2011 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group III

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2011.

In the Europe/Africa Zone there were three different groups in which teams competed against each other to advance to the next group.

The Division III tournament was held in the Week commencing 4 July 2011 at the Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt playing on outdoor clay courts.[1]

Participating teams

•  Algeria
•  Benin
•  Ivory Coast
•  Egypt
•  Ghana
•  Kenya
•  Madagascar
•  Nigeria
•  Rwanda
•  Zimbabwe

Format

It was held on 4–9 July 2011 at the Smash Tennis Academy in Cairo, Egypt on outdoor clay courts.

The ten nations were split into two pools and played in a round robin format. The group winners played one playoff game against each other to decide which team will be promoted.

Group stage

Group A

• Rwanda withdrew from the competition and a walkover was given to their opponents in Group A.

Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	Pts
Egypt	4	4	0	12	0	4
Madagascar	4	3	1	7	5	3
Benin	4	2	2	7	5	2
Nigeria	4	1	3	4	8	1
Rwanda	4	0	4	0	12	0

Madagascar vs. Benin

Madagascar 2	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[2] 4 July 2011 clay		Benin 1
1 2 3 1 Lofo Ramiaramanan Christophe Pognon 6 4 6 4     2 Antso Rakotondramanga Alexis Klegou 3 6 2 6     3 Antso Rakotondramanga / Lofo Ramiaramanan Alexis Klegou / Christophe Pognon 6 4 6 4

Egypt vs. Benin

Egypt 3	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[3] 5 July 2011 clay		Benin 0
1 2 3 1 Sherif Sabry Maglorie Yakpa 6 1 6 1     2 Mohamed Safwat Alexis Klegou 7 5 6 2     3 Karim-Mohamed Maamoun / Sherif Sabry Alexis Clegou / Tunde Segodo 7^7 6^4 6 2

Egypt vs. Nigeria

Egypt 3	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[4] 6 July 2011 clay		Nigeria 0
1 2 3 1 Sherif Sabry Lawal Shehu 6 3 6 2     2 Mohamed Safwat Abdul-Mumin Babalola 6 2 6 4     3 Sherif Sabry / Mohamed Safwat Abdul-Mumin Babalola / Lawal Shehu 6 2 7^7 6^1

Madagascar vs. Nigeria

Madagascar 2	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[5] 7 July 2011 clay		Nigeria 1
1 2 3 1 Jacob Rasolondrazana Sunday Emmanuel 7 5 6 4     2 Antso Rakotondramanga Abdul-Mumin Babalola 5 7 5 7     3 Antso Rakotondramanga / Lofo Ramiaramanan Abdul-Mumin Babalola / Lawal Shehu 3 6 6 4 6 3

Egypt vs. Madagascar

Egypt 3	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[6] 8 July 2011 clay		Madagascar 0
1 2 3 1 Sherif Sabry Jacob Rasolondrazana 6 3 6 4     2 Mohamed Safwat Lofo Ramiaramanan 6 4 4 6 6 1   3 Karim-Mohamed Maamoun / Mohamed Safwat Antso Rakotondramanga / Jacob Rasolondrazana 6 3 6 3

Benin vs. Nigeria

Benin 3	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[7] 8 July 2011 clay		Nigeria 0
1 2 3 1 Christophe Pognon Sunday Emmanuel 5 7 5 7     2 Alexis Klegou Abdul-Mumin Babalola 6 2 1 6 2 6   3 Tunde Segodo / Maglorie Yakpa Abdul-Mumin Babalola / Sunday Emmanuel 1 6 0 6

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	Pts
Algeria	4	4	0	9	3	4
Zimbabwe	4	3	1	9	3	3
Ghana	4	2	2	6	6	2
Ivory Coast	4	1	3	6	6	1
Kenya	4	0	4	0	12	0

Algeria vs. Kenya

Algeria 3	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[8] 4 July 2011 clay		Kenya 0
1 2 3 1 Sid Ali Akili Dennis Ochieng 6 1 6 1     2 Abdelhak Hameurlaine Francis Thuku Mwangi 6 0 6 1     3 Mohamed Amine Kerroum / Mohamed-Rebha Ouahab Gilbert Kibet / Ismael Changawa Ruwa 6 2 6 2

Zimbabwe vs. Cote d'Ivoire

Zimbabwe 2	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[9] 4 July 2011 clay		Ivory Coast 1
1 2 3 1 Mark Fynn Valentin Sanon 7 5 6 0     2 Takanyi Garanganga Terence Nugent 5 7 4 6     3 Mark Fynn / Takanyi Garanganga Terence Nugent / Aboubacar Sigue 1 6 6 3 7^7 6^5

Algeria vs. Cote d'Ivoire

Algeria 2	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[10] 5 July 2011 clay		Ivory Coast 1
1 2 3 1 Sid Ali Akili Aboubacar Sigue 7 5 6^8 7^10 6 4   2 Abdelhak Hameurlaine Terence Nugent 6 4 3 6 2 6   3 Abdelhak Hameurlaine / Mohamed-Redha Ouahab Terence Nugent / Aboubacar Sigue 6^6 7^8 6 1 6 3

Ghana vs. Kenya

Ghana 3	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[11] 5 July 2011 clay		Kenya 0
1 2 3 1 Raymond Hayford Dennis Ochieng 6 1 6 1     2 Emmanuel Mensah Francis Thuku Mwangi 6 1 6 0     3 Robert Mensah Kpodo / Emmanuel Mensah Gilbert Kibet / Francis Thuku Mwangi 6 2 6 1

