# 2003 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Zone A

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. Group III was split into two tournaments. One tournament was held in Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria, February 3–7, on outdoor clay courts, while the other was held in State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia, June 11–15, on outdoor clay courts.

## Format

The eight teams in the Algiers tournament were split into two pools and played in a round-robin format. The top two teams of each pool advanced to the promotion pool, from which the two top teams were promoted to the Europe/Africa 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 Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 2004.

## Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA |
| Hungary | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Estonia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Madagascar | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Namibia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |

### Hungary vs. Estonia

| Hungary 3 | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 3 February 2003 Clay | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 3 February 2003 Clay | Estonia 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Gergely Kisgyörgy Andrei Luzgin 6 2 6 1     2 Kornél Bardóczky Mait Künnap 6 3 6 1     3 László Fonó / Sebő Kiss Mait Künnap / Gert Vilms 4 6 6 4 11 9 ||||

### Madagascar vs. Namibia

| Madagascar 3 | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 3 February 2003 Clay | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 3 February 2003 Clay | Namibia 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Lalaina Ratsimbazafy Henrico Du Plessis 4 6 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 6 2   2 Donne-Dubert Radison Jean-Pierre Huish 6 2 6 2     3 Donne-Dubert Radison / Jean-Marc Randriamanalina Nicky Buys / Henrico Du Plessis 3 6 6 3 6 2 ||||

### Hungary vs. Madagascar

| Hungary 3 | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 4 February 2003 Clay | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 4 February 2003 Clay | Madagascar 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Gergely Kisgyörgy Lalaina Ratsimbazafy 6 2 6 2     2 Kornél Bardóczky Donne-Dubert Radison 6 0 7 5     3 László Fonó / Sebő Kiss Donne-Dubert Radison / Lalaina Ratsimbazafy 6 2 6 0 ||||

### Estonia vs. Namibia

| Estonia 3 | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 4 February 2003 Clay | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 4 February 2003 Clay | Namibia 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Mait Künnap Henrico Du Plessis 6 1 6 2     2 Gert Vilms Jean-Pierre Huish 6 2 6 2     3 Mait Künnap / Andrei Luzgin Jean-Pierre Huish / Jurgens Strydom 6 3 4 6 6 3 ||||

### Hungary vs. Namibia

| Hungary 3 | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 5 February 2003 Clay | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 5 February 2003 Clay | Namibia 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Gergely Kisgyörgy Nicky Buys 6 0 6 0     2 Kornél Bardóczky Jean-Pierre Huish 6 1 7 1     3 László Fonó / Sebő Kiss Nicky Buys / Jurgens Strydom 6 0 6 3 ||||

### Estonia vs. Madagascar

| Estonia 3 | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 5 February 2003 Clay | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 5 February 2003 Clay | Madagascar 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Andrei Luzgin Lalaina Ratsimbazafy 7 5 7$^7$ 6$^1$     2 Gert Vilms Donne-Dubert Radison 6 3 7 5     3 Mait Künnap / Andrei Luzgin Jean-Marc Randriamanalina / Lalaina Ratsimbazafy 6 1 6 1 ||||

## Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA |
| Algeria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Lithuania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Angola | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Armenia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 |

### Armenia vs. Lithuania

| Armenia 0 | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 3 February 2003 Clay | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 3 February 2003 Clay | Lithuania 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Hayk Hakobyan Aivaras Balžekas 3 6 3 6     2 Hayk Zohranyan Rolandas Muraška 1 6 0 6     3 Hayk Hakobyan / Hayk Zohranyan Aivaras Balžekas / Rolandas Muraška 2 6 2 6 ||||

### Algeria vs. Angola

| Algeria 3 | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 3 February 2003 Clay | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 3 February 2003 Clay | Angola 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Abdelhak Hameurlaïne Nélson Almeida 7 5 7 5     2 Lamine Ouahab José Nenganga 6 1 6 1     3 Noureddine Mahmoudi / Lamine Ouahab João-Sebastião Miguel / José Nenganga 6 2 6 1 ||||

### Armenia vs. Algeria

| Armenia 0 | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 4 February 2003 Clay | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 4 February 2003 Clay | Algeria 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Hayk Hakobyan Noureddine Mahmoudi 2 6 2 6     2 Hayk Zohranyan Abdelhak Hameurlaïne 1 6 3 6     3 Hayk Hakobyan / Hayk Zohranyan Sofiane Dob / Lamine Ouahab 4 6 2 6 ||||

### Lithuania vs. Angola

| Lithuania 2 | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 4 February 2003 Clay | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 4 February 2003 Clay | Angola 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Aivaras Balžekas Nélson Almeida 7$^9$ 6$^7$ 6 3     2 Rolandas Muraška José Nenganga 6 1 6 3     3 Aurimas Karpavičius / Gvidas Sabeckis Nélson Almeida / José Nenganga 2 6 6 2 3 6 ||||

