Coppa Europa Montecatini, Italy December 1-5, 1999 Groups Belgium Arnaud Fontaine Michel Deville Bertrand Tinck Bulgaria Orlin Stanoytchev Milen Velev Ivo Bratanov Dimo Tolev Czech Republic Jan Vacek Martin Stepanek Jaroslav Levinsky Germany Jan-Ralph Brandt Sebastian Jaeger Jakub Herm-Zahlava Michael Berrer Great Britain Tom Spinks Mark Hilton Simon Dickson Greece Anastasios Vasiliadis Konstantinos Economidis Nikos Rovas Pantelis Moschoutis Italy Igor Gaudi Giorgio Galimberti Filippo Volandri Daniele Bracciali Netherlands Melle van Gemerden Gordon Bergraaf Tim Schouten Michel Schapers Spain German Puentes Eduardo Nicolas Juan Balcells Sweden Andreas Vinciguerra Johan Settergren Robert Lindstedt First Round Belgium d. Great Britain 2-1 Singles Michel Deville (BEL) d. Mark Hilton (GBR) 7-6 6-1 Tom Spinks (GBR) d. Arnaud Fontaine (BEL) 6-4 6-2 Doubles Michel Deville/Arnaud Fontaine (BEL) d. Tom Spinks/Simon Dickson (GBR) 7-5 7-5 Germany d. Netherlands 3-0 Singles Jakub Herm-Zahlava (GER) d. Gordon Bergraaf (NED) 5-7 6-2 6-3 Jan-Ralph Brandt (GER) d. Melle van Gemerden (NED) 6-2 4-6 7-6 Doubles Jakub Herm-Zahlava/Sebastian Jaeger (GER) d. Gordon Bergraaf/Melle van Gemerden (NED) 6-4 4-6 7-5 Quarterfinals (1)Spain d. Greece 2-1 Singles Juan Balcells (ESP) d. Konstantinos Economidis (GRE) 6-4 6-2 Anastasios Vasiliadis (GRE) d. German Puentes (ESP) 6-2 6-3 Doubles Juan Balcells/Eduardo Nicolas (ESP) d. Konstantinos Economidis/Anastasios Vasiliadis (GRE) 6-3 2-6 7-6 (3)Italy d. Belgium 2-1 Singles Michel Deville (BEL) d. Filippo Volandri (ITA) 3-6 7-6 5-4 ret. Igor Gaudi (ITA) d. Arnaud Fontaine (BEL) 6-2 6-2 Doubles Giorgio Galimberti/Daniele Bracciali (ITA) d. Michel Deville/Arnaud Fontaine (BEL) 6-2 6-4 (4)Bulgaria d. Germany 2-1 Singles Milen Velev (BUL) d. Jakub Herm-Zahlava (GER) 6-1 6-3 Orlin Stanoytchev (BUL) d. Jan-Ralph Brandt (GER) 6-3 6-4 Doubles Sebastian Jaeger/Jakub Herm-Zahlava (GER) d. Dimo Tolev/Ivo Bratanov (BUL) 6-4 3-6 6-3 (2)Sweden d. Czech Republic 2-1 Singles Martin Stepanek (CZE) d. Johan Settergren (SWE) 6-4 6-3 Andreas Vinciguerra (SWE) d. Jan Vacek (CZE) 6-4 6-1 Doubles Robert Lindstedt/Andreas Vinciguerra (SWE) d. Jaroslav Levinsky/Martin Stepanek (CZE) 6-4 6-4 Semifinals (3)Italy d. (1)Spain 2-1 Singles Juan Balcells (ESP) d. Giorgio Galimberti (ITA) 6-0 7-6 Igor Gaudi (ITA) d. Eduardo Nicolas (ESP) 6-2 7-5 Doubles Giorgio Galimberti/Daniele Bracciali (ITA) d. German Puentes/Juan Balcells (ESP) 6-3 3-6 7-6(7) (2)Sweden d. (4)Bulgaria 2-0 Singles Johan Settergren (SWE) d. Timo Velev (BUL) 6-4 6-2 Andreas Vinciguerra (SWE) d. Orlin Stanoytchev (BUL) 6-2 6-3 Doubles not played Finals (2)Sweden d. (3)Italy 2-1 Singles Giorgio Galimberti (ITA) d. Robert Lindstedt (SWE) 6-4 3-6 6-3 Andreas Vinciguerra (SWE) d. Igor Gaudi (ITA) 6-0 6-2 Doubles Robert Lindstedt/Andreas Vinciguerra (SWE) d. Daniele Bracciali/Giorgio Galimberti (ITA) 6-0 6-2 Consolation Great Britain d. Greece 2-0 Mark Hilton (GBR) d. Nikos Rovas (GRE) 6-3 7-6 Tom Spinks (GBR) d. Konstantinos Economidis (GRE) 6-1 2-6 6-2 Doubles not played Czech Republic d. Netherlands 2-0 Singles Martin Stepanek (CZE) d. Tim Schouten (NED) 6-4 7-6 Jan Vacek (CZE) d. Gordon Bergraaf (NED) 6-3 6-2 Doubles not played Great Britain d. Germany 2-1 Singles Mark Hilton (GBR) d. Michael Berrer (GER) 1-6 6-3 6-4 Jan-Ralph Brandt (GER) d. Tom Spinks (GBR) 3-6 6-4 7-6(2) Doubles Simon Dickson/Tom Spinks (GBR) d. Jan-Ralph Brandt/Sebastian Jaeger (GER) 6-2 7-5 Czech Republic d. Belgium 2-1 Singles Martin Stepanek (CZE) d. Bertrand Tinck (BEL) 6-3 6-7(6) 6-1 Arnaud Fontaine (BEL) d. Jan Vacek (CZE) 6-3 6-7(5) 7-6(3) Doubles Martin Stepanek/Jan Vacek (CZE) d. Michel Deville/Arnaud Fontaine (BEL) 6-1 6-7(7) 6-3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Division One, Group Blue, Sopot, Poland Match Sets Points 1 Croatia (promoted) 7:2 15:7 2 2 Poland 5:4 11:10 2 3 Luxembourg 4:5 11:12 2 4 Monaco (relegated) 2:4 7:14 0 Division One, Group White, Istanbul, Turkey Match Sets Points 1 Slovenia (promoted) 9:0 18:2 3 2 Ireland 4:5 9:13 1 3 Turkey 3:6 7:14 1 4 Austria (relegated) 2:7 9:14 1 Division Two, Espinho, Portugal Match Sets Points 1 Portugal (promoted) 8:1 17:3 3 2 Slovakia (promoted) 7:2 15:7 2 3 Ukraine 3:6 7:12 1 4 Malta 0:9 0:18 0 Division One, Group Blue, Sopot, Poland Croatia 3 Poland 0 Davor Grgic (1014) bt Mariusz Zielinski (-) 7-6 (7-3) 6-7 (9-11) 6-2 Ivan Cinkus (806) bt Michal Gawlowski (932) 6-3 6-3 Cinkus (556)/Grgic (485) bt Gawlowski (477)/Krzystof Kwinta (-) 6-4 7-6 (7-4) Luxembourg 2 Monaco 1 Gilles Müller (-) bt Emmanuel Heussner (-) 6-7 (2-7) 6-3 6-4 Johny Goudenbour (-) bt Arnaud Dalbergue (1080) 6-0 6-0 Frank Eicher (-)/Müller (-) lost to Heussner (-)/Axel Mellet (-) 6-7 (8-10) 3-6 Poland 3 Luxembourg 0 Michal Gawlowski (932) bt Gilles Müller (-) 4-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (11-9) Bartolomiej Dabrowski (339) bt Mike Scheidweiller (846) 1-6 6-0 6-0 Dabrowski (326)/Gawlowski (477) bt Frank Eicher (-)/Johny Goudenbour (-) 6-1 6-3 Croatia 3 Monaco 0 Davor Grgic (1014) bt Emmanuel Heussner (-) 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 7-5 Ivan Cinkus (806) bt Arnold Dalbergue (1080) 7-6 (7-1) 7-5 Cinkus (556)/Grgic (485) bt Christophe Bogetti (-)/Heussner (-) 6-4 6-1 Poland 2 Monaco 1 Mariusz Zielinski (-) lost to Emmanuel Heussner (-) 4-6 6-7 (0-7) Michal Gawlowski (932) bt Arnaud Dalbergue (1080) 6-4 6-1 Bartolomiej Dabrowski (326)/Gawlowski (477) bt Heussner (-)/Christophe Bogetti (-) 6-4 6-4 Luxembourg 2 Croatia 1 Gilles Müller (-) bt Davor Grgic (1014) 6-3 5-7 6-4 Mike Scheidweiller (846) lost to Ivan Cinkus (806) 3-6 6-2 3-6 Gilles Müller (-)/Johny Goudenbour (-) lost to Cinkus (556)/Grgic (485) 7-6 (9-7) 7-6 (7-3) Division One, Group White, Istanbul, Turkey Ireland 3 Turkey 0 Owen Casey (734) bt Akkoyan Haluk (-) 6-2 6-0 Scott Barron (682) bt Üstundag Efe (743) 6-7 (6-8) 6-4 7-5 Barron (-)/Casey (1130) bt Ergün Baris (1255)/Üstundag Efe (541) 6-1 7-6 (7-5) Slovenia 3 Austria 0 Miha Gregorc (561) bt Markus Kanellos (1198) 6-1 7-6 () Marko Tkalec (462) bt Christian Tuscher (969) 6-4 3-6 7-5 Iztok Bozic(408)/Andrej Kracman (439) bt Markus Krenn (-)/Tuscher (-) 6-3 6-4 Slovenia 3 Turkey 0 Miha Gregorc (561) bt Ergün Baris (1207) 6-1 6-3 Marko Tkalec (462) bt Üstundag Efe (743) 6-3 7-6 () Gregorc (826)/Andrej Kracman (439) bt Akkoyun Can (-)/Akkoyun Haluk (-) 6-3 6-1 Austria 2 Ireland 1 Markus Kanellos (1198) bt Owen Casey (734) 6-3 3-6 7-5 Olivier Marach (410) bt Scott Barron (682) 6-2 7-6 (7-2) Kanellos (1277)/Marach (826) bt Barron/Casey (1130) 4-6 6-0 6-3 **NB Clearly one of these results is the wrong way around, but I don't know which; these are as they were in the official release from the European Tennis Association** Turkey 3 Austria 0 Ergün Baris (1207) bt Christian Tuscher (969) 7-6 (7-5) 1-6 6-0 Üstundag Efe (743) bt Olivier Marach (410) 6-3 1-6 7-5 Ergün (1255)/Üstundag (541) bt Markus Kanellos (1277)/Marach (826) 6-4 6-2 Slovenia 3 Ireland 0 Miha Gregorc (561) bt Owen Casey (734) 6-2 6-4 Marko Tkalec (462) bt Scott Barron (682) 6-3 4-6 6-2 Gregorc (826)/Andrej Kracman (439) bt Barron (-)/Robert Collins (-) 6-2 6-2 Division Two, Espinho, Portugal Ukraine 3 Malta 0 Sergiy Yaroshenko (1302) bt Marco Capello (-) 6-1 6-1 Denis Yakimenko (902) bt Mark Schembri (-) 6-0 6-0 Olexandr Yarmola (1277)/Yaroshenko (1277) bt Luke Bonello (-)/Matthew Debono (-) 6-2 6-0 Portugal 2 Slovakia 1 Bernardo Mota (420) lost to Boris Borgula (396) 7-5 3-6 3-6 Nuño Marques (342) bt Ladislav Swarc (381) 6-1 6-7 (4-7) 6-3 Emanuel Couto (197)/Marques (-) bt Frantisek Babej (687)/Borgula (774) 6-4 6-0 Portugal 3 Ukraine 0 Nuño Marques (342) bt Sergiy Yaroshenko (1320) 6-2 6-4 Emanuel Couto (276) bt Denis Yakimenko (914) 6-0 6-4 Emanuel Couto (197)/Mota (330) bt Olexandr Yarmola (1277)/Yaroshenko (1277) 6-3 6-4 Slovakia 3 Malta 0 Frantisek Babej (431) bt Marco Capello (-) 6-4 6-0 Ladislav Swarc (381) bt Mark Schembri (-) 6-1 6-1 Babej (687)/Borgula (774) bt Bonello (-)/Schembri (-) 6-2 6-1 Portugal 3 Malta 0 Bernardo Mota (420) bt Marco Capello (-) 6-2 6-0 Emanuel Couto (276) bt Mark Schembri (-) 6-2 6-1 Nuño Marques (-)/Mota (330) bt Matthew Debono (-)/Schembri (-) 6-1 6-0 Slovakia 3 Ukraine 0 Boris Borgula (396) bt Sergiy Yaroshenko (1320) 5-7 6-2 6-2 Ladislav Swarc (381) bt Denis Yakimenko (914) 4-6 6-1 6-2 Frantisek Babej (687)/Borgula (774) bt Olexandr Yarmola (1277)/Yaroshenko (1277) 6-2 6-0 courtesy Donald Cowey