1991 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1991.

In the Europe/Africa Zone there were two 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 qualifying round, along with losing teams from the World Group first round. Teams who lost in the first round 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 IIs in 1992.

Participating nations

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Draw

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First RoundSecond Round
  Netherlands
Lisbon, Portugal (clay)
bye
  Netherlands4
Porto, Portugal (indoor clay)
  Portugal1
  Portugal5
  Ireland0
Poznań, Poland (indoor carpet)
  Poland5
Warsaw, Poland (clay)
  Romania0
  Poland1
  Great Britain4
bye
  Great Britain
  Finland
Helsinki, Finland (hard)
bye
  Finland2
Rungsted, Denmark (indoor carpet)
  Denmark3
  Morocco0
  Denmark5
Budapest, Hungary (indoor carpet)
  Soviet Union4
Davos, Switzerland (indoor carpet)
  Hungary1
  Soviet Union2
   Switzerland3
bye
   Switzerland
Relegation Play-off
3–5 May
Bucharest, Romania (clay)
  Ireland0
  Romania5
Budapest, Hungary (clay)
  Morocco0
  Hungary5

First round

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Portugal vs. Ireland

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Portugal
5
Porto Tennis Club, Porto, Portugal[1]
1–3 February 1991
Clay (indoors)
 
Ireland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
João Cunha e Silva
Owen Casey
5
7
6
1
6
2
6
3
   
2  
 
Nuno Marques
Peter Wright
6
3
7
5
6
2
     
3  
 
João Cunha e Silva / Nuno Marques
Owen Casey / Peter Wright
6
1
6
4
6
1
     
4  
 
Nuno Marques
Owen Casey
7
5
6
4
       
5  
 
Bernardo Mota
Stewart Doyle
6
1
6
1
       

Poland vs. Romania

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Poland
5
Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa, Poznań, Poland[2]
1–3 February 1991
Carpet (indoors)
 
Romania
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Wojciech Kowalski
Adrian Marcu
3
6
6
3
61
77
77
63
7
5
 
2  
 
Darek Nowicki
Dinu Pescariu
6
3
6
3
5
7
77
65
   
3  
 
Tomasz Iwański / Wojciech Kowalski
George Cosac / Florin Segărceanu
6
2
77
64
77
65
     
4  
 
Tomasz Iwański
Dinu Pescariu
77
64
1
6
6
2
     
5  
 
Darek Nowicki
Adrian Marcu
61
77
6
4
11
9
     

Denmark vs. Morocco

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Denmark
5
Hørsholm Rungsted Tennisklub, Rungsted, Denmark[3]
1–3 February 1991
Carpet (indoors)
 
Morocco
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Frederik Fetterlein
Karim Alami
6
4
6
3
6
1
     
2  
 
Michael Tauson
Younes El Aynaoui
6
1
6
3
6
3
     
3  
 
Morten Christensen / Michael Tauson
Karim Alami / Mohammed Ridaoui
6
2
6
2
6
4
     
4  
 
Michael Tauson
Karim Alami
6
3
6
4
       
5  
 
Frederik Fetterlein
Younes El Aynaoui
6
3
6
1
       

Hungary vs. Soviet Union

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Hungary
1
Vasas Sport Clubja, Budapest, Hungary[4]
1–3 February 1991
Carpet (indoors)
 
Soviet Union
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
András Lányi
Andrei Cherkasov
3
6
3
6
3
6
     
2  
 
László Markovits
Alexander Volkov
3
6
4
6
4
6
     
3  
 
András Lányi / László Markovits
Andrei Chesnokov / Dimitri Poliakov
6
3
66
78
6
4
6
4
   
4  
 
László Markovits
Andrei Cherkasov
62
77
5
7
3
6
     
5  
 
Sándor Noszály
Alexander Volkov
3
6
3
6
       

Second round

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Portugal vs. Netherlands

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Portugal
1
Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal[5]
3–5 May 1991
Clay
 
Netherlands
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
João Cunha e Silva
Paul Haarhuis
6
4
0
6
4
6
1
6
   
