2003 Davis Cup

2003 Davis Cup

Details
Duration	7 February – 30 November 2003
Edition	92nd
Teams	135
Champion
Winning nation	Australia
← 2002 2004 →

The 2003 Davis Cup was the 92nd edition of the most important tournament between nations in men's tennis. A total of 135 nations participated in the tournament. In the final, Australia defeated Spain at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia, on 28–30 November, giving Australia their 28th title.^[1]

Participating Teams
Argentina	Australia	Belgium	Brazil
Croatia	Czech Republic	France	Germany
Great Britain	Netherlands	Romania	Russia
Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	United States

First round losers compete in play-off ties with Zonal Group I Qualifiers.

Australia 3	Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia[2] 28–30 November 2003 Grass		Spain 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Lleyton Hewitt Juan Carlos Ferrero 3 6 6 3 3 6 77 60 6 2   2 Mark Philippoussis Carlos Moyà 4 6 4 6 6 4 64 77     3 Wayne Arthurs / Todd Woodbridge Àlex Corretja / Feliciano López 6 3 6 1 6 3       4 Mark Philippoussis Juan Carlos Ferrero 7 5 6 3 1 6 2 6 6 0   5 Lleyton Hewitt Carlos Moyà           not played

Date: 19–21 September

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface
Austria	3–2	Belgium	Pörtschach	Werzer Arena Pörtschach	Outdoor	Clay
Canada	3–2	Brazil	Calgary	Stampede Corral	Indoor	Carpet
Thailand	1–4	Czech Republic	Bangkok	Impact, Muang Thong Thani	Indoor	Hard
Germany	2–3	Belarus	Sundern	TC Blau-Weiss Sundern	Outdoor	Clay
Morocco	3–2	Great Britain	Casablanca	Complex Sportif Al Amal	Outdoor	Clay
Netherlands	5–0	India	Zwolle	IJsselhallen	Indoor	Hard
Ecuador	2–3	Romania	Quito	Quito Tenis Y Golf Club	Outdoor	Clay
Slovakia	2–3	United States	Bratislava	National Tennis Centre	Outdoor	Clay

•  Czech Republic,  Netherlands,  Romania and  United States will remain in the World Group in 2004.
•  Austria,  Belarus,  Canada and  Morocco are promoted to the World Group in 2004.
•  Ecuador,  India,  Slovakia and  Thailand will remain in Zonal Group I in 2004.
•  Belgium,  Brazil,  Germany and  Great Britain are relegated to Zonal Group I in 2004.

• Bahamas relegated to Group II in 2004.
• Ecuador and Canada advance to World Group Play-off.

• Netherlands Antilles and Colombia relegated to Group III in 2004.
• Paraguay promoted to Group I in 2004.

• Venue: Jean Pierre Complex, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (outdoor hard)
• Date: 31 March–4 April

Rank	Team
1	Jamaica
2	Puerto Rico
3	El Salvador
4	Bolivia
5	Honduras
6	Trinidad and Tobago
7	Guatemala
8	Saint Lucia

•  Jamaica and  Puerto Rico promoted to Group II in 2004.
•  Guatemala and  Saint Lucia relegated to Group IV in 2004.

• Venue: Cariari Country Club, Cariari, Costa Rica (outdoor hard)
• Date: 31 March–5 April

Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA
Panama	5	4	1	11	4
U.S. Virgin Islands	5	4	1	9	6
Costa Rica	5	3	2	9	6
Barbados	5	2	3	8	7
Bermuda	5	2	3	7	8
Eastern Caribbean	5	0	5	1	14

Panama and the US Virgin Islands promoted to Group III for 2004.

• South Korea relegated to Group II in 2004.
• India and Thailand advance to World Group Play-off.

• Tajikistan and Kazakhstan relegated to Group III in 2004.
• Chinese Taipei promoted to Group I in 2004.

• Venue: National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (outdoor hard)
• Date: 23–27 July

Rank	Team
1	Kuwait
2	Malaysia
3	Pacific Oceania
4	Qatar
5	Bahrain
6	Syria
7	United Arab Emirates
8	Kyrgyzstan

•  Kuwait and  Malaysia promoted to Group II in 2004.
•  United Arab Emirates and  Kyrgyzstan relegated to Group IV in 2004.

• Venue: National Tennis Centre, Colombo, Sri Lanka (outdoor clay)
• Date: 18–21 June

Rank	Team
1	Vietnam
2	Oman
3	Saudi Arabia
4	Myanmar
5	Sri Lanka
6	Singapore
7	Bangladesh
8	Brunei

•  Vietnam and  Oman promoted to Group III in 2004.

•  Norway and  Italy relegated to Group II in 2004.
•  Slovakia,  Austria,  Belarus, and  Morocco advance to World Group Play-off.

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2003.

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. Winners in Group II advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group II, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2004.^[3]

•  Monaco,  Ghana,  Ivory Coast, and  Andorra relegated to Group III in 2004.
•  South Africa and  Greece promoted to Group I in 2004.

