2013 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

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 competed in the World Group play-offs in mid-September.

South Africa and Denmark were defeated in the play-offs and were relegated to play the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2014.

Participating teams

Seeds:

{{davis|RUS}}
{{davis|SWE}}
{{davis|RSA}}
{{davis|NED}}

Remaining nations:

{{davis|DEN}}
{{davis|GBR}}
{{davis|POL}}
{{davis|ROU}}

{{davis|SVK}}
{{davis|SVN}}
{{davis|UKR}}

=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

{{16TeamBracket-Consols

| boldwinner = y

| team-width = 175

| minround = 2 | maxround = 5

| RD2 = Second Round Play-offs

| RD3 = First Round Play-offs

| RD4 = First Round

| RD5 = Second Round

|RD2-date= 25–27 October

|RD3-date= 13–15 September

|RD4-date= 1–3 February

|RD5-date= 5–7 April

|RD4-text1=

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|RD4-seed2=|RD4-team2=bye|RD4-score2=

|RD4-text2=

|RD4-seed3=|RD4-team3={{davis|GBR}}|RD4-score3=

|RD4-seed4=|RD4-team4=bye|RD4-score4=

|RD4-text3=

|RD4-seed5=3|RD4-team5={{davis|RSA}}|RD4-score5=

|RD4-seed6=|RD4-team6=bye|RD4-score6=

|RD4-text4=Wrocław, Poland (indoor hard)

|RD4-seed7=|RD4-team7={{davis|POL}}|RD4-score7=3

|RD4-seed8=|RD4-team8={{davis|SLO}}|RD4-score8=2

|RD4-text5=Cluj-Napoca, Romania (indoor hard)

|RD4-seed9=|RD4-team9={{davis|DEN}}|RD4-score9=0

|RD4-seed10=|RD4-team10={{davis|ROU}}|RD4-score10=5

|RD4-text6=

|RD4-seed11=4|RD4-team11={{davis|NED}}|RD4-score11=

|RD4-seed12=|RD4-team12=bye|RD4-score12=

|RD4-text7=Kremenchuk, Ukraine (indoor hard)

|RD4-seed13=|RD4-team13={{davis|UKR}}|RD4-score13=3

|RD4-seed14=|RD4-team14={{davis|SVK}}|RD4-score14=2

|RD4-text8=

|RD4-seed15=|RD4-team15=bye|RD4-score15=

|RD4-seed16=2|RD4-team16={{davis|SWE}}|RD4-score16=

|RD3-text1=

|RD3-seed1=1|RD3-team1={{davis|RUS}}|RD3-score1=

|RD3-seed2=|RD3-team2=bye|RD3-score2=

|RD3-text2=Ljubljana, Slovenia (clay)

|RD3-seed3=3|RD3-team3={{davis|RSA}}|RD3-score3=1

|RD3-seed4=|RD3-team4={{davis|SLO}}|RD3-score4=4

|RD3-text3=

|RD3-seed5=|RD3-team5={{davis|DEN}}|RD3-score5=

|RD3-seed6=|RD3-team6=bye|RD3-score6=

|RD3-text4=Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)

|RD3-seed7=|RD3-team7={{davis|SVK}}|RD3-score7=3

|RD3-seed8=2|RD3-team8={{davis|SWE}}|RD3-score8=2

|RD5-text1=Coventry, Great Britain (indoor hard)

|RD5-seed1=1|RD5-team1={{davis|RUS}}|RD5-score1=2

|RD5-seed2=|RD5-team2={{davis|GBR}}|RD5-score2=3

|RD5-text2=Zielona Góra, Poland (indoor hard)

|RD5-seed3=3|RD5-team3={{davis|RSA}}|RD5-score3=1

|RD5-seed4=|RD5-team4={{davis|POL}}|RD5-score4=3

|RD5-text3=Brasov, Romania (indoor hard)

|RD5-seed5=|RD5-team5={{davis|ROU}}|RD5-score5=0

|RD5-seed6=4|RD5-team6={{davis|NED}}|RD5-score6=5

|RD5-text4=Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine (indoor hard)

|RD5-seed7=|RD5-team7={{davis|UKR}}|RD5-score7=3

|RD5-seed8=2|RD5-team8={{davis|SWE}}|RD5-score8=2

|RD2-text1=Moscow, Russia (indoor hard)

