In the 2000 Davis Cup total of 135 nations had participated. The zones were Americas Zone, Asia/Oceania Zone and Europe/Africa Zone. The World Group consisted of a four-round knockout tournament. Each of regional zones was divided into four groups. Group I and Group II played knockout tournaments. Group III and IV played round-robin tournaments with promotion and relegation. Egypt at the 2000 Davis Cup competed in the Euro African Zone. It was included in Group II. The team of Egypt was as follows:
- Amro Ghoneim
- Karim Maamoun
Countries at the 2000 Davis Cup
The countries that participated in the Davis Cup along with Egypt in the group II of the Euro/African zone were as follows: Bulgaria, Cote D’Ivoire, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Slovenia and Turkey.
Participation and Performance of Egypt in the 2000 Davis Cup
Egypt at the 2000 Davis Cup played matches in the 1st Round. The matches of the Playoffs round were held from 21st Jul to 23rd Jul. In this round Egypt was against Estonia. In this matches team of Estonia proved to be dominant against Egypt. Egypt could not win any of the matches and lost 5 matches. The details of the matches are as follows: Gert Vilms of Estonia defeated Karim Maamoun in the sets by 7-6, 6-2 and 6-4. The second match was won by Andrei Luzgin of Estonia defeating Hisham Hemeda of Egypt. In the doubles match, Mait Kunnap and Alti Vahkal of Estonia defeated Hisham Hemada and Marwan Zewer from Egypt. Andrei Luzgin defeated Karim Maamoun in the sets by 6-4, and 7-6. In the fifth match, Mait Kunnap of Estonia and defeated Marwan Zewer of Egypt in the straight sets by 3-6, 6-4, and 6-3. Thus Estonia wins all the matches of this round.
In the first Round matches that were held from 28th April to 30 April. In this Round Egypt was against Slovenia. In this matches Slovenia defeated Egypt by 3-2. The details of they matches are as follows: Karim Maamoun of Egypt defeated Marko Tkalec of Slovenia. Amro Ghoneim of Egypt was defeated by Andrej Kracman of Slovenia. The third match was won by Andrej Kracman and Marko Tkalec of Slovenia defeating Amro Ghoneim and Karim Maamoun in the sets by 6-1, 6-3 and 6-1. Amro Ghoneim of Egypt was defeated by Marko Tkalec. The fifth match was won by Karim Maamoun of Egypt defeating Miha Gregoric of Slovenia in the sets by 3-6, 6-3 and 6-4.
Here’s a summary of the performance of Egypt at the 2000 Davis Cup
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