# 2010 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III

The Asian and Oceanian Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2010.
In the Asian and Oceanian Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.

## Format

There will be a Round Robin with eight teams. The eight nations will be divided into two pools of four. The top two teams in each pool will advance to the Final Pool of four teams from which the two highest-placed nations are promoted to Asia and Oceania Group II in 2010. The bottom two teams of each pool of the Round Robin will compete against each other in the Relegation Pool. The two lowest-placed nations are relegated to Asia and Oceania Group IV in 2010.

## Information

Venue: Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran
Surface: clay – outdoors
Dates: 28 April – 2 May

## Participating teams

* Bangladesh
* Iran
* Lebanon
* Oman
* Saudi Arabia – Withdrew
* Singapore
* Syria
* Vietnam

## Pool A

| | | SYR | IRI | KUW |
| 1 | Syria (2–0) | | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Iran (1–1) | 1–2 | | 3–0 |
| 3 | Kuwait (0–2) | 0–3 | 0–3 | |
| 4 | | | | |

### Matches
#### Iran vs. Syria

| Iran 1 | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 28 April 2010 clay (outdoors) | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 28 April 2010 clay (outdoors) | Syria 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Ashkan Shokoofi Romain Radwan 6 3 4 6 0 3 retired  2 Shahin Khaledan Issam Haitham Taweel 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 6 3     3 Mohammad Mohazzabnia / Ashkan Shokoofi Hayan Marouf / Majdi Salim 5 7 6$^8$ 7$^{10}$ ||||

#### Syria vs. Kuwait

| Syria 3 | Shiroudi Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 29 April 2010 clay (indoors) | Shiroudi Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 29 April 2010 clay (indoors) | Kuwait 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Romain Radwan Ali Al-Ghareeb 2 6 6 3 6 2   2 Issam Haitham Taweel Ahmad Rabeea Muhammad 6 1 6 2     3 Hayan Marouf / Majdi Salim Ali Ismaeel / Mohammad-Khaliq Siddiq       w/o ||||

#### Iran vs. Kuwait

| Iran 3 | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 30 April 2010 clay (outdoors) | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 30 April 2010 clay (outdoors) | Kuwait 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Shahin Khaledan Ali Al-Ghareeb 6 1 6 1     2 Mohammad Mohazzabnia Ali Ismaeel 7 5 7 5     3 Mohsen Hosseinzadeh / Ashkan Shokoofi Ali Al-Ghareeb / Ali Ismaeel 6 1 7$^7$ 6$^2$ ||||

## Pool B

| | | LIB | VIE | OMA | BAN |
| 1 | Lebanon (3–0) | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Vietnam (2–1) | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Oman (1–2) | 1–2 | 0–3 | | 2–1 |
| 4 | Bangladesh (0–3) | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | |

### Matches
#### Bangladesh vs. Oman

| Bangladesh 1 | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 28 April 2010 clay (outdoors) | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 28 April 2010 clay (outdoors) | Oman 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Shibu Lal Mohammed Al-Nabhani 3 6 1 6     2 Sree-Amol Roy Khalid Al-Nabhani 6 4 7 5     3 Ranjan Ram / Sree-Amol Roy Khalid Al-Nabhani / Mohammed Al-Nabhani 6 3 6$^1$ 7$^7$ 2 6 ||||

#### Lebanon vs. Vietnam

| Lebanon 2 | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 28 April 2010 clay (outdoors) | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 28 April 2010 clay (outdoors) | Vietnam 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Karim Al-Ayly Đỗ Minh Quân 6 2 6 2     2 Michael Massih Trần Thanh Hoàng 3 6 1 6     3 Karim Al-Ayly / Patrick Chucri Đỗ Minh Quân / Lê Quốc Khánh 6 4 7$^8$ 6$^6$ ||||

#### Lebanon vs. Oman

| Lebanon 2 | Esteghlal Tennis Courts, Tehran, Iran 29 April 2010 clay (indoors) | Esteghlal Tennis Courts, Tehran, Iran 29 April 2010 clay (indoors) | Oman 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Karim Al-Ayly Mohammed Al-Nabhani 6 2 7$^8$ 6$^6$     2 Michael Massih Khalid Al-Nabhani 3 6 6 3 3 6   3 Karim Al-Ayly / Patrick Chucri Khalid Al-Nabhani / Mohammed Al-Nabhani 3 6 7$^7$ 6$^2$ 6 4 ||||

#### Bangladesh vs. Vietnam

| Bangladesh 0 | Esteghlal Tennis Courts, Tehran, Iran 29 April 2010 clay (indoors) | Esteghlal Tennis Courts, Tehran, Iran 29 April 2010 clay (indoors) | Vietnam 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Shibu Lal Đỗ Minh Quân 2 6 1 6     2 Sree-Amol Roy Trần Thanh Hoàng 0 6 1 6     3 Mohammed-Alamgir Hossain / Shibu Lal Lê Quốc Khánh / Bùi Trí Nguyên 2 6 4 6 ||||

#### Vietnam vs. Oman

| Vietnam 3 | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 30 April 2010 clay (outdoors) | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 30 April 2010 clay (outdoors) | Oman 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Đỗ Minh Quân Mohammed Al-Nabhani 6 1 7$^7$ 6$^3$     2 Trần Thanh Hoàng Khalid Al-Nabhani 6 2 6 4     3 Lê Quốc Khánh / Bùi Trí Nguyên Abdullah Al-Balushi / Mohammed Al-Nabhani 6 3 5 3    retired ||||

#### Bangladesh vs. Lebanon

| Bangladesh 1 | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 30 April 2010 clay (outdoors) | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 30 April 2010 clay (outdoors) | Lebanon 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Mohammed-Alamgir Hossain Antoine Breikeh 4 6 6 4 6 2   2 Ranjan Ram Karim Al-Ayly 0 6 3 6     3 Mohammed-Alamgir Hossain / Shibu Lal Antoine Breikeh / Michael Massih 5 7 4 6 ||||

## Promotion Pool

| | | SYR | IRI | LIB | VIE |
| 1 | Syria (2–1) | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| 2 | Iran (2–1) | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Lebanon (1–2) | 1–2 | 0–2 | | 2–1 |
| 4 | Vietnam (1–2) | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | |
* Syria and Iran promoted to Group II in 2011.

### Matches
#### Iran vs. Lebanon

| Iran 2 | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 1 May 2010 clay (outdoors) | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 1 May 2010 clay (outdoors) | Lebanon 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Shahin Khaledan Patrick Chucri 6 2 6 2     2 Mohammad Mohazzabnia Karim Al-Ayly 7$^7$ 6$^2$ 2 6 7 5   3 Mohsen Hosseinzadeh / Ashkan Shokoofi Karim Al-Ayly / Patrick Chucri 2 2     not completed ||||

#### Vietnam vs. Syria

| Vietnam 2 | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 1 May 2010 clay (outdoors) | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 1 May 2010 clay (outdoors) | Syria 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Đỗ Minh Quân Romain Radwan 3 6 6 3 6 3   2 Trần Thanh Hoàng Issam Haitham Taweel 2 6 1 6     3 Đỗ Minh Quân / Lê Quốc Khánh Hayan Marouf / Majdi Salim 7$^{10}$ 6$^8$ 6 2 ||||

#### Syria vs. Lebanon

| Syria 2 | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 2 May 2010 clay (outdoors) | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 2 May 2010 clay (outdoors) | Lebanon 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Romain Radwan Karim Al-Ayly 4 6 5 7     2 Issam Haitham Taweel Michael Massih 6 2 6 1     3 Hayan Marouf / Majdi Salim Karim Al-Ayly / Patrick Chucri 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 6$^2$ ||||

#### Iran vs. Vietnam

| Iran 2 | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 2 May 2010 clay (outdoors) | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 2 May 2010 clay (outdoors) | Vietnam 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Shahin Khaledan Đỗ Minh Quân 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 6 3     2 Mohammad Mohazzabnia Trần Thanh Hoàng 6 0 6 2     3 ||||

## Relegation Pool

| | | KUW | OMA | BAN |
| 1 | Kuwait (2–0) | | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Oman (1–1) | 0–2 | | 2–1 |
| 3 | Bangladesh (0–2) | 0–2 | 1–2 | |
| 4 | | | | |
* Bangladesh (and Saudi Arabia) relegated to Group IV in 2011.

### Matches
#### Kuwait vs. Bangladesh

| Kuwait 2 | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 1 May 2010 clay (indoors) | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 1 May 2010 clay (indoors) | Bangladesh 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Mohammad-Khaliq Siddiq Ranjan Ram 6 4 6 1     2 Ali Al-Ghareeb Shibu Lal 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 2 6 7 5   3 ||||

#### Kuwait vs. Oman

| Kuwait 2 | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 2 May 2010 clay (indoors) | Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran 2 May 2010 clay (indoors) | Oman 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Ali Al-Ghareeb Mohammed Al-Nabhani 6 3 4 6 6 4   2 Ali Al-Ghareeb Ahmad Rabeea Muhammad 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 6$^5$     3 ||||

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Syria |
| 2 | Iran |
| 3 | Lebanon |
| 4 | Vietnam |
| 5 | Kuwait |
| 6 | Oman |
| 7 | Bangladesh |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia (withdrew) |
* Syria and Iran promoted to Group II in 2011.
* Bangladesh relegated to Group IV in 2011.
* Saudi Arabia withdrew from the Davis Cup.