# 2001 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

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 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 2002.

## Participating nations

* Austria
* Belarus
* Croatia
* Finland
* Great Britain
* Italy
* Portugal
* Slovenia
* Ukraine
* Zimbabwe

### Draw

| Second Round Play-offs | Second Round Play-offs | Second Round Play-offs | First Round Play-offs | First Round Play-offs | First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round |
| | | | | | Great Britain | Great Britain | | | | |
| | | | | | Great Britain | Great Britain | | Solihull, England (indoor carpet) | Solihull, England (indoor carpet) | Solihull, England (indoor carpet) |
| | | | | | bye | bye | | Solihull, England (indoor carpet) | Solihull, England (indoor carpet) | Solihull, England (indoor carpet) |
| | | | bye | bye | bye | bye | | Great Britain | Great Britain | 5 |
| | | | bye | bye | Maia, Portugal (clay) | Maia, Portugal (clay) | Maia, Portugal (clay) | Great Britain | Great Britain | 5 |
| | | | Ukraine | Ukraine | Maia, Portugal (clay) | Maia, Portugal (clay) | Maia, Portugal (clay) | Portugal | Portugal | 0 |
| | | | Ukraine | Ukraine | Ukraine | Ukraine | 2 | Portugal | Portugal | 0 |
| Wels, Austria (indoor hard) | Wels, Austria (indoor hard) | Wels, Austria (indoor hard) | | | Ukraine | Ukraine | 2 | | | |
| Wels, Austria (indoor hard) | Wels, Austria (indoor hard) | Wels, Austria (indoor hard) | | | Portugal | Portugal | 3 | | | |
| Ukraine | Ukraine | 1 | | | Portugal | Portugal | 3 | | | |
| Austria | Austria | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Austria | Austria | 4 | | | Austria | Austria | | | | |
| | | | | | Austria | Austria | | Pula, Croatia (indoor carpet) | Pula, Croatia (indoor carpet) |
| | | | | | bye | bye | | Pula, Croatia (indoor carpet) | Pula, Croatia (indoor carpet) |
| | | | Austria | Austria | bye | bye | | Austria | Austria | 1 |
| | | | bye | bye | | | | Croatia | Croatia | 4 |
| | | | bye | bye | bye | bye | | Croatia | Croatia | 4 |
| | | | | | Croatia | Croatia | | | |
| | | | | | Belarus | Belarus | | | |
| | | | | | Belarus | Belarus | | Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet) | Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet) | Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet) |
| | | | | | bye | bye | | Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet) | Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet) | Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet) |
| | | | bye | bye | bye | bye | | Belarus | Belarus | 3 |
| | | | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | | | | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 2 |
| | | | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | bye | bye | | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 2 |
| Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard) | Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard) | Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard) | | | bye | bye | | | | |
| Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard) | Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard) | Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard) | | | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | | | | |
| Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 3 | | | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | | | | |
| Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 3 | | | Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) | Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) | Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) | | | |
| Slovenia | Slovenia | 2 | | | Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) | Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) | Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) | | | |
| Slovenia | Slovenia | 2 | | | Slovenia | Slovenia | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | Slovenia | Slovenia | 2 | Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) | Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) |
| | | | | | Finland | Finland | 3 | Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) | Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) |
| | | | Slovenia | Slovenia | Finland | Finland | 3 | Finland | Finland | 2 |
| | | | bye | bye | | | | Italy | Italy | 3 |
| | | | bye | bye | bye | bye | | Italy | Italy | 3 |
| | | | | | Italy | Italy | | | | |
* Ukraine and Slovenia relegated to Group II in 2002.
* Great Britain, Croatia, Belarus, and Italy advance to World Group qualifying round.

## First round
### Portugal vs. Ukraine

| Portugal 3 | Maia Tennis Complex, Maia, Portugal 9–11 February 2001 Clay | Maia Tennis Complex, Maia, Portugal 9–11 February 2001 Clay | Ukraine 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Emanuel Couto Andriy Medvedev 7 5 1 6 3 6 2 6     2 Bernardo Mota Andrei Dernovskiy 3 6 6 4 6 3 3 6 6 1   3 Emanuel Couto / Nuno Marques Andrei Dernovskiy / Andriy Medvedev 6 4 4 6 7 5 6 4     4 Bernardo Mota Andriy Medvedev 0 6 1 6 2 6       5 Emanuel Couto Andrei Dernovskiy 6 3 6 4 7$^9$ 6$^7$ ||||