Portugal 4	Complexo Municipal de Ténis, Maia, Portugal[4] 4–6 April 2003 Clay		Monaco 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Bernardo Mota Emmanuel Heussner 7 5 6 4 6 3       2 Emanuel Couto Guillaume Couillard 7 5 62 77 6 3 6 1     3 Emanuel Couto / Bernardo Mota Guillaume Couillard / Emmanuel Heussner 3 6 79 67 6 2 2 6 6 2   4 Hélder Lopes Guillaume Couillard 7 5 67 79 77 62       5 Leonardo Tavares Emmanuel Heussner 2 6 4 6

South Africa 3	Pietersburg Tennis Club, Polokwane, South Africa[5] 4–6 April 2003 Hard		Poland 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Rik de Voest Łukasz Kubot 3 6 6 1 6 3 6 0     2 Wesley Moodie Mariusz Fyrstenberg 6 1 6 2 6 2       3 David Adams / Robbie Koenig Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski 4 6 6 4 6 2 6 4     4 Wesley Moodie Łukasz Kubot 4 6 6 2 3 6       5 Rik de Voest Bartłomiej Dąbrowski 0 6 4 6

Ghana 1	Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana[6] 4–6 April 2003 Hard		Slovenia 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mohammed Salifu Andrej Kračman 4 6 4 6 6 1 77 63 6 8   2 Gunther Darkey Boštjan Ošabnik 6 4 6 1 6 2       3 Kwasi Ahenkora / Gunther Darkey Andrej Kračman / Marko Tkalec 5 7 4 6 4 6       4 Gunther Darkey Marko Tkalec 3 6 4 6 65 77       5 Mohammed Salifu Boštjan Ošabnik 2 6 1 6

Denmark 4	Hillerød Tennis Club, Hillerød, Denmark[7] 4–6 April 2003 Hard (indoors)		Tunisia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Rasmus Nørby Walid Jallali 6 0 4 6 3 6 6 1 2 6   2 Kenneth Carlsen Haythem Abid 6 2 6 1 6 3       3 Kenneth Carlsen / Jonathan Printzlau Walid Jallali / Malek Jaziri 6 3 6 4 64 77 3 6 8 6   4 Kenneth Carlsen Walid Jallali 6 3 6 4 6 0       5 Frederik Nielsen Malek Jaziri 6 1 6 4

Bulgaria 3	Sofia Tennis Hall, Sofia, Bulgaria[8] 4–6 April 2003 Carpet (indoors)		Ukraine 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ivaylo Traykov Orest Tereshchuk 62 77 77 64 6 3 66 78 4 6   2 Radoslav Lukaev Andrei Dernovskiy 6 3 66 78 6 3 6 2     3 Todor Enev / Radoslav Lukaev Andrei Dernovskiy / Orest Tereshchuk 6 3 6 4 6 4       4 Radoslav Lukaev Orest Tereshchuk 6 3 3 6 67 79 3 6     5 Ivaylo Traykov Andrey Stepanov 77 63 6 4 77 63

Serbia and Montenegro 4	Gemax Tennis Club, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro[9] 4–6 April 2003 Carpet (indoors)		Ivory Coast 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Janko Tipsarević Valentin Sanon 6 4 3 6 3 6 6 3 2 6   2 Dušan Vemić Claude N'Goran 6 4 66 78 6 4 7 5     3 Dušan Vemić / Nenad Zimonjić Claude N'Goran / Valentin Sanon 7 5 6 3 6 4       4 Janko Tipsarević Claude N'Goran 6 2 6 3 7 5       5 Ilija Bozoljac Jean-Christophe Nabi 6 4 6 2

Ireland 4	Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[10] 4–6 April 2003 Hard (indoors)		Egypt 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Stephen Nugent Mohamed Mamoun 4 6 77 64 3 6 4 6     2 John Doran Amr Ghoneim 3 6 77 65 6 1 6 3     3 John Doran / David J. Mullins Karim Maamoun / Mohamed Mamoun 7 5 6 1 6 2       4 John Doran Mohamed Mamoun 77 63 6 3 7 5       5 Sean Cooper Karim Maamoun 6 3 3 6 6 2

Andorra 1	Poliesportiu d'Andorra, Andorra la Vella, Andorra[11] 4–6 April 2003 Carpet (indoors)		Greece 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Kenneth Tuilier-Curco Vasilis Mazarakis 1 6 0 6 1 6       2 Joan Jiménez Guerra Konstantinos Economidis 4 6 4 6 3 6       3 Pau Gerbaud-Farras / Joan Jiménez Guerra Konstantinos Economidis / Vasilis Mazarakis 2 6 2 6 6 3 6 4 4 6   4 Joan Jiménez Guerra Nikos Rovas 6 3 4 6 3 6       5 Marc Vilanova Alexandros Jakoubovits           w/o

South Africa 5	Westridge Park, Durban, South Africa[12] 11–13 July 2003 Hard		Portugal 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Rik de Voest Hélder Lopes 77 63 6 1 6 4       2 Wesley Moodie Leonardo Tavares 6 3 6 4 1 6 79 67     3 Chris Haggard / Robbie Koenig Leonardo Tavares / Rui Machado 7 5 6 3 6 2       4 Wesley Moodie Rui Machado 2 6 6 1 6 2       5 Rik de Voest Leonardo Tavares 6 1 6 4

Denmark 4	Havreholm Castle, Hornbæk, Denmark[13] 11–13 July 2003 Hard		Slovenia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Kenneth Carlsen Boštjan Ošabnik 6 4 7 5 6 4       2 Mik Ledvonova Marko Tkalec 4 6 7 5 4 6 6 3 3 6   3 Kenneth Carlsen / Jonathan Printzlau Boštjan Ošabnik / Rok Jarc 6 3 6 4 64 77 6 1     4 Kenneth Carlsen Marko Tkalec 6 2 6 2 6 4       5 Mik Ledvonova Nejc Podkrajšek 1 6 6 2 6 0

