2005 Davis Cup World Group

The World Group was the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 2005. The first-round losers went into the Davis Cup World Group Play-offs, and the winners progress to the quarterfinals. The quarterfinalists were guaranteed a World Group spot for 2006.

On February 13, 2006 the International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced that Karol Beck had tested positive for the beta agonist clenbuterol during the semifinal for Slovakia against Argentina. As a consequence, the ITF suspended him from the game for two years.^[1][2]

Participating Teams

Participating Teams
Argentina	Australia	Austria	Belarus
Czech Republic	Chile	Croatia	France
Netherlands	Romania	Russia	Slovakia
Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	United States

Draw

	First round 4–6 March					Quarterfinals 15–17 July					Semifinals 23–25 September					Final 2–4 December
	Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)[3]
	1	Spain	1
						Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)[4]
		Slovakia	4
							Slovakia	4
	Fribourg, Switzerland (indoor hard)[5]
							Netherlands	1
	7	Switzerland	2
											Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)[6]
		Netherlands	3
												Slovakia	4
	Sydney, Australia (grass)[7]
										6	Argentina	1
	4	Australia	5
						Sydney, Australia (grass)[8]
		Austria	0
						4	Australia	1
	Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)[9]
						6	Argentina	4
	6	Argentina	5
																Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)[10]
		Czech Republic	0
																	Slovakia	2
	Moscow, Russia (indoor carpet)[11]
																	Croatia	3
		Chile	1
						Moscow, Russia (indoor clay)[12]
	5	Russia	4
						5	Russia	3
	Strasbourg, France (indoor clay)[13]
						3	France	2
		Sweden	1
											Split, Croatia (indoor carpet)[14]
	3	France	4
											5	Russia	2
	Brașov, Romania (indoor clay)[15]
											Croatia	3
		Romania	3
						Split, Croatia (indoor carpet)[16]
	8	Belarus	2
							Romania	1
	Los Angeles, United States (hard)[17]
							Croatia	4
		Croatia	3
	2	United States	2

First round

Slovakia vs. Spain

Slovakia 4	National Tennis Centre, Bratislava, Slovakia[3] 4–6 March 2005 Hard (i)		Spain 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Karol Beck Feliciano López 6 4 7 5 6 3       2 Dominik Hrbatý Fernando Verdasco 6 3 6 4 67 79 6 3     3 Karol Beck / Michal Mertiňák Albert Costa / Rafael Nadal 63 77 6 4 710 68       4 Michal Mertiňák Feliciano López 6 0 63 77 6 4       5 Kamil Čapkovič Fernando Verdasco 2 6 2 6

Switzerland vs. Netherlands

Switzerland 2	Expo Centre, Fribourg, Switzerland[5] 4–6 March 2005 Hard (i)		Netherlands 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Marco Chiudinelli Sjeng Schalken 64 77 6 4 3 6 7 5 2 6   2 Stanislas Wawrinka Peter Wessels 613 715 77 64 67 79 4 6     3 Yves Allegro / George Bastl Dennis van Scheppingen / Peter Wessels 5 7 4 6 77 65 7 5 9 7   4 Stanislas Wawrinka Sjeng Schalken 6 1 2 6 4 6 6 2 7 9   5 Marco Chiudinelli Peter Wessels 4 6           retired

Australia vs. Austria

Australia 5	Sydney International Tennis Centre, Sydney, Australia[7] 4–6 March 2005 Grass		Austria 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Lleyton Hewitt Alexander Peya 6 2 6 3 6 4       2 Wayne Arthurs Jürgen Melzer 77 65 6 2 6 4       3 Wayne Arthurs / Todd Woodbridge Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer 4 6 6 3 2 6 6 4 7 5   4 Todd Woodbridge Marco Mirnegg 6 3 4 6 7 5       5 Chris Guccione Alexander Peya 6 3 6 4

Argentina vs. Czech Republic

Argentina 5	Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina[9] 4–6 March 2005 Clay		Czech Republic 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 David Nalbandian Jiří Novák 4 6 6 2 6 3 6 4     2 Guillermo Coria Tomáš Berdych 6 3 3 6 6 0 6 3     3 Guillermo Cañas / David Nalbandian Jan Hernych / Tomáš Zíb 6 3 4 6 6 1 6 2     4 Guillermo Coria Jan Hernych 6 3 6 0         5 Agustín Calleri Tomáš Zíb 6 2 6 4

Russia vs. Chile

Russia 4	Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia[11] 4–6 March 2005 Carpet (i)		Chile 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mikhail Youzhny Fernando González 64 77 7 5 3 6 64 77     2 Marat Safin Adrián García 6 1 3 6 6 3 77 64     3 Marat Safin / Mikhail Youzhny Adrián García / Fernando González 6 3 6 4 6 3       4 Marat Safin Fernando González 77 64 77 65 1 6 63 77 6 4   5 Nikolay Davydenko Paul Capdeville 6 2 6 1

France vs. Sweden

France 3	Hall Rhénus Sport, Strasbourg, France[13] 4–6 March 2005 Clay (i)		Sweden 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Paul-Henri Mathieu Joachim Johansson 6 3 6 4 6 2       2 Sébastien Grosjean Thomas Johansson 4 6 4 6 61 77       3 Arnaud Clément / Michaël Llodra Simon Aspelin / Jonas Björkman 77 65 6 4 64 77 6 4     4 Sébastien Grosjean Joachim Johansson 6 3 1 6 4 6 1 6     5 Paul-Henri Mathieu Thomas Johansson 6 1 6 4 64 77 6 4

