1998 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III

The Asia/Oceania Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1998.

In the Asia/Oceania Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. The top two teams in Group III advanced to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 1999, whereas the bottom two teams were relegated to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV in 1999.

Participating nations

•  Kazakhstan
•  Kuwait
•  Malaysia
•  Saudi Arabia
•  Singapore
•  Sri Lanka
•  Syria
•  Tajikistan

Draw

• Venue: National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Date: 15–19 April

Group A

		KAZ	SRI	SYR	SIN	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
	Kazakhstan		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	9–0 (100%)	18–2 (90%)	1
	Sri Lanka	0–3		2–1	3–0	2–1	5–4 (56%)	10–11 (48%)	2
	Syria	0–3	1–2		2–1	1–2	3–6 (33%)	9–12 (43%)	3
	Singapore	0–3	0–3	1–2		0–3	1–8 (11%)	4–16 (20%)	4

Group B

		MAS	TJK	KSA	KUW	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
	Malaysia		1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	5–4 (56%)	11–6 (65%)	1
	Tajikistan	2–1		1–2	2–1	2–1	5–4 (56%)	10–8 (56%)	2
	Saudi Arabia	1–2	2–1		2–1	2–1	5–4 (56%)	10–10 (50%)	3
	Kuwait	1–2	1–2	1–2		0–3	3–6 (33%)	5–12 (29%)	4

1st to 4th place play-offs

3rd-4th Play-off

Semifinals

Final

A1

Kazakhstan

3

B2

Tajikistan

0

B2

Tajikistan

3

A1

Kazakhstan

3

B1

Malaysia

0

A2

Sri Lanka

0

A2

Sri Lanka

2

B1

Malaysia

1

5th to 8th place play-offs

7th-8th Play-off

5th-8th Play-offs

5th-6th Play-off

A3

Syria

2

B4

Kuwait

1

B4

Kuwait

1

A3

Syria

3

A4

Singapore

2

B3

Saudi Arabia

0

A4

Singapore

1

B3

Saudi Arabia

2

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	Kazakhstan
2	Sri Lanka
3	Tajikistan
4	Malaysia
5	Syria
6	Saudi Arabia
7	Singapore
8	Kuwait

•  Kazakhstan and  Sri Lanka promoted to Group II in 1999.
•  Singapore and  Kuwait relegated to Group IV in 1999.

Round robin

Kazakhstan vs. Sri Lanka

Kazakhstan 3	National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [1] 15 April 1998		Sri Lanka 0
1 2 3 1 Pavel Baranov Rohan de Silva 6 4 6 4     2 Alexey Kedryuk Jayendra Wijeyesekera 6 3 6 2     3 Pavel Baranov / Igor Chaldounov Rajeev Rajapakse / Samitha Ranaweera 6 4 6 4

Singapore vs. Syria

Singapore 1	National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [2] 15 April 1998		Syria 2
1 2 3 1 Lim Yang-tat Rabi Bouhassoun 3 6 2 6     2 Lam Ju-min Samir Saadeldin 1 6 2 6     3 Jensen Hiu / Yiu Leng-kar Lays Salim / Jehad Sheet 6 2 6 3

Kazakhstan vs. Singapore

Kazakhstan 3	National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [3] 16 April 1998		Singapore 0
1 2 3 1 Pavel Baranov Jensen Hiu 6 0 5 7 6 4   2 Alexey Kedryuk Lim Yang-tat 6 3 6 3     3 Pavel Baranov / Alexey Kedryuk Lam Ju-min / Lim Yang-tat 6 2 6 4

Sri Lanka vs. Syria

Sri Lanka 2	National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [4] 16 April 1998		Syria 1
1 2 3 1 Rohan de Silva Rabi Bouhassoun 3 6 4 6     2 Jayendra Wijeyesekera Samir Saadeldin 4 6 6 1 6 0   3 Rohan de Silva / Jayendra Wijeyesekera Rabi Bouhassoun / Samir Saadeldin 5 7 6 2 6 1

