2015 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III

The Europe Zone was one of the four zones within Group 3 of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2015. The zone's competition was held in round robin format in San Marino, San Marino, in July 2015.[1] The thirteen competing nations were divided into four pools of three or four teams. The winners from each pool played off to determine the two nations to be promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2016, while the second and third placed nations played to off to determine overall placings within the group.[1]

Participating nations

[1]

Draw

The thirteen teams were divided into four pools of three or four teams, with one seeded nation in each pool.

Seeds	Remaining nations
Cyprus Estonia Macedonia Georgia	Albania Armenia Greece Iceland Liechtenstein	Malta Montenegro Norway San Marino

The winner of Pool A plays off against the winner of Pool C, and the winner of Pool B plays off against the winner of Pool D. The two winners of these play-offs are promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2016.[1] The second and third placed teams in each pool play off in the same pattern to determine overall rankings within the group. The fourth placed team in Pool D does not enter the play-offs.

The group was staged from the 15th to the 18th July 2015 at the Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio in San Marino, San Marino.[1]

Pool A

	Cyprus	Greece	San Marino	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
Cyprus		2–1	3–0	2–0	5–1	11–2	71–31	1
Greece	1–2		3–0	1–1	4–2	8–6	65–60	2
San Marino	0–3	0–3		0–2	0–6	1–12	31–76	3

Pool B

	Estonia	Montenegro	Liechtenstein	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
Estonia		3–0	3–0	2–0	6–0	12–0	72–21	1
Montenegro	0–3		3–0	1–1	3–3	6–6	51–51	2
Liechtenstein	0–3	0–3		0–2	0–6	0–12	23–74	3

Pool C

	Norway	Macedonia	Armenia	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
Norway		3–0	3–0	2–0	6–0	12–3	81–46	1
Macedonia	0–3		3–0	1–1	3–3	9–6	73–55	2
Armenia	0–3	0–3		0–2	0–6	0–12	19–72	3

Pool D

	Georgia	Malta	Iceland	Albania	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
Georgia		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	9–0	18–0	108–17	1
Malta	0–3		3–0	3–0	2–1	6–3	12–8	90–74	2
Iceland	0–3	0–3		3–0	1–2	3–6	7–12	71–94	3
Albania	0–3	0–3	0–3		0–3	0–9	1–18	29–113	4

First round

Cyprus vs. San Marino

[2]

Cyprus
3

Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino
15 July 2015
Red Clay, Outdoor

San Marino
0

		1	2
1	Christos Hadjigeorgiou Pietro Grassi	6 3	6 0
2	Petros Chrysochos Marco De Rossi	6 1	6 0
3	Christos Hadjigeorgiou / Leandros Papayiannis Domenico Vicini / Diego Zonzini	6 1	6 1

Greece vs. San Marino

[3]

Greece
3

Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino
16 July 2015
Red Clay, Outdoor

San Marino
0

		1	2	3
1	Ioannis Stergiou Pietro Grassi	6 1	6 1
2	Eleftherios Theodorou Marco De Grassi	6 4	3 6	6 4
3	Christos Antonopoulos / Ioannis Stergiou Pietro Grassi / Diego Zonzini	7⁷ 6⁰	6 3

Cyprus vs. Greece

[4]

Cyprus
2

Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino
17 July 2015
Red Clay, Outdoor

Greece
1

		1	2	3
1	Christos Hadjigeorgiou Ioannis Stergiou	0 6	6 3	5 7
2	Petros Chrysochos Eleftherios Theodorou	6 1	6 2
3	Marcos Baghdatis / Petros Chrysochos Ioannis Stergiou / Eleftherios Theodorou	6 3	6 2

Estonia vs. Liechtenstein

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Estonia
3

Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino
15 July 2015
Red Clay, Outdoor

Liechtenstein
0

		1	2
1	Vladimir Ivanov Gian-Carlo Besimo	6 0	6 2
2	Jürgen Zopp Vital Flurin Leuch	6 2	6 2
3	Vladimir Ivanov / Jürgen Zopp Vital Flurin Leuch / Christian Meier	6 0	6 2

Montenegro vs. Liechtenstein

[6]

Montenegro
3

Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino
16 July 2015
Red Clay, Outdoor

Liechtenstein
0

		1	2
1	Igor Saveljić Gian-Carlo Besimo	7 5	6 1
2	Ljubomir Čelebić Vital Flurin Leuch	6 0	6 1
3	Igor Saveljić / Ivan Saveljić Gian-Carlo Besimo / Vital Flurin Leuch	6 3	7 5

