1999 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

Main article: 1999 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1999.

In the Europe/Africa Zone there were four 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 II in 2000.

Participating nations

• Austria
• Belarus
• Croatia
• Finland
• Israel
• Portugal
• Romania
• South Africa
• Ukraine

Draw

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

Romania

Bucharest, Romania (clay)

bye

bye

Romania

3

Croatia

Croatia

2

bye

Zagreb, Croatia (indoor carpet)

Croatia

Croatia

1

Portugal

4

Austria

Wels, Austria (indoor clay)

bye

bye

Austria

4

Portugal

Portugal

1

bye

Portugal

Israel

Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)

bye

Israel

Israel

2

bye

Finland

3

bye

Kyiv, Ukraine (clay)

Finland

Israel

2

Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet)

Ukraine

3

Ukraine

2

Cape Town, South Africa (hard)

Belarus

3

Ukraine

Belarus

1

bye

South Africa

4

bye

South Africa

• Croatia and Israel relegated to Group II in 2000.
• Romania, Austria, Finland, and South Africa advance to World Group qualifying round.

First round

Ukraine vs. Belarus

Ukraine 2	Meridian Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine 12–14 February 1999 Carpet (indoors)		Belarus 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Andrei Rybalko Vladimir Voltchkov 2 6 3 6 5 7       2 Andriy Medvedev Max Mirnyi 3 6 6 3 77 64 7 5     3 Andriy Medvedev / Orest Tereshchuk Max Mirnyi / Vladimir Voltchkov 3 6 1 6 4 6       4 Andriy Medvedev Vladimir Voltchkov 5 7 6 3 6 3 6 3     5 Andrei Rybalko Max Mirnyi 3 6 0 6 6 3 3 6

Second round

Romania vs. Croatia

Romania 3	Arena Club, Bucharest, Romania 2–4 April 1999 Clay		Croatia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Adrian Voinea Ivan Ljubičić 6 1 6 4 61 77 77 65     2 Andrei Pavel Željko Krajan 77 65 6 2 6 0       3 Andrei Pavel / Gabriel Trifu Ivan Ljubičić / Lovro Zovko 77 65 77 65 7 5       4 Ionuț Moldovan Lovro Zovko 7 5 1 6 2 6       5 Gabriel Trifu Ivan Beroš 3 6 2 6

Austria vs. Portugal

Austria 4	Messe Wels, Wels, Austria 2–4 April 1999 Clay		Portugal 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Stefan Koubek Nuno Marques 6 3 6 4 6 4       2 Markus Hipfl João Cunha e Silva 6 4 6 2 6 2       3 Julian Knowle / Wolfgang Schranz Emanuel Couto / Nuno Marques 6 3 2 6 77 64 4 6 2 6   4 Stefan Koubek João Cunha e Silva 6 3 77 65 6 0       5 Markus Hipfl Bruno Fragoso 6 1 6 2

Finland vs. Israel

Finland 3	Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland 2–4 April 1999 Carpet (indoors)		Israel 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Tuomas Ketola Eyal Ran 3 6 2 6 4 6       2 Ville Liukko Eyal Erlich 6 1 6 1 6 3       3 Tuomas Ketola / Ville Liukko Amir Hadad / Harel Levy 0 6 7 5 62 77 6 3 8 6   4 Ville Liukko Eyal Ran 4 6 78 66 6 4 6 4     5 Tapio Nurminen Eyal Erlich 2 6 4 6

South Africa vs. Belarus

South Africa 4	Rondebosch Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa 2–4 April 1999 Hard		Belarus 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 David Nainkin Vladimir Voltchkov 6 3 5 7 4 6 65 77     2 Wayne Ferreira Max Mirnyi 5 7 6 4 6 3 66 78 9 7   3 David Adams / John-Laffnie de Jager Max Mirnyi / Vladimir Voltchkov 6 4 6 3 6 4       4 Wayne Ferreira Vladimir Voltchkov 6 0 4 6 3 6 6 2 6 4   5 David Nainkin Sergei Samoseiko 6 2 6 2

Second round relegation play-offs

Croatia vs. Portugal

Croatia 1	Dom Sportova, Zagreb, Croatia 24–26 September 1999 Carpet (indoors)		Portugal 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ivan Ljubičić Nuno Marques 4 6 4 6 6 3 3 6     2 Željko Krajan João Cunha e Silva 64 77 2 6 2 6       3 Ivan Ljubičić / Lovro Zovko Emanuel Couto / Nuno Marques 77 64 6 4 68 710 4 6 2 6   4 Mario Ančić João Cunha e Silva 4 6 4 6         5 Lovro Zovko Bernardo Mota 64 77 6 4 6 4

Ukraine vs. Israel

Ukraine 3	Nauka Tennis Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine 24–26 September 1999 Clay		Israel 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Andrei Rybalko Harel Levy 2 6 1 6 2 6       2 Andriy Medvedev Noam Okun 6 0 6 4 77 62       3 Andriy Medvedev / Andrei Rybalko Harel Levy / Eyal Ran 6 3 6 4 6 4       4 Andriy Medvedev Harel Levy 7 5 4 6 6 3 6 2     5 Orest Tereshchuk Noam Okun 3 6 5 7

External links

• Davis Cup official website