1998 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Zone A

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

In the Europe/Africa 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 Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 1999, whereas the bottom two teams were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 1999.

Participating nations[]

Draw[]

• Venue: Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo
• Date: 21–25 January

Group A

		EST	GHA	CYP	MAD	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
	Estonia		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	8–1 (89%)	12–9 (57%)	1
	Ghana	1–2		3–0	2–1	2–1	6–3 (67%)	13–7 (65%)	2
	Cyprus	0–3	0–3		3–0	1–2	3–6 (33%)	8–14 (36%)	3
	Madagascar	0–3	1–2	0–3		0–3	1–8 (11%)	10–13 (43%)	4

Group B

		TOG	GRE	BIH	KEN	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
	Togo		3–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	7–2 (78%)	12–8 (60%)	1
	Greece	0–3		3–0	1–2	1–2	4–5 (44%)	12–10 (55%)	2
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–2	0–3		3–0	1–2	4–5 (44%)	8–10 (44%)	3
	Kenya	1–2	2–1	0–3		1–2	3–6 (33%)	7–11 (39%)	4

1st to 4th place play-offs

3rd-4th Play-Off

Semifinals

Final

A1

Estonia

0

B2

Greece

3

A1

Estonia

2

B2

Greece

2

A2

Ghana

1

B1

Togo

1

A2

Ghana

0

B1

Togo

2

5th to 8th place play-offs

7th-8th Play-Off

5th-8th Play-Offs

5th-6th Play-Off

A3

Cyprus

0

B4

Kenya

3

A3

Cyprus

0

B4

Kenya

0

A4

Madagascar

3

B3

Bosnia and Herzegovina

3

A4

Madagascar

1

B3

Bosnia and Herzegovina

2

Final standings[]

Rank	Team
1	Greece
2	Togo
3	Estonia
4	Ghana
5	Bosnia and Herzegovina
6	Kenya
7	Madagascar
8	Cyprus

•  Greece and  Togo promoted to Group II in 1999.
•  Madagascar and  Cyprus relegated to Group IV in 1999.

Round robin[]

Group A[]

Cyprus vs. Estonia[]

Cyprus 1	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo[1] 21 January 1998		Estonia 2
1 2 3 1 Rene Busch 5 7 6 2 3 6   2 77 64 6 3     3  /  Andrei Luzgin /  4 6 4 6

Ghana vs. Madagascar[]

Ghana 2	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo[2] 21 January 1998		Madagascar 1
1 2 3 1 6 3 6 3     2 Franklyn Ofori 4 6 77 65 6 3   3  /   /  3 6 5 7

Cyprus vs. Ghana[]

Cyprus 0	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo[3] 22 January 1998		Ghana 3
1 2 3 1 6 3 5 7 3 6   2 Franklyn Ofori 2 6 2 6     3  /   /  3 6 0 6

Estonia vs. Madagascar[]

Estonia 2	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo[4] 22 January 1998		Madagascar 1
1 2 3 1 Rene Busch 1 6 6 4 6 4   2 Andrei Luzgin 6 3 4 6 2 6   3  /   /  7 5 7 5

Cyprus vs. Madagascar[]

Cyprus 2	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo[5] 23 January 1998		Madagascar 1
1 2 3 1 3 6 6 2 6 3   2 77 64 2 6 6 4   3  /   /  3 6 1 6

Estonia vs. Ghana[]

Estonia 2	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo[6] 23 January 1998		Ghana 1
1 2 3 1 Rene Busch 5 7 6 2 6 0   2 6 3 3 0     retired 3 Andrei Luzgin /   / Franklyn Ofori 1 6 2 6

Group B[]

Togo vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina[]

Togo 2	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo[7] 21 January 1998		Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
1 2 3 1 Jean-Kome Loglo 6 4 6 4     2 Kristijan Čapalik 6 2 6 2     3  /   / Kristijan Čapalik 4 6 3 6

