2003 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III

The Group III tournament was held July 23–27, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on outdoor hard courts.[1]

Format

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The eight teams 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 Asia/Oceania 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 Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV in 2004.

Pool A

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Team Pld W L MF MA
  Kuwait 3 3 0 9 0
  Pacific Oceania 3 2 1 5 4
  Kyrgyzstan 3 1 2 3 6
  United Arab Emirates 3 0 3 1 8

Kuwait vs. Pacific Oceania

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Kuwait
3
National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[2]
23 July 2003
 
Pacific Oceania
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Mohammad-Khaliq Siddiq
Cyril Jacobe
6
1
6
3
   
2  
 
Mohammad Ghareeb
Juan Sebastien Langton
6
2
6
4
   
3  
 
Mohammad Ghareeb / Abdullah Maqdes
Brett Baudinet / Juan Sebastien Langton
6
3
79
67
   

Kyrgyzstan vs. United Arab Emirates

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Kyrgyzstan
2
National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[3]
23 July 2003
 
United Arab Emirates
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Ruslan Eshmuhamedov
Mahmoud Nader Al Blooshi
6
2
77
62
   
2  
 
Ernest Batirbekov
Omar Alawadhi
6
3
6
4
   
3  
 
Ernest Batirbekov / Ruslan Eshmuhamedov
Mohammed Abdel-Aziz Al Nuaimi / Omar Alawadhi
4
6
6
3
2
6
 

Kuwait vs. Kyrgyzstan

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Kuwait
3
National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[4]
24 July 2003
 
Kyrgyzstan
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Mohammad-Khaliq Siddiq
Ruslan Eshmuhamedov
6
3
6
1
   
2  
 
Mohammad Ghareeb
Ernest Batirbekov
6
0
6
2
   
3  
 
Musaad Al Jazzaf / Abdullah Maqdes
Boris Baichorov / Sergei Ni
77
61
6
0
   

United Arab Emirates vs. Pacific Oceania

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United Arab Emirates
0
National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[5]
24 July 2003
 
Pacific Oceania
3
1 2 3
1  
 
Mahmoud Nader Al Blooshi
Cyril Jacobe
4
6
4
6
   
2  
 
Omar Alawadhi
Juan Sebastien Langton
1
6
2
6
   
3  
 
Mohammed Abdel-Aziz Al Nuaimi / Mahmoud Nader Al Blooshi
Brett Baudinet / Juan Sebastien Langton
1
6
1
6
   

Kuwait vs. United Arab Emirates

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Kuwait
3
National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[6]
25 July 2003
 
United Arab Emirates
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Abdullah Maqdes
Mohammed Abdel-Aziz Al Nuaimi
6
2
6
1
   
2  
 
Musaad Al Jazzaf
Mahmoud Nader Al Blooshi
78
66
6
2
   
3  
 
Musaad Al Jazzaf / Abdullah Maqdes
Mohammed Abdel-Aziz Al Nuaimi / Mahmoud Nader Al Blooshi
6
1
6
1
   

Kyrgyzstan vs. Pacific Oceania

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Kyrgyzstan
1
National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[7]
25 July 2003
 
Pacific Oceania
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Ruslan Eshmuhamedov
Cyril Jacobe
6
3
1
6
6
0
 
2  
 
Ernest Batirbekov
Juan Sebastien Langton
2
6
1
6
   
3  
 
Ernest Batirbekov / Ruslan Eshmuhamedov
Brett Baudinet / Juan Sebastien Langton
66
78
4
6
   

Pool B

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Team Pld W L MF MA
  Malaysia 3 3 0 7 2
  Qatar 3 2 1 6 3
  Syria 3 1 2 3 6
  Bahrain 3 0 3 2 7

Malaysia vs. Syria

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Malaysia
3
National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[8]
23 July 2003
 