Kazakhstan vs. Syria

Kazakhstan 3	National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [5] 17 April 1998		Syria 0
1 2 3 1 Pavel Baranov Rabi Bouhassoun 6^4 7^7 6 2 6 3   2 Alexey Kedryuk Samir Saadeldin 6 0 6 0     3 Igor Chaldounov / Alexey Kedryuk Lays Salim / Jehad Sheet 6 2 6 0

Singapore vs. Sri Lanka

Singapore 0	National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [6] 17 April 1998		Sri Lanka 3
1 2 3 1 Lim Yang-tat Rohan de Silva 1 6 6 3 2 6   2 Yiu Leng-kar Jayendra Wijeyesekera 0 6 1 6     3 Jensen Hiu / Yiu Leng-kar Rajeev Rajapakse / Samitha Ranaweera 2 6 5 7

Malaysia vs. Kuwait

Malaysia 2	National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [7] 15 April 1998		Kuwait 1
1 2 3 1 Ramayah Ramachandran Mohammad Ghareeb 5 4     retired   2 Selvam Veerasingam Adel Al-Shatti 7 5 7^7 6^1     3 Vasuthevan Ortchuan / Selvam Veerasingam Adel Al-Shatti / Mohammad Ghareeb 6 1 6 3

Saudi Arabia vs. Tajikistan

Saudi Arabia 2	National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [8] 15 April 1998		Tajikistan 1
1 2 3 1 Bader Mohammed Almuqail Sergey Makashin 6 3 6 2     2 Othman Al-Anazi Mansur Yakhyaev 2 6 3 6     3 Othman Al-Anazi / Bader Mohammed Almuqail Bakhrullo Radjabaliev / Mansur Yakhyaev 6 4 6 0

Malaysia vs. Saudi Arabia

Malaysia 2	National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [9] 16 April 1998		Saudi Arabia 1
1 2 3 1 Vasuthevan Ortchuan Bader Mohammed Almuqail 6 4 3 6 2 6   2 Selvam Veerasingam Othman Al-Anazi 6 2 6 4     3 Vasuthevan Ortchuan / Selvam Veerasingam Othman Al-Anazi / Bader Mohammed Almuqail 6 4 6 3

Kuwait vs. Tajikistan

Kuwait 1	National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [10] 16 April 1998		Tajikistan 2
1 2 3 1 Mohammad Ghareeb Sergey Makashin 6 3 6 3     2 Adel Al-Shatti Mansur Yakhyaev 2 6 3 6     3 Adel Al-Shatti / Mohammad Ghareeb Sergey Makashin / Mansur Yakhyaev 4 6 4 6

Malaysia vs. Tajikistan

Malaysia 1	National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [11] 17 April 1998		Tajikistan 2
1 2 3 1 Abdul-Aziz Shazali Sergey Makashin 1 6 1 6     2 Selvam Veerasingam Mansur Yakhyaev 6^6 7^8 6^13 7^15     3 Vasuthevan Ortchuan / Selvam Veerasingam Sergey Makashin / Mansur Yakhyaev 7^7 6^2 6 1

Saudi Arabia vs. Kuwait

Saudi Arabia 2	National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [12] 17 April 1998		Kuwait 1
1 2 3 1 Bader Mohammed Almuqail Hussain Al-Ghareeb 6 3 4 6 6 2   2 Othman Al-Anazi Mohammad Ghareeb 3 6 4 6     3 Bader Mohammed Almuqail / Farah Al-Somali Mohammad Ghareeb / Adel Al-Shatti 7^7 6^4 6 2

1st to 4th place play-offs

Kazakhstan vs. Tajikistan

Kazakhstan 3	National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [13] 18 April 1998		Tajikistan 0
1 2 3 1 Pavel Baranov Sergey Makashin 6 2 6 4     2 Alexey Kedryuk Mansur Yakhyaev 7^7 6^2 6 1     3 Pavel Baranov / Igor Chaldounov Roustam Amonov / Sergey Makashin 6 2 6 3

