2004 Davis Cup

2004 Davis Cup

Details
Duration	6 February – 5 December
Edition	93rd
Teams	130
Champion
Winning nation	Spain
← 2003 2005 →

The 2004 Davis Cup was the 93rd edition of the tournament between nations in men's tennis. A total of 130 nations participated in the tournament. In the final, Spain defeated the United States at the Estadio de La Cartuja in Seville, Spain, on 3–5 December, giving Spain their second title.^[1]

Participating Teams
Argentina	Australia	Austria	Belarus
Canada	Czech Republic	Croatia	France
Morocco	Netherlands	Romania	Russia
Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	United States

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

Spain 3	Estadio Olímpico, Seville, Spain[2] 3–5 December 2004 Clay (i)		United States 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Carlos Moyà Mardy Fish 6 4 6 2 6 3       2 Rafael Nadal Andy Roddick 66 78 6 2 78 66 6 2     3 Juan Carlos Ferrero / Tommy Robredo Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 0 6 3 6 2 6       4 Carlos Moyà Andy Roddick 6 2 77 61 77 65       5 Tommy Robredo Mardy Fish 68 710 2 6

Date: 24–26 September

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface
Australia	4–1	Morocco	West Perth	Royal Kings Park	Outdoor	Grass
Chile	5–0	Japan	Viña del Mar	Club Naval de Campo Las Salinas	Outdoor	Clay
Croatia	3–2	Belgium	Rijeka	Dvorana Mladosti	Indoor	Carpet
Paraguay	0–5	Czech Republic	Lambaré	Yacht y Golf Club Paraguayo	Outdoor	Clay
Slovakia	3–2	Germany	Bratislava	National Tennis Centre	Indoor	Hard
Austria	3–2	Great Britain	Pörtschach	Werzer Arena Pörtschach	Outdoor	Clay
Romania	4–1	Canada	Bucharest	Clubul Sportiv Progresul Bucuresti	Outdoor	Clay
Russia	5–0	Thailand	Moscow	Olympic Stadium	Indoor	Clay

•  Australia,  Austria,  Croatia,  Czech Republic,  Romania and  Russia will remain in the World Group in 2005.
•  Chile and  Slovakia are promoted to the World Group in 2005.
•  Belgium,  Germany,  Great Britain,  Japan,  Paraguay and  Thailand will remain in Zonal Group I in 2005.
•  Canada and  Morocco are relegated to Zonal Group I in 2005.

• Brazil relegated to Group II in 2005.
• Chile and Paraguay advance to World Group Play-off.

The Americas Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2004.

In the Americas Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams compete against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group II advanced to the Americas 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 Americas Zone Group III in 2005.^[3]

• Puerto Rico and Haiti relegated to Group III in 2005.
• Mexico promoted to Group I in 2005.

Puerto Rico 2	Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez, Bayamón, Puerto Rico[4] 6–8 February 2004 Hard (indoors)		Bahamas 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Gabriel Montilla Christopher Eldon 6 4 2 6 6 4 6 4     2 Luis Haddock Mark Merklein 1 6 4 6 64 77       3 Gilberto Álvarez / Gabriel Montilla Mark Merklein / Bjorn Munroe 4 6 77 65 3 6 63 77     4 Gabriel Montilla Mark Merklein 0 6 3 6 3 6       5 Ricardo González-Díaz H'Cone Thompson 6 4 7 5

Jamaica 1	Liguanea Club, Kingston, Jamaica[5] 6–8 February 2004 Hard		Mexico 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Scott Willinsky Miguel Gallardo Valles 4 6 4 6 1 6       2 Ryan Russell Luis-Manuel Flores 6 3 1 6 6 1 6 4     3 Karl Hale / Ryan Russell Daniel Langre / Víctor Romero 2 6 1 6 0 6       4 Ryan Russell Miguel Gallardo Valles 0 6 64 77 5 7       5 Scott Willinsky Daniel Langre 6 4 4 6 5 7

Haiti 2	Cercle Bellevue, Port-au-Prince, Haiti[6] 6–8 February 2004 Clay		Uruguay 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Iphton Louis Pablo Cuevas 4 6 0 6 3 6       2 Bertrand Madsen Federico Sansonetti 6 2 6 3 77 61       3 Iphton Louis / Bertrand Madsen Pablo Cuevas / Federico Sansonetti 6 4 6 4 77 65       4 Bertrand Madsen Pablo Cuevas 66 78 3 6 63 77       5 Iphton Louis Federico Sansonetti 1 6 3 6 6 3 4 6

Cuba 1	Centro Nacional de Tenis '19 de Noviembre', Havana, Cuba[7] 6–8 February 2004 Hard		Dominican Republic 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Sandor Martínez Víctor Estrella Burgos 1 6 64 77 4 6       2 Ricardo Chile Jhonson García 6 3 63 77 2 6 6 3 1 6   3 Ricardo Chile / Sandor Martínez Víctor Estrella Burgos / Jhonson García 6 4 77 64 4 6 77 63     4 Eddy Gonzalez-Gonzalez Víctor Estrella Burgos 6 2 4 6 6 0 4 6 4 6   5 Favel-Antonio Freyre-Perdomo Jose Bernard 3 6 3 6

