2006 Davis Cup

Details
Duration	10 February – 3 December 2006
Edition	95th
Champion
Winning nation	Russia
←2005 2007 →

The2006 Davis Cup was the 95th edition of the most important tournament between nations in men'stennis. Sixteen teams participated in the World Group and 125 participated in total. The first round matches were played 10–12 February and the final took place 1–3 December 2006 atOlympic Stadium inMoscow, with Russia defeating Argentina.^[1][2][3][4]

2006 World Group Teams
Argentina	Australia	Austria	Belarus
Chile	Croatia	France	Germany
Netherlands	Romania	Russia	Slovakia
Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	United States

First round 10-12 February

Quarterfinals 7-9 April

Semifinals 22-24 September

Final 1-3 December

Graz, Austria (indoor clay)

S

Croatia

3

Zagreb, Croatia (indoor carpet)

Austria

2

S

Croatia

2

Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)

S

Argentina

3

S

Argentina

5

Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)

Sweden

0

S

Argentina

5

Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet)

S

Australia

0

S

Spain

1

Melbourne, Australia (hard)

Belarus

4

Belarus

0

Geneva, Switzerland (indoor clay)

S

Australia

5

S

Australia

3

Moscow, Russia (indoor carpet)

Switzerland

2

S

Argentina

2

Halle, Germany (indoor hard)

S

Russia

3

Germany

2

Pau, France (indoor carpet)

S

France

3

S

France

1

Amsterdam, Netherlands (ind. carpet)

S

Russia

4

Netherlands

0

Moscow, Russia (indoor clay)

S

Russia

5

S

Russia

3

La Jolla, United States (hard)

S

United States

2

Romania

1

Rancho Mirage,USA (grass)

S

United States

4

S

United States

3

Rancagua, Chile (clay)

Chile

2

Chile

4

S

Slovakia

1

First round losers play along with Zonal Group I qualifiers in World Group play-offs.

Russia 3	Olympic Stadium,Moscow, Russia[5] 1-3 December 2006 Carpet (i)		Argentina 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Nikolay Davydenko Juan Ignacio Chela 6 1 6 2 5 7 6 4     2 Marat Safin David Nalbandian 4 6 4 6 4 6       3 Marat Safin / Dmitry Tursunov Agustín Calleri / David Nalbandian 6 2 6 3 6 4       4 Nikolay Davydenko David Nalbandian 2 6 2 6 6 4 4 6     5 Marat Safin José Acasuso 6 3 3 6 6 3 77 65

Date: 22–24 September

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface
Austria	5–0	Mexico	Pörtschach	Werzer Arena	Outdoor	Clay
Germany	4–1	Thailand	Düsseldorf	Rochus Club	Outdoor	Clay
Netherlands	1–4	Czech Republic	Leiden	Groenoordhallen	Indoor	Carpet
Romania	4–1	South Korea	Bucharest	Club Sportiv Progresul Bucuresti	Outdoor	Clay
Slovakia	2–3	Belgium	Bratislava	Sibamac Arena	Indoor	Hard
Spain	4–1	Italy	Santander	Real Sociedad de Tenis de La Magdalena	Outdoor	Clay
Brazil	1–3	Sweden	Belo Horizonte	Expominas	Outdoor	Clay
Switzerland	4–1	Serbia and Montenegro	Geneva	Palexpo	Indoor	Hard

•  Austria, Germany, Romania, Spain, Sweden and  Switzerland will remain in the World Group in2007.
•  Belgium and Czech Republic are promoted to the World Group in2007.
•  Brazil, Italy, Mexico, Serbia and Montenegro, South Korea and Thailand will remain in Zonal Group I in2007.
•  Netherlands and Slovakia are relegated to Zonal Group I in2007.

	Second Round Play-offs					First Round Play-offs					First Round					Second Round
											1	Ecuador
						Lima, Peru (clay)						bye				Cuenca, Ecuador (clay)
						1	Ecuador	1								1	Ecuador	0
							Peru	4			Asia, Peru (clay)						Brazil	4
											Peru		2
	Higuerote, Venezuela (hard)										Brazil		3
	1	Ecuador	0
		Venezuela	5								Maracay, Venezuela (hard)
											Venezuela		1
						Granby, Canada (hard)					Mexico		4			Mexico City (clay)
							Venezuela	1									Mexico	4
						2	Canada	3								2	Canada	1
												bye
											2	Canada

•  Ecuador relegated to Group II in 2007.
•  Brazil and Mexico advance to World Group Play-off.

TheAmericas Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2006.

In the Americas Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams compete against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group II advanced to the Americas Zone Group I. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group II, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Americas Zone Group III in 2007.^[6]

	Play-offs					First Round					Second Round					Third Round
						Santa Cruz, Bolivia (clay)
						1	Paraguay	4
	Salto, Uruguay (clay)						Bolivia	1			Bogotá, Colombia (clay)
		Bolivia	0								1	Paraguay	1
	3	Uruguay	5			Bogotá, Colombia (clay)						Colombia	4
						3	Uruguay	1
							Colombia	4								Santo Domingo,Dominican Rep. (hard)
																	Colombia	5
						Emmastad,Curaçao (hard)										2	Dominican Republic	0
							Guatemala	2
	Montego Bay, Jamaica (hard)					4	Netherlands Antilles	3			Emmastad,Curaçao (hard)
	Guatemala		2								4	Netherlands Antilles	2
	Jamaica		3			Santiago, Dominican Republic (clay)					2	Dominican Republic	3
							Jamaica	0
						2	Dominican Republic	5

• Bolivia and Guatemala relegated to Group III in 2007.
• Colombia promoted to Group I in 2007.

Bolivia 1	Club de Tenis de Santa Cruz,Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia[7] 10–12 February 2006 Clay		Paraguay 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mauricio Estívariz Emilio Báez Brítez 3 6 3 6 1 6       2 José Roberto Velasco Ramón Delgado 0 6 2 6 4 6       3 José Antelo / Mauricio Estívariz Emilio Báez Brítez / Ramón Delgado 2 6 5 7 2 6       4 Carlos Álvarez Juan Lorenzo González 6 1 66 78 2 6       5 José Roberto Velasco Juan Carlos Ramírez 6 2 4 6 6 1

Colombia 4	America Tennis Club,Bogotá, Colombia[8] 10–12 February 2006 Clay		Uruguay 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Alejandro Falla Marcel Felder 6 2 6 1 6 2       2 Santiago Giraldo Pablo Cuevas 6 4 77 64 77 63       3 Alejandro Falla / Carlos Salamanca Pablo Cuevas / Martín Vilarrubí 4 6 5 7 6 2 6 4 6 3   4 Pablo González Martín Vilarrubí 66 78 2 6         5 Carlos Salamanca Federico Sansonetti 6 3 6 1

Netherlands Antilles 3	Sport & Ontspannings Vereniging Asiento - Rust & Burg Tennis Club,Emmastad,Netherlands Antilles[9] 10–12 February 2006 Hard		Guatemala 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jean-Julien Rojer Israel Morales 6 3 6 2 6 1       2 Rasid Winklaar Cristian Paiz 6 3 4 6 65 77 7 5 4 6   3 Raoul Behr / Jean-Julien Rojer Cristian Paiz / Luis Pérez Chete 6 4 77 63 6 3       4 Jean-Julien Rojer Cristian Paiz 6 1 6 2 6 3       5 Alexander Blom Israel Morales 6 1 1 6 6 6     retired

Dominican Republic 5	Centro Español,Santiago, Dominican Republic[10] 10–12 February 2006 Clay		Jamaica 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jhonson García Scott Willinsky 6 1 6 3 6 0       2 Víctor Estrella Burgos Ryan Russell 6 3 6 2 6 0       3 Víctor Estrella Burgos / Jhonson García Ryan Russell / Jermaine Smith 6 3 6 3 7 5       4 Henry Estrella Elvis Henry 3 6 6 4 6 2       5 Jesús Francisco Félix Scott Willinsky 6 2 63 77 6 3

Colombia 4	America Tennis Club,Bogotá, Colombia[11] 7–9 April 2006 Clay		Paraguay 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Santiago Giraldo Ramón Delgado 6 2 6 4 61 77 64 77 8 10   2 Alejandro Falla Emilio Báez Brítez 6 2 5 7 6 0 6 3     3 Alejandro Falla / Carlos Salamanca Ramón Delgado / Francisco Rodríguez 7 5 3 6 6 6       retired 4 Alejandro Falla Francisco Rodríguez 6 0 6 1 6 3       5 Pablo González Emilio Báez Brítez 6 2 6 1

Netherlands Antilles 2	SOV Asiento - Rust & Burgh Tennis Club,Emmastad,Netherlands Antilles[12] 7–9 April 2006 Hard		Dominican Republic 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jean-Julien Rojer Víctor Estrella Burgos 6 1 61 77 7 5 6 1     2 Alexander Blom Jhonson García 0 6 3 6 1 6       3 Raoul Behr / Jean-Julien Rojer Víctor Estrella Burgos / Jhonson García 63 77 4 6 4 6       4 Jean-Julien Rojer Jhonson García 6 3 3 6 64 77 6 2 6 4   5 Rasid Winklaar Víctor Estrella Burgos 2 6 3 6 5 7

Uruguay 5	Club Remeros de Salto,Salto, Uruguay[13] 7–9 April 2006 Clay		Bolivia 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Pablo Cuevas José Roberto Velasco 6 2 6 2 2 6 6 2     2 Martín Vilarrubí Mauricio Estívariz 3 6 6 4 6 2 6 2     3 Pablo Cuevas / Marcel Felder Carlos Álvarez / José Roberto Velasco 6 0 6 4 6 2       4 Marcel Felder Mauricio Estívariz 6 2 6 0         5 Federico Sansonetti Jorge Villanueva 6 1 6 1

Jamaica 3	Tryall Club,Montego Bay, Jamaica[14] 7–9 April 2006 Hard		Guatemala 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ryan Russell Israel Morales 6 4 6 3 6 2       2 Damion Johnson Cristian Paiz 4 6 4 6 7 5 3 6     3 Ryan Russell / Jermaine Smith Manuel Chávez / Luis Pérez Chete 77 65 6 3 6 1       4 Ryan Russell Cristian Paiz 6 3 6 0 3 0       retired 5 Eldad Campbell Israel Morales 4 6 1 6

Dominican Republic 0	Pabellon de Tenis del Parque del Este,Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic[15] 22–24 September 2006 Hard		Colombia 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jhonson García Alejandro Falla 2 6 3 6 3 6       2 Víctor Estrella Burgos Santiago Giraldo 1 6 7 5 4 6 0 4   retired   3 Víctor Estrella Burgos / Jhonson García Alejandro Falla / Carlos Salamanca 4 6 4 6 4 6       4 Jesús Francisco Félix Pablo González 0 6 1 6         5 José Hernández-Fernández Santiago Giraldo 711 69 3 6 1 6

Venue: Maya Country Club,Santa Tecla, El Salvador (clay)
Date: 14–18 June

	Group A	BAH	PUR	TRI	HON
1	Bahamas (2–1)		3–0	2–1	1–2
2	Puerto Rico (2–1)	0–3		3–0	3–0
3	Trinidad and Tobago (1–2)	1–2	0–3		3–0
4	Honduras (1–2)	2–1	0–3	0–3

	Group B	ESA	CUB	HAI	CRC
1	El Salvador (2–1)		2–1	3–0	1–2
2	Cuba (2–1)	1–2		3–0	2–1
3	Haiti (1–2)	0–3	0–3		2–1
4	Costa Rica (1–2)	2–1	1–2	1–2

