2007 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

The European and African Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2007.

In the European and African Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.

Participating teams

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Draw

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Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
S  Slovakia
Skopje, Macedonia (clay)
bye
byeS  Slovakia5
  Macedonia  Macedonia0
  Macedonia
Esch-sur-Alzette, Lux. (ind. hard)
bye
  Macedonia3
  Luxembourg2
S  Italy
Alghero, Italy (hard)Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
bye
S  Italy4S  Italy2
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
  Luxembourg1  Israel3
  Israel5
  Luxembourg0
Tbilisi, Georgia (indoor carpet)
  Georgia3
Belgrade, Serbia (indoor clay)
  Portugal2
  Portugal  Georgia0
byeS  Serbia5
bye
Rotterdam, Netherlands (indoor hard)
S  Serbia
  Portugal0
S  Netherlands5
bye
Birmingham, England (indoor hard)
  Great Britain
bye  Great Britain4
S  NetherlandsS  Netherlands1
bye
S  Netherlands
  • Luxembourg and Portugal relegated to Group II in 2008.
  • Slovakia, Israel, Serbia, and Great Britain advance to World Group Play-off.

First Round Matches

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Israel vs. Luxembourg

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Israel
5
Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel[1]
9–11 February 2007
Hard
 
Luxembourg
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Noam Okun
Gilles Kremer
6
0
6
0
6
1
     
2  
 
Dudi Sela
Gilles Müller
4
6
6
4
6
2
77
61
   
3  
 
Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram
Laurent Bram / Mike Scheidweiler
77
65
6
0
6
3
     
4  
 
Andy Ram
Laurent Bram
6
2
5
7
6
4
     
5  
 
Dudi Sela
Gilles Kremer
6
4
7
5
       

Georgia vs. Portugal

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Georgia
3
Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi, Georgia[2]
9–11 February 2007
Carpet (indoor)
 
Portugal
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Irakli Labadze
Rui Machado
7
5
6
3
77
63
     
2  
 
Lado Chikhladze
Frederico Gil
6
3
77
62
63
77
6
4
   
3  
 
Lado Chikhladze / Irakli Labadze
Gastão Elias / Frederico Gil
78
66
67
79
77
64
5
7
6
3
 
4  
 
George Chantouria
Pedro Sousa
2
6
4
6
       
5  
 
George Khrikadze
Gastão Elias
3
6
65
77
       

Second Round Matches

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Slovakia vs. Macedonia

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Slovakia
5
Tennis Club JUG, Skopje, Macedonia
6–8 April 2007
clay (outdoor)
 
Macedonia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Michal Mertiňák
Lazar Magdinčev
6
3
6
2
4
6
6
4
   
2  
 
Dominik Hrbatý
Predrag Rusevski
6
2
6
3
6
3
     
3  
 
Dominik Hrbatý / Michal Mertiňák
Lazar Magdinčev / Predrag Rusevski
6
2
6
1
6
2
     
4  
 
Pavol Červenák
Ilija Martinoski
6
3
6
4
       
5  
 
Ivo Klec
Dimitar Grabuloski
6
2
6
3
       

Israel vs. Italy

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Israel
3
Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel[3]
6–8 April 2007
Hard
 
Italy
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Dudi Sela
Andreas Seppi
6
3
7
5
1
6
3
6
6
3
 
2  
 
Noam Okun
Simone Bolelli
7
5
7
5
6
4
     
3  
 
Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram
Daniele Bracciali / Potito Starace
6
3
77
64
77
65
     
4  
 
Noam Okun
Andreas Seppi
64
77
61
77
       
5  
 
Dudi Sela
Simone Bolelli
5
7
3
6
       

Serbia vs. Georgia

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Serbia
5
Sportski Centar Kovilovo, Belgrade, Serbia[4]
6–8 April 2007
Clay (indoor)
 
Georgia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Novak Djokovic
George Chantouria
6
1
5
0
       
retired
2  
 
Janko Tipsarević
Lado Chikhladze
6
4
6
4
7
5
     
3  
 
Ilija Bozoljac / Nenad Zimonjić
Lado Chikhladze / George Khrikadze
7
5
6
4
6
3
     
4  
 
Ilija Bozoljac
Lado Chikhladze
4
6
6
3
78
66
     
5  
 
Janko Tipsarević
George Khrikadze
6
0
6
1
       

Great Britain vs. Netherlands

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Great Britain
4
National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, Great Britain
6–8 April 2007
hard (indoor)
 
Netherlands
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Andy Murray
Raemon Sluiter
6
3
7
5
6
2
     
2  
 
Tim Henman
Robin Haase
77
64
6
3
77
64
     
3  
 
Jamie Murray / Greg Rusedski
Robin Haase / Rogier Wassen
6
1
3
6
6
3
77
65
   
4  
 
Jamie Murray
Robin Haase
6
4
60
77
2
6
     
5  
 
Tim Henman
Igor Sijsling
6
2
6
3
       

First Round Play-offs Matches

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Italy vs. Luxembourg

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Italy
4
Tennis Club Alghero, Alghero, Italy[5]
20–22 July 2007
Hard
 
Luxembourg
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Potito Starace
Laurent Bram
6
1
6
3
6
4
     
2  
 
Andreas Seppi
Gilles Müller
6
1
6
1
6
4
     
3  
 
Daniele Bracciali / Potito Starace
Gilles Müller / Mike Scheidweiler
3
6
6
1
4
6
6
4
6
3
 
4  
 
Daniele Bracciali
Gilles Kremer
3
6
        retired
 
5  
 
Federico Luzzi
Laurent Bram
6
4
6
4
       

Second Round Play-offs Matches

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Macedonia vs. Luxembourg

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Macedonia
3
National Tennis Centre (CNT), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
21–23 September 2007
Hard (indoor)
 
Luxembourg
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Lazar Magdinčev
Gilles Müller
2
6
77
64
6
3
1
6
6
3
 
2  
 
Predrag Rusevski
Gilles Kremer
6
4
3
6
6
3
5
7
6
4
 
3  
 
Lazar Magdinčev / Predrag Rusevski
Gilles Müller / Mike Scheidweiler
77
64
4
6
7
5
2
6
3
6
 
4  
 
Ilija Martinoski
Gilles Müller
3
6
4
6
3
6
     
5  
 
Lazar Magdinčev
Gilles Kremer
6
1
6
3
61
77
63
77
6
4
 

Netherlands vs. Portugal

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Netherlands
5
Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands[6]
21–23 September 2007
Hard (indoor)
 
Portugal
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Raemon Sluiter
Frederico Gil
6
2
6
1
6
3
     
2  
 
Robin Haase
Gastão Elias
6
1
6
1
2
6
5
7
6
2
 
3  
 
Jesse Huta Galung / Peter Wessels
Gastão Elias / Frederico Gil
6
2
65
77
77
65
6
3
   
4  
 
Robin Haase
Frederico Gil
6
3
6
4
       
5  
 
Jesse Huta Galung
Rui Machado
6
3
3
6
6
2
     

References

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  1. ^ "Israel v Luxembourg". daviscup.com.
  2. ^ "Georgia v Portugal". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Israel v Italy". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Serbia v Georgia". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Italy v Luxembourg". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Netherlands v Portugal". daviscup.com.