Mexico 5	Centro Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico[8] 9–11 April 2004 Clay		Bahamas 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Alejandro Hernández Christopher Eldon 6 0 7 5 6 2       2 Miguel Gallardo Valles Bjorn Munroe 6 2 6 1 6 3       3 Bruno Echagaray / Santiago González Christopher Eldon / Bjorn Munroe 6 0 6 2 6 3       4 Miguel Gallardo Valles H'Cone Thompson 6 0 6 0         5 Alejandro Hernández Bjorn Munroe 6 2 77 62

Dominican Republic 4	Centro Nacional de Tenis, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic[9] 9–11 April 2004 Hard		Uruguay 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Víctor Estrella Burgos Pablo Cuevas 6 4 6 3 7 5       2 Jhonson García Marcel Felder 7 5 6 4 7 5       3 Víctor Estrella Burgos / Jhonson García Augusto Ricciardi-Castelli / Marcel Felder 3 6 2 6 6 3 7 5 6 4   4 Michael-Ray Pallares González Federico Sansonetti 6 3 6 3         5 Federico Rodríguez Pablo Cuevas 3 6 6 1 3 6

Puerto Rico 2	Centro de Tenis Municipal (Honda), Bayamón, Puerto Rico[10] 9–11 April 2004 Hard		Jamaica 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Gabriel Montilla Scott Willinsky 6 3 78 66 6 4       2 Luis Haddock Ryan Russell 7 5 6 3 6 2       3 Gilberto Álvarez / Gabriel Montilla Ryan Russell / Jermaine Smith 2 6 61 77 3 6       4 Gabriel Montilla Ryan Russell 77 63 3 6 0 6 2 6     5 Juan Ríos Scott Willinsky 6 2 65 77 2 6 4 6

Cuba 3	Centro Nacional de Tenis "19 de Noviembre", Havana, Cuba[11] 9–11 April 2004 Hard		Haiti 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Eddy Gonzalez-Gonzalez Bertrand Madsen 5 7 2 6 3 6       2 Ricardo Chile Olivier Sajous 6 4 6 0 6 0       3 Ricardo Chile / Sandor Martínez Iphton Louis / Bertrand Madsen 6 4 6 3 6 3       4 Ricardo Chile Bertrand Madsen 6 2 6 3 6 3       5 Edgar Hernandez-Perez Olivier Sajous 7 5 66 78 2 6

Mexico 5	Club Deportivo Toluca, Toluca, Mexico[12] 24–26 September 2004 Clay		Dominican Republic 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Alejandro Hernández Jhonson García 6 4 6 4 6 4       2 Miguel Gallardo Valles Víctor Estrella Burgos 6 3 6 4 3 6 77 65     3 Bruno Echagaray / Santiago González Víctor Estrella Burgos / Jhonson García 6 2 6 3 77 64       4 Santiago González Jhonson García 6 1 7 5         5 Alejandro Hernández Federico Rodríguez 6 1 6 4

• Venue: Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras (outdoor hard)
• Date: 4-8 February

Rank	Team
1	Colombia
2	Netherlands Antilles
3	El Salvador
4	Bolivia
5	Honduras
6	Panama
7	U.S. Virgin Islands
8	Trinidad and Tobago

•  Colombia and  Netherlands Antilles promoted to Group II in 2005.
•  U.S. Virgin Islands and  Trinidad and Tobago relegated to Group IV in 2005.

• Venue: Costa Rica Country Club, Escazú, Costa Rica (outdoor hard)
• Date: 7 - 11 April

Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA
Guatemala	5	5	0	14	1
Saint Lucia	5	4	1	10	5
Barbados	5	2	3	8	7
Costa Rica	5	2	3	7	8
Bermuda	5	1	4	3	12
Eastern Caribbean	5	1	4	3	12

Guatemala and St.Lucia promoted to Group III for 2005.

•  New Zealand relegated to Group II in 2005.
•  Thailand and  Japan advance to World Group Play-off.

• Malaysia and Hong Kong relegated to Group III in 2005.
• China promoted to Group I in 2005.

Venue: Phu Tho Tennis Centre, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (hard)
Date: 7–11 April

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Qualification
1	Kazakhstan	3	3	0	Advance to Promotion pool		—	3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Tajikistan	3	2	1			0–3	—	3–0	3–0
3	Qatar	3	1	2	Advance to Relegation pool		0–3	0–3	—	3–0
4	Oman	3	0	3			0–3	0–3	0–3	—

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Qualification
1	Pacific Oceania	3	3	0	Advance to Promotion pool		—	2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Vietnam	3	2	1			1–2	—	2–1	3–0
3	Bahrain	3	1	2	Advance to Relegation pool		0–3	1–2	—	2–1
4	Syria	3	0	3			0–3	0–3	1–2	—

Promotion pool

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Promotion
1	Kazakhstan	3	3	0	Promoted to Group II		—	2–1	3–0	3–0[a]
2	Pacific Oceania	3	2	1			1–2	—	2–1[b]	2–1
3	Vietnam	3	1	2			0–3	1–2[b]	—	2–0
4	Tajikistan	3	0	3			0–3[a]	1–2	0–2	—

Relegation pool

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Qualification
1	Bahrain	3	3	0			—	2–1	3–0	2–1[a]
2	Qatar	3	2	1			1–2	—	3–0[b]	3–0
3	Oman	3	1	2	Relegated to Group IV		0–3	3–0[b]	—	2–1
4	Syria	3	0	3			1–2[a]	0–3	1–2	—

Venue: Al Hussein Sport City, Amman, Jordan (hard)
Date: 7–11 April

• Saudi Arabia and Sri Lanka promoted to Group III in 2005.