Syria
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Adam Jaya
Rabi Bouhassoun
6
4
3
6
5
0
 
retired
2  
 
Si Yew Ming
Lays Salim
6
2
77
65
   
3  
 
Lai Kok Seong / Mohammed-Noor Noordin
Wael Chami / Abraham Ibrahim
6
1
6
1
   

Qatar vs. Bahrain

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Qatar
3
National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[9]
23 July 2003
 
Bahrain
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Amir Mohamed Ebrahim Bayoumi
Abdul-Rahman Shehab
6
4
6
4
   
2  
 
Sultan Khalfan Al Alawi
Esam Abdulaal
6
1
6
2
   
3  
 
Mohammed Abdulla / Amir Mohamed Ebrahim Bayoumi
Nader Abdul-Aal / Abdul-Rahman Shehab
6
3
5
7
6
3
 

Malaysia vs. Bahrain

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Malaysia
2
National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[10]
24 July 2003
 
Bahrain
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Adam Jaya
Abdul-Rahman Shehab
4
6
4
6
   
2  
 
Si Yew Ming
Bader Abdul-Aal
6
0
6
3
   
3  
 
Adam Jaya / Si Yew Ming
Bader Abdul-Aal / Abdul-Rahman Shehab
6
0
6
3
   

Qatar vs. Syria

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Qatar
2
National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[11]
24 July 2003
 
Syria
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Amir Mohamed Ebrahim Bayoumi
Abraham Ibrahim
4
6
1
6
   
2  
 
Sultan Khalfan Al Alawi
Rabi Bouhassoun
6
1
6
3
   
3  
 
Sultan Khalfan Al Alawi / Amir Mohamed Ebrahim Bayoumi
Abraham Ibrahim / Lays Salim
6
1
6
3
   

Malaysia vs. Qatar

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Malaysia
2
National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[12]
25 July 2003
 
Qatar
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Adam Jaya
Amir Mohamed Ebrahim Bayoumi
6
4
4
5
  retired
 
2  
 
Si Yew Ming
Sultan Khalfan Al Alawi
7
5
6
2
   
3  
 
Mohammed-Noor Noordin / Si Yew Ming
Sultan Khalfan Al Alawi / Amir Mohamed Ebrahim Bayoumi
6
1
6
2
   

Bahrain vs. Syria

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Bahrain
1
National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[13]
25 July 2003
 
Syria
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Abdul-Rahman Shehab
Abraham Ibrahim
6
4
0
2
  retired
 
2  
 
Esam Abdulaal
Lays Salim
6
1
6
2
   
3  
 
Esam Abdulaal / Nader Abdul-Aal
Abraham Ibrahim / Lays Salim
6
1
2
6
3
6
 

Promotion pool

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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
  Kuwait 3 3 0 9 0
  Malaysia 3 2 1 5 4
  Pacific Oceania 3 1 2 2 7
  Qatar 3 0 3 2 7

Kuwait vs. Qatar

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Kuwait
3
National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[14]
26 July 2003
 
Qatar
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Mohammad-Khaliq Siddiq
Mohammed Abdulla
6
1
6
2
   
2  
 
Mohammad Ghareeb
Sultan Khalfan Al Alawi
6
0
6
2
   
3  
 
Musaad Al Jazzaf / Abdullah Maqdes
Mohammed Abdulla / Amir Mohamed Ebrahim Bayoumi
6
3
6
4
   

Malaysia vs. Pacific Oceania

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Malaysia
3
National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[15]
26 July 2003
 
Pacific Oceania
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Lai Kok Seong
Cyril Jacobe
6
3
6
4
   
2  
 
Si Yew Ming
Juan Sebastien Langton
6
0
6
2
   
3  
 
Adam Jaya / Mohammed-Noor Noordin
Brett Baudinet / Juan Sebastien Langton
3
6
7
5
6
3
 

Kuwait vs. Malaysia

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Kuwait
3
National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[16]
27 July 2003
 
Malaysia
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Abdullah Maqdes
Mohammed-Noor Noordin
6
4
6
1
   
