2003 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

The European and African Zone was one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2003.

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 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 2004.

Participating teams

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Draw

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Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
1  Slovakia
Esch-sur-Alzette, Lux. (indoor hard)
bye
  Luxembourg1  Slovakia3
bye  Luxembourg2
  Luxembourg
Asker, Norway (clay)
bye
  Luxembourg5
  Norway0
4  Finland
Asker, Norway (clay)St. Anton, Austria (carpet)
bye
4  Finland44  Finland2
Oslo, Norway (indoor hard)
  Norway1  Austria3
  Austria5
  Norway0
Minsk, Belarus (carpet)
  Belarus3
Ramat Hasharon, Israel (hard)Minsk, Belarus (carpet)
  Israel2
  Israel5  Belarus4
3  Zimbabwe03  Zimbabwe1
bye
Harare, Zimbabwe (hard)
3  Zimbabwe
3  Zimbabwe3
  Italy2
bye
Marrakesh, Morocco (clay)
  Italy
bye  Italy2
  Italy2  Morocco3
bye
2  Morocco

First Round Matches

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Norway vs. Austria

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Norway
0
Riksanlegget, Oslo, Norway[1]
7–9 February 2003
Hard (indoor)
 
Austria
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Stian Boretti
Jürgen Melzer
2
6
2
6
1
6
     
2  
 
Jan Frode Andersen
Alexander Peya
3
6
3
6
5
7
     
3  
 
Jan Frode Andersen / Stian Boretti
Jürgen Melzer / Alexander Peya
3
6
2
6
77
64
6
4
5
7
 
4  
 
Fredrik Aarum
Oliver Marach
4
6
2
6
       
5  
 
Stian Boretti
Konstantin Gruber
3
6
5
7
       

Belarus vs. Israel

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Belarus
3
Olympic Training Centre, Minsk, Belarus[2]
7–9 February 2003
Carpet (indoor)
 
Israel
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Max Mirnyi
Harel Levy
6
1
62
77
6
3
78
66
   
2  
 
Vladimir Voltchkov
Noam Okun
6
2
77
65
6
3
     
3  
 
Max Mirnyi / Vladimir Voltchkov
Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram
77
62
6
4
6
4
     
4  
 
Alexander Shvets
Andy Ram
1
6
2
3
      retired
 
5  
 
Alexander Skrypko
Harel Levy
4
6
4
6
       

Second Round Matches

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Luxembourg vs. Slovakia

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Luxembourg
2
National Tennis Centre (CNT), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg[3]
4–6 April 2003
Hard (indoor)
 
Slovakia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Gilles Müller
Michal Mertiňák
7
5
6
3
78
66
     
2  
 
Gilles Kremer
Karol Beck
3
6
4
6
2
6
     
3  
 
Gilles Müller / Mike Scheidweiler
Karol Beck / Igor Zelenay
7
5
7
5
6
4
     
4  
 
Gilles Müller
Karol Beck
4
6
3
6
3
6
     
5  
 
Mike Scheidweiler
Michal Mertiňák
6
4
3
6
2
6
4
6
   

Austria vs. Finland

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Austria
3
Arlberg-well.com Halle, St. Anton, Austria[4]
4–6 April 2003
Carpet (indoor)
 
Finland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Stefan Koubek
Tuomas Ketola
7
5
4
6
77
63
6
1
   
2  
 
Jürgen Melzer
Jarkko Nieminen
65
77
6
4
4
6
6
4
4
6
 
3  
 
Julian Knowle / Alexander Peya
Tuomas Ketola / Jarkko Nieminen
2
6
6
4
77
64
7
5
   
4  
 
Stefan Koubek
Jarkko Nieminen
3
6
2
6
3
6
     
5  
 
Jürgen Melzer
Tuomas Ketola
77
62
3
6
66
78
6
2
6
2
 

Belarus vs. Zimbabwe

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Belarus
4
Olympic Training Centre, Minsk, Belarus[5]
4–6 April 2003
Carpet (indoor)
 
Zimbabwe
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Max Mirnyi
Kevin Ullyett
6
3
77
64
6
4
     
