2021 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group III

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The Africa Zone was the unique zone within Group 3 of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2021. The zone's competition was held in round robin format in Cairo, Egypt, from 11 to 14 August 2021.

Participating nations[]

Withdrawn nations[]

Draw[]

Date: 11–18 August 2021

Location: Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt (clay)

Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools – one of four teams and one of three teams – and nations will play each team once in their group. Nations finishing in the top two of each group will play-off for promotion, with the winner of Group A facing the runner-up of Group B, and the winner of Group B facing the runner-up of Group A.

The two teams finishing third in their groups will enter a relegation play-off, with the beaten team joining the team finishing fourth in contesting Africa Group IV in 2022.

Seeding[]

Pot Nation Rank1 Seed
1  Egypt 67 1
 Kenya 70 2
2  Mozambique 83 3
 Algeria 85 4
3  Benin 94 5
 Ghana 96 6
 Rwanda 99 7
  • 1Davis Cup Rankings as of 8 March 2021

Round Robin[]

Pool A[]

  EGY BEN ALG RR
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Game
W–L 		Standings
1  Egypt 2–1 3–0 5–1 11–2 (85%) 76–47 (62%) 1
5  Benin 1–2 2–1 3–3 7–8 (47%) 62–73 (46%) 2
4  Algeria 0–3 1–2 1–5 3–11 (21%) 54–72 (43%) 3

Pool B[]

  KEN MOZ RWA GHA RR
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Game
W–L 		Standings
2  Kenya 3–0 3–0 3–0 8–1 16–3 (84%) 111–45 (71%) 1
3  Mozambique 0–3 2–1 3–0 6–3 13–7 (65%) 90–64 (58%) 2
7  Rwanda 0–3 1–2 3–0 4–5 9–12 (43%) 86–98 (47%) 3
6  Ghana 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–9 2–17 (11%) 36–113 (24%) 4

Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-team ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-team ties, (a) percentage of sets won (head-to-head records if two teams remain tied), then (b) percentage of games won (head-to-head records if two teams remain tied), then (c) Davis Cup rankings.

Playoffs[]

Placing A Team Score B Team
Promotional  Egypt 3–0  Mozambique
Promotional  Benin 2–1  Kenya
Relegation  Algeria 3–0  Rwanda
Relegation N/A  Ghana

Round Robin[]

Pool A[]

Egypt vs. Benin[]


Egypt
2 		Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[1]
11 August 2021
Clay
Benin
1
1 2 3
1 Egypt
Benin
6
2 		6
0 		   
2 Egypt
Benin 		Mohamed Safwat
Alexis Klégou 		77
62 		6
2 		   
3 Egypt
Benin 		 / 
Alexis Klégou /  		6
4 		2
6 		65
77 		 

Algeria vs. Benin[]


Algeria
1 		Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[2]
12 August 2021
Clay
Benin
2
1 2 3
1 Algeria
Benin
6
0 		3
6 		6
1 		 
2 Algeria
Benin
Alexis Klégou 		2
6 		4
6 		   
3 Algeria
Benin 		 / 
Alexis Klégou /  		6
4 		4
6 		3
6 		 

Egypt vs. Algeria[]


Egypt
3 		Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[3]
13 August 2021
Clay
Algeria
0
1 2 3
1 Egypt
Algeria
6
4 		77
63 		   
2 Egypt
Algeria 		Mohamed Safwat
 6
3 		6
3 		   
3 Egypt
Algeria 		 / 
 /  		6
0 		6
4 		   

Pool B[]

Kenya vs. Rwanda[]


Kenya
3 		Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[4]
11 August 2021
Clay
Rwanda
0
1 2 3
1 Kenya
Rwanda
6
1 		6
1 		   
2 Kenya
Rwanda
77
64 		6
2 		   
3 Kenya
Rwanda 		 / 
 /  		6
4 		6
2 		   

Mozambique vs. Ghana[]


Mozambique
3 		Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[5]
11 August 2021
Clay
Ghana
0
1 2 3
1 Mozambique
Ghana 		N/A
N/A 		      w/o
 
