2003 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II

Main article: 2003 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2003.

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. Winners in Group II advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group II, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2004.

Participating nations

• Andorra
• Bulgaria
• Denmark
• Egypt
• Ghana
• Greece
• Ireland
• Ivory Coast
• Monaco
• Poland
• Portugal
• Serbia and Montenegro
• Slovenia
• South Africa
• Tunisia
• Ukraine

Draw

Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Maia, Portugal (clay)

S

Portugal

4

Gdynia, Poland (clay)

Durban, South Africa (hard)

Monaco

1

Monaco

0

S

Portugal

0

Polokwane, South Africa (hard)

Poland

5

S

South Africa

5

S

South Africa

3

Brøndby, Denmark (indoor carpet)

Poland

2

S

South Africa

3

Accra, Ghana (hard)

S

Denmark

2

S

Slovenia

4

Tunis, Tunisia (clay)

Hornbæk, Denmark (hard)

Ghana

1

Ghana

1

S

Slovenia

1

Hillerød, Denmark (indoor hard)

Tunisia

4

S

Denmark

4

S

Denmark

4

Tunisia

1

Sofia, Bulgaria (indoor carpet)

Bulgaria

3

Kakhovka, Ukraine (clay)

Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro (clay)

S

Ukraine

2

Ukraine

3

Bulgaria

1

Belgrade, Serbia-Mont. (indoor carpet)

Ivory Coast

2

Serbia and Montenegro

4

Serbia and Montenegro

4

Athens, Greece (clay)

S

Ivory Coast

1

Serbia and Montenegro

2

Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard)

S

Greece

3

Egypt

1

Andorra La Vella, Andorra (carpet)

Athens, Greece (clay)

S

Ireland

4

Egypt

3

S

Ireland

0

Andorra La Vella, Andorra (ind. carpet)

Andorra

2

S

Greece

5

Andorra

1

S

Greece

4

• Monaco, Ghana, Ivory Coast, and Andorra relegated to Group III in 2004.
• South Africa and Greece promoted to Group I in 2004.

First round

Portugal vs. Monaco

Portugal 4	Complexo Municipal de Ténis, Maia, Portugal 4–6 April 2003 Clay		Monaco 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Bernardo Mota Emmanuel Heussner 7 5 6 4 6 3       2 Emanuel Couto Guillaume Couillard 7 5 62 77 6 3 6 1     3 Emanuel Couto / Bernardo Mota Guillaume Couillard / Emmanuel Heussner 3 6 79 67 6 2 2 6 6 2   4 Hélder Lopes Guillaume Couillard 7 5 67 79 77 62       5 Leonardo Tavares Emmanuel Heussner 2 6 4 6

South Africa vs. Poland

South Africa 3	Pietersburg Tennis Club, Polokwane, South Africa 4–6 April 2003 Hard		Poland 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Rik de Voest Łukasz Kubot 3 6 6 1 6 3 6 0     2 Wesley Moodie Mariusz Fyrstenberg 6 1 6 2 6 2       3 David Adams / Robbie Koenig Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski 4 6 6 4 6 2 6 4     4 Wesley Moodie Łukasz Kubot 4 6 6 2 3 6       5 Rik de Voest Bartłomiej Dąbrowski 0 6 4 6

Ghana vs. Slovenia

Ghana 1	Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana 4–6 April 2003 Hard		Slovenia 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mohammed Salifu Andrej Kračman 4 6 4 6 6 1 77 63 6 8   2 Gunther Darkey Boštjan Ošabnik 6 4 6 1 6 2       3 Kwasi Ahenkora / Gunther Darkey Andrej Kračman / Marko Tkalec 5 7 4 6 4 6       4 Gunther Darkey Marko Tkalec 3 6 4 6 65 77       5 Mohammed Salifu Boštjan Ošabnik 2 6 1 6

Denmark vs. Tunisia

Denmark 4	Hillerød Tennis Club, Hillerød, Denmark 4–6 April 2003 Hard (indoors)		Tunisia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Rasmus Nørby Walid Jallali 6 0 4 6 3 6 6 1 2 6   2 Kenneth Carlsen Haythem Abid 6 2 6 1 6 3       3 Kenneth Carlsen / Jonathan Printzlau Walid Jallali / Malek Jaziri 6 3 6 4 64 77 3 6 8 6   4 Kenneth Carlsen Walid Jallali 6 3 6 4 6 0       5 Frederik Nielsen Malek Jaziri 6 1 6 4

