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The European and African Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2010.

Contents

• Participating teams
• Seeds
• Other Nations
• Draw
• First Round Matches
• Italy vs. Belarus
• Poland vs. Finland
• Ukraine vs. Latvia
• Second Round Matches
• Austria vs. Slovakia
• Netherlands vs. Italy
• Finland vs. South Africa
• Ukraine vs. Romania
• First-round play-offs
• Netherlands vs. Belarus
• Second-round play-offs
• Slovakia vs. Belarus
• Poland vs. Latvia
• References

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

Second-round play-offs

First-round play-offs

First Round

Second Round

1

Austria

Bad Gleichenberg, Austria (indoor hard)

bye

bye

1

Austria

3

Slovakia

Slovakia

2

Slovakia

Minsk, Belarus (hard)

bye

Slovakia

4

Belarus

1

3

Netherlands

Zoetermeer, Netherlands (indoor hard)

bye

3

Netherlands

4

3

Netherlands

1

Castellaneta, Italy (clay)

Belarus

1

Italy

4

Italy

5

Belarus

0

Sopot, Poland (indoor hard)

Poland

2

Pretoria, South Africa (hard)

Finland

3

Poland

Finland

0

bye

4

South Africa

4

bye

Riga, Latvia (indoor carpet)

4

South Africa

Poland

3

Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine (indoor hard)

Latvia

2

Ukraine

4

Bucharest, Romania (clay)

Latvia

1

Latvia

Ukraine

1

bye

2

Romania

3

bye

2

Romania

•   Belarus and   Latvia relegated to Group II in 2011.
•   Austria,   Italy,   South Africa, and   Romania advance to 2010 Davis Cup World Group play-offs.

First Round Matches

Italy vs. Belarus

Italy 5	Nova Yardinia, Castellaneta Marina, Italy 5–7 March 2010 clay (outdoor)		Belarus 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Potito Starace Uladzimir Ignatik 6 4 6 1 6 2       2 Fabio Fognini Alexander Bury 6 2 6 4 6 1       3 Simone Bolelli / Filippo Volandri Uladzimir Ignatik / Max Mirnyi 6 1 6 4 6 2       4 Simone Bolelli Uladzimir Ignatik 6 3 6 3         5 Filippo Volandri Andrei Vasilevski 77 63 6 3

Poland vs. Finland

Poland 2	Hala 100-lecia Sopotu, Sopot, Poland 5–7 March 2010 hard (indoor)		Finland 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Michał Przysiężny Jarkko Nieminen 77 65 64 77 77 65 67 79 4 6   2 Łukasz Kubot Henri Kontinen 6 4 6 2 77 65       3 Mariusz Fyrstenberg  /  Marcin Matkowski Henri Kontinen  /  Jarkko Nieminen 6 4 77 64 4 6 6 3     4 Łukasz Kubot Jarkko Nieminen 4 6 66 78 77 64 6 2 5 7   5 Michał Przysiężny Henri Kontinen 4 6 6 3 77 64 64 77 5 7

Ukraine vs. Latvia

Ukraine 4	Megaron Tennis Club, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine 5–7 March 2010 hard (indoor)		Latvia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Illya Marchenko Andis Juška 6 3 6 2 6 4       2 Sergiy Stakhovsky Deniss Pavlovs 6 2 6 3 6 4       3 Sergei Bubka / Sergiy Stakhovsky Andis Juška / Deniss Pavlovs 64 77 3 6 2 6       4 Sergiy Stakhovsky Andis Juška 6 2 5 7 6 4 77 62     5 Ivan Sergeyev Karlis Lejnieks 6 4 66 78 6 1

Second Round Matches

Austria vs. Slovakia

Austria 3	Gleichenberg-Halle, Bad Gleichenberg, Austria 5–7 March 2010 hard (indoor)		Slovakia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Daniel Köllerer Lukáš Lacko 6 2 2 6 65 77 3 6     2 Jürgen Melzer Martin Kližan 6 3 6 3 7 5       3 Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer Michal Mertiňák / Filip Polášek 3 6 6 1 6 3 6 2     4 Jürgen Melzer Lukáš Lacko 77 62 7 5 7 5       5 Daniel Köllerer Martin Kližan 2 6 63 77