Sri Lanka vs. Malaysia

Sri Lanka 2	National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [14] 18 April 1998		Malaysia 1
1 2 3 1 Rohan de Silva Vasuthevan Ortchuan 6 2 6 3     2 Jayendra Wijeyesekera Selvam Veerasingam 5 7 1 6     3 Rohan de Silva / Jayendra Wijeyesekera Ramayah Ramachandran / Selvam Veerasingam 0 6 7 5 6 3

Kazakhstan vs. Sri Lanka

Kazakhstan 3	National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [15] 19 April 1998		Sri Lanka 0
1 2 3 1 Pavel Baranov Rajeev Rajapakse 6 3 6 1     2 Alexey Kedryuk Samitha Ranaweera 6 3 6 3     3 Alexey Kedryuk / Igor Chaldounov Rajeev Rajapakse / Samitha Ranaweera 7 5 6 0

Tajikistan vs. Malaysia

Tajikistan 3	National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [16] 19 April 1998		Malaysia 0
1 2 3 1 Sergey Makashin Abdul-Aziz Shazali 6 4 6 1     2 Mansur Yakhyaev Vasuthevan Ortchuan 6 1 6 3     3 Sergey Makashin / Mansur Yakhyaev Vasuthevan Ortchuan / Abdul-Aziz Shazali 7^7 6^4 6 2

5th to 8th place play-offs

Syria vs. Kuwait

Syria 2	National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [17] 18 April 1998		Kuwait 1
1 2 3 1 Rabi Bouhassoun Mohammad Ghareeb 6 4 6 4     2 Samir Saadeldin Adel Al-Shatti 6 3 6 1     3 Lays Salim / Jehad Sheet Hussain Al-Ghareeb / Ali Hayat 6^8 7^10 3 6

Saudi Arabia vs. Singapore

Saudi Arabia 2	National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [18] 18 April 1998		Singapore 1
1 2 3 1 Bader Mohammed Almuqail Jensen Hiu 6 0 6 2     2 Othman Al-Anazi Lim Yang-tat 3 6 3 6     3 Bader Mohammed Almuqail / Farah Al-Somali Lam Ju-min / Lim Yang-tat 7^7 6^3 6 2

Syria vs. Saudi Arabia

Syria 3	National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [19] 19 April 1998		Saudi Arabia 0
1 2 3 1 Rabi Bouhassoun Farah Al-Somali 6 3 6 2     2 Samir Saadeldin Tawfiq Moafa 6 2 6 0     3 Lays Salim / Jehad Sheet Farah Al-Somali / Tawfiq Moafa 6 3 6 3

Kuwait vs. Singapore

Kuwait 1	National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [20] 19 April 1998		Singapore 2
1 2 3 1 Ali Hayat Jensen Hiu 2 6 2 6     2 Hussain Al-Ghareeb Yiu Leng-kar 2 6 6 3 6 4   3 Hussain Al-Ghareeb / Ali Hayat Jensen Hiu / Yiu Leng-kar 4 6 1 6

References

1. "Kazakhstan v Sri Lanka". daviscup.com.
2. "Singapore v Syria". daviscup.com.
3. "Kazakhstan v Singapore". daviscup.com.
4. "Sri Lanka v Syria". daviscup.com.
5. "Kazakhstan v Syria". daviscup.com.
6. "Singapore v Sri Lanka". daviscup.com.
7. "Malaysia v Kuwait". daviscup.com.
8. "Saudi Arabia v Tajikistan". daviscup.com.
9. "Malaysia v Saudi Arabia". daviscup.com.
10. "Kuwait v Tajikistan". daviscup.com.
11. "Malaysia v Tajikistan". daviscup.com.
12. "Saudi Arabia v Kuwait". daviscup.com.
13. "Kazakhstan v Tajikistan". daviscup.com.
14. "Sri Lanka v Malaysia". daviscup.com.
15. "Kazakhstan v Sri Lanka". daviscup.com.
16. "Tajikistan v Malaysia". daviscup.com.
17. "Syria v Kuwait". daviscup.com.
18. "Saudi Arabia v Singapore". daviscup.com.
19. "Syria v Saudi Arabia". daviscup.com.
20. "Kuwait v Singapore". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup official website