2005 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

The European and African Zone was one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2005.

In the European and African Zone there were four different groups in which teams competed 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  Great Britain
Ramat Hasharon, Israel (hard)
bye
  IsraelS  Great Britain3
bye  Israel2
  Israel
Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)
bye
  Israel4
  Zimbabwe1
S  Belgium
Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro (clay)
bye
byeS  Belgium3
Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro (indoor clay)
  Zimbabwe  Serbia and Montenegro2
  Serbia and Montenegro5
  Zimbabwe0
Luxembourg City, Lux. (indoor hard)
  Italy5
Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard)Rome, Italy (clay)
  Luxembourg0
  Luxembourg3  Italy4
S  Morocco2S  Morocco1
bye
Khemisset, Morocco (clay)
S  Morocco
S  Morocco4
  South Africa1
bye
Doornfontein, South Africa (indoor hard)
  South Africa
  South Africa  South Africa2
byeS  Germany3
bye
S  Germany
  • Zimbabwe and South Africa relegated to Group II in 2006.
  • Great Britain, Belgium, Italy, and Germany advance to World Group Play-off.

First Round Matches

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Serbia and Montenegro vs. Zimbabwe

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Serbia and Montenegro
5
Novosadski Sajam Hala, Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro[1]
4–6 March 2005
Clay (indoor)
 
Zimbabwe
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Novak Djokovic
Genius Chidzikwe
6
4
6
0
6
4
     
2  
 
Janko Tipsarević
Gwinyai Tongoona
6
3
6
2
6
1
     
3  
 
Dušan Vemić / Nenad Zimonjić
Genius Chidzikwe / Gwinyai Tongoona
77
63
6
0
6
3
     
4  
 
Janko Tipsarević
Zibusiso Ncube
6
0
6
2
       
5  
 
Novak Djokovic
Pfungwa Mahefu
6
1
6
2
       

Italy vs. Luxembourg

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Italy
5
Centre National Sportif et Culturel D'Coque, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg[2]
4–6 March 2005
Hard (indoor)
 
Luxembourg
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Daniele Bracciali
Gilles Müller
77
64
64
77
6
4
6
4
   
2  
 
Potito Starace
Mike Scheidweiler
6
3
6
1
6
2
     
3  
 
Daniele Bracciali / Giorgio Galimberti
Gilles Müller / Mike Scheidweiler
6
4
6
4
66
78
7
5
   
4  
 
Potito Starace
Gilles Kremer
6
4
6
2
       
5  
 
Andreas Seppi
Laurent Bram
77
64
6
3
       

Second Round Matches

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Great Britain vs. Israel

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Great Britain
3
Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel[3]
4–6 March 2005
Hard
 
Israel
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Greg Rusedski
Harel Levy
6
4
6
3
6
0
     
2  
 
Alex Bogdanović
Noam Okun
63
77
2
6
2
6
     
3  
 
Andy Murray / David Sherwood
Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram
6
4
77
65
2
6
77
65
   
4  
 
Greg Rusedski
Noam Okun
6
3
6
4
6
2
     
5  
 
David Sherwood
Harel Levy
77
61
4
6
3
6
     

Belgium vs. Serbia and Montenegro

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Belgium
3
Tennis Club Gemax, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro[4]
29 April – 1 May 2005
Clay
 
Serbia and Montenegro
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Christophe Rochus
Janko Tipsarević
6
2
6
4
5
7
4
6
1
6
 
2  
 
Olivier Rochus
Novak Djokovic
1
6
7
5
63
77
6
1
6
3
 
3  
 
Dick Norman / Kristof Vliegen
Dušan Vemić / Nenad Zimonjić
6
3
6
4
3
6
6
4
   
4  
 
Olivier Rochus
Janko Tipsarević
710
68
6
3
63
77
2
6
4
6
 
5  
 
Kristof Vliegen
Novak Djokovic
6
3
6
3
3
6
6
2
   

Italy vs. Morocco

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Italy
4
Foro Italico, Rome, Italy[5]
28–30 April 2005
Clay
 
