1989 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1989.

In the Europe/Africa Zone there were two 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 IIs in 1990.

Participating nations[edit]

Draw[edit]


First Round		Second Round



Switzerland
		Liestal, Switzerland (clay)
bye
		Switzerland	4

		Romania	1
bye

Romania

Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)

Zimbabwe	1
		Budapest, Hungary (clay)
Hungary	4
		Hungary	4

		Nigeria	1
bye

Nigeria



Great Britain
		Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)
bye
		Great Britain	4
Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard)
		Finland	1
Ireland	0

Finland	5

Porto, Portugal (indoor clay)

Senegal	0
		Best, Netherlands (indoor carpet)
Portugal	5
		Portugal	1

		Netherlands	4
bye

Netherlands

Switzerland, Hungary, Great Britain and Netherlands advance to World Group qualifying round.


	Relegation Play-off

	Limerick, Ireland (carpet)

	Ireland		4

	Senegal		1

Zimbabwe and Senegal relegated to Group II in 1990.

First round[edit]

Zimbabwe vs. Hungary[edit]

Zimbabwe
1

City Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe^[1]
3–5 February 1989
Hard (indoors)

Hungary
4

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Greig Rodger Sándor Noszály	6⁵ 7⁷	2 6	1 6
2	Byron Black András Lányi	3 6	6 2	6⁴ 7⁷	6 4	3 6
3	Byron Black / Greig Rodger András Lányi / László Markovits	2 6	7 5	6 1	5 7	8 10
4	Greig Rodger András Lányi	2 6	2 6
5	Byron Black Sándor Noszály	6 4	4 6	8 6

Ireland vs. Finland[edit]

Ireland
0

Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland^[2]
3–5 February 1989
Hard (indoors)

Finland
5

		1	2	3	4
1	Eoin Collins Veli Paloheimo	2 6	4 6	3 6
2	Owen Casey Olli Rahnasto	5 7	1 6	4 6
3	Owen Casey / Eoin Collins Veli Paloheimo / Olli Rahnasto	4 6	7⁹ 6⁷	1 6	4 6
4	Owen Casey Kimmo Hurme	3 6	6⁵ 7⁷
5	Eoin Collins Olli Rahnasto	7 5	3 6	2 6

Portugal vs. Senegal[edit]

Portugal
5

Porto Tennis Club, Porto, Portugal^[3]
3–5 February 1989
Clay (indoors)

Senegal
0

		1	2	3
1	Nuno Marques Yahiya Doumbia	6 4	6 4	6 4
2	João Cunha e Silva Thierno Ly	6 0	6 0	6 3
3	Nuno Marques / João Cunha e Silva Abou Berthé / Yahiya Doumbia	6 4	6 4	6 2
4	João Cunha e Silva Yahiya Doumbia	2 6	6 1	6 2
5	Nuno Marques Thierno Ly	6 0	6 0

Second round[edit]

Switzerland vs. Romania[edit]

Switzerland
4

Tennisclub Liestal, Liestal, Switzerland^[4]
5–7 May 1989
Clay

Romania
1

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Claudio Mezzadri Adrian Marcu	4 6	6 1	6 4	6 4
2	Jakob Hlasek George Cosac	6 1	1 6	7 5	6 3
3	Heinz Günthardt / Jakob Hlasek George Cosac / Florin Segărceanu	6 4	4 6	6⁴ 7⁷	6 3	9 11
4	Jakob Hlasek Adrian Marcu	7⁷ 6⁴	4 6	6 4	6 4
5	Claudio Mezzadri George Cosac	7⁷ 6⁵	6 1

Hungary vs. Nigeria[edit]

Hungary
4

Dózsa Stadium, Budapest, Hungary^[5]
5–7 May 1989
Clay

Nigeria
1

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Sándor Noszály Nduka Odizor	6 1	2 6	6⁷ 7⁹	6 2	6 3
2	András Lányi Sadiq Abdullahi	6 3	6 3	6 4
3	Gábor Köves / László Markovits Sadiq Abdullahi / Nduka Odizor	6 1	4 6	6 3	6 0
4	András Lányi Nduka Odizor	4 6	7⁷ 6⁵	2 6
5	Sándor Noszály Sadiq Abdullahi	5 2					retired

Finland vs. Great Britain[edit]

Finland
1

Tennispalatsi, Helsinki, Finland^[6]
5–7 May 1989
Carpet (indoors)

Great Britain
4

		1	2	3	4
1	Olli Rahnasto Jeremy Bates	1 6	2 6	5 7
2	Veli Paloheimo Chris Bailey	6 1	6 2	4 6	7⁷ 6³
3	Veli Paloheimo / Olli Rahnasto Jeremy Bates / Andrew Castle	4 6	6⁴ 7⁷	5 7
4	Olli Rahnasto Chris Bailey	4 6	6¹⁰ 7¹²	5 7
5	Veli Paloheimo Jeremy Bates	2 6	5 7

Netherlands vs. Portugal[edit]

Netherlands
4

Best Leisure Centre, Best, Netherlands^[7]
5–7 May 1989
Carpet (indoors)

Portugal
1

		1	2	3	4
1	Michiel Schapers João Cunha e Silva	6 1	6 2	6 2
2	Tom Nijssen Pedro Cordeiro	4 6	6 2	6 2	6 2
3	Tom Nijssen / Michiel Schapers Pedro Cordeiro / João Cunha e Silva	6 1	7 5	6 0
4	Tom Nijssen João Cunha e Silva	6 3	4 6	2 6
5	Michiel Schapers Pedro Cordeiro	6 1	6 2

Relegation play-off[edit]

Ireland vs. Senegal[edit]

Ireland
4

Limerick Lawn Tennis Club, Limerick, Ireland^[8]
5–7 May 1989
Carpet

Senegal
1

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Peter Wright Abou Berthé	6 1	6 1	6 1
2	Robert Dolan Yahiya Doumbia	1 6	4 6	0 6
3	Sean Molloy / Peter Wright Abou Berthé / Yahiya Doumbia	6 4	4 6	5 7	6 3	11 9
4	Peter Wright Yahiya Doumbia	6 3	6 4	6 4
5	Robert Dolan Abou Berthé	6 2	6 3

References[edit]

^ "Zimbabwe v Hungary". daviscup.com.
^ "Ireland v Finland". daviscup.com.
^ "Portugal v Senegal". daviscup.com.
^ "Switzerland v Romania". daviscup.com.
^ "Hungary v Nigeria". daviscup.com.
^ "Finland v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
^ "Netherlands v Portugal". daviscup.com.
^ "Ireland v Senegal". daviscup.com.

External links[edit]

Davis Cup official website

[1] "Zimbabwe v Hungary". daviscup.com.

[2] "Ireland v Finland". daviscup.com.

[3] "Portugal v Senegal". daviscup.com.

[4] "Switzerland v Romania". daviscup.com.

[5] "Hungary v Nigeria". daviscup.com.

[6] "Finland v Great Britain". daviscup.com.

[7] "Netherlands v Portugal". daviscup.com.

[8] "Ireland v Senegal". daviscup.com.

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