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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

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Withdrawn nations

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Draw

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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

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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

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Pool A

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  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

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  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

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

Round Robin

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Pool A

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Egypt vs. Benin

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Egypt
2
Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[1]
11 August 2021
Clay

Benin
1
1 2 3
1 Egypt
Benin
Amr Asrawy
Delmas N'Tcha
6
2
6
0
   
2 Egypt
Benin
Mohamed Safwat
Alexis Klégou
77
62
6
2
   
3 Egypt
Benin
Adham Gaber / Sherif Makhlouf
Alexis Klégou / Delmas N'Tcha
6
4
2
6
65
77
 

Algeria vs. Benin

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Algeria
1
Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[2]
12 August 2021
Clay

Benin
2
1 2 3
1 Algeria
Benin
Youcef Rihane
Delmas N'Tcha
6
0
3
6
6
1
 
2 Algeria
Benin
Nazim Makhlouf
Alexis Klégou
2
6
4
6
   
3 Algeria
Benin
Nazim Makhlouf / Youcef Rihane
Alexis Klégou / Delmas N'Tcha
6
4
4
6
3
6
 

Egypt vs. Algeria

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Egypt
3
Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[3]
13 August 2021
Clay

Algeria
0
1 2 3
1 Egypt
Algeria
Amr Asrawy
Youcef Rihane
6
4
77
63
   
2 Egypt
Algeria
Mohamed Safwat
Nazim Makhlouf
6
3
6
3
   
3 Egypt
Algeria
Adham Gaber / Sherif Makhlouf
Mohamed Amine Aïssa Khelifa / Aymen Abderrahmene Ali Moussa
6
0
6
4
   

Pool B

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Kenya vs. Rwanda

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Kenya
3
Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[4]
11 August 2021
Clay

Rwanda
0
1 2 3
1 Kenya
Rwanda
Albert Njogu
Etienne Niyigena
6
1
6
1
   
2 Kenya
Rwanda
Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai
Bertin Karenzi
77
64
6
2
   
3 Kenya
Rwanda
Kevin Cheruiyot / Ibrahim Kibet Yego
Junior Joseph Mfashingabo / Joshua Muhire
6
4
6
2
   

Mozambique vs. Ghana

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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

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Kenya
2
Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[6]
12 August 2021
Clay

Mozambique
1
1 2 3
1 Kenya
Mozambique
Albert Njogu
Bruno Nhavene
65
77
4
6
   
2 Kenya
Mozambique
Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai
Franco Mata
6
1
1
0
   
retired
3 Kenya
Mozambique
Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai / Ibrahim Kibet Yego
Bruno Nhavene / Jaime Sigauque
6
2
4
6
6
2
 

Ghana vs. Rwanda

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Ghana
0
Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[7]
12 August 2021
Clay

Rwanda
3
1 2 3
1 Ghana
Rwanda
Benjamin Palm
Etienne Niyigena
4
6
2
6
   
2 Ghana
Rwanda
Japheth Anwasiba Bagerbaseh
Bertin Karenzi
6
3
5
7
1
3
retired
 
3 Ghana
Rwanda
Samuel Agbesi Osei Antwi / Benjamin Palm
Bertin Karenzi / Etienne Niyigena
1
6
6
3
64
77
 

Kenya vs. Ghana

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Kenya
3
Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[8]
13 August 2021
Clay

Ghana
0
1 2 3
1 Kenya
Ghana
Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai
Samuel Agbesi Osei Antwi
6
2
6
0
   
2 Kenya
Ghana
Ibrahim Kibet Yego
Benjamin Palm
6
3
0
0
   
retired
3 Kenya
Ghana
Albert Njogu / Ibrahim Kibet Yego
Samuel Agbesi Osei Antwi / Benjamin Palm
      w/o
 

Mozambique vs. Rwanda

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Mozambique
2
Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[9]
13 August 2021
Clay

Rwanda
1
1 2 3
1 Mozambique
Rwanda
Bruno Nhavene
Etienne Niyigena
4
6
6
3
6
3
 
2 Mozambique
Rwanda
Franco Mata
Bertin Karenzi
1
6
1
6
   
3 Mozambique
Rwanda
Franco Mata / Bruno Nhavene
Bertin Karenzi / Etienne Niyigena
6
0
6
2
   

Play-offs

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Promotional play-offs

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Egypt vs. Mozambique

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Egypt
3
Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[10]
14 August 2021
Clay

Mozambique
0
1 2 3
1 Egypt
Mozambique
Amr Asrawy
Bruno Nhavene
6
4
6
4
   
2 Egypt
Mozambique
Mohamed Safwat
Jaime Sigauque
6
1
6
0
   
3 Egypt
Mozambique
Adham Gaber / Sherif Makhlouf
Armando Sigauque / Jaime Sigauque
6
0
6
1
   

Kenya vs. Benin

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Kenya
1
Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[11]
14 August 2021
Clay

Benin
2
1 2 3
1 Kenya
Benin
Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai
Delmas N'Tcha
6
4
77
63
   
2 Kenya
Benin
Ibrahim Kibet Yego
Alexis Klégou
5
7
4
6
   
3 Kenya
Benin
Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai / Ibrahim Kibet Yego
Alexis Klégou / Delmas N'Tcha
3
6
3
6
   

Relegation play-off

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Algeria vs. Rwanda

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Algeria
3
Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[12]
14 August 2021
Clay

Rwanda
0
1 2 3
1 Algeria
Rwanda
Mohamed Amine Aïssa Khelifa
Joshua Muhire
6
4
6
0
   
2 Algeria
Rwanda
Youcef Rihane
Bertin Karenzi
6
2
6
2
   
3 Algeria
Rwanda
Mohamed Amine Aïssa Khelifa / Aymen Abderrahmene Ali Moussa
Junior Joseph Mfashingabo / Joshua Muhire
6
1
6
0
   

Final placements

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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

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  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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