2003 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group IV – Zone B

International tennis competition January 2025 2003 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone 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.http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/group-iv/europe-africa/2003.aspx Davis Cup – Draws & Results Format The seven teams in the San Marino 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 2004. The remaining teams in each group from the preliminary round were placed in a second pool to determine places 5–7. Pool A 35em Pool A SMR SMR 1862 (3–0) RWA RWA (2–1) ZAM ZAM (1–2) MRI MRI (0–3) 3–0 3–0 3–0 0–3 2–1 3–0 0–3 1–2 2–1 0–3 0–3 1–2 San Marino vs. Zambia San Marino 1862 Zambia Centro Tennis di Fonte dell'Ovo, San Marinohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2003-G4-EA-B-A-M-SMR-ZAM-01 San Marino v Zambia daviscup.com 11 June 2003 Clay 3 0 Christian Rosti 6 6 Edgar Kazembe 3 3 Domenico Vicini 6 6 Hector Sando 3 2 William Forcellini Massimiliano Rosti 6 4 6 Edgar Kazembe Hector Sando 4 6 2 Mauritius vs. Rwanda Mauritius Rwanda Centro Tennis di Fonte dell'Ovo, San Marinohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2003-G4-EA-B-A-M-MRI-RWA-01 Mauritius v Rwanda daviscup.com 11 June 2003 Clay 0 3 Alexandre Daruty 1 2 Eric Hagenimana 6 6 Simon Koenig 2 3 Jean-Claude Gasigwa 6 6 Alexandre Daruty Simon Koenig 3 2 Jean-Claude Gasigwa Eric Hagenimana 6 6 San Marino vs. Mauritius San Marino 1862 Mauritius Centro Tennis di Fonte dell'Ovo, San Marinohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2003-G4-EA-B-A-M-SMR-MRI-01 San Marino v Mauritius daviscup.com 12 June 2003 Clay 3 0 Massimiliano Rosti 6 6 Alexandre Daruty 1 0 Domenico Vicini 6 6 Simon Koenig 3 1 William Forcellini Christian Rosti 7 6 Alexandre Daruty Abdullah Toorawa 6.019 0 Zambia vs. Rwanda Zambia Rwanda Centro Tennis di Fonte dell'Ovo, San Marinohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2003-G4-EA-B-A-M-ZAM-RWA-01 Zambia v Rwanda daviscup.com 12 June 2003 Clay 1 2 Edgar Kazembe 4 6 2 Eric Hagenimana 6 2 6 Hector Sando 6 1 6 Jean-Claude Gasigwa 4 6 1 Edgar Kazembe Hector Sando 5 6.059 Jean-Claude Gasigwa Eric Hagenimana 7 7 San Marino vs. Rwanda San Marino 1862 Rwanda Centro Tennis di Fonte dell'Ovo, San Marinohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2003-G4-EA-B-A-M-SMR-RWA-01 San Marino v Rwanda daviscup.com 13 June 2003 Clay 3 0 Massimiliano Rosti 6 6 Eric Hagenimana 4 4 Domenico Vicini 6 6 Jean-Claude Gasigwa 1 0 William Forcellini Christian Rosti 6 6 Jean-Claude Gasigwa Eric Hagenimana 4 4 Mauritius vs. Zambia Mauritius Zambia Centro Tennis di Fonte dell'Ovo, San Marinohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2003-G4-EA-B-A-M-MRI-ZAM-01 Mauritius v Zambia daviscup.com 13 June 2003 Clay 1 2 Alexandre Daruty 6 6 Edgar Kazembe 1 0 Simon Koenig 2 6 3 Hector Sando 6 2 6 Alexandre Daruty Abdullah Toorawa 5 1 Edgar Kazembe Hector Sando 7 6 Pool B 35em Pool B ISL ISL (2–0) KEN KEN (1–1) MLT MLT (0–2) 3–0 3–0 0–3 3–0 0–3 0–3 Iceland vs. Kenya Iceland Kenya Centro Tennis di Fonte dell'Ovo, San Marinohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2003-G4-EA-B-B-M-ISL-KEN-01 Iceland v Kenya daviscup.com 11 June 2003 Clay 3 0 Raj-Kumar Bonifacius 6 6.049 6 Norbert Oduor 3 7 4 Arnar Sigurðsson 6 6 Allan Cooper 3 3 Davíð Halldórsson Arnar Sigurðsson 7 6 Allan Cooper Norbert Oduor 6.059 3 Iceland vs. Malta Iceland Malta Centro Tennis di Fonte dell'Ovo, San Marinohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2003-G4-EA-B-B-M-ISL-MLT-01 