Bulgaria vs. Ukraine

Bulgaria 3	Sofia Tennis Hall, Sofia, Bulgaria 4–6 April 2003 Carpet (indoors)		Ukraine 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ivaylo Traykov Orest Tereshchuk 62 77 77 64 6 3 66 78 4 6   2 Radoslav Lukaev Andrei Dernovskiy 6 3 66 78 6 3 6 2     3 Todor Enev / Radoslav Lukaev Andrei Dernovskiy / Orest Tereshchuk 6 3 6 4 6 4       4 Radoslav Lukaev Orest Tereshchuk 6 3 3 6 67 79 3 6     5 Ivaylo Traykov Andrey Stepanov 77 63 6 4 77 63

Serbia and Montenegro vs. Ivory Coast

Serbia and Montenegro 4	Gemax Tennis Club, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro 4–6 April 2003 Carpet (indoors)		Ivory Coast 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Janko Tipsarević Valentin Sanon 6 4 3 6 3 6 6 3 2 6   2 Dušan Vemić Claude N'Goran 6 4 66 78 6 4 7 5     3 Dušan Vemić / Nenad Zimonjić Claude N'Goran / Valentin Sanon 7 5 6 3 6 4       4 Janko Tipsarević Claude N'Goran 6 2 6 3 7 5       5 Ilija Bozoljac Jean-Christophe Nabi 6 4 6 2

Ireland vs. Egypt

Ireland 4	Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland 4–6 April 2003 Hard (indoors)		Egypt 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Stephen Nugent Mohamed Mamoun 4 6 77 64 3 6 4 6     2 John Doran Amr Ghoneim 3 6 77 65 6 1 6 3     3 John Doran / David J. Mullins Karim Maamoun / Mohamed Mamoun 7 5 6 1 6 2       4 John Doran Mohamed Mamoun 77 63 6 3 7 5       5 Sean Cooper Karim Maamoun 6 3 3 6 6 2

Andorra vs. Greece

Andorra 1	Poliesportiu d'Andorra, Andorra la Vella, Andorra 4–6 April 2003 Carpet (indoors)		Greece 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Kenneth Tuilier-Curco Vasilis Mazarakis 1 6 0 6 1 6       2 Joan Jiménez Guerra Konstantinos Economidis 4 6 4 6 3 6       3 Pau Gerbaud-Farras / Joan Jiménez Guerra Konstantinos Economidis / Vasilis Mazarakis 2 6 2 6 6 3 6 4 4 6   4 Joan Jiménez Guerra Nikos Rovas 6 3 4 6 3 6       5 Marc Vilanova Alexandros Jakoubovits           w/o

Second round

South Africa vs. Portugal

South Africa 5	Westridge Park, Durban, South Africa 11–13 July 2003 Hard		Portugal 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Rik de Voest Hélder Lopes 77 63 6 1 6 4       2 Wesley Moodie Leonardo Tavares 6 3 6 4 1 6 79 67     3 Chris Haggard / Robbie Koenig Leonardo Tavares / Rui Machado 7 5 6 3 6 2       4 Wesley Moodie Rui Machado 2 6 6 1 6 2       5 Rik de Voest Leonardo Tavares 6 1 6 4

Denmark vs. Slovenia

Denmark 4	Havreholm Castle, Hornbæk, Denmark 11–13 July 2003 Hard		Slovenia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Kenneth Carlsen Boštjan Ošabnik 6 4 7 5 6 4       2 Mik Ledvonova Marko Tkalec 4 6 7 5 4 6 6 3 3 6   3 Kenneth Carlsen / Jonathan Printzlau Boštjan Ošabnik / Rok Jarc 6 3 6 4 64 77 6 1     4 Kenneth Carlsen Marko Tkalec 6 2 6 2 6 4       5 Mik Ledvonova Nejc Podkrajšek 1 6 6 2 6 0

Serbia and Montenegro vs. Bulgaria

Serbia and Montenegro 4	Tennis Club 'Djukić', Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro 11–13 July 2003 Clay		Bulgaria 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Janko Tipsarević Ilia Kushev 6 3 1 6 6 2 6 3     2 Boris Pašanski Radoslav Lukaev 6 3 4 6 77 63 4 6 4 6   3 Dejan Petrović / Nenad Zimonjić Todor Enev / Radoslav Lukaev 6 3 6 1 6 2       4 Janko Tipsarević Radoslav Lukaev 6 3 6 1 6 3       5 Boris Pašanski Todor Enev 6 2 6 4