|RD2-seed1=1|RD2-team1={{davis|RUS}}|RD2-score1=5

|RD2-seed2=3|RD2-team2={{davis|RSA}}|RD2-score2=0

|RD2-text2=Helsingborg, Sweden (indoor hard)

|RD2-seed3=|RD2-team3={{davis|DEN}}|RD2-score3=2

|RD2-seed4=2|RD2-team4={{davis|SWE}}|RD2-score4=3

}}

{{davis|RSA}} and {{davis|DEN}} relegated to Group II in 2014.
{{davis|GBR}}, {{davis|POL}}, {{davis|NED}}, and {{davis|UKR}} advance to World Group Play-off.

First round

=Poland vs. Slovenia=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=Poland

|team2=Slovenia

|venue=Centennial Hall, Wrocław, Poland{{cite web |url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100019510 |title=Poland v Slovenia |publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=1–3 February 2013

|surface=Hard (indoor)

|score1=3

|score2=2

|R1={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Jerzy Janowicz |6 |6 |7 | | |T2P1=Blaž Kavčič |3 |3 |5 | | }}

|R2={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Łukasz Kubot |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Grega Žemlja |3 |2 |0 | | }}

|R3={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Mariusz Fyrstenberg |T1P2=Marcin Matkowski |3 |6 |2 |6 |11 |T2P1=Blaž Kavčič |T2P2=Grega Žemlja |6 |2 |6 |4 |13 }}

|R4={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Jerzy Janowicz |7 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Grega Žemlja |6.034 |3 |3 | | }}

|R5={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Mariusz Fyrstenberg |6 |5 |5 | | |T2P1=Tomislav Ternar |4 |7 |7 | | }}

}}

=Romania vs. Denmark=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=Romania

|team2=Denmark

|venue=Sala Sporturilor "Horia Demian", Cluj Napoca, Romania{{cite web |url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100019511 |title=Romania v Denmark |publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=1–3 February 2013

|surface=Hard (indoor)

|score1=5

|score2=0

|R1={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Marius Copil | 6| 7| 6| | |T2P1=Frederik Nielsen | 3| 6.069| 4| | }}

|R2={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Adrian Ungur |6 |7 |4 |4 |6 |T2P1=Martin Pedersen |2 |6.023 |6 |6 |2 }}

|R3={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Florin Mergea |T1P2=Horia Tecău |7 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Frederik Nielsen |T2P2=Thomas Kromann |6.023 |2 |4 | | }}

|R4={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Adrian Ungur |6 |6 | | | |T2P1=Thomas Kromann |3 |4 | | | }}

|R5={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Marius Copil |6 |6 | | | |T2P1=Christoffer Kønigsfeldt |4 |3 | | | }}

}}

=Ukraine vs. Slovakia=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=Ukraine

|team2=Slovakia

|venue=TC Premier, Kremenchuk, Ukraine{{cite web |url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100019513 |title=Ukraine v Slovak Rep. |publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=1–3 February 2013

|surface=Hard (indoor)

|score1=3

|score2=2

|R1={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Alexandr Dolgopolov |6 | 6|7 | | |T2P1=Andrej Martin |2 |2 |5 | | }}

|R2={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Serhiy Stakhovsky |2 |7 |6.045 |4 | |T2P1=Lukáš Lacko |6 |5 |7 |6 | }}

|R3={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Alexandr Dolgopolov |T1P2=Serhiy Stakhovsky |6.034 |6.023 |3 | | |T2P1=Filip Polášek |T2P2=Igor Zelenay |7 |7 |6 | | }}

|R4={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Alexandr Dolgopolov |3 |6 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Lukáš Lacko |6 |3 |2 |1 | }}

|R5={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Illya Marchenko | 7| 7| 6| | |T2P1=Andrej Martin |5 |6.05 | 4| | }}

}}

Second round

=Great Britain vs. Russia=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=Great Britain

|team2=Russia

|venue=Ricoh Arena, Coventry, Great Britain{{cite web |url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100019515 |title=Great Britain v Russia |publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=5–7 April 2013

|surface=Hard (indoor)

|score1=3

|score2=2

|R1={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Daniel Evans |4 |7 |4 |7 |4 |T2P1=Dmitry Tursunov |6 |6.045 |6 |5 |6 }}

|R2={{TennisMatch |T1P1=James Ward |6 |6 |5 |3 |6 |T2P1=Evgeny Donskoy |4 |4 |7 |6 |8 }}

|R3={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Colin Fleming |T1P2=Jonathan Marray |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Victor Baluda |T2P2=Igor Kunitsyn |1 |4 |2 | | }}

|R4={{TennisMatch |T1P1=James Ward |6 |5 |5 |6 |6 |T2P1=Dmitry Tursunov |4 |7 |7 |4 |4 }}

|R5={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Daniel Evans |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Evgeny Donskoy |4 |4 |1 | | }}

}}

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

|title= Davis Cup 2013: Great Britain shock Russia in Coventry

|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/22059002

|work= BBC Sport

|date= 7 April 2013

|accessdate= 7 April 2013}}{{cite news

|title= Great Britain come from 2-0 down to beat Russia 3-2 in Davis Cup tie to earn World Group play-off

|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/daviscup/9977657/Great-Britain-come-from-2-0-down-to-beat-Russia-3-2-in-Davis-Cup-tie-to-earn-World-Group-play-off.html

|newspaper= The Telegraph

|date= 7 April 2013

|accessdate= 7 April 2013}}{{cite news

|title= Great Britain through to World Group play-offs

|url= http://www.espn.co.uk/tennis/sport/story/201248.html#

|publisher= ESPN

|date= 7 April 2013

|accessdate= 7 April 2013}}

=Poland vs. South Africa=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=Poland

|team2=South Africa

|venue=Recreation and Sports Center, Zielona Góra, Poland{{cite web |url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100019516 |title=Poland v South Africa |publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=5–7 April 2013

|surface=Hard (indoor)

|score1=3

|score2=1

|R1={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Jerzy Janowicz |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Jean Andersen |4 |3 |3 | | }}

|R2={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Łukasz Kubot |3 |7 |5 |4 | |T2P1=Rik de Voest |6 |6.034 |7 |6 | }}

|R3={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Mariusz Fyrstenberg |T1P2=Marcin Matkowski |7 |7 |7 | | |T2P1=Rik de Voest |T2P2=Jean Andersen |5 |6.012 |5 | | }}

|R4={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Jerzy Janowicz |4 |6 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Ruan Roelofse |6 |3 |1 |1 | }}

|R5={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Łukasz Kubot | | | | | |T2P1=Jean Andersen | | | | | np=}}

}}

=Romania vs. Netherlands=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=Romania

|team2=Netherlands

|venue=Dumitru Popescu Colibași Sports Hall, Brasov, Romania{{cite web |url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100019517 |title=Romania v Netherlands |publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=5–7 April 2013

|surface=Hard (indoor)

|score1=0

|score2=5

|R1={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Adrian Ungur |4 |4 |6 |3 | |T2P1=Robin Haase |6 |6 |3 |6 | }}

|R2={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Victor Hănescu |4 |6.045 |6 |7 |2 |T2P1=Igor Sijsling |6 |7 |2 |6.045 |6 }}

|R3={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Marius Copil |T1P2=Victor Hănescu |4 |5 |4 | | |T2P1=Thiemo de Bakker |T2P2=Robin Haase |6 |7 |6 | | }}

|R4={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Marius Copil |6.023 |6.012 | | | |T2P1=Thiemo de Bakker |7 |7 | | | }}

|R5={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Adrian Ungur |6 |3 |4 | | |T2P1=Igor Sijsling |1 |6 |6 | | }}

}}

=Ukraine vs. Sweden=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=Ukraine

|team2=Sweden

|venue=Megaron Tennis Club, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine{{cite web |url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100019518 |title=Ukraine v Sweden |publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=5–7 April 2013

|surface=Hard (indoor)

|score1=3

|score2=2

|R1={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Alexandr Dolgopolov |6 |6 |7 | | |T2P1=Isak Arvidsson |2 |0 |6.045 | | }}

|R2={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Denys Molchanov |5 |6 |4 |4 | |T2P1=Markus Eriksson |7 |4 |6 |6 | }}

|R3={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Denys Molchanov |T1P2=Serhiy Stakhovsky |4 |3 |6 |7 |4 |T2P1=Johan Brunström |T2P2=Robert Lindstedt |6 |6 |3 |6.023 |6 }}

|R4={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Alexandr Dolgopolov |3 |6 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Markus Eriksson |6 |1 |4 |3 | }}

|R5={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Serhiy Stakhovsky |6 |6 |7 | | |T2P1=Isak Arvidsson |2 |3 |5 | | }}

}}

First round play-offs

=Slovenia vs. South Africa=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=Slovenia

|team2=South Africa

|venue=Park Tivoli, Ljubljana, Slovenia{{cite web |url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100019533 |title=Slovenia v South Africa |publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=13–15 September 2013

|surface=Clay

|score1=4

|score2=1

|R1={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Blaž Rola |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Rik de Voest |1 |4 |4 | | }}

|R2={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Blaž Kavčič |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Ruan Roelofse |1 |3 |4 | | }}

|R3={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Blaž Kavčič |T1P2=Blaž Rola |7 |6 |7 | | |T2P1=Raven Klaasen |T2P2=Nikala Scholtz |5 |1 |6.039 | | }}

|R4={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Janez Semrajc |6 |6 | | | |T2P1=Rik de Voest |2 |4 | | | }}

|R5={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Blaž Rola |3 | | | | |T2P1=Nikala Scholtz |2 | | | |re1=1 }}

}}

=Slovakia vs. Sweden=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=Slovakia

|team2=Sweden

|venue=Aegon Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia{{cite web |url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100019535 |title=Slovakia v Sweden |publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=13–15 September 2013

|surface=Hard (indoor)

|score1=3

|score2=2

|R1={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Andrej Martin |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Isak Arvidsson |2 |3 |4 | | }}

|R2={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Lukáš Lacko |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Markus Eriksson |2 |3 |4 | | }}

|R3={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Lukáš Lacko |T1P2=Filip Polášek |4 |5 |4 | | |T2P1=Johan Brunström |T2P2=Robert Lindstedt |6 |7 |6 | | }}

|R4={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Andrej Martin |7 |2 |5 |4 | |T2P1=Markus Eriksson |6.029 |6 |7 |6 | }}

|R5={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Lukáš Lacko |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Isak Arvidsson |2 |3 |3 | | }}

}}

Second round play-offs

=Russia vs. South Africa=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=Russia

|team2=South Africa

|venue=Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia{{cite web |url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100019953 |title=Russia v South Africa |publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=25–27 October 2013

|surface=Hard (indoor)

|score1=5

|score2=0

|R1={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Karen Khachanov |7 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Dean O'Brien |5 |1 |3 | | }}

|R2={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Alex Bogomolov, Jr. |6.029 |6 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Jacob Coenraad de Klerk |7 |0 |4 |1 | }}

|R3={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Konstantin Kravchuk |T1P2=Andrey Kuznetsov |2 |6 |7 |6 | |T2P1=Raven Klaasen |T2P2=Tucker Vorster |6 |3 |6.039 |2 | }}

|R4={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Andrey Kuznetsov |6 |6 | | | |T2P1=Dean O'Brien |2 |3 | | | }}

|R5={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Konstantin Kravchuk |4 | | | | |T2P1=Jacob Coenraad de Klerk |1 | | | | |re2=1}}

}}

=Sweden vs. Denmark=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=Sweden

|team2=Denmark

|venue=Idrottens Hus, Helsingborg, Sweden{{cite web |url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100019954 |title=Sweden v Denmark |publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=25–27 October 2013

|surface=Hard (indoor)

|score1=3

|score2=2

|R1={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Elias Ymer |6.06 |2 |6 |5 | |T2P1=Frederik Nielsen |7 |6 |4 |7 | }}

|R2={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Markus Eriksson |7 |3 |6.025 |4 | |T2P1=Martin Pedersen |6.065 |6 |7 |6 | }}

|R3={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Johan Brunström |T1P2=Robert Lindstedt |6.049 |6 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Thomas Kromann |T2P2=Frederik Nielsen |7 |4 |3 |3 | }}

|R4={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Markus Eriksson |6 |3 |6.01 |6 |9 |T2P1=Frederik Nielsen |3 |6 |7 |4 |7 }}

|R5={{TennisMatch |T1P1=Elias Ymer |7 |7 |4 |7 | |T2P1=Martin Pedersen |6.029 |6.079 |6 |5 | }}

}}

References

Euro Africa Zone I

Category:Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone