2013 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

Last updated December 30, 2024

The Europe and Africa Zone is one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2013.

Participating teams
Draw
First round
Poland vs. Slovenia
Romania vs. Denmark
Ukraine vs. Slovak Republic
Second round
Great Britain vs. Russia
Poland vs. South Africa
Romania vs. Netherlands
Ukraine vs. Sweden
First round play-offs
Slovenia vs. South Africa
Slovakia vs. Sweden
Second round play-offs
Russia vs. South Africa
Sweden vs. Denmark
References

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:

Remaining nations:

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


Second Round Play-offs			First Round Play-offs			First Round			Second Round



						1	Russia
									Coventry, Great Britain (indoor hard)
							bye
			1	Russia					1	Russia	2

				bye						Great Britain	3
						Great Britain
Moscow, Russia (indoor hard)
						bye
1	Russia	5

3	South Africa	0
						3	South Africa
			Ljubljana, Slovenia (clay)						Zielona Góra, Poland (indoor hard)
							bye
			3	South Africa	1				3	South Africa	1
						Wrocław, Poland (indoor hard)
				Slovenia	4					Poland	3
						Poland		3

						Slovenia		2

						Cluj-Napoca, Romania (indoor hard)

						Denmark		0
									Brasov, Romania (indoor hard)
						Romania		5
			Denmark							Romania	0

			bye						4	Netherlands	5
						4	Netherlands
Helsingborg, Sweden (indoor hard)
							bye
	Denmark	2
						Kremenchuk, Ukraine (indoor hard)
2	Sweden	3
						Ukraine		3
			Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)						Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine (indoor hard)
						Slovakia		2
				Slovakia	3					Ukraine	3

			2	Sweden	2				2	Sweden	2
							bye

						2	Sweden

South Africa and Denmark relegated to Group II in 2014.
Great Britain, Poland, Netherlands, and Ukraine advance to World Group Play-off.

First round

Poland vs. Slovenia

Poland
3

Centennial Hall in "Wroclaw", Wroclaw, Poland ^[1]
1–3 February 2013
Hard (indoor)

Slovenia
2

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Jerzy Janowicz Blaž Kavčič	6 3	6 3	7 5
2	Łukasz Kubot Grega Žemlja	6 3	6 2	6 0
3	Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski Blaž Kavčič / Grega Žemlja	3 6	6 2	2 6	6 4	11 13
4	Jerzy Janowicz Grega Žemlja	7⁷ 6⁴	6 3	6 3
5	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Tomislav Ternar	6 4	5 7	5 7

Romania vs. Denmark

Romania
5

Sala Sporturilor "Horia Demian", Cluj Napoca, Romania ^[2]
1–3 February 2013
Hard (indoor)

Denmark
0

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Marius Copil Frederik Nielsen	6 3	7⁹ 6⁷	6 4
2	Adrian Ungur Martin Pedersen	6 2	7⁷ 6³	4 6	4 6	6 2
3	Florin Mergea / Horia Tecău Frederik Nielsen / Thomas Kromann	7⁷ 6³	6 2	6 4
4	Adrian Ungur Thomas Kromann	6 3	6 4
5	Marius Copil Christoffer Kønigsfeldt	6 4	6 3

Ukraine vs. Slovak Republic

Ukraine
3

TC Premier, Kremenchuk, Ukraine ^[3]
1–3 February 2013
Hard (indoor)

Slovakia
2

		1	2	3	4
1	Alexandr Dolgopolov Andrej Martin	6 2	6 2	7 5
2	Serhiy Stakhovsky Lukáš Lacko	2 6	7 5	6⁵ 7⁷	4 6
3	Alexandr Dolgopolov / Serhiy Stakhovsky Filip Polášek / Igor Zelenay	6⁴ 7⁷	6³ 7⁷	3 6
4	Alexandr Dolgopolov Lukáš Lacko	3 6	6 3	6 2	6 1
5	Illya Marchenko Andrej Martin	7 5	7⁷ 6⁵	6 4

Second round

Great Britain vs. Russia

Great Britain
3

Ricoh Arena, Coventry, Great Britain ^[4]
5–7 April 2013
Hard (indoor)

Russia
2

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Daniel Evans Dmitry Tursunov	4 6	7⁷ 6⁵	4 6	7 5	4 6
2	James Ward Evgeny Donskoy	6 4	6 4	5 7	3 6	6 8
3	Colin Fleming / Jonathan Marray Victor Baluda / Igor Kunitsyn	6 1	6 4	6 2
4	James Ward Dmitry Tursunov	6 4	5 7	5 7	6 4	6 4
5	Daniel Evans Evgeny Donskoy	6 4	6 4	6 1

It was the first time since 1930 that Great Britain had won after being 2-0 down.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Poland vs. South Africa

Poland
3

Recreation and Sports Center, Zielona Góra, Poland ^[8]
5–7 April 2013
Hard (indoor)