• Finland and Greece relegated to Group II in 2005.
• Germany, Great Britain, Belgium, and Slovakia advance to World Group Play-off.

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2004.

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 2005.^[13]

•  Egypt,  Denmark,  Tunisia, and  Ireland relegated to Group III in 2005.
•  Italy and  Serbia and Montenegro promoted to Group I in 2005.

Italy 3	Tennis Club Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy[16] 9–11 April 2004 Clay		Georgia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Alessio di Mauro Irakli Ushangishvili 6 1 6 0 6 2       2 Andreas Seppi Irakli Labadze 4 6 5 7 6 1 6 2 2 6   3 Massimo Bertolini / Giorgio Galimberti Lado Chikhladze / Irakli Labadze 77 65 7 5 6 4       4 Giorgio Galimberti Irakli Labadze 1 6 2 6 7 5 3 6     5 Andreas Seppi Lado Chikhladze 6 2 6 4 6 4

Bulgaria 5	Sofia Tennis Hall, Sofia, Bulgaria[17] 9–11 April 2004 Carpet (indoors)		Egypt 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ivaylo Traykov Karim Maamoun 6 2 6 3 6 4       2 Todor Enev Mohamed Mamoun 6 2 6 0 6 2       3 Todor Enev / Ivaylo Traykov Amr Ghoneim / Karim Maamoun 6 3 7 5 6 2       4 Ilia Kushev Amr Ghoneim 6 2 6 2         5 Yordan Kanev Karim Maamoun 77 61 6 3

Slovenia 2	ŠRC Marina Portorož, Portorož, Slovenia[18] 9–11 April 2004 Clay		Poland 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Marko Tkalec Bartłomiej Dąbrowski 6 4 6 3 6 0       2 Luka Gregorc Łukasz Kubot 65 77 62 77 3 6       3 Andrej Kračman / Boštjan Ošabnik Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski 1 6 5 7 62 77       4 Marko Tkalec Łukasz Kubot 6 1 77 62 4 6 3 6 6 4   5 Andrej Kračman Mariusz Fyrstenberg 5 7 6 0 2 6 3 6

Tunisia 2	Centre National de Tennis, Tunis, Tunisia[19] 9–11 April 2004 Hard		Portugal 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Haythem Abid Leonardo Tavares 65 77 1 6 6 4 2 6     2 Malek Jaziri Bernardo Mota 6 2 1 6 5 7 77 64 8 6   3 Haythem Abid / Malek Jaziri Fred Gil / Leonardo Tavares 5 7 3 6 2 6       4 Haythem Abid Fred Gil 4 6 3 6 5 7       5 Malek Jaziri Rui Machado 6 4 6 3

Serbia and Montenegro 5	Tennis Club Gemax, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro[20] 9–11 April 2004 Carpet (indoors)		Latvia 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Nenad Zimonjić Andis Juška 6 3 6 2 6 4       2 Janko Tipsarević Deniss Pavlovs 6 0 6 0 6 3       3 Dejan Petrović / Nenad Zimonjić Deniss Pavlovs / Jānis Skroderis 6 4 6 0 6 3       4 Janko Tipsarević Andis Juška 6 4 6 4         5 Novak Djokovic Jānis Skroderis 6 2 6 2

Ireland 1	Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[21] 9–11 April 2004 Carpet (indoors)		Hungary 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Peter Clarke Gergely Kisgyörgy 4 6 4 6 4 6       2 Kevin Sorensen Kornél Bardóczky 6 3 7 5 4 6 65 77 3 6   3 Eoin Collins / David J. Mullins Kornél Bardóczky / Gergely Kisgyörgy 6 4 1 6 5 7 6 1 4 6   4 Peter Clarke György Balázs 3 6 1 6         5 Kevin Sorensen Gergely Kisgyörgy           w/o

Norway 3	Riksanlegget for Tennis, Oslo, Norway[22] 9–11 April 2004 Hard (indoors)		Ukraine 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jan Frode Andersen Sergei Yaroshenko 4 6 6 0 77 65 6 2     2 Stian Boretti Orest Tereshchuk 1 6 6 3 6 4 6 2     3 Jan Frode Andersen / Stian Boretti Mikhail Filima / Orest Tereshchuk 6 4 6 4 77 63       4 Erling Tveit Mikhail Filima 4 6 3 6         5 Frederick Sundsten Sergei Yaroshenko 3 6 3 6

Italy 5	Circolo Tennis Teramo, Teramo, Italy[23] 16–18 July 2004 Clay		Bulgaria 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Filippo Volandri Ivaylo Traykov 6 4 6 2 6 4       2 Potito Starace Todor Enev 6 1 6 2 6 3       3 Massimo Bertolini / Andreas Seppi Yordan Kanev / Ilia Kushev 6 4 6 0 6 1       4 Filippo Volandri Ilia Kushev 6 2 6 0         5 Andreas Seppi Yordan Kanev 6 2 7 5

