# 2009 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III

The Asian and Oceanian Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2009.
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: Al-Hamadaniah Tennis Complex, Aleppo, Syria
Surface: Hard – outdoors
Dates: 15–19 April

## Participating teams

* Iran
* Lebanon
* Pacific Oceania
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Tajikistan

## Pool A

| | | POC | LIB | TJK | SIN |
| 1 | Pacific Oceania (3–0) | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Lebanon (2–1) | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Tajikistan (1–2) | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 3–0 |
| 4 | Singapore (0–3) | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | |

### Matches
#### Tajikistan vs. Pacific Oceania

| Tajikistan 0 | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 15 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 15 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Pacific Oceania 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Bakhtiyor Sadulloev Juan Sebastien Langton 4 6 2 6     2 Sergey Makashin Michael Leong 2 6 2 6     3 Bakhtiyor Sadulloev / Mirkhusein Yakhyaev Brett Baudinet / Cyril Jacobe 1 6 2 6 ||||

#### Singapore vs. Lebanon

| Singapore 1 | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 15 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 15 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Lebanon 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Stanley Armando Brahim Saffiedine 6 4 2 6 6 2   2 Abdul-Hakim Jamaludin Karim Al-Ayly 1 6 1 6     3 Stanley Armando / Daniel Heryanta Dewandaka Karim Al-Ayly / Hicham Zaatini 1 6 0 6 ||||

#### Singapore vs. Pacific Oceania

| Singapore 0 | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 16 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 16 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Pacific Oceania 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Stanley Armando Juan Sebastien Langton 6 3 2 6 5 7   2 Abdul-Hakim Jamaludin Michael Leong 0 6 3 6     3 Abdul-Hakim Jamaludin / Marcus Dexian Tay Brett Baudinet / Cyril Jacobe 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 3 6 ||||

#### Tajikistan vs. Lebanon

| Tajikistan 1 | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 16 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 16 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Lebanon 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Mirkhusein Yakhyaev Brahim Saffiedine 6 0 6 3     2 Bakhtiyor Sadulloev Karim Al-Ayly 3 6 1 6     3 Sergey Makashin / Mirkhusein Yakhyaev Karim Al-Ayly / Hicham Zaatini 5 7 4 6 ||||

#### Lebanon vs. Pacific Oceania

| Lebanon 1 | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 17 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 17 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Pacific Oceania 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Hicham Zaatini Juan Sebastien Langton 4 6 6 3 4 6   2 Karim Al-Ayly Brett Baudinet 4 6 1 3    retired 3 Karim Al-Ayly / Hicham Zaatini Brett Baudinet / Cyril Jacobe 7 5 3 6 4 6 ||||

#### Singapore vs. Tajikistan

| Singapore 0 | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 17 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 17 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Tajikistan 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Marcus Dexian Tay Mirkhusein Yakhyaev 3 6 4 6     2 Stanley Armando Sergey Makashin 5 7 0 6     3 Stanley Armando / Daniel Heryanta Dewandaka Sergey Makashin / Mirkhusein Yakhyaev 2 6 5 7 ||||

## Pool B

| | | SRI | SYR | KSA | IRI |
| 1 | Sri Lanka (3–0) | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Syria (2–1) | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia (1–2) | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 2–1 |
| 4 | Iran (0–3) | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | |

### Matches
#### Iran vs. Sri Lanka

| Iran 1 | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 15 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 15 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Sri Lanka 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Anousha Shahgholi Rajeev Rajapakse 7$^7$ 6$^1$ 5 7 6 0   2 Rouzbeh Kamran Harshana Godamanna 3 6 2 6     3 Anousha Shahgholi / Ashkan Shokoofi Harshana Godamanna / Rajeev Rajapakse 0 6 2 6 ||||

#### Syria vs. Saudi Arabia

| Syria 3 | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 15 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 15 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Saudi Arabia 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Romain Radwan Fahad Al-Saad 7$^7$ 6$^2$ 6 3     2 Issam Haitham Taweel Saleh Al-Rajeh 6 3 7 5     3 Hayan Marouf / Roy Radwan Fahad Al-Saad / Bader Al-Muqail 6 3 6 4 ||||

#### Saudi Arabia vs. Sri Lanka

| Saudi Arabia 0 | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 16 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 16 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Sri Lanka 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Fahad Al-Saad Rajeev Rajapakse 1 6 7 5 4 6   2 Saleh Al-Rajeh Harshana Godamanna 4 6 0 6     3 Omar Al-Thagib / Bader Al-Muqail Harshana Godamanna / Rajeev Rajapakse 2 6 3 6 ||||

#### Syria vs. Iran

| Syria 3 | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 16 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 16 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Iran 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Roy Radwan Ashkan Shokoofi 4 6 6 2 6 4   2 Romain Radwan Anousha Shahgholi 7 5 6 6    retired 3 Hayan Marouf / Issam Haitham Taweel Rouzbeh Kamran / Omid Souri 6 2 6 4 ||||

