New Zealand at the 2006 Davis Cup

Group I and Group II played knockout tournaments. Group III and IV played round-robin tournaments with promotion and relegation. The finals took place from 1st to 3rd December at Moscow, Russia. New Zealand at the 2006 Davis Cup was placed in Group II of Asia/Oceania Zone. New Zealand’s team included following players:

• Alistair Hunt
• Mark Nielsen
• Adam Thompson
• Daniel King-Turner
• Jose Statham

Many Asian countries actively participated in the tournament. They sent their players with great hopes. The players also took hard efforts to win this prestigious tournament. New Zealand was placed in Group II along with Hong Kong, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia and Pacific Oceania.

The first round matches were played from 10th to 12th February 2006. New Zealand at the 2006 Davis Cup played the first set of matches against Lebanon at More FM Tennis Park, Auckland, New Zealand. Mark Nielsen from New Zealand defeated Karim Alayli from Lebanon by 6-2, 6-1 and 6-2. New Zealand’s Daniel King-Turner defeated Lebanon’s Patrick Chucri by 6-3, 6-2 and 6-1. New Zealand’s pair defeated pair of Lebanon by 6-2, 6-3 and 6-1. Jose Statham from New Zealand defeated Lebanon’s Wahib Maknieh by 6-4, 6-3. Daniel King-Turner defeated Karim Alayli by 6-3, 6-4. New Zealand won all five matches against Lebanon. New Zealand advanced to the 2nd round. The matches in the second round were played from 7th to 9th April. New Zealand played the matches against Kazakhstan at Sports Complex Baganashil, Almaty, Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan’s Alexei Kedryuk defeated New Zealand’s Adam Thompson by 6-2, 6-3 and 6-1. Dmitriy Makeyev from Kazakhstan defeated Daniel King-Turner by 6-4, 6-4, 3-6 and 6-3. Pair of Kazakhstan defeated New Zealand’s pair by 7-5, 6-4, 6-7 and 7-6. New Zealand’s Jose Statham defeated Kazakhstan’s Igor Chaldounov by 6-1, 6-2. Adam Thompson defeated Vitaley Pavlov by 6-0, 6-3. New Zealand could win 2 matches. Hence they didn’t forward to the 3rd round.