South Africa
1

		1	2	3	4
1	Jerzy Janowicz Jean Andersen	6 4	6 3	6 3
2	Łukasz Kubot Rik de Voest	3 6	7⁷ 6⁴	5 7	4 6
3	Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski Rik de Voest / Jean Andersen	7 5	7⁷ 6²	7 5
4	Jerzy Janowicz Ruan Roelofse	4 6	6 3	6 1	6 1
5	Łukasz Kubot Jean Andersen					not played

Romania vs. Netherlands

Romania
0

Dumitru Popescu Colibași Sports Hall, Brasov, Romania ^[9]
5–7 April 2013
Hard (indoor)

Netherlands
5

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Adrian Ungur Robin Haase	4 6	4 6	6 3	3 6
2	Victor Hănescu Igor Sijsling	4 6	6⁵ 7⁷	6 2	7⁷ 6⁵	2 6
3	Marius Copil / Victor Hănescu Thiemo de Bakker / Robin Haase	4 6	5 7	4 6
4	Marius Copil Thiemo de Bakker	6³ 7⁷	6² 7⁷
5	Adrian Ungur Igor Sijsling	6 1	3 6	4 6

Ukraine vs. Sweden

Ukraine
3

Megaron Tennis Club, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine ^[10]
5–7 April 2013
Hard (indoor)

Sweden
2

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Alexandr Dolgopolov Isak Arvidsson	6 2	6 0	7⁷ 6⁵
2	Denys Molchanov Markus Eriksson	5 7	6 4	4 6	4 6
3	Denys Molchanov / Serhiy Stakhovsky Johan Brunström / Robert Lindstedt	4 6	3 6	6 3	7⁷ 6³	4 6
4	Alexandr Dolgopolov Markus Eriksson	3 6	6 1	6 4	6 3
5	Serhiy Stakhovsky Isak Arvidsson	6 2	6 3	7 5

First round play-offs

Slovenia vs. South Africa

Slovenia
4

Park Tivoli, Ljubljana, Slovenia ^[11]
13–15 September 2013
Clay

South Africa
1

		1	2	3
1	Blaž Rola Rik de Voest	6 1	6 4	6 4
2	Blaž Kavčič Ruan Roelofse	6 1	6 3	6 4
3	Blaž Kavčič / Blaž Rola Raven Klaasen / Nikala Scholtz	7 5	6 1	7⁷ 6⁴
4	Janez Semrajc Rik de Voest	6 2	6 4
5	Blaž Rola Nikala Scholtz	3 2			retired

Slovakia vs. Sweden

Slovakia
3

Aegon Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia ^[12]
13–15 September 2013
Hard (indoor)

Sweden
2

		1	2	3	4
1	Andrej Martin Isak Arvidsson	6 2	6 3	6 4
2	Lukáš Lacko Markus Eriksson	6 2	6 3	6 4
3	Lukáš Lacko / Filip Polášek Johan Brunström / Robert Lindstedt	4 6	5 7	4 6
4	Andrej Martin Markus Eriksson	7⁷ 6³	2 6	5 7	4 6
5	Lukáš Lacko Isak Arvidsson	6 2	6 3	6 3

Second round play-offs

Russia vs. South Africa

Russia
5

Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia ^[13]
25–27 October 2013
Hard (indoor)

South Africa
0

		1	2	3	4
1	Karen Khachanov Dean O'Brien	7 5	6 1	6 3
2	Alex Bogomolov, Jr. Jacob Coenraad de Klerk	6³ 7⁷	6 0	6 4	6 1
3	Konstantin Kravchuk / Andrey Kuznetsov Raven Klaasen / Tucker Vorster	2 6	6 3	7⁷ 6⁴	6 2
4	Andrey Kuznetsov Dean O'Brien	6 2	6 3
5	Konstantin Kravchuk Jacob Coenraad de Klerk	4 1				retired

Sweden vs. Denmark

Sweden
3

Idrottens Hus, Helsingborg, Sweden ^[14]
25–27 October 2013
Hard (indoor)

Denmark
2

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Elias Ymer Frederik Nielsen	6⁶ 7⁸	2 6	6 4	5 7
2	Markus Eriksson Martin Pedersen	7⁹ 6⁷	3 6	6³ 7⁷	4 6
3	Johan Brunström / Robert Lindstedt Thomas Kromann / Frederik Nielsen	6⁵ 7⁷	6 4	6 3	6 3
4	Markus Eriksson Frederik Nielsen	6 3	3 6	6¹ 7⁷	6 4	9 7
5	Elias Ymer Martin Pedersen	7⁷ 6³	7¹⁰ 6⁸	4 6	7 5

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↑ "Romania v Denmark". daviscup.com.
↑ "Ukraine v Slovak Rep". daviscup.com.
↑ "Great Britain v Russia". daviscup.com.
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↑ "Great Britain come from 2-0 down to beat Russia 3-2 in Davis Cup tie to earn World Group play-off". The Telegraph. 7 April 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
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[2] "Romania v Denmark". daviscup.com.

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