2001 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Zone A

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2001.

In the Europe/Africa Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. The top two teams in Group III advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2002, whereas the bottom two teams were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 2002.

Participating nations

Draw

Venue: National Centre, Gaborone, Botswana
Date: 16–20 May

Group A

	LAT	MAD	GEO	KEN	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
Latvia		3–0	3–0	2–1	3–0	8–1 (89%)	26–5 (84%)	1
Madagascar	0–3		2–1	3–0	2–1	5–4 (56%)	17–14 (55%)	2
Georgia	0–3	1–2		3–0	1–2	4–5 (44%)	12–17 (41%)	3
Kenya	1–2	0–3	0–3		0–3	1–8 (11%)	5–24 (17%)	4

Group B

	GHA	LTU	ISL	BOT	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
Ghana		2–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	6–3 (67%)	21–13 (62%)	1
Lithuania	1–2		3–0	2–1	2–1	6–3 (67%)	20–12 (63%)	2
Iceland	1–2	0–3		2–1	1–2	3–6 (33%)	13–21 (38%)	3
Botswana	1–2	1–2	1–2		0–3	3–6 (33%)	11–19 (37%)	4

1st to 4th place play-offs

3rd-4th Play-off

Semifinals

Final

A1

Latvia

2

B2

Lithuania

1

B2

Lithuania

2

A1

Latvia

3

A2

Madagascar

1

B1

Ghana

0

A2

Madagascar

0

B1

Ghana

3

5th to 8th place play-offs

7th-8th Play-off

5th-8th Play-offs

5th-6th Play-off

A3

Georgia

1

B4

Botswana

2

A3

Georgia

3

B4

Botswana

2

A4

Kenya

0

B3

Iceland

1

A4

Kenya

1

B3

Iceland

2

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	Latvia
2	Ghana
3	Lithuania
4	Madagascar
5	Botswana
6	Iceland
7	Georgia
8	Kenya

Latvia and Ghana promoted to Group II in 2002.
Georgia and Kenya relegated to Group IV in 2002.

Round robin

Group A

Latvia vs. Madagascar

Latvia
3

National Centre, Gaborone, Botswana^[1]
16 May 2001

Madagascar
0

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Andris Fiļimonovs Jean-Marc Randriamanalina	4 0	4 1	4 1
2	Raimonds Sproga Germain Rasolondrazana	4 2	5⁷ 4⁴	0 4	2 4	5 3
3	Andris Fiļimonovs / Andis Juška Julien Mouchon / Donne-Dubert Radison	4 0	4 0	4 0

Kenya vs. Georgia

Kenya
0

National Centre, Gaborone, Botswana^[2]
16 May 2001

Georgia
3

		1	2	3
1	Allan Cooper Mikhail Chaduneli	3 5	3 5	3 5
2	Norbert Oduor Irakli Ushangishvili	0 4	0 4	1 4
3	Allan Cooper / Barry Ndinya Michael Chokheli / Irakli Ushangishvili	1 4	4⁴ 5⁷	3 5

Latvia vs. Georgia

Latvia
3

National Centre, Gaborone, Botswana^[3]
17 May 2001

Georgia
0

		1	2	3
1	Andris Fiļimonovs Mikhail Chaduneli	4 1	4 1	4 1
2	Raimonds Sproga Irakli Ushangishvili	4 2	4 1	4 1
3	Andris Fiļimonovs / Raimonds Sproga Mikhail Chaduneli / Michael Chokheli	4 1	4 2	4 0

Kenya vs. Madagascar

Kenya
0

National Centre, Gaborone, Botswana^[4]
17 May 2001

Madagascar
3

		1	2	3	4
1	Allan Cooper Donne-Dubert Radison	1 4	1 4	2 4
2	Norbert Oduor Germain Rasolondrazana	0 4	2 4	4 2	1 4
3	Balaraman Arun / Allan Cooper Donne-Dubert Radison / Jean-Marc Randriamanalina	5 3	4² 5⁷	2 2		retired

Latvia vs. Kenya

Latvia
2

National Centre, Gaborone, Botswana^[5]
18 May 2001

Kenya
1

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Andis Juška Barry Ndinya	4 0	4 2	5 3
2	Deniss Pavlovs Allan Cooper	4 2	4⁵ 5⁷	5⁷ 4²	3 5	0 4
3	Andris Fiļimonovs / Raimonds Sproga Barry Ndinya / Norbert Oduor	4 1	5 3	4 0

Georgia vs. Madagascar

Georgia
1

National Centre, Gaborone, Botswana^[6]
18 May 2001

Madagascar
2

		2	3	4	5
1	Mikhail Chaduneli Donne-Dubert Radison	2 4	2 4
2	Irakli Ushangishvili Germain Rasolondrazana	5⁷ 4⁴	2 4	4 0	4 1
3	Michael Chokheli / Irakli Ushangishvili Jean-Marc Randriamanalina / Germain Rasolondrazana	1 4	4⁵ 5⁷

Group B

Lithuania vs. Iceland

Lithuania
3

National Centre, Gaborone, Botswana^[7]
16 May 2001

Iceland
0

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Aistis Šlajus Davíð Halldórsson	4 1	4 2	4 2
2	Rolandas Muraška Arnar Sigurðsson	4 0	4 0	4 0
3	Rolandas Muraška / Arūnas Rozga Davíð Halldórsson / Arnar Sigurðsson	1 4	5 3	2 4	5⁷ 4⁵	4 2

Ghana vs. Botswana

Ghana
2

National Centre, Gaborone, Botswana^[8]
16 May 2001

Botswana
1

		1	2	3	4
1	Henry Adjei-Darko Thato Kgosimore	4 1	4 1	4 2
2	Gunther Darkey Petrus Molefe	4 1	4 1	4 1
3	Samuel Fumi / Franklyn Ofori Michael Judd / Thato Kgosimore	4⁵ 5⁷	4 2	2 4	2 4

Lithuania vs. Botswana

Lithuania
2

National Centre, Gaborone, Botswana^[9]
17 May 2001

Botswana
1

		1	2	3	4
1	Aistis Šlajus Michael Judd	1 4	4 0	4 0	4 0
2	Rolandas Muraška Petrus Molefe	4 0	4 1	4 0
3	Gitanas Mažonas / Arūnas Rozga Michael Judd / Petrus Molefe	1 4	0 4	2 4

Ghana vs. Iceland

Ghana
2

National Centre, Gaborone, Botswana^[10]
17 May 2001

Iceland
1

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Henry Adjei-Darko Rafn Kumar Bonifacius	4 2	4 2	5 3
2	Gunther Darkey Arnar Sigurðsson	3 5	5 3	1 4	5 3	2 4
3	Samuel Fumi / Franklyn Ofori Davíð Halldórsson / Arnar Sigurðsson	3 5	1 4	4 0	4 2	4 1

Lithuania vs. Ghana

Lithuania
1

National Centre, Gaborone, Botswana^[11]
18 May 2001

Ghana
2

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Aistis Šlajus Henry Adjei-Darko	5⁷ 4⁵	4 2	2 4	2 4	3 5
2	Rolandas Muraška Gunther Darkey	4 1	4 1	4 2
3	Rolandas Muraška / Arūnas Rozga Samuel Fumi / Franklyn Ofori	2 4	4⁴ 5⁷	3 5

Botswana vs. Iceland

Botswana
1

National Centre, Gaborone, Botswana^[12]
18 May 2001

Iceland
2

		1	2	3	4
1	Thato Kgosimore Rafn Kumar Bonifacius	4⁵ 5⁷	4 1	3 5	4⁶ 5⁸
2	Petrus Molefe Arnar Sigurðsson	3 5	5¹³ 4¹¹	1 4	1 4
3	Michael Judd / Thato Kgosimore Davíð Halldórsson / Andri Jónsson	4 1	4 0			retired

1st to 4th place play-offs

Semifinals

Latvia vs. Lithuania

Latvia
2

National Centre, Gaborone, Botswana^[13]
19 May 2001

Lithuania
1

		1	2	3	4
1	Andris Fiļimonovs Aistis Šlajus	4 0	4 1	5¹⁰ 4⁸
2	Raimonds Sproga Rolandas Muraška	5 3	2 4	1 4	1 4
3	Andris Fiļimonovs / Raimonds Sproga Rolandas Muraška / Aistis Šlajus	5 3	4 2	4⁶ 5⁸	4 0

Ghana vs. Madagascar

Ghana
3

National Centre, Gaborone, Botswana^[14]
19 May 2001

Madagascar
0

		1	2	3
1	Henry Adjei-Darko Donne-Dubert Radison	4 1	4 1	4 1
2	Gunther Darkey Germain Rasolondrazana	4 2	4 1	4 0
3	Samuel Fumi / Franklyn Ofori Julien Mouchon / Donne-Dubert Radison	4 2	4 2	4 1

Final

Latvia vs. Ghana

Latvia
3

National Centre, Gaborone, Botswana^[15]
20 May 2001

Ghana
0

		1	2	3	4
1	Andris Fiļimonovs Henry Adjei-Darko	4 1	4 2	4 1
2	Raimonds Sproga Gunther Darkey	4 2	4 2	2 4	5⁷ 4²
3	Andris Fiļimonovs / Raimonds Sproga Samuel Fumi / Franklyn Ofori	4 2	5⁷ 4⁴	5⁷ 4⁵

