1996 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III

Main article: 1996 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone

The Asia/Oceania Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1996.

In the Asia/Oceania Zone there were three different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group III advanced to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 1997. In a move to a four-tier system, the bottom five teams were re-assigned to the new Group IV in 1997; all other teams remained in Group III.

Participating nations

• Bangladesh
• Brunei
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Kuwait
• Lebanon
• Malaysia
• Oman
• Pacific Oceania
• Qatar
• Singapore
• Syria
• United Arab Emirates

Draw

• Venue: Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Date: 18–24 March

Group A

		SIN	MAS	POC	KAZ	SYR	OMA	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
	Singapore		3–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	5–0	11–4 (73%)	23–10 (70%)	1
	Malaysia	0–3		2–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	3–2	7–8 (47%)	17–19 (47%)	2
	Pacific Oceania	1–2	1–2		2–1	2–1	2–1	3–2	8–7 (53%)	19–16 (54%)	3
	Kazakhstan	1–2	1–2	1–2		2–1	2–1	2–3	7–8 (47%)	18–20 (47%)	4
	Syria	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2		3–0	2–3	8–7 (53%)	20–17 (54%)	5
	Oman	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–3		0–5	4–11 (27%)	9–24 (27%)	6

Group B

LIB

KUW

BAN

QAT

JOR

BRU

UAE

RR W–L

Match W–L

Set W–L

Standings

Lebanon

3–0

3–0

3–0

2–1

3–0

3–0

6–0

17–1 (94%)

34–1 (97%)

1

Kuwait

0–3

3–0

2–1

3–0

3–0

3–0

5–1

14–4 (78%)

28–6 (82%)

2

Bangladesh

0–3

0–3

2–1

3–0

3–0

3–0

4–2

11–7 (61%)

22–16 (58%)

3

Qatar

0–3

1–2

1–2

3–0

3–0

3–0

3–3

11–7 (61%)

22–15 (59%)

4

Jordan

1–2

0–3

0–3

0–3

3–0

3–0

2–4

7–11 (39%)

14–22 (39%)

5

Brunei

0–3

0–3

0–3

0–3

0–3

2–1

1–5

2–16 (11%)

4–33 (11%)

6

United Arab Emirates

0–3

0–3

0–3

0–3

0–3

1–2

0–6

1–17 (6%)

3–34 (8%)

7

• Singapore and Lebanon promoted to Group II in 1997.
• Syria, Oman, Jordan, Brunei and United Arab Emirates assigned to Group IV in 1997.

Group A

Kazakhstan vs. Malaysia

Kazakhstan 1	Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 20 March 1996		Malaysia 2
1 2 3 1 Dmitri Arissov Chua Jin-ghee 6 3 4 6 2 6   2 Alexey Kedryuk Vasuthevan Ortchuan 7 5 2 6 6 4   3 Dmitri Arissov / Igor Chaldounov Chua Jin-ghee / Abdul-Aziz Shazali 3 6 3 6

Oman vs. Pacific Oceania

Oman 1	Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 20 March 1996		Pacific Oceania 2
1 2 3 1 Barkat Salim Al-Sharji Lency Tenai 2 6 0 6     2 Mudrik Al-Rawahi Sanjeev Tikaram 6 2 7 5     3 Mudrik Al-Rawahi / Barkat Salim Al-Sharji Lency Tenai / Sanjeev Tikaram 2 6 2 6

Singapore vs. Syria

Singapore 2	Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 20 March 1996		Syria 1
1 2 3 1 Chen Chee-yen Mowafak Al-Amin 6 1 6 1     2 Lim Yang-tat Rabi Bouhassoun 63 77 2 6     3 Lam Ju-min / Lim Yang-tat Rabi Bouhassoun / Dawood Dawoodian 6 2 6 4

Kazakhstan vs. Syria

Kazakhstan 2	Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 21 March 1996		Syria 1
1 2 3 1 Dmitri Arissov Dawood Dawoodian 6 2 3 6 6 4   2 Alexey Kedryuk Rabi Bouhassoun 6 3 1 6 2 6   3 Igor Chaldounov / Alexey Kedryuk Mowafak Al-Amin / Rabi Bouhassoun 2 6 6 0 7 5

