1998 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Zone A

Main article: 1998 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1998.

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. The top two teams in Group III advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 1999, whereas the bottom two teams were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 1999.

Participating nations

• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Cyprus
• Estonia
• Ghana
• Greece
• Kenya
• Madagascar
• Togo

Draw

• Venue: Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo
• Date: 21–25 January

Group A

		EST	GHA	CYP	MAD	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
	Estonia		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	8–1 (89%)	12–9 (57%)	1
	Ghana	1–2		3–0	2–1	2–1	6–3 (67%)	13–7 (65%)	2
	Cyprus	0–3	0–3		3–0	1–2	3–6 (33%)	8–14 (36%)	3
	Madagascar	0–3	1–2	0–3		0–3	1–8 (11%)	10–13 (43%)	4

Group B

		TOG	GRE	BIH	KEN	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
	Togo		3–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	7–2 (78%)	12–8 (60%)	1
	Greece	0–3		3–0	1–2	1–2	4–5 (44%)	12–10 (55%)	2
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–2	0–3		3–0	1–2	4–5 (44%)	8–10 (44%)	3
	Kenya	1–2	2–1	0–3		1–2	3–6 (33%)	7–11 (39%)	4

1st to 4th place play-offs

3rd-4th play-off

Semifinals

Final

A1

Estonia

0

B2

Greece

3

A1

Estonia

2

B2

Greece

2

A2

Ghana

1

B1

Togo

1

A2

Ghana

0

B1

Togo

2

5th to 8th place play-offs

7th-8th play-off

5th-8th play-offs

5th-6th play-off

A3

Cyprus

0

B4

Kenya

3

A3

Cyprus

0

B4

Kenya

0

A4

Madagascar

3

B3

Bosnia and Herzegovina

3

A4

Madagascar

1

B3

Bosnia and Herzegovina

2

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	Greece
2	Togo
3	Estonia
4	Ghana
5	Bosnia and Herzegovina
6	Kenya
7	Madagascar
8	Cyprus

• Greece and Togo promoted to Group II in 1999.
• Madagascar and Cyprus relegated to Group IV in 1999.

Round robin

Group A

Cyprus vs. Estonia

Cyprus 1	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo 21 January 1998		Estonia 2
1 2 3 1 Marinos Baghdatis Rene Busch 5 7 6 2 3 6   2 Demetrios Leontis Alti Vahkal 77 64 6 3     3 Demetrios Leontis / Neoclis Neocleous Andrei Luzgin / Gert Vilms 4 6 4 6

Ghana vs. Madagascar

Ghana 2	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo 21 January 1998		Madagascar 1
1 2 3 1 Isaac Donkor Harivony Andrianafetra 6 3 6 3     2 Franklyn Ofori Thierry Rajaobelina 4 6 77 65 6 3   3 Gunther Darkey / Isaac Tetteh-Quaye Jean-Marc Randriamanalina / Germain Rasolondrazana 3 6 5 7

Cyprus vs. Ghana

Cyprus 0	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo 22 January 1998		Ghana 3
1 2 3 1 Marinos Baghdatis Isaac Donkor 6 3 5 7 3 6   2 George Kalanov Franklyn Ofori 2 6 2 6     3 Demetrios Leontis / Neoclis Neocleous Gunther Darkey / Isaac Tetteh-Quaye 3 6 0 6

Estonia vs. Madagascar

Estonia 2	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo 22 January 1998		Madagascar 1
1 2 3 1 Rene Busch Harivony Andrianafetra 1 6 6 4 6 4   2 Andrei Luzgin Thierry Rajaobelina 6 3 4 6 2 6   3 Alti Vahkal / Gert Vilms Harivony Andrianafetra / Thierry Rajaobelina 7 5 7 5

Cyprus vs. Madagascar

Cyprus 2	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo 23 January 1998		Madagascar 1
1 2 3 1 Marinos Baghdatis Germain Rasolondrazana 3 6 6 2 6 3   2 Demetrios Leontis Jean-Marc Randriamanalina 77 64 2 6 6 4   3 George Kalanov / Neoclis Neocleous Harivony Andrianafetra / Germain Rasolondrazana 3 6 1 6

Estonia vs. Ghana

Estonia 2	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo 23 January 1998		Ghana 1
1 2 3 1 Rene Busch Isaac Tetteh-Quaye 5 7 6 2 6 0   2 Alti Vahkal Gunther Darkey 6 3 3 0     retired 3 Andrei Luzgin / Gert Vilms Isaac Donkor / Franklyn Ofori 1 6 2 6

Group B

Togo vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina

Togo 2	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo 21 January 1998		Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
1 2 3 1 Jean-Kome Loglo Meride Zahirović 6 4 6 4     2 Goudjo Gbedey Kristijan Čapalik 6 2 6 2     3 Komi Adeyo / Kossi Loglo Haris Bašalić / Kristijan Čapalik 4 6 3 6

