2005 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 2005.

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 Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt, April 27–May 1, on outdoor clay courts, while the other was held in Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland, July 13–17, on outdoor grass courts.^[1]

The eight teams in the Cairo 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 2006. The bottom two teams of each group were placed in the relegation pool, from which the two bottom teams were demoted to the Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 2006.

	Pool A	MKD	DEN	NAM	KEN
1	North Macedonia (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Denmark (2–1)	0–3		3–0	3–0
3	Namibia (1–2)	0–3	0–3		2–1
4	Kenya (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

Denmark 3	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[2] 27 April 2005 Clay		Kenya 0
1 2 3 1 Mik Ledvonova Christian Vitulli 6 3 6 3     2 Frederik Nielsen Allan Cooper 6 0 6 4     3 Frederik Nielsen / Morgan Thempler Willis Mbandi / Christian Vitulli 6 2 6 2

North Macedonia 3	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[3] 27 April 2005 Clay		Namibia 0
1 2 3 1 Predrag Rusevski Johan Theron 6 0 6 3     2 Lazar Magdinčev Jurgens Strydom 6 4 6 0     3 Lazar Magdinčev / Predrag Rusevski Henrico Du Plessis / Jurgens Strydom 6 1 6 1

Denmark 3	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[4] 28 April 2005 Clay		Namibia 0
1 2 3 1 Mik Ledvonova Johan Theron 6 2 6 2     2 Frederik Nielsen Jurgens Strydom 6 0 6 2     3 Frederik Nielsen / Morgan Thempler Henrico Du Plessis / Jean-Pierre Huish 6 2 6 2

North Macedonia 3	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[5] 28 April 2005 Clay		Kenya 0
1 2 3 1 Predrag Rusevski Willis Mbandi 6 0 6 0     2 Lazar Magdinčev Allan Cooper 6 1 6 1     3 Dimitar Grabul / Predrag Rusevski Allan Cooper / Maurice Wamukowa 6 2 6 3

Denmark 0	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[6] 29 April 2005 Clay		North Macedonia 3
1 2 3 1 Mik Ledvonova Predrag Rusevski 7 5 3 6 2 6   2 Frederik Nielsen Lazar Magdinčev 1 6 63 77     3 Frederik Nielsen / Morgan Thempler Lazar Magdinčev / Predrag Rusevski 2 6 3 6

Namibia 2	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[7] 29 April 2005 Clay		Kenya 1
1 2 3 1 Johan Theron Christian Vitulli 1 6 6 4 3 6   2 Jurgens Strydom Allan Cooper 67 79 6 3 6 3   3 Henrico Du Plessis / Jurgens Strydom Allan Cooper / Christian Vitulli 64 77 6 2 6 4

	Pool B	EGY	BIH	LTU	MAD
1	Egypt (3–0)		3–0	2–1	3–0
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina (2–1)	0–3		2–1	2–1
3	Lithuania (1–2)	1–2	1–2		3–0
4	Madagascar (0–2)	0–3	1–2	0–3

Egypt 3	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[8] 27 April 2005 Clay		Madagascar 0
1 2 3 1 Mohamed Mamoun Jacob Rasolondrazana 6 1 6 2     2 Karim Maamoun Germain Rasolondrazana 6 2 6 0     3 Omar Hedayet / Mohamed Nashaat Thierry Rajaobelina / Germain Rasolondrazana 6 3 77 64

Lithuania 1	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[9] 27 April 2005 Clay		Bosnia and Herzegovina 2
1 2 3 1 Rolandas Muraška Bojan Vujić 3 6 6 3 0 6   2 Daniel Lencina-Ribes Ivan Dodig 6 4 77 65     3 Daniel Lencina-Ribes / Rolandas Muraška Ivan Dodig / Bojan Vujić 4 6 2 6

Egypt 3	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[10] 28 April 2005 Clay		Bosnia and Herzegovina 0
1 2 3 1 Mohamed Mamoun Bojan Vujić 6 4 6 4     2 Karim Maamoun Ivan Dodig 5 7 6 2 6 4   3 Karim Maamoun / Mohamed Mamoun Ivan Dodig / Bojan Vujić 6 1 6 4

Lithuania 3	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[11] 28 April 2005 Clay		Madagascar 0
1 2 3 1 Gvidas Sabeckis Thierry Rajaobelina 6 1 6 3     2 Daniel Lencina-Ribes Germain Rasolondrazana 6 3 6 3     3 Rolandas Muraška / Gvidas Sabeckis Antso Rakotondramanga / Germain Rasolondrazana 6 2 79 67

