Login
Login

2006 Davis Cup World Group play-offs

{{Short description|none}}

{{Main|2006 Davis Cup}}

The World Group play-offs were the main play-offs of 2006 Davis Cup. Winners advanced to the World Group, and loser were relegated in the Zonal Regions I.

Teams

Bold indicates team has qualified for the 2007 Davis Cup World Group.

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

; From World Group

  • {{davis|AUT}}
  • {{davis|SWE}}
  • {{davis|ESP}}
  • {{davis|SUI}}
  • {{davis|GER}}
  • {{davis|NED}}
  • {{davis|ROU}}
  • {{davis|SVK}}

{{col-2}}

; From Americas Group I

  • {{davis|BRA}}
  • {{davis|MEX}}

; From Asia/Oceania Group I

  • {{davis|KOR}}
  • {{davis|THA}}

; From Europe/Africa Group I

  • {{davis|CZE}}
  • {{davis|ITA}}
  • {{davis|SCG}}
  • {{davis|BEL}}

{{col-end}}

Results

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

Seeded teams

  • {{davis|AUT}}
  • {{davis|GER}}
  • {{davis|NED}}
  • {{davis|ROU}}
  • {{davis|SVK}}
  • {{davis|ESP}}
  • {{davis|SWE}}
  • {{davis|SUI}}

{{col-2}}

Unseeded teams

  • {{davis|BEL}}
  • {{davis|BRA}}
  • {{davis|CZE}}
  • {{davis|ITA}}
  • {{davis|MEX}}
  • {{davis|SCG}}
  • {{davis|KOR}}
  • {{davis|THA}}

{{col-end}}

class="wikitable" style="border:1px solid #aaa;"
Home teamScoreVisiting teamLocationVenueDoorSurface
{{davis|AUT}}style="text-align:center;"|5–0{{davis|MEX}}PörtschachWerzer ArenaOutdoorClay
{{davis|GER}}style="text-align:center;"|4–1{{davis|THA}}DüsseldorfRochus ClubOutdoorClay
{{davis|NED}}style="text-align:center;"|1–4{{davis|CZE}}LeidenGroenoordhallenIndoorCarpet
{{davis|ROU}}style="text-align:center;"|4–1{{davis|KOR}}BucharestClub Sportiv Progresul BucurestiOutdoorClay
{{davis|SVK}}style="text-align:center;"|2–3{{davis|BEL}}BratislavaSibamac ArenaIndoorHard
{{davis|ESP}}style="text-align:center;"|4–1{{davis|ITA}}SantanderReal Sociedad de Tenis de La MagdalenaOutdoorClay
{{davis|BRA}}style="text-align:center;"|1–3{{davis|SWE}}Belo HorizonteExpominasOutdoorClay
{{davis|SUI}}style="text-align:center;"|4–1{{davis|SCG}}GenevaPalexpoIndoorHard

  • {{davis|AUT}}, {{davis|GER}}, {{davis|ROU}}, {{davis|ESP}}, {{davis|SWE}} and {{davis|SUI}} will remain in the World Group in 2007.
  • {{davis|BEL}} and {{davis|CZE}} are promoted to the World Group in 2007.
  • {{davis|BRA}}, {{davis|ITA}}, {{davis|MEX}}, {{davis|SCG}}, {{davis|KOR}} and {{davis|THA}} will remain in Zonal Group I in 2007.
  • {{davis|NED}} and {{davis|SVK}} are relegated to Zonal Group I in 2007.

Playoff results

=Austria vs. Mexico=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=Austria

|team2=Mexico

|venue=Werzer Arena, Pörtschach, Austria{{cite news|url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100007710|title=Austria v Mexico|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=22–24 September 2006

|surface=Clay

|score1=5

|score2=0

|R1={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Oliver Marach|6|4|7|6| |T2P1=Bruno Echagaray|2|6|6.039|4| }}

|R2={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Jürgen Melzer|6|6|6| | |T2P1=Santiago González|2|1|1| | }}

|R3={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Julian Knowle|T1P2=Jürgen Melzer|6|5|7|7| |T2P1=Bruno Echagaray|T2P2=Santiago González|3|7|5|6.029| }}

|R4={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Rainer Eitzinger|6|6| | | |T2P1=Daniel Garza|3|1| | | }}

|R5={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Oliver Marach|6|6| | | |T2P1=Carlos Palencia|0|1|1| | }}

}}

=Germany vs. Thailand=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=GER

|team2=THA

|venue=Rochus Club, Düsseldorf, Germany{{cite news|url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100007711|title=Germany v Thailand|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=22–24 September 2006

|surface=Clay

|score1=4

|score2=1

|R1={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Tommy Haas|3|6|6.059|6|3|T2P1=Danai Udomchoke|6|2|7|3|6}}

|R2={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Florian Mayer|3|7|3|6|6|T2P1=Paradorn Srichaphan|6|6.039|6|2|3}}

|R3={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Michael Kohlmann|T1P2=Alexander Waske|6|6|6| | |T2P1=Sanchai Ratiwatana|T2P2=Sonchat Ratiwatana|1|2|0| | }}

|R4={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Alexander Waske|6|7|7| | |T2P1=Paradorn Srichaphan|4|5|6.119| | }}

|R5={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Florian Mayer|6|6| | | |T2P1=Sanchai Ratiwatana|1|3| | | }}

}}

=Netherlands vs. Czech Republic=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=NED

|team2=CZE

|venue=Groenoordhallen, Leiden, Netherlands{{cite news|url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100007712|title=Netherlands v Czech Republic|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=22–24 September 2006

|surface=Carpet (i)

|score1=1

|score2=4

|R1={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Raemon Sluiter|2|6.049|6|6.129| |T2P1=Jiří Novák|6|7|4|7| }}

|R2={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Robin Haase|2|4|4| | |T2P1=Tomáš Berdych|6|6|6| | }}

|R3={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Rogier Wassen|T1P2=Peter Wessels|6.039|5|7|6.039| |T2P1=Tomáš Berdych|T2P2=Martin Damm|7|7|6.019|7| }}

|R4={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Raemon Sluiter|3|6.039| | | |T2P1=Tomáš Berdych|6|7| | | }}

|R5={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Robin Haase|6|6| | | |T2P1=Jan Hernych|4|4| | | }}

}}

=Romania vs. South Korea=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=ROU

|team2=KOR

|venue=Club Sportiv Progresul Bucuresti, Bucharest, Romania{{cite news|url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100007713|title=Romania v South Korea|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=22–24 September 2006

|surface=Clay

|score1=4

|score2=1

|R1={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Andrei Pavel|6|6|6| | |T2P1=Jun Woong-Sun|0|4|3| | }}

|R2={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Victor Crivoi|1|1|0| | |T2P1=Lee Hyung-Taik|6|6|6| | }}

|R3={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Andrei Pavel|T1P2=Horia Tecău|2|6|6|7| |T2P1=Chung Hee-Seok|T2P2=Lee Hyung-Taik|6|2|3|5| }}

|R4={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Andrei Pavel|4|6|6|6| |T2P1=Lee Hyung-Taik|6|4|3|2| }}

|R5={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Florin Mergea|6|2|6| | |T2P1=Jun Woong-Sun|2|6|4| | }}

}}

=Slovakia vs. Belgium=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=SVK

|team2=BEL

|venue=Sibamac Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia{{cite news|url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100007714|title=Slovakia v Belgium|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=22–24 September 2006

|surface=Hard (i)

|score1=2

|score2=3

|R1={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Dominik Hrbatý|2|6|6|3|6|T2P1=Kristof Vliegen|6|4|3|6|2}}

|R2={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Michal Mertiňák|7|2|3|4| |T2P1=Olivier Rochus|6.009|6|6|6| }}

|R3={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Dominik Hrbatý|T1P2=Michal Mertiňák|2|6|3|6|5|T2P1=Olivier Rochus|T2P2=Kristof Vliegen|6|3|0|6|7}}

|R4={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Dominik Hrbatý|2|3|3| | |T2P1=Olivier Rochus|6|6|6| | }}

|R5={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Lukáš Lacko|7|6| | | |T2P1=Dick Norman|6.049|3| | | }}

}}

=Spain vs. Italy=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=ESP

|team2=ITA

|venue=Real Sociedad de Tenis de La Magdalena, Santander, Spain{{cite news|url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100007715|title=Spain v Italy|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=22–24 September 2006

|surface=Clay

|score1=4

|score2=1

|R1={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Tommy Robredo|3|5|3| | |T2P1=Filippo Volandri|6|7|6| | }}

|R2={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Rafael Nadal|6|6|6| | |T2P1=Andreas Seppi|0|4|3| | }}

|R3={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Rafael Nadal|T1P2=Fernando Verdasco|6|3|6|7| |T2P1=Daniele Bracciali|T2P2=Giorgio Galimberti|2|6|3|6.039| }}

|R4={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Rafael Nadal|3|7|6|6| |T2P1=Filippo Volandri|6|5|3|3| }}

|R5={{TennisMatch|T1P1=David Ferrer|6|6| | | |T2P1=Andreas Seppi|2|2| | | }}

}}

=Brazil vs. Sweden=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=BRA

|team2=SWE

|venue=Expominas, Belo Horizonte, Brazil{{cite news|url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100007716|title=Brazil v Sweden|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=22–24 September 2006

|surface=Clay

|score1=1

|score2=3

|R1={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Flávio Saretta|6|1|3|6|7|T2P1=Andreas Vinciguerra|4|6|6|2|5}}

|R2={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Ricardo Mello|0|1|4| | |T2P1=Robin Söderling|6|6|6| | }}

|R3={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Gustavo Kuerten|T1P2=André Sá|7|3|2|5| |T2P1=Simon Aspelin|T2P2=Jonas Björkman|6.059|6|6|7| }}

|R4={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Flávio Saretta|0|3|6.039| | |T2P1=Robin Söderling|6|6|7| | }}

|R5={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Ricardo Mello| | | | | |T2P1=Andreas Vinciguerra | | | | | np=}}

}}

=Switzerland vs Serbia and Montenegro=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=SUI

|team2=SCG

|venue=Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland{{cite news|url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100007717|title=Switzerland v Serbia and Montenegro|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=22–24 September 2006

|surface=Hard (i)

|score1=4

|score2=1

|R1={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Roger Federer|6|6|6| | |T2P1=Janko Tipsarević|3|2|2| | }}

|R2={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Stanislas Wawrinka|4|6|6|6.029|4|T2P1=Novak Djokovic|6|3|2|7|6}}

|R3={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Yves Allegro|T1P2=Roger Federer|7|6|6| | |T2P1=Ilija Bozoljac|T2P2=Nenad Zimonjić|6.029|4|4| | }}

|R4={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Roger Federer|6|6|6| | |T2P1=Novak Djokovic|3|2|3| | }}

|R5={{TennisMatch|T1P1=Marco Chiudinelli|6|6| | | |T2P1=Janko Tipsarević|4|1| | | }}

}}

References

{{reflist|25em}}

{{Davis Cup navbox}}

{{2006 in tennis}}

{{2006 ATP Tour}}

World Group play-offs