# 2002 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2002.
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 2003.

## Participating nations

* Austria
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Finland
* Greece
* Israel
* Italy
* Portugal
* Romania
* Zimbabwe

### Draw

| Second Round Play-offs | Second Round Play-offs | Second Round Play-offs | First Round Play-offs | First Round Play-offs | First Round Play-offs | First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round |
| | | | | | | S | Italy | | | | |
| | | | | | | S | Italy | | Reggio Calabria, Italy (clay) | Reggio Calabria, Italy (clay) | Reggio Calabria, Italy (clay) |
| | | | | | | | bye | | Reggio Calabria, Italy (clay) | Reggio Calabria, Italy (clay) | Reggio Calabria, Italy (clay) |
| | | | S | Italy | | | bye | | S | Italy | 1 |
| | | | | bye | | | | | | Finland | 4 |
| | | | | bye | | Finland | Finland | | | Finland | 4 |
| Follonica, Italy (indoor carpet) | Follonica, Italy (indoor carpet) | Follonica, Italy (indoor carpet) | | | | Finland | Finland | | | | |
| Follonica, Italy (indoor carpet) | Follonica, Italy (indoor carpet) | Follonica, Italy (indoor carpet) | | | | bye | bye | | | | |
| S | Italy | 4 | | | | bye | bye | | | | |
| | Portugal | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Portugal | 1 | | | | S | Belarus | | | | |
| | | | Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet) | Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet) | Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet) | S | Belarus | | Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard) | Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard) |
| | | | Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet) | Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet) | Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet) | | bye | | Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard) | Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard) |
| | | | S | Belarus | 4 | | bye | | S | Belarus | 1 |
| | | | S | Belarus | 4 | Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard) | Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard) | Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard) | S | Belarus | 1 |
| | | | | Portugal | 1 | Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard) | Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard) | Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard) | | Zimbabwe | 4 |
| | | | | Portugal | 1 | Portugal | Portugal | 0 | | Zimbabwe | 4 |
| | | | | | | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 5 | | |
| | | | | | | Tirol, Austria (indoor clay) | Tirol, Austria (indoor clay) | Tirol, Austria (indoor clay) | | | |
| | | | | | | Austria | Austria | 3 | | |
| | | | | | | Austria | Austria | 3 | Constanța, Romania (indoor carpet) | Constanța, Romania (indoor carpet) | Constanța, Romania (indoor carpet) |
| | | | | | | Israel | Israel | 2 | Constanța, Romania (indoor carpet) | Constanța, Romania (indoor carpet) | Constanța, Romania (indoor carpet) |
| | | | Israel | Israel | | Israel | Israel | 2 | | Austria | 0 |
| | | | bye | bye | | | | | S | Romania | 5 |
| | | | bye | bye | | | bye | | S | Romania | 5 |
| Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) | Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) | Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) | | | | | bye | | | | |
| Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) | Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) | Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) | | | | S | Romania | | | | |
| Israel | Israel | 5 | | | | S | Romania | | | | |
| Greece | Greece | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Greece | Greece | 0 | | | | bye | bye | | | | |
| | | | | | | bye | bye | | Liège, Belgium (indoor carpet) | Liège, Belgium (indoor carpet) |
| | | | | | | Greece | Greece | | Liège, Belgium (indoor carpet) | Liège, Belgium (indoor carpet) |
| | | | bye | bye | | Greece | Greece | | | Greece | 0 |
| | | | Greece | Greece | | | | | S | Belgium | 5 |
| | | | Greece | Greece | | | bye | | S | Belgium | 5 |
| | | | | | | S | Belgium | | | | |
* Greece and Portugal relegated to Group II in 2003.
* Belgium, Finland, Romania, and Zimbabwe advance to World Group qualifying round.

## First round
### Zimbabwe vs. Portugal

| Zimbabwe 5 | City Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe 8–10 February 2002 Hard (indoors) | City Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe 8–10 February 2002 Hard (indoors) | Portugal 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Byron Black Emanuel Couto 6 3 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 7 5       2 Wayne Black Bernardo Mota 6 1 3 6 6 3 6 2     3 Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett Emanuel Couto / Nuno Marques 6 4 6 4 6 4       4 Wayne Black Hélder Lopes 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 6 3         5 Genius Chidzikwe Bernardo Mota 3 6 7$^8$ 6$^6$ 7 5 ||||
Genius Chidzikwe became the first black Zimbabwean to win a Davis Cup tennis match

### Austria vs. Israel

| Austria 3 | Tirol, Austria 8–10 February 2002 Clay (indoors) | Tirol, Austria 8–10 February 2002 Clay (indoors) | Israel 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Stefan Koubek Amir Hadad 6 1 6 3 7$^7$ 6$^2$       2 Markus Hipfl Noam Okun 6 3 4 6 6 3 6 1     3 Alexander Peya / Clemens Trimmel Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram 6 2 4 6 7 5 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 2 6   4 Stefan Koubek Noam Okun 6 3 7 5 6 4       5 Markus Hipfl Amir Hadad 3 6 0 3       retired ||||

