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Group III and IV played round-robin tournaments with promotion and relegation. The finals took place from 1st to 3rd December at Moscow, Russia. Luxembourg at the 2006 Davis Cup was placed in Europe/Africa Zone. It was included in the group I. The team of Luxembourg was as follows:
- Mike Scheidweiler
- Gilles Kremer
- Gilles Muller
- Laurent Bram
Countries at the 2006 Davis Cup
As tennis got world-wide popularity, many countries actively participated in this prestigious tournament. The countries in Group I of Europe/Africa Zone were Belgium, Czech Republic, Great Britain, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Morocco, Portugal, Ukraine and Serbia and Montenegro.
Participation and Performance of Luxembourg in the 2006 Davis Cup
The 1st round matches were played from 10th to 12th February 2006. Luxembourg at the 2006 Davis Cup played directly in the first round. Luxembourg played the first set of matches against Portugal at Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg on Indoor hard court. Portugal’s Rui Machado defeated Laurent Bram from Luxembourg by 7-5, 6-4 and 6-2. Gilles Muller from Luxembourg defeated Portugal’s Frederico Gil by 6-2, 6-1 and 6-4. Pair of Luxembourg defeated Portugal’s pair by 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 and 6-1. Gilles Muller defeated Rui Machado by 7-6, 7-6 and 6-1. Gilles Kremer defeated Goncalo Nicau from Portugal by 6-7, 6-4 and 6-4. Thus, Luxembourg won 4 matches against Portugal. Luxembourg forwarded to the 2nd round. The 2nd round matches were played from 7th to 9th April. The matches between Italy and Luxembourg were played at Torre del Greco, Italy. Players from Luxembourg didn’t succeed to give good performance. They lost in all five matches against Italy. Italy’s Filippo Volandri defeated Gilles Kremer by 6-2, 6-1 and 6-2. Andreas Seppi from Italy defeated Laurent Bram by 6-2, 6-1 and 6-3. Italian pair defeated pair of Luxembourg by 6-3, 6-2 and 6-4. Filippo Volandri defeated Laurent Bram by 6-3, 6-1. Georgia Galimberti defeated Gilles Kremer by 6-1, 6-3.
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