Serbia and Montenegro 4	Tennis Club 'Djukić', Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro[14] 11–13 July 2003 Clay		Bulgaria 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Janko Tipsarević Ilia Kushev 6 3 1 6 6 2 6 3     2 Boris Pašanski Radoslav Lukaev 6 3 4 6 77 63 4 6 4 6   3 Dejan Petrović / Nenad Zimonjić Todor Enev / Radoslav Lukaev 6 3 6 1 6 2       4 Janko Tipsarević Radoslav Lukaev 6 3 6 1 6 3       5 Boris Pašanski Todor Enev 6 2 6 4

Greece 5	Athens Lawn Tennis Club, Athens, Greece[15] 11–13 July 2003 Clay		Ireland 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Konstantinos Economidis Peter Clarke 77 62 6 3 6 4       2 Vasilis Mazarakis Conor Niland 6 2 2 6 61 77 6 1 6 3   3 Konstantinos Economidis / Vasilis Mazarakis John Doran / David J. Mullins 6 2 7 5 6 1       4 Nikos Rovas John Doran 4 6 5 4         retired 5 Solon Peppas Conor Niland 6 3 4 6 6 4

Poland 5	Arka T.C., Gdynia, Poland[16] 11–13 July 2003 Clay		Monaco 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mariusz Fyrstenberg Emmanuel Heussner 6 4 63 77 6 3 6 1     2 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski Guillaume Couillard 6 4 6 3 6 2       3 Marcin Matkowski / Radosław Nijaki Guillaume Couillard / Emmanuel Heussner 77 63 6 4 6 3       4 Radosław Nijaki Guillaume Couillard 6 4 66 78 6 2       5 Marcin Matkowski Emmanuel Heussner 4 6 6 3 6 4

Tunisia 4	Tennis Club de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia[17] 11–13 July 2003 Clay		Ghana 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Haythem Abid Gunther Darkey 77 62 7 5 2 6 6 4     2 Walid Jallali Mohammed Salifu 6 0 6 2 6 1       3 Walid Jallali / Issam Jellali Gunther Darkey / Samuel Fumi 6 4 7 5 6 3       4 Walid Jallali Kwasi Ahenkora 6 4 6 0         5 Tarek Ben Soltane Mohammed Salifu 6 2 5 7 3 6

Ukraine 3	Sport Complex Energy, Kakhovka, Ukraine[18] 11–13 July 2003 Clay		Ivory Coast 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Nikolai Dyachok Claude N'Goran 4 6 2 6 2 6       2 Orest Tereshchuk Valentin Sanon 6 1 6 3 6 3       3 Andrei Dernovskiy / Orest Tereshchuk Claude N'Goran / Valentin Sanon 6 3 6 2 6 2       4 Orest Tereshchuk Claude N'Goran 4 6 2 6 4 6       5 Sergei Yaroshenko Valentin Sanon 4 6 6 4 2 6 6 3 6 3

Andorra 2	Poliesportiu d'Andorra, Andorra la Vella, Andorra[19] 11–13 July 2003 Carpet (indoors)		Egypt 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Joan Jiménez Guerra Mohamed Mamoun 6 3 3 6 6 3 77 63     2 Kenneth Tuilier-Curco Karim Maamoun 2 6 0 6 77 60 1 6     3 Pau Gerbaud-Farras / Joan Jiménez Guerra Amr Ghoneim / Mohamed Mamoun 7 5 65 77 4 6 4 6     4 Joan Jiménez Guerra Karim Maamoun 6 4 62 77 78 66 4 6 6 8   5 Pau Gerbaud-Farras Mohammed Fawzy 77 64 6 4

Denmark 2	Odense Idrætshal, Brøndby, Denmark[20] 19–21 September 2003 Carpet (indoors)		South Africa 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Frederik Fetterlein Wayne Ferreira 1 6 1 6 63 77       2 Kenneth Carlsen Wesley Moodie 61 77 77 63 6 3 6 4     3 Kenneth Carlsen / Frederik Fetterlein Wayne Ferreira / Chris Haggard 3 6 5 7 65 77       4 Kenneth Carlsen Wayne Ferreira 6 1 77 65 6 2       5 Frederik Nielsen Wesley Moodie 4 6 4 6 4 6

Greece 3	Athens Lawn Tennis Club, Athens, Greece[21] 19–21 September 2003 Clay		Serbia and Montenegro 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Solon Peppas Janko Tipsarević 6 3 3 6 2 6 6 2 3 6   2 Konstantinos Economidis Boris Pašanski 6 2 6 4 6 2       3 Eleftherios- Spyridon Alexiou / Alexandros Jakoubovits Dejan Petrović / Nenad Zimonjić 66 78 6 3 6 2 6 4     4 Konstantinos Economidis Janko Tipsarević 6 0 78 66 6 4       5 Alexandros Jakoubovits Boris Pašanski 4 6 3 6

• Venue: Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria (outdoor clay)
• Date: 3–7 February

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2003.

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 Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria, February 3–7, on outdoor clay courts, while the other was held in State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia, June 11–15, on outdoor clay courts.^[22]

The eight teams in the Algiers 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 2004. 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 2004.

Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA
Hungary	3	3	0	9	0
Estonia	3	2	1	6	3
Madagascar	3	1	2	3	6
Namibia	3	0	3	0	9

Hungary 3	Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria[23] 3 February 2003 Clay		Estonia 0
1 2 3 1 Gergely Kisgyörgy Andrei Luzgin 6 2 6 1     2 Kornél Bardóczky Mait Künnap 6 3 6 1     3 László Fonó / Sebő Kiss Mait Künnap / Gert Vilms 4 6 6 4 11 9

Madagascar 3	Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria[24] 3 February 2003 Clay		Namibia 0
1 2 3 1 Lalaina Ratsimbazafy Henrico Du Plessis 4 6 77 64 6 2   2 Donne-Dubert Radison Jean-Pierre Huish 6 2 6 2     3 Donne-Dubert Radison / Jean-Marc Randriamanalina Nicky Buys / Henrico Du Plessis 3 6 6 3 6 2

Hungary 3	Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria[25] 4 February 2003 Clay		Madagascar 0
1 2 3 1 Gergely Kisgyörgy Lalaina Ratsimbazafy 6 2 6 2     2 Kornél Bardóczky Donne-Dubert Radison 6 0 7 5     3 László Fonó / Sebő Kiss Donne-Dubert Radison / Lalaina Ratsimbazafy 6 2 6 0

Estonia 3	Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria[26] 4 February 2003 Clay		Namibia 0
1 2 3 1 Mait Künnap Henrico Du Plessis 6 1 6 2     2 Gert Vilms Jean-Pierre Huish 6 2 6 2     3 Mait Künnap / Andrei Luzgin Jean-Pierre Huish / Jurgens Strydom 6 3 4 6 6 3

Hungary 3	Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria[27] 5 February 2003 Clay		Namibia 0
1 2 3 1 Gergely Kisgyörgy Nicky Buys 6 0 6 0     2 Kornél Bardóczky Jean-Pierre Huish 6 1 7 1     3 László Fonó / Sebő Kiss Nicky Buys / Jurgens Strydom 6 0 6 3

Estonia 3	Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria[28] 5 February 2003 Clay		Madagascar 0
1 2 3 1 Andrei Luzgin Lalaina Ratsimbazafy 7 5 77 61     2 Gert Vilms Donne-Dubert Radison 6 3 7 5     3 Mait Künnap / Andrei Luzgin Jean-Marc Randriamanalina / Lalaina Ratsimbazafy 6 1 6 1

Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA
Algeria	3	3	0	8	1
Lithuania	3	2	1	6	3
Angola	3	1	2	3	6
Armenia	3	0	3	1	8

Armenia 0	Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria[29] 3 February 2003 Clay		Lithuania 3
1 2 3 1 Hayk Hakobyan Aivaras Balžekas 3 6 3 6     2 Hayk Zohranyan Rolandas Muraška 1 6 0 6     3 Hayk Hakobyan / Hayk Zohranyan Aivaras Balžekas / Rolandas Muraška 2 6 2 6

Algeria 3	Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria[30] 3 February 2003 Clay		Angola 0
1 2 3 1 Abdelhak Hameurlaïne Nélson Almeida 7 5 7 5     2 Lamine Ouahab José Nenganga 6 1 6 1     3 Noureddine Mahmoudi / Lamine Ouahab João-Sebastião Miguel / José Nenganga 6 2 6 1

Armenia 0	Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria[31] 4 February 2003 Clay		Algeria 3
1 2 3 1 Hayk Hakobyan Noureddine Mahmoudi 2 6 2 6     2 Hayk Zohranyan Abdelhak Hameurlaïne 1 6 3 6     3 Hayk Hakobyan / Hayk Zohranyan Sofiane Dob / Lamine Ouahab 4 6 2 6

Lithuania 2	Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria[32] 4 February 2003 Clay		Angola 1
1 2 3 1 Aivaras Balžekas Nélson Almeida 79 67 6 3     2 Rolandas Muraška José Nenganga 6 1 6 3     3 Aurimas Karpavičius / Gvidas Sabeckis Nélson Almeida / José Nenganga 2 6 6 2 3 6

Armenia 1	Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria[33] 5 February 2003 Clay		Angola 2
1 2 3 1 Hayk Hakobyan Nélson Almeida 5 7 6 0 6 8   2 Hayk Zohranyan José Nenganga 7 5 7 5     3 Hayk Hakobyan / Hayk Zohranyan Nélson Almeida / José Nenganga 6 4 4 6 3 6

Lithuania 1	Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria[34] 5 February 2003 Clay		Algeria 2
1 2 3 1 Aivaras Balžekas Abdelhak Hameurlaïne 6 1 3 6 7 9   2 Rolandas Muraška Lamine Ouahab 1 6 2 6     3 Rolandas Muraška / Gvidas Sabeckis Sofiane Dob / Noureddine Mahmoudi 6 3 6 2

Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA
Algeria	3	3	0	6	2
Hungary	3	2	1	6	2
Estonia	3	1	2	3	6
Lithuania	3	0	3	2	7

Algeria and Hungary promoted to Group II for 2004.

