title: 2011 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I
text: # 2011 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I
  
  The Europe and Africa Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2011.
  
  In the Europe and Africa Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.
  
  ## 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | | | 1 | Israel | | | | |
  | | | | | | 1 | Israel | | 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) |
  | | | | bye | bye | | bye | | 1 | Israel | 3 |
  | | | | Poland | Poland | | | | | Poland | 2 |
  | | | | Poland | Poland | Poland | Poland | | | Poland | 2 |
  | Espoo, Finland (indoor hard) | Espoo, Finland (indoor hard) | Espoo, Finland (indoor hard) | | | Poland | Poland | | | | |
  | Espoo, Finland (indoor hard) | Espoo, Finland (indoor hard) | Espoo, Finland (indoor hard) | | | bye | bye | | | | |
  | Poland | Poland | 2 | | | bye | bye | | | | |
  | Finland | Finland | 3 | | | | | | | | |
  | Finland | Finland | 3 | | | 3 | Italy | | | | |
  | | | | | | 3 | Italy | | Arzachena, Italy (clay) | Arzachena, Italy (clay) |
  | | | | | | | bye | | Arzachena, Italy (clay) | Arzachena, Italy (clay) |
  | | | | bye | bye | | bye | | 3 | Italy | 5 |
  | | | | bye | bye | Ljubljana, Slovenia (indoor clay) | Ljubljana, Slovenia (indoor clay) | Ljubljana, Slovenia (indoor clay) | 3 | Italy | 5 |
  | | | | Finland | Finland | Ljubljana, Slovenia (indoor clay) | Ljubljana, Slovenia (indoor clay) | Ljubljana, Slovenia (indoor clay) | | Slovenia | 0 |
  | | | | Finland | Finland | Finland | Finland | 2 | | Slovenia | 0 |
  | | | | | | Slovenia | Slovenia | 3 | | |
  | | | | | | Kharkiv, Ukraine (indoor hard) | Kharkiv, Ukraine (indoor hard) | Kharkiv, Ukraine (indoor hard) | | | |
  | | | | | | Ukraine | Ukraine | 2 | | |
  | | | | | | Ukraine | Ukraine | 2 | Potchefstroom, South Africa (hard) | Potchefstroom, South Africa (hard) | Potchefstroom, South Africa (hard) |
  | | | | | | Netherlands | Netherlands | 3 | Potchefstroom, South Africa (hard) | Potchefstroom, South Africa (hard) | Potchefstroom, South Africa (hard) |
  | | | | Ukraine | Ukraine | Netherlands | Netherlands | 3 | | Netherlands | 1 |
  | | | | bye | bye | | | | 4 | South Africa | 3 |
  | | | | bye | bye | | bye | | 4 | South Africa | 3 |
  | Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard) | Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard) | Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard) | | | | bye | | | | |
  | Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard) | Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard) | Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard) | | | 4 | South Africa | | | | |
  | Ukraine | Ukraine | 1 | | | 4 | South Africa | | | | |
  | Ukraine | Ukraine | 1 | | | Cruz Quebrada, Portugal (clay) | Cruz Quebrada, Portugal (clay) | Cruz Quebrada, Portugal (clay) | | | |
  | Slovakia | Slovakia | 4 | | | Cruz Quebrada, Portugal (clay) | Cruz Quebrada, Portugal (clay) | Cruz Quebrada, Portugal (clay) | | | |
  | Slovakia | Slovakia | 4 | | | Portugal | Portugal | 4 | | | |
  | | | | | | Portugal | Portugal | 4 | Bern, Switzerland (indoor hard) | Bern, Switzerland (indoor hard) |
  | | | | | | Slovakia | Slovakia | 1 | Bern, Switzerland (indoor hard) | Bern, Switzerland (indoor hard) |
  | | | | Slovakia | Slovakia | Slovakia | Slovakia | 1 | | Portugal | 0 |
  | | | | bye | bye | | | | 2 | Switzerland | 5 |
  | | | | bye | bye | | bye | | 2 | Switzerland | 5 |
  | | | | | | 2 | Switzerland | | | | |
  
  * Poland and Ukraine relegated to Group II in 2012.
  * Israel, Italy, South Africa, and Switzerland advance to World Group play-off.
  