Algeria vs. Ghana

Algeria 2	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[12] 6 July 2011 clay		Ghana 1
1 2 3 1 Sid Ali Akili Raymond Hayford 7 5 6 1     2 Abdelhak Hameurlaine Emmanuel Mensah 6 4 6 1     3 Mohamed Amine Kerroum / Mohamed-Redha Ouahab Robert Mensah Kpodo / Emmanuel Mensah 5 7 1 6

Zimbabwe vs. Kenya

Zimbabwe 3	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[13] 6 July 2011 clay		Kenya 0
1 2 3 1 Benjamin Lock Gilbert Kibet 6 1 6 1     2 Takanyi Garanganga Francis Thuku Mwangi 6 1 6 3     3 Mark Fynn / Benjamin Lock Dennis Ochieng / Ismael Changawa Ruwa 6 0 6 1

Zimbabwe vs. Ghana

Zimbabwe 3	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[14] 7 July 2011 clay		Ghana 0
1 2 3 1 Mark Fynn Raymond Hayford 6 0 6 1     2 Takanyi Garanganga Emmanuel Mensah 6 3 6 4     3 Mark Fynn / Benjamin Lock Robert Mensah Kpodo / Emmanuel Mensah 6 2 7 5

Cote d'Ivoire vs. Kenya

Ivory Coast 3	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[15] 7 July 2011 clay		Kenya 0
1 2 3 1 Aboubacar Sigue Gilbert Kibet 6 0 4 6 6 0   2 Terence Nugent Dennis Ochieng 6 2 6 3     3 Lavry Sylvain N'Yaba / Aboubacar Sigue Francis Thuku Mwangi / Ismael Changawa Ruwa 6 1 4 6 7 5

Algeria vs. Zimbabwe

Algeria 2	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[16] 8 July 2011 clay		Zimbabwe 1
1 2 3 1 Sid Ali Akili Mark Fynn 6 4 6 4     2 Abdelhak Hameurlaine Takanyi Garanganga 6 4 6 4     3 Mohamed Amine Kerroum / Mohamed-Redha Ouahab Mark Fynn / Benjamin Lock 2 6 3 6

Ghana vs. Cote d'Ivoire

Ghana 2	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[17] 8 July 2011 clay		Ivory Coast 1
1 2 3 1 Raymond Hayford Aboubacar Sigue 7 5 3 6 6^5 7^7   2 Emmanuel Mensah Lavry Sylvain N'Yaba 6 2 6^9 7^11 6 3   3 Robert Mensah Kpodo / Emmanuel Mensah Lavry Sylvain N'Yaba / Aboubacar Sigue 6 1 6 4

Playoffs

Zimbabwe vs. Egypt

Zimbabwe 0	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[18] 9 July 2011 clay		Egypt 2
1 2 3 1 Benjamin Lock Sherif Sabry 0 6 3 6     2 Takanyi Garanganga Mohamed Safwat 2 6 5 7     3 Mark Fynn / Takanyi Garanganga Sherif Sabry / Mohamed Safwat       not played

Madagascar vs. Algeria

Madagascar 2	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[19] 9 July 2011 clay		Algeria 1
1 2 3 1 Jacob Rasolondrazana Sid Ali Akili 3 6 7 5 6 2   2 Lofo Ramiaramanan Abdelhak Hameurlaine 6 3 3 6 0 6   3 Antso Rakotondramanga / Lofo Ramiaramanan Abdelhak Hameurlaine / Mohamed-Rebha Ouahab 6 1 6 1

Ghana vs. Benin

Ghana 0	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[20] 9 July 2011 clay		Benin 3
1 2 3 1 Raymond Hayford Tunde Segodo 4 6 5 7     2 Emmanuel Mensah Alexis Klegou 2 6 6 4 1 6   3 Japheth Anwasiba Bagerbaseh / Robert Mensah Kpodo Tunde Segodo / Magloire Yakpa 3 6 2 6

Nigeria vs. Cote d'Ivoire

Nigeria 2	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[21] 9 July 2011 clay		Ivory Coast 1
1 2 3 1 Henry Atseye Aboubacar Sigue 6 4 1 6 4 6   2 Lawal Shehu Lavry Sylvain N'Yaba 6 4 6 1     3 Henry Atseye / Lawal Shehu Lavry Sylvain N'Yaba / Aboubacar Sigue 6 1 6 4

Rwanda vs. Kenya

This match was scratched and Kenya were awarded ninth place as Rwanda withdrew from the tournament.

References

1. Format
2. "Madagascar vs. Benin". daviscup.com.
3. "Egypt vs. Benin". daviscup.com.
4. "Egypt vs. Nigeria". daviscup.com.
5. "Madagascar vs. Nigeria". daviscup.com.
6. "Egypt vs. Madagascar". daviscup.com.
7. "Benin vs. Nigeria". daviscup.com.
8. "Algeria vs. Kenya". daviscup.com.
9. "Zimbabwe vs. Cote d'Ivoire". daviscup.com.
10. "Algeria vs. Cote d'Ivoire". daviscup.com.
11. "Ghana vs. Kenya". daviscup.com.
12. "Algeria vs. Ghana". daviscup.com.
13. "Zimbabwe vs. Kenya". daviscup.com.
14. "Zimbabwe vs. Ghana". daviscup.com.
15. "Cote d'Ivoire vs. Kenya". daviscup.com.
16. "Algeria vs. Zimbabwe". daviscup.com.
17. "Ghana vs. Cote d'Ivoire". daviscup.com.
18. "Zimbabwe vs. Egypt". daviscup.com.
19. "Madagascar vs. Algeria". daviscup.com.
20. "Ghana vs. Benin". daviscup.com.
21. "Nigeria vs. Cote d'Ivoire". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup draw details