# 2003 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II

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 | Play-offs | Play-offs | First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round |
| | | | Maia, Portugal (clay) | Maia, Portugal (clay) | Maia, Portugal (clay) | | | | | | |
| | | | S | Portugal | 4 | | | | | | |
| Gdynia, Poland (clay) | Gdynia, Poland (clay) | Gdynia, Poland (clay) | S | Portugal | 4 | Durban, South Africa (hard) | | | | | |
| Gdynia, Poland (clay) | Gdynia, Poland (clay) | Gdynia, Poland (clay) | | Monaco | 1 | Durban, South Africa (hard) | | | | | |
| Monaco | Monaco | 0 | | Monaco | 1 | S | Portugal | 0 | | | |
| Monaco | Monaco | 0 | Polokwane, South Africa (hard) | Polokwane, South Africa (hard) | Polokwane, South Africa (hard) | S | Portugal | 0 | | | |
| Poland | Poland | 5 | Polokwane, South Africa (hard) | Polokwane, South Africa (hard) | Polokwane, South Africa (hard) | S | South Africa | 5 | | | |
| Poland | Poland | 5 | S | South Africa | 3 | S | South Africa | 5 | | | |
| | | | S | South Africa | 3 | | | | Brøndby, Denmark (indoor carpet) | Brøndby, Denmark (indoor carpet) | Brøndby, Denmark (indoor carpet) |
| | | | | Poland | 2 | | | | Brøndby, Denmark (indoor carpet) | Brøndby, Denmark (indoor carpet) | Brøndby, Denmark (indoor carpet) |
| | | | | Poland | 2 | | | | S | South Africa | 3 |
| | | | Accra, Ghana (hard) | Accra, Ghana (hard) | Accra, Ghana (hard) | | | | S | South Africa | 3 |
| | | | Accra, Ghana (hard) | Accra, Ghana (hard) | Accra, Ghana (hard) | | | | S | Denmark | 2 |
| | | | S | Slovenia | 4 | | | | S | Denmark | 2 |
| Tunis, Tunisia (clay) | Tunis, Tunisia (clay) | Tunis, Tunisia (clay) | S | Slovenia | 4 | Hornbæk, Denmark (hard) | Hornbæk, Denmark (hard) | Hornbæk, Denmark (hard) | | | |
| Tunis, Tunisia (clay) | Tunis, Tunisia (clay) | Tunis, Tunisia (clay) | | Ghana | 1 | Hornbæk, Denmark (hard) | Hornbæk, Denmark (hard) | Hornbæk, Denmark (hard) | | | |
| Ghana | Ghana | 1 | | Ghana | 1 | S | Slovenia | 1 | | | |
| Ghana | Ghana | 1 | Hillerød, Denmark (indoor hard) | Hillerød, Denmark (indoor hard) | Hillerød, Denmark (indoor hard) | S | Slovenia | 1 | | | |
| Tunisia | Tunisia | 4 | Hillerød, Denmark (indoor hard) | Hillerød, Denmark (indoor hard) | Hillerød, Denmark (indoor hard) | S | Denmark | 4 | | | |
| Tunisia | Tunisia | 4 | S | Denmark | 4 | S | Denmark | 4 | | | |
| | | | | Tunisia | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | Sofia, Bulgaria (indoor carpet) | Sofia, Bulgaria (indoor carpet) | Sofia, Bulgaria (indoor carpet) | | | | | | |
| | | | | Bulgaria | 3 | | | | | | |
| Kakhovka, Ukraine (clay) | Kakhovka, Ukraine (clay) | Kakhovka, Ukraine (clay) | | Bulgaria | 3 | Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro (clay) | | | | | |
| Kakhovka, Ukraine (clay) | Kakhovka, Ukraine (clay) | Kakhovka, Ukraine (clay) | S | Ukraine | 2 | Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro (clay) | | | | | |
| Ukraine | Ukraine | 3 | S | Ukraine | 2 | Bulgaria | Bulgaria | 1 | | | |
| Ukraine | Ukraine | 3 | Belgrade, Serbia-Mont. (indoor carpet) | Belgrade, Serbia-Mont. (indoor carpet) | Belgrade, Serbia-Mont. (indoor carpet) | Bulgaria | Bulgaria | 1 | | | |
| Ivory Coast | Ivory Coast | 2 | Belgrade, Serbia-Mont. (indoor carpet) | Belgrade, Serbia-Mont. (indoor carpet) | Belgrade, Serbia-Mont. (indoor carpet) | Serbia and Montenegro | Serbia and Montenegro | 4 | | | |
| Ivory Coast | Ivory Coast | 2 | | Serbia and Montenegro | 4 | Serbia and Montenegro | Serbia and Montenegro | 4 | | | |
| | | | | Serbia and Montenegro | 4 | | | | Athens, Greece (clay) | Athens, Greece (clay) | Athens, Greece (clay) |
| | | | S | Ivory Coast | 1 | | | | Athens, Greece (clay) | Athens, Greece (clay) | Athens, Greece (clay) |
| | | | S | Ivory Coast | 1 | | | | | Serbia and Montenegro | 2 |
| | | | Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard) | Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard) | Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard) | | | | | Serbia and Montenegro | 2 |
| | | | Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard) | Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard) | Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard) | | | | S | Greece | 3 |
| | | | | Egypt | 1 | | | | S | Greece | 3 |
| Andorra La Vella, Andorra (carpet) | Andorra La Vella, Andorra (carpet) | Andorra La Vella, Andorra (carpet) | | Egypt | 1 | Athens, Greece (clay) | Athens, Greece (clay) | Athens, Greece (clay) | | | |
| Andorra La Vella, Andorra (carpet) | Andorra La Vella, Andorra (carpet) | Andorra La Vella, Andorra (carpet) | S | Ireland | 4 | Athens, Greece (clay) | Athens, Greece (clay) | Athens, Greece (clay) | | | |
| Egypt | Egypt | 3 | S | Ireland | 4 | S | Ireland | 0 | | | |
| Egypt | Egypt | 3 | Andorra La Vella, Andorra (ind. carpet) | Andorra La Vella, Andorra (ind. carpet) | Andorra La Vella, Andorra (ind. carpet) | S | Ireland | 0 | | | |
| Andorra | Andorra | 2 | Andorra La Vella, Andorra (ind. carpet) | Andorra La Vella, Andorra (ind. carpet) | Andorra La Vella, Andorra (ind. carpet) | S | Greece | 5 | | | |
| Andorra | Andorra | 2 | | Andorra | 1 | S | Greece | 5 | | | |
| | | | 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 | 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 6$^2$ 7$^7$ 6 3 6 1     3 Emanuel Couto / Bernardo Mota Guillaume Couillard / Emmanuel Heussner 3 6 7$^9$ 6$^7$ 6 2 2 6 6 2   4 Hélder Lopes Guillaume Couillard 7 5 6$^7$ 7$^9$ 7$^7$ 6$^2$       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 | 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 | 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 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 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 6$^5$ 7$^7$       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) | 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 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 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) | Sofia Tennis Hall, Sofia, Bulgaria 4–6 April 2003 Carpet (indoors) | Ukraine 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Ivaylo Traykov Orest Tereshchuk 6$^2$ 7$^7$ 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 6 3 6$^6$ 7$^8$ 4 6   2 Radoslav Lukaev Andrei Dernovskiy 6 3 6$^6$ 7$^8$ 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 6$^7$ 7$^9$ 3 6     5 Ivaylo Traykov Andrey Stepanov 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 6 4 7$^7$ 6$^3$ ||||