  ## First Round Matches
  
  ### Slovenia vs. Finland
  
  | Slovenia 3 | Sportno Rekeacijski Center Tivoli, Ljubljana, Slovenia 4–6 March 2011 clay (indoors) | Sportno Rekeacijski Center Tivoli, Ljubljana, Slovenia 4–6 March 2011 clay (indoors) | Finland 2 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 4 5 1 Grega Žemlja Jarkko Nieminen 6 3 3 6 4 6 3 6     2 Blaž Kavčič Harri Heliövaara 4 6 6 2 6 3 6 4     3 Luka Gregorc / Grega Žemlja Harri Heliövaara / Jarkko Nieminen $6^5$ $7^7$ 6 4 6 4 7 5     4 Blaž Kavčič Jarkko Nieminen 3 6 4 6 6 4 4 6     5 Grega Žemlja Micke Kontinen 2 6 6 3 6 3 6 3 ||||
  
  ### Ukraine vs. Netherlands
  
  | Ukraine 2 | Palace of Sports Lokomotiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine 4–6 March 2011 Hard (indoors) | Palace of Sports Lokomotiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine 4–6 March 2011 Hard (indoors) | Netherlands 3 |
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  | 1 2 3 4 5 1 Sergiy Stakhovsky Robin Haase 6 1 6 4 $6^2$ $7^7$ 4 6 6 2   2 Illya Marchenko Thiemo de Bakker $6^3$ $7^7$ $6^6$ $7^8$ 4 6       3 Sergei Bubka / Sergiy Stakhovsky Robin Haase / Thiemo de Bakker $6^6$ $7^8$ $7^7$ $6^5$ 4 6 $6^9$ $7^{11}$     4 Sergiy Stakhovsky Jesse Huta Galung 6 1 6 4 3 6 $6^4$ $7^7$ 6 4   5 Illya Marchenko Robin Haase 7 6 6 1 $6^3$ $7^7$ 4 6 2 6 ||||
  
  ### Portugal vs. Slovak Republic
  
  | Portugal 4 | Centro Desportivo Nacional do Jamor, Cruz Quebrada, Portugal 4–6 March 2011 clay | Centro Desportivo Nacional do Jamor, Cruz Quebrada, Portugal 4–6 March 2011 clay | Slovakia 1 |
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  | 1 2 3 4 5 1 Frederico Gil Lukáš Lacko 6 2 6 2 6 1       2 Rui Machado Martin Kližan 6 4 6 4 1 6 2 6 6 4   3 Frederico Gil / Leonardo Tavares Michal Mertiňák / Filip Polášek 3 6 4 6 6 1 1 6     4 Rui Machado Lukáš Lacko 6 4 3 6 6 4 6 0     5 João Sousa Martin Kližan 6 2 4 1        retired ||||
  
  ## Second Round Matches
  
  ### Israel vs. Poland
  
  | Israel 3 | Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel 4–6 March 2011 hard (outdoor) | Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel 4–6 March 2011 hard (outdoor) | Poland 2 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 4 5 1 Dudi Sela Marcin Gawron 6 1 6 3 6 4       2 Amir Weintraub Jerzy Janowicz 4 6 6 4 6 2 $6^4$ $7^7$ 6 3   3 Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski 4 6 6 4 6 3 6 1     4 Dudi Sela Jerzy Janowicz $6^5$ $7^7$ 4 6         5 Amir Weintraub Marcin Gawron            w/o ||||
  