Hungary 3	Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria[35] 6 February 2003 Clay		Lithuania 0
1 2 3 1 Gergely Kisgyörgy Aivaras Balžekas 6 2 6 2     2 Kornél Bardóczky Rolandas Muraška 6 2 6 3     3 László Fonó / Sebő Kiss Rolandas Muraška / Gvidas Sabeckis 6 1 6 2

Algeria 2	Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria[36] 6 February 2003 Clay		Estonia 1
1 2 3 1 Abdelhak Hameurlaïne Mait Künnap 2 6 1 6     2 Lamine Ouahab Gert Vilms 6 4 6 0     3 Noureddine Mahmoudi / Lamine Ouahab Mait Künnap / Gert Vilms 7 5 6 3

Hungary 0	Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria[37] 7 February 2003 Clay		Algeria 2
1 2 3 1 Sebő Kiss Noureddine Mahmoudi 6 1 5 7 3 6   2 László Fonó Lamine Ouahab 5 7 3 6     3 László Fonó / Sebő Kiss Noureddine Mahmoudi / Lamine Ouahab       not played

Lithuania 1	Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria[38] 7 February 2003 Clay		Estonia 2
1 2 3 1 Aurimas Karpavičius Andrei Luzgin 6 1 65 77 2 6   2 Rolandas Muraška Mait Künnap 6 0 6 4     3 Rolandas Muraška / Gvidas Sabeckis Mait Künnap / Andrei Luzgin 3 6 6 4 4 6

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.

Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA
Madagascar	3	2	1	6	3
Namibia	3	2	1	5	4
Angola	3	2	1	5	4
Armenia	3	0	3	2	7

Angola and Armenia demoted to Group IV for 2004.

Madagascar 2	Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria[39] 6 February 2003 Clay		Armenia 1
1 2 3 1 Lalaina Ratsimbazafy Tsolak Gevorgyan 6 3 2 6 3 6   2 Donne-Dubert Radison Hayk Zohranyan 6 2 6 0     3 Donne-Dubert Radison / Lalaina Ratsimbazafy Tsolak Gevorgyan / Hayk Hakobyan 6 3 5 7 8 6

Angola 1	Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria[40] 6 February 2003 Clay		Namibia 2
1 2 3 1 Nélson Almeida Henrico Du Plessis 6 3 6 3     2 José Nenganga Jean-Pierre Huish 66 78 7 5 3 6   3 Nélson Almeida / José Nenganga Henrico Du Plessis / Jean-Pierre Huish 3 6 1 6

Madagascar 1	Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria[41] 7 February 2003 Clay		Angola 2
1 2 3 1 Lalaina Ratsimbazafy João-Sebastião Miguel 6 2 6 3     2 Donne-Dubert Radison Nélson Almeida 3 6 4 6     3 Donne-Dubert Radison / Lalaina Ratsimbazafy Nélson Almeida / José Nenganga 6 3 3 6 7 9

Armenia 0	Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria[42] 7 February 2003 Clay		Namibia 3
1 2 3 1 Hayk Hakobyan Henrico Du Plessis 2 6 6 1 1 6   2 Tsolak Gevorgyan Jean-Pierre Huish 1 6 6 1 3 6   3 Tsolak Gevorgyan / Hayk Hakobyan Henrico Du Plessis / Jean-Pierre Huish         w/o

Rank	Team
1	Algeria
2	Hungary
3	Estonia
4	Lithuania
5	Madagascar
6	Namibia
7	Angola
8	Armenia

•  Algeria and  Hungary promoted to Group II in 2004.
•  Angola and  Armenia relegated to Group IV in 2004.

• Venue: State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia (outdoor clay)
• Date: 11–15 June

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2003.

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 Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria, February 3–7, on outdoor clay courts, while the other was held in State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia, June 11–15, on outdoor clay courts.^[43]

The eight teams in the Jūrmala 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 2004. 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 2004.

Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA
Latvia	3	3	0	7	2
Azerbaijan	3	2	1	5	4
North Macedonia	3	1	2	3	6
Moldova	3	0	3	3	6

Moldova 1	State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia[44] 11 June 2003 Clay		Latvia 2
1 2 3 1 Andrei Ciumac Andis Juška 6 4 2 6 1 6   2 Andrei Gorban Deniss Pavlovs 78 66 4 6 8 6   3 Sergei Cupțov / Andrei Gorban Andris Fiļimonovs / Andis Juška 2 6 4 6

Azerbaijan 2	State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia[45] 11 June 2003 Clay		North Macedonia 1
1 2 3 1 Farid Shirinov Zoran Ševčenko 1 6 6 4 4 6   2 Emin Ağayev Predrag Rusevski 2 6 6 1 8 6   3 Emin Ağayev / Farid Shirinov Predrag Rusevski / Zoran Ševčenko 6 3 7 5

Moldova 1	State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia[46] 12 June 2003 Clay		North Macedonia 2
1 2 3 1 Andrei Ciumac Predrag Rusevski 6 4 0 6 2 6   2 Andrei Gorban Kristian Mitrovski 6 2 6 2     3 Andrei Gorban / Denys Molchanov Predrag Rusevski / Zoran Ševčenko 66 78 2 6

Azerbaijan 1	State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia[47] 12 June 2003 Clay		Latvia 2
1 2 3 1 Farid Shirinov Andis Juška 1 6 2 6     2 Emin Ağayev Nikita Svacko 6 3 6 3     3 Emin Ağayev / Farid Shirinov Andris Fiļimonovs / Andis Juška 4 6 4 6

