2017 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III
# 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 | — | — | 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

### Pool A

**Sri Lanka vs. Jordan**

| Sri Lanka 2 | Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka 17 July 2017 Clay | Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka 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 17 July 2017 Clay | Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka 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 19 July 2017 Clay | Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka 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 19–20 July 2017 Clay | Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka 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 20 July 2017 Clay | Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka 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 20 July 2017 Clay | Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka 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 ||||

### Pool B

**Lebanon vs. Turkmenistan**

| Lebanon 2 | Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka 17 July 2017 Clay | Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka 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 17 July 2017 Clay | Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka 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 18 July 2017 Clay | Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka 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 18 July 2017 Clay | Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka 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 19 July 2017 Clay | Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka 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 19–20 July 2017 Clay | Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka 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 20 July 2017 Clay | Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka 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 20 July 2017 Clay | Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka 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 21 July 2017 Clay | Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka 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 21 July 2017 Clay | Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka 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

### Promotional playoffs

**Sri Lanka vs. Qatar**

| Sri Lanka 2 | Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka 22 July 2017 Clay | Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka 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 22 July 2017 Clay | Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka 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 ||||

### Relegation playoffs

**Pacific Oceania vs. Turkmenistan**

| Pacific Oceania 2 | Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka 22 July 2017 Clay | Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka 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 22 July 2017 Clay | Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka 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 ||||
