# 2001 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2001.
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 II advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group II, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2002.

## Participating nations

* Armenia
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Greece
* Hungary
* Ireland
* Israel
* Ivory Coast
* Luxembourg
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Norway
* Poland
* South Africa
* Turkey
* Yugoslavia

### Draw

| Relegation Play-offs | Relegation Play-offs | Relegation Play-offs | First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round |
| | | | Szeged, Hungary (clay) | Szeged, Hungary (clay) | Szeged, Hungary (clay) | | | | | | |
| | | | Hungary | Hungary | 5 | | | | | | |
| Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay) | Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay) | Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay) | Hungary | Hungary | 5 | Skagen, Denmark (hard) | | | | | |
| Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay) | Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay) | Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay) | Monaco | Monaco | 0 | Skagen, Denmark (hard) | | | | | |
| Monaco | Monaco | 1 | Monaco | Monaco | 0 | Hungary | Hungary | 2 | | | |
| Monaco | Monaco | 1 | Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet) | Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet) | Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet) | Hungary | Hungary | 2 | | | |
| Ireland | Ireland | 4 | Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet) | Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet) | Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet) | Denmark | Denmark | 3 | | | |
| Ireland | Ireland | 4 | Ireland | Ireland | 2 | Denmark | Denmark | 3 | | | |
| | | | Ireland | Ireland | 2 | | | | Athens, Greece (clay) | Athens, Greece (clay) | Athens, Greece (clay) |
| | | | Denmark | Denmark | 3 | | | | Athens, Greece (clay) | Athens, Greece (clay) | Athens, Greece (clay) |
| | | | Denmark | Denmark | 3 | | | | Denmark | Denmark | 2 |
| | | | Istanbul, Turkey (hard) | Istanbul, Turkey (hard) | Istanbul, Turkey (hard) | | | | Denmark | Denmark | 2 |
| | | | Istanbul, Turkey (hard) | Istanbul, Turkey (hard) | Istanbul, Turkey (hard) | | | | Greece | Greece | 3 |
| | | | Greece | Greece | 5 | | | | Greece | Greece | 3 |
| Chișinău, Moldova (clay) | Chișinău, Moldova (clay) | Chișinău, Moldova (clay) | Greece | Greece | 5 | Athens, Greece (clay) | Athens, Greece (clay) | Athens, Greece (clay) | | | |
| Chișinău, Moldova (clay) | Chișinău, Moldova (clay) | Chișinău, Moldova (clay) | Turkey | Turkey | 0 | Athens, Greece (clay) | Athens, Greece (clay) | Athens, Greece (clay) | | | |
| Turkey | Turkey | 2 | Turkey | Turkey | 0 | Greece | Greece | 5 | | | |
| Turkey | Turkey | 2 | Chișinău, Moldova (indoor carpet) | Chișinău, Moldova (indoor carpet) | Chișinău, Moldova (indoor carpet) | Greece | Greece | 5 | | | |
| Moldova | Moldova | 3 | Chișinău, Moldova (indoor carpet) | Chișinău, Moldova (indoor carpet) | Chișinău, Moldova (indoor carpet) | Armenia | Armenia | 0 | | | |
| Moldova | Moldova | 3 | Armenia | Armenia | 3 | Armenia | Armenia | 0 | | | |
| | | | Moldova | Moldova | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | Tallinn, Estonia (indoor carpet) | Tallinn, Estonia (indoor carpet) | Tallinn, Estonia (indoor carpet) | | | | | | |
| | | | Norway | Norway | 3 | | | | | | |
| Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard) | Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard) | Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard) | Norway | Norway | 3 | Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg (clay) | | | | | |
| Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard) | Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard) | Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard) | Estonia | Estonia | 2 | Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg (clay) | | | | | |
| Estonia | Estonia | 2 | Estonia | Estonia | 2 | Norway | Norway | 2 | | | |
| Estonia | Estonia | 2 | Esch-sur-Alzette, Lux. (indoor carpet) | Esch-sur-Alzette, Lux. (indoor carpet) | Esch-sur-Alzette, Lux. (indoor carpet) | Norway | Norway | 2 | | | |
| Ivory Coast | Ivory Coast | 3 | Esch-sur-Alzette, Lux. (indoor carpet) | Esch-sur-Alzette, Lux. (indoor carpet) | Esch-sur-Alzette, Lux. (indoor carpet) | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 3 | | | |
| Ivory Coast | Ivory Coast | 3 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 3 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 3 | | | |
| | | | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 3 | | | | Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg (clay) | Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg (clay) | Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg (clay) |
| | | | Ivory Coast | Ivory Coast | 2 | | | | Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg (clay) | Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg (clay) | Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg (clay) |
| | | | Ivory Coast | Ivory Coast | 2 | | | | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 1 |
| | | | Bytom, Poland (clay) | Bytom, Poland (clay) | Bytom, Poland (clay) | | | | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 1 |
| | | | Bytom, Poland (clay) | Bytom, Poland (clay) | Bytom, Poland (clay) | | | | Israel | Israel | 4 |
| | | | Poland | Poland | 2 | | | | Israel | Israel | 4 |
| Belgrade, Yugoslavia (clay) | Belgrade, Yugoslavia (clay) | Belgrade, Yugoslavia (clay) | Poland | Poland | 2 | Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) | Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) | Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) | | | |
| Belgrade, Yugoslavia (clay) | Belgrade, Yugoslavia (clay) | Belgrade, Yugoslavia (clay) | Israel | Israel | 3 | Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) | Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) | Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) | | | |
| Poland | Poland | 2 | Israel | Israel | 3 | Israel | Israel | 3 | | | |
| Poland | Poland | 2 | Nelspruit, South Africa (hard) | Nelspruit, South Africa (hard) | Nelspruit, South Africa (hard) | Israel | Israel | 3 | | | |
| Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 3 | Nelspruit, South Africa (hard) | Nelspruit, South Africa (hard) | Nelspruit, South Africa (hard) | South Africa | South Africa | 2 | | | |
| Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 3 | Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 0 | South Africa | South Africa | 2 | | | |
| | | | South Africa | South Africa | 5 | | | | | | |
* Monaco, Turkey, Estonia, and Poland relegated to Group III in 2002.
* Greece and Israel promoted to Group I in 2002.