#### Syria vs. Sri Lanka

| Syria 0 | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 17 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 17 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Sri Lanka 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Romain Radwan Rajeev Rajapakse 6 4 5 7 1 6   2 Issam Haitham Taweel Harshana Godamanna 7 5 2 6 2 6   3 Hayan Marouf / Issam Haitham Taweel Harshana Godamanna / Rajeev Rajapakse 2 6 2 6 ||||

#### Saudi Arabia vs. Iran

| Saudi Arabia 2 | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 17 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 17 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Iran 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Omar Al-Thagib Omid Souri 4 6 3 6     2 Fahad Al-Saad Anousha Shahgholi 6 4 3 1    retired 3 Fahad Al-Saad / Bader Al-Muqail Anousha Shahgholi / Ashkan Shokoofi 5 7 6 3 6 4 ||||

## Promotion Pool

| | | POC | SRI | SYR | LIB |
| 1 | Pacific Oceania (3–0) | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Sri Lanka (2–1) | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Syria (1–2) | 1–2 | 0–3 | | 3–0 |
| 4 | Lebanon (0–3) | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | |
* Pacific Oceania and Sri Lanka promoted to Group II in 2010.

### Matches
#### Lebanon vs. Sri Lanka

| Lebanon 0 | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 18 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 18 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Sri Lanka 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Brahim Saffiedine Rajeev Rajapakse 4 6 2 6     2 Karim Al-Ayly Harshana Godamanna 4 6 3 6     3 Rami Osman / Brahim Saffiedine Rajeev Rajapakse / Harshana Godamanna 0 6 1 6 ||||

#### Syria vs. Pacific Oceania

| Syria 1 | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 18 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 18 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Pacific Oceania 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Hayan Marouf Juan Sebastien Langton 6 0 6 4     2 Issam Haitham Taweel Michael Leong 1 6 3 6     3 Hayan Marouf / Roy Radwan Brett Baudinet / Cyril Jacobe 0 6 4 6 ||||

#### Pacific Oceania vs. Sri Lanka

| Pacific Oceania 3 | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 19 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 19 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Sri Lanka 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Juan Sebastien Langton Rajeev Rajapakse 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 6 4     2 Michael Leong Harshana Godamanna 7 5 6 1     3 Brett Baudinet / Cyril Jacobe Sankha Atukorale / Harshana Godamanna 4 6 6 2 6 4 ||||

#### Syria vs. Lebanon

| Syria 3 | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 19 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 19 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Lebanon 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Hayan Marouf Rami Osman 6 1 6 3     2 Issam Haitham Taweel Brahim Saffiedine 6 3 6 2     3 Romain Radwan / Roy Radwan Rami Osman / Brahim Saffiedine 5 0      retired ||||

## Relegation Pool

| | | KSA | IRI | TJK | SIN |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia (3–0) | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Iran (2–1) | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Tajikistan (1–2) | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 3–0 |
| 4 | Singapore (0–3) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | |
* Tajikistan and Singapore relegated to Group IV in 2010.

### Matches
#### Iran vs. Tajikistan

| Iran 2 | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 18 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 18 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Tajikistan 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Anousha Shahgholi Mirkhusein Yakhyaev 6 4 4 6 6 2   2 Rouzbeh Kamran Sergey Makashin 2 6 5 7     3 Anousha Shahgholi / Ashkan Shokoofi Sergey Makashin / Mirkhusein Yakhyaev 6 3 6 1 ||||

#### Singapore vs. Saudi Arabia

| Singapore 0 | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 18 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 18 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Saudi Arabia 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Marcus Dexian Tay Fahad Al-Saad 1 6 1 6     2 Abdul-Hakim Jamaludin Saleh Al-Rajeh 1 6 1 6     3 Abdul-Hakim Jamaludin / Marcus Dexian Tay Omar Al-Thagib / Bader Al-Muqail 2 6 4 6 ||||

#### Saudi Arabia vs. Tajikistan

| Saudi Arabia 3 | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 19 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 19 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Tajikistan 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Fahad Al-Saad Sergey Makashin 3 6 7 5 7 5   2 Saleh Al-Rajeh Bakhtiyor Sadulloev 7$^7$ 6$^2$ 6 2     3 Omar Al-Thagib / Bader Al-Muqail Bakhtiyor Sadulloev / Mirkhusein Yakhyaev 5 3      retired ||||

#### Singapore vs. Iran

| Singapore 0 | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 19 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Hamadaniah Sport Centre, Aleppo, Syria 19 April 2009 hard (outdoors) | Iran 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Marcus Dexian Tay Anousha Shahgholi 1 6 0 6     2 Abdul-Hakim Jamaludin Rouzbeh Kamran 0 6 6$^2$ 7$^7$     3 Abdul-Hakim Jamaludin / Marcus Dexian Tay Anousha Shahgholi / Ashkan Shokoofi 3 6 2 6 ||||