2008 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II

International tennis competition 2008 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone The European and African Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2008. In the European and African Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group. Participating teams ALG CYP DEN EGY FIN GRE HUN IRL LUX MON MAR POR SLO RSA TUN UKR Draw y 175 3 6 Play-offs First round Second round Third round 18–20 July 11–13 April 18–20 July 19–21 September Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard) 1 LUX 0 DEN 5 Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard) 7 FIN 1 RSA 4 Algiers, Algeria (clay) 3 HUN 2 ALG 3 Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay) 5 MON 3 GRE 2 Cherkasy, Ukraine (indoor hard) EGY 0 6 UKR 5 Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet) IRL 3 4 MAR 2 Nicosia, Cyprus (hard) CYP 3 8 SLO 2 Estoril, Portugal (clay) TUN 1 2 POR 4 Hanko, Finland (clay) 1 LUX 2 7 FIN 3 Thessaloniki, Greece (clay) 3 HUN 5 GRE 0 Cairo, Egypt (clay) EGY 3 4 MAR 2 Tunis, Tunisia (clay) 8 SLO 4 TUN 1 Johannesburg, South Africa (hard) DEN 0 RSA 5 Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay) ALG 0 5 MON 5 Dublin, Ireland (grass) 6 UKR 3 IRL 2 Porto, Portugal (clay) CYP 0 2 POR 5 Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay) RSA 3 5 MON 2 Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine (indoor hard) 6 UKR 5 2 POR 0 Luxembourg, Greece, Morocco, and Tunisia relegated to Group III in 2009. South Africa and Ukraine promoted to Group I in 2009. First round matches Luxembourg vs. Denmark Luxembourg Denmark National Tennis Centre, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg 11–13 April 2008 hard (indoors) 0 5 Roman Margoulis 3 1 2 Frederik Nielsen 6 6 6 Philippe Grandjean 5 6 1 1 Martin Pedersen 7 3 6 6 Philippe Grandjean Tom Maquel 1 3 0 Frederik Nielsen Rasmus Nørby 6 6 6 Philippe Grandjean 3 1 Rasmus Nørby 6 6 Roman Margoulis 2 2 Martin Pedersen 6 6 Finland vs. South Africa Finland South Africa Tali Tennis Center, Helsinki, Finland 11–13 April 2008 hard (indoors) 1 4 Juho Paukku 0 4 6.045 Kevin Anderson 6 6 7 Jarkko Nieminen 6 6 7 Rik de Voest 4 3 5 Henri Kontinen Jarkko Nieminen 6 1 4 2 Jeff Coetzee Wesley Moodie 4 6 6 6 Jarkko Nieminen 6 3 1 3 Kevin Anderson 4 6 6 6 Henri Kontinen 6 4 3 Rik de Voest 4 6 6 Algeria vs. Hungary Algeria Hungary Office du Complexe Olympique Mohamed Boudiaf Tennis Club, Algiers, Algeria 11–13 April 2008 clay (outdoors) 3 2 Slimane Saoudi 1 4 3 Kornél Bardóczky 6 6 6 Lamine Ouahab 1 4 6 6 7 Sebő Kiss 6 6 4 1 5 Lamine Ouahab Slimane Saoudi 4 3 5 Kornél Bardóczky Róbert Varga 6 6 7 Lamine Ouahab 6 4 3 6 6 Kornél Bardóczky 1 6 6 3 2 Slimane Saoudi 7 4 6 6 Sebő Kiss 6.039 6 0 3 Monaco vs. Greece Monaco Greece Monte Carlo Country Club, Roquebrune Cap Martin, France 11–13 April 2008 clay (outdoors) 3 2 Jean-René Lisnard 6 6 6 Alexandros Jakupovic 3 1 1 Benjamin Balleret 6 3 6.009 5 Konstantinos Economidis 3 6 7 7 Guillaume Couillard Jean-René Lisnard 3 5 3 Konstantinos Economidis Alexandros Jakupovic 6 7 6 Jean-René Lisnard 2 4 7 6 6 Konstantinos Economidis 6 6 6.039 0 0 Benjamin Balleret 6 6 7 Alexandros Jakupovic 3 