The World Group was the highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2006.
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| 1st Round 22-23 April |
Semifinals 15-16 July |
Final 16-17 September |
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| Nancy, France (indoor clay) | |||||||||||||||
| France | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Italy | 4 | Zaragoza, Spain (clay) | |||||||||||||
| Italy | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Valencia, Spain (clay) | Spain | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Spain | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Austria | 0 | Charleroi, Belgium (indoor hard) | |||||||||||||
| Italy | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Ettenheim, Germany (clay) | Belgium | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Germany | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| United States | 3 | Ostend, Belgium (indoor hard) | |||||||||||||
| United States | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Liège, Belgium (indoor hard) | Belgium | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Belgium | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Russia | 2 | ||||||||||||||
First round losers compete in World Group Play-off ties with World Group II winners.
| QUARTERFINAL (Played on April 22 & 23) |
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| Losers compete in World Group I Play-off ties with World Group II winners. | ||
| France Nathalie Dechy Amélie Mauresmo Amélie Mauresmo Nathalie Dechy Emilie Loit / Virginie Razzano |
1 - 4 (77-65, 3-6, 3-6) (6-1, 6-1) (6-4, 46-77, 4-6) (4-6, 2-6) (1-6, 4-6) |
Italy Francesca Schiavone Flavia Pennetta Francesca Schiavone Flavia Pennetta Mara Santangelo / Roberta Vinci |
| Spain Lourdes Domínguez-Lino Anabel Medina Garrigues Anabel Medina Garrigues Maria Sánchez Lorenzo Virginia Ruano Pascual / Lourdes Domínguez-Lino |
5 - 0 (77-65, 3-6, 6-3) (6-3, 7-5) (6-0, 6-3) (6-4, 56-77, 7-5) (6-4, 6-2) |
Austria Sybille Bammer Yvonne Meusburger Sybille Bammer Tamira Paszek Sybille Bammer / Yvonne Meusburger |
| Germany Anna-Lena Groeneveld Julia Schruff Anna-Lena Groeneveld Martina Muller Anna-Lena Groeneveld / Jasmin Woehr |
2 - 3 (2-6, 6-3, 5-7) (6-4, 2-6, 5-7) (6-2, 7-5) (26-77, 2-6) (2-6, 6-4, 6-2) |
USA Jamea Jackson Jill Craybas Jill Craybas Jamea Jackson Vania King / Shenay Perry |
| Belgium Kim Clijsters Justine Henin Kim Clijsters Justine Henin Kim Clijsters / Justine Henin |
3 - 2 (4-6, 3-6) (26-77, 6-4, 6-3) (6-1, 6-4) (6-2, 6-0) (46-77, 5-7) |
Russia Elena Dementieva Nadia Petrova Maria Kirilenko Elena Dementieva Maria Kirilenko / Dinara Safina |
| SEMIFINAL (Played on July 15 & 16) |
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| Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues Lourdes Domínguez-Lino Anabel Medina Garrigues Lourdes Domínguez-Lino Virginia Ruano-Pascual / Maria Sánchez-Lorenzo |
1 - 3 (3-6, 0-6) (4-6, 5-7) (6-2, 6-2) (2-6, 4-6) (not played) |
Italy Flavia Pennetta Francesca Schiavone Francesca Schiavone Flavia Pennetta Romina Oprandi / Mara Santangelo |
| Belgium Kirsten Flipkens Kim Clijsters Kim Clijsters Kirsten Flipkens Leslie Butkiewicz / Caroline Maës |
4 - 1 (5-7, 6-2, 6-4) (4-6, 6-2, 6-1) (6-0, 6-1) (2-6, 3-1 retired) (1-6, 2-6) |
USA Jill Craybas Jamea Jackson Vania King Mashona Washington Jill Craybas / Vania King |
Belgium 2 |
Spiroudome, Charleroi, Belgium 16 September - 17 September 2006 hard (indoors) |
Italy 3 |
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Losers World Group I 2006 first round: Austria, France, Germany and Russia
Winners World Group II 2006 first round: China, Croatia, Czech Republic and Japan
| PLAY-OFFS (Played on July 15 & 16) |
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| Winners compete in World Group I 2007 Losers compete in World Group II 2007 |
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| Japan Akiko Morigami Ai Sugiyama Aiko Nakamura Akiko Morigami Shinobu Asagoe / Ai Sugiyama |
5 - 0 (77-63, 6-0) (7-5, 6-1) (6-2, 7-5) (6-2, 6-3) (6-3, 1-6, 6-1) |
Austria Barbara Schwarz Melanie Klaffner Barbara Schwarz Nikola Hofmanova Melanie Klaffner / Barbara Schwarz |
| France Tatiana Golovin Nathalie Dechy Nathalie Dechy Tatiana Golovin Severine Bremond / Tatiana Golovin |
3 - 2 (1-6, 6-3, 9-11) (5-7, 6-3, 9-7) (2-6, 3-6) (6-2, 6-1) (6-4, 77-62) |
Czech Republic Nicole Vaidisova Lucie Safarova Nicole Vaidisova Lucie Safarova Iveta Benesova / Květa Peschke