# 2003 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III

The Group III tournament was held July 23–27, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on outdoor hard 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 2004. 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 2004.

## Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA |
| Kuwait | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Pacific Oceania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 |

### Kuwait vs. Pacific Oceania

| Kuwait 3 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 23 July 2003 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 23 July 2003 | Pacific Oceania 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Mohammad-Khaliq Siddiq Cyril Jacobe 6 1 6 3     2 Mohammad Ghareeb Juan Sebastien Langton 6 2 6 4     3 Mohammad Ghareeb / Abdullah Maqdes Brett Baudinet / Juan Sebastien Langton 6 3 7$^9$ 6$^7$ ||||

### Kyrgyzstan vs. United Arab Emirates

| Kyrgyzstan 2 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 23 July 2003 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 23 July 2003 | United Arab Emirates 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Ruslan Eshmuhamedov Mahmoud Nader Al Blooshi 6 2 7$^7$ 6$^2$     2 Ernest Batirbekov Omar Alawadhi 6 3 6 4     3 Ernest Batirbekov / Ruslan Eshmuhamedov Mohammed Abdel-Aziz Al Nuaimi / Omar Alawadhi 4 6 6 3 2 6 ||||

### Kuwait vs. Kyrgyzstan

| Kuwait 3 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 24 July 2003 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 24 July 2003 | Kyrgyzstan 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Mohammad-Khaliq Siddiq Ruslan Eshmuhamedov 6 3 6 1     2 Mohammad Ghareeb Ernest Batirbekov 6 0 6 2     3 Musaad Al Jazzaf / Abdullah Maqdes Boris Baichorov / Sergei Ni 7$^7$ 6$^1$ 6 0 ||||

### United Arab Emirates vs. Pacific Oceania

| United Arab Emirates 0 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 24 July 2003 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 24 July 2003 | Pacific Oceania 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Mahmoud Nader Al Blooshi Cyril Jacobe 4 6 4 6     2 Omar Alawadhi Juan Sebastien Langton 1 6 2 6     3 Mohammed Abdel-Aziz Al Nuaimi / Mahmoud Nader Al Blooshi Brett Baudinet / Juan Sebastien Langton 1 6 1 6 ||||

### Kuwait vs. United Arab Emirates

| Kuwait 3 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 25 July 2003 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 25 July 2003 | United Arab Emirates 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Abdullah Maqdes Mohammed Abdel-Aziz Al Nuaimi 6 2 6 1     2 Musaad Al Jazzaf Mahmoud Nader Al Blooshi 7$^8$ 6$^6$ 6 2     3 Musaad Al Jazzaf / Abdullah Maqdes Mohammed Abdel-Aziz Al Nuaimi / Mahmoud Nader Al Blooshi 6 1 6 1 ||||

### Kyrgyzstan vs. Pacific Oceania

| Kyrgyzstan 1 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 25 July 2003 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 25 July 2003 | Pacific Oceania 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Ruslan Eshmuhamedov Cyril Jacobe 6 3 1 6 6 0   2 Ernest Batirbekov Juan Sebastien Langton 2 6 1 6     3 Ernest Batirbekov / Ruslan Eshmuhamedov Brett Baudinet / Juan Sebastien Langton 6$^6$ 7$^8$ 4 6 ||||

## Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA |
| Malaysia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Qatar | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Syria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Bahrain | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 |

### Malaysia vs. Syria

| Malaysia 3 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 23 July 2003 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 23 July 2003 | Syria 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Adam Jaya Rabi Bouhassoun 6 4 3 6 5 0  retired 2 Si Yew Ming Lays Salim 6 2 7$^7$ 6$^5$     3 Lai Kok Seong / Mohammed-Noor Noordin Wael Chami / Abraham Ibrahim 6 1 6 1 ||||

### Qatar vs. Bahrain

| Qatar 3 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 23 July 2003 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 23 July 2003 | Bahrain 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Amir Mohamed Ebrahim Bayoumi Abdul-Rahman Shehab 6 4 6 4     2 Sultan Khalfan Al Alawi Esam Abdulaal 6 1 6 2     3 Mohammed Abdulla / Amir Mohamed Ebrahim Bayoumi Nader Abdul-Aal / Abdul-Rahman Shehab 6 3 5 7 6 3 ||||

### Malaysia vs. Bahrain

| Malaysia 2 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 24 July 2003 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 24 July 2003 | Bahrain 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Adam Jaya Abdul-Rahman Shehab 4 6 4 6     2 Si Yew Ming Bader Abdul-Aal 6 0 6 3     3 Adam Jaya / Si Yew Ming Bader Abdul-Aal / Abdul-Rahman Shehab 6 0 6 3 ||||

### Qatar vs. Syria

| Qatar 2 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 24 July 2003 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 24 July 2003 | Syria 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Amir Mohamed Ebrahim Bayoumi Abraham Ibrahim 4 6 1 6     2 Sultan Khalfan Al Alawi Rabi Bouhassoun 6 1 6 3     3 Sultan Khalfan Al Alawi / Amir Mohamed Ebrahim Bayoumi Abraham Ibrahim / Lays Salim 6 1 6 3 ||||

