2008 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II

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

Draw


Play-offs			First round			Second round			Third round

			Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard)

			1	Luxembourg	0
Hanko, Finland (clay)						Johannesburg, South Africa (hard)
				Denmark	5
1	Luxembourg	2				Denmark		0
			Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)
7	Finland	3				South Africa		5
			7	Finland	1
									Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay)
				South Africa	4
										South Africa	3
			Algiers, Algeria (clay)
									5	Monaco	2
			3	Hungary	2
Thessaloniki, Greece (clay)						Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay)
				Algeria	3
3	Hungary	5					Algeria	0
			Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay)
	Greece	0				5	Monaco	5
			5	Monaco	3

				Greece	2

			Cherkasy, Ukraine (indoor hard)

				Egypt	0
Cairo, Egypt (clay)						Dublin, Ireland (grass)
			6	Ukraine	5
	Egypt	3				6	Ukraine	3
			Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet)
4	Morocco	2					Ireland	2
				Ireland	3
									Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine (indoor hard)
			4	Morocco	2
									6	Ukraine	5
			Nicosia, Cyprus (hard)
									2	Portugal	0
				Cyprus	3
Tunis, Tunisia (clay)						Porto, Portugal (clay)
			8	Slovenia	2
8	Slovenia	4					Cyprus	0
			Estoril, Portugal (clay)
	Tunisia	1				2	Portugal	5
				Tunisia	1

			2	Portugal	4

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
0

National Tennis Centre, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
11–13 April 2008
hard (indoors)

Denmark
5

		1	2	3	4
1	Roman Margoulis Frederik Nielsen	3 6	1 6	2 6
2	Philippe Grandjean Martin Pedersen	5 7	6 3	1 6	1 6
3	Philippe Grandjean / Tom Maquel Frederik Nielsen / Rasmus Nørby	1 6	3 6	0 6
4	Philippe Grandjean Rasmus Nørby	3 6	1 6
5	Roman Margoulis Martin Pedersen	2 6	2 6

Finland vs. South Africa

Finland
1

Tali Tennis Center, Helsinki, Finland
11–13 April 2008
hard (indoors)

South Africa
4

		1	2	3	4
1	Juho Paukku Kevin Anderson	0 6	4 6	6⁵ 7⁷
2	Jarkko Nieminen Rik de Voest	6 4	6 3	7 5
3	Henri Kontinen / Jarkko Nieminen Jeff Coetzee / Wesley Moodie	6 4	1 6	4 6	2 6
4	Jarkko Nieminen Kevin Anderson	6 4	3 6	1 6	3 6
5	Henri Kontinen Rik de Voest	6 4	4 6	3 6

Algeria vs. Hungary

Algeria
3

Office du Complexe Olympique Mohamed Boudiaf Tennis Club, Algiers, Algeria
11–13 April 2008
clay (outdoors)

Hungary
2

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Slimane Saoudi Kornél Bardóczky	1 6	4 6	3 6
2	Lamine Ouahab Sebő Kiss	1 6	4 6	6 4	6 1	7 5
3	Lamine Ouahab / Slimane Saoudi Kornél Bardóczky / Róbert Varga	4 6	3 6	5 7
4	Lamine Ouahab Kornél Bardóczky	6 1	4 6	3 6	6 3	6 2
5	Slimane Saoudi Sebő Kiss	7⁷ 6⁴	4 6	6 0	6 3

Monaco vs. Greece

Monaco
3

Monte Carlo Country Club, Roquebrune Cap Martin, France
11–13 April 2008
clay (outdoors)

Greece
2

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Jean-René Lisnard Alexandros Jakupovic	6 3	6 1	6 1
2	Benjamin Balleret Konstantinos Economidis	6 3	3 6	6¹ 7⁷	5 7
3	Guillaume Couillard / Jean-René Lisnard Konstantinos Economidis / Alexandros Jakupovic	3 6	5 7	3 6
4	Jean-René Lisnard Konstantinos Economidis	2 6	4 6	7⁷ 6⁴	6 0	6 0
5	Benjamin Balleret Alexandros Jakupovic	6 3	6 1	7 5

Ukraine vs. Egypt

Ukraine
5

Selena Tennis Club, Cherkasy, Ukraine
11–13 April 2008
hard (indoors)

Egypt
0

		1	2	3	4
1	Sergiy Stakhovsky Karim Maamoun	6 1	6 3	6 1
2	Sergey Bubka Sherif Sabry	6 1	7⁷ 6⁴	2 6	6 0
3	Sergey Bubka / Sergiy Stakhovsky Karim Maamoun / Sherif Sabry	6⁴ 7⁷	6 1	6 4	6 2
4	Artem Smirnov Sherif Sabry	6 3	6 3
5	Ivan Sergeyev Mahmoud Ezz	6 3	6 4