  ### Italy vs. Slovenia
  
  | Italy 5 | Circolo Tennistico Corracilvuna, Arzachena, Italy 8–10 July 2011 clay (outdoor) | Circolo Tennistico Corracilvuna, Arzachena, Italy 8–10 July 2011 clay (outdoor) | Slovenia 0 |
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  | 1 2 3 4 5 1 Fabio Fognini Grega Žemlja 1 6 6 4 6 4 6 4     2 Potito Starace Blaž Kavčič 3 6 6 3 6 2 6 4     3 Daniele Bracciali / Potito Starace Blaž Kavčič / Grega Žemlja $7^7$ $6^3$ $7^7$ $6^4$ 6 2       4 Fabio Fognini Aljaž Bedene 6 2 2 2        retired 5 Simone Bolelli Grega Žemlja 7 5 6 3 ||||
  
  ### South Africa vs. Netherlands
  
  | South Africa 3 | Fanie Du Toit Sports Stadium, Potchefstroom, South Africa 8–10 July 2011 hard (outdoor) | Fanie Du Toit Sports Stadium, Potchefstroom, South Africa 8–10 July 2011 hard (outdoor) | Netherlands 1 |
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  | 1 2 3 4 5 1 Rik de Voest Robin Haase $7^7$ $6^5$ 3 6 0 6 4 6     2 Kevin Anderson Thomas Schoorel $6^5$ $7^7$ 6 4 $7^7$ $6^4$ 6 1     3 Kevin Anderson / Rik de Voest Robin Haase / Jesse Huta Galung $6^4$ $7^7$ 6 2 6 4 6 4     4 Kevin Anderson Robin Haase 6 3 3 6 6 2 6 2     5 Rik de Voest Thomas Schoorel           not played ||||
  
  ### Portugal vs. Switzerland
  
  | Portugal 0 | Postfinance Arena, Bern, Switzerland 8–10 July 2011 hard (indoor) | Postfinance Arena, Bern, Switzerland 8–10 July 2011 hard (indoor) | Switzerland 5 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 4 5 1 Frederico Gil Stanislas Wawrinka 5 7 3 6 4 6       2 Rui Machado Roger Federer 7 5 3 6 4 6 2 6     3 Frederico Gil / Leonardo Tavares Roger Federer / Stanislas Wawrinka 3 6 4 6 4 6       4 João Sousa Marco Chiudinelli 3 6 4 6         5 Leonardo Tavares Stanislas Wawrinka $6^1$ $7^7$ 0 6 ||||
  
  ## Second-round play-offs
  
  ### Poland vs. Finland
  
  | Poland 2 | Barona Areena, Espoo, Finland 16–18 September 2011 hard (indoors) | Barona Areena, Espoo, Finland 16–18 September 2011 hard (indoors) | Finland 3 |
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  | 1 2 3 4 5 1 Jerzy Janowicz Henri Kontinen 4 6 3 6 $7^{12}$ $6^{10}$ 3 6     2 Grzegorz Panfil Jarkko Nieminen 4 6 4 6 4 6       3 Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski Henri Kontinen / Jarkko Nieminen $6^1$ $7^7$ $6^5$ $7^7$ 4 6       4 Jerzy Janowicz Harri Heliövaara 6 3 6 4         5 Grzegorz Panfil Henri Kontinen 7 6 6 4 ||||
  
  ### Ukraine vs. Slovak Republic
  
  | Ukraine 1 | Národné tenisové centrum, Bratislava, Slovakia 16–18 September 2011 hard (indoor) | Národné tenisové centrum, Bratislava, Slovakia 16–18 September 2011 hard (indoor) | Slovakia 4 |
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  | 1 2 3 4 5 1 Illya Marchenko Martin Kližan $7^7$ $6^4$ 3 6 1 6 3 6     2 Sergiy Stakhovsky Pavol Červenák 7 5 6 2 6 1       3 Sergei Bubka / Sergiy Stakhovsky Filip Polášek / Igor Zelenay 5 7 $7^7$ $6^3$ 2 6 $7^7$ $6^3$ 4 6   4 Sergiy Stakhovsky Martin Kližan 4 6 6 3 $6^3$ $7^7$ 2 6     5 Artem Smirnov Pavol Červenák 4 6 4 6 ||||
  