Poland 4	Tennis Club Arka, Gdynia, Poland[24] 16–18 July 2004 Clay		Algeria 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Łukasz Kubot Abdelhak Hameurlaïne 6 1 77 63 6 1       2 Marcin Matkowski Lamine Ouahab 1 6 7 5 3 6 4 6     3 Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski Rachid Baba-Aïssa / Abdel-Wahid Henni 6 4 6 1 6 0       4 Łukasz Kubot Lamine Ouahab 6 2 77 61 6 3       5 Filip Urban Rachid Baba-Aïssa 78 66 6 2

Portugal 0	Complexo Municipal de Ténis da Maia, Maia, Portugal[25] 16–18 July 2004 Clay		Serbia and Montenegro 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Leonardo Tavares Boris Pašanski 6 3 1 6 6 1 1 6 2 6   2 Fred Gil Janko Tipsarević 2 6 4 6 1 6       3 Fred Gil / Leonardo Tavares Nikola Ćirić / Dušan Vemić 6 1 77 65 3 6 1 6 4 6   4 Rui Machado Dušan Vemić 3 6 3 6         5 Fred Gil Boris Pašanski 77 63 2 6 0 6

Hungary 3	Gellért Szabadidő Központ, Szeged, Hungary[26] 16–18 July 2004 Clay		Norway 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Kornél Bardóczky Helge Koll-Frafjord 6 2 6 1 6 1       2 Sebő Kiss Jan Frode Andersen 4 6 4 6 6 3 4 6     3 Kornél Bardóczky / Gergely Kisgyörgy Jan Frode Andersen / Frederick Sundsten 6 3 6 4 6 3       4 Kornél Bardóczky Jan Frode Andersen 3 6 4 6 710 68 6 4 3 6   5 György Balázs Helge Koll-Frafjord 6 0 6 2 6 4

Georgia 3	Leila Meskhi Tennis, Tbilisi, Georgia[27] 16–18 July 2004 Clay		Egypt 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Irakli Ushangishvili Karim Maamoun 1 6 77 64 6 4 7 5     2 Irakli Labadze Mohamed Mamoun 6 3 6 3 6 2       3 Lado Chikhladze / Irakli Labadze Karim Maamoun / Mohamed Mamoun 6 3 6 2 6 2       4 Lado Chikhladze Omar Hedayet 3 6 1 6         5 David Kvernadze Mohamed Mamoun 4 6 3 6

Latvia 3	Liepāja's Tennis Sport School, Liepāja, Latvia[28] 16–18 July 2004 Clay		Tunisia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Andis Juška Malek Jaziri 4 6 3 6 4 6       2 Deniss Pavlovs Haythem Abid 6 0 4 6 6 4 7 5     3 Andis Juška / Deniss Pavlovs Tarek Ben Soltane / Malek Jaziri 6 3 6 1 6 1       4 Andis Juška Haythem Abid 6 0 6 0 6 4       5 Adrians Žguns Malek Jaziri 5 7 4 6

Ukraine 4	Tennis Club Viccourt, Donetsk, Ukraine[29] 16–18 July 2004 Hard		Ireland 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Orest Tereshchuk Conor Niland 6 3 6 3 6 3       2 Sergei Yaroshenko Kevin Sorensen 1 6 4 6 6 4 2 6     3 Mikhail Filima / Orest Tereshchuk John Doran / David J. Mullins 77 63 6 3 7 5       4 Orest Tereshchuk Kevin Sorensen 6 4 6 3 6 2       5 Dmytro Tolok David J. Mullins 7 5 6 4

Italy 3	Tennis Club, Livorno, Italy[30] 24–26 September 2004 Clay		Poland 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Filippo Volandri Michał Przysiężny 6 1 6 2 6 1       2 Potito Starace Łukasz Kubot 6 4 6 3 6 4       3 Massimo Bertolini / Andreas Seppi Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski 3 6 6 2 4 6 4 6     4 Filippo Volandri Łukasz Kubot 6 3 4 6 1 6 77 64 2 6   5 Potito Starace Mariusz Fyrstenberg 2 6 6 3 4 6 6 3 7 5

Hungary 0	Gellért Szabadidő Központ, Szeged, Hungary[31] 24–26 September 2004 Clay		Serbia and Montenegro 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Kornél Bardóczky Boris Pašanski 77 65 4 6 4 6 2 6     2 György Balázs Janko Tipsarević 1 6 4 6 2 6       3 Kornél Bardóczky / Gergely Kisgyörgy Dušan Vemić / Nenad Zimonjić 3 6 2 6 2 6       4 Kornél Bardóczky Janko Tipsarević           not played 5 György Balázs Boris Pašanski           not played

Venue: Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia (hard)
Date: 12–16 May

(scores in italics carried over)

• Ivory Coast and Ghana promoted to Group II in 2005.
• Benin and Togo withdrew from the tournament and relegated to Group IV in 2005.

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2004.

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 Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia, May 12–16, on outdoor hard courts, while the other was held in Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania, February 2–8, on indoor carpet courts.^[32]

Benin and Togo withdrew from the Windhoek tournament and relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 2005. The six remaining teams in the Windhoek 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 2005. The remaining teams of each group played against each other in the 5th–6th Play-off and remained in Group III in 2005.

