2006 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

The European and African Zone was one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2006.

In the European and African Zone there were four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.

Participating teams

Draw

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

Italy

Torre del Greco, Italy (clay)

bye

3

Italy

5

Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard)

0

1

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

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.

First Round Matches

Luxembourg vs. Portugal

Luxembourg
4

National Tennis Centre, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg^[1]
10–12 February 2006
Hard (indoor)

Portugal
1

		1	2	3	4
1	Laurent Bram Rui Machado	5 7	4 6	2 6
2	Gilles Müller Frederico Gil	6 2	6 1	6 4
3	Gilles Müller / Mike Scheidweiler Frederico Gil / Leonardo Tavares	4 6	6 3	7 5	6 1
4	Gilles Müller Rui Machado	7⁷ 6³	7⁷ 6²	6 1
5	Gilles Kremer Gonçalo Nicau	6⁸ 7¹⁰	6 4	6 4

Israel vs. Serbia and Montenegro

Israel
1

Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel^[2]
10–12 February 2006
Hard

Serbia and Montenegro
4

		1	2	3	4
1	Dudi Sela Janko Tipsarević	6³ 7⁷	6 2	0 6	4 6
2	Noam Okun Novak Djokovic	6² 7⁷	6⁶ 7⁸	2 6
3	Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram Ilija Bozoljac / Janko Tipsarević	6 3	6 2	6 4
4	Dudi Sela Novak Djokovic	1 6	2 6	6³ 7⁷
5	Noam Okun Janko Tipsarević	6¹⁰ 7¹²	4 6

Second Round Matches

Morocco vs. Czech Republic

Morocco
0

Oujda, Morocco^[3]
7–9 April 2006
Clay

Czech Republic
5

		1	2	3	4
1	Mounir El Aarej Tomáš Zíb	6 2	1 6	5 7	4 6
2	Mehdi Tahiri Tomáš Berdych	3 6	1 6	2 6
3	Talal Ouahabi / Mehdi Ziadi Tomáš Berdych / Lukáš Dlouhý	3 6	2 6	3 6
4	Mehdi Ziadi Lukáš Dlouhý	2 6	1 6
5	Mehdi Tahiri Tomáš Zíb	4 6	5 7

Italy vs. Luxembourg

Italy
5

Sporting Club Oplonti, Torre del Greco, Italy^[4]
7–9 April 2006
Clay

Luxembourg
0

		1	2	3
1	Filippo Volandri Gilles Kremer	6 2	6 1	6 2
2	Andreas Seppi Laurent Bram	6 2	6 1	6 3
3	Daniele Bracciali / Giorgio Galimberti Laurent Bram / Gilles Kremer	6 3	6 2	6 4
4	Filippo Volandri Laurent Bram	6 3	6 1
5	Giorgio Galimberti Gilles Kremer	6 1	6 3

Great Britain vs. Serbia and Montenegro

Great Britain
2

Braehead Arena, Glasgow, Great Britain^[5]
7–9 April 2006
Carpet (indoor)

Serbia and Montenegro
3

		1	2	3	4
1	Greg Rusedski Janko Tipsarević	6 3	6² 7⁷	7 5	7 5
2	Arvind Parmar Novak Djokovic	3 6	2 6	5 7
3	Andy Murray / Greg Rusedski Ilija Bozoljac / Nenad Zimonjić	3 6	6 3	3 6	4 6
4	Greg Rusedski Novak Djokovic	3 6	6 4	3 6	6⁶ 7⁸
5	Arvind Parmar Ilija Bozoljac	7 5	6 4

Ukraine vs. Belgium

Ukraine
1

International Tennis Club, Kyiv, Ukraine^[6]
7–9 April 2006
Carpet (indoor)

Belgium
4

		1	2	3
1	Orest Tereshchuk Olivier Rochus	3 6	1 6	2 6
2	Sergiy Stakhovsky Kristof Vliegen	3 6	3 6	6⁵ 7⁷
3	Sergei Bubka / Sergiy Stakhovsky Olivier Rochus / Kristof Vliegen	6³ 7⁷	3 6	2 6
4	Sergiy Stakhovsky Gilles Elseneer	3 6	6² 7⁷
5	Sergei Bubka Stefan Wauters	7⁷ 6⁵	3 6	7¹⁰ 6⁸

First Round Play-offs Matches

Israel vs. Great Britain

Israel
3

International Lawn Tennis Centre, Eastbourne, Great Britain
21–23 July 2006
grass (outdoor)

Great Britain
2

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Noam Okun Alex Bogdanović	6 4	7 5	6 2
2	Andy Ram Andy Murray	6 2	6 4	5 7	2 6	3 6
3	Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram Jamie Delgado / Andy Murray	3 6	6 3	5 7	6 3	6 4
4	Noam Okun Jamie Delgado	6 3	6 4	6⁵ 7⁷	2 6	6 3
5	Dekel Valtzer Alan Mackin	2 6	1 6

Second Round Play-offs Matches

Morocco vs. Portugal

Morocco
2

Royale Tennis Club de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco^[7]
22–24 September 2006
Clay

Portugal
3

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Rabie Chaki Gonçalo Nicau	4 6	6 3	1 6	6 3	12 10
2	Mehdi Tahiri Frederico Gil	2 6	4 6	2 6
3	Mounir El Aarej / Mehdi Ziadi Frederico Gil / Gonçalo Nicau	1 6	3 6	1 6
4	Rabie Chaki Frederico Gil	6 1	5 7	1 6	6⁵ 7⁷
5	Mehdi Tahiri Pedro Sousa	7⁷ 6²	4 6	6 2

Great Britain vs. Ukraine

Great Britain
3

Lawn Tennis Club, Odesa, Ukraine
22–24 September 2006
Clay

Ukraine
2

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Greg Rusedski Sergiy Stakhovsky	1 6	6 3	5 7	6 4	9 7
2	Andy Murray Oleksandr Dolgopolov	6 3	6 4	6 2
3	Jamie Delgado / Andy Murray Sergiy Stakhovsky / Orest Tereshchuck	3 6	3 6	3 6
4	Andy Murray Sergiy Stakhovsky	6 3	6 2	7 5
5	Jamie Baker Sergei Bubka	3 6	6⁶ 7⁸