Estonia vs. Montenegro

[7]

Estonia
3

Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino
17 July 2015
Red Clay, Outdoor

Montenegro
0

		1	2
1	Vladimir Ivanov Igor Saveljić	6 2	6 3
2	Jürgen Zopp Ljubomir Čelebić	6 3	6 4
3	Kenneth Raisma / Mattias Siimar Rrezart Cungu / Ivan Saveljić	6 1	6 2

Macedonia vs. Armenia

[8]

Macedonia
3

Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino
15 July 2015
Red Clay, Outdoor

Armenia
0

		1	2
1	Dimitar Grabul Mikayel Khachatryan	6 1	6 2
2	Tomislav Jotovski Mikayel Avetisyan	6 0	6 1
3	Bojan Jankulovski / Gorazd Srbljak Ashot Gevorgyan / Sedrak Khachatryan	6 4	6 2

Norway vs. Armenia

[9]

Norway
3

Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino
16 July 2015
Red Clay, Outdoor

Armenia
0

		1	2
1	Casper Ruud Mikayel Khachatryan	6 0	6 0
2	Viktor Durasovic Sedrak Khachatryan	6 2	6 3
3	Joachim Bjerke / Oystein Steiro Mikayel Avetisyan / Ashot Gevorgyan	6 4	6 0

Macedonia vs. Norway

[10]

Macedonia
0

Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino
17 July 2015
Red Clay, Outdoor

Norway
3

		1	2	3
1	Dimitar Grabul Casper Ruud	6 1	1 6	2 6
2	Tomislav Jotovski Viktor Durasovic	6 4	3 6	6⁷ 7⁹
3	Bojan Jankulovski / Gorazd Srbljak Joachim Bjerke / Oystein Steiro	6 3	3 6	4 6

Georgia vs. Albania

[11]

Georgia
3

Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino
15 July 2015
Red Clay, Outdoor

Albania
0

		1	2
1	Aleksandre Metreveli Arber Sulstarova	6 0	6 0
2	Nikoloz Basilashvili Rei Pelushi	6 0	6 0
3	Giorgi Javakhishvili / George Tsivadze Rei Pelushi / Genajd Shypheja	6 0	6 0

Malta vs. Iceland

[12]

Malta
3

Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino
15 July 2015
Red Clay, Outdoor

Iceland
0

		1	2	3
1	Matthew Asciak Birkir Gunnarsson	6 3	6 2
2	Bernard Cassar Torregiani Rafn Kumar Bonifacius	5 7	7⁷ 6²	6 1
3	Matthew Asciak / Bradley Callus Birkir Gunnarsson / Vladimir Ristic	6 3	6 3

Georgia vs. Iceland

[13]

Georgia
3

Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino
16 July 2015
Red Clay, Outdoor

Iceland
0

		1	2
1	Giorgi Javakhishvili Birkir Gunnarsson	6 0	6 2
2	George Tsivadze Vladimir Ristic	6 3	6 0
3	Giorgi Javakhishvili / George Tsivadze Magnus Gunnarsson / Vladimir Ristic	6 1	6 3

Malta vs. Albania

[14]

Malta
3

Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino
16 July 2015
Red Clay, Outdoor

Albania
0

		1	2	3
1	Matthew Asciak Genajd Shypheja	6 0	6 0
2	Bernard Cassar Torregiani Rei Pelushi	6 0	6 3
3	Bradley Callus / Matthew Cassar Torregiani Rei Pelushi / Genajd Shypheja	6 3	4 6	6 1

Georgia vs. Malta

[15]

Georgia
3

Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino
17 July 2015
Red Clay, Outdoor

Malta
0

		1	2
1	Aleksandre Metreveli Matthew Asciak	6 1	6 3
2	Nikoloz Basilashvili Bernard Cassar Torregiani	6 1	6 0
3	Giorgi Javakhishvili / George Tsivadze Bradley Callus / Bernard Cassar Torregiani	6 2	6 1

Albania vs. Iceland

[16]

Albania
0

Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino
17 July 2015
Red Clay, Outdoor

Iceland
3

		1	2
1	Genajd Shypheja Birkir Gunnarsson	4 6	5 7
2	Rei Pelushi Rafn Kumar Bonifacius	2 6	0 6
3	Rei Pelushi / Genajd Shypheja Rafn Kumar Bonifacius / Birkir Gunnarsson	3 6	2 6