Turkey 3	Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia[33] 12 May 2004 Hard		Kenya 0
1 2 3 1 Haluk Akkoyun Christian Vitulli 6 4 6 0     2 Ergün Zorlu Allan Cooper 6 1 6 2     3 Haluk Akkoyun / Esat Tanık Allan Cooper / Christian Vitulli 7 5 6 3

Ivory Coast 3	Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia[34] 13 May 2004 Hard		Kenya 0
1 2 3 1 Charles Irie Christian Vitulli 6 4 6 0     2 Claude N'Goran Allan Cooper 6 1 6 3     3 Claude N'Goran / Nouhoun Sangaré Aldrin Ndinya / Christian Vitulli 6 1 6 3

Ivory Coast 2	Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia[35] 14 May 2004 Hard		Turkey 1
1 2 3 1 Charles Irie Haluk Akkoyun 4 6 1 6     2 Claude N'Goran Ergün Zorlu 6 2 6 3     3 Claude N'Goran / Nouhoun Sangaré Haluk Akkoyun / Ergün Zorlu 60 77 711 69 6 2

Madagascar 0	Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia[36] 12 May 2004 Hard		Namibia 3
1 2 3 1 Donne-Dubert Radison Jurgens Strydom 78 66 64 77 1 6   2 Jacob Rasolondrazana Johan Theron 6 2 2 6 5 7   3 Harivony Andrianafetra / Jean-Marc Randriamanalina Henrico Du Plessis / Johan Theron 3 6 2 6

Ghana 2	Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia[37] 13 May 2004 Hard		Namibia 1
1 2 3 1 Henry Adjei-Darko Jurgens Strydom 611 713 77 65 8 6   2 Gunther Darkey Johan Theron 6 4 4 0     retired 3 Gunther Darkey / Samuel Fumi Henrico Du Plessis / Jurgens Strydom 4 6 6 3 3 6

Ghana 2	Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia[38] 14 May 2004 Hard		Madagascar 1
1 2 3 1 Henry Adjei-Darko Donne-Dubert Radison 6 3 6 1     2 Gunther Darkey Jacob Rasolondrazana 5 7 4 6     3 Henry Adjei-Darko / Gunther Darkey Harivony Andrianafetra / Jacob Rasolondrazana 6 2 7 5

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	CIV	GHA	TUR	NAM
1	Ivory Coast (3–0)		2–1	2–1	3–0
2	Ghana (2–1)	1–2		2–1	2–1
3	Turkey (1–2)	1–2	1–2		3–0
4	Namibia (0–3)	0–3	1–2	0–3

Ivory Coast and Ghana promoted to Group II in 2005.

Ivory Coast 3	Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia[39] 15 May 2004 Hard		Namibia 0
1 2 3 1 Charles Irie Jurgens Strydom 77 62 6 2     2 Claude N'Goran Johan Theron 6 1 77 61     3 Claude N'Goran / Nouhoun Sangaré Henrico Du Plessis / Jurgens Strydom 77 64 7 5

Turkey 1	Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia[40] 15 May 2004 Hard		Ghana 2
1 2 3 1 Haluk Akkoyun Henry Adjei-Darko 3 6 0 6     2 Ergün Zorlu Gunther Darkey 1 6 1 6     3 Haluk Akkoyun / Esat Tanık Samuel Fumi / Solomon Koomsom 6 2 6 4

Ivory Coast 2	Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia[41] 16 May 2004 Hard		Ghana 1
1 2 3 1 Nouhoun Sangaré Solomon Koomsom 7 5 3 6 6 3   2 Charles Irie Samuel Fumi 77 65 6 3     3 Charles Irie / Claude N'Goran Henry Adjei-Darko / Gunther Darkey 2 3     retired

Turkey 3	Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia[42] 16 May 2004 Hard		Namibia 0
1 2 3 1 Esat Tanık Henrico Du Plessis 7 5 6 1     2 Haluk Akkoyun Jurgens Strydom 6 2 6 3     3 Haluk Akkoyun / Esat Tanık Henrico Du Plessis / Johan Theron 6 4 6 4

Kenya 3	Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia[43] 15 May 2004 Hard		Madagascar 0
1 2 3 1 Christian Vitulli Donne-Dubert Radison 77 61 3 6 6 4   2 Allan Cooper Jacob Rasolondrazana 4 6 6 3 9 7   3 Allan Cooper / Christian Vitulli Harivony Andrianafetra / Jean-Marc Randriamanalina 6 1 6 4

Rank	Team
1	Ivory Coast
2	Ghana
3	Turkey
4	Namibia
5	Kenya
6	Madagascar

•  Ivory Coast and  Ghana promoted to Group II in 2005.
•  Benin and  Togo withdrew from the tournament and relegated to Group IV in 2005.

Venue: Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania (indoor carpet)
Date: 2–8 February

(scores in italics carried over)

• Monaco and Estonia promoted to Group II in 2005.
• Andorra relegated to Group IV in 2005.
• Azerbaijan withdrew from the tournament and relegated to Group IV in 2005.

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2004.

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 Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia, May 12–16, on outdoor hard courts, while the other was held in Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania, February 2–8, on indoor carpet courts.^[44]

Azerbaijan withdrew from the Kaunas tournament and relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 2005. The seven remaining teams in the Kaunas 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 2005. 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 2005.

