2011 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group III

Main article: 2011 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2011.

In the Europe/Africa Zone there were three different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. Group III was divided into a European zone and an African zone. The Group III Africa tournament was held in Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt, July 4–9, on outdoor clay courts. ^[1]

Format

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 Lofo Ramiaramanan Christophe Pognon 6 4 6 4     2 Antso Rakotondramanga Alexis Klegou 3 6 2 6     3 Antso Rakotondramanga / Lofo Ramiaramanan 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 Maglorie Yakpa 6 1 6 1     2 Mohamed Safwat Alexis Klegou 7 5 6 2     3 Karim-Mohamed Maamoun / Sherif Sabry Alexis Clegou / Tunde Segodo 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 Lawal Shehu 6 3 6 2     2 Mohamed Safwat Abdul-Mumin Babalola 6 2 6 4     3 Sherif Sabry / Mohamed Safwat Abdul-Mumin Babalola / Lawal Shehu 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 Jacob Rasolondrazana Sunday Emmanuel 7 5 6 4     2 Antso Rakotondramanga Abdul-Mumin Babalola 5 7 5 7     3 Antso Rakotondramanga / Lofo Ramiaramanan Abdul-Mumin Babalola / Lawal Shehu 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 Jacob Rasolondrazana 6 3 6 4     2 Mohamed Safwat Lofo Ramiaramanan 6 4 4 6 6 1   3 Karim-Mohamed Maamoun / Mohamed Safwat Antso Rakotondramanga / Jacob Rasolondrazana 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 Sunday Emmanuel 5 7 5 7     2 Alexis Klegou Abdul-Mumin Babalola 6 2 1 6 2 6   3 Tunde Segodo / Maglorie Yakpa Abdul-Mumin Babalola / Sunday Emmanuel 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 Sid Ali Akili Dennis Ochieng 6 1 6 1     2 Abdelhak Hameurlaine Francis Thuku Mwangi 6 0 6 1     3 Mohamed Amine Kerroum / Mohamed-Rebha Ouahab Gilbert Kibet / Ismael Changawa Ruwa 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 Terence Nugent 5 7 4 6     3 Mark Fynn / Takanyi Garanganga Terence Nugent / Aboubacar Sigue 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 Sid Ali Akili Aboubacar Sigue 7 5 68 710 6 4   2 Abdelhak Hameurlaine Terence Nugent 6 4 3 6 2 6   3 Abdelhak Hameurlaine / Mohamed-Redha Ouahab Terence Nugent / Aboubacar Sigue 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 Raymond Hayford Dennis Ochieng 6 1 6 1     2 Emmanuel Mensah Francis Thuku Mwangi 6 1 6 0     3 Robert Mensah Kpodo / Emmanuel Mensah Gilbert Kibet / Francis Thuku Mwangi 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 Sid Ali Akili Raymond Hayford 7 5 6 1     2 Abdelhak Hameurlaine Emmanuel Mensah 6 4 6 1     3 Mohamed Amine Kerroum / Mohamed-Redha Ouahab Robert Mensah Kpodo / Emmanuel Mensah 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 Gilbert Kibet 6 1 6 1     2 Takanyi Garanganga Francis Thuku Mwangi 6 1 6 3     3 Mark Fynn / Benjamin Lock Dennis Ochieng / Ismael Changawa Ruwa 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 Raymond Hayford 6 0 6 1     2 Takanyi Garanganga Emmanuel Mensah 6 3 6 4     3 Mark Fynn / Benjamin Lock Robert Mensah Kpodo / Emmanuel Mensah 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 Aboubacar Sigue Gilbert Kibet 6 0 4 6 6 0   2 Terence Nugent Dennis Ochieng 6 2 6 3     3 Lavry Sylvain N'Yaba / Aboubacar Sigue Francis Thuku Mwangi / Ismael Changawa Ruwa 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 Sid Ali Akili Mark Fynn 6 4 6 4     2 Abdelhak Hameurlaine Takanyi Garanganga 6 4 6 4     3 Mohamed Amine Kerroum / Mohamed-Redha Ouahab 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 Raymond Hayford Aboubacar Sigue 7 5 3 6 65 77   2 Emmanuel Mensah Lavry Sylvain N'Yaba 6 2 69 711 6 3   3 Robert Mensah Kpodo / Emmanuel Mensah Lavry Sylvain N'Yaba / Aboubacar Sigue 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 Jacob Rasolondrazana Sid Ali Akili 3 6 7 5 6 2   2 Lofo Ramiaramanan Abdelhak Hameurlaine 6 3 3 6 0 6   3 Antso Rakotondramanga / Lofo Ramiaramanan Abdelhak Hameurlaine / Mohamed-Rebha Ouahab 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 Raymond Hayford Tunde Segodo 4 6 5 7     2 Emmanuel Mensah Alexis Klegou 2 6 6 4 1 6   3 Japheth Anwasiba Bagerbaseh / Robert Mensah Kpodo Tunde Segodo / Magloire Yakpa 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 Henry Atseye Aboubacar Sigue 6 4 1 6 4 6   2 Lawal Shehu Lavry Sylvain N'Yaba 6 4 6 1     3 Henry Atseye / Lawal Shehu Lavry Sylvain N'Yaba / Aboubacar Sigue 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.

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	Egypt
1	Madagascar
3	Algeria
3	Zimbabwe
5	Benin
6	Ghana
7	Nigeria
8	Ivory Coast
9	Kenya

•  Egypt and  Madagascar were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2012.
•  Rwanda withdrew from the tournament.