2016 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2016.

Main article: 2016 Davis Cup

In the Europe/Africa Zone there were three 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 play-offs, along with losing teams from the World Group first round. Teams who lost their respective ties 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 2017.

Participating nations

Seeds:  Spain  Slovakia  Netherlands  Ukraine

Remaining nations:  Austria  Hungary  Israel  Portugal  Romania  Russia  Slovenia  Sweden

Draw

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

1

Spain

Cluj-Napoca, Romania (indoor hard)

bye

bye

1

Spain

4

Arad, Romania (indoor hard)

Slovenia

Romania

1

Romania

4

Viana do Castelo, Portugal (clay)

Slovenia

1

Slovenia

0

Portugal

5

4

Ukraine

Kyiv, Ukraine (hard)

bye

bye

4

Ukraine

3

Guimarães, Portugal (indoor hard)

Portugal

Austria

2

Portugal

1

Austria

4

Kazan, Russia (indoor hard)

Russia

5

Båstad, Sweden (clay)

Moscow, Russia (hard)

Sweden

0

Sweden

0

Russia

4

3

Netherlands

5

3

Netherlands

1

bye

Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)

3

Netherlands

Sweden

1

Budapest, Hungary (indoor clay)

Israel

3

Hungary

3

Budapest, Hungary (clay)

Israel

2

Israel

Hungary

0

bye

2

Slovakia

3

bye

2

Slovakia

•  Slovenia and  Sweden relegated to Group II in 20.
•  Spain,  Ukraine,  Russia, and  Slovakia advance to World Group Play-off.

First round

Romania vs. Slovenia

Romania 4	Sala Sporturilor, Arad, Romania[1] 4–6 March Hard (i)		Slovenia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Marius Copil Blaž Rola 7 5 6 3 77 65       2 Adrian Ungur Grega Žemlja 4 6 4 6 6 3 77 63 6 4   3 Florin Mergea / Horia Tecău Blaž Rola / Grega Žemlja 6 3 77 65 77 63       4 Adrian Ungur Blaž Rola 3 6 4 6         5 Marius Copil Tomislav Ternar 6 3 6 3

Portugal vs. Austria

Portugal 1	Pavilhão Vitória Sport Clube, Guimarães, Portugal[2] 4–6 March Hard (i)		Austria 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 João Sousa Gerald Melzer 6 1 7 5 6 2       2 Gastão Elias Dominic Thiem 6 3 5 7 3 6 6 1 66 78   3 Gastão Elias / João Sousa Alexander Peya / Dominic Thiem 78 66 77 64 1 6 3 6 4 6   4 João Sousa Dominic Thiem 2 6 4 6 2 6       5 Pedro Sousa Dennis Novak 4 6 3 6

Russia vs. Sweden

Russia 5	Kazan Tennis Academy, Kazan, Russia[3] 4–6 March Hard (i)		Sweden 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Andrey Kuznetsov Isak Arvidsson 4 6 6 1 6 1 6 4     2 Teymuraz Gabashvili Daniel Windahl 6 3 6 1 6 1       3 Evgeny Donskoy / Konstantin Kravchuk Johan Brunström / Robert Lindstedt 6 3 77 65 6 3       4 Teymuraz Gabashvili Isak Arvidsson 6 4 6 0         5 Konstantin Kravchuk Daniel Windahl 6 2 6 2

Hungary vs. Israel

Hungary 3	Heroes' Square, Budapest, Hungary[4] 4–6 March Clay (i)		Israel 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Péter Nagy Dudi Sela 6 2 6 3 4 6 4 6 6 1   2 Márton Fucsovics Amir Weintraub 6 4 6 2 7 5       3 Márton Fucsovics / Levente Gödry Dudi Sela / Jonathan Erlich 77 62 3 6 77 65 79 67     4 Gábor Borsos Edan Leshem 6 4 4 6 63 77       5 Péter Nagy Amir Weintraub 7 5 4 6 2 6

Second round

Romania vs. Spain

Romania 1	Polyvalent Hall, Cluj-Napoca, Romania[5] 15–17 July Hard (i)		Spain 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Marius Copil Feliciano López 64 77 7 5 4 6 6 3 3 6   2 Adrian Ungur Roberto Bautista Agut 3 6 2 6 1 6       3 Florin Mergea / Horia Tecău Feliciano López / Marc López 3 6 6 1 1 6 7 5 6 3   4 Florin Mergea Roberto Bautista Agut 4 6 3 6 2 6       5 Adrian Ungur Pablo Carreño Busta 3 6 65 77

Ukraine vs. Austria

Ukraine 3	Campa Tennis Club, Kyiv, Ukraine[6] 15–17 July Hard		Austria 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Illya Marchenko Dennis Novak 77 63 5 7 6 3 6 2     2 Sergiy Stakhovsky Gerald Melzer 6 3 6 4 6 3       3 Denys Molchanov / Artem Smirnov Jürgen Melzer / Philipp Oswald 3 6 67 79 3 6       4 Illya Marchenko Jürgen Melzer 6 3 3 6 6 3 5 7 3 6   5 Sergiy Stakhovsky Dennis Novak 6 3 6 3 68 710 7 5

Russia vs. Netherlands

Russia 4	National Tennis Centre, Moscow, Russia[7] 15–17 July Hard		Netherlands 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Andrey Rublev Robin Haase 77 62 6 3 6 4       2 Teymuraz Gabashvili Thiemo de Bakker 63 77 77 64 6 4 6 4     3 Andrey Rublev / Konstantin Kravchuk Robin Haase / Matwé Middelkoop 6 3 6 4 7 5       4 Konstantin Kravchuk Robin Haase 6 4 77 65         5 Aslan Karatsev Matwé Middelkoop 6 4 1 6 4 6

Hungary vs. Slovakia

Hungary 0	Europe Tennis Center, Budapest, Hungary[8] 15–17 July Clay		Slovakia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Péter Nagy Andrej Martin 4 6 2 6 4 6       2 Márton Fucsovics Jozef Kovalík 77 65 4 6 65 77 1 6     3 Márton Fucsovics / Levente Gödry Andrej Martin / Igor Zelenay 2 6 2 6 3 6       4 Márton Fucsovics Andrej Martin           not played 5 Péter Nagy Jozef Kovalík           not played

First round play-offs

Sweden vs. Netherlands

Sweden 0	Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden[9] 16–18 September Clay		Netherlands 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Elias Ymer Thiemo de Bakker 4 6 4 6 6 1 6 4 62 77   2 Mikael Ymer Robin Haase 3 6 3 6 610 712       3 Isak Arvidsson / Fred Simonsson Robin Haase / Jean-Julien Rojer 5 7 2 6 3 6       4 Isak Arvidsson Robin Haase 2 6 4 6         5 Mikael Ymer Tim van Rijthoven 77 61 66 78 2 6

Second round play-offs

Portugal vs. Slovenia

Portugal 5	Clube de Tenis de Viana, Viana do Castelo, Portugal[10] 16–18 September Clay		Slovenia 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 João Sousa Tom Kočevar-Desman 65 77 77 63 6 2 6 1     2 Gastão Elias Grega Žemlja 6 4 77 61 6 4       3 Gastão Elias / João Sousa Tom Kočevar-Desman / Grega Žemlja 6 4 6 4 6 4       4 Pedro Sousa Tomislav Ternar 6 0 6 4         5 João Domingues Tom Kočevar-Desman 6 4 6 3

Israel vs. Sweden

Israel 3	Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel[11] 28–30 October Hard		Sweden 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Amir Weintraub Elias Ymer 6 2 6 3 6 0       2 Dudi Sela Markus Eriksson 6 4 6 2 6 3       3 Jonathan Erlich / Dudi Sela Isak Arvidsson / Johan Brunström 6 4 77 65 4 6 6 1     4 Edan Leshem Isak Arvidsson 7 5 3 6 2 6       5 Amir Weintraub Markus Eriksson           not played