Cyprus 1	Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania[45] 4 February 2004 Carpet (indoors)		Lithuania 2
1 2 3 1 Photos Kallias Rolandas Muraška 1 6 4 6     2 Marcos Baghdatis Aivaras Balžekas 6 1 4 6 6 4   3 Marcos Baghdatis / Demetrios Leontis Paulius Jurkėnas / Gvidas Sabeckis 3 6 3 6

Cyprus 2	Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania[46] 5 February 2004 Carpet (indoors)		Estonia 1
1 2 3 1 Photos Kallias Alti Vahkal 7 5 3 6 4 6   2 Marcos Baghdatis Mait Künnap 6 4 77 63     3 Marcos Baghdatis / Demetrios Leontis Mait Künnap / Alti Vahkal 5 7 6 4 12 10

Estonia 2	Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania[47] 6 February 2004 Carpet (indoors)		Lithuania 1
1 2 3 1 Oskar Saarne Rolandas Muraška 63 77 6 4 6 4   2 Mait Künnap Aivaras Balžekas 5 7 6 3 7 9   3 Mait Künnap / Alti Vahkal Rolandas Muraška / Gvidas Sabeckis 6 4 6 3

North Macedonia 3	Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania[48] 4 February 2004 Carpet (indoors)		Iceland 0
1 2 3 1 Predrag Rusevski Raj-Kumar Bonifacius 6 4 6 4     2 Lazar Magdinčev Arnar Sigurðsson 3 6 6 2 6 3   3 Lazar Magdinčev / Predrag Rusevski Raj-Kumar Bonifacius / Arnar Sigurðsson 6 1 7 5

Monaco 3	Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania[49] 4 February 2004 Carpet (indoors)		Andorra 0
1 2 3 1 Guillaume Couillard Kenneth Tuilier-Curco 6 1 6 1     2 Benjamin Balleret Joan Jiménez Guerra 6 0 63 77 6 2   3 Thomas Drouet / Emmanuel Heussner Pau Gerbaud-Farras / Marc Vilanova 6 1 6 4

North Macedonia 2	Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania[50] 5 February 2004 Carpet (indoors)		Andorra 1
1 2 3 1 Predrag Rusevski Kenneth Tuilier-Curco 6 3 6 3     2 Lazar Magdinčev Joan Jiménez Guerra 6 2 6 4     3 Dimitar Grabul / Kristian Mitrovski Pau Gerbaud-Farras / Joan Jiménez Guerra 64 77 4 6

Monaco 2	Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania[51] 5 February 2004 Carpet (indoors)		Iceland 1
1 2 3 1 Guillaume Couillard Raj-Kumar Bonifacius 6 4 6 2     2 Benjamin Balleret Arnar Sigurðsson 6 3 6 2     3 Thomas Drouet / Emmanuel Heussner Raj-Kumar Bonifacius / Arnar Sigurðsson 5 7 4 6

North Macedonia 1	Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania[52] 6 February 2004 Carpet (indoors)		Monaco 2
1 2 3 1 Predrag Rusevski Emmanuel Heussner 3 6 77 62 5 7   2 Lazar Magdinčev Benjamin Balleret 6 4 63 77 6 3   3 Lazar Magdinčev / Predrag Rusevski Guillaume Couillard / Emmanuel Heussner 6 4 68 710 4 6

Andorra 0	Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania[53] 6 February 2004 Carpet (indoors)		Iceland 3
1 2 3 1 Kenneth Tuilier-Curco Raj-Kumar Bonifacius 2 6 7 5 7 9   2 Joan Jiménez Guerra Arnar Sigurðsson 1 6 2 6     3 Pau Gerbaud-Farras / Kenneth Tuilier-Curco Raj-Kumar Bonifacius / Arnar Sigurðsson 3 6 4 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)

Monaco and Estonia promoted to Group II in 2005.

Monaco 1	Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania[54] 7 February 2004 Carpet (indoors)		Lithuania 2
1 2 3 1 Guillaume Couillard Gvidas Sabeckis 4 6 6 3 5 7   2 Benjamin Balleret Aivaras Balžekas 4 6 65 77     3 Guillaume Couillard / Emmanuel Heussner Paulius Jurkėnas / Gvidas Sabeckis 2 6 7 5 14 12

Estonia 2	Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania[55] 7 February 2004 Carpet (indoors)		North Macedonia 1
1 2 3 1 Oskar Saarne Predrag Rusevski 66 78 4 6     2 Mait Künnap Lazar Magdinčev 2 6 6 4 6 2   3 Mait Künnap / Alti Vahkal Lazar Magdinčev / Predrag Rusevski 6 4 67 79 7 5

Monaco 3	Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania[56] 8 February 2004 Carpet (indoors)		Estonia 0
1 2 3 1 Emmanuel Heussner Oskar Saarne 68 710 7 5 13 11   2 Guillaume Couillard Mait Künnap 6 3 77 63     3 Benjamin Balleret / Thomas Drouet Mait Künnap / Alti Vahkal 61 77 77 64 1 0   retired

North Macedonia 2	Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania[57] 8 February 2004 Carpet (indoors)		Lithuania 1
1 2 3 1 Predrag Rusevski Rolandas Muraška 4 6 2 6     2 Lazar Magdinčev Aivaras Balžekas 6 4 77 63     3 Lazar Magdinčev / Predrag Rusevski Paulius Jurkėnas / Rolandas Muraška 4 6 7 5 10 8

The bottom team from Pool A and the bottom two teams 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)

Andorra relegated to Group IV in 2005.