## First round
### Hungary vs. Monaco

| Hungary 5 | Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary 27–29 April 2001 Clay | Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary 27–29 April 2001 Clay | Monaco 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Gergely Kisgyörgy Christophe Bosio 6 2 6 1 6 3       2 Attila Sávolt Emmanuel Heussner 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 6$^8$ 7$^{10}$ 6 4 6 4     3 Gábor Köves / Attila Sávolt Christophe Bosio / Emmanuel Heussner 6 2 6 3 6 4       4 Attila Sávolt Christophe Bosio 6 2 6 1         5 Gergely Kisgyörgy Emmanuel Heussner 7$^{12}$ 6$^{10}$ 6 4 ||||

### Ireland vs. Denmark

| Ireland 2 | Riverview Club, Dublin, Ireland 27–29 April 2001 Carpet (indoors) | Riverview Club, Dublin, Ireland 27–29 April 2001 Carpet (indoors) | Denmark 3 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 John Doran Jonathan Printzlau 6 1 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 6 4     2 Peter Clarke Kristian Pless 4 6 4 6 4 6       3 Owen Casey / John Doran Kristian Pless / Jonathan Printzlau 6 2 5 7 3 6 7$^7$ 6$^1$ 1 6   4 John Doran Kristian Pless 5 7 3 6 6 1 3 6     5 Peter Clarke Mads Gottlieb 7$^9$ 6$^7$ 6 2 ||||