Netherlands vs. Italy

Netherlands 1	PWA Silverdome, Zoetermeer, Netherlands 7 – 9 May Hard – Indoors		Italy 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Thiemo de Bakker Simone Bolelli 65 77 65 77 3 6       2 Robin Haase Potito Starace 5 7 3 6 6 2 62 77     3 Robin Haase / Igor Sijsling Simone Bolelli / Potito Starace 6 4 3 6 65 77 4 6     4 Igor Sijsling Paolo Lorenzi 4 6 3 6         5 Robin Haase Daniele Bracciali 79 67 7 5

Finland vs. South Africa

Finland 0	Groenkloof Tennis Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa 7 – 9 May Hard, Outdoors		South Africa 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Harri Helliovaara Izak van der Merwe 3 6 4 6 6 3 3 6     2 Jarkko Nieminen Rik de Voest 7 5 3 6 2 6 7 5 3 6   3 Harri Helliovaara  /  Jarkko Nieminen Rik de Voest  /  Wesley Moodie 2 6 3 6 4 6       4 Timo Nieminen Izak van der Merwe 3 6 4 6         5 Harri Helliovaara Rik de Voest           not played

Ukraine vs. Romania

Ukraine 1	Arenele BNR, București, Bucharest, Romania 7 – 9 May Clay, Outdoors		Romania 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Illya Marchenko Victor Hănescu 61 77 5 7 4 6       2 Sergiy Stakhovsky Adrian Ungur 6 2 63 77 7 5 7 5     3 Sergei Bubka  /  Sergiy Stakhovsky Victor Hănescu  /  Horia Tecău 4 6 4 6 2 6       4 Sergiy Stakhovsky Victor Hănescu 4 6 2 6 5 7       5 Ivan Sergeyev Marius Copil 6 4 1 2       not completed

First-round play-offs

Netherlands vs. Belarus

Netherlands 4	Republic Olympic Training Centre for Tennis, Minsk, Belarus 9 – 11 July Hard, Outdoors		Belarus 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Thiemo de Bakker Andrei Vasilevski 6 2 6 2 7 5       2 Robin Haase Uladzimir Ignatik 4 6 5 7 6 3 6 0 6 3   3 Igor Sijsling  /  Thiemo de Bakker Max Mirnyi  /  Uladzimir Ignatik 7 5 3 6 66 78 6 4 3 6   4 Thiemo de Bakker Uladzimir Ignatik 6 1 77 65 64 77 6 4     5 Robin Haase Andrei Vasilevski 6 3 6 4

Second-round play-offs

Slovakia vs. Belarus

Slovakia 4	Republic Olympic Training Center for Tennis, Minsk, Belarus 17 – 19 September Hard		Belarus 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Martin Kližan Uladzimir Ignatik 69 711 2 6 2 6       2 Lukáš Lacko Siarhei Betau 6 0 6 4 6 4       3 Michal Mertiňák  /  Filip Polášek Uladzimir Ignatik  /  Max Mirnyi 77 65 78 66 3 6 4 6 6 4   4 Lukáš Lacko Uladzimir Ignatik 6 1 3 6 6 1 67 79 6 4   5 Martin Kližan Siarhei Betau 77 62 6 2

Poland vs. Latvia

Poland 3	Olympic Sports Centre, Riga, Latvia 17 – 19 September Carpet		Latvia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Michał Przysiężny Andis Juška 6 3 6 4 6 4       2 Jerzy Janowicz Ernests Gulbis 4 6 4 6 6 3 2 6     3 Mariusz Fyrstenberg  /  Marcin Matkowski Andis Juška  /  Deniss Pavlovs 6 3 6 4 77 64       4 Michał Przysiężny Ernests Gulbis 77 65 1 6 2 6 5 7     5 Jerzy Janowicz Kārlis Lejnieks 7 5 6 4 77 63

References