(scores initalics carried over from Groups)

	1st–4th Play-off	ESA	CUB	BAH	PUR
1	El Salvador (3–0)		2–1	3–0	2–1
2	Cuba (2–1)	1–2		3–0	2–1
3	Bahamas (1–2)	0–3	0–3		3–0
4	Puerto Rico (0–3)	1–2	1–2	0–3

	5th–8th Play-off	HAI	CRC	TRI	HON
1	Haiti (2–1)		2–1	2–1	0–3
2	Costa Rica (2–1)	1–2		2–1	2–1
3	Trinidad and Tobago (1–2)	1–2	1–2		3–0
4	Honduras (1–2)	3–0	1–2	0–3

• El Salvador and Cuba promoted to Group II in 2007.
• Trinidad & Tobago and Honduras relegated to Group IV in 2007.

The Americas Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2006.

In the Americas Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. The five teams in Group IV played in a single Round-robin tournament. The top two teams were promoted to the Americas Zone Group III in 2007. All other teams remained in Group IV.^[16]

• Venue: Maya Country Club,Santa Tecla, El Salvador (clay)
• Date: 14–18 June

		BAR	PAN	LCA	ISV	BER
1	Barbados (3–1)		2–1	2–1	1–2	3–0
2	Panama (3–1)	1–2		2–1	2–1	3–0
3	Saint Lucia (2–2)	1–2	1–2		3–0	3–0
4	U.S. Virgin Islands (2–2)	2–1	1–2	0–3		3–0
5	Bermuda (0–4)	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3

• Barbados and Panama promoted to Group III in 2007.

Saint Lucia 3	Maya Country Club,Santa Tecla, El Salvador[17] 14 June 2006 Clay		Bermuda 0
1 2 3 1 Vernon Lewis Jovan Whitter 6 2 6 1     2 Alberton Richelieu Romar Douglas 6 1 6 3     3 Sirsean Arlain / Alberton Richelieu Romar Douglas / Jovan Whitter 6 3 6 3

Barbados 1	Maya Country Club,Santa Tecla, El Salvador[18] 14 June 2006 Clay		U.S. Virgin Islands 2
1 2 3 1 Russell Moseley Kristepher Elien 5 7 3 6     2 Haydn Lewis Terrance Eugene Highfield 1 6 4 6     3 Damien Applewhaite / Michael Date Shane Dalton / Whitney McFarlane 6 2 6 4

Panama 2	Maya Country Club,Santa Tecla, El Salvador[19] 15 June 2006 Clay		Saint Lucia 1
1 2 3 1 Arnulfo Courtney Vernon Lewis 6 3 64 77 6 8   2 Alberto González Alberton Richelieu 6 1 3 6 6 1   3 Arnulfo Courtney / Alberto González Sirsean Arlain / Alberton Richelieu 6 4 6 1

Barbados 3	Maya Country Club,Santa Tecla, El Salvador[20] 15 June 2006 Clay		Bermuda 0
1 2 3 1 Russell Moseley Jovan Whitter 6 0 6 3     2 Haydn Lewis Romar Douglas 6 1 6 3     3 Damien Applewhaite / Michael Date Romar Douglas / Tony Thompson 6 1 6 2

Panama 3	Maya Country Club,Santa Tecla, El Salvador[21] 16 June 2006 Clay		Bermuda 0
1 2 3 1 Arnulfo Courtney David Thomas 6 4 6 0     2 Alberto González Romar Douglas 6 0 6 3     3 Alberto González / Juan Miguel González David Thomas / Jovan Whitter 7 5 6 2

Saint Lucia 3	Maya Country Club,Santa Tecla, El Salvador[22] 16 June 2006 Clay		U.S. Virgin Islands 0
1 2 3 1 Vernon Lewis Kristepher Elien 6 0 6 1     2 Alberton Richelieu Terrance Eugene Highfield 6 4 5 7 6 2   3 Vernon Lewis / Alberton Richelieu Shane Dalton / Kristepher Elien 6 3 6 4

Panama 2	Maya Country Club,Santa Tecla, El Salvador[23] 17 June 2006 Clay		U.S. Virgin Islands 1
1 2 3 1 Arnulfo Courtney Kristepher Elien 6 4 6 0     2 Alberto González Terrance Eugene Highfield 6 3 4 6 6 2   3 Juan Miguel González / Mario Cal Kristepher Elien / Whitney McFarlane 5 7 3 6

Saint Lucia 1	Maya Country Club,Santa Tecla, El Salvador[24] 17 June 2006 Clay		Barbados 2
1 2 3 1 Vernon Lewis Russell Moseley 6 1 6 2     2 Alberton Richelieu Haydn Lewis 3 6 1 6     3 Vernon Lewis / Alberton Richelieu Haydn Lewis / Russell Moseley 64 77 2 6

Panama 1	Maya Country Club,Santa Tecla, El Salvador[25] 18 June 2006 Clay		Barbados 2
1 2 3 1 Arnulfo Courtney Russell Moseley 3 6 6 0 6 1   2 Alberto González Haydn Lewis 6 3 5 7 3 6   3 Arnulfo Courtney / Alberto González Haydn Lewis / Russell Moseley 2 6 2 6

Bermuda 0	Maya Country Club,Santa Tecla, El Salvador[26] 18 June 2006 Clay		U.S. Virgin Islands 3
1 2 3 1 Jovan Whitter Kristepher Elien 4 6 0 6     2 David Thomas Terrance Eugene Highfield 0 6 1 6     3 Romar Douglas / David Thomas Kristepher Elien / Terrance Eugene Highfield 1 6 1 6

Second round play-offs

First round play-offs

First round

Second round

Changwon, South Korea (hard)

S

India

1

Mumbai, India (grass)

South Korea

4

Taipei,Taiwan (hard)

S

India

3

South Korea

3

S

Pakistan

2

Taipei,Taiwan (hard)

Chinese Taipei

2

S

Pakistan

2

Beijing,China (indoor hard)

Chinese Taipei

3

S

Pakistan

0

China

5

Osaka, Japan (indoor carpet)

China

0

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (clay)

S

Japan

5

Bangkok, Thailand (hard)

China

0

S

Japan

2

Uzbekistan

3

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (indoor hard)

S

Thailand

3

Uzbekistan

2

S

Thailand

3

• Pakistan relegated to Group II in 2007.
• South Korea and Thailand advance to World Group Play-off.

	Play-offs					First Round					Second Round					Third Round
						Auckland, New Zealand (indoor hard)
						1	New Zealand	5
	Jounieh, Lebanon (clay)						Lebanon	0			Almaty, Kazakhstan (indoor hard)
		Lebanon	0								1	New Zealand	2
	3	Kuwait	5			Kuwait City, Kuwait (hard)						Kazakhstan	3
						3	Kuwait	2
							Kazakhstan	3								Almaty, Kazakhstan (indoor hard)
																	Kazakhstan	3
						Hong Kong,China (hard)										2	Indonesia	2
							Pacific Oceania	1
	Nouméa,New Caledonia (hard)					4	Hong Kong	4			Surabaya, Indonesia (hard)
	Pacific Oceania		3								4	Hong Kong	0
	Malaysia		2			Balikpapan, Indonesia (hard)					2	Indonesia	5
							Malaysia	0
						2	Indonesia	5

• Lebanon and Malaysia relegated to Group III in 2007.
• Kazakhstan promoted to Group I in 2007.

Venue:Manila Polo Club,Makati,Manila, Philippines (indoor clay)
Date: 19–23 July

	Group A	PHI	SRI	VIE	SIN
1	Philippines (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Sri Lanka (2–1)	0–3		2–1	3–0
3	Vietnam (1–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1
4	Singapore (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

	Group B	IRI	KSA	BRN	BAN
1	Iran (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Saudi Arabia (2–1)	0–3		2–1	2–1
3	Bahrain (1–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1
4	Bangladesh (0–3)	0–3	1–2	1–2

(scores initalics carried over from Groups)

	1st–4th Play-off	PHI	IRI	SRI	KSA
1	Philippines (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Iran (2–1)	0–3		2–1	3–0
3	Sri Lanka (1–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1
4	Saudi Arabia (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

	5th–8th Play-off	VIE	SIN	BRN	BAN
1	Vietnam (3–0)		2–1	3–0	2–1
2	Singapore (2–1)	1–2		2–1	2–1
3	Bahrain (1–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1
4	Bangladesh (0–3)	1–2	1–2	1–2

• Philippines and Iran promoted to Group II in 2007.
• Bahrain and Bangladesh relegated to Group IV in 2007.

Venue: Al Hussein Tennis Club,Amman, Jordan (hard)
Date: 6–9 April

	Pool A	OMA	IRQ	MYA	QAT
1	Oman (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Iraq (2–1)	0–3		2–1	2–1
3	Myanmar (1–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1
4	Qatar (0–3)	0–3	1–2	1–2

	Pool B	UAE	SYR	TJK	JOR	TKM
1	United Arab Emirates (4–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Syria (3–1)	1–2		2–1	2–1	3–0
3	Tajikistan (2–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1	3–0
4	Jordan (1–3)	0–3	1–2	1–2		3–0
5	Turkmenistan (0–4)	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3

• Oman and United Arab Emirates promoted to Group III in 2007.

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First round

Second round

1

Czech Republic

Oujda, Morocco (clay)

bye

Morocco

1

Czech Republic

5

bye

Morocco

0

Morocco

Marrakech, Morocco (clay)

bye

Morocco

2

Portugal

3

3

Italy

Torre del Greco, Italy (clay)

bye

bye

3

Italy

5

Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard)

Portugal

Luxembourg

0

Portugal

1

Luxembourg

4

Ramat Hasharon, Israel (hard)

Israel

1

Eastbourne,UK (grass)

Glasgow,UK (indoor carpet)

Serbia and Montenegro

4

Israel

3

Serbia and Montenegro

3

4

Great Britain

2

4

Great Britain

2

bye

Odesa, Ukraine (clay)

4

Great Britain

4

Great Britain

3

Ukraine

2

bye

Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet)

Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine

1

bye

2

Belgium

4

bye

2

Belgium

• Morocco and Ukraine relegated to Group II in 2007.
• Czech Republic, Italy, Serbia and Montenegro, and Belgium advance to World Group Play-off.

Relegation Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Harare, Zimbabwe (hard)

S

Zimbabwe

1

Thessaloniki, Greece (clay)

Oslo, Norway (clay)

Norway

4

Zimbabwe

1

S

Norway

2

Athens, Greece (clay)

S

Greece

4

North Macedonia

3

S

Greece

1

Skopje, North Macedonia (clay)

North Macedonia

4

North Macedonia

3

Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)

S

Finland

2

S

Finland

3

Dublin, Ireland (grass)

Hanko, Finland (clay)

Ireland

2

Ireland

1

S

Finland

4

Algiers, Algeria (clay)

S

Slovenia

4

Algeria

1

S

Slovenia

2

Algeria

3

Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary (indoor hard)

Egypt

0

Cairo, Egypt (clay)

Plovdiv, Bulgaria (clay)

S

Hungary

5

S

Egypt

2

Hungary

3

Plovdiv, Bulgaria (clay)

Cyprus

3

S

Bulgaria

2

Cyprus

2

Budapest, Hungary (clay)

S

Bulgaria

3

S

Hungary

2

Poznań, Poland (indoor carpet)

Georgia

3

Latvia

0

Jūrmala, Latvia (clay)

Gdynia, Poland (clay)

S

Poland

5

Latvia

3

S

Poland

2

Tbilisi, Georgia (indoor carpet)

S

South Africa

2

Georgia

3

Georgia

3

S

South Africa

2