Moldova 1	State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia[48] 13 June 2003 Clay		Azerbaijan 2
1 2 3 1 Denys Molchanov Talat Rahimov 6 0 6 2     2 Andrei Gorban Emin Ağayev 77 63 4 6 1 6   3 Andrei Ciumac / Andrei Gorban Emin Ağayev / Farid Shirinov 4 6 2 6

North Macedonia 0	State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia[49] 13 June 2003 Clay		Latvia 3
1 2 3 1 Zoran Ševčenko Andis Juška 4 6 1 6     2 Predrag Rusevski Deniss Pavlovs 4 6 2 6     3 Dimitar Grabul / Kristian Mitrovski Andris Fiļimonovs / Nikita Svacko 1 6 2 6

Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA
Georgia	3	3	0	7	2
Cyprus	3	2	1	7	2
Turkey	3	1	2	3	6
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0	3	1	8

Georgia 3	State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia[50] 11 June 2003 Clay		Bosnia and Herzegovina 0
1 2 3 1 Irakli Ushangishvili Zlatan Kadrić 6 4 6 2     2 Irakli Labadze Igor Račić 6 2 6 3     3 Irakli Labadze / Irakli Ushangishvili Ivan Dodig / Zlatan Kadrić 6 3 6 1

Cyprus 3	State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia[51] 11 June 2003 Clay		Turkey 0
1 2 3 1 Photos Kallias Ergün Zorlu 2 6 6 4 9 7   2 Marcos Baghdatis Haluk Akkoyun 6 3 6 0     3 Marcos Baghdatis / Dinos Pavlou Doruk Bağlan / Ergün Zorlu 6 2 6 3

Georgia 2	State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia[52] 12 June 2003 Clay		Turkey 1
1 2 3 1 Irakli Ushangishvili Ergün Zorlu 4 6 79 67 7 5   2 Irakli Labadze Haluk Akkoyun 6 2 6 1     3 David Kvernadze / Omari Murgulia Haluk Akkoyun / Esat Tanık 0 6 2 6

Cyprus 3	State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia[53] 12 June 2003 Clay		Bosnia and Herzegovina 0
1 2 3 1 Photos Kallias Ivan Dodig 6 2 6 1     2 Marcos Baghdatis Igor Račić 6 1 6 3     3 Marcos Baghdatis / Dinos Pavlou Ivan Dodig / Zlatan Kadrić 7 5 6 3

Georgia 2	State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia[54] 13 June 2003 Clay		Cyprus 1
1 2 3 1 Irakli Ushangishvili Photos Kallias 2 6 6 1 2 6   2 Irakli Labadze Marcos Baghdatis 3 6 6 3 6 4   3 Irakli Labadze / Irakli Ushangishvili Marcos Baghdatis / Dinos Pavlou 77 63 7 5

Turkey 2	State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia[55] 13 June 2003 Clay		Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
1 2 3 1 Ergün Zorlu Haris Bašalić 6 4 6 2     2 Haluk Akkoyun Igor Račić 2 6 63 77     3 Haluk Akkoyun / Ergün Zorlu Ivan Dodig / Igor Račić 6 0 6 3

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.

Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA
Georgia	3	3	0	7	2
Latvia	3	2	1	5	4
Cyprus	3	1	2	5	4
Azerbaijan	3	0	3	1	8

Georgia and Latvia promoted to Group II for 2004.

Georgia 3	State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia[56] 14 June 2003 Clay		Azerbaijan 0
1 2 3 1 Irakli Ushangishvili Farid Shirinov 7 5 6 2     2 Irakli Labadze Emin Ağayev 1 0       retired 3 Irakli Labadze / Irakli Ushangishvili Fakhraddin Shirinov / Farid Shirinov 6 1 6 1

Cyprus 1	State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia[57] 14 June 2003 Clay		Latvia 2
1 2 3 1 Photos Kallias Andis Juška 610 712 2 6     2 Marcos Baghdatis Nikita Svacko 6 1 6 1     3 Marcos Baghdatis / Dinos Pavlou Andris Fiļimonovs / Andis Juška 2 6 6 3 3 6

Georgia 2	State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia[58] 15 June 2003 Clay		Latvia 1
1 2 3 1 Irakli Ushangishvili Andis Juška 6 3 65 77 6 4   2 Irakli Labadze Nikita Svacko 6 2 6 4     3 David Kvernadze / Omari Murgulia Andris Fiļimonovs / Nikita Svacko 3 6 3 6

Cyprus 3	State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia[59] 15 June 2003 Clay		Azerbaijan 0
1 2 3 1 Photos Kallias Farid Shirinov 6 1 6 1     2 Marcos Baghdatis Fakhraddin Shirinov 6 2 6 2     3 Eleftherios Christou / Dinos Pavlou Talat Rahimov / Farid Shirinov 6 3 6 1

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.

Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA
Turkey	3	3	0	6	2
North Macedonia	3	2	1	6	3
Moldova	3	1	2	4	4
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0	3	1	8

Moldova and Bosnia/Herzegovina demoted to Group IV for 2004.

