2017 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III

The Asia/Oceania Zone was the unique zone within Group 3 of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2017. The zone's competition was held in round robin format in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from 17 July to 22 July 2017. The two winning nations won promotion to Group II, Asia/Oceania Zone, for 2018.

Participating nations

•  Jordan
•  Lebanon
•  Malaysia
•  Pacific Oceania
•  Qatar
•  Sri Lanka
•  Syria
•  Turkmenistan
•  United Arab Emirates

Draw

Date: 17–22 July

Location: Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay)

Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of four and five teams, respectively (Pools A and B). The winner of each pool plays off against the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations are promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2018.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 10 April 2017 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Sri Lanka (78)  Lebanon (88)	Malaysia (89)  Syria (93)	Pacific Oceania (97)  Qatar (100)	United Arab Emirates (103)  Jordan (104)  Turkmenistan (105)

Pool A

		SRI	JOR	POC	SYR	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
78	Sri Lanka		2–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	12–6 (67%)	96–66 (59%)	1
104	Jordan	1–2		2–1	2–1	2–1	10–9 (53%)	82–95 (46%)	2
97	Pacific Oceania	1–2	1–2		2–1	1–2	10–11 (48%)	91–91 (50%)	3
93	Syria	1–2	1–2	1–2		0–3	7–13 (35%)	78–95 (45%)	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

Pool B

		LBN	QAT	MAS	UAE	TKM	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
88	Lebanon		3–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	4–0	19–8 (70%)	147–100 (60%)	1
100	Qatar	0–3		2–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	15–12 (56%)	118–111 (52%)	2
89	Malaysia	1–2	0–2		2–1	3–0	2–2	14–11 (56%)	121–100 (55%)	3
103	United Arab Emirates	1–2	1–2	1–2		2–1	1–3	11–17 (39%)	109–142 (43%)	4
105	Turkmenistan	1–2	1–2	0–3	1–2		0–4	9–20 (31%)	111–153 (42%)	5

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

Playoffs

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Sri Lanka	2–0	Qatar
Promotional	Jordan	0–2	Lebanon
5th	N/A		Malaysia
Relegation	Pacific Oceania	2–1	Turkmenistan
Relegation	Syria	2–0	United Arab Emirates

•  Sri Lanka and  Lebanon promoted to Group II in 2018.
•  Turkmenistan and  United Arab Emirates relegated to Group IV in 2018.

Round robin

Sri Lanka vs. Jordan

Sri Lanka 2	Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka[1] 17 July 2017 Clay		Jordan 1
1 2 3 1 Harshana Godamanna Seif Adas 6 3 6 2     2 Sharmal Dissanayake Mousa Alkotop 6 2 6 4     3 Sharmal Dissanayake / Harshana Godamanna Hamzeh Al-Aswad / Mousa Alkotop 4 6 5 6   retired

Syria vs. Pacific Oceania

Syria 1	Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka[2] 17 July 2017 Clay		Pacific Oceania 2
1 2 3 1 Yacoub Makzoume Heve Kelley 3 6 6 1 2 6   2 Kareem Al Allaf Colin Sinclair 4 6 0 6     3 Yacoub Makzoume / Majdi Salim Brett Baudinet / Aymeric Mara 6 3 1 6 6 3

Sri Lanka vs. Pacific Oceania

Sri Lanka 2	Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka[3] 19 July 2017 Clay		Pacific Oceania 1
1 2 3 1 Harshana Godamanna Heve Kelley 6 1 6 3     2 Sharmal Dissanayake Colin Sinclair 4 6 4 6     3 Sharmal Dissanayake / Harshana Godamanna Brett Baudinet / Aymeric Mara 6 3 6 1

Syria vs. Jordan

Syria 1	Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka[4] 19–20 July 2017 Clay		Jordan 2
1 2 3 1 Yacoub Makzoume Seif Adas 6 1 6 1     2 Kareem Al Allaf Mousa Alkotop 4 6 5 7     3 Kareem Al Allaf / Yacoub Makzoume Hamzeh Al-Aswad / Mousa Alkotop 4 6 3 6