Andorra 1	Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania[58] 7 February 2004 Carpet (indoors)		Cyprus 2
1 2 3 1 Pau Gerbaud-Farras Photos Kallias 78 66 6 3     2 Kenneth Tuilier-Curco Marcos Baghdatis 2 6 0 6     3 Pau Gerbaud-Farras / Joan Jiménez Guerra Marcos Baghdatis / Demetrios Leontis 77 65 61 77 2 6

Iceland 2	Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania[59] 8 February 2004 Carpet (indoors)		Cyprus 1
1 2 3 1 Andri Jonsson Demetrios Leontis 3 6 4 6     2 Arnar Sigurðsson Eleftherios Christou 6 2 6 2     3 Jón Axel Jónsson / Arnar Sigurðsson Eleftherios Christou / Demetrios Leontis 6 3 6 4

Rank	Team
1	Monaco
2	Estonia
3	North Macedonia
4	Lithuania
5	Iceland
6	Cyprus
7	Andorra

•  Monaco and  Estonia promoted to Group II in 2005.
•  Andorra relegated to Group IV in 2005.
•  Azerbaijan withdrew from the tournament and relegated to Group IV in 2005.

• Venue: Olympique Club de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal (hard)
• Date: 4–8 February

•  Nigeria and  San Marino promoted to Group III in 2005.

Venue: Tennis Club Ali-Ten, Chișinău, Moldova (clay)
Date: 15–18 July

(scores in italics carried over)

• Bosnia and Herzegovina and Armenia promoted to Group III in 2005.

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2004.

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 Olympique Club de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal, February 4–8, on outdoor hard courts, while the other was held in Tennis Club Ali-Ten, Chișinău, Moldova, July 15–18, on outdoor clay courts.^[60]

The eight teams in the Chișinău tournament were split into two groups and played in a round-robin format. The top two teams of each group advanced to the promotion pool, from which the two top teams were promoted to the Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2005. The bottom two teams of each group were placed in a second pool to determine places 5–8.^[60]

Armenia 3	Tennis Club Ali-Ten, Chișinău, Moldova[61] 15 July 2004 Clay		Mauritius 0
1 2 3 1 Harutyun Sofyan Olivier Rey 6 1 6 1     2 Sargis Sargsian Kamil Patel 6 4 6 4     3 Tsolak Gevorgyan / Ara Harutyunyan Alexandre Daruty / Simon Koenig 6 4 1 6 6 3

Botswana 2	Tennis Club Ali-Ten, Chișinău, Moldova[62] 15 July 2004 Clay		Malta 1
1 2 3 1 Bokang Setshogo Marcus Delicata 6 2 6 1     2 Phenyo Matong Daniel Ceross 6 4 6 4     3 Uyapo Nleya / Keneilwe Phuthego Daniel Ceross / Marcus Delicata 65 77 0 6

Armenia 3	Tennis Club Ali-Ten, Chișinău, Moldova[63] 16 July 2004 Clay		Malta 0
1 2 3 1 Ara Harutyunyan Marcus Delicata 6 1 6 2     2 Sargis Sargsian Daniel Ceross 6 1 6 1     3 Ara Harutyunyan / Harutyun Sofyan Matthew Borg / Daniel Ceross 6 1 6 1

Botswana 1	Tennis Club Ali-Ten, Chișinău, Moldova[64] 16 July 2004 Clay		Mauritius 2
1 2 3 1 Bokang Setshogo Simon Koenig 6 1 6 3     2 Phenyo Matong Kamil Patel 3 6 2 6     3 Phenyo Matong / Uyapo Nleya Alexandre Daruty / Kamil Patel 1 6 0 6

Armenia 3	Tennis Club Ali-Ten, Chișinău, Moldova[65] 16 July 2004 Clay		Botswana 0
1 2 3 1 Harutyun Sofyan Keneilwe Phuthego 6 3 6 2     2 Sargis Sargsian Uyapo Nleya 6 0 6 1     3 Sargis Sargsian / Harutyun Sofyan Uyapo Nleya / Bokang Setshogo 6 0 6 1

Malta 0	Tennis Club Ali-Ten, Chișinău, Moldova[66] 16 July 2004 Clay		Mauritius 3
1 2 3 1 Marcus Delicata Alexandre Daruty 0 6 0 6     2 Daniel Ceross Kamil Patel 1 6 2 6     3 Matthew Borg / Daniel Ceross Alexandre Daruty / Simon Koenig 3 6 77 65 2 6

Moldova 3	Tennis Club Ali-Ten, Chișinău, Moldova[67] 15 July 2004 Clay		Uganda 0
1 2 3 1 Andrei Ciumac Godfrey Uzunga 6 0 6 3     2 Andrei Gorban Charles Yokwe 6 0 6 0     3 Andrei Gorban / Denys Molchanov Patrick Olobo / Charles Yokwe 6 2 6 1

Bosnia and Herzegovina 3	Tennis Club Ali-Ten, Chișinău, Moldova[68] 15 July 2004 Clay		Rwanda 0
1 2 3 1 Bojan Vujić Jean-Paul Nshimiyimana 6 1 6 1     2 Aleksandar Marić Jean-Claude Gasigwa 6 3 6 3     3 Aleksandar Marić / Bojan Vujić Jean-Claude Gasigwa / Eric Hagenimana 6 4 6 2

Moldova 3	Tennis Club Ali-Ten, Chișinău, Moldova[69] 16 July 2004 Clay		Rwanda 0
1 2 3 1 Andrei Ciumac Eric Hagenimana 3 6 6 4 6 4   2 Andrei Gorban Jean-Claude Gasigwa 6 0 6 0     3 Ilie Babinciuc / Andrei Ciumac Eric Hagenimana / Jean-Paul Nshimiyimana 6 0 6 3