### Serbia and Montenegro vs. Ivory Coast

| Serbia and Montenegro 4 | Gemax Tennis Club, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro 4–6 April 2003 Carpet (indoors) | 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 6$^6$ 7$^8$ 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) | 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 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 3 6 4 6     2 John Doran Amr Ghoneim 3 6 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 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 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 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) | 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 | Westridge Park, Durban, South Africa 11–13 July 2003 Hard | Portugal 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Rik de Voest Hélder Lopes 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 6 1 6 4       2 Wesley Moodie Leonardo Tavares 6 3 6 4 1 6 7$^9$ 6$^7$     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 | 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 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 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 | 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 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 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 | Athens Lawn Tennis Club, Athens, Greece 11–13 July 2003 Clay | Ireland 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Konstantinos Economidis Peter Clarke 7$^7$ 6$^2$ 6 3 6 4       2 Vasilis Mazarakis Conor Niland 6 2 2 6 6$^1$ 7$^7$ 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 | Arka T.C., Gdynia, Poland 11–13 July 2003 Clay | Monaco 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Mariusz Fyrstenberg Emmanuel Heussner 6 4 6$^3$ 7$^7$ 6 3 6 1     2 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski Guillaume Couillard 6 4 6 3 6 2       3 Marcin Matkowski / Radosław Nijaki Guillaume Couillard / Emmanuel Heussner 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 6 4 6 3       4 Radosław Nijaki Guillaume Couillard 6 4 6$^6$ 7$^8$ 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 | Tennis Club de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia 11–13 July 2003 Clay | Ghana 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Haythem Abid Gunther Darkey 7$^7$ 6$^2$ 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 | 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) | 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 7$^7$ 6$^3$     2 Kenneth Tuilier-Curco Karim Maamoun 2 6 0 6 7$^7$ 6$^0$ 1 6     3 Pau Gerbaud-Farras / Joan Jiménez Guerra Amr Ghoneim / Mohamed Mamoun 7 5 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 4 6 4 6     4 Joan Jiménez Guerra Karim Maamoun 6 4 6$^2$ 7$^7$ 7$^8$ 6$^6$ 4 6 6 8   5 Pau Gerbaud-Farras Mohammed Fawzy 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 6 4 ||||

## Third round
### Denmark vs. South Africa

| Denmark 2 | Odense Idrætshal, Brøndby, Denmark 19–21 September 2003 Carpet (indoors) | 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 6$^3$ 7$^7$       2 Kenneth Carlsen Wesley Moodie 6$^1$ 7$^7$ 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 6 3 6 4     3 Kenneth Carlsen / Frederik Fetterlein Wayne Ferreira / Chris Haggard 3 6 5 7 6$^5$ 7$^7$       4 Kenneth Carlsen Wayne Ferreira 6 1 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 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 | 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 6$^6$ 7$^8$ 6 3 6 2 6 4     4 Konstantinos Economidis Janko Tipsarević 6 0 7$^8$ 6$^6$ 6 4       5 Alexandros Jakoubovits Boris Pašanski 4 6 3 6 ||||