 1 6 2 6 4 6       2 Lukáš Lacko Fabio Fognini 6 1 3 6 2 6 6 1 1 6   3 Michal Mertiňák / Filip Polášek Flavio Cipolla / Potito Starace 7 5 4 6 6 0 2 6 9 7   4 Dominik Hrbatý Fabio Fognini 61 77 1 6 3 6       5 Lukáš Lacko Flavio Cipolla 2 6 5 7

Belarus vs. South Africa

Belarus 0	Arthur Ashe Tennis Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa 8–10 May 2009 hard (outdoor)		South Africa 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Uladzimir Ignatik Izak van der Merwe 4 6 3 4       retired   2 Andrei Karatchenia Rik de Voest 1 6 4 6 1 6       3 Siarhei Betau / Max Mirnyi Jeff Coetzee / Rik de Voest 3 6 4 6 65 77       4 Siarhei Betau Raven Klaasen 1 6 4 6         5 Andrei Karatchenia Izak van der Merwe 1 6 3 6

Ukraine vs. Great Britain

Ukraine 4	Braehead Arena, Renfrewshire, Scotland, Great Britain 6–8 March 2009 hard (indoor)		Great Britain 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Illya Marchenko Josh Goodall 77 62 77 65 77 65       2 Sergiy Stakhovsky Chris Eaton 6 3 3 6 6 3 6 4     3 Sergei Bubka / Sergiy Stakhovsky Colin Fleming / Ross Hutchins 6 4 3 6 6 3 5 7 6 4   4 Ivan Sergeyev Josh Goodall 77 63 6 3         5 Illya Marchenko Chris Eaton 3 6 6 4 65 77

Poland vs. Belgium

Poland 1	Country Hall du Sart-Tilman, Liège, Belgium 6–8 March 2009 clay (indoor)		Belgium 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Michał Przysiężny Kristof Vliegen 6 1 3 6 4 6 6 1 3 6   2 Jerzy Janowicz Xavier Malisse 6 7 3 6 3 6       3 Marcin Matkowski / Grzegorz Panfil Steve Darcis / Olivier Rochus 3 6 61 77 3 6       4 Jerzy Janowicz Kristof Vliegen 6 2 6 4         5 Grzegorz Panfil Xavier Malisse 3 6 2 6

First Round Play-offs Matches

Belarus vs. Macedonia

Belarus 4	Republic Olympic Training Center for Tennis, Minsk, Belarus 10–12 July 2009 hard (outdoor)		Macedonia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Andrei Vasilevski Dimitar Grabuloski 7 5 77 62 3 6 65 77 3 6   2 Uladzimir Ignatik Lazar Magdinčev 6 2 7 5 6 3       3 Alexander Bury / Max Mirnyi Dimitar Grabuloski / Lazar Magdinčev 6 1 77 62 6 1       4 Uladzimir Ignatik Dimitar Grabuloski 6 3 6 1 6 4       5 Andrei Vasilevski Lazar Magdinčev 6 4 6 2

Second Round Play-offs Matches

Slovakia vs. Macedonia

Slovakia 5	Sibamac Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia 18–20 September 2009 Hard (Indoor)		Macedonia 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Dominik Hrbatý Dimitar Grabuloski 6 2 6 4 6 4       2 Lukáš Lacko Lazar Magdinčev 6 1 6 1 6 3       3 Martin Kližan / Filip Polášek Dimitar Grabuloski / Lazar Magdinčev 6 3 6 3 6 3       4 Lukáš Lacko Shendrit Deari 6 3 6 0         5 Dominik Hrbatý Tomislav Jotovski 6 0 6 0

Great Britain vs. Poland

Great Britain 2	Echo Arena, Liverpool, England, Great Britain 18–20 September 2009 Hard (Indoor)		Poland 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Andy Murray Michał Przysiężny 6 4 6 2 6 4       2 Daniel Evans Jerzy Janowicz 3 6 3 6 65 77       3 Ross Hutchins / Andy Murray Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski 5 7 6 3 3 6 2 6     4 Andy Murray Jerzy Janowicz 6 3 6 4 6 3       5 Daniel Evans Michał Przysiężny 2 6 1 6 5 7

External links

• Davis Cup draw details