# 2021 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group III

The Africa Zone was the unique zone within Group 3 of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2021. The zone's competition was held in round robin format in Cairo, Egypt, from 11 to 14 August 2021.

## Participating nations

* Algeria
* Benin
* Egypt
* Ghana
* Kenya
* Mozambique
* Rwanda

### Withdrawn nations

* Madagascar

## Draw

Date: 11–18 August 2021
Location: Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt (clay)
Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools – one of four teams and one of three teams – and nations will play each team once in their group. Nations finishing in the top two of each group will play-off for promotion, with the winner of Group A facing the runner-up of Group B, and the winner of Group B facing the runner-up of Group A.
The two teams finishing third in their groups will enter a relegation play-off, with the beaten team joining the team finishing fourth in contesting Africa Group IV in 2022.

### Seeding

| Pot | Nation | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| 1 | Egypt | 67 | 1 |
| 1 | Kenya | 70 | 2 |
| 2 | Mozambique | 83 | 3 |
| 2 | Algeria | 85 | 4 |
| 3 | Benin | 94 | 5 |
| 3 | Ghana | 96 | 6 |
| 3 | Rwanda | 99 | 7 |
* $^1$Davis Cup Rankings as of 8 March 2021

### Round Robin
#### Pool A

| | | EGY | BEN | ALG | RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings |
| 1 | Egypt | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 11–2 (85%) | 76–47 (62%) | 1 |
| 5 | Benin | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 3–3 | 7–8 (47%) | 62–73 (46%) | 2 |
| 4 | Algeria | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 1–5 | 3–11 (21%) | 54–72 (43%) | 3 |

#### Pool B

| | | KEN | MOZ | RWA | GHA | RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings |
| 2 | Kenya | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 8–1 | 16–3 (84%) | 111–45 (71%) | 1 |
| 3 | Mozambique | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 6–3 | 13–7 (65%) | 90–64 (58%) | 2 |
| 7 | Rwanda | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 4–5 | 9–12 (43%) | 86–98 (47%) | 3 |
| 6 | Ghana | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 0–9 | 2–17 (11%) | 36–113 (24%) | 4 |
Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-team ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-team ties, (a) percentage of sets won (head-to-head records if two teams remain tied), then (b) percentage of games won (head-to-head records if two teams remain tied), then (c) Davis Cup rankings.

### Playoffs

| Placing | A Team | Score | B Team |
| Promotional | Egypt | 3–0 | Mozambique |
| Promotional | Benin | 2–1 | Kenya |
| Relegation | Algeria | 3–0 | Rwanda |
| Relegation | — | — | Ghana |

## Round Robin
### Pool A
#### Egypt vs. Benin

| Egypt 2 | Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 11 August 2021 Clay | Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 11 August 2021 Clay | Benin 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Amr Asrawy Delmas N'Tcha 6 2 6 0     2 Mohamed Safwat Alexis Klégou 7$^7$ 6$^2$ 6 2     3 Adham Gaber / Sherif Makhlouf Alexis Klégou / Delmas N'Tcha 6 4 2 6 6$^5$ 7$^7$ ||||

#### Algeria vs. Benin

| Algeria 1 | Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 12 August 2021 Clay | Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 12 August 2021 Clay | Benin 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Youcef Rihane Delmas N'Tcha 6 0 3 6 6 1   2 Nazim Makhlouf Alexis Klégou 2 6 4 6     3 Nazim Makhlouf / Youcef Rihane Alexis Klégou / Delmas N'Tcha 6 4 4 6 3 6 ||||

#### Egypt vs. Algeria

| Egypt 3 | Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 13 August 2021 Clay | Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 13 August 2021 Clay | Algeria 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Amr Asrawy Youcef Rihane 6 4 7$^7$ 6$^3$     2 Mohamed Safwat Nazim Makhlouf 6 3 6 3     3 Adham Gaber / Sherif Makhlouf Mohamed Amine Aïssa Khelifa / Aymen Abderrahmene Ali Moussa 6 0 6 4 ||||