2 Mozambique
Ghana 		N/A
N/A 		      w/o
 
3 Mozambique
Ghana 		N/A / N/A
N/A / N/A 		      w/o
 

Kenya vs. Mozambique[]


Kenya
2 		Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[6]
12 August 2021
Clay
Mozambique
1
1 2 3
1 Kenya
Mozambique
Bruno Nhavene 		65
77 		4
6 		   
2 Kenya
Mozambique
Franco Mata 		6
1 		1
0 		   
retired
3 Kenya
Mozambique 		 / 
Bruno Nhavene /  		6
2 		4
6 		6
2 		 

Ghana vs. Rwanda[]


Ghana
0 		Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[7]
12 August 2021
Clay
Rwanda
3
1 2 3
1 Ghana
Rwanda 		Benjamin Palm
 4
6 		2
6 		   
2 Ghana
Rwanda
6
3 		5
7 		1
3 		retired
 
3 Ghana
Rwanda 		 / Benjamin Palm
 /  		1
6 		6
3 		64
77 		 

Kenya vs. Ghana[]


Kenya
3 		Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[8]
13 August 2021
Clay
Ghana
0
1 2 3
1 Kenya
Ghana
6
2 		6
0 		   
2 Kenya
Ghana
Benjamin Palm 		6
3 		0
0 		   
retired
3 Kenya
Ghana 		 / 
 / Benjamin Palm 		      w/o
 

Mozambique vs. Rwanda[]


Mozambique
2 		Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[9]
13 August 2021
Clay
Rwanda
1
1 2 3
1 Mozambique
Rwanda 		Bruno Nhavene
 4
6 		6
3 		6
3 		 
2 Mozambique
Rwanda 		Franco Mata
 1
6 		1
6 		   
3 Mozambique
Rwanda 		Franco Mata / Bruno Nhavene
 /  		6
0 		6
2 		   

Play-offs[]

Promotional play-offs[]

Egypt vs. Mozambique[]


Egypt
3 		Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[10]
14 August 2021
Clay
Mozambique
0
1 2 3
1 Egypt
Mozambique
Bruno Nhavene 		6
4 		6
4 		   
2 Egypt
Mozambique 		Mohamed Safwat
 6
1 		6
0 		   
3 Egypt
Mozambique 		 / 
 /  		6
0 		6
1 		   

Kenya vs. Benin[]


Kenya
1 		Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[11]
14 August 2021
Clay
Benin
2
1 2 3
1 Kenya
Benin
6
4 		77
63 		   
2 Kenya
Benin
Alexis Klégou 		5
7 		4
6 		   
3 Kenya
Benin 		 / 
Alexis Klégou /  		3
6 		3
6 		   

Relegation play-off[]

Algeria vs. Rwanda[]


Algeria
3 		Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[12]
14 August 2021
Clay
Rwanda
0
1 2 3
1 Algeria
Rwanda
6
4 		6
0 		   
2 Algeria
Rwanda
6
2 		6
2 		   
3 Algeria
Rwanda 		 / 
 /  		6
1 		6
0 		   

Final placements[]

Placing Teams
Promoted/First  Egypt  Benin
Third  Mozambique  Kenya
Fifth  Algeria
Relegated/Sixth  Rwanda
Relegated/Seventh  Ghana
  •  Egypt and  Benin were promoted to 2022 Davis Cup World Group II Play-offs.
  •  Rwanda and  Ghana were relegated to 2022 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group IV.

References[]

  1. ^ "Egypt v Benin". Daviscup.com.
  2. ^ "Algeria v Benin". Daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Egypt v Algeria". Daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Kenya v Rwanda". Daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Mozambique v Ghana". Daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Kenya v Mozambique". Daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Ghana v Rwanda". Daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Kenya v Ghana". Daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Mozambique v Rwanda". Daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Egypt v Mozambique". Daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Kenya v Benin". Daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Algeria v Rwanda". Daviscup.com.

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