2  
 
Nuno Marques
Mark Koevermans
3
6
6
2
5
7
0
6
   
3  
 
João Cunha e Silva / Nuno Marques
Paul Haarhuis / Mark Koevermans
6
4
5
7
65
77
3
6
   
4  
 
João Cunha e Silva
Mark Koevermans
6
3
4
6
2
6
     
5  
 
Nuno Marques
Paul Haarhuis
4
6
6
4
6
4
     

Poland vs. Great Britain

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Poland
1
Legia Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland[6]
3–5 May 1991
Clay
 
Great Britain
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Wojciech Kowalski
Danny Sapsford
63
77
2
6
77
62
1
6
   
2  
 
Tomasz Iwański
Jeremy Bates
4
6
0
6
4
6
     
3  
 
Tomasz Iwański / Wojciech Kowalski
Jeremy Bates / Nick Brown
2
6
5
7
6
3
77
63
4
6
 
4  
 
Wojciech Kowalski
Jeremy Bates
6
2
3
6
6
3
     
5  
 
Bartłomiej Dąbrowski
Chris Wilkinson
67
79
3
6
       

Finland vs. Denmark

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Finland
2
Talin Tenniskeskus, Helsinki, Finland[7]
3–5 May 1991
Hard
 
Denmark
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Olli Rahnasto
Michael Tauson
62
77
710
68
3
6
77
63
6
1
 
2  
 
Aki Rahunen
Frederik Fetterlein
4
6
0
6
3
6
     
3  
 
Olli Rahnasto / Pasi Virtanen
Morten Christensen / Frederik Fetterlein
6
4
0
6
4
6
4
6
   
4  
 
Aki Rahunen
Morten Christensen
6
4
6
4
6
1
     
5  
 
Olli Rahnasto
Frederik Fetterlein
1
6
2
6
1
6
     

Switzerland vs. Soviet Union

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Switzerland
3
Eisstadion, Davos, Switzerland[8]
3–5 May 1991
Carpet (indoors)
 
Soviet Union
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Marc Rosset
Andrei Chesnokov
77
65
5
7
3
6
6
4
11
9
 
2  
 
Jakob Hlasek
Andrei Cherkasov
7
5
7
5
6
3
     
3  
 
Jakob Hlasek / Claudio Mezzadri
Andrei Cherkasov / Dimitri Poliakov
6
3
77
64
6
3
     
4  
 
Jakob Hlasek
Andrei Chesnokov
3
6
4
6
       
5  
 
Marc Rosset
Andrei Cherkasov
4
6
4
6
       

Relegation play-offs

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Romania vs. Ireland

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Romania
5
Club Sportiv Progresul, Bucharest, Romania[9]
3–5 May 1991
Clay
 
Ireland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Andrei Pavel
Owen Casey
6
4
6
1
6
1
     
2  
 
Adrian Marcu
Eoin Collins
6
4
6
2
6
3
     
3  
 
George Cosac / Florin Segărceanu
Eoin Collins / Peter Wright
4
6
6
4
6
2
64
77
6
0
 
4  
 
Andrei Pavel
Peter Wright
77
62
6
3
       
5  
 
Adrian Marcu
Stewart Doyle
6
2
6
2
       

Hungary vs. Morocco

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Hungary
5
Újpesti Tennis Club, Budapest, Hungary[10]
3–5 May 1991
Clay
 
Morocco
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Sándor Noszály
Arafat Chekrouni
6
1
6
4
6
3
     
2  
 
László Markovits
Karim Alami
6
3
6
2
77
64
     
3  
 
András Lányi / László Markovits
Karim Alami / Arafat Chekrouni
6
3
6
4
4
6
3
6
6
3
 
4  
 
Sándor Noszály
Karim Alami
6
2
1
6
7
5
     
5  
 
Viktor Nagy
Arafat Chekrouni
6
4
6
1
       

References

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  1. ^ "Portugal v Ireland". daviscup.com.
  2. ^ "Poland v Romania". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Denmark v Morocco". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Hungary v Soviet Union". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Portugal v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Poland v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Finland v Denmark". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Switzerland v Soviet Union". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Romania v Ireland". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Hungary v Morocco". daviscup.com.
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