2021 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group III
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Withdrawn nations[]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 |
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1 | ![]() |
67 | 1 |
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70 | 2 | |
2 | ![]() |
83 | 3 |
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85 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
94 | 5 |
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96 | 6 | |
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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 | ![]() |
2–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 11–2 (85%) | 76–47 (62%) | 1 | |
5 | ![]() |
1–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 7–8 (47%) | 62–73 (46%) | 2 | |
4 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 8–1 | 16–3 (84%) | 111–45 (71%) | 1 | |
3 | ![]() |
0–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 6–3 | 13–7 (65%) | 90–64 (58%) | 2 | |
7 | ![]() |
0–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–5 | 9–12 (43%) | 86–98 (47%) | 3 | |
6 | ![]() |
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 |
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3–0 | ![]() |
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2–1 | ![]() |
Relegation | ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
Relegation | N/A | ![]() |
Round Robin[]
Pool A[]
Egypt vs. Benin[]
![]() Egypt 2 |
Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[1] 11 August 2021 Clay |
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Algeria vs. Benin[]
![]() Algeria 1 |
Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[2] 12 August 2021 Clay |
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Egypt vs. Algeria[]
![]() Egypt 3 |
Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[3] 13 August 2021 Clay |
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Pool B[]
Kenya vs. Rwanda[]
![]() Kenya 3 |
Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[4] 11 August 2021 Clay |
![]() Rwanda 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mozambique vs. Ghana[]
![]() Mozambique 3 |
Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[5] 11 August 2021 Clay |
![]() Ghana 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kenya vs. Mozambique[]
![]() Kenya 2 |
Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[6] 12 August 2021 Clay |
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Ghana vs. Rwanda[]
![]() Ghana 0 |
Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[7] 12 August 2021 Clay |
![]() Rwanda 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kenya vs. Ghana[]
![]() Kenya 3 |
Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[8] 13 August 2021 Clay |
![]() Ghana 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mozambique vs. Rwanda[]
![]() Mozambique 2 |
Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[9] 13 August 2021 Clay |
![]() Rwanda 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Play-offs[]
Promotional play-offs[]
Egypt vs. Mozambique[]
![]() Egypt 3 |
Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[10] 14 August 2021 Clay |
![]() Mozambique 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kenya vs. Benin[]
![]() Kenya 1 |
Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[11] 14 August 2021 Clay |
![]() Benin 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Relegation play-off[]
Algeria vs. Rwanda[]
![]() Algeria 3 |
Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[12] 14 August 2021 Clay |
![]() Rwanda 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Final placements[]
Placing | Teams | |
Promoted/First | ![]() |
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Third | ![]() |
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Fifth | ![]() | |
Relegated/Sixth | ![]() | |
Relegated/Seventh | ![]() |
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[]
- ^ "Egypt v Benin". Daviscup.com.
- ^ "Algeria v Benin". Daviscup.com.
- ^ "Egypt v Algeria". Daviscup.com.
- ^ "Kenya v Rwanda". Daviscup.com.
- ^ "Mozambique v Ghana". Daviscup.com.
- ^ "Kenya v Mozambique". Daviscup.com.
- ^ "Ghana v Rwanda". Daviscup.com.
- ^ "Kenya v Ghana". Daviscup.com.
- ^ "Mozambique v Rwanda". Daviscup.com.
- ^ "Egypt v Mozambique". Daviscup.com.
- ^ "Kenya v Benin". Daviscup.com.
- ^ "Algeria v Rwanda". Daviscup.com.
External links[]
- Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone
- 2020–21 Davis Cup