2  
 
Vladimir Voltchkov
Wayne Black
64
77
6
4
6
2
7
5
   
3  
 
Max Mirnyi / Vladimir Voltchkov
Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett
5
7
6
3
7
5
77
64
   
4  
 
Alexander Skrypko
Wayne Black
6
3
6
3
       
5  
 
Vladimir Voltchkov
Gwinyai Tongoona
6
1
1
2
      retired
 

Morocco vs. Italy

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Morocco
3
Royal Tennis Club, Marrakesh, Morocco[6]
4–6 April 2003
Clay
 
Italy
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Younes El Aynaoui
Filippo Volandri
78
66
6
4
3
6
77
65
   
2  
 
Hicham Arazi
Davide Sanguinetti
5
7
6
1
6
0
4
6
3
6
 
3  
 
Mounir El Aarej / Younes El Aynaoui
Massimo Bertolini / Giorgio Galimberti
1
6
4
6
1
6
     
4  
 
Younes El Aynaoui
Davide Sanguinetti
6
4
6
3
6
2
     
5  
 
Hicham Arazi
Filippo Volandri
6
3
6
3
6
2
     

First Round Play-offs Matches

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Norway vs. Finland

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Norway
1
Asker Tennis Club, Asker, Norway[7]
11–13 July 2003
Clay
 
Finland
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Stian Boretti
Jarkko Nieminen
1
6
1
5
      retired
 
2  
 
Jan Frode Andersen
Janne Ojala
4
6
6
3
77
63
7
5
   
3  
 
Jan Frode Andersen / Stian Boretti
Tuomas Ketola / Jarkko Nieminen
5
7
4
6
4
6
     
4  
 
Jan Frode Andersen
Jarkko Nieminen
2
6
2
6
4
6
     
5  
 
Thomas Haug
Kim Tiilikainen
1
6
3
6
       

Israel vs. Zimbabwe

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Israel
5
Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel[8]
11–13 July 2003
Hard
 
Zimbabwe
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Noam Okun
Gwinyai Tongoona
6
4
6
3
6
4
     
2  
 
Harel Levy
Genius Chidzikwe
6
2
6
4
6
4
     
3  
 
Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram
Genius Chidzikwe / Gwinyai Chingoka
7
5
6
4
6
4
     
4  
 
Noam Okun
Zibusiso Ncube
6
4
77
63
       
5  
 
Jonathan Erlich
Gwinyai Chingoka
6
4
6
0
       

Second Round Play-offs Matches

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Norway vs. Luxembourg

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Norway
0
Asker Tennis Club, Asker, Norway[9]
19–21 September 2003
Clay
 
Luxembourg
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Stian Boretti
Gilles Müller
3
6
63
77
6
2
3
6
   
2  
 
Jan Frode Andersen
Mike Scheidweiler
4
6
4
6
64
77
     
3  
 
Jan Frode Andersen / Stian Boretti
Gilles Müller / Mike Scheidweiler
1
6
6
4
6
3
3
6
4
6
 
4  
 
Helge Koll-Frafjord
Gilles Kremer
4
6
        retired
 
5  
 
Erling Tveit
Laurent Hild
3
6
77
65
3
6
     

Zimbabwe vs. Italy

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Zimbabwe
3
Harare City Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe[10]
19–21 September 2003
Hard
 
Italy
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Kevin Ullyett
Filippo Volandri
4
6
7
5
6
3
77
65
   
2  
 
Wayne Black
Davide Sanguinetti
77
62
6
1
6
3
     
3  
 
Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett
Massimo Bertolini / Giorgio Galimberti
79
67
6
2
6
4
     
4  
 
Genius Chidzikwe
Giorgio Galimberti
2
6
2
6
       
5  
 
Nigel Badza
Davide Sanguinetti
1
6
1
6
       

References

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  1. ^ "Norway v Austria". daviscup.com.
  2. ^ "Belarus v Israel". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Luxembourg v Slovakia". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Austria v Finland". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Belarus v Zimbabwe". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Morocco v Italy". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Norway v Finland". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Israel v Zimbabwe". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Norway v Luxembourg". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Zimbabwe v Italy". daviscup.com.