### Pool B
#### Kenya vs. Rwanda

| Kenya 3 | Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 11 August 2021 Clay | Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 11 August 2021 Clay | Rwanda 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Albert Njogu Etienne Niyigena 6 1 6 1     2 Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai Bertin Karenzi 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 6 2     3 Kevin Cheruiyot / Ibrahim Kibet Yego Junior Joseph Mfashingabo / Joshua Muhire 6 4 6 2 ||||

#### Mozambique vs. Ghana

| Mozambique 3 | Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 11 August 2021 Clay | Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 11 August 2021 Clay | Ghana 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 N/A N/A       w/o  2 N/A N/A       w/o  3 N/A / N/A N/A / N/A       w/o ||||

#### Kenya vs. Mozambique

| Kenya 2 | Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 12 August 2021 Clay | Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 12 August 2021 Clay | Mozambique 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Albert Njogu Bruno Nhavene 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 4 6     2 Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai Franco Mata 6 1 1 0    retired 3 Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai / Ibrahim Kibet Yego Bruno Nhavene / Jaime Sigauque 6 2 4 6 6 2 ||||

#### Ghana vs. Rwanda

| Ghana 0 | Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 12 August 2021 Clay | Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 12 August 2021 Clay | Rwanda 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Benjamin Palm Etienne Niyigena 4 6 2 6     2 Japheth Anwasiba Bagerbaseh Bertin Karenzi 6 3 5 7 1 3 retired  3 Samuel Agbesi Osei Antwi / Benjamin Palm Bertin Karenzi / Etienne Niyigena 1 6 6 3 6$^4$ 7$^7$ ||||

#### Kenya vs. Ghana

| Kenya 3 | Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 13 August 2021 Clay | Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 13 August 2021 Clay | Ghana 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai Samuel Agbesi Osei Antwi 6 2 6 0     2 Ibrahim Kibet Yego Benjamin Palm 6 3 0 0    retired 3 Albert Njogu / Ibrahim Kibet Yego Samuel Agbesi Osei Antwi / Benjamin Palm       w/o ||||

#### Mozambique vs. Rwanda

| Mozambique 2 | Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 13 August 2021 Clay | Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 13 August 2021 Clay | Rwanda 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Bruno Nhavene Etienne Niyigena 4 6 6 3 6 3   2 Franco Mata Bertin Karenzi 1 6 1 6     3 Franco Mata / Bruno Nhavene Bertin Karenzi / Etienne Niyigena 6 0 6 2 ||||

## Play-offs
### Promotional play-offs
#### Egypt vs. Mozambique

| Egypt 3 | Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 14 August 2021 Clay | Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 14 August 2021 Clay | Mozambique 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Amr Asrawy Bruno Nhavene 6 4 6 4     2 Mohamed Safwat Jaime Sigauque 6 1 6 0     3 Adham Gaber / Sherif Makhlouf Armando Sigauque / Jaime Sigauque 6 0 6 1 ||||

#### Kenya vs. Benin

| Kenya 1 | Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 14 August 2021 Clay | Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 14 August 2021 Clay | Benin 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai Delmas N'Tcha 6 4 7$^7$ 6$^3$     2 Ibrahim Kibet Yego Alexis Klégou 5 7 4 6     3 Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai / Ibrahim Kibet Yego Alexis Klégou / Delmas N'Tcha 3 6 3 6 ||||

### Relegation play-off
#### Algeria vs. Rwanda

| Algeria 3 | Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 14 August 2021 Clay | Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 14 August 2021 Clay | Rwanda 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Mohamed Amine Aïssa Khelifa Joshua Muhire 6 4 6 0     2 Youcef Rihane Bertin Karenzi 6 2 6 2     3 Mohamed Amine Aïssa Khelifa / Aymen Abderrahmene Ali Moussa Junior Joseph Mfashingabo / Joshua Muhire 6 1 6 0 ||||

## Final placements

| Placing | Teams | Teams |
| Promoted/First | Egypt | Benin |
| Third | Mozambique | Kenya |
| Fifth | Algeria | Algeria |
| Relegated/Sixth | Rwanda | Rwanda |
| Relegated/Seventh | Ghana | Ghana |
* Egypt and Benin were promoted to 2022 Davis Cup World Group II Play-offs.
* Rwanda and Ghana were relegated to 2022 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group IV.