Iceland v Malta daviscup.com 12 June 2003 Clay 3 0 Raj-Kumar Bonifacius 6 2 6 Mark Schembri 4 6 4 Arnar Sigurðsson 6 6 Mark Vella 1 0 Davíð Halldórsson Arnar Sigurðsson 6 6 Marcus Delicata Mark Schembri 1 1 Malta vs. Kenya Malta Kenya Centro Tennis di Fonte dell'Ovo, San Marinohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2003-G4-EA-B-B-M-MLT-KEN-01 Malta v Kenya daviscup.com 13 June 2003 Clay 0 3 Marcus Delicata 6.039 3 Norbert Oduor 7 6 Mark Schembri 5 3 Allan Cooper 7 6 Marcus Delicata Mark Vella 3 6.029 Arun Balaraman Willis Mbandi 6 7 Promotion pool 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) 35em 1st–4th Play-off ISL ISL (3–0) KEN KEN (2–1) SMR SMR 1862 (1–2) RWA RWA (0–3) 3–0 2–1 3–0 0–3 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 0–3 1–2 0–3 Iceland and Kenya promoted to Group III for 2004. San Marino vs. Kenya San Marino 1862 Kenya Centro Tennis di Fonte dell'Ovo, San Marinohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2003-G4-EA-B-PP1-4-SMR-KEN-01 San Marino v Kenya daviscup.com 14 June 2003 Clay 1 2 Massimiliano Rosti 2 6 1 Norbert Oduor 6 1 6 Domenico Vicini 5 6 3 Allan Cooper 7 3 6 Christian Rosti Domenico Vicini 6 6 Arun Balaraman Willis Mbandi 4 3 Rwanda vs. Iceland Rwanda Iceland Centro Tennis di Fonte dell'Ovo, San Marinohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2003-G4-EA-B-PP1-4-RWA-ISL-01 Rwanda v Iceland daviscup.com 14 June 2003 Clay 0 3 Eric Hagenimana 1 3 Raj-Kumar Bonifacius 6 6 Jean-Claude Gasigwa 2 2 Arnar Sigurðsson 6 6 Jean-Claude Gasigwa Eric Hagenimana 1 4 Davíð Halldórsson Arnar Sigurðsson 6 6 San Marino vs. Iceland San Marino 1862 Iceland Centro Tennis di Fonte dell'Ovo, San Marinohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2003-G4-EA-B-PP1-4-SMR-ISL-01 San Marino v Iceland daviscup.com 15 June 2003 Clay 1 2 Christian Rosti 6 6 Andri Jonsson 2 1 Domenico Vicini 1 5 Arnar Sigurðsson 6 7 Christian Rosti Domenico Vicini 2 6.049 Davíð Halldórsson Arnar Sigurðsson 6 7 Rwanda vs. Kenya Rwanda Kenya Centro Tennis di Fonte dell'Ovo, San Marinohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2003-G4-EA-B-PP1-4-RWA-KEN-01 Rwanda v Kenya daviscup.com 15 June 2003 Clay 1 2 Eric Hagenimana 6 7 Norbert Oduor 3 6.029 Jean-Claude Gasigwa 1 4 Allan Cooper 6 6 Jean-Claude Gasigwa Eric Hagenimana 4 6 4 Allan Cooper Norbert Oduor 6 3 6 Placement pool The bottom two teams from Pool A and the bottom team from Pool B were placed in the placement pool to determine places 5–7. Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward. (scores in italics carried over from Groups) 35em 5th–7th Play-off MLT MLT (2–0) ZAM ZAM (1–1) MRI MRI (0–2) 3–0 2–1 0–3 2–1 1–2 1–2 Zambia vs. Malta Zambia Malta Centro Tennis di Fonte dell'Ovo, San Marinohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2003-G4-EA-B-PP5-7-ZAM-MLT-01 Zambia v Malta daviscup.com 14 June 2003 Clay 0 3 Mwiza Gondwe 0 4 Marcus Delicata 6 6 Edgar Kazembe 3 0 Mark Schembri 6 6 Mwiza Gondwe Hector Sando 1 2 Marcus Delicata Mark Schembri 6 6 Mauritius vs. Malta Mauritius Malta Centro Tennis di Fonte dell'Ovo, San Marinohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2003-G4-EA-B-PP5-7-MRI-MLT-01 Mauritius v Malta daviscup.com 15 June 2003 Clay 1 2 Alexandre Daruty 6 6 Marcus Delicata 3 4 Simon Koenig 5 4 Mark Schembri 7 6 Alexandre Daruty Abdullah Toorawa 2 6.059 Marcus Delicata Mark Schembri 6 7 Final standings Rank Team1ISL2KEN3SMR 18624RWA5MLT6ZAM7MRI ISL and KEN promoted to Group III in 2004. 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