2011 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

Main article: 2011 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe and Africa Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2011.

In the Europe and Africa Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.

Participating teams

Seeds  Israel   Switzerland  Italy  South Africa

Other Nations  Finland  Netherlands  Poland  Portugal  Slovakia  Slovenia  Ukraine

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Draw

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

1

Israel

Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)

bye

bye

1

Israel

3

Poland

Poland

2

Poland

Espoo, Finland (indoor hard)

bye

Poland

2

Finland

3

3

Italy

Arzachena, Italy (clay)

bye

bye

3

Italy

5

Ljubljana, Slovenia (indoor clay)

Finland

Slovenia

0

Finland

2

Slovenia

3

Kharkiv, Ukraine (indoor hard)

Ukraine

2

Potchefstroom, South Africa (hard)

Netherlands

3

Ukraine

Netherlands

1

bye

4

South Africa

3

bye

Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)

4

South Africa

Ukraine

1

Cruz Quebrada, Portugal (clay)

Slovakia

4

Portugal

4

Bern, Switzerland (indoor hard)

Slovakia

1

Slovakia

Portugal

0

bye

2

Switzerland

5

bye

2

Switzerland

•  Poland and  Ukraine relegated to Group II in 2012.
•  Israel,  Italy,  South Africa, and   Switzerland advance to World Group play-off.

First Round Matches

Slovenia vs. Finland

Slovenia 3	Sportno Rekeacijski Center Tivoli, Ljubljana, Slovenia[2] 4–6 March 2011 Clay (indoor)		Finland 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Grega Žemlja Jarkko Nieminen 6 3 3 6 4 6 3 6     2 Blaž Kavčič Harri Heliövaara 4 6 6 2 6 3 6 4     3 Luka Gregorc / Grega Žemlja Harri Heliövaara / Jarkko Nieminen 65 77 6 4 6 4 7 5     4 Blaž Kavčič Jarkko Nieminen 3 6 4 6 6 4 4 6     5 Grega Žemlja Micke Kontinen 2 6 6 3 6 3 6 3

Ukraine vs. Netherlands

Ukraine 2	Palace of Sports Lokomotiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine[3] 4–6 March 2011 Hard (indoor)		Netherlands 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Sergiy Stakhovsky Robin Haase 6 1 6 4 62 77 4 6 6 2   2 Illya Marchenko Thiemo de Bakker 63 77 66 78 4 6       3 Sergei Bubka / Sergiy Stakhovsky Robin Haase / Thiemo de Bakker 66 78 77 65 4 6 69 711     4 Sergiy Stakhovsky Jesse Huta Galung 6 1 6 4 3 6 64 77 6 4   5 Illya Marchenko Robin Haase 7 6 6 1 63 77 4 6 2 6

Portugal vs. Slovak Republic

Portugal 4	Centro Desportivo Nacional do Jamor, Cruz Quebrada, Portugal[4] 4–6 March 2011 Clay		Slovakia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Frederico Gil Lukáš Lacko 6 2 6 2 6 1       2 Rui Machado Martin Kližan 6 4 6 4 1 6 2 6 6 4   3 Frederico Gil / Leonardo Tavares Michal Mertiňák / Filip Polášek 3 6 4 6 6 1 1 6     4 Rui Machado Lukáš Lacko 6 4 3 6 6 4 6 0     5 João Sousa Martin Kližan 6 2 4 1         retired

Second Round Matches

Israel vs. Poland

Israel 3	Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel[5] 4–6 March 2011 Hard		Poland 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Dudi Sela Marcin Gawron 6 1 6 3 6 4       2 Amir Weintraub Jerzy Janowicz 4 6 6 4 6 2 64 77 6 3   3 Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski 4 6 6 4 6 3 6 1     4 Dudi Sela Jerzy Janowicz 65 77 4 6         5 Amir Weintraub Marcin Gawron             w/o

Italy vs. Slovenia

Italy 5	Circolo Tennistico Corracilvuna, Arzachena, Italy[6] 8–10 July 2011 Clay		Slovenia 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Fabio Fognini Grega Žemlja 1 6 6 4 6 4 6 4     2 Potito Starace Blaž Kavčič 3 6 6 3 6 2 6 4     3 Daniele Bracciali / Potito Starace Blaž Kavčič / Grega Žemlja 77 63 77 64 6 2       4 Fabio Fognini Aljaž Bedene 6 2 2 2         retired 5 Simone Bolelli Grega Žemlja 7 5 6 3

South Africa vs. Netherlands

South Africa 3	Fanie Du Toit Sports Stadium, Potchefstroom, South Africa[7] 8–10 July 2011 Hard		Netherlands 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Rik de Voest Robin Haase 77 65 3 6 0 6 4 6     2 Kevin Anderson Thomas Schoorel 65 77 6 4 77 64 6 1     3 Kevin Anderson / Rik de Voest Robin Haase / Jesse Huta Galung 64 77 6 2 6 4 6 4     4 Kevin Anderson Robin Haase 6 3 3 6 6 2 6 2     5 Rik de Voest Thomas Schoorel           not played

Portugal vs. Switzerland

Portugal 0	Postfinance Arena, Bern, Switzerland[8] 8–10 July 2011 Hard (indoor)		Switzerland 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Frederico Gil Stanislas Wawrinka 5 7 3 6 4 6       2 Rui Machado Roger Federer 7 5 3 6 4 6 2 6     3 Frederico Gil / Leonardo Tavares Roger Federer / Stanislas Wawrinka 3 6 4 6 4 6       4 João Sousa Marco Chiudinelli 3 6 4 6         5 Leonardo Tavares Stanislas Wawrinka 61 77 0 6

Second-round play-offs

Poland vs. Finland

Poland 2	Barona Areena, Espoo, Finland[9] 16–18 September 2011 Hard (indoor)		Finland 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jerzy Janowicz Henri Kontinen 4 6 3 6 712 610 3 6     2 Grzegorz Panfil Jarkko Nieminen 4 6 4 6 4 6       3 Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski Henri Kontinen / Jarkko Nieminen 61 77 65 77 4 6       4 Jerzy Janowicz Harri Heliövaara 6 3 6 4         5 Grzegorz Panfil Henri Kontinen 7 6 6 4

Ukraine vs. Slovak Republic

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Ukraine 1	Národné tenisové centrum, Bratislava, Slovakia[10] 16–18 September 2011 Hard (indoor)		Slovakia 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Illya Marchenko Martin Kližan 77 64 3 6 1 6 3 6     2 Sergiy Stakhovsky Pavol Červenák 7 5 6 2 6 1       3 Sergei Bubka / Sergiy Stakhovsky Filip Polášek / Igor Zelenay 5 7 77 63 2 6 77 63 4 6   4 Sergiy Stakhovsky Martin Kližan 4 6 6 3 63 77 2 6     5 Artem Smirnov Pavol Červenák 4 6 4 6