The Davis Cup returned between 31 January and 2 February 2025, with three African nations, Tunisia, Egypt, and Togo competing in the World Group I Playoffs, and six African nations, Benin, Zimbabwe, Morocco, South Africa, Nigeria, and Namibia competing in the World Group II Playoffs.

In the World Group I Playoffs, Tunisia hosted Ukraine at the Cité Nationale Sportive El Menzah in Tunis and managed to clinch a ticket to World Group I after a 3-2 victory. In the first singles match, Aziz Dougaz lost to Vitaliy Sachko 3-6, 7-6 (6), 3-6. Tunisia came back into the tie with a win by Moez Echargui over Oleksandr Ovcharenko, 7-6 (1), 6-2, before securing a second point in the doubles, thanks to the pair Aziz Dougaz and Aziz Ouakaa, who overcame the Ukrainian duo Oleksii Krutykh and Vitaliy Sachko 6-3, 6-4.

Ukraine equalized the tie thanks to Oleksandr Ovcharenko, who defeated Aziz Dougaz 6-2, 6-2, taking the match to the decisive final singles. Moez Echargui sealed Tunisia’s qualification by beating Vitaliy Sachko 7-5, 6-1. Tunisia will now face Sweden in the World Group I tie from 12 to 13 September in Gothenburg.

Egypt came close to qualifying but narrowly missed out, losing 3-2 to Greece in a tie played at the Ace Tennis Club in Athens. Mohamed Safwat started strong and claimed a win for Egypt, 6-2, 6-2 against Christos Antonopoulos. In the second

match, Greece equalized through Stefanos Sakellaridis, who beat Karim Maamoun 6-1, 6-2. Egypt closed the first day with a second point, winning the doubles as Mohamed Safwat and Fares Zakaria triumphed 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6).

On the second day, Greece came back strong with two decisive singles wins. Stefanos Sakellaridis defeated Safwat 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 to level the tie, and Aristotelis Thanos secured Greece's qualification with a 6-0, 6-3 win over Amr Elsayed. Egypt is thus relegated to World Group II and will face Togo in Lomé in an all-African tie in September 2025.

Togo could not secure qualification in its ie against India, losing 4-0 at the DLTA Complex in New Delhi. Togo dropped all three matches on the first day: Liova Ayité Ajavon lost to Sasikumar Mukund 2-6, 1-6; tThomas Yaka Kofi Setodji fell to Ramkumar Ramanathan 0-6, 2-6; and the doubles

team of M’lapa Tingou Akomlo and Hod’abalo Isak Padio lost 2-6, 1-6 to N. Sriram Balaji and Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli. In the fourth match, Isak Padio lost to Karan Singh 2-6, 3-6. The fifth match was not played. Congratulations to Tunisia for qualifying to World Group I, and hard luck to Egypt and Togo.

In the World Group II Playoffs, Benin clinched a historic first ever qualification to World Group II with a 3-2 win over Latvia in a tie held at the Sofitel Marina Hotel in Cotonou. Benin lost the first match, with Alexis Klégou falling to Robert Strombachs 5-7, 6-4, 3-6. Patrick Agbo Panzo quickly equalized by beating Daniels Tens 6-3, 6-2. Benin then took the lead in the doubles, with Prince Gandonou and Alexis Klégou defeating Aleksandrs Sotikovs and Robert Strombachs 6-3, 6-3.

Latvia opened the second day strongly, with Strombachs equalizing again via a 6-1, 6-1 win over Panzo. However, Sylvestre Monnou clinched the decisive point for Benin in an electric atmosphere, winning 6-3, 6-3 over Daniels Tens. Benin will now travel to Lithuania in September, aiming for another historic achievement.

In an all African tie, Zimbabwe hosted Morocco at the Harare Sports Club. Morocco claimed a 4-0 victory. Taha Baadi earned the first point for Morocco over Courtney Lock 6-2, 6-4. Eliot Benchetrit added a second with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Ethan Sibanda. In doubles, Benchetrit teamed up with Younes Lalali Laaroussi to beat Lock and Ronan Mtisi 6-1, 6-1, securing qualification. On day two, Karim Bennani added a fourth point, defeating Sibanda 6-4, 6-3.

Morocco returns to World Group II and will face South Africa in September. Zimbabwe, meanwhile, will compete in Africa Group III, also to be held in Harare.

At the Groenkloof Tennis Club in Pretoria, South Africa hosted Nigeria and secured a 3-1 win to qualify for World Group II. Philip Henning opened with a 6-1, 6-1 win over David Ekpenyong. Nigeria responded through Christopher Bulus, who beat Alec Beckley 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4). South Africa took the doubles point with Henning and Beckley defeating Canice Abua and Michael Emmanuel 6-0, 6-3. On day two, Henning sealed the tie with a 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-4 win over Bulus.

South Africa will now face Morocco in September, while Nigeria will compete in Africa Group III in August.

Namibia hosted Hong Kong at the Central Tennis Club in Windhoek and narrowly lost 3-2. Connor Henry Van Schalkwyk won the opening match against Chun Hun Wong 4-6, 6-4, 6-1. Codie Van Schalkwyk then lost to Coleman Wong 5-7, 5-7.

Hong Kong secured the doubles point, winning 7-6 (6), 7-5 over Jean Erasmus and Connor Van Schalkwyk. On the second day, Connor Van Schalkwyk narrowly lost 6-7 (2), 6-7 (8) to Coleman Wong. Codie won the final match 7-6 (2), 6-4 against Tsz Fu Wong. Namibia will also compete in Africa Group III in August.

Congratulations and good luck to all the African teams in the upcoming ties.