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

Withdrawn nations

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 Rank1 Seed
1  Egypt 67 1
 Kenya 70 2
2  Mozambique 83 3
 Algeria 85 4
3  Benin 94 5
 Ghana 96 6
 Rwanda 99 7
  • 1Davis 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

PlacingA TeamScoreB Team
Promotional Egypt3–0 Mozambique
Promotional Benin2–1 Kenya
Relegation Algeria3–0 Rwanda
Relegation— Ghana

Round Robin

Pool A

Egypt vs. Benin


Egypt
2		 Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[1]
11 August 2021
Clay
Benin
1
1 2 3
1 Egypt
Benin		 Amr Asrawy
Delmas N'Tcha		 6
2		 6
0		    
2 Egypt
Benin		 Mohamed Safwat
Alexis Klégou		 77
62		 6
2		    
3 Egypt
Benin		 Adham Gaber / Sherif Makhlouf
Alexis Klégou / Delmas N'Tcha		 6
4		 2
6 		65
77		  

Algeria vs. Benin


Algeria
1		 Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[2]
12 August 2021
Clay
Benin
2
1 2 3
1 Algeria
Benin		 Youcef Rihane
Delmas N'Tcha		 6
0		 3
6 		6
1		  
2 Algeria
Benin		 Nazim Makhlouf
Alexis Klégou		 2
6 		4
6 		   
3 Algeria
Benin		 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[3]
13 August 2021
Clay
Algeria
0
1 2 3
1 Egypt
Algeria		 Amr Asrawy
Youcef Rihane		 6
4		 77
63		    
2 Egypt
Algeria		 Mohamed Safwat
Nazim Makhlouf		 6
3		 6
3		    
3 Egypt
Algeria		 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[4]
11 August 2021
Clay
Rwanda
0
1 2 3
1 Kenya
Rwanda		 Albert Njogu
Etienne Niyigena		 6
1		 6
1		    
2 Kenya
Rwanda		 Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai
Bertin Karenzi		 77
64		 6
2		    
3 Kenya
Rwanda		 Kevin Cheruiyot / Ibrahim Kibet Yego
Junior Joseph Mfashingabo / Joshua Muhire		 6
4		 6
2		    

Mozambique vs. Ghana


Mozambique
3		 Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[5]
11 August 2021
Clay
Ghana
0
1 2 3
1 Mozambique
Ghana		 N/A
N/A		       w/o
 
2 Mozambique
Ghana		 N/A
N/A		       w/o
 
3 Mozambique
Ghana		 N/A / N/A
N/A / N/A		       w/o
 

Kenya vs. Mozambique


Kenya
2		 Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[6]
12 August 2021
Clay
Mozambique
1
1 2 3
1 Kenya
Mozambique		 Albert Njogu
Bruno Nhavene		 65
77		 4
6 		   
2 Kenya
Mozambique		 Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai
Franco Mata		 6
1		 1
0		    
retired
3 Kenya
Mozambique		 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[7]
12 August 2021
Clay
Rwanda
3
1 2 3
1 Ghana
Rwanda		 Benjamin Palm
Etienne Niyigena		 4
6 		2
6 		   
2 Ghana
Rwanda		 Japheth Anwasiba Bagerbaseh
Bertin Karenzi		 6
3		 5
7 		1
3		 retired
 
3 Ghana
Rwanda		 Samuel Agbesi Osei Antwi / Benjamin Palm
Bertin Karenzi / Etienne Niyigena		 1
6 		6
3		 64
77		  

Kenya vs. Ghana


Kenya
3		 Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[8]
13 August 2021
Clay
Ghana
0
1 2 3
1 Kenya
Ghana		 Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai
Samuel Agbesi Osei Antwi		 6
2		 6
0		    
2 Kenya
Ghana		 Ibrahim Kibet Yego
Benjamin Palm		 6
3		 0
0		    
retired
3 Kenya
Ghana		 Albert Njogu / Ibrahim Kibet Yego
Samuel Agbesi Osei Antwi / Benjamin Palm		       w/o
 

Mozambique vs. Rwanda


Mozambique
2		 Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[9]
13 August 2021
Clay
Rwanda
1
1 2 3
1 Mozambique
Rwanda		 Bruno Nhavene
Etienne Niyigena		 4
6 		6
3		 6
3		  
2 Mozambique
Rwanda		 Franco Mata
Bertin Karenzi		 1
6 		1
6 		   
3 Mozambique
Rwanda		 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[10]
14 August 2021
Clay
Mozambique
0
1 2 3
1 Egypt
Mozambique		 Amr Asrawy
Bruno Nhavene		 6
4		 6
4		    
2 Egypt
Mozambique		 Mohamed Safwat
Jaime Sigauque		 6
1		 6
0		    
3 Egypt
Mozambique		 Adham Gaber / Sherif Makhlouf
Armando Sigauque / Jaime Sigauque		 6
0		 6
1		    

Kenya vs. Benin


Kenya
1		 Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[11]
14 August 2021
Clay
Benin
2
1 2 3
1 Kenya
Benin		 Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai
Delmas N'Tcha		 6
4		 77
63		    
2 Kenya
Benin		 Ibrahim Kibet Yego
Alexis Klégou		 5
7 		4
6 		   
3 Kenya
Benin		 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[12]
14 August 2021
Clay
Rwanda
0
1 2 3
1 Algeria
Rwanda		 Mohamed Amine Aïssa Khelifa
Joshua Muhire		 6
4		 6
0		    
2 Algeria
Rwanda		 Youcef Rihane
Bertin Karenzi		 6
2		 6
2		    
3 Algeria
Rwanda		 Mohamed Amine Aïssa Khelifa / Aymen Abderrahmene Ali Moussa
Junior Joseph Mfashingabo / Joshua Muhire		 6
1		 6
0		    

Final placements

Placing Teams
Promoted/First  Egypt  Benin
Third  Mozambique  Kenya
Fifth  Algeria
Relegated/Sixth  Rwanda
Relegated/Seventh  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.

References

  1. ↑ "Egypt v Benin". Daviscup.com.
  2. ↑ "Algeria v Benin". Daviscup.com.
  3. ↑ "Egypt v Algeria". Daviscup.com.
  4. ↑ "Kenya v Rwanda". Daviscup.com.
  5. ↑ "Mozambique v Ghana". Daviscup.com.
  6. ↑ "Kenya v Mozambique". Daviscup.com.
  7. ↑ "Ghana v Rwanda". Daviscup.com.
  8. ↑ "Kenya v Ghana". Daviscup.com.
  9. ↑ "Mozambique v Rwanda". Daviscup.com.
  10. ↑ "Egypt v Mozambique". Daviscup.com.
  11. ↑ "Kenya v Benin". Daviscup.com.
  12. ↑ "Algeria v Rwanda". Daviscup.com.
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