Morocco
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Potito Starace
Mounir El Aarej
6
0
3
6
7
5
6
0
   
2  
 
Filippo Volandri
Younes El Aynaoui
6
2
6
4
6
1
     
3  
 
Daniele Bracciali / Giorgio Galimberti
Younes El Aynaoui / Mehdi Tahiri
7
5
6
1
6
2
     
4  
 
Filippo Volandri
Mounir El Aarej
3
6
6
1
1
6
     
5  
 
Potito Starace
Mehdi Tahiri
6
1
3
6
6
4
     

South Africa vs. Germany

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South Africa
2
Ellis Park Tennis Stadium, Doornfontein, South Africa[6]
4–6 March 2005
Hard (indoor)
 
Germany
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Wesley Moodie
Nicolas Kiefer
6
4
77
63
64
77
3
6
2
6
 
2  
 
Wayne Ferreira
Tommy Haas
3
6
0
6
63
77
     
3  
 
Jeff Coetzee / Wesley Moodie
Nicolas Kiefer / Rainer Schüttler
6
3
77
64
7
5
     
4  
 
Wesley Moodie
Tommy Haas
65
77
6
2
4
6
6
3
10
8
 
5  
 
Wayne Ferreira
Rainer Schüttler
1
6
2
6
4
6
     

First Round Play-offs Matches

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Luxembourg vs. Morocco

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Luxembourg
3
National Tennis Centre, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg[7]
15–17 July 2005
Hard (indoor)
 
Morocco
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Gilles Müller
Mehdi Tahiri
711
69
4
6
61
77
77
62
4
6
 
2  
 
Gilles Kremer
Mounir El Aarej
6
3
7
5
6
4
     
3  
 
Gilles Müller / Mike Scheidweiler
Mounir El Aarej / Mehdi Tahiri
6
0
6
4
5
7
77
62
   
4  
 
Gilles Müller
Mounir El Aarej
6
3
6
4
64
77
6
3
   
5  
 
Laurent Bram
Mehdi Tahiri
5
7
4
6
       

Second Round Play-offs Matches

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Israel vs. Zimbabwe

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Israel
4
Harare City Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe[8]
23–25 September 2005
Hard (indoor)
 
Zimbabwe
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Dudi Sela
Wayne Black
1
6
64
77
77
62
3
6
   
2  
 
Noam Okun
Genius Chidzikwe
6
2
77
63
6
3
     
3  
 
Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram
Wayne Black / Gwinyai Tongoona
6
2
6
3
6
3
     
4  
 
Dudi Sela
Genius Chidzikwe
6
4
6
4
6
3
     
5  
 
Noam Okun
Stefan D'Almeida
6
0
6
2
       

Morocco vs. South Africa

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Morocco
4
Club Olympic de Tennis Khemisset, Khemisset, Morocco[9]
23–25 September 2005
Clay
 
South Africa
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Mounir El Aarej
Justin Bower
6
4
6
4
3
6
4
6
8
6
 
2  
 
Mehdi Tahiri
Rik De Voest
2
6
6
2
6
4
4
6
6
2
 
3  
 
Talal Ouahabi / Mehdi Ziadi
Jeff Coetzee / Chris Haggard
64
77
77
62
6
4
3
6
5
7
 
4  
 
Mounir El Aarej
Rik De Voest
6
3
6
4
7
5
     
5  
 
Mehdi Tahiri
Justin Bower
7
5
77
62
       

References

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  1. ^ "Serbia and Montenegro v Zimbabwe". daviscup.com.
  2. ^ "Luxembourg v Italy". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Israel v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Serbia and Montenegro v Belgium". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Italy v Morocco". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "South Africa v Germany". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Luxembourg v Morocco". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Zimbabwe v Israel". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Morocco v South Africa". daviscup.com.

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