Malaysia vs. Oman

Malaysia 2	Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 21 March 1996		Oman 1
1 2 3 1 Vasuthevan Ortchuan Barkat Salim Al-Sharji 6 1 6 0     2 Cheng Heng-koon Mudrik Al-Rawahi 1 6 0 6     3 Chua Jin-ghee / Abdul-Aziz Shazali Mudrik Al-Rawahi / Barkat Salim Al-Sharji 6 0 6 2

Pacific Oceania vs. Singapore

Pacific Oceania 1	Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 21 March 1996		Singapore 2
1 2 3 1 Lency Tenai Lam Ju-min 7 5 6 4     2 Sanjeev Tikaram Chen Chee-yen 63 77 0 6     3 Lency Tenai / Sanjeev Tikaram Lam Ju-min / Lim Yang-tat 7 5 3 6 4 6

Kazakhstan vs. Singapore

Kazakhstan 1	Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 22–23 March 1996		Singapore 2
1 2 3 1 Igor Chaldounov Chen Chee-yen 2 6 2 6     2 Dmitri Arissov Lim Yang-tat 6 3 77 62     3 Dmitri Arissov / Alexey Kedryuk Lam Ju-min / Lim Yang-tat 3 6 6 3 4 6

Malaysia vs. Pacific Oceania

Malaysia 2	Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 22–23 March 1996		Pacific Oceania 1
1 2 3 1 Abdul-Aziz Shazali Hitesh Morriswala 6 2 6 2     2 Chua Jin-ghee Lency Tenai 77 64 4 6 6 1   3 Cheng Heng-koon / Vasuthevan Ortchuan Cyrille Mainguy / Hitesh Morriswala 5 7 7 5 4 6

Oman vs. Syria

Oman 0	Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 22–23 March 1996		Syria 3
1 2 3 1 Barkat Salim Al-Sharji Dawood Dawoodian 3 6 0 6     2 Mudrik Al-Rawahi Rabi Bouhassoun 6 2 2 6 1 6   3 Mudrik Al-Rawahi / Barkat Salim Al-Sharji Dawood Dawoodian / Lays Salim 4 6 67 79

Kazakhstan vs. Oman

Kazakhstan 2	Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 23 March 1996		Oman 1
1 2 3 1 Dmitri Arissov Barkat Salim Al-Sharji 6 1 6 2     2 Alexey Kedryuk Mudrik Al-Rawahi 1 6 6 3 2 6   3 Dmitri Arissov / Igor Chaldounov Mudrik Al-Rawahi / Barkat Salim Al-Sharji 6 1 6 2

Malaysia vs. Singapore

Malaysia 0	Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 23 March 1996		Singapore 3
1 2 3 1 Abdul-Aziz Shazali Lam Ju-min 3 6 2 6     2 Chua Jin-ghee Chen Chee-yen 1 6 5 7     3 Chua Jin-ghee / Abdul-Aziz Shazali Lam Ju-min / Lim Yang-tat 2 6 64 77

Pacific Oceania vs. Syria

Pacific Oceania 2	Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 23 March 1996		Syria 1
1 2 3 1 Lency Tenai Mowafak Al-Amin 6 1 3 6 6 2   2 Sanjeev Tikaram Rabi Bouhassoun 0 6 1 6     3 Lency Tenai / Sanjeev Tikaram Mowafak Al-Amin / Rabi Bouhassoun 6 3 6 2

Kazakhstan vs. Pacific Oceania

Kazakhstan 1	Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 24 March 1996		Pacific Oceania 2
1 2 3 1 Dmitri Arissov Lency Tenai 3 6 4 6     2 Alexey Kedryuk Sanjeev Tikaram 4 6 4 6     3 Igor Chaldounov / Alexey Kedryuk Cyrille Mainguy / Hitesh Morriswala 3 6 6 4 6 3

Malaysia vs. Syria

Malaysia 1	Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 24 March 1996		Syria 2
1 2 3 1 Vasuthevan Ortchuan Dawood Dawoodian 3 6 4 6     2 Cheng Heng-koon Rabi Bouhassoun 3 6 6 3 5 7   3 Chua Jin-ghee / Abdul-Aziz Shazali Dawood Dawoodian / Lays Salim 7 5 1 6 6 2

Oman vs. Singapore

Oman 1	Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 24 March 1996		Singapore 2
1 2 3 1 Barkat Salim Al-Sharji Lam Ju-min 3 6 2 6     2 Mudrik Al-Rawahi Chen Chee-yen 3 6 6 2 6 3   3 Fahad Qamar Al-Hashmi / Mudrik Al-Rawahi Lim Kok-hong / Lim Yang-tat 2 6 1 6

