# 2002 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III

The Group III tournament was held April 10–14, in Tehran, Iran, on outdoor clay courts.

## Format

The eight teams were split into two groups and played in a round-robin format. The top two teams of each group advanced to the promotion pool, from which the two top teams were promoted to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2003. The bottom two teams of each group were placed in the relegation pool, from which the two bottom teams were demoted to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV in 2003.

## Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA |
| Iran | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Qatar | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Singapore | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |

### Iran vs. Qatar

| Iran 3 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 10 April 2002 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 10 April 2002 | Qatar 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Anoosha Shahgholi Sultan Khalfan Al Alawi 6 2 7 5     2 Seyed Akbar Taheri Rahaghi Nasser Ghanim Al Khulaifi 6 2 6 1     3 Ashkan Shokoofi / Seyed Akbar Taheri Rahaghi Mohammed-Saadon Al Kawari / Mohammed-Ali Al Saoud 6 2 6 2 ||||

### United Arab Emirates vs. Singapore

| United Arab Emirates 3 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 10 April 2002 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 10 April 2002 | Singapore 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Mahmoud Nader Al Blooshi Jensen Hiu 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 5 7 8 6   2 Omar Alawadhi Jonathan Kam 7 5 6 2     3 Omar Alawadhi / Mahmoud Nader Al Blooshi Kok-Huen Kam / Jonathan Kam 7 5 5 7 6 2 ||||

### Iran vs. United Arab Emirates

| Iran 3 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 11 April 2002 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 11 April 2002 | United Arab Emirates 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Shahab Hassani-Nafez Mahmoud Nader Al Blooshi 6 3 6 2     2 Anoosha Shahgholi Omar Alawadhi 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 6 2 6 0   3 Ashkan Shokoofi / Seyed Akbar Taheri Rahaghi Omar Alawadhi / Mahmoud Nader Al Blooshi 6 1 6 2 ||||

### Qatar vs. Singapore

| Qatar 3 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 11 April 2002 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 11 April 2002 | Singapore 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Sultan Khalfan Al Alawi Jensen Hiu 6 0 6 1     2 Nasser Ghanim Al Khulaifi Kok-Huen Kam 6 3 6 2     3 Mohammed-Saadon Al Kawari / Mohammed-Ali Al Saoud Jensen Hiu / Kok-Huen Kam 6$^2$ 7$^7$ 7 5 9 7 ||||

### Iran vs. Singapore

| Iran 3 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 12 April 2002 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 12 April 2002 | Singapore 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Shahab Hassani-Nafez Kok-Huen Kam 6 4 6 1     2 Seyed Akbar Taheri Rahaghi Jonathan Kam 6 0 6 0     3 Anoosha Shahgholi / Ashkan Shokoofi Kok-Huen Kam / Jonathan Kam 6 2 6 1 ||||

### United Arab Emirates vs. Qatar

| United Arab Emirates 2 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 12 April 2002 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 12 April 2002 | Qatar 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Mahmoud Nader Al Blooshi Sultan Khalfan Al Alawi 2 6 0 6     2 Omar Alawadhi Nasser Ghanim Al Khulaifi 4 6 6 4 6 2   3 Omar Alawadhi / Mahmoud Nader Al Blooshi Sultan Khalfan Al Alawi / Nasser Ghanim Al Khulaifi 6 3 6 3 ||||

## Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA |
| Tajikistan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| Pacific Oceania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Syria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |

### Syria vs. Tajikistan

| Syria 1 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 10 April 2002 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 10 April 2002 | Tajikistan 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Lays Salim Mansur Yakhyaev 3 6 2 6     2 Rabi Bouhassoun Sergey Makashin 6 3 6 3     3 Rabi Bouhassoun / Lays Salim Sergey Makashin / Mansur Yakhyaev 4 6 5 7 ||||

### Saudi Arabia vs. Pacific Oceania

| Saudi Arabia 1 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 10 April 2002 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 10 April 2002 | Pacific Oceania 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Bader Mohammed Almuqail Leon So'Onalole 6 4 5 7 8 10   2 Omar Althagib Brett Baudinet 6$^6$ 7$^8$ 6 4 7 5   3 Baqer Abu Khulaif / Bader Mohammed Almuqail Brett Baudinet / Juan Sebastien Langton 6 2 3 6 12 14 ||||

### Syria vs. Saudi Arabia

| Syria 2 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 11 April 2002 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 11 April 2002 | Saudi Arabia 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Lays Salim Bader Mohammed Almuqail 6 3 3 6 9 11   2 Rabi Bouhassoun Omar Althagib 6 3 6 1     3 Rabi Bouhassoun / Lays Salim Baqer Abu Khulaif / Bader Mohammed Almuqail 6 4 6 4 ||||

### Tajikistan vs. Pacific Oceania

| Tajikistan 2 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 11 April 2002 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 11 April 2002 | Pacific Oceania 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Mansur Yakhyaev Leon So'Onalole 3 6 6 2 7 5   2 Sergey Makashin Brett Baudinet 6 1 6 2     3 Sergey Makashin / Mansur Yakhyaev Brett Baudinet / Juan Sebastien Langton 7 5 3 6 6 8 ||||

