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2018 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

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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

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Draw

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Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
1 Czech Republic
Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor clay)[8]
bye
bye1 Czech Republic3
Centurion, South Africa (hard)[5]
 South Africa Israel1
 South Africa2
Lisbon, Portugal (clay)[1]
 Israel3
 South Africa0
4 Portugal4
4 Portugal
Bucha, Ukraine (hard)[3]Stockholm, Sweden (indoor hard)[9]
bye
4 Portugal14 Portugal2
Dnipro, Ukraine (indoor hard)[6]
 Ukraine3 Sweden3
 Ukraine2
 Sweden3
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor clay)[10]
bye
bye Bosnia and Herzegovina3
3 Slovakia3 Slovakia2
bye
Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor clay)[2]
3 Slovakia
3 Slovakia3
Sankt Pölten, Austria (indoor clay)[7]
 Belarus1
 Austria5
Moscow, Russia (indoor hard)[4]Moscow, Russia (indoor hard)[11]
 Belarus0
 Belarus2 Austria3
2 Russia32 Russia1
bye
2 Russia

First round

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South Africa vs. Israel

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

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

Ukraine vs. Sweden

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

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

Austria vs. Belarus

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Austria
5
VAZ St. Pölten, Sankt Pölten, Austria[7]
2–3 February
Clay (i)

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

Second round

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Czech Republic vs. Israel

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Czech Republic
3
RT Torax Arena, Ostrava, Czech Republic[8]
6–7 April
Clay (i)

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

Sweden vs. Portugal

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Sweden
3
Kungliga tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden[9]
6–7 April
Hard (i)

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

Slovakia vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Slovakia
2
Aegon Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia[10]
6–7 April
Clay (i)

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

Russia vs. Austria

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Russia
1
Luzhniki Small Sports Arena, Moscow, Russia[11]
6–7 April
Hard (i)

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

First round play-offs

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Ukraine vs. Portugal

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

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

Russia vs. Belarus

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Russia
3
Luzhniki Small Sports Arena, Moscow, Russia[4]
14–15 September
Hard (i)

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

2nd round play-offs

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Portugal vs. South Africa

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Portugal
4
Club Internacional de Foot-ball, Lisbon, Portugal[1]
19–20 October 2018
Clay

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

Slovakia vs. Belarus

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Slovakia
3
Aegon Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia[2]
26–27 October 2018
Clay (i)

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "Portugal v South Africa". DavisCup.com.
  2. ^ a b "Slovakia v Belarus". DavisCup.com.
  3. ^ a b "Portugal v Ukraine". DavisCup.com.
  4. ^ a b "Belarus v Russia". DavisCup.com.
  5. ^ a b "South Africa v Israel". DavisCup.com.
  6. ^ a b "Ukraine v Sweden". DavisCup.com.
  7. ^ a b "Austria v Belarus". DavisCup.com.
  8. ^ a b "Czech Republic v Israel". DavisCup.com.
  9. ^ a b "Sweden v Portugal". DavisCup.com.
  10. ^ a b "Slovakia v Bosnia and Herzegovina". DavisCup.com.
  11. ^ a b "Russia v Austria". DavisCup.com.
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