# 1998 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III

The Asia/Oceania Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1998.
In the Asia/Oceania Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. The top two teams in Group III advanced to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 1999, whereas the bottom two teams were relegated to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV in 1999.

## Participating nations

* Kazakhstan
* Kuwait
* Malaysia
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Tajikistan

### Draw

* Venue: National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
* Date: 15–19 April
Group A
| | KAZ | SRI | SYR | SIN | RR W–L | Match W–L | Set W–L | Standings |
| Kazakhstan | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 9–0 (100%) | 18–2 (90%) | 1 |
| Sri Lanka | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–4 (56%) | 10–11 (48%) | 2 |
| Syria | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–6 (33%) | 9–12 (43%) | 3 |
| Singapore | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 0–3 | 1–8 (11%) | 4–16 (20%) | 4 |
Group B
| | MAS | TJK | KSA | KUW | RR W–L | Match W–L | Set W–L | Standings |
| Malaysia | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–4 (56%) | 11–6 (65%) | 1 |
| Tajikistan | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–4 (56%) | 10–8 (56%) | 2 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–4 (56%) | 10–10 (50%) | 3 |
| Kuwait | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 0–3 | 3–6 (33%) | 5–12 (29%) | 4 |

#### 1st to 4th place play-offs

| 3rd-4th Play-off | 3rd-4th Play-off | 3rd-4th Play-off | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | A1 | Kazakhstan | 3 | | | |
| | | | B2 | Tajikistan | 0 | |
| B2 | Tajikistan | 3 | B2 | Tajikistan | 0 | A1 | Kazakhstan | 3 |
| B1 | Malaysia | 0 | | | | A2 | Sri Lanka | 0 |
| B1 | Malaysia | 0 | A2 | Sri Lanka | 2 | A2 | Sri Lanka | 0 |
| | | | B1 | Malaysia | 1 | | | |

#### 5th to 8th place play-offs

| 7th-8th Play-off | 7th-8th Play-off | 7th-8th Play-off | 5th-8th Play-offs | 5th-8th Play-offs | 5th-8th Play-offs | 5th-6th Play-off | 5th-6th Play-off | 5th-6th Play-off |
| | | | A3 | Syria | 2 | | | |
| | | | B4 | Kuwait | 1 | |
| B4 | Kuwait | 1 | B4 | Kuwait | 1 | A3 | Syria | 3 |
| A4 | Singapore | 2 | | | | B3 | Saudi Arabia | 0 |
| A4 | Singapore | 2 | A4 | Singapore | 1 | B3 | Saudi Arabia | 0 |
| | | | B3 | Saudi Arabia | 2 | | | |

### Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Kazakhstan |
| 2 | Sri Lanka |
| 3 | Tajikistan |
| 4 | Malaysia |
| 5 | Syria |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia |
| 7 | Singapore |
| 8 | Kuwait |
* Kazakhstan and Sri Lanka promoted to Group II in 1999.
* Singapore and Kuwait relegated to Group IV in 1999.

## Round robin
### Group A
#### Kazakhstan vs. Sri Lanka

| Kazakhstan 3 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 15 April 1998 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 15 April 1998 | Sri Lanka 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Pavel Baranov Rohan de Silva 6 4 6 4     2 Alexey Kedryuk Jayendra Wijeyesekera 6 3 6 2     3 Pavel Baranov / Igor Chaldounov Rajeev Rajapakse / Samitha Ranaweera 6 4 6 4 ||||

#### Singapore vs. Syria

| Singapore 1 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 15 April 1998 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 15 April 1998 | Syria 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Lim Yang-tat Rabi Bouhassoun 3 6 2 6     2 Lam Ju-min Samir Saadeldin 1 6 2 6     3 Jensen Hiu / Yiu Leng-kar Lays Salim / Jehad Sheet 6 2 6 3 ||||