Egypt 2	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[12] 29 April 2005 Clay		Lithuania 1
1 2 3 1 Mohamed Mamoun Rolandas Muraška 6 0 1 6 3 6   2 Karim Maamoun Daniel Lencina-Ribes 6 2 77 63     3 Karim Maamoun / Mohamed Mamoun Rolandas Muraška / Gvidas Sabeckis 4 6 79 67 6 4

Bosnia and Herzegovina 2	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[13] 29 April 2005 Clay		Madagascar 1
1 2 3 1 Bojan Vujić Antso Rakotondramanga 6 2 6 2     2 Ivan Dodig Jacob Rasolondrazana 6 3 3 6 6 3   3 Aleksandar Marić / Uglješa Ostojić Thierry Rajaobelina / Germain Rasolondrazana 3 6 3 6

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	MKD	EGY	DEN	BIH
1	North Macedonia (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Egypt (2–1)	1–2		2–1	3–0
3	Denmark (1–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

North Macedonia and Egypt promoted to Group II in 2006.

North Macedonia 3	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[14] 30 April 2005 Clay		Bosnia and Herzegovina 0
1 2 3 1 Predrag Rusevski Bojan Vujić 6 2 6 0     2 Lazar Magdinčev Ivan Dodig 6 2 6 2     3 Lazar Magdinčev / Predrag Rusevski Aleksandar Marić / Uglješa Ostojić 6 1 7 5

Denmark 1	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[15] 30 April 2005 Clay		Egypt 2
1 2 3 1 Mik Ledvonova Mohamed Mamoun 2 6 3 6     2 Frederik Nielsen Karim Maamoun 6 4 6 3     3 Frederik Nielsen / Morgan Thempler Karim Maamoun / Mohamed Mamoun 2 6 6 2 3 6

North Macedonia 2	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[16] 1 May 2005 Clay		Egypt 1
1 2 3 1 Dimitar Grabul Omar Hedayet 3 6 3 6     2 Predrag Rusevski Mohamed Nashaat 6 4 6 2     3 Lazar Magdinčev / Predrag Rusevski Mohamed Mamoun / Mohamed Nashaat 2 6 6 4 6 3

Denmark 2	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[17] 1 May 2005 Clay		Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
1 2 3 1 Jacob Melskens Aleksandar Marić 6 4 2 6 6 4   2 Frederik Nielsen Uglješa Ostojić 6 1 6 0     3 Jacob Melskens / Morgan Thempler Aleksandar Marić / Bojan Vujić 2 6 62 77

The bottom two teams from Pools A and 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–8th Play-off	LTU	NAM	MAD	KEN
1	Lithuania (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Namibia (2–1)	1–2		2–1	2–1
3	Madagascar (1–2)	0–3	1–2		3–0
4	Kenya (0–3)	0–3	1–2	0–3

Madagascar and Kenya relegated to Group IV in 2006.

Namibia 2	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[18] 30 April 2005 Clay		Madagascar 1
1 2 3 1 Johan Theron Thierry Rajaobelina 7 5 2 6 6 3   2 Jurgens Strydom Germain Rasolondrazana 6 2 6 3     3 Henrico Du Plessis / Jurgens Strydom Antso Rakotondramanga / Germain Rasolondrazana 3 6 6 3 4 6

Lithuania 3	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[19] 30 April 2005 Clay		Kenya 0
1 2 3 1 Gvidas Sabeckis Christian Vitulli 6 3 64 77 6 4   2 Daniel Lencina-Ribes Allan Cooper 6 1 5 7 9 7   3 Artūras Gotovskis / Rolandas Muraška Christian Vitulli / Maurice Wamukowa 3 6 6 2 6 0

Namibia 1	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[20] 1 May 2005 Clay		Lithuania 2
1 2 3 1 Jean-Pierre Huish Artūras Gotovskis 6 1 6 3     2 Jurgens Strydom Rolandas Muraška 2 6 2 6     3 Jean-Pierre Huish / Jurgens Strydom Daniel Lencina-Ribes / Rolandas Muraška 66 78 1 6

Kenya 0	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt[21] 1 May 2005 Clay		Madagascar 3
1 2 3 1 Maurice Wamukowa Antso Rakotondramanga 3 6 5 7     2 Willis Mbandi Germain Rasolondrazana 2 6 1 6     3 Willis Mbandi / Maurice Wamukowa Antso Rakotondramanga / Germain Rasolondrazana 4 6 2 6

Rank	Team
1	North Macedonia
2	Egypt
3	Denmark
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina
5	Lithuania
6	Namibia
7	Madagascar
8	Kenya

•  North Macedonia and  Egypt promoted to Group II in 2006.
•  Madagascar and  Kenya relegated to Group IV in 2006.