Greece vs. Ireland

Greece 5	Athens Lawn Tennis Club, Athens, Greece 11–13 July 2003 Clay		Ireland 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Konstantinos Economidis Peter Clarke 77 62 6 3 6 4       2 Vasilis Mazarakis Conor Niland 6 2 2 6 61 77 6 1 6 3   3 Konstantinos Economidis / Vasilis Mazarakis John Doran / David J. Mullins 6 2 7 5 6 1       4 Nikos Rovas John Doran 4 6 5 4         retired 5 Solon Peppas Conor Niland 6 3 4 6 6 4

Relegation play-offs

Poland vs. Monaco

Poland 5	Arka T.C., Gdynia, Poland 11–13 July 2003 Clay		Monaco 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mariusz Fyrstenberg Emmanuel Heussner 6 4 63 77 6 3 6 1     2 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski Guillaume Couillard 6 4 6 3 6 2       3 Marcin Matkowski / Radosław Nijaki Guillaume Couillard / Emmanuel Heussner 77 63 6 4 6 3       4 Radosław Nijaki Guillaume Couillard 6 4 66 78 6 2       5 Marcin Matkowski Emmanuel Heussner 4 6 6 3 6 4

Tunisia vs. Ghana

Tunisia 4	Tennis Club de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia 11–13 July 2003 Clay		Ghana 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Haythem Abid Gunther Darkey 77 62 7 5 2 6 6 4     2 Walid Jallali Mohammed Salifu 6 0 6 2 6 1       3 Walid Jallali / Issam Jellali Gunther Darkey / Samuel Fumi 6 4 7 5 6 3       4 Walid Jallali Kwasi Ahenkora 6 4 6 0         5 Tarek Ben Soltane Mohammed Salifu 6 2 5 7 3 6

Ukraine vs. Ivory Coast

Ukraine 3	Sport Complex Energy, Kakhovka, Ukraine 11–13 July 2003 Clay		Ivory Coast 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Nikolai Dyachok Claude N'Goran 4 6 2 6 2 6       2 Orest Tereshchuk Valentin Sanon 6 1 6 3 6 3       3 Andrei Dernovskiy / Orest Tereshchuk Claude N'Goran / Valentin Sanon 6 3 6 2 6 2       4 Orest Tereshchuk Claude N'Goran 4 6 2 6 4 6       5 Sergei Yaroshenko Valentin Sanon 4 6 6 4 2 6 6 3 6 3

Andorra vs. Egypt

Andorra 2	Poliesportiu d'Andorra, Andorra la Vella, Andorra 11–13 July 2003 Carpet (indoors)		Egypt 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Joan Jiménez Guerra Mohamed Mamoun 6 3 3 6 6 3 77 63     2 Kenneth Tuilier-Curco Karim Maamoun 2 6 0 6 77 60 1 6     3 Pau Gerbaud-Farras / Joan Jiménez Guerra Amr Ghoneim / Mohamed Mamoun 7 5 65 77 4 6 4 6     4 Joan Jiménez Guerra Karim Maamoun 6 4 62 77 78 66 4 6 6 8   5 Pau Gerbaud-Farras Mohammed Fawzy 77 64 6 4

Third round

Denmark vs. South Africa

Denmark 2	Odense Idrætshal, Brøndby, Denmark 19–21 September 2003 Carpet (indoors)		South Africa 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Frederik Fetterlein Wayne Ferreira 1 6 1 6 63 77       2 Kenneth Carlsen Wesley Moodie 61 77 77 63 6 3 6 4     3 Kenneth Carlsen / Frederik Fetterlein Wayne Ferreira / Chris Haggard 3 6 5 7 65 77       4 Kenneth Carlsen Wayne Ferreira 6 1 77 65 6 2       5 Frederik Nielsen Wesley Moodie 4 6 4 6 4 6

Greece vs. Serbia and Montenegro

Greece 3	Athens Lawn Tennis Club, Athens, Greece 19–21 September 2003 Clay		Serbia and Montenegro 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Solon Peppas Janko Tipsarević 6 3 3 6 2 6 6 2 3 6   2 Konstantinos Economidis Boris Pašanski 6 2 6 4 6 2       3 Eleftherios- Spyridon Alexiou / Alexandros Jakoubovits Dejan Petrović / Nenad Zimonjić 66 78 6 3 6 2 6 4     4 Konstantinos Economidis Janko Tipsarević 6 0 78 66 6 4       5 Alexandros Jakoubovits Boris Pašanski 4 6 3 6

External links

• Davis Cup official website