3rd to 4th play-off

Lithuania vs. Madagascar

Lithuania
2

National Centre, Gaborone, Botswana^[16]
20 May 2001

Madagascar
1

		1	2	3	4
1	Aistis Šlajus Donne-Dubert Radison	5¹⁴ 4¹²	0 4	4 0	2 1	retired
2	Rolandas Muraška Germain Rasolondrazana	4 2	4 2	4 0
3	Gitanas Mažonas / Aistis Šlajus Jean-Marc Randriamanalina / Germain Rasolondrazana	4 2	0 4	0 4	1 4

5th to 8th place play-offs

5th to 8th play-offs

Georgia vs. Botswana

Georgia
1

National Centre, Gaborone, Botswana^[17]
19 May 2001

Botswana
2

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Michael Chokheli Thato Kgosimore	4 2	4 0	2 4	2 4	1 4
2	Irakli Ushangishvili Petrus Molefe	4 0	5 3	4 1
3	Mikhail Chaduneli / Irakli Ushangishvili Michael Judd / Petrus Molefe	4¹¹ 5¹³	0 4	5 3	3 5

Iceland vs. Kenya

Iceland
2

National Centre, Gaborone, Botswana^[18]
19 May 2001

Kenya
1

		1	2	3	4
1	Rafn Kumar Bonifacius Allan Cooper	4 0	2 4	2 4	0 4
2	Arnar Sigurðsson Norbert Oduor	4 0	4 0	4 1
3	Rafn Kumar Bonifacius / Arnar Sigurðsson Allan Cooper / Norbert Oduor	4 0	4 0	5 3

5th to 6th play-off

Botswana vs. Iceland

Botswana
2

National Centre, Gaborone, Botswana^[19]
20 May 2001

Iceland
1

		1	2	3	4
1	Michael Judd Davíð Halldórsson	4 1	5 3	1 4	5 3
2	Petrus Molefe Rafn Kumar Bonifacius	3 5	2 4	2 4
3	Michael Judd / Petrus Molefe Davíð Halldórsson / Arnar Sigurðsson	4 0	2 4	5⁷ 4³	4 0

7th to 8th play-off

Georgia vs. Kenya

Georgia
3

National Centre, Gaborone, Botswana^[20]
20 May 2001

Kenya
0

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Mikhail Chaduneli Barry Ndinya	4 1	4 2	4 2
2	Irakli Ushangishvili Allan Cooper	4⁴ 5⁷	4 2	0 4	4 2	4 2
3	Mikhail Chaduneli / Otar Enukidze Allan Cooper / Barry Ndinya	4 2	5 3				retired

References

^ "Latvia v Madagascar". daviscup.com.
^ "Kenya v Georgia". daviscup.com.
^ "Latvia v Georgia". daviscup.com.
^ "Kenya v Madagascar". daviscup.com.
^ "Latvia v Kenya". daviscup.com.
^ "Georgia v Madagascar". daviscup.com.
^ "Lithuania v Iceland". daviscup.com.
^ "Ghana v Botswana". daviscup.com.
^ "Lithuania v Botswana". daviscup.com.
^ "Ghana v Iceland". daviscup.com.
^ "Lithuania v Ghana". daviscup.com.
^ "Botswana v Iceland". daviscup.com.
^ "Latvia v Lithuania". daviscup.com.
^ "Ghana v Madagascar". daviscup.com.
^ "Latvia v Ghana". daviscup.com.
^ "Lithuania v Madagascar". daviscup.com.
^ "Georgia v Botswana". daviscup.com.
^ "Iceland v Kenya". daviscup.com.
^ "Botswana v Iceland". daviscup.com.
^ "Georgia v Kenya". daviscup.com.

External links

Davis Cup official website

[1] "Latvia v Madagascar". daviscup.com.

[2] "Kenya v Georgia". daviscup.com.

[3] "Latvia v Georgia". daviscup.com.

[4] "Kenya v Madagascar". daviscup.com.

[5] "Latvia v Kenya". daviscup.com.

[6] "Georgia v Madagascar". daviscup.com.

[7] "Lithuania v Iceland". daviscup.com.

[8] "Ghana v Botswana". daviscup.com.

[9] "Lithuania v Botswana". daviscup.com.

[10] "Ghana v Iceland". daviscup.com.

[11] "Lithuania v Ghana". daviscup.com.

[12] "Botswana v Iceland". daviscup.com.

[13] "Latvia v Lithuania". daviscup.com.

[14] "Ghana v Madagascar". daviscup.com.

[15] "Latvia v Ghana". daviscup.com.

[16] "Lithuania v Madagascar". daviscup.com.

[17] "Georgia v Botswana". daviscup.com.

[18] "Iceland v Kenya". daviscup.com.

[19] "Botswana v Iceland". daviscup.com.

[20] "Georgia v Kenya". daviscup.com.

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