### Turkey vs. Greece

| Turkey 0 | E.N.K.A. Sports Club, Istanbul, Turkey 27–29 April 2001 Hard | E.N.K.A. Sports Club, Istanbul, Turkey 27–29 April 2001 Hard | Greece 5 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Mustafa Azkara Solon Peppas 4 6 4 6 4 6       2 Efe Üstündağ Vasilis Mazarakis 2 6 6 4 4 6 1 6     3 Mustafa Azkara / Efe Üstündağ Konstantinos Economidis / Anastasios Vasiliadis 4 6 6$^6$ 7$^8$ 6$^5$ 7$^7$       4 Esat Tanık Vasilis Mazarakis 1 6 4 6         5 Barış Ergün Solon Peppas 5 7 6$^1$ 7$^7$ ||||

### Moldova vs. Armenia

| Moldova 2 | National Centre, Chișinău, Moldova 27–29 April 2001 Carpet (indoors) | National Centre, Chișinău, Moldova 27–29 April 2001 Carpet (indoors) | Armenia 3 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Victor Ribas Tsolak Gevorgyan 1 6 4 6 3 6       2 Iurie Gorban Sargis Sargsian 1 6 2 6 2 6       3 Sergei Cupțov / Andrei Gorban Tsolak Gevorgyan / Sargis Sargsian 0 6 2 6 4 6       4 Andrei Gorban Tigran Martirosyan 7 5 4 6 6 2       5 Sergei Cupțov Davit Babayan 6 4 6 4 ||||

### Estonia vs. Norway

| Estonia 2 | Kalev Sports Hall, Tallinn, Estonia 27–29 April 2001 Carpet (indoors) | Kalev Sports Hall, Tallinn, Estonia 27–29 April 2001 Carpet (indoors) | Norway 3 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Mait Künnap Helge Koll-Frafjord 6$^3$ 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 3 6       2 Andrei Luzgin Jan Frode Andersen 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 7$^7$       3 Mait Künnap / Alti Vahkal Øyvind Alver / Helge Koll-Frafjord 6 0 7 5 7$^7$ 6$^4$       4 Alti Vahkal Jan Frode Andersen 6 4 6$^2$ 7$^7$ 6 3 7$^7$ 6$^3$     5 Andrei Luzgin Helge Koll-Frafjord 1 6 3 6 7$^7$ 6$^1$ 2 6 ||||

### Luxembourg vs. Ivory Coast

| Luxembourg 3 | Centre National de Tennis, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg 27–29 April 2001 Carpet (indoors) | Centre National de Tennis, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg 27–29 April 2001 Carpet (indoors) | Ivory Coast 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Mike Scheidweiler Claude N'Goran 2 6 4 6 6 3 3 6     2 Gilles Müller Valentin Sanon 7$^{11}$ 6$^9$ 6 4 6 1       3 Gilles Müller / Mike Scheidweiler Ilou Lonfo / Claude N'Goran 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 6 4 6 4       4 Mike Scheidweiler Valentin Sanon 6 3 6 1 4 6 6 3     5 Gilles Müller Claude N'Goran 5 7 6 4 6$^5$ 7$^7$ ||||

### Poland vs. Israel

| Poland 2 | Górnik Sports Club, Bytom, Poland 27–29 April 2001 Clay | Górnik Sports Club, Bytom, Poland 27–29 April 2001 Clay | Israel 3 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Łukasz Kubot Noam Okun 2 6 3 6 2 6       2 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski Harel Levy 6$^3$ 7$^7$ 2 6 7$^7$ 6$^2$ 6 1 5 7   3 Filip Anioła / Mariusz Fyrstenberg Harel Levy / Noam Okun 2 6 2 6 4 6       4 Łukasz Kubot Amir Hadad 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 6 4         5 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski Noam Behr 6 2 3 6 6 3 ||||

### South Africa vs. Yugoslavia

| South Africa 5 | Nelspruit Tennis Club, Nelspruit, South Africa 27–29 April 2001 Hard | Nelspruit Tennis Club, Nelspruit, South Africa 27–29 April 2001 Hard | Yugoslavia 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Wayne Ferreira Dušan Vemić 3 6 6 3 6 3 6 1     2 Neville Godwin Nenad Zimonjić 4 6 4 6 6 2 6 1 6 2   3 Wayne Ferreira / Neville Godwin Dušan Vemić / Nenad Zimonjić 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 7$^7$ 6$^2$ 4 6 6 4     4 Wayne Ferreira Nenad Zimonjić 6 3 6$^2$ 7$^7$ 6 2       5 Justin Bower Janko Tipsarević 6 1 7$^9$ 6$^7$ ||||

