1987 Davis Cup Africa Zone

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The Africa Zone served as a qualifying round to the 1987 Davis Cup Europe Zone.

Teams from 11 African nations competed for 2 places in the Europe Zone main draws.[1] Zimbabwe and Senegal were the winners of the Africa Zone and qualified for the Europe Zone main draws.[2][3]

Participating nations[edit]

Draw[edit]

First round
30 January–1 February
Second Round
13–22 March
Third Round
3–5 April
 Nigeria
Abidjan, Ivory Coast (indoor carpet)
bye
 Nigeria3
Abidjan, Ivory Coast (indoor carpet)
 Ivory Coast2
 Tunisia0
Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)
 Ivory Coast5
 Nigeria2
 Zimbabwe3
 Zimbabwe
Nairobi, Kenya (clay)
bye
 Zimbabwe5
 Kenya0
 Kenyaw/o
 Djibouti
Dakar, Senegal (hard)
 Morocco2
Dakar, Senegal (hard)
 Senegal3
 Senegal4
 Algeria1
bye
Dakar, Senegal (hard)
 Algeria
 Senegal3
 Egypt2
 Libya
bye
 Libya
 Egyptw/o
bye
 Egypt

First round[edit]

Ivory Coast vs. Tunisia[edit]


Ivory Coast
5
Abidjan, Ivory Coast[4]
30 January–1 February 1987
Carpet (indoors)

Tunisia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Ivory Coast
Tunisia
Clément N'Goran
Abdel-Majid Soudani
6
2
6
0
7
5
     
2 Ivory Coast
Tunisia
Antoine Beugré
Hassan Soudani
10
8
6
2
6
1
     
3 Ivory Coast
Tunisia
Jean-Amihiaka Koffi / Clément N'Goran
Abdel-Majid Soudani / Hassan Soudani
6
2
6
4
1
6
7
5
   
4 Ivory Coast
Tunisia
Clément N'Goran
Elias Bramly
6
1
6
3
       
5 Ivory Coast
Tunisia
Antoine Beugré
Adel Brahim
6
3
6
2
       

Senegal vs. Morocco[edit]


Senegal
3
Sporting Club de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal[5]
30 January–1 February 1987
Hard

Morocco
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Senegal
Morocco
Abou Berthé
Mohammed Dlimi
3
6
6
4
2
6
4
6
   
2 Senegal
Morocco
Yahiya Doumbia
Abdel Nadini
7
9
6
8
6
3
6
3
6
3
 
3 Senegal
Morocco
Yahiya Doumbia / Thierno Ly
Arafat Chekrouni / Mohammed Dlimi
6
3
6
4
6
4
     
4 Senegal
Morocco
Abou Berthé
Abdel Nadini
2
6
5
7
6
3
6
3
2
6
 
5 Senegal
Morocco
Yahiya Doumbia
Mohammed Dlimi
3
6
4
6
6
3
8
6
6
4
 

Second round[edit]

Ivory Coast vs. Nigeria[edit]


Ivory Coast
2
Abidjan, Ivory Coast[6]
13–15 March 1987
Carpet (indoors)

Nigeria
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Ivory Coast
Nigeria
Clément N'Goran
Rotimi Akinloye
6
8
6
3
6
4
6
1
   
2 Ivory Coast
Nigeria
Antoine Beugré
Tony Mmoh
1
6
3
6
4
6
     
3 Ivory Coast
Nigeria
Jean-Amihiaka Koffi / Clément N'Goran
John Atiomo / Tony Mmoh
9
7
6
1
2
6
7
9
13
15
 
4 Ivory Coast
Nigeria
Clément N'Goran
Tony Mmoh
3
6
6
3
5
7
2
6
   
5 Ivory Coast
Nigeria
Antoine Beugré
Rotimi Akinloye
6
2
4
6
6
4
     

Kenya vs. Zimbabwe[edit]


Kenya
0
Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya[7]
13–15 March 1987
Clay

Zimbabwe
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Kenya
Zimbabwe
Paul Wekesa
Byron Black
3
6
4
6
2
6
     
2 Kenya
Zimbabwe
Eno Polo
Greig Rodger
2
6
5
7
7
5
4
6
   
3 Kenya
Zimbabwe
Kush Bhardwaj / Selim Rana
Byron Black / Haroon Ismail
3
6
4
6
3
6
     
4 Kenya
Zimbabwe
Eno Polo
Byron Black
3
6
1
6
       
5 Kenya
Zimbabwe
Kush Bhardwaj
Greig Rodger
7
9
2
6
       

Senegal vs. Algeria[edit]


Senegal
4
Sporting Club de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal[8]
20–22 March 1987
Hard

Algeria
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Senegal
Algeria
Thierno Ly
Yassine Amier
5
7
6
2
6
3
2
6
6
4
 
2 Senegal
Algeria
Yahiya Doumbia
Djamel Boudjemline
6
4
6
0
6
2
     
3 Senegal
Algeria
Yahiya Doumbia / Thierno Ly
Yassine Amier / Djamel Boudjemline
6
3
6
2
8
6
     
4 Senegal
Algeria
Yahiya Doumbia
Yassine Amier
8
6
6
2
       
5 Senegal
Algeria
Thierno Ly
Djamel Boudjemline
3
6
7
9
       

Third round[edit]

Zimbabwe vs. Nigeria[edit]


Zimbabwe
3
City Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe[3]
3–5 April 1987
Hard (indoors)

Nigeria
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Zimbabwe
Nigeria
Byron Black
Tony Mmoh
4
6
1
6
6
4
6
0
4
2
 
retired
2 Zimbabwe
Nigeria
Greig Rodger
Nduka Odizor
6
8
6
2
1
6
2
6
   
3 Zimbabwe
Nigeria
Byron Black / Greig Rodger
Sadiq Abdullahi / Nduka Odizor
8
6
6
1
3
6
6
3
   
4 Zimbabwe
Nigeria
Greig Rodger
Sadiq Abdullahi
3
6
4
6
4
6
     
5 Zimbabwe
Nigeria
Byron Black
Nduka Odizor
5
7
6
4
6
3
6
1
   

Senegal vs. Egypt[edit]


Senegal
3
Sporting Club de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal[2]
3–5 April 1987
Hard

Egypt
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Senegal
Egypt
Miloud Doumbia
Khaled Baligh
10
12
9
7
6
4
0
6
6
8
 
2 Senegal
Egypt
Yahiya Doumbia
Hisham Nasser
6
3
6
0
6
0
     
3 Senegal
Egypt
Abou Berthé / Yahiya Doumbia
Khaled Baligh / Hisham Nasser
6
3
5
7
6
4
6
3
   
4 Senegal
Egypt
Miloud Doumbia
Hisham Nasser
5
7
2
6
2
6
     
5 Senegal
Egypt
Yahiya Doumbia
Khaled Baligh
6
3
6
4
6
4
     

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ a b "Senegal v Egypt". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ a b "Zimbabwe v Nigeria". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Ivory Coast v Tunisia". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Senegal v Morocco". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Ivory Coast v Nigeria". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Kenya v Zimbabwe". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Senegal v Algeria". daviscup.com.

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