Group B

Bangladesh vs. Brunei

Bangladesh 3	Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 18 March 1996		Brunei 0
1 2 3 1 Shovon Jamaly Ismasufian Ibrahim 6 1 6 3     2 Hira Lal Zulkifli Shamsol 6 1 6 0     3 Shovon Jamaly / Hira Lal Nelson Cheong / On Sie-lu 6 1 6 0

Jordan vs. Kuwait

Jordan 0	Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 18 March 1996		Kuwait 3
1 2 3 1 Fares Azzouni Aymen-Ibrahim Al-Ashwak 1 6 2 6     2 Laith Azzouni Hussain Al-Ashwak 4 6 3 6     3 Laith Azzouni / Khaled Naffa Abdullah Abdul-Aziz / Adel Al-Shatti 3 6 3 6

Lebanon vs. Qatar

Lebanon 3	Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 18 March 1996		Qatar 0
1 2 3 1 Toufiq Zhalan Sultan Al-Alawi 4 6 6 3 6 3   2 Ali Hamadeh Nasser Al-Khelaifi 6 1 6 4     3 Ali Hamadeh / Zaki Hassan Mohammed Salem Al-Khelaifi / Nasser Al-Khelaifi 6 4 6 2

United Arab Emirates vs. Lebanon

United Arab Emirates 0	Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 19 March 1996		Lebanon 3
1 2 3 1 Omar Alawadhi Badih El-Munzer 3 6 4 6     2 Saeed Hasher Al-Maktoum Ali Hamadeh 0 6 1 6     3 Othman Al-Ulama / Hadi Badri Ali Hamadeh / Zaki Hassan 1 6 0 6

Bangladesh vs. Kuwait

Bangladesh 0	Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 19–20 March 1996		Kuwait 3
1 2 3 1 Shovon Jamaly Adel Al-Shatti 1 6 1 6     2 Hira Lal Hussain Al-Ashwak 4 6 2 6     3 Shovon Jamaly / Hira Lal Abdullah Abdul-Aziz / Aymen-Ibrahim Al-Ashwak 3 6 64 77

Brunei vs. Jordan

Brunei 0	Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 19–20 March 1996		Jordan 3
1 2 3 1 Ismasufian Ibrahim Fares Azzouni 2 6 4 6     2 Zulkifli Shamsol Laith Azzouni 0 6 0 6     3 Nelson Cheong / On Sie-lu Ghassan Hassan-Qadi / Khaled Naffa 1 6 4 6

United Arab Emirates vs. Bangladesh

United Arab Emirates 0	Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 20 March 1996		Bangladesh 3
1 2 3 1 Othman Al-Ulama Shovon Jamaly 0 6 3 6     2 Saeed Hasher Al-Maktoum Hira Lal 1 6 2 6     3 Hadi Badri / Omar Alawadhi Tofazzal Hossain / Dilip Passia 2 6 0 6

Brunei vs. Kuwait

Brunei 0	Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 20 March 1996		Kuwait 3
1 2 3 1 Nelson Cheong Adel Al-Shatti 0 6 0 6     2 Ismasufian Ibrahim Hussain Al-Ashwak 2 6 0 6     3 Nelson Cheong / On Sie-lu Abdullah Abdul-Aziz / Hussain Al-Ashwak 0 6 0 6

Jordan vs. Qatar

Jordan 0	Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 20 March 1996		Qatar 3
1 2 3 1 Fares Azzouni Mohammed Ali Al-Saoud 77 65 65 77 3 6   2 Laith Azzouni Nasser Al-Khelaifi 4 6 5 7     3 Ghassan Hassan-Qadi / Khaled Naffa Sultan Al-Alawi / Nasser Al-Khelaifi 1 6 2 6

United Arab Emirates vs. Qatar

United Arab Emirates 0	Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 21 March 1996		Qatar 3
1 2 3 1 Omar Alawadhi Mohammed Ali Al-Saoud 3 6 1 6     2 Saeed Hasher Al-Maktoum Nasser Al-Khelaifi 0 6 1 6     3 Othman Al-Ulama / Hadi Badri Sultan Al-Alawi / Mohammed Salem Al-Khelaifi 4 6 5 7

