1987 Davis Cup Africa Zone

The Africa Zone served as a qualifying round to the 1987 Davis Cup Europe Zone.

Teams from 11 African nations competed for 2 places in the Europe Zone main draws.[1] Zimbabwe and Senegal were the winners of the Africa Zone and qualified for the Europe Zone main draws.[2][3]

Participating nations

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Draw

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First round
30 January–1 February
Second Round
13–22 March
Third Round
3–5 April
  Nigeria
Abidjan, Ivory Coast (indoor carpet)
bye
  Nigeria3
Abidjan, Ivory Coast (indoor carpet)
  Ivory Coast2
  Tunisia0
Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)
  Ivory Coast5
  Nigeria2
  Zimbabwe3
  Zimbabwe
Nairobi, Kenya (clay)
bye
  Zimbabwe5
  Kenya0
  Kenyaw/o
  Djibouti
Dakar, Senegal (hard)
  Morocco2
Dakar, Senegal (hard)
  Senegal3
  Senegal4
  Algeria1
bye
Dakar, Senegal (hard)
  Algeria
  Senegal3
  Egypt2
  Libya
bye
  Libya
  Egyptw/o
bye
  Egypt

First round

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Ivory Coast vs. Tunisia

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Ivory Coast
5
Abidjan, Ivory Coast[4]
30 January–1 February 1987
Carpet (indoors)
 
Tunisia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Clément N'Goran
Abdel-Majid Soudani
6
2
6
0
7
5
     
2  
 
Antoine Beugré
Hassan Soudani
10
8
6
2
6
1
     
3  
 
Jean-Amihiaka Koffi / Clément N'Goran
Abdel-Majid Soudani / Hassan Soudani
6
2
6
4
1
6
7
5
   
4  
 
Clément N'Goran
Elias Bramly
6
1
6
3
       
5  
 
Antoine Beugré
Adel Brahim
6
3
6
2
       

Senegal vs. Morocco

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Senegal
3
Sporting Club de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal[5]
30 January–1 February 1987
Hard
 
Morocco
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Abou Berthé
Mohammed Dlimi
3
6
6
4
2
6
4
6
   
2  
 
Yahiya Doumbia
Abdel Nadini
7
9
6
8
6
3
6
3
6
3
 
3  
 
Yahiya Doumbia / Thierno Ly
Arafat Chekrouni / Mohammed Dlimi
6
3
6
4
6
4
     
4  
 
Abou Berthé
Abdel Nadini
2
6
5
7
6
3
6
3
2
6
 
5  
 
Yahiya Doumbia
Mohammed Dlimi
3
6
4
6
6
3
8
6
6
4
 

Second round

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Ivory Coast vs. Nigeria

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Ivory Coast
2
Abidjan, Ivory Coast[6]
13–15 March 1987
Carpet (indoors)
 
Nigeria
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Clément N'Goran
Rotimi Akinloye
6
8
6
3
6
4
6
1
   
2  
 
Antoine Beugré
Tony Mmoh
1
6
3
6
4
6
     
3  
 
Jean-Amihiaka Koffi / Clément N'Goran
John Atiomo / Tony Mmoh
9
7
6
1
2
6
7
9
13
15
 
4  
 
Clément N'Goran
Tony Mmoh
3
6
6
3
5
7
2
6
   
5  
 
Antoine Beugré
Rotimi Akinloye
6
2
4
6
6
4
     

Kenya vs. Zimbabwe

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Kenya
0
Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya[7]
13–15 March 1987
Clay
 
Zimbabwe
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Paul Wekesa
Byron Black
3
6
4
6
2
6
     
2  
 
Eno Polo
Greig Rodger
2
6
5
7
7
5
4
6
   
3  
 
Kush Bhardwaj / Selim Rana
Byron Black / Haroon Ismail
3
6
4
6
3
6
     
4  
 
Eno Polo
Byron Black
3
6
1
6
       
5  
 
Kush Bhardwaj
Greig Rodger
7
9
2
6
       

Senegal vs. Algeria

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Senegal
4
Sporting Club de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal[8]
20–22 March 1987
Hard
 
Algeria
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Thierno Ly
Yassine Amier
5
7
6
2
6
3
2
6
6
4
 
2  
 
Yahiya Doumbia
Djamel Boudjemline
6
4
6
0
6
2
     
3  
 
Yahiya Doumbia / Thierno Ly
Yassine Amier / Djamel Boudjemline
6
3
6
2
8
6
     
4  
 
Yahiya Doumbia
Yassine Amier
8
6
6
2
       
5  
 
Thierno Ly
Djamel Boudjemline
3
6
7
9
       

Third round

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Zimbabwe vs. Nigeria

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Zimbabwe
3
City Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe[3]
3–5 April 1987
Hard (indoors)
 
Nigeria
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Byron Black
Tony Mmoh
4
6
1
6
6
4
6
0
4
2
 
retired
2  
 
Greig Rodger
Nduka Odizor
6
8
6
2
1
6
2
6
   
3  
 
Byron Black / Greig Rodger
Sadiq Abdullahi / Nduka Odizor
8
6
6
1
3
6
6
3
   
4  
 
Greig Rodger
Sadiq Abdullahi
3
6
4
6
4
6
     
5  
 
Byron Black
Nduka Odizor
5
7
6
4
6
3
6
1
   

Senegal vs. Egypt

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Senegal
3
Sporting Club de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal[2]
3–5 April 1987
Hard
 
Egypt
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Miloud Doumbia
Khaled Baligh
10
12
9
7
6
4
0
6
6
8
 
2  
 
Yahiya Doumbia
Hisham Nasser
6
3
6
0
6
0
     
3  
 
Abou Berthé / Yahiya Doumbia
Khaled Baligh / Hisham Nasser
6
3
5
7
6
4
6
3
   
4  
 
Miloud Doumbia
Hisham Nasser
5
7
2
6
2
6
     
5  
 
Yahiya Doumbia
Khaled Baligh
6
3
6
4
6
4
     

References

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  1. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ a b "Senegal v Egypt". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ a b "Zimbabwe v Nigeria". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Ivory Coast v Tunisia". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Senegal v Morocco". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Ivory Coast v Nigeria". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Kenya v Zimbabwe". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Senegal v Algeria". daviscup.com.
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