## Second round
### Denmark vs. Hungary

| Denmark 3 | Skagen Tennis Club, Skagen, Denmark 20–22 July 2001 Hard | Skagen Tennis Club, Skagen, Denmark 20–22 July 2001 Hard | Hungary 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Patrik Langvardt Gergely Kisgyörgy 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 3 6 7 5 4 6 4 6   2 Kristian Pless Kornél Bardóczky 6 3 6 1 6$^2$ 7$^7$ 6 3     3 Kristian Pless / Jonathan Printzlau Gergely Kisgyörgy / Gábor Köves 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 7$^8$ 6$^6$ 6 1 4 6 4 6   4 Kristian Pless Gergely Kisgyörgy 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 6 4 6 2       5 Jonathan Printzlau Kornél Bardóczky 6$^2$ 7$^7$ 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 7$^9$ 6$^7$ 6 1 ||||

### Greece vs. Armenia

| Greece 5 | Athens Lawn Tennis Club, Athens, Greece 20–22 July 2001 Clay | Athens Lawn Tennis Club, Athens, Greece 20–22 July 2001 Clay | Armenia 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Solon Peppas Tsolak Gevorgyan 6 1 6 2 6 2       2 Konstantinos Economidis Sargis Sargsian 4 6 6 4 6 4 6 2     3 Konstantinos Economidis / Anastasios Vasiliadis Tsolak Gevorgyan / Sargis Sargsian 4 6 6 4 6 4 6 2     4 Nikos Rovas Tigran Martirosyan 6 1 6 3         5 Konstantinos Economidis Tsolak Gevorgyan 6 1 6 4 ||||

### Luxembourg vs. Norway

| Luxembourg 3 | Mondorf Tennis Club, Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg 20–22 July 2001 Clay | Mondorf Tennis Club, Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg 20–22 July 2001 Clay | Norway 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Gilles Müller Stian Boretti 6 2 6 3 3 6 7$^7$ 6$^4$     2 Gilles Kremer Jan Frode Andersen 2 6 0 6 1 6       3 Gilles Müller / Mike Scheidweiler Jan Frode Andersen / Stian Boretti 6 1 3 6 4 6 6 2 6 3   4 Gilles Müller Jan Frode Andersen 4 6 0 6 3 6       5 Mike Scheidweiler Stian Boretti 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 6 3 6 1 5 7 6 3 ||||

### Israel vs. South Africa

| Israel 3 | Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel 20–22 July 2001 Hard | Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel 20–22 July 2001 Hard | South Africa 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Noam Okun Neville Godwin 3 6 7 5 6$^2$ 7$^7$ 3 6     2 Harel Levy Marcos Ondruska 6 2 6 2 6 0       3 Harel Levy / Noam Okun Jeff Coetzee / Neville Godwin 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 6 3 6 4 6$^6$ 7$^8$ 6 8   4 Harel Levy Neville Godwin 3 6 7 5        retired 5 Noam Okun Marcos Ondruska 6 2 6 4 6$^1$ 7$^7$ 3 6 7 5 ||||

## Relegation play-offs
### Monaco vs. Ireland

| Monaco 1 | Monte Carlo Country Club, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France 20–22 July 2001 Clay | Monte Carlo Country Club, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France 20–22 July 2001 Clay | Ireland 4 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Christophe Bosio John Doran 3 6 5 7 2 6       2 Emmanuel Heussner Scott Barron 6 4 3 6 6 4 6$^2$ 7$^7$ 3 6   3 Christophe Bosio / Emmanuel Heussner Scott Barron / Owen Casey 4 6 4 6 6 3 3 6     4 Christophe Bosio Peter Clarke 2 6 6 4 6$^2$ 7$^7$       5 Emmanuel Heussner John Doran 6 2 6 3 ||||