#### Kazakhstan vs. Singapore

| Kazakhstan 3 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 16 April 1998 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 16 April 1998 | Singapore 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Pavel Baranov Jensen Hiu 6 0 5 7 6 4   2 Alexey Kedryuk Lim Yang-tat 6 3 6 3     3 Pavel Baranov / Alexey Kedryuk Lam Ju-min / Lim Yang-tat 6 2 6 4 ||||

#### Sri Lanka vs. Syria

| Sri Lanka 2 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 16 April 1998 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 16 April 1998 | Syria 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Rohan de Silva Rabi Bouhassoun 3 6 4 6     2 Jayendra Wijeyesekera Samir Saadeldin 4 6 6 1 6 0   3 Rohan de Silva / Jayendra Wijeyesekera Rabi Bouhassoun / Samir Saadeldin 5 7 6 2 6 1 ||||

#### Kazakhstan vs. Syria

| Kazakhstan 3 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 17 April 1998 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 17 April 1998 | Syria 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Pavel Baranov Rabi Bouhassoun 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 6 2 6 3   2 Alexey Kedryuk Samir Saadeldin 6 0 6 0     3 Igor Chaldounov / Alexey Kedryuk Lays Salim / Jehad Sheet 6 2 6 0 ||||

#### Singapore vs. Sri Lanka

| Singapore 0 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 17 April 1998 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 17 April 1998 | Sri Lanka 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Lim Yang-tat Rohan de Silva 1 6 6 3 2 6   2 Yiu Leng-kar Jayendra Wijeyesekera 0 6 1 6     3 Jensen Hiu / Yiu Leng-kar Rajeev Rajapakse / Samitha Ranaweera 2 6 5 7 ||||

### Group B
#### Malaysia vs. Kuwait

| Malaysia 2 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 15 April 1998 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 15 April 1998 | Kuwait 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Ramayah Ramachandran Mohammad Ghareeb 5 4     retired  2 Selvam Veerasingam Adel Al-Shatti 7 5 7$^7$ 6$^1$     3 Vasuthevan Ortchuan / Selvam Veerasingam Adel Al-Shatti / Mohammad Ghareeb 6 1 6 3 ||||

#### Saudi Arabia vs. Tajikistan

| Saudi Arabia 2 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 15 April 1998 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 15 April 1998 | Tajikistan 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Bader Mohammed Almuqail Sergey Makashin 6 3 6 2     2 Othman Al-Anazi Mansur Yakhyaev 2 6 3 6     3 Othman Al-Anazi / Bader Mohammed Almuqail Bakhrullo Radjabaliev / Mansur Yakhyaev 6 4 6 0 ||||

#### Malaysia vs. Saudi Arabia

| Malaysia 2 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 16 April 1998 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 16 April 1998 | Saudi Arabia 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Vasuthevan Ortchuan Bader Mohammed Almuqail 6 4 3 6 2 6   2 Selvam Veerasingam Othman Al-Anazi 6 2 6 4     3 Vasuthevan Ortchuan / Selvam Veerasingam Othman Al-Anazi / Bader Mohammed Almuqail 6 4 6 3 ||||

#### Kuwait vs. Tajikistan

| Kuwait 1 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 16 April 1998 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 16 April 1998 | Tajikistan 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Mohammad Ghareeb Sergey Makashin 6 3 6 3     2 Adel Al-Shatti Mansur Yakhyaev 2 6 3 6     3 Adel Al-Shatti / Mohammad Ghareeb Sergey Makashin / Mansur Yakhyaev 4 6 4 6 ||||

#### Malaysia vs. Tajikistan

| Malaysia 1 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 17 April 1998 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 17 April 1998 | Tajikistan 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Abdul-Aziz Shazali Sergey Makashin 1 6 1 6     2 Selvam Veerasingam Mansur Yakhyaev 6$^6$ 7$^8$ 6$^{13}$ 7$^{15}$     3 Vasuthevan Ortchuan / Selvam Veerasingam Sergey Makashin / Mansur Yakhyaev 7$^7$ 6$^2$ 6 1 ||||