Turkey 2	State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia[60] 14 June 2003 Clay		North Macedonia 1
1 2 3 1 Esat Tanık Predrag Rusevski 6 3 2 6 1 6   2 Haluk Akkoyun Kristian Mitrovski 6 3 6 2     3 Haluk Akkoyun / Esat Tanık Predrag Rusevski / Zoran Ševčenko 6 3 6 4

Bosnia and Herzegovina 0	State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia[61] 14 June 2003 Clay		Moldova 3
1 2 3 1 Zlatan Kadrić Andrei Ciumac 6 2 5 7 4 6   2 Igor Račić Andrei Gorban 610 712 4 6     3 Ivan Dodig / Zlatan Kadrić Sergei Cupțov / Andrei Gorban 3 6 5 7

Turkey 2	State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia[62] 15 June 2003 Clay		Moldova 0
1 2 3 1 Esat Tanık Denys Molchanov 6 1 2 6 14 12   2 Haluk Akkoyun Andrei Gorban 6 4 3 6 6 3   3 Haluk Akkoyun / Esat Tanık Andrei Gorban / Denys Molchanov       not played

Bosnia and Herzegovina 0	State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia[63] 15 June 2003 Clay		North Macedonia 3
1 2 3 1 Ivan Dodig Predrag Rusevski 5 7 1 6     2 Zlatan Kadrić Dimitar Grabul 4 6 63 77     3 Ivan Dodig / Zlatan Kadrić Dimitar Grabul / Kristian Mitrovski 4 6 4 6

Rank	Team
1	Georgia
2	Latvia
3	Cyprus
4	Azerbaijan
5	Turkey
6	North Macedonia
7	Moldova
8	Bosnia and Herzegovina

•  Georgia and  Latvia promoted to Group II in 2004.
•  Moldova and  Bosnia and Herzegovina relegated to Group IV in 2004.

Venue: National Centre, Lagos, Nigeria (hard)
Date: 5–9 February

•  Togo and  Benin promoted to Group III in 2004.

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2003.

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 IV was split into two tournaments. One tournament was held in National Centre, Lagos, Nigeria, February 5–9, on outdoor hard courts, while the other was held in Centro Tennis di Fonte dell'Ovo, San Marino, June 11–15, on outdoor clay courts.^[64]

The ten teams in the Lagos tournament were split into two groups and played in a round-robin format. The winner of each group were promoted to the Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2004.^[64]

Togo promoted to Group III in 2004.

Botswana 3	National Centre, Lagos, Nigeria[65] 5 February 2003 Hard		Djibouti 0
1 2 3 1 Keneilwe Phuthego Abdou-Ali Abdullah 6 0 6 0     2 Thato Kgosimore Kadar Mogueh 6 0 6 1     3 Phenyo Matong / Modisaotsile Phatshwane Abdi-Fatah Abdourahman-Youssouf / Kadar Mogueh 6 2 6 1

Togo 3	National Centre, Lagos, Nigeria[66] 5 February 2003 Hard		Burkina Faso 0
1 2 3 1 Jean-Kome Loglo Mamadou Kaboré 6 4 6 0     2 Komlavi Loglo Sansan Dabiré 6 3 3 6 6 3   3 Kwami Gakpo / Jean-Kome Loglo Mamadou Kaboré / Kadré Nanema 6 4 6 1

Togo 3	National Centre, Lagos, Nigeria[67] 6 February 2003 Hard		Djibouti 0
1 2 3 1 Komlavi Loglo Abdi-Fatah Abdourahman-Youssouf 6 0 6 0     2 Kwami Gakpo Abdou-Ali Abdullah 6 0 6 0     3 Kwami Gakpo / Komlavi Loglo Kadar Mogueh / Issa Willo-Ismaël 6 0 6 0

Mali 0	National Centre, Lagos, Nigeria[68] 6 February 2003 Hard		Burkina Faso 3
1 2 3 1 Madou Keita Kadré Nanema 5 7 2 6     2 Amadou Diallo Sansan Dabiré 2 6 3 6     3 Amadou Diallo / Madou Keita Sansan Dabiré / Mamadou Kaboré 4 6 2 6

Botswana 1	National Centre, Lagos, Nigeria[69] 7 February 2003 Hard		Burkina Faso 2
1 2 3 1 Thato Kgosimore Mamadou Kaboré 4 6 6 4 6 3   2 Modisaotsile Phatshwane Sansan Dabiré 4 6 0 6     3 Thato Kgosimore / Keneilwe Phuthego Sansan Dabiré / Mamadou Kaboré 4 6 6 3 4 6

Togo 3	National Centre, Lagos, Nigeria[70] 7 February 2003 Hard		Mali 0
1 2 3 1 Jean-Kome Loglo Madou Keita 6 0 6 0     2 Komlavi Loglo Yaya Traoré 6 1 7 5     3 Kwami Gakpo / Jean-Kome Loglo Amadou Diallo / Yaya Traoré 6 0 6 2

Botswana 2	National Centre, Lagos, Nigeria[71] 8 February 2003 Hard		Mali 1
1 2 3 1 Keneilwe Phuthego Yaya Traoré 6 1 3 6 6 4   2 Thato Kgosimore Amadou Diallo 6 1 6 2     3 Phenyo Matong / Modisaotsile Phatshwane Amadou Diallo / Yaya Traoré 2 6 5 7

Burkina Faso 3	National Centre, Lagos, Nigeria[72] 8 February 2003 Hard		Djibouti 0
1 2 3 1 Kadré Nanema Issa Willo-Ismaël 6 0 6 0     2 Mamadou Kaboré Kadar Mogueh 6 2 6 0     3 Mamadou Kaboré / Kadré Nanema Abdou-Ali Abdullah / Issa Willo-Ismaël 6 0 6 0