Sri Lanka vs. Syria

Sri Lanka 2	Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka[5] 20 July 2017 Clay		Syria 1
1 2 3 1 Harshana Godamanna Yacoub Makzoume 6 1 6 3     2 Sharmal Dissanayake Kareem Al Allaf 1 6 6^2 7^7     3 Sharmal Dissanayake / Harshana Godamanna Kareem Al Allaf / Majdi Salim 6 4 6 1

Pacific Oceania vs. Jordan

Pacific Oceania 1	Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka[6] 20 July 2017 Clay		Jordan 2
1 2 3 1 Heve Kelley Mousa Alkotop 7 5 1 6 6^2 7^7   2 Colin Sinclair Mohammed Alyamani 6 1 6 0     3 Brett Baudinet / Aymeric Mara Hamzeh Al-Aswad / Mousa Alkotop 4 6 4 6

Lebanon vs. Turkmenistan

Lebanon 2	Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka[7] 17 July 2017 Clay		Turkmenistan 1
1 2 3 1 Hady Habib Georgiy Pochay 6 0 6 1     2 Giovani Samaha Yuriy Rogusskiy 7^7 6^1 6 2     3 Jad Ballout / Najib Fakih Aleksandr Ernepesov / Isa Mammetgulyyev 6 3 6^1 7^7 4 6

Qatar vs. United Arab Emirates

Qatar 2	Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka[8] 17 July 2017 Clay		United Arab Emirates 1
1 2 3 1 Jabor Al-Mutawa Omar Alawadhi 6 2 4 6 1 6   2 Mubarak Shannan Zayid Fahad Janahi 6 2 6 0     3 Mousa Shanan Zayed / Mubarak Shannan Zayid Omar Alawadhi / Hamad Abbas Janahi 6 4 6 4

Lebanon vs. United Arab Emirates

Lebanon 2	Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka[9] 18 July 2017 Clay		United Arab Emirates 1
1 2 3 1 Najib Fakih Abdulrahman Al Janahi 6 1 4 6 6 4   2 Hady Habib Omar Alawadhi 6 3 7 5     3 Jad Ballout / Hady Habib Fahad Janahi / Hamad Abbas Janahi 3 6 5 7

Malaysia vs. Turkmenistan

Malaysia 3	Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka[10] 18 July 2017 Clay		Turkmenistan 0
1 2 3 1 Mohd Assri Merzuki Yuriy Rogusskiy 6 3 6 1     2 Ahmed Deedat Abdul Razak Isa Mammetgulyyev 6 4 3 6 6 2   3 Christian Didier Chin / Mohd Assri Merzuki Aleksandr Ernepesov / Yuriy Rogusskiy 6 1 6 4

Lebanon vs. Malaysia

Lebanon 2	Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka[11] 19 July 2017 Clay		Malaysia 1
1 2 3 1 Hady Habib Christian Didier Chin 6 2 6 4     2 Giovani Samaha Ahmed Deedat Abdul Razak 6 3 7^7 6^1     3 Jad Ballout / Najib Fakih Koay Hao-sheng / Mohd Assri Merzuki 4 6 3 6

Qatar vs. Turkmenistan

Qatar 2	Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka[12] 19–20 July 2017 Clay		Turkmenistan 1
1 2 3 1 Mousa Shanan Zayed Yuriy Rogusskiy 1 1       retired 2 Mubarak Shannan Zayid Isa Mammetgulyyev 6 3 6^4 7^7 6 4   3 Jabor Al-Mutawa / Mousa Shanan Zayed Aleksandr Ernepesov / Georgiy Pochay 4 6 6 4 1 2 retired

Lebanon vs. Qatar

Lebanon 3	Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka[13] 20 July 2017 Clay		Qatar 0
1 2 3 1 Hady Habib Jabor Al-Mutawa 6 1 6 1     2 Giovani Samaha Mubarak Shannan Zayid 1 6 6 4 6 4   3 Jad Ballout / Najib Fakih Mousa Shanan Zayed / Mubarak Shannan Zayid       w/o