### Syria vs. Pacific Oceania

| Syria 1 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 12 April 2002 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 12 April 2002 | Pacific Oceania 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Lays Salim Juan Sebastien Langton 6 0 1 6 12 14   2 Rabi Bouhassoun Leon So'Onalole 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 6 2     3 Rabi Bouhassoun / Robert Makzoume Brett Baudinet / Juan Sebastien Langton 3 6 1 6 ||||

### Saudi Arabia vs. Tajikistan

| Saudi Arabia 1 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 12 April 2002 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 12 April 2002 | Tajikistan 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Baqer Abu Khulaif Mansur Yakhyaev 7$^{11}$ 6$^9$ 2 6 0 6   2 Bader Mohammed Almuqail Sergey Makashin 4 6 6$^1$ 7$^7$     3 Baqer Abu Khulaif / Omar Althagib Sergey Makashin / Mansur Yakhyaev 6 1 6 0 ||||

## Promotion pool

The top two teams from each of Pools A and B advanced to the Promotion pool. Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward.
| Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA |
| Iran | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Tajikistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Pacific Oceania | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |

### Iran vs. Pacific Oceania

| Iran 2 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 13 April 2002 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 13 April 2002 | Pacific Oceania 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Anoosha Shahgholi Leon So'Onalole 6 4 6 3     2 Seyed Akbar Taheri Rahaghi Brett Baudinet 6 0 7 5     3 Ashkan Shokoofi / Seyed Akbar Taheri Rahaghi Brett Baudinet / Juan Sebastien Langton 6$^8$ 7$^{10}$ 6 3 3 6 ||||

### Tajikistan vs. United Arab Emirates

| Tajikistan 3 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 13 April 2002 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 13 April 2002 | United Arab Emirates 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Mansur Yakhyaev Mahmoud Nader Al Blooshi 6 4 6 3     2 Sergey Makashin Omar Alawadhi 7 5 2 6 6 3   3 Sergey Makashin / Mansur Yakhyaev Mahmoud Nader Al Blooshi / Ali-Sherif Al Marzooqi 6 2 6 0 ||||

### Iran vs. Tajikistan

| Iran 3 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 14 April 2002 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 14 April 2002 | Tajikistan 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Anoosha Shahgholi Mansur Yakhyaev 6 2 6 4     2 Seyed Akbar Taheri Rahaghi Sergey Makashin 6 4 6 3     3 Shahab Hassani-Nafez / Anoosha Shahgholi Sergey Makashin / Mansur Yakhyaev 7 5 6 3 ||||

### United Arab Emirates vs. Pacific Oceania

| United Arab Emirates 2 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 14 April 2002 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 14 April 2002 | Pacific Oceania 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Mahmoud Nader Al Blooshi Leon So'Onalole 3 6 2 6     2 Omar Alawadhi Brett Baudinet 1 6 6 3 6 3   3 Omar Alawadhi / Mahmoud Nader Al Blooshi Juan Sebastien Langton / Leon So'Onalole 6 3 6 4 ||||
Iran and Tajikistan promoted to Group II for 2003.

## Relegation pool

The bottom two teams from Pools A and B were placed in the relegation group. Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward.
| Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA |
| Qatar | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Syria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Singapore | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |

### Qatar vs. Saudi Arabia

| Qatar 2 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 13 April 2002 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 13 April 2002 | Saudi Arabia 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Sultan Khalfan Al Alawi Baqer Abu Khulaif 6 0 6 3     2 Nasser Ghanim Al Khulaifi Bader Mohammed Almuqail 6$^2$ 7$^7$ 6 4 5 7   3 Sultan Khalfan Al Alawi / Mohammed-Ali Al Saoud Bader Mohammed Almuqail / Omar Althagib 6 4 6 1 ||||

### Syria vs. Singapore

| Syria 2 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 13 April 2002 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 13 April 2002 | Singapore 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Lays Salim Jensen Hiu 4 6 6 4 6 4   2 Rabi Bouhassoun Kok-Huen Kam 6 4 6 3     3 Rabi Bouhassoun / Robert Makzoume Jensen Hiu / Kok-Huen Kam 5 6     retired ||||

### Qatar vs. Syria

| Qatar 2 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 14 April 2002 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 14 April 2002 | Syria 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Sultan Khalfan Al Alawi Abraham Ibrahim 6 4 6 1     2 Mohammed-Ali Al Saoud Rabi Bouhassoun 1 6 2 6     3 Sultan Khalfan Al Alawi / Mohammed-Saadon Al Kawari Abraham Ibrahim / Robert Makzoume 4 6 6 1 6 3 ||||

### Singapore vs. Saudi Arabia

| Singapore 2 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 14 April 2002 | Enghelab Club, Tehran, Iran 14 April 2002 | Saudi Arabia 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Jensen Hiu Bader Mohammed Almuqail 7 5 6 2     2 Kok-Huen Kam Omar Althagib 6 2 5 7 2 6   3 Jensen Hiu / Kok-Huen Kam Baqer Abu Khulaif / Omar Althagib 6 4 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 6 1 ||||
Singapore and Saudi Arabia demoted to Group IV for 2003.

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Iran |
| 2 | Tajikistan |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates |
| 4 | Pacific Oceania |
| 5 | Qatar |
| 6 | Syria |
| 7 | Singapore |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia |
* Iran and Tajikistan promoted to Group II in 2003.
* Singapore and Saudi Arabia relegated to Group IV in 2003.