1 5 Ukraine vs. Egypt Ukraine Egypt Selena Tennis Club, Cherkasy, Ukraine 11–13 April 2008 hard (indoors) 5 0 Sergiy Stakhovsky 6 6 6 Karim Maamoun 1 3 1 Sergey Bubka 6 7 2 6 Sherif Sabry 1 6.039 6 0 Sergey Bubka Sergiy Stakhovsky 6.039 6 6 6 Karim Maamoun Sherif Sabry 7 1 4 2 Artem Smirnov 6 6 Sherif Sabry 3 3 Ivan Sergeyev 6 6 Mahmoud Ezz 3 4 Ireland vs. Morocco Ireland Morocco Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland 11–13 April 2008 carpet (indoors) 3 2 Louk Sorensen 6 2 6 6 Mounir El Aarej 3 6 4 2 Conor Niland 4 4 2 Younes El Aynaoui 6 6 6 James Cluskey Colin O'Brien 6 5 6 6.039 4 Rabie Chaki Reda El Amrani 1 7 2 7 6 Louk Sorensen 3 6 7 6 Younes El Aynaoui 6 4 6.049 4 Conor Niland 7 1 6.059 6 6 Mounir El Aarej 6.039 6 7 3 0 Cyprus vs. Slovenia Cyprus Slovenia National Tennis Center, Nicosia, Cyprus 11–13 April 2008 hard (outdoors) 3 2 Photos Kallias 3 3 1 Marko Tkalec 6 6 6 Marcos Baghdatis 6 6 6 Blaž Kavčič 4 3 4 Marcos Baghdatis Photos Kallias 7 4 6 4 6 Luka Gregorc Grega Žemlja 6.039 6 2 6 1 Marcos Baghdatis 6 6 6 Marko Tkalec 4 4 4 Photos Kallias 1 1 Blaž Kavčič 6 6 Portugal vs. Tunisia Portugal Tunisia Clube de Tenis do Estoril, Estoril, Portugal 11–13 April 2008 clay (outdoors) 4 1 Rui Machado 6 6 7 Walid Jallali 1 1 5 Frederico Gil 6 6 6 Malek Jaziri 3 4 3 Gastão Elias Leonardo Tavares 6 6 6 Walid Jallali Malek Jaziri 3 3 3 Gastão Elias 5 2 Walid Jallali 7 6 Leonardo Tavares 6 6 Slah Mbarek 2 4 Play-offs Finland vs. Luxembourg FIN LUX Hanko Tennis Stadion, Hanko, Finlandhttp://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100010205 Finland v Luxembourg daviscup.com 18–20 July 2008 Clay 3 2 Timo Nieminen 1 4 2 Gilles Müller 6 6 6 Jarkko Nieminen 6 6 6 Philippe Grandjean 0 1 0 Henri Kontinen Jarkko Nieminen 6 7 7 Laurent Bram Gilles Müller 2 6.065 6.035 Harri Heliövaara 4 5 1 Gilles Müller 6 7 6 Henri Kontinen 6 6 6 Laurent Bram 1 3 3 Greece vs. Hungary GRE HUN Thessaloniki Tennis Club, Thessaloniki, Greecehttp://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100010206 Greece v Hungary daviscup.com 18–20 July 2008 Clay 0 5 Konstantinos Mikos 1 3 0 Sebő Kiss 6 6 6 Charalampos Kapogiannis 2 2 4 Kornél Bardóczky 6 6 6 Charalampos Kapogiannis Konstantinos Mikos 1 1 1 Kornél Bardóczky Róbert Varga 6 6 6 Konstantinos Mikos 1 2 Dénes Lukács 6 6 Charalampos Kapogiannis 1 2 Sebő Kiss 6 6 Egypt vs. Morocco EGY MAR Heliopolis Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypthttp://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100010207 Egypt v Morocco daviscup.com 18–20 July 2008 Clay 3 2 Sherif Sabry 2 6.015 3 Talal Ouahabi 6 7 2 3 Karim Maamoun 2 2 7 6 6 Reda El Amrani 6 6 6.085 4 4 Karim Maamoun Sherif Sabry 6.065 7 4 5 Reda El Amrani Mehdi Ziadi 7 5 6 7 Mohamed Mamoun 4 2 4 Reda El Amrani 6 6 6 Karim Maamoun 6 7 6 Mehdi Ziadi 4 6.005 3 Tunisia vs. Slovenia TUN SLO Tennis Club de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisiahttp://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100010208 Tunisia v Slovenia daviscup.com 18–20 July 2008 Clay 1 4 Malek Jaziri 6 1 6 3 4 Grega Žemlja 3 6 4 6 6 Walid Jallali 3 1 2 Marko Tkalec 6 6 6 Haythem Abid Malek Jaziri 3 7 7 7 Marko Tkalec Grega Žemlja 6 5 6.045 5 Haythem Abid 3 6 6 