2018 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – play-offs

The play-offs of the 2018 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I were the final stages of the Group I zonal competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Using the positions determined in their pools, the fourteen teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2018 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I. The top two teams advanced to World Group II play-offs, and the bottom two teams were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

Pool results

Placing	Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
1	Serbia	Great Britain	Hungary	Latvia
2	Bulgaria	Estonia	Croatia	Poland
3	—	—	Slovenia	Turkey
4	Georgia	Portugal	Sweden	Austria

Promotional play-offs

The first placed teams of each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds. The winner of each round advanced to the World Group II play-offs.

Serbia vs. Latvia

Serbia
1

Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia^[1]
10 February
Hard (indoors)

Latvia
2

		1	2
1	Olga Danilović Anastasija Sevastova	6 2	6 4
2	Dejana Radanović Jeļena Ostapenko	2 6	1 6
3	Olga Danilović / Bojana Marinković Jeļena Ostapenko / Anastasija Sevastova	1 6	2 6

Great Britain vs. Hungary

Great Britain
2

Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia^[2]
10 February
Hard (indoors)

Hungary
0

		1	2	3
1	Heather Watson Dalma Gálfi	3 6	6 1	6 4
2	Johanna Konta Fanny Stollár	6 3	6 1
3	Katie Boulter / Anna Smith Dalma Gálfi / Fanny Stollár				not played

5th place play-off

The runner-up teams from pools A and D, and B and C competed in order to establish which two teams would place joint fifth in the final standings and which two would place joint seventh.

Bulgaria vs. Poland

Bulgaria
0

Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia^[3]
10 February
Hard (indoors)

Poland
2

		1	2
1	Petia Arshinkova Iga Świątek	0 6	4 6
2	Isabella Shinikova Magdalena Fręch	5 7	3 6
3	Petia Arshinkova / Julia Terziyska Alicja Rosolska / Iga Świątek			not played

Estonia vs. Croatia

Estonia
2

Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia^[4]
10 February
Hard (indoors)

Croatia
1

		1	2	3
1	Saara Orav Ana Biškić	3 6	6 4	6 2
2	Katriin Saar Tena Lukas	6 2	5 7	1 6
3	Elena Malygina / Saara Orav Ana Biškić / Tena Lukas	6 2	4 6	7 5

Relegation play-offs

The teams placing last in each pool competed to keep their place in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I. The bottom-placed team from group A faced the bottom-placed team from Group D, whilst Group B's and Group C's bottom-placed teams faced off. The losers were relegated to the 2019 Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

Georgia vs. Austria

Georgia
2

Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia^[5]
10 February
Hard (indoors)

Austria
1

		1	2	3
1	Sofia Shapatava Julia Grabher	6 3	4 6	6 4
2	Ekaterine Gorgodze Barbara Haas	6⁵ 7⁷	6 2	3 6
3	Oksana Kalashnikova / Sofia Shapatava Julia Grabher / Barbara Haas	6 4	3 6	6 2

Portugal vs. Sweden

Portugal
0

Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia^[6]
10 February
Hard (indoors)

Sweden
2

		1	2
1	Francisca Jorge Cornelia Lister	2 6	2 6
2	Maria João Koehler Rebecca Peterson	4 6	0 6
3	Francisca Jorge / Maria João Koehler Mirjam Björklund / Jacqueline Cabaj Awad			not played

Final placements

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	Latvia	Great Britain
Third	Serbia	Hungary
Fifth	Poland	Estonia
Seventh	Bulgaria	Croatia
Ninth	Turkey	Slovenia
Eleventh	Georgia	Sweden
Relegated/Thirteenth	Austria	Portugal

Great Britain and Latvia were promoted to 2018 Fed Cup World Group II play-offs
Austria and Portugal were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2019

References

^ "Serbia v Latvia". fedcup.com.
^ "Great Britain v Hungary". fedcup.com.
^ "Bulgaria v Poland". fedcup.com.
^ "Estonia v Croatia". fedcup.com.
^ "Georgia v Austria". fedcup.com.
^ "Portugal v Sweden". fedcup.com.

External links

Fed Cup website

[1] "Serbia v Latvia". fedcup.com.

[2] "Great Britain v Hungary". fedcup.com.

[3] "Bulgaria v Poland". fedcup.com.

[4] "Estonia v Croatia". fedcup.com.

[5] "Georgia v Austria". fedcup.com.

[6] "Portugal v Sweden". fedcup.com.

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