#### Saudi Arabia vs. Kuwait

| Saudi Arabia 2 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 17 April 1998 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 17 April 1998 | Kuwait 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Bader Mohammed Almuqail Hussain Al-Ghareeb 6 3 4 6 6 2   2 Othman Al-Anazi Mohammad Ghareeb 3 6 4 6     3 Bader Mohammed Almuqail / Farah Al-Somali Mohammad Ghareeb / Adel Al-Shatti 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 6 2 ||||

## 1st to 4th place play-offs
### Semifinals
#### Kazakhstan vs. Tajikistan

| Kazakhstan 3 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 18 April 1998 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 18 April 1998 | Tajikistan 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Pavel Baranov Sergey Makashin 6 2 6 4     2 Alexey Kedryuk Mansur Yakhyaev 7$^7$ 6$^2$ 6 1     3 Pavel Baranov / Igor Chaldounov Roustam Amonov / Sergey Makashin 6 2 6 3 ||||

#### Sri Lanka vs. Malaysia

| Sri Lanka 2 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 18 April 1998 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 18 April 1998 | Malaysia 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Rohan de Silva Vasuthevan Ortchuan 6 2 6 3     2 Jayendra Wijeyesekera Selvam Veerasingam 5 7 1 6     3 Rohan de Silva / Jayendra Wijeyesekera Ramayah Ramachandran / Selvam Veerasingam 0 6 7 5 6 3 ||||

### Final
#### Kazakhstan vs. Sri Lanka

| Kazakhstan 3 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 19 April 1998 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 19 April 1998 | Sri Lanka 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Pavel Baranov Rajeev Rajapakse 6 3 6 1     2 Alexey Kedryuk Samitha Ranaweera 6 3 6 3     3 Alexey Kedryuk / Igor Chaldounov Rajeev Rajapakse / Samitha Ranaweera 7 5 6 0 ||||

### 3rd to 4th play-off
#### Tajikistan vs. Malaysia

| Tajikistan 3 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 19 April 1998 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 19 April 1998 | Malaysia 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Sergey Makashin Abdul-Aziz Shazali 6 4 6 1     2 Mansur Yakhyaev Vasuthevan Ortchuan 6 1 6 3     3 Sergey Makashin / Mansur Yakhyaev Vasuthevan Ortchuan / Abdul-Aziz Shazali 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 6 2 ||||

## 5th to 8th place play-offs
### 5th to 8th play-offs
#### Syria vs. Kuwait

| Syria 2 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 18 April 1998 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 18 April 1998 | Kuwait 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Rabi Bouhassoun Mohammad Ghareeb 6 4 6 4     2 Samir Saadeldin Adel Al-Shatti 6 3 6 1     3 Lays Salim / Jehad Sheet Hussain Al-Ghareeb / Ali Hayat 6$^8$ 7$^{10}$ 3 6 ||||

#### Saudi Arabia vs. Singapore

| Saudi Arabia 2 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 18 April 1998 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 18 April 1998 | Singapore 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Bader Mohammed Almuqail Jensen Hiu 6 0 6 2     2 Othman Al-Anazi Lim Yang-tat 3 6 3 6     3 Bader Mohammed Almuqail / Farah Al-Somali Lam Ju-min / Lim Yang-tat 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 6 2 ||||

### 5th to 6th play-off
#### Syria vs. Saudi Arabia

| Syria 3 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 19 April 1998 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 19 April 1998 | Saudi Arabia 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Rabi Bouhassoun Farah Al-Somali 6 3 6 2     2 Samir Saadeldin Tawfiq Moafa 6 2 6 0     3 Lays Salim / Jehad Sheet Farah Al-Somali / Tawfiq Moafa 6 3 6 3 ||||

### 7th to 8th play-off
#### Kuwait vs. Singapore

| Kuwait 1 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 19 April 1998 | National Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 19 April 1998 | Singapore 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Ali Hayat Jensen Hiu 2 6 2 6     2 Hussain Al-Ghareeb Yiu Leng-kar 2 6 6 3 6 4   3 Hussain Al-Ghareeb / Ali Hayat Jensen Hiu / Yiu Leng-kar 4 6 1 6 ||||