### Moldova vs. Turkey

| Moldova 3 | Senator Club, Chișinău, Moldova 20–22 July 2001 Clay | Senator Club, Chișinău, Moldova 20–22 July 2001 Clay | Turkey 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Evgueni Plougarev Erhan Oral 4 6 6 1 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 6 4     2 Iurie Gorban Mustafa Azkara 2 6 2 6 6 3 3 6     3 Andrei Gorban / Iurie Gorban Mustafa Azkara / Erhan Oral 6 3 2 6 2 6 6$^7$ 7$^9$     4 Evgueni Plougarev Mustafa Azkara 3 6 6 4 6 4 6 2     5 Andrei Gorban Erhan Oral 6 2 6 1 1 6 7 5 ||||

### Ivory Coast vs. Estonia

| Ivory Coast 3 | InterContinental Hotel, Abidjan, Ivory Coast 20–22 July 2001 Hard | InterContinental Hotel, Abidjan, Ivory Coast 20–22 July 2001 Hard | Estonia 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Ilou Lonfo Gert Vilms 7$^{10}$ 6$^8$ 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 7 5 6 1     2 Claude N'Goran Alti Vahkal 6 4 6 3 6 3       3 Ilou Lonfo / Claude N'Goran Andrei Luzgin / Alti Vahkal 6$^6$ 7$^8$ 1 1       retired  4 Valentin Sanon Mait Künnap 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 4 6 6 0 6 4     5 Maxime Koffi Andrei Luzgin 3 6 4 6 ||||

### Yugoslavia vs. Poland

| Yugoslavia 3 | Teniski Klub Partizan, Belgrade, Yugoslavia 20–22 July 2001 Clay | Teniski Klub Partizan, Belgrade, Yugoslavia 20–22 July 2001 Clay | Poland 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Janko Tipsarević Bartłomiej Dąbrowski 6 3 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 6 4       2 Dušan Vemić Krystian Pfeiffer 7 5 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 6$^7$ 7$^9$ 3 6     3 Relja Dulić Fišer / Janko Tipsarević Bartłomiej Dąbrowski / Marcin Matkowski 6 4 6 3 6 3       4 Relja Dulić Fišer Bartłomiej Dąbrowski 3 6 2 6 1 6       5 Janko Tipsarević Krystian Pfeiffer 6 2 7$^8$ 6$^6$ 0 6 4 6 6 4 ||||

## Third round
### Greece vs. Denmark

| Greece 3 | Athens Lawn Tennis Club, Athens, Greece 21–23 September 2001 Clay | Athens Lawn Tennis Club, Athens, Greece 21–23 September 2001 Clay | Denmark 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Solon Peppas Kristian Pless 3 6 1 6 1 6       2 Vasilis Mazarakis Thomas Larsen 6 4 6 0 6 3       3 Konstantinos Economidis / Anastasios Vasiliadis Kristian Pless / Jonathan Printzlau 6 1 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 7$^7$ 6$^3$     4 Vasilis Mazarakis Kristian Pless 4 6 3 6 6 3 2 6     5 Konstantinos Economidis Thomas Larsen 6 2 6 2 6 0 ||||

### Luxembourg vs. Israel

| Luxembourg 1 | Mondorf Tennis Club, Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg 21–23 September 2001 Clay | Mondorf Tennis Club, Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg 21–23 September 2001 Clay | Israel 4 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Gilles Müller Harel Levy 5 7 1 6 3 6       2 Mike Scheidweiler Noam Okun 6 3 4 6 6 4 7$^7$ 6$^0$     3 Gilles Müller / Mike Scheidweiler Amir Hadad / Harel Levy 7$^7$ 6$^2$ 6$^7$ 7$^9$ 5 7 7$^7$ 6$^2$ 6 8   4 Mike Scheidweiler Harel Levy 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 2 6 4 6       5 Gilles Kremer Andy Ram 2 6 5 7 ||||