2  
 
Musaad Al Jazzaf
Lai Kok Seong
6
3
6
2
   
3  
 
Musaad Al Jazzaf / Abdullah Maqdes
Adam Jaya / Mohammed-Noor Noordin
6
3
6
4
   

Qatar vs. Pacific Oceania

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Qatar
1
National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[17]
27 July 2003
 
Pacific Oceania
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Mohammed Abdulla
Cyril Jacobe
77
62
3
6
0
6
 
2  
 
Sultan Khalfan Al Alawi
Juan Sebastien Langton
6
1
7
5
   
3  
 
Mohammed Abdulla / Sultan Khalfan Al Alawi
Brett Baudinet / Cyril Jacobe
2
6
2
6
   

Kuwait and Malaysia promoted to Group II for 2004.

Relegation pool

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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
  Bahrain 3 2 1 6 3
  Syria 3 2 1 5 4
  United Arab Emirates 3 1 2 4 5
  Kyrgyzstan 3 1 2 3 6

Kyrgyzstan vs. Bahrain

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Kyrgyzstan
0
National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[18]
26 July 2003
 
Bahrain
3
1 2 3
1  
 
Boris Baichorov
Abdul-Rahman Shehab
2
6
6
4
6
8
 
2  
 
Ernest Batirbekov
Esam Abdulaal
6
4
4
6
1
6
 
3  
 
Boris Baichorov / Sergei Ni
Nader Abdul-Aal / Abdul-Rahman Shehab
4
6
4
6
   

Syria vs. United Arab Emirates

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Syria
1
National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[19]
26 July 2003
 
United Arab Emirates
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Abraham Ibrahim
Mahmoud Nader Al Blooshi
3
6
2
6
   
2  
 
Lays Salim
Omar Alawadhi
6
0
6
2
   
3  
 
Abraham Ibrahim / Lays Salim
Omar Alawadhi / Mahmoud Nader Al Blooshi
5
7
4
6
   

Kyrgyzstan vs. Syria

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Kyrgyzstan
1
National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[20]
27 July 2003
 
Syria
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Ruslan Eshmuhamedov
Rabi Bouhassoun
64
77
1
6
   
2  
 
Ernest Batirbekov
Lays Salim
1
6
0
6
   
3  
 
Boris Baichorov / Sergei Ni
Wael Chami / Abraham Ibrahim
6
4
3
6
6
4
 

Bahrain vs. United Arab Emirates

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Bahrain
2
National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[21]
27 July 2003
 
United Arab Emirates
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Abdul-Rahman Shehab
Mahmoud Nader Al Blooshi
2
6
6
2
6
4
 
2  
 
Esam Abdulaal
Omar Alawadhi
1
6
4
6
   
3  
 
Esam Abdulaal / Abdul-Rahman Shehab
Omar Alawadhi / Mahmoud Nader Al Blooshi
3
6
77
65
6
1
 

United Arab Emirates and Kyrgyzstan demoted to Group IV for 2004.

Final standings

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

References

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  1. ^ "Davis Cup – Draws & Results".
  2. ^ "Kuwait v Pacific Oceania". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Kyrgyzstan v United Arab Emirates". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Kuwait v Kyrgyzstan". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "United Arab Emirates v Pacific Oceania". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Kuwait v United Arab Emirates". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Kyrgyzstan v Pacific Oceania". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Malaysia v Syria". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Qatar v Bahrain". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Malaysia v Bahrain". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Qatar v Syria". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Malaysia v Qatar". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Bahrain v Syria". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Kuwait v Qatar". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "Malaysia v Pacific Oceania". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Kuwait v Malaysia". daviscup.com.
  17. ^ "Qatar v Pacific Oceania". daviscup.com.
  18. ^ "Kyrgyzstan v Bahrain". daviscup.com.
  19. ^ "Syria v United Arab Emirates". daviscup.com.
  20. ^ "Kyrgyzstan v Syria". daviscup.com.
  21. ^ "Bahrain v United Arab Emirates". daviscup.com.