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Countries at the 2006 Davis Cup
Along with Croatia, 15 other teams battled it out against one another in the World Group category. Those teams were Australia, Argentina, Belarus, Chile, Austria, France, Germany, Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United States.
Participation and Performance of Croatia in the 2006 Davis Cup
Croatia was placed in top group of Davis Cup competition. That was the World Group. The matches in the 1st round were played from 10th to 12th February. Croatia played the first set of matches against Austria at Graz, Austria. Croatia’s Mario Ancic defeated Austria’s Jurgen Melzer by 6-7, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4 and 6-3. Croatia’s Ivan Ljubicic defeated Austria’s Stefan Koubek by 6-2, 6-2 and 6-4. Croatia’s pair, Mario Ancic and Ivan Ljubicic defeated Austria’s pair, Julian Knowle and Jurgen Melzer by 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 and 8-6. Austria’s Alexander Peya defeated Croatia’s Ivan Cerovic by 4-6, 6-2 and 6-4. Austria’s Stefan Koubek defeated Croatia’s Marin Cilic by 6-1, 7-5. Croatia won 3 matches against Austria. Croatia qualified for the quarterfinals. The quarterfinals were played from 7th to 9th April. Croatia played the matches against Argentina at Zagreb, Croatia. Ivan Ljubicic from Croatia defeated Argentina’s Agustin Calleri by 6-7, 5-7, 7-6, 6-1 and 6-2. Argentina’s David Nalbadian defeated Croatia’s Marin Cilic by 6-1, 6-1 and 6-2
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