### Finland vs. Slovenia

| Finland 3 | Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland 9–11 February 2001 Carpet (indoors) | Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland 9–11 February 2001 Carpet (indoors) | Slovenia 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Tuomas Ketola Andrej Kračman 6 3 6 3 6 4       2 Jarkko Nieminen Marko Tkalec 6 4 6 2 6 2       3 Ville Liukko / Jarkko Nieminen Andrej Kračman / Borut Urh 4 6 7$^7$ 6$^2$ 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 6$^3$ 7$^7$ 4 6   4 Tuomas Ketola Marko Tkalec 2 6 6$^1$ 7$^7$ 3 2     retired  5 Jarkko Nieminen Andrej Kračman 6 3 6 1 7 5 ||||

## Second round
### Great Britain vs. Portugal

| Great Britain 5 | National Exhibition Centre, Solihull, England 6–8 April 2001 Carpet (indoors) | National Exhibition Centre, Solihull, England 6–8 April 2001 Carpet (indoors) | Portugal 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Tim Henman Tiago Vinhas Sousa 6 2 6 1 6 1       2 Greg Rusedski Emanuel Couto 6 3 6$^3$ 7$^7$ 6 1 6 2     3 Tim Henman / Greg Rusedski Emanuel Couto / António van Grichen 6 1 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 7$^{10}$ 6$^8$       4 Martin Lee António van Grichen 6 2 6 0         5 Lee Childs Tiago Vinhas Sousa 6 1 6 4 ||||

### Croatia vs. Austria

| Croatia 4 | Dom Mladosti Hall, Pula, Croatia 6–8 April 2001 Carpet (indoors) | Dom Mladosti Hall, Pula, Croatia 6–8 April 2001 Carpet (indoors) | Austria 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Goran Ivanišević Stefan Koubek 6 4 6 3 7$^7$ 6$^3$       2 Ivan Ljubičić Julian Knowle 4 6 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 7$^7$       3 Goran Ivanišević / Ivan Ljubičić Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer 6 4 7$^9$ 6$^7$ 4 6 6 3     4 Ivan Ljubičić Stefan Koubek 5 7 6 3 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 6 3     5 Mario Ančić Clemens Trimmel 4 6 6 3 7$^7$ 6$^4$ ||||

### Belarus vs. Zimbabwe

| Belarus 3 | Olympic Tennis Centre, Minsk, Belarus 6–8 April 2001 Carpet (indoors) | Olympic Tennis Centre, Minsk, Belarus 6–8 April 2001 Carpet (indoors) | Zimbabwe 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Vladimir Voltchkov Wayne Black 2 3         retired  2 Max Mirnyi Byron Black 6 3 7 5 6 0       3 Max Mirnyi / Alexander Shvets Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett 7$^8$ 6$^6$ 5 7 3 6 6$^5$ 7$^7$     4 Alexander Shvets Byron Black 6 4 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 6 1       5 Max Mirnyi Kevin Ullyett 6 3 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 7 5 ||||

### Finland vs. Italy

| Finland 2 | Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland 6–8 April 2001 Carpet (indoors) | Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland 6–8 April 2001 Carpet (indoors) | Italy 3 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Ville Liukko Federico Luzzi 4 6 6$^7$ 7$^9$ 6 4 6 3 12 14   2 Jarkko Nieminen Mosé Navarra 6 3 6$^1$ 7$^7$ 2 6 4 6     3 Tuomas Ketola / Jarkko Nieminen Mosé Navarra / Vincenzo Santopadre 5 7 5 7 4 6       4 Jarkko Nieminen Filippo Volandri 6 3 7 5         5 Tapio Nurminen Vincenzo Santopadre 6 3 6 4 ||||

## Second round relegation play-offs
### Austria vs. Ukraine

| Austria 4 | Bosch-Halle, Wels, Austria 21–23 September 2001 Hard (indoors) | Bosch-Halle, Wels, Austria 21–23 September 2001 Hard (indoors) | Ukraine 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Stefan Koubek Andrei Dernovskiy 6 0 6 3 3 6 6 1     2 Markus Hipfl Orest Tereshchuk 6 3 6 1 6 1       3 Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer Andrei Dernovskiy / Orest Tereshchuk 6$^6$ 7$^8$ 6 2 3 6 6 1 3 6   4 Markus Hipfl Andriy Medvedev 6 4 4 6 6 0 6 4     5 Stefan Koubek Taras Demyanenko 6 0 6 3 ||||

### Zimbabwe vs. Slovenia

| Zimbabwe 3 | City Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe 21–23 September 2001 Hard (indoors) | City Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe 21–23 September 2001 Hard (indoors) | Slovenia 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Kevin Ullyett Marko Tkalec 7 5 7 5 6 4       2 Wayne Black Iztok Božič 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 4 6 6 3 3 6 4 6   3 Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett Boštjan Ošabnik / Matija Zgaga 6 3 6 3 6 3       4 Wayne Black Marko Tkalec 6 4 6 4 2 6 6 4     5 Genius Chidzikwe Iztok Božič 6 3 1 6 4 6 ||||