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 Christophe Pognon 6 4 6 4     2 Antso Rakotondramanga Alexis Klegou 3 6 2 6     3 Antso Rakotondramanga /  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 6 1 6 1     2 Mohamed Safwat Alexis Klegou 7 5 6 2     3 Karim-Mohamed Maamoun / Sherif Sabry  /  77 64 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 6 3 6 2     2 Mohamed Safwat 6 2 6 4     3 Sherif Sabry / Mohamed Safwat  /  6 2 77 61

Madagascar vs. Nigeria[]

Madagascar 2	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[5] 7 July 2011 clay		Nigeria 1
1 2 3 1 7 5 6 4     2 Antso Rakotondramanga 5 7 5 7     3 Antso Rakotondramanga /   /  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 6 3 6 4     2 Mohamed Safwat 6 4 4 6 6 1   3 Karim-Mohamed Maamoun / Mohamed Safwat Antso Rakotondramanga /  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 5 7 5 7     2 Alexis Klegou 6 2 1 6 2 6   3  /   /  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 6 1 6 1     2 Abdelhak Hameurlaine 6 0 6 1     3  /   /  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 5 7 4 6     3 Mark Fynn / Takanyi Garanganga  /  1 6 6 3 77 65

Algeria vs. Cote d'Ivoire[]

Algeria 2	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[10] 5 July 2011 clay		Ivory Coast 1
1 2 3 1 7 5 68 710 6 4   2 Abdelhak Hameurlaine 6 4 3 6 2 6   3 Abdelhak Hameurlaine /   /  66 78 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 6 1 6 1     2 6 1 6 0     3  /   /  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 7 5 6 1     2 Abdelhak Hameurlaine 6 4 6 1     3  /   /  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 6 1 6 1     2 Takanyi Garanganga 6 1 6 3     3 Mark Fynn / Benjamin Lock  /  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 6 0 6 1     2 Takanyi Garanganga 6 3 6 4     3 Mark Fynn / Benjamin Lock  /  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 6 0 4 6 6 0   2 6 2 6 3     3  /   /  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 Mark Fynn 6 4 6 4     2 Abdelhak Hameurlaine Takanyi Garanganga 6 4 6 4     3  /  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 7 5 3 6 65 77   2 6 2 69 711 6 3   3  /   /  6 1 6 4

Playoffs[]

1st to 4th Playoff[]

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 3 6 7 5 6 2   2 Abdelhak Hameurlaine 6 3 3 6 0 6   3 Antso Rakotondramanga /  Abdelhak Hameurlaine /  6 1 6 1

5th to 6th Playoff[]

Ghana vs. Benin[]

Ghana 0	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[20] 9 July 2011 clay		Benin 3
1 2 3 1 4 6 5 7     2 Alexis Klegou 2 6 6 4 1 6   3  /   /  3 6 2 6

7th to 8th Playoff[]

Nigeria vs. Cote d'Ivoire[]

Nigeria 2	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[21] 9 July 2011 clay		Ivory Coast 1
1 2 3 1 6 4 1 6 4 6   2 6 4 6 1     3  /   /  6 1 6 4

9th to 10th Play-off[]

Rwanda vs. Kenya[]

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

References[]

External links[]

• Davis Cup draw details