# 2002 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 2002.
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 Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland, May 8–12, while the other was held in Antalya, Turkey, April 3–7.

## Format

Zambia withdrew from the Gdynia tournament and relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 2003. The seven remaining teams in the Gdynia 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 2003. The remaining teams in each group from the preliminary round were relegated into the relegation pool, from which the bottom team relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 2003.

## Pool A

| | Pool A | POL | TUN | CYP | MKD |
| 1 | Poland (3–0) | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Tunisia (1–1) | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| 3 | Cyprus (1–1) | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 2–1 |
| 4 | North Macedonia (1–1) | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | |

### Poland vs. Cyprus

| Poland 3 | Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 8 May 2002 Clay | Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 8 May 2002 Clay | Cyprus 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski Dinos Pavlou 6 0 6 0     2 Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcos Baghdatis 4 6 6 3 6 2   3 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski / Łukasz Kubot Marcos Baghdatis / Petros Baghdatis 6 4 7$^7$ 6$^3$ ||||

### North Macedonia vs. Tunisia

| North Macedonia 2 | Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 8 May 2002 Clay | Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 8 May 2002 Clay | Tunisia 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Zoran Ševčenko Haythem Abid 6 3 6 2     2 Predrag Rusevski Walid Jallali 1 6 0 6     3 Predrag Rusevski / Zoran Ševčenko Issam Jellali / Walid Jallali 6 3 6 3 ||||

### Poland vs. North Macedonia

| Poland 3 | Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 9 May 2002 Clay | Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 9 May 2002 Clay | North Macedonia 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski Kristian Mitrovski 6 1 6 0     2 Mariusz Fyrstenberg Predrag Rusevski 6 4 6 2     3 Łukasz Kubot / Filip Urban Dimitar Grabul / Predrag Rusevski 6 2 6 3 ||||

### Cyprus vs. Tunisia

| Cyprus 1 | Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 9 May 2002 Clay | Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 9 May 2002 Clay | Tunisia 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Dinos Pavlou Haythem Abid 2 6 2 6     2 Marcos Baghdatis Walid Jallali 5 7 2 6     3 Marcos Baghdatis / Petros Baghdatis Haythem Abid / Walid Jallali 6 4 2 6 6 2 ||||

### Poland vs. Tunisia

| Poland 2 | Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 10 May 2002 Clay | Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 10 May 2002 Clay | Tunisia 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski Haythem Abid 6 2 6 1     2 Mariusz Fyrstenberg Walid Jallali 5 7 4 6     3 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski / Łukasz Kubot Haythem Abid / Malek Jaziri 6 3 6 4 ||||

### Cyprus vs. North Macedonia

| Cyprus 2 | Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 10 May 2002 Clay | Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 10 May 2002 Clay | North Macedonia 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Dinos Pavlou Zoran Ševčenko 6 4 6 3     2 Marcos Baghdatis Predrag Rusevski 7 5 6 1     3 Marcos Baghdatis / Petros Baghdatis Predrag Rusevski / Zoran Ševčenko 7 5 3 6 5 7 ||||

## Pool B

| | Pool B | EST | MAD | MRI |
| 1 | Estonia (2–0) | | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Madagascar (1–1) | 1–2 | | 3–0 |
| 3 | Mauritius (0–2) | 0–3 | 0–3 | |

### Mauritius vs. Madagascar

| Mauritius 0 | Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 8 May 2002 Clay | Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 8 May 2002 Clay | Madagascar 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Ananda Sawmynaden Donne-Dubert Radison 0 6 1 6     2 Jean-Marcel Bourgault du Coudray Alexis Rafidison 3 6 6$^1$ 7$^7$     3 Jean-Marcel Bourgault du Coudray / Ananda Sawmynaden Donne-Dubert Radison / Jean-Marc Randriamanalina 7$^8$ 6$^6$ 2 6 1 6 ||||

### Estonia vs. Mauritius

| Estonia 3 | Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 9 May 2002 Clay | Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 9 May 2002 Clay | Mauritius 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Andrei Luzgin Ananda Sawmynaden 6 3 6 1     2 Rene Busch Jean-Marcel Bourgault du Coudray 6 2 6 2     3 Andres Angerjärv / Ivar Troost Jean-Marcel Bourgault du Coudray / Ananda Sawmynaden 6 1 6 4 ||||

