2002 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Zone A

Main article: 2002 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2002.

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 Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland, May 8–12, while the other was held in Antalya, Turkey, April 3–7.

Format

Zambia withdrew from the Gdynia tournament and relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 2003. The seven remaining teams in the Gdynia 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 2003. The remaining teams in each group from the preliminary round were relegated into the relegation pool, from which the bottom team relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 2003.

Pool A

	Pool A	POL	TUN	CYP	MKD
1	Poland (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Tunisia (1–1)	1–2		2–1	1–2
3	Cyprus (1–1)	0–3	1–2		2–1
4	North Macedonia (1–1)	0–3	2–1	1–2

Poland vs. Cyprus

Poland 3	Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 8 May 2002 Clay		Cyprus 0
1 2 3 1 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski Dinos Pavlou 6 0 6 0     2 Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcos Baghdatis 4 6 6 3 6 2   3 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski / Łukasz Kubot Marcos Baghdatis / Petros Baghdatis 6 4 77 63

North Macedonia vs. Tunisia

North Macedonia 2	Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 8 May 2002 Clay		Tunisia 1
1 2 3 1 Zoran Ševčenko Haythem Abid 6 3 6 2     2 Predrag Rusevski Walid Jallali 1 6 0 6     3 Predrag Rusevski / Zoran Ševčenko Issam Jellali / Walid Jallali 6 3 6 3

Poland vs. North Macedonia

Poland 3	Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 9 May 2002 Clay		North Macedonia 0
1 2 3 1 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski Kristian Mitrovski 6 1 6 0     2 Mariusz Fyrstenberg Predrag Rusevski 6 4 6 2     3 Łukasz Kubot / Filip Urban Dimitar Grabul / Predrag Rusevski 6 2 6 3

Cyprus vs. Tunisia

Cyprus 1	Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 9 May 2002 Clay		Tunisia 2
1 2 3 1 Dinos Pavlou Haythem Abid 2 6 2 6     2 Marcos Baghdatis Walid Jallali 5 7 2 6     3 Marcos Baghdatis / Petros Baghdatis Haythem Abid / Walid Jallali 6 4 2 6 6 2

Poland vs. Tunisia

Poland 2	Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 10 May 2002 Clay		Tunisia 1
1 2 3 1 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski Haythem Abid 6 2 6 1     2 Mariusz Fyrstenberg Walid Jallali 5 7 4 6     3 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski / Łukasz Kubot Haythem Abid / Malek Jaziri 6 3 6 4

Cyprus vs. North Macedonia

Cyprus 2	Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 10 May 2002 Clay		North Macedonia 1
1 2 3 1 Dinos Pavlou Zoran Ševčenko 6 4 6 3     2 Marcos Baghdatis Predrag Rusevski 7 5 6 1     3 Marcos Baghdatis / Petros Baghdatis Predrag Rusevski / Zoran Ševčenko 7 5 3 6 5 7

Pool B

	Pool B	EST	MAD	MRI
1	Estonia (2–0)		2–1	3–0
2	Madagascar (1–1)	1–2		3–0
3	Mauritius (0–2)	0–3	0–3

Mauritius vs. Madagascar

Mauritius 0	Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 8 May 2002 Clay		Madagascar 3
1 2 3 1 Ananda Sawmynaden Donne-Dubert Radison 0 6 1 6     2 Jean-Marcel Bourgault du Coudray Alexis Rafidison 3 6 61 77     3 Jean-Marcel Bourgault du Coudray / Ananda Sawmynaden Donne-Dubert Radison / Jean-Marc Randriamanalina 78 66 2 6 1 6

Estonia vs. Mauritius

Estonia 3	Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 9 May 2002 Clay		Mauritius 0
1 2 3 1 Andrei Luzgin Ananda Sawmynaden 6 3 6 1     2 Rene Busch Jean-Marcel Bourgault du Coudray 6 2 6 2     3 Andres Angerjärv / Ivar Troost Jean-Marcel Bourgault du Coudray / Ananda Sawmynaden 6 1 6 4

Estonia vs. Madagascar

Estonia 2	Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 10 May 2002 Clay		Madagascar 1
1 2 3 1 Andrei Luzgin Donne-Dubert Radison 6 4 6 4     2 Rene Busch Alexis Rafidison 0 6 2 6     3 Andrei Luzgin / Ivar Troost Alexis Rafidison / Jean-Marc Randriamanalina 1 6 6 3 7 5

Promotion pool

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	POL	TUN	EST	MAD
1	Poland (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Tunisia (2–1)	1–2		2–1	3–0
3	Estonia (1–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1
4	Madagascar (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

Poland and Tunisia promoted to Group II in 2003.

Poland vs. Madagascar

Poland 3	Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 11 May 2002 Clay		Madagascar 0
1 2 3 1 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski Donne-Dubert Radison 6 0 6 0     2 Łukasz Kubot Alexis Rafidison 6 2 6 0     3 Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Filip Urban Donne-Dubert Radison / Jean-Marc Randriamanalina 7 5 6 2

Tunisia vs. Estonia

Tunisia 2	Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 11 May 2002 Clay		Estonia 1
1 2 3 1 Haythem Abid Andrei Luzgin 3 6 6 3 4 6   2 Walid Jallali Rene Busch 6 3 6 1     3 Issam Jellali / Walid Jallali Andrei Luzgin / Ivar Troost 4 6 6 3 18 16

Poland vs. Estonia

Poland 3	Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 12 May 2002 Clay		Estonia 0
1 2 3 1 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski Andres Angerjärv 6 0 6 0     2 Łukasz Kubot Ivar Troost 6 3 6 2     3 Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Filip Urban Andres Angerjärv / Andrei Luzgin 6 4 6 0

Tunisia vs. Madagascar

Tunisia 3	Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 12 May 2002 Clay		Madagascar 0
1 2 3 1 Haythem Abid Jean-Marc Randriamanalina 6 4 77 65     2 Walid Jallali Donne-Dubert Radison 6 0 6 1     3 Issam Jellali / Malek Jaziri Donne-Dubert Radison / Jean-Marc Randriamanalina 6 1 6 2

Relegation pool

The bottom two teams from Pool A and the bottom team from Pool 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–7th Play-off	CYP	MKD	MRI
1	Cyprus (2–0)		2–1	3–0
2	North Macedonia (1–1)	1–2		3–0
3	Mauritius (0–2)	0–3	0–3

Mauritius relegated to Group IV in 2005.

Mauritius vs. North Macedonia

Mauritius 0	Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 11 May 2002 Clay		North Macedonia 3
1 2 3 1 Ananda Sawmynaden Zoran Ševčenko 1 6 1 6     2 Jean-Marcel Bourgault du Coudray Predrag Rusevski 4 6 64 77     3 Jean-Marcel Bourgault du Coudray / Ananda Sawmynaden Dimitar Grabul / Kristian Mitrovski 4 6 0 6

Mauritius vs. Cyprus

Mauritius 0	Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland 12 May 2002 Clay		Cyprus 3
1 2 3 1 Ananda Sawmynaden Dinos Pavlou 2 6 3 6     2 Jean-Marcel Bourgault du Coudray Marcos Baghdatis 4 6 1 6     3 Ananda Sawmynaden / Arnaud Serret Petros Baghdatis / Eleftherios Christou 1 6 1 6

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	Poland
2	Tunisia
3	Estonia
4	Madagascar
5	Cyprus
6	North Macedonia
7	Mauritius

• Poland and Tunisia promoted to Group II in 2003.
• Mauritius relegated to Group IV in 2003.
• Zambia withdrew from the tournament and relegated to Group IV in 2003.