Greece vs. Kenya[]

Greece 1	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo 21 January 1998 [8]		Kenya 2
1 2 3 1 Nikos Rovas 6 3 3 6 2 6   2 Anastasios Vasiliadis Paul Wekesa 4 6 4 6     3  / Anastasios Vasiliadis  /  6 4 6 3

Togo vs. Greece[]

Togo 3	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo[9] 22 January 1998		Greece 0
1 2 3 1 Jean-Kome Loglo Nikos Rovas 4 6 6 3 6 4   2 Anastasios Vasiliadis 3 6 6 2 6 1   3 Jean-Kome Loglo /   /  67 79 6 1 6 4

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Kenya[]

Bosnia and Herzegovina 3	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo[10] 22 January 1998		Kenya 0
1 2 3 1 6 4 6 2     2 Kristijan Čapalik Paul Wekesa 6 3 6 3     3  / Kristijan Čapalik  /  6 3 6 4

Togo vs. Kenya[]

Togo 2	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo[11] 23 January 1998		Kenya 1
1 2 3 1 Jean-Kome Loglo 6 0 6 4     2 Paul Wekesa 65 77 1 1     retired 3  /   /  1 6 5 7

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Greece[]

Bosnia and Herzegovina 0	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo 23 January 1998 [12]		Greece 3
1 2 3 1 Nikos Rovas 1 6 4 6     2 Kristijan Čapalik Anastasios Vasiliadis 3 6 2 6     3  / Kristijan Čapalik  / Anastasios Vasiliadis 1 6 4 6

1st to 4th place play-offs[]

Semifinals[]

Greece vs. Estonia[]

Greece 3	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo[13] 24 January 1998		Estonia 0
1 2 3 1 Nikos Rovas 7 5 6 2     2 Anastasios Vasiliadis Andrei Luzgin 6 3 6 4     3  /  Rene Busch /  6 3 7 5

Togo vs. Ghana[]

Togo 3	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo[14] 24 January 1998		Ghana 0
1 2 3 1 Jean-Kome Loglo 6 2 7 5     2 Franklyn Ofori 6 3 77 65     3  /   /  6 1 4 6 6 3

Final[]

Togo vs. Greece[]

Togo 1	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo[15] 25 January 1998		Greece 2
1 2 3 1 Jean-Kome Loglo Nikos Rovas 78 66 6 4     2 Anastasios Vasiliadis 62 77 3 6     3 Jean-Kome Loglo /   / Anastasios Vasiliadis 65 77 4 6

3rd to 4th play-off[]

Ghana vs. Estonia[]

Ghana 1	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo[16] 25 January 1998		Estonia 2
1 2 3 1 Andrei Luzgin 3 6 3 6     2 7 5 6 1     3  / Franklyn Ofori Andrei Luzgin /  77 65 3 6 5 7

5th to 8th place play-offs[]

5th to 8th play-offs[]

Kenya vs. Cyprus[]

Kenya 3	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo[17] 24 January 1998		Cyprus 0
1 2 3 1 4 6 77 62 6 1   2 6 1 6 1     3  /   /  6 3 6 4

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Madagascar[]

Bosnia and Herzegovina 2	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo[18] 24 January 1998		Madagascar 1
1 2 3 1 6 2 6 1     2 Kristijan Čapalik 6 1 7 5     3  /   /  63 77 3 6

5th to 6th play-off[]

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Kenya[]

Bosnia and Herzegovina 3	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo[19] 25 January 1998		Kenya 0
1 2 3 1 6 1 6 2     2 Kristijan Čapalik 6 2 6 2     3  /   /  6 2 6 3

7th to 8th play-off[]

Madagascar vs. Cyprus[]

Madagascar 3	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo[20] 25 January 1998		Cyprus 0
1 2 3 1 6 4 6 1     2 77 62 7 5     3  /   /  6 3 4 6 6 2

References[]

External links[]

• Davis Cup official website