### Armenia vs. Angola

| Armenia 1 | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 5 February 2003 Clay | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 5 February 2003 Clay | Angola 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Hayk Hakobyan Nélson Almeida 5 7 6 0 6 8   2 Hayk Zohranyan José Nenganga 7 5 7 5     3 Hayk Hakobyan / Hayk Zohranyan Nélson Almeida / José Nenganga 6 4 4 6 3 6 ||||

### Lithuania vs. Algeria

| Lithuania 1 | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 5 February 2003 Clay | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 5 February 2003 Clay | Algeria 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Aivaras Balžekas Abdelhak Hameurlaïne 6 1 3 6 7 9   2 Rolandas Muraška Lamine Ouahab 1 6 2 6     3 Rolandas Muraška / Gvidas Sabeckis Sofiane Dob / Noureddine Mahmoudi 6 3 6 2 ||||

## Promotion pool

| Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA |
| Algeria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Hungary | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Estonia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Lithuania | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
Algeria and Hungary promoted to Group II for 2004.

### Hungary vs. Lithuania

| Hungary 3 | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 6 February 2003 Clay | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 6 February 2003 Clay | Lithuania 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Gergely Kisgyörgy Aivaras Balžekas 6 2 6 2     2 Kornél Bardóczky Rolandas Muraška 6 2 6 3     3 László Fonó / Sebő Kiss Rolandas Muraška / Gvidas Sabeckis 6 1 6 2 ||||

### Algeria vs. Estonia

| Algeria 2 | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 6 February 2003 Clay | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 6 February 2003 Clay | Estonia 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Abdelhak Hameurlaïne Mait Künnap 2 6 1 6     2 Lamine Ouahab Gert Vilms 6 4 6 0     3 Noureddine Mahmoudi / Lamine Ouahab Mait Künnap / Gert Vilms 7 5 6 3 ||||

### Hungary vs. Algeria

| Hungary 0 | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 7 February 2003 Clay | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 7 February 2003 Clay | Algeria 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Sebő Kiss Noureddine Mahmoudi 6 1 5 7 3 6   2 László Fonó Lamine Ouahab 5 7 3 6     3 László Fonó / Sebő Kiss Noureddine Mahmoudi / Lamine Ouahab       not played ||||

### Lithuania vs. Estonia

| Lithuania 1 | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 7 February 2003 Clay | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 7 February 2003 Clay | Estonia 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Aurimas Karpavičius Andrei Luzgin 6 1 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 2 6   2 Rolandas Muraška Mait Künnap 6 0 6 4     3 Rolandas Muraška / Gvidas Sabeckis Mait Künnap / Andrei Luzgin 3 6 6 4 4 6 ||||

## 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 |
| Madagascar | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Namibia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Angola | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Armenia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
Angola and Armenia demoted to Group IV for 2004.

### Madagascar vs. Armenia

| Madagascar 2 | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 6 February 2003 Clay | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 6 February 2003 Clay | Armenia 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Lalaina Ratsimbazafy Tsolak Gevorgyan 6 3 2 6 3 6   2 Donne-Dubert Radison Hayk Zohranyan 6 2 6 0     3 Donne-Dubert Radison / Lalaina Ratsimbazafy Tsolak Gevorgyan / Hayk Hakobyan 6 3 5 7 8 6 ||||

### Angola vs. Namibia

| Angola 1 | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 6 February 2003 Clay | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 6 February 2003 Clay | Namibia 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Nélson Almeida Henrico Du Plessis 6 3 6 3     2 José Nenganga Jean-Pierre Huish 6$^6$ 7$^8$ 7 5 3 6   3 Nélson Almeida / José Nenganga Henrico Du Plessis / Jean-Pierre Huish 3 6 1 6 ||||

### Madagascar vs. Angola

| Madagascar 1 | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 7 February 2003 Clay | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 7 February 2003 Clay | Angola 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Lalaina Ratsimbazafy João-Sebastião Miguel 6 2 6 3     2 Donne-Dubert Radison Nélson Almeida 3 6 4 6     3 Donne-Dubert Radison / Lalaina Ratsimbazafy Nélson Almeida / José Nenganga 6 3 3 6 7 9 ||||

### Armenia vs. Namibia

| Armenia 0 | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 7 February 2003 Clay | Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 7 February 2003 Clay | Namibia 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Hayk Hakobyan Henrico Du Plessis 2 6 6 1 1 6   2 Tsolak Gevorgyan Jean-Pierre Huish 1 6 6 1 3 6   3 Tsolak Gevorgyan / Hayk Hakobyan Henrico Du Plessis / Jean-Pierre Huish        w/o ||||

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Algeria |
| 2 | Hungary |
| 3 | Estonia |
| 4 | Lithuania |
| 5 | Madagascar |
| 6 | Namibia |
| 7 | Angola |
| 8 | Armenia |
* Algeria and Hungary promoted to Group II in 2004.
* Angola and Armenia relegated to Group IV in 2004.