Greece vs. Kenya

Greece 1	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo 21 January 1998		Kenya 2
1 2 3 1 Nikos Rovas Allan Cooper 6 3 3 6 2 6   2 Anastasios Vasiliadis Paul Wekesa 4 6 4 6     3 Niko Karagiannis / Anastasios Vasiliadis Allan Cooper / Norbert Oduor 6 4 6 3

Togo vs. Greece

Togo 3	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo 22 January 1998		Greece 0
1 2 3 1 Jean-Kome Loglo Nikos Rovas 4 6 6 3 6 4   2 Goudjo Gbedey Anastasios Vasiliadis 3 6 6 2 6 1   3 Jean-Kome Loglo / Kossi Loglo Niko Karagiannis / Yannis Vlachos 67 79 6 1 6 4

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Kenya

Bosnia and Herzegovina 3	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo 22 January 1998		Kenya 0
1 2 3 1 Meride Zahirović Allan Cooper 6 4 6 2     2 Kristijan Čapalik Paul Wekesa 6 3 6 3     3 Haris Bašalić / Kristijan Čapalik Allan Cooper / Norbert Oduor 6 3 6 4

Togo vs. Kenya

Togo 2	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo 23 January 1998		Kenya 1
1 2 3 1 Jean-Kome Loglo Allan Cooper 6 0 6 4     2 Goudjo Gbedey Paul Wekesa 65 77 1 1     retired 3 Komi Adeyo / Kossi Loglo Allan Cooper / Norbert Oduor 1 6 5 7

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Greece

Bosnia and Herzegovina 0	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo 23 January 1998		Greece 3
1 2 3 1 Meride Zahirović Nikos Rovas 1 6 4 6     2 Kristijan Čapalik Anastasios Vasiliadis 3 6 2 6     3 Haris Bašalić / Kristijan Čapalik Niko Karagiannis / Anastasios Vasiliadis 1 6 4 6

1st to 4th place play-offs

Semifinals

Greece vs. Estonia

Greece 3	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo 24 January 1998		Estonia 0
1 2 3 1 Nikos Rovas Alti Vahkal 7 5 6 2     2 Anastasios Vasiliadis Andrei Luzgin 6 3 6 4     3 Niko Karagiannis / Yannis Vlachos Rene Busch / Gert Vilms 6 3 7 5

Togo vs. Ghana

Togo 3	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo 24 January 1998		Ghana 0
1 2 3 1 Jean-Kome Loglo Isaac Donkor 6 2 7 5     2 Goudjo Gbedey Franklyn Ofori 6 3 77 65     3 Komi Adeyo / Kossi Loglo Gunther Darkey / Isaac Tetteh-Quaye 6 1 4 6 6 3

Final

Togo vs. Greece

Togo 1	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo 25 January 1998		Greece 2
1 2 3 1 Jean-Kome Loglo Nikos Rovas 78 66 6 4     2 Goudjo Gbedey Anastasios Vasiliadis 62 77 3 6     3 Jean-Kome Loglo / Kossi Loglo Niko Karagiannis / Anastasios Vasiliadis 65 77 4 6

3rd to 4th play-off

Ghana vs. Estonia

Ghana 1	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo 25 January 1998		Estonia 2
1 2 3 1 Isaac Tetteh-Quaye Andrei Luzgin 3 6 3 6     2 Gunther Darkey Gert Vilms 7 5 6 1     3 Isaac Donkor / Franklyn Ofori Andrei Luzgin / Alti Vahkal 77 65 3 6 5 7

5th to 8th place play-offs

5th to 8th play-offs

Kenya vs. Cyprus

Kenya 3	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo 24 January 1998		Cyprus 0
1 2 3 1 Norbert Oduor Marinos Baghdatis 4 6 77 62 6 1   2 Allan Cooper Demetrios Leontis 6 1 6 1     3 Barry Ndinya / Norbert Oduor George Kalanov / Neoclis Neocleous 6 3 6 4

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Madagascar

Bosnia and Herzegovina 2	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo 24 January 1998		Madagascar 1
1 2 3 1 Meride Zahirović Jean-Marc Randriamanalina 6 2 6 1     2 Kristijan Čapalik Thierry Rajaobelina 6 1 7 5     3 Haris Bašalić / Igor Stjepić Harivony Andrianafetra / Thierry Rajaobelina 63 77 3 6

5th to 6th play-off

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Kenya

Bosnia and Herzegovina 3	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo 25 January 1998		Kenya 0
1 2 3 1 Meride Zahirović Barry Ndinya 6 1 6 2     2 Kristijan Čapalik Allan Cooper 6 2 6 2     3 Haris Bašalić / Igor Stjepić Barry Ndinya / Norbert Oduor 6 2 6 3

7th to 8th play-off

Madagascar vs. Cyprus

Madagascar 3	Amicale Tennis Association, Lomé, Togo 25 January 1998		Cyprus 0
1 2 3 1 Harivony Andrianafetra Neoclis Neocleous 6 4 6 1     2 Thierry Rajaobelina George Kalanov 77 62 7 5     3 Jean-Marc Randriamanalina / Germain Rasolondrazana Marinos Baghdatis / Demetrios Leontis 6 3 4 6 6 2

External links

• Davis Cup official website