Botswana 0	National Centre, Lagos, Nigeria[73] 9 February 2003 Hard		Togo 3
1 2 3 1 Keneilwe Phuthego Jean-Kome Loglo 4 6 3 6     2 Thato Kgosimore Komlavi Loglo 4 6 0 6     3 Modisaotsile Phatshwane / Keneilwe Phuthego Kwami Gakpo / Jean-Kome Loglo 4 6 2 6

Mali 3	National Centre, Lagos, Nigeria[74] 9 February 2003 Hard		Djibouti 0
1 2 3 1 Madou Keita Abdi-Fatah Abdourahman-Youssouf 6 0 6 1     2 Amadou Diallo Abdou-Ali Abdullah 6 3 6 0     3 Madou Keita / Yaya Traoré Abdou-Ali Abdullah / Abdi-Fatah Abdourahman-Youssouf 6 0 6 0

Benin promoted to Group III in 2004.

Nigeria 3	National Centre, Lagos, Nigeria[75] 5 February 2003 Hard		Gabon 0
1 2 3 1 Jonathan Igbinovia Nguemah Oyone-Meye 6 2 6 2     2 Abdul-Mumin Babalola Christophe Couprie 6 1 6 1     3 Abdul-Mumin Babalola / Jonathan Igbinovia Kryce Didier Momo Kassa / Nguemah Oyone-Meye 6 2 6 2

Benin 3	National Centre, Lagos, Nigeria[76] 5 February 2003 Hard		Uganda 0
1 2 3 1 Christophe Pognon Patrick Olobo 6 1 6 1     2 Arnaud Segodo Charles Yokwe 6 4 6 0     3 Arnaud Segodo / Rodrigue Vignikin Patrick Ochan / Charles Yokwe 6 1 5 7 7 5

Benin 3	National Centre, Lagos, Nigeria[77] 6 February 2003 Hard		Gabon 0
1 2 3 1 Christophe Pognon Nguemah Oyone-Meye 6 2 6 1     2 Arnaud Segodo Christophe Couprie 6 1 4 3     retired 3 Arnaud Segodo / Rodrigue Vignikin Yvan-Johan Mefane / Kryce Didier Momo Kassa 6 3 6 3

Senegal 3	National Centre, Lagos, Nigeria[78] 6 February 2003 Hard		Uganda 0
1 2 3 1 Daouda Ndiaye Ronald Semanda 6 2 7 5     2 Diadji Ka Patrick Ochan 6 2 6 2     3 Diadji Ka / Daouda Ndiaye Patrick Ochan / Charles Yokwe 6 2 6 2

Nigeria 3	National Centre, Lagos, Nigeria[79] 7 February 2003 Hard		Uganda 0
1 2 3 1 Jonathan Igbinovia Ronald Semanda 6 1 6 0     2 Sunday Jegede Patrick Olobo 6 4 4 6 6 1   3 Toyin Dairo / Jonathan Igbinovia Patrick Ochan / Patrick Olobo 6 1 6 1

Benin 2	National Centre, Lagos, Nigeria[80] 7 February 2003 Hard		Senegal 1
1 2 3 1 Christophe Pognon Daouda Ndiaye 6 3 6 2     2 Arnaud Segodo Diadji Ka 7 5 6 3     3 Arnaud Segodo / Rodrigue Vignikin Diadji Ka / Daouda Ndiaye 6 1 67 79 4 6

Nigeria 3	National Centre, Lagos, Nigeria[81] 8 February 2003 Hard		Senegal 0
1 2 3 1 Jonathan Igbinovia Daouda Ndiaye 6 3 77 62     2 Abdul-Mumin Babalola Diadji Ka 6 1 6 3     3 Toyin Dairo / Jonathan Igbinovia Diadji Ka / Daouda Ndiaye 6 2 6 3

Uganda 0	National Centre, Lagos, Nigeria[82] 8 February 2003 Hard		Gabon 3
1 2 3 1 Patrick Olobo Nguemah Oyone-Meye 62 77 3 6     2 Charles Yokwe Christophe Couprie 0 6 4 6     3 Patrick Olobo / Charles Yokwe Christophe Couprie / Nguemah Oyone-Meye 3 6 5 7

Nigeria 1	National Centre, Lagos, Nigeria[83] 9 February 2003 Hard		Benin 2
1 2 3 1 Jonathan Igbinovia Christophe Pognon 6 3 77 65     2 Abdul-Mumin Babalola Arnaud Segodo 3 6 2 6     3 Toyin Dairo / Jonathan Igbinovia Christophe Pognon / Arnaud Segodo 6 3 66 78 5 7

Senegal 1	National Centre, Lagos, Nigeria[84] 9 February 2003 Hard		Gabon 2
1 2 3 1 Youssou Berthé Nguemah Oyone-Meye 2 6 6 4 4 6   2 Diadji Ka Christophe Couprie 7 5 2 6 1 6   3 Diadji Ka / Daouda Ndiaye Yvan-Johan Mefane / Kryce Didier Momo Kassa 6 2 6 2

• Venue: Centro Tennis di Fonte dell'Ovo, San Marino (outdoor clay)
• Date: 11–15 June

Rank	Team
1	Iceland
2	Kenya
3	San Marino
4	Rwanda
5	Malta
6	Zambia
7	Mauritius

•  Iceland and  Kenya promoted to Group III in 2004.