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.

Main article: 2020–21 Davis Cup

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Withdrawn nations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

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
PlacingA TeamScoreB Team
Promotional Egypt3–0 Mozambique
Promotional Benin2–1 Kenya
Relegation Algeria3–0 Rwanda
RelegationN/A Ghana

Round Robin

Egypt vs. Benin

Egypt
2		 Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[1]
11 August 2021
Clay
Benin
1
1 2 3
1
Amr Asrawy
Delmas N'Tcha		 6
2		 6
0		    
2
Mohamed Safwat
Alexis Klégou		 77
62		 6
2		    
3
Adham Gaber / Sherif Makhlouf
Alexis Klégou / Delmas N'Tcha		 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
Youcef Rihane
Delmas N'Tcha		 6
0		 3
6 		6
1		  
2
Nazim Makhlouf
Alexis Klégou		 2
6 		4
6 		   
3
Nazim Makhlouf / Youcef Rihane
Alexis Klégou / Delmas N'Tcha		 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
Amr Asrawy
Youcef Rihane		 6
4		 77
63		    
2
Mohamed Safwat
Nazim Makhlouf		 6
3		 6
3		    
3
Adham Gaber / Sherif Makhlouf
Mohamed Amine Aïssa Khelifa / Aymen Abderrahmene Ali Moussa		 6
0		 6
4		    

Kenya vs. Rwanda

Kenya
3		 Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[4]
11 August 2021
Clay
Rwanda
0
1 2 3
1
Albert Njogu
Etienne Niyigena		 6
1		 6
1		    
2
Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai
Bertin Karenzi		 77
64		 6
2		    
3
Kevin Cheruiyot / Ibrahim Kibet Yego
Junior Joseph Mfashingabo / Joshua Muhire		 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
N/A
N/A		       w/o
 
2
N/A
N/A		       w/o
 
3
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
Albert Njogu
Bruno Nhavene		 65
77		 4
6 		   
2
Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai
Franco Mata		 6
1		 1
0		    
retired
3
Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai / Ibrahim Kibet Yego
Bruno Nhavene / Jaime Sigauque		 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
Benjamin Palm
Etienne Niyigena		 4
6 		2
6 		   
2
Japheth Anwasiba Bagerbaseh
Bertin Karenzi		 6
3		 5
7 		1
3		 retired
 
3
Samuel Agbesi Osei Antwi / Benjamin Palm
Bertin Karenzi / Etienne Niyigena		 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
Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai
Samuel Agbesi Osei Antwi		 6
2		 6
0		    
2
Ibrahim Kibet Yego
Benjamin Palm		 6
3		 0
0		    
retired
3
Albert Njogu / Ibrahim Kibet Yego
Samuel Agbesi Osei Antwi / 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
Bruno Nhavene
Etienne Niyigena		 4
6 		6
3		 6
3		  
2
Franco Mata
Bertin Karenzi		 1
6 		1
6 		   
3
Franco Mata / Bruno Nhavene
Bertin Karenzi / Etienne Niyigena		 6
0		 6
2		    

Play-offs

Egypt vs. Mozambique

Egypt
3		 Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[10]
14 August 2021
Clay
Mozambique
0
1 2 3
1
Amr Asrawy
Bruno Nhavene		 6
4		 6
4		    
2
Mohamed Safwat
Jaime Sigauque		 6
1		 6
0		    
3
Adham Gaber / Sherif Makhlouf
Armando Sigauque / Jaime Sigauque		 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
Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai
Delmas N'Tcha		 6
4		 77
63		    
2
Ibrahim Kibet Yego
Alexis Klégou		 5
7 		4
6 		   
3
Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai / Ibrahim Kibet Yego
Alexis Klégou / Delmas N'Tcha		 3
6 		3
6 		   

Algeria vs. Rwanda

Algeria
3		 Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[12]
14 August 2021
Clay
Rwanda
0
1 2 3
1
Mohamed Amine Aïssa Khelifa
Joshua Muhire		 6
4		 6
0		    
2
Youcef Rihane
Bertin Karenzi		 6
2		 6
2		    
3
Mohamed Amine Aïssa Khelifa / Aymen Abderrahmene Ali Moussa
Junior Joseph Mfashingabo / Joshua Muhire		 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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