## Second round
### Italy vs. Finland

| Italy 1 | Rocco Polimeni TC, Reggio Calabria, Italy 5–7 April 2002 Clay | Rocco Polimeni TC, Reggio Calabria, Italy 5–7 April 2002 Clay | Finland 4 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Davide Sanguinetti Kim Tiilikainen 6 2 7 5 3 6 2 6 5 7   2 Giorgio Galimberti Jarkko Nieminen 3 6 2 6 2 6       3 Giorgio Galimberti / Mosé Navarra Lauri Kiiski / Jarkko Nieminen 3 6 6$^{10}$ 7$^{12}$ 3 6       4 Mosé Navarra Timo Nieminen 6 3 7 5         5 Stefano Galvani Kim Tiilikainen 3 6 1 6 ||||

### Zimbabwe vs. Belarus

| Zimbabwe 4 | Harare Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe 5–7 April 2002 Hard (indoors) | Harare Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe 5–7 April 2002 Hard (indoors) | Belarus 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Byron Black Vladimir Voltchkov 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 3 6 4 6       2 Wayne Black Max Mirnyi 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 6 3 4 6 6 4     3 Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett Max Mirnyi / Vladimir Voltchkov 6 3 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 4 6 7$^{14}$ 6$^{12}$     4 Byron Black Max Mirnyi 6 3 7 5 6$^3$ 7$^7$ 6 3     5 Genius Chidzikwe Alexander Skrypko 6 3 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 6 3 ||||

### Romania vs. Austria

| Romania 5 | Urilor Sports Hall, Constanța, Romania 5–7 April 2002 Carpet (indoors) | Urilor Sports Hall, Constanța, Romania 5–7 April 2002 Carpet (indoors) | Austria 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Andrei Pavel Jürgen Melzer 6 1 6 2 6 4       2 Adrian Voinea Stefan Koubek 3 6 7 5 6 3 6 1     3 Andrei Pavel / Gabriel Trifu Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer 3 6 6 1 6 4 6$^6$ 7$^8$ 6 2   4 Andrei Pavel Alexander Peya 6 1 7$^{11}$ 6$^9$         5 Victor Hănescu Jürgen Melzer 6 4 6 4 ||||

### Belgium vs. Greece

| Belgium 5 | Adeps Country Hall, Liège, Belgium 5–7 April 2002 Carpet (indoors) | Adeps Country Hall, Liège, Belgium 5–7 April 2002 Carpet (indoors) | Greece 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Xavier Malisse Nikos Rovas 6 0 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 6 0       2 Olivier Rochus Konstantinos Economidis 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 6 3 6 1       3 Gilles Elseneer / Tom Vanhoudt Konstantinos Economidis / Anastasios Vasiliadis 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 6$^1$ 6 4     4 Gilles Elseneer Anastasios Vasiliadis 6 2 6 2         5 Olivier Rochus Nikos Rovas 7 5 6 3 ||||

## First round relegation play-offs
### Belarus vs. Portugal

| Belarus 4 | Olympic Training Centre, Minsk, Belarus 12–14 July 2002 Carpet (indoors) | Olympic Training Centre, Minsk, Belarus 12–14 July 2002 Carpet (indoors) | Portugal 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Vladimir Voltchkov Bernardo Mota 6 2 6 1 6 2       2 Max Mirnyi Hélder Lopes 6 3 6 3 6 4       3 Max Mirnyi / Vladimir Voltchkov Nuno Marques / Bernardo Mota 6 3 6 0 6 3       4 Alexander Shvets Leonardo Tavares 6 2 7$^7$ 6$^4$         5 Alexander Skrypko Hélder Lopes 6 2 3 6 4 6 ||||

## Second round relegation play-offs
### Italy vs. Portugal

| Italy 4 | Follonica T.C., Follonica, Italy 20–22 September 2002 Carpet (indoors) | Follonica T.C., Follonica, Italy 20–22 September 2002 Carpet (indoors) | Portugal 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Stefano Galvani Bernardo Mota 5 7 3 6 6$^2$ 7$^7$       2 Davide Sanguinetti Leonardo Tavares 6 3 6 2 6 1       3 Massimo Bertolini / Giorgio Galimberti Hélder Lopes / Bernardo Mota 6 3 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 6 3 6 4     4 Davide Sanguinetti Bernardo Mota 6 4 7 5 6 4       5 Stefano Galvani Tiago Godinho 6 4 6 1 ||||

### Israel vs. Greece

| Israel 5 | National Centre, Ramat HaSharon, Israel 20–22 September 2002 Hard | National Centre, Ramat HaSharon, Israel 20–22 September 2002 Hard | Greece 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Harel Levy Eleftherios- Spyridon Alexiou 6 3 6 1 6 2       2 Noam Okun Alexandros Jakoubovits 6 3 6 4 6 2       3 Jonathan Erlich / Amir Hadad Alexandros Jakoubovits / Niko Karagiannis 7 5 6 4 6 2       4 Amir Hadad Eleftherios- Spyridon Alexiou 6 0 6 0         5 Harel Levy Niko Karagiannis 6 4 6 3 ||||