Bosnia and Herzegovina 3	Tennis Club Ali-Ten, Chișinău, Moldova[70] 16 July 2004 Clay		Uganda 0
1 2 3 1 Bojan Vujić Godfrey Uzunga 6 1 6 1     2 Uglješa Ostojić Charles Yokwe 6 0 6 1     3 Aleksandar Marić / Bojan Vujić Patrick Olobo / Godfrey Uzunga 6 1 6 2

Moldova 1	Tennis Club Ali-Ten, Chișinău, Moldova[71] 16 July 2004 Clay		Bosnia and Herzegovina 2
1 2 3 1 Denys Molchanov Bojan Vujić 6 3 0 2   retired   2 Andrei Gorban Uglješa Ostojić 6 1 6 4     3 Andrei Ciumac / Andrei Gorban Aleksandar Marić / Bojan Vujić 65 77 6 3 2 6

Rwanda 3	Tennis Club Ali-Ten, Chișinău, Moldova[72] 16 July 2004 Clay		Uganda 0
1 2 3 1 Alain Hakizimana Patrick Olobo 6 1 6 4     2 Eric Hagenimana Godfrey Uzunga 3 6 6 3 6 2   3 Jean-Claude Gasigwa / Alain Hakizimana James Odongo / Patrick Olobo 6 3 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.

(scores in italics carried over from Groups)

Bosnia and Herzegovina and Armenia promoted to Group III in 2005.

Armenia 2	Tennis Club Ali-Ten, Chișinău, Moldova[73] 17 July 2004 Clay		Moldova 1
1 2 3 1 Harutyun Sofyan Andrei Ciumac 4 6 63 77     2 Sargis Sargsian Andrei Gorban 6 4 6 2     3 Sargis Sargsian / Harutyun Sofyan Andrei Ciumac / Andrei Gorban 6 3 6 3

Mauritius 0	Tennis Club Ali-Ten, Chișinău, Moldova[74] 17 July 2004 Clay		Bosnia and Herzegovina 3
1 2 3 1 Alexandre Daruty Bojan Vujić 1 6 0 6     2 Kamil Patel Uglješa Ostojić 4 6 3 6     3 Alexandre Daruty / Simon Koenig Aleksandar Marić / Bojan Vujić 1 6 1 6

Armenia 0	Tennis Club Ali-Ten, Chișinău, Moldova[75] 18 July 2004 Clay		Bosnia and Herzegovina 3
1 2 3 1 Ara Harutyunyan Aleksandar Marić 0 6 1 6     2 Harutyun Sofyan Uglješa Ostojić 2 6 1 6     3 Ara Harutyunyan / Harutyun Sofyan Aleksandar Marić / Uglješa Ostojić 1 6 0 6

Mauritius 0	Tennis Club Ali-Ten, Chișinău, Moldova[76] 18 July 2004 Clay		Moldova 3
1 2 3 1 Alexandre Daruty Ilie Babinciuc 0 6 0 6     2 Kamil Patel Andrei Ciumac 6 2 3 6 2 6   3 Simon Koenig / Olivier Rey Ilie Babinciuc / Andrei Ciumac 3 6 1 6

The bottom two teams from Pools A and B were placed in the placement group. Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward.

(scores in italics carried over from Groups)

Botswana 1	Tennis Club Ali-Ten, Chișinău, Moldova[77] 17 July 2004 Clay		Rwanda 2
1 2 3 1 Bokang Setshogo Eric Hagenimana 6 3 3 6 2 6   2 Phenyo Matong Jean-Claude Gasigwa 6 4 6 2     3 Keneilwe Phuthego / Bokang Setshogo Eric Hagenimana / Alain Hakizimana 3 6 6 2 1 6

Malta 0	Tennis Club Ali-Ten, Chișinău, Moldova[78] 17 July 2004 Clay		Uganda 3
1 2 3 1 Matthew Borg James Odongo 1 6 2 6     2 Daniel Ceross Patrick Olobo 2 6 1 6     3 Matthew Borg / Daniel Ceross Patrick Olobo / Charles Yokwe 2 6 2 6

Botswana 3	Tennis Club Ali-Ten, Chișinău, Moldova[79] 18 July 2004 Clay		Uganda 0
1 2 3 1 Bokang Setshogo James Odongo 7 5 6 3     2 Phenyo Matong Patrick Olobo 6 2 6 3     3 Phenyo Matong / Bokang Setshogo Patrick Olobo / Charles Yokwe 77 65 0 6 6 3

Malta 1	Tennis Club Ali-Ten, Chișinău, Moldova[80] 18 July 2004 Clay		Rwanda 2
1 2 3 1 Marcus Delicata Eric Hagenimana 3 6 6 3 4 6   2 Daniel Ceross Jean-Claude Gasigwa 3 6 2 6     3 Daniel Ceross / Marcus Delicata Alain Hakizimana / Jean-Paul Nshimiyimana 7 5 6 4

Rank	Team
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2	Armenia
3	Moldova
4	Mauritius
5	Rwanda
6	Botswana
7	Uganda
8	Malta

•  Bosnia and Herzegovina and  Armenia promoted to Group III in 2005.

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