Ireland vs. Morocco

Ireland
3

Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland
11–13 April 2008
carpet (indoors)

Morocco
2

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Louk Sorensen Mounir El Aarej	6 3	2 6	6 4	6 2
2	Conor Niland Younes El Aynaoui	4 6	4 6	2 6
3	James Cluskey / Colin O'Brien Rabie Chaki / Reda El Amrani	6 1	5 7	6 2	6⁴ 7⁷	4 6
4	Louk Sorensen Younes El Aynaoui	3 6	6 4	7⁷ 6⁵	6 4
5	Conor Niland Mounir El Aarej	7⁷ 6⁴	1 6	6⁶ 7⁸	6 3	6 0

Cyprus vs. Slovenia

Cyprus
3

National Tennis Center, Nicosia, Cyprus
11–13 April 2008
hard (outdoors)

Slovenia
2

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Photos Kallias Marko Tkalec	3 6	3 6	1 6
2	Marcos Baghdatis Blaž Kavčič	6 4	6 3	6 4
3	Marcos Baghdatis / Photos Kallias Luka Gregorc / Grega Žemlja	7⁷ 6⁴	4 6	6 2	4 6	6 1
4	Marcos Baghdatis Marko Tkalec	6 4	6 4	6 4
5	Photos Kallias Blaž Kavčič	1 6	1 6

Portugal vs. Tunisia

Portugal
4

Clube de Tenis do Estoril, Estoril, Portugal
11–13 April 2008
clay (outdoors)

Tunisia
1

		1	2	3
1	Rui Machado Walid Jallali	6 1	6 1	7 5
2	Frederico Gil Malek Jaziri	6 3	6 4	6 3
3	Gastão Elias / Leonardo Tavares Walid Jallali / Malek Jaziri	6 3	6 3	6 3
4	Gastão Elias Walid Jallali	5 7	2 6
5	Leonardo Tavares Slah Mbarek	6 2	6 4

Play-offs

Finland vs. Luxembourg

Finland
3

Hanko Tennis Stadion, Hanko, Finland^[1]
18–20 July 2008
Clay

Luxembourg
2

		1	2	3
1	Timo Nieminen Gilles Müller	1 6	4 6	2 6
2	Jarkko Nieminen Philippe Grandjean	6 0	6 1	6 0
3	Henri Kontinen / Jarkko Nieminen Laurent Bram / Gilles Müller	6 2	7⁹ 6⁷	7⁷ 6⁴
4	Harri Heliövaara Gilles Müller	4 6	5 7	1 6
5	Henri Kontinen Laurent Bram	6 1	6 3	6 3

Greece vs. Hungary

Greece
0

Thessaloniki Tennis Club, Thessaloniki, Greece^[2]
18–20 July 2008
Clay

Hungary
5

		1	2	3
1	Konstantinos Mikos Sebő Kiss	1 6	3 6	0 6
2	Charalampos Kapogiannis Kornél Bardóczky	2 6	2 6	4 6
3	Charalampos Kapogiannis / Konstantinos Mikos Kornél Bardóczky / Róbert Varga	1 6	1 6	1 6
4	Konstantinos Mikos Dénes Lukács	1 6	2 6
5	Charalampos Kapogiannis Sebő Kiss	1 6	2 6

Egypt vs. Morocco

Egypt
3

Heliopolis Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt^[3]
18–20 July 2008
Clay

Morocco
2

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Sherif Sabry Talal Ouahabi	2 6	6² 7⁷	3 2			retired
2	Karim Maamoun Reda El Amrani	2 6	2 6	7¹¹ 6⁹	6 4	6 4
3	Karim Maamoun / Sherif Sabry Reda El Amrani / Mehdi Ziadi	6⁷ 7⁹	7 5	4 6	5 7
4	Mohamed Mamoun Reda El Amrani	4 6	2 6	4 6
5	Karim Maamoun Mehdi Ziadi	6 4	7⁷ 6¹	6 3

Tunisia vs. Slovenia

Tunisia
1

Tennis Club de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia^[4]
18–20 July 2008
Clay

Slovenia
4

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Malek Jaziri Grega Žemlja	6 3	1 6	6 4	3 6	4 6
2	Walid Jallali Marko Tkalec	3 6	1 6	2 6
3	Haythem Abid / Malek Jaziri Marko Tkalec / Grega Žemlja	3 6	7 5	7⁷ 6⁵	7 5
4	Haythem Abid Blaž Kavčič	3 6	6 3	6 3	5 7	2 6
5	Anis Ghorbel Janez Semrajc	3 6	3 6

Second round matches

South Africa vs. Denmark

South Africa
5

Emperors Palace, Johannesburg, South Africa^[5]
18–20 July 2008
Hard

Denmark
0

		1	2	3	4
1	Kevin Anderson Martin Pedersen	7⁷ 6⁵	7 5	6 2
2	Rik de Voest Frederik Nielsen	6 3	6 2	6 2
3	Jeff Coetzee / Rik de Voest Frederik Nielsen / Rasmus Nørby	7⁷ 6³	7 5	4 6	7 5
4	Kevin Anderson Thomas Kromann	6 1	6 3
5	Izak van der Merwe Martin Pedersen	7¹² 6¹⁰	6 4

Monaco vs. Algeria

Monaco
5

Monte Carlo Country Club, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France^[6]
18–20 July 2008
Clay

Algeria
0

		1	2	3	4
1	Jean-René Lisnard Ouassel Hared	7¹⁵ 6¹³	6 3	6 1
2	Benjamin Balleret Slimane Saoudi	3 6	6 3	6 2	6 4
3	Guillaume Couillard / Jean-René Lisnard Abdelhak Hameurlaine / Slimane Saoudi	6 3	6 2	6 4
4	Clément Morel Slimane Saoudi	6 4	6 1
5	Benjamin Balleret Abdelhak Hameurlaine	6 2	6 4

Ireland vs. Ukraine

Ireland
2

Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland^[7]
18–20 July 2008
Grass

Ukraine
3

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Conor Niland Artem Smirnov	6 1	6 2	6 2
2	Colin O'Brien Sergiy Stakhovsky	3 6	3 6	1 6
3	James Cluskey / Eoin Heavey Sergey Bubka / Sergiy Stakhovsky	3 6	6⁶ 7⁸	4 6
4	Conor Niland Sergiy Stakhovsky	6 4	6 4	4 6	6⁷ 7⁹	5 7
5	Colin O'Brien Artem Smirnov	6 2	6 2

Portugal vs. Cyprus

Portugal
5

Lawn Tennis Club da Foz, Porto, Portugal^[8]
18–20 July 2008
Clay

Cyprus
0

		1	2	3	4
1	Frederico Gil George Kallis	6 1	6 1	6 0
2	Rui Machado Photos Kallias	6 4	6 4	7 5
3	Frederico Gil / Leonardo Tavares Photos Kallias / Demetrios Leontis	6 2	6 1	5 7	6 3
4	Frederico Gil Photos Kallias	6 3	6 2
5	João Sousa Eleftherios Christou	6 3	6 3

Third round matches

Monaco vs. South Africa

Monaco
2

Monte Carlo Country Club, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France^[9]
19–21 September 2008
Clay

South Africa
3

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Benjamin Balleret Kevin Anderson	7⁹ 6⁷	2 6	6 2	3 6	0 6
2	Jean-René Lisnard Rik de Voest	6 4	4 6	5 7	6⁴ 7⁷
3	Guillaume Couillard / Jean-René Lisnard Jeff Coetzee / Izak van der Merwe	6 2	3 6	6 4	6 4
4	Jean-René Lisnard Kevin Anderson	6 3	6 4	7⁷ 6²
5	Benjamin Balleret Rik de Voest	5 7	2 6	1 6

Ukraine vs. Portugal

Ukraine
5

Megaron Tennis Club, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine^[10]
19–21 September 2008
Hard (indoor)

Portugal
0

		1	2	3	4
1	Sergiy Stakhovsky Gastão Elias	6 4	7⁷ 6⁵	6 4
2	Sergey Bubka Rui Machado	6 3	3 6	7⁷ 6⁴	6 4
3	Sergey Bubka / Sergiy Stakhovsky Gastão Elias / Leonardo Tavares	6 3	6 2	6 4
4	Illya Marchenko João Sousa	6 3	6 3
5	Ivan Sergeyev Leonardo Tavares	7⁸ 6⁶	4 6	6 3

References

Draw

^ "Finland v Luxembourg". daviscup.com.
^ "Greece v Hungary". daviscup.com.
^ "Egypt v Morocco". daviscup.com.
^ "Tunisia v Slovenia". daviscup.com.
^ "South Africa v Denmark". daviscup.com.
^ "Monaco v Algeria". daviscup.com.
^ "Ireland v Ukraine". daviscup.com.
^ "Portugal v Cyprus". daviscup.com.
^ "Monaco v South Africa". daviscup.com.
^ "Ukraine v Portugal". daviscup.com.

[1] "Finland v Luxembourg". daviscup.com.

[2] "Greece v Hungary". daviscup.com.

[3] "Egypt v Morocco". daviscup.com.

[4] "Tunisia v Slovenia". daviscup.com.

[5] "South Africa v Denmark". daviscup.com.

[6] "Monaco v Algeria". daviscup.com.

[7] "Ireland v Ukraine". daviscup.com.

[8] "Portugal v Cyprus". daviscup.com.

[9] "Monaco v South Africa". daviscup.com.

[10] "Ukraine v Portugal". daviscup.com.

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