Malaysia vs. United Arab Emirates

Malaysia 2	Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka[14] 20 July 2017 Clay		United Arab Emirates 1
1 2 3 1 Mohd Assri Merzuki Hamad Abbas Janahi 6 1 6 1     2 Ahmed Deedat Abdul Razak Omar Alawadhi 6^6 7^8 6 0 0 6   3 Christian Didier Chin / Mohd Assri Merzuki Fahad Janahi / Hamad Abbas Janahi 6 2 6 4

Malaysia vs. Qatar

Malaysia 0	Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka[15] 21 July 2017 Clay		Qatar 2
1 2 3 1 Koay Hao-sheng Jabor Al-Mutawa 6^7 7^9 6 1 4 6   2 Mohd Assri Merzuki Mubarak Shannan Zayid 3 2     retired   3 Christian Didier Chin / Mohd Assri Merzuki Mousa Shanan Zayed / Mubarak Shannan Zayid       not played

United Arab Emirates vs. Turkmenistan

United Arab Emirates 2	Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka[16] 21 July 2017 Clay		Turkmenistan 1
1 2 3 1 Omar Alawadhi Georgiy Pochay 6 4 6 3     2 Fahad Janahi Isa Mammetgulyyev 0 6 2 6     3 Omar Alawadhi / Hamad Abbas Janahi Aleksandr Ernepesov / Isa Mammetgulyyev 6 4 6^1 7^7 6 4

Playoffs

Sri Lanka vs. Qatar

Sri Lanka 2	Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka[17] 22 July 2017 Clay		Qatar 0
1 2 3 1 Harshana Godamanna Mousa Shanan Zayed 6 3 6 3     2 Sharmal Dissanayake Mubarak Shannan Zayid 6 4 6 3     3 Sharmal Dissanayake / Harshana Godamanna Mousa Shanan Zayed / Mubarak Shannan Zayid       not played

Lebanon vs. Jordan

Lebanon 2	Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka[18] 22 July 2017 Clay		Jordan 0
1 2 3 1 Hady Habib Hamzeh Al-Aswad 6 2 6 0     2 Giovani Samaha Mousa Alkotop 6 4 3 6 6 2   3 Jad Ballout / Najib Fakih Hamzeh Al-Aswad / Mousa Alkotop       not played

Pacific Oceania vs. Turkmenistan

Pacific Oceania 2	Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka[19] 22 July 2017 Clay		Turkmenistan 1
1 2 3 1 Heve Kelley Aleksandr Ernepesov 3 6 6 1 4 6   2 Colin Sinclair Isa Mammetgulyyev 4 6 6 3 6 2   3 Brett Baudinet / Aymeric Mara Aleksandr Ernepesov / Georgiy Pochay 6 4 6 1

Syria vs. United Arab Emirates

Syria 2	Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka[20] 22 July 2017 Clay		United Arab Emirates 0
1 2 3 1 Yacoub Makzoume Omar Alawadhi 4 6 6 2 6 3   2 Kareem Al Allaf Fahad Janahi 6 4 6 2     3 Kareem Al Allaf / Majdi Salim Omar Alawadhi / Hamad Abbas Janahi       not played

References

1. "Sri Lanka v Jordan". daviscup.com.
2. "Syria v Pacific Oceania". daviscup.com.
3. "Sri Lanka v Pacific Oceania". daviscup.com.
4. "Syria v Jordan". daviscup.com.
5. "Sri Lanka v Syria". daviscup.com.
6. "Pacific Oceania v Jordan". daviscup.com.
7. "Lebanon v Turkmenistan". daviscup.com.
8. "Qatar v United Arab Emirates". daviscup.com.
9. "Lebanon v United Arab Emirates". daviscup.com.
10. "Malaysia v Turkmenistan". daviscup.com.
11. "Lebanon v Malaysia". daviscup.com.
12. "Qatar v Turkmenistan". daviscup.com.
13. "Lebanon v Qatar". daviscup.com.
14. "Malaysia v United Arab Emirates". daviscup.com.
15. "Malaysia v Qatar". daviscup.com.
16. "United Arab Emirates v Turkmenistan". daviscup.com.
17. "Sri Lanka v Qatar". daviscup.com.
18. "Lebanon v Jordan". daviscup.com.
19. "Pacific Oceania v Turkmenistan". daviscup.com.
20. "Syria v United Arab Emirates". daviscup.com.

External links

• Official Website