### Malaysia vs. Qatar

| Malaysia 2 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 25 July 2003 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 25 July 2003 | Qatar 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Adam Jaya Amir Mohamed Ebrahim Bayoumi 6 4 4 5   retired  2 Si Yew Ming Sultan Khalfan Al Alawi 7 5 6 2     3 Mohammed-Noor Noordin / Si Yew Ming Sultan Khalfan Al Alawi / Amir Mohamed Ebrahim Bayoumi 6 1 6 2 ||||

### Bahrain vs. Syria

| Bahrain 1 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 25 July 2003 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 25 July 2003 | Syria 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Abdul-Rahman Shehab Abraham Ibrahim 6 4 0 2   retired  2 Esam Abdulaal Lays Salim 6 1 6 2     3 Esam Abdulaal / Nader Abdul-Aal Abraham Ibrahim / Lays Salim 6 1 2 6 3 6 ||||

## 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 |
| Kuwait | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Pacific Oceania | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Qatar | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 |

### Kuwait vs. Qatar

| Kuwait 3 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 26 July 2003 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 26 July 2003 | Qatar 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Mohammad-Khaliq Siddiq Mohammed Abdulla 6 1 6 2     2 Mohammad Ghareeb Sultan Khalfan Al Alawi 6 0 6 2     3 Musaad Al Jazzaf / Abdullah Maqdes Mohammed Abdulla / Amir Mohamed Ebrahim Bayoumi 6 3 6 4 ||||

### Malaysia vs. Pacific Oceania

| Malaysia 3 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 26 July 2003 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 26 July 2003 | Pacific Oceania 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Lai Kok Seong Cyril Jacobe 6 3 6 4     2 Si Yew Ming Juan Sebastien Langton 6 0 6 2     3 Adam Jaya / Mohammed-Noor Noordin Brett Baudinet / Juan Sebastien Langton 3 6 7 5 6 3 ||||

### Kuwait vs. Malaysia

| Kuwait 3 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 27 July 2003 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 27 July 2003 | Malaysia 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Abdullah Maqdes Mohammed-Noor Noordin 6 4 6 1     2 Musaad Al Jazzaf Lai Kok Seong 6 3 6 2     3 Musaad Al Jazzaf / Abdullah Maqdes Adam Jaya / Mohammed-Noor Noordin 6 3 6 4 ||||

### Qatar vs. Pacific Oceania

| Qatar 1 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 27 July 2003 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 27 July 2003 | Pacific Oceania 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Mohammed Abdulla Cyril Jacobe 7$^7$ 6$^2$ 3 6 0 6   2 Sultan Khalfan Al Alawi Juan Sebastien Langton 6 1 7 5     3 Mohammed Abdulla / Sultan Khalfan Al Alawi Brett Baudinet / Cyril Jacobe 2 6 2 6 ||||
Kuwait and Malaysia promoted to Group II for 2004.

## 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 |
| Bahrain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Syria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |

### Kyrgyzstan vs. Bahrain

| Kyrgyzstan 0 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 26 July 2003 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 26 July 2003 | Bahrain 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Boris Baichorov Abdul-Rahman Shehab 2 6 6 4 6 8   2 Ernest Batirbekov Esam Abdulaal 6 4 4 6 1 6   3 Boris Baichorov / Sergei Ni Nader Abdul-Aal / Abdul-Rahman Shehab 4 6 4 6 ||||

### Syria vs. United Arab Emirates

| Syria 1 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 26 July 2003 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 26 July 2003 | United Arab Emirates 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Abraham Ibrahim Mahmoud Nader Al Blooshi 3 6 2 6     2 Lays Salim Omar Alawadhi 6 0 6 2     3 Abraham Ibrahim / Lays Salim Omar Alawadhi / Mahmoud Nader Al Blooshi 5 7 4 6 ||||

### Kyrgyzstan vs. Syria

| Kyrgyzstan 1 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 27 July 2003 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 27 July 2003 | Syria 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Ruslan Eshmuhamedov Rabi Bouhassoun 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 1 6     2 Ernest Batirbekov Lays Salim 1 6 0 6     3 Boris Baichorov / Sergei Ni Wael Chami / Abraham Ibrahim 6 4 3 6 6 4 ||||

### Bahrain vs. United Arab Emirates

| Bahrain 2 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 27 July 2003 | National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 27 July 2003 | United Arab Emirates 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Abdul-Rahman Shehab Mahmoud Nader Al Blooshi 2 6 6 2 6 4   2 Esam Abdulaal Omar Alawadhi 1 6 4 6     3 Esam Abdulaal / Abdul-Rahman Shehab Omar Alawadhi / Mahmoud Nader Al Blooshi 3 6 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 6 1 ||||
United Arab Emirates and Kyrgyzstan demoted to Group IV for 2004.

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Kuwait |
| 2 | Malaysia |
| 3 | Pacific Oceania |
| 4 | Qatar |
| 5 | Bahrain |
| 6 | Syria |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan |
* Kuwait and Malaysia promoted to Group II in 2004.
* United Arab Emirates and Kyrgyzstan relegated to Group IV in 2004.