5 2 Blaž Kavčič 6 3 3 7 6 Anis Ghorbel 3 3 Janez Semrajc 6 6 Second round matches South Africa vs. Denmark RSA DEN Emperors Palace, Johannesburg, South Africahttp://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100010196 South Africa v Denmark daviscup.com 18–20 July 2008 Hard 5 0 Kevin Anderson 7 7 6 Martin Pedersen 6.045 5 2 Rik de Voest 6 6 6 Frederik Nielsen 3 2 2 Jeff Coetzee Rik de Voest 7 7 4 7 Frederik Nielsen Rasmus Nørby 6.025 5 6 5 Kevin Anderson 6 6 Thomas Kromann 1 3 Izak van der Merwe 7 6 Martin Pedersen 6.095 4 Monaco vs. Algeria MON ALG Monte Carlo Country Club, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Francehttp://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100010197 Monaco v Algeria daviscup.com 18–20 July 2008 Clay 5 0 Jean-René Lisnard 7 6 6 Ouassel Hared 6.125 3 1 Benjamin Balleret 3 6 6 6 Slimane Saoudi 6 3 2 4 Guillaume Couillard Jean-René Lisnard 6 6 6 Abdelhak Hameurlaine Slimane Saoudi 3 2 4 Clément Morel 6 6 Slimane Saoudi 4 1 Benjamin Balleret 6 6 Abdelhak Hameurlaine 2 4 Ireland vs. Ukraine IRE UKR Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Irelandhttp://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100010198 Ireland v Ukraine daviscup.com 18–20 July 2008 Grass 2 3 Conor Niland 6 6 6 Artem Smirnov 1 2 2 Colin O'Brien 3 3 1 Sergiy Stakhovsky 6 6 6 James Cluskey Eoin Heavey 3 6.055 4 Sergey Bubka Sergiy Stakhovsky 6 7 6 Conor Niland 6 6 4 6.065 5 Sergiy Stakhovsky 4 4 6 7 7 Colin O'Brien 6 6 Artem Smirnov 2 2 Portugal vs. Cyprus POR CYP Lawn Tennis Club da Foz, Porto, Portugalhttp://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100010199 Portugal v Cyprus daviscup.com 18–20 July 2008 Clay 5 0 Frederico Gil 6 6 6 George Kallis 1 1 0 Rui Machado 6 6 7 Photos Kallias 4 4 5 Frederico Gil Leonardo Tavares 6 6 5 6 Photos Kallias Demetrios Leontis 2 1 7 3 Frederico Gil 6 6 Photos Kallias 3 2 João Sousa 6 6 Eleftherios Christou 3 3 Third round matches Monaco vs. South Africa MON RSA Monte Carlo Country Club, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Francehttp://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100010200 Monaco v South Africa daviscup.com 19–21 September 2008 Clay 2 3 Benjamin Balleret 7 2 6 3 0 Kevin Anderson 6.065 6 2 6 6 Jean-René Lisnard 6 4 5 6.035 Rik de Voest 4 6 7 7 Guillaume Couillard Jean-René Lisnard 6 3 6 6 Jeff Coetzee Izak van der Merwe 2 6 4 4 Jean-René Lisnard 6 6 7 Kevin Anderson 3 4 6.015 Benjamin Balleret 5 2 1 Rik de Voest 7 6 6 Ukraine vs. Portugal UKR POR Megaron Tennis Club, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainehttp://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100010201 Ukraine v Portugal daviscup.com 19–21 September 2008 Hard (indoor) 5 0 Sergiy Stakhovsky 6 7 6 Gastão Elias 4 6.045 4 Sergey Bubka 6 3 7 6 Rui Machado 3 6 6.035 4 Sergey Bubka Sergiy Stakhovsky 6 6 6 Gastão Elias Leonardo Tavares 3 2 4 Illya Marchenko 6 6 João Sousa 3 3 Ivan Sergeyev 7 4 6 Leonardo Tavares 6.055 6 3 References Draw https://web.archive.org/web/20190720170211/https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/group-ii/europe-africa.aspx 2019-07-20 Europe Africa Zone Group Ii Category:Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone