South Africa will play Israel in the Davis Cup Euro/Africa Group 1 competition in February.
That’s after Israel won their home relegation tie against Romania in Ramat Hasharon at the weekend.
Israel won 5-0 and were the last team in the Euro/Africa Group 1 to maintain their Group 1 status for the 2018 competition.
Newly promoted South Africa won their place in Group 1 last month as they travelled to Scandinavia and beat Denmark 4-1.
The tie against Israel will be contested between 2-3 February next year in the newly announced two-day Davis Cup format.
South Africa will have home advantage as the last (and only) encounter between the two nations took place in 2001 in Israel with the hosts beating South Africa 3-2.
Tennis South Africa (TSA) confirmed that no venue for the February tie had yet been decided and applications from various provinces to host the tie were being considered.
Picture of SA’s Davis Cup team celebrating victory over Denmark courtesy of BLD Communications