2018 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 2018 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 2019.

Participating nations

Seeds: All seeds and Bosnia and Herzegovina received a bye into the second round.

Remaining nations:

Draw


Second Round Play-offs			First Round Play-offs			First Round			Second Round



						1	Czech Republic
									Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor clay)^[8]
							bye
			bye						1	Czech Republic	3
						Centurion, South Africa (hard)^[5]
			South Africa							Israel	1
						South Africa		2
Lisbon, Portugal (clay)^[1]
						Israel		3
	South Africa	0

4	Portugal	4
						4	Portugal
			Bucha, Ukraine (hard)^[3]						Stockholm, Sweden (indoor hard)^[9]
							bye
			4	Portugal	1				4	Portugal	2
						Dnipro, Ukraine (indoor hard)^[6]
				Ukraine	3					Sweden	3
						Ukraine		2

						Sweden		3



						Bosnia and Herzegovina
									Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor clay)^[10]
						bye
				bye						Bosnia and Herzegovina	3

			3	Slovakia					3	Slovakia	2
							bye
Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor clay)^[2]
						3	Slovakia
3	Slovakia	3
						Sankt Pölten, Austria (indoor clay)^[7]
	Belarus	1
						Austria		5
			Moscow, Russia (indoor hard)^[4]						Moscow, Russia (indoor hard)^[11]
						Belarus		0
				Belarus	2					Austria	3

			2	Russia	3				2	Russia	1
							bye

						2	Russia

South Africa and Belarus relegated to Group II in 2019.
Czech Republic, Sweden, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Austria advance to World Group Play-off.

First round

South Africa vs. Israel

South Africa
2

Irene Country Club, Centurion, South Africa, South Africa^[5]
2–3 February
Hard (i)

Israel
3

		1	2	3
1	Lloyd Harris Edan Leshem	7 5	6 4
2	Nicolaas Scholtz Dudi Sela	1 6	7 6	5 7
3	Raven Klaasen / Ruan Roelofse Jonathan Erlich / Dudi Sela	5 7	6 4	6 4
4	Lloyd Harris Dudi Sela	6 7	1 6
5	Nicolaas Scholtz Edan Leshem	3 6	5 7

Ukraine vs. Sweden

Ukraine
2

Megaron Tennis Club, Dnipro, Ukraine^[6]
2–3 February
Hard (i)

Sweden
3

		1	2	3
1	Sergiy Stakhovsky Mikael Ymer	6⁶ 7⁸	2 6
2	Artem Smirnov Elias Ymer	2 6	3 6
3	Denys Molchanov / Sergiy Stakhovsky Markus Eriksson / Andreas Siljeström	7⁷ 6⁴	4 6	6 2
4	Sergiy Stakhovsky Elias Ymer	6 4	6 4
5	Artem Smirnov Mikael Ymer	4 6	2 6

Austria vs. Belarus

Austria
5

VAZ St. Pölten, Sankt Pölten, Austria^[7]
2–3 February
Clay (i)

Belarus
0

		1	2	3
1	Gerald Melzer Ilya Ivashka	2 6	7 5	6 4
2	Dominic Thiem Dzmitry Zhyrmont	6 3	6 3
3	Oliver Marach / Philipp Oswald Ilya Ivashka / Andrei Vasilevski	6 3	7⁷ 6⁵
4	Dominic Thiem Ilya Ivashka	6 4	7⁷ 6⁵
5	Dennis Novak Yaraslav Shyla	7⁷ 6¹	6 0

Second round

Czech Republic vs. Israel

Czech Republic
3

RT Torax Arena, Ostrava, Czech Republic^[8]
6–7 April
Clay (i)

Israel
1

		1	2	3
1	Jiří Veselý Edan Leshem	6 0	6 1
2	Adam Pavlásek Dudi Sela	3 6	6 3	6 1
3	Adam Pavlásek / Jiří Veselý Jonathan Erlich / Yshai Oliel	6 2	3 6	6 3
4	Václav Šafránek Yshai Oliel	5 7	3 6
5	Adam Pavlásek Edan Leshem				not played

Sweden vs. Portugal

Sweden
3

Kungliga tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden^[9]
6–7 April
Hard (i)

Portugal
2

		1	2
1	Mikael Ymer João Sousa	4 6	4 6
2	Elias Ymer Gastão Elias	7¹³ 6¹¹	6 4
3	Markus Eriksson / Robert Lindstedt Gastão Elias / João Sousa	7⁸ 6⁶	6 2
4	Elias Ymer João Sousa	4 6	4 6
5	Mikael Ymer Gastão Elias	6 3	6 4

Slovakia vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina

Slovakia
2

Aegon Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia^[10]
6–7 April
Clay (i)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
3

		1	2	3
1	Norbert Gombos Damir Džumhur	4 6	1 6
2	Martin Kližan Mirza Bašić	7⁷ 6⁵	6 1
3	Andrej Martin / Igor Zelenay Mirza Bašić / Tomislav Brkić	2 6	4 6
4	Martin Kližan Damir Džumhur	6 3	7⁷ 6³
5	Jozef Kovalík Mirza Bašić	6⁰ 7⁷	6 2	3 6

Russia vs. Austria

Russia
1

Luzhniki Small Sports Arena, Moscow, Russia^[11]
6–7 April
Hard (i)

Austria
3

		1	2	3
1	Andrey Rublev Dennis Novak	6⁵ 7⁷	4 6
2	Daniil Medvedev Sebastian Ofner	6 1	6 2
3	Karen Khachanov / Andrey Rublev Jürgen Melzer / Philipp Oswald	3 6	6³ 7⁷
4	Evgeny Donskoy Jürgen Melzer	3 6	6 3	3 6
5	Daniil Medvedev Dennis Novak				not played

First round play-offs

Ukraine vs. Portugal

Ukraine
3

Campa Tennis Club, Bucha, Ukraine^[3]
14–15 September
Hard

Portugal
1

		1	2	3
1	Illya Marchenko João Sousa	6 4	2 6	3 6
2	Sergiy Stakhovsky Pedro Sousa	6 3	6 2
3	Denys Molchanov / Sergiy Stakhovsky Gastão Elias / João Sousa	6 4	3 6	7⁷ 6⁵
4	Sergiy Stakhovsky João Sousa	6 2	4 6	6 4
5	Illya Marchenko Pedro Sousa				not played

Russia vs. Belarus

Russia
3

Luzhniki Small Sports Arena, Moscow, Russia^[4]
14–15 September
Hard (i)

Belarus
2

		1	2	3
1	Karen Khachanov Egor Gerasimov	7⁷ 6⁴	6 3
2	Daniil Medvedev Ilya Ivashka	6² 7⁷	4 6
3	Karen Khachanov / Andrey Rublev Max Mirnyi / Andrei Vasilevski	5 7	3 6
4	Karen Khachanov Ilya Ivashka	6 2	6 4
5	Daniil Medvedev Egor Gerasimov	7⁷ 6⁴	3 6	6 3

2nd round play-offs

Portugal vs. South Africa

Portugal
4

Club Internacional de Foot-ball, Lisbon, Portugal^[1]
19–20 October 2018
Clay

South Africa
0

		1	2	3
1	Pedro Sousa Lloyd Harris	6 1	6 1
2	João Sousa Nicolaas Scholtz	6 3	6 2
3	Gastão Elias / João Sousa Raven Klaasen / Ruan Roelofse	6 4	6⁴ 7⁷	6 2
4	João Domingues Philip Henning	6 4	6 0
5	Pedro Sousa Nicolaas Scholtz				not played

Slovakia vs. Belarus

Slovakia
3

Aegon Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia^[2]
26–27 October 2018
Clay (i)

Belarus
1

		1	2	3
1	Martin Kližan Alexander Zgirovsky	6 1	6 4
2	Norbert Gombos Egor Gerasimov	6 3	4 6	4 6
3	Martin Kližan / Filip Polášek Max Mirnyi / Andrei Vasilevski	6⁵ 7⁷	6 4	6 3
4	Martin Kližan Egor Gerasimov	6 4	6 3
5	Norbert Gombos Alexander Zgirovsky				not played

References

^ ^a ^b "Portugal v South Africa". DavisCup.com.
^ ^a ^b "Slovakia v Belarus". DavisCup.com.
^ ^a ^b "Portugal v Ukraine". DavisCup.com.
^ ^a ^b "Belarus v Russia". DavisCup.com.
^ ^a ^b "South Africa v Israel". DavisCup.com.
^ ^a ^b "Ukraine v Sweden". DavisCup.com.
^ ^a ^b "Austria v Belarus". DavisCup.com.
^ ^a ^b "Czech Republic v Israel". DavisCup.com.
^ ^a ^b "Sweden v Portugal". DavisCup.com.
^ ^a ^b "Slovakia v Bosnia and Herzegovina". DavisCup.com.
^ ^a ^b "Russia v Austria". DavisCup.com.

External links

Official Website

[POR_vs_RSA-1] "Portugal v South Africa". DavisCup.com.

[SVK_vs_BLR-2] "Slovakia v Belarus". DavisCup.com.

[POR_vs_UKR-3] "Portugal v Ukraine". DavisCup.com.

[BLR_vs_RUS-4] "Belarus v Russia". DavisCup.com.

[RSA_vs_ISR-5] "South Africa v Israel". DavisCup.com.

[UKR_vs_SWE-6] "Ukraine v Sweden". DavisCup.com.

[AUT_vs_BLE-7] "Austria v Belarus". DavisCup.com.

[CZE_vs_ISR-8] "Czech Republic v Israel". DavisCup.com.

[SWE_vs_POR-9] "Sweden v Portugal". DavisCup.com.

[SVK_vs_BIH-10] "Slovakia v Bosnia and Herzegovina". DavisCup.com.

[RUS_vs_AUT-11] "Russia v Austria". DavisCup.com.

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