### Estonia vs. Madagascar

| Estonia 2 | Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 10 May 2002 Clay | Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 10 May 2002 Clay | Madagascar 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Andrei Luzgin Donne-Dubert Radison 6 4 6 4     2 Rene Busch Alexis Rafidison 0 6 2 6     3 Andrei Luzgin / Ivar Troost Alexis Rafidison / Jean-Marc Randriamanalina 1 6 6 3 7 5 ||||

## 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.
(scores in italics carried over from Groups)
| | 1st–4th Play-off | POL | TUN | EST | MAD |
| 1 | Poland (3–0) | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Tunisia (2–1) | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Estonia (1–2) | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 2–1 |
| 4 | Madagascar (0–3) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | |
Poland and Tunisia promoted to Group II in 2003.

### Poland vs. Madagascar

| Poland 3 | Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 11 May 2002 Clay | Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 11 May 2002 Clay | Madagascar 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski Donne-Dubert Radison 6 0 6 0     2 Łukasz Kubot Alexis Rafidison 6 2 6 0     3 Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Filip Urban Donne-Dubert Radison / Jean-Marc Randriamanalina 7 5 6 2 ||||

### Tunisia vs. Estonia

| Tunisia 2 | Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 11 May 2002 Clay | Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 11 May 2002 Clay | Estonia 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Haythem Abid Andrei Luzgin 3 6 6 3 4 6   2 Walid Jallali Rene Busch 6 3 6 1     3 Issam Jellali / Walid Jallali Andrei Luzgin / Ivar Troost 4 6 6 3 18 16 ||||

### Poland vs. Estonia

| Poland 3 | Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 12 May 2002 Clay | Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 12 May 2002 Clay | Estonia 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski Andres Angerjärv 6 0 6 0     2 Łukasz Kubot Ivar Troost 6 3 6 2     3 Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Filip Urban Andres Angerjärv / Andrei Luzgin 6 4 6 0 ||||

### Tunisia vs. Madagascar

| Tunisia 3 | Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 12 May 2002 Clay | Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 12 May 2002 Clay | Madagascar 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Haythem Abid Jean-Marc Randriamanalina 6 4 7$^7$ 6$^5$     2 Walid Jallali Donne-Dubert Radison 6 0 6 1     3 Issam Jellali / Malek Jaziri Donne-Dubert Radison / Jean-Marc Randriamanalina 6 1 6 2 ||||

## Relegation pool

The bottom two teams from Pool A and the bottom team from Pool B were placed in the relegation group. Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward.
(scores in italics carried over from Groups)
| | 5th–7th Play-off | CYP | MKD | MRI |
| 1 | Cyprus (2–0) | | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | North Macedonia (1–1) | 1–2 | | 3–0 |
| 3 | Mauritius (0–2) | 0–3 | 0–3 | |
Mauritius relegated to Group IV in 2005.

### Mauritius vs. North Macedonia

| Mauritius 0 | Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 11 May 2002 Clay | Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 11 May 2002 Clay | North Macedonia 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Ananda Sawmynaden Zoran Ševčenko 1 6 1 6     2 Jean-Marcel Bourgault du Coudray Predrag Rusevski 4 6 6$^4$ 7$^7$     3 Jean-Marcel Bourgault du Coudray / Ananda Sawmynaden Dimitar Grabul / Kristian Mitrovski 4 6 0 6 ||||

### Mauritius vs. Cyprus

| Mauritius 0 | Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 12 May 2002 Clay | Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 12 May 2002 Clay | Cyprus 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Ananda Sawmynaden Dinos Pavlou 2 6 3 6     2 Jean-Marcel Bourgault du Coudray Marcos Baghdatis 4 6 1 6     3 Ananda Sawmynaden / Arnaud Serret Petros Baghdatis / Eleftherios Christou 1 6 1 6 ||||

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Poland |
| 2 | Tunisia |
| 3 | Estonia |
| 4 | Madagascar |
| 5 | Cyprus |
| 6 | North Macedonia |
| 7 | Mauritius |
* Poland and Tunisia promoted to Group II in 2003.
* Mauritius relegated to Group IV in 2003.
* Zambia withdrew from the tournament and relegated to Group IV in 2003.