The Africa Zone was the unique zone within Group 3 of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2021. The zone's competition was held in round robin format in Cairo, Egypt, from 11 to 14 August 2021.
Date: 11–18 August 2021
Location: Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt (clay)
Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools – one of four teams and one of three teams – and nations will play each team once in their group. Nations finishing in the top two of each group will play-off for promotion, with the winner of Group A facing the runner-up of Group B, and the winner of Group B facing the runner-up of Group A.
The two teams finishing third in their groups will enter a relegation play-off, with the beaten team joining the team finishing fourth in contesting Africa Group IV in 2022.
Pot | Nation | Rank1 | Seed |
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1 | Egypt | 67 | 1 |
Kenya | 70 | 2 | |
2 | Mozambique | 83 | 3 |
Algeria | 85 | 4 | |
3 | Benin | 94 | 5 |
Ghana | 96 | 6 | |
Rwanda | 99 | 7 |
EGY | BEN | ALG | RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings | ||
1 | Egypt | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 11–2 (85%) | 76–47 (62%) | 1 | |
5 | Benin | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 7–8 (47%) | 62–73 (46%) | 2 | |
4 | Algeria | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 3–11 (21%) | 54–72 (43%) | 3 |
KEN | MOZ | RWA | GHA | RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings | ||
2 | Kenya | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 8–1 | 16–3 (84%) | 111–45 (71%) | 1 | |
3 | Mozambique | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 6–3 | 13–7 (65%) | 90–64 (58%) | 2 | |
7 | Rwanda | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–5 | 9–12 (43%) | 86–98 (47%) | 3 | |
6 | Ghana | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–9 | 2–17 (11%) | 36–113 (24%) | 4 |
Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-team ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-team ties, (a) percentage of sets won (head-to-head records if two teams remain tied), then (b) percentage of games won (head-to-head records if two teams remain tied), then (c) Davis Cup rankings.
Placing | A Team | Score | B Team |
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Promotional | Egypt | 3–0 | Mozambique |
Promotional | Benin | 2–1 | Kenya |
Relegation | Algeria | 3–0 | Rwanda |
Relegation | N/A | Ghana |
Egypt 2 | Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt [1] 11 August 2021 Clay | Benin 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Algeria 1 | Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt [2] 12 August 2021 Clay | Benin 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Egypt 3 | Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt [3] 13 August 2021 Clay | Algeria 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kenya 3 | Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt [4] 11 August 2021 Clay | Rwanda 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mozambique 3 | Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt [5] 11 August 2021 Clay | Ghana 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kenya 2 | Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt [6] 12 August 2021 Clay | Mozambique 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ghana 0 | Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt [7] 12 August 2021 Clay | Rwanda 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kenya 3 | Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt [8] 13 August 2021 Clay | Ghana 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mozambique 2 | Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt [9] 13 August 2021 Clay | Rwanda 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Egypt 3 | Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt [10] 14 August 2021 Clay | Mozambique 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kenya 1 | Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt [11] 14 August 2021 Clay | Benin 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Algeria 3 | Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt [12] 14 August 2021 Clay | Rwanda 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Placing | Teams | |
Promoted/First | Egypt | Benin |
Third | Mozambique | Kenya |
Fifth | Algeria | |
Relegated/Sixth | Rwanda | |
Relegated/Seventh | Ghana |
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