Bangladesh vs. Jordan

Bangladesh 3	Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 21 March 1996		Jordan 0
1 2 3 1 Shovon Jamaly Khaled Naffa 6 3 6 2     2 Hira Lal Laith Azzouni 6 2 2 6 6 3   3 Shovon Jamaly / Hira Lal Fares Azzouni / Laith Azzouni 7 5 6 1

Brunei vs. Lebanon

Brunei 0	Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 21 March 1996		Lebanon 3
1 2 3 1 Nelson Cheong Badih El-Munzer 1 6 0 6     2 Ismasufian Ibrahim Toufiq Zhalan 1 6 2 6     3 Nelson Cheong / On Sie-lu Ali Hamadeh / Zaki Hassan 2 6 0 6

United Arab Emirates vs. Brunei

United Arab Emirates 1	Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 22–23 March 1996		Brunei 2
1 2 3 1 Othman Al-Ulama Nelson Cheong 6 2 77 65     2 Saeed Hasher Al-Maktoum Ismasufian Ibrahim 7 5 1 6 6 8   3 Othman Al-Ulama / Hadi Badri Ismasufian Ibrahim / Zulkifli Shamsol 4 6 3 6

Bangladesh vs. Lebanon

Bangladesh 0	Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 22–23 March 1996		Lebanon 3
1 2 3 1 Shovon Jamaly Zaki Hassan 3 6 1 6     2 Hira Lal Ali Hamadeh 2 6 2 6     3 Tofazzal Hossain / Dilip Passia Badih El-Munzer / Toufiq Zhalan 3 6 2 6

Kuwait vs. Qatar

Kuwait 2	Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 22–23 March 1996		Qatar 1
1 2 3 1 Adel Al-Shatti Sultan Al-Alawi 6 0 6 2     2 Hussain Al-Ashwak Nasser Al-Khelaifi 6 4 77 64     3 Abdullah Abdul-Aziz / Aymen-Ibrahim Al-Ashwak Sultan Al-Alawi / Nasser Al-Khelaifi 0 0     retired

United Arab Emirates vs. Jordan

United Arab Emirates 0	Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 23 March 1996		Jordan 3
1 2 3 1 Omar Alawadhi Khaled Naffa 4 6 1 6     2 Saeed Hasher Al-Maktoum Laith Azzouni 4 6 4 6     3 Hadi Badri / Omar Alawadhi Fares Azzouni / Laith Azzouni 3 6 1 6

Bangladesh vs. Qatar

Bangladesh 2	Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 23 March 1996		Qatar 1
1 2 3 1 Shovon Jamaly Mohammed Ali Al-Saoud 6 1 6 0     2 Hira Lal Nasser Al-Khelaifi 4 6 6 0 7 5   3 Tofazzal Hossain / Dilip Passia Sultan Al-Alawi / Nasser Al-Khelaifi 3 6 0 6

Kuwait vs. Lebanon

Kuwait 0	Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 23 March 1996		Lebanon 3
1 2 3 1 Adel Al-Shatti Zaki Hassan 2 6 2 6     2 Hussain Al-Ashwak Ali Hamadeh 2 6 2 6     3 Abdullah Abdul-Aziz / Adel Al-Shatti Badih El-Munzer / Zaki Hassan 4 6 3 6

United Arab Emirates vs. Kuwait

United Arab Emirates 0	Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 24 March 1996		Kuwait 3
1 2 3 1 Hadi Badri Aymen-Ibrahim Al-Ashwak 0 6 1 6     2 Omar Alawadhi Adel Al-Shatti 1 6 1 6     3 Saeed Hasher Al-Maktoum / Omar Alawadhi Hussain Al-Ashwak / Adel Al-Shatti 2 6 1 6

Brunei vs. Qatar

Brunei 0	Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 24 March 1996		Qatar 3
1 2 3 1 Ismasufian Ibrahim Sultan Al-Alawi 0 6 1 6     2 Zulkifli Shamsol Nasser Al-Khelaifi 0 6 2 6     3 Nelson Cheong / On Sie-lu Sultan Al-Alawi / Mohammed Salem Al-Khelaifi 4 6 4 6

Jordan vs. Lebanon

Jordan 1	Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 24 March 1996		Lebanon 2
1 2 3 1 Ghassan Hassan-Qadi Badih El-Munzer 1 6 1 6     2 Khaled Naffa Ali Hamadeh 1 6 1 6     3 Ghassan Hassan-Qadi / Khaled Naffa Ali Hamadeh / Toufiq Zhalan 0 1       retired

External links

• Davis Cup official website