Romania vs. Belarus

Romania 3	Dumitru Popescu Colibași Sports Hall, Brașov, Romania[15] 4–6 March 2005 Clay (i)		Belarus 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Victor Hănescu Max Mirnyi 66 78 4 6 6 3 4 6     2 Andrei Pavel Vladimir Voltchkov 6 4 77 62 77 62       3 Andrei Pavel / Gabriel Trifu Max Mirnyi / Vladimir Voltchkov 63 77 3 6 4 6       4 Andrei Pavel Max Mirnyi 6 1 77 60 4 6 6 3     5 Victor Hănescu Vladimir Voltchkov 77 62 6 4 78 66

United States vs. Croatia

United States 2	The Home Depot Center, Los Angeles, United States[17] 4–6 March 2005 Hard		Croatia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Andre Agassi Ivan Ljubičić 3 6 60 77 3 6       2 Andy Roddick Mario Ančić 4 6 6 2 6 1 6 4     3 Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan Mario Ančić / Ivan Ljubičić 6 3 68 710 4 6 4 6     4 Andy Roddick Ivan Ljubičić 6 4 3 6 611 713 79 67 2 6   5 Bob Bryan Roko Karanušić 6 2 3 6 6 1

Quarterfinals

Slovakia vs. Netherlands

Slovakia 4	Sibamac Arena National Tennis Centre, Bratislava, Slovakia[4] 15–17 July 2005 Hard (i)		Netherlands 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Dominik Hrbatý Raemon Sluiter 6 1 5 7 6 4 6 3     2 Karol Beck Peter Wessels 77 65 5 7 77 63 4 6 2 6   3 Karol Beck / Michal Mertiňák Paul Haarhuis / Melle van Gemerden 5 7 6 3 6 4 7 5     4 Dominik Hrbatý Peter Wessels 6 3 6 1 3 0       retired 5 Michal Mertiňák Melle van Gemerden 4 6 6 3 6 4

Australia vs. Argentina

Australia 1	Sydney International Tennis Centre, Sydney, Australia[8] 15–17 July 2005 Grass		Argentina 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Lleyton Hewitt Guillermo Coria 77 65 6 1 1 6 6 2     2 Wayne Arthurs David Nalbandian 3 6 68 710 7 5 2 6     3 Wayne Arthurs / Lleyton Hewitt David Nalbandian / Mariano Puerta 66 78 4 6 3 6       4 Lleyton Hewitt David Nalbandian 2 6 4 6 4 6       5 Peter Luczak Guillermo Coria 3 6 611 713

Russia vs. France

Russia 3	Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia[12] 15–17 July 2005 Clay (i)		France 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Igor Andreev Richard Gasquet 4 6 3 6 61 77       2 Nikolay Davydenko Paul-Henri Mathieu 7 5 6 2 7 5       3 Igor Andreev / Mikhail Youzhny Arnaud Clément / Michaël Llodra 5 7 4 6 77 63 2 6     4 Nikolay Davydenko Richard Gasquet 6 2 4 6 6 2 6 1     5 Igor Andreev Paul-Henri Mathieu 6 0 6 2 6 1

Croatia vs. Romania

Croatia 4	Dvorana SC Gripe, Split, Croatia[16] 15–17 July 2005 Carpet (i)		Romania 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mario Ančić Andrei Pavel 6 1 4 6 6 4 3 6 4 6   2 Ivan Ljubičić Victor Hănescu 6 3 6 2 77 63       3 Mario Ančić / Ivan Ljubičić Andrei Pavel / Gabriel Trifu 5 7 6 4 69 711 6 4 6 4   4 Ivan Ljubičić Andrei Pavel 6 3 6 4 6 3       5 Mario Ančić Victor Hănescu 77 63 710 68

Semifinals

Slovakia vs. Argentina

Slovakia 4	Sibamac Arena National Tennis Centre, Bratislava, Slovakia[6] 23–25 September 2005 Hard (i)		Argentina 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Karol Beck Guillermo Coria 7 5 6 4 6 4       2 Dominik Hrbatý David Nalbandian 6 3 5 7 5 7 3 6     3 Karol Beck / Michal Mertiňák David Nalbandian / Mariano Puerta 77 65 7 5 77 65       4 Dominik Hrbatý Guillermo Coria 77 62 6 2 6 3       5 Karol Kučera Mariano Puerta 4 6 6 3 2 1       retired

Croatia vs. Russia

Croatia 3	Dvorana SC Gripe, Split, Croatia[14] 23–25 September 2005 Hard (i)		Russia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mario Ančić Nikolay Davydenko 5 7 4 6 7 5 4 6     2 Ivan Ljubičić Mikhail Youzhny 3 3 6 3 6 4 4 6 6 4   3 Mario Ančić / Ivan Ljubičić Igor Andreev / Dmitry Tursunov 6 2 4 6 77 65 3 6 6 4   4 Ivan Ljubičić Nikolay Davydenko 6 3 78 66 6 4       5 Ivo Karlović Dmitry Tursunov 4 6 4 6

Final

Slovakia vs. Croatia

Slovakia 2	Sibamac Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia[10] 2–4 December 2005 Hard (i)		Croatia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Karol Kučera Ivan Ljubičić 3 6 4 6 3 6       2 Dominik Hrbatý Mario Ančić 77 64 6 4 64 77 6 4     3 Dominik Hrbatý / Michal Mertiňák Mario Ančić / Ivan Ljubičić 65 77 3 6 65 77       4 Dominik Hrbatý Ivan Ljubičić 4 6 6 3 6 4 3 6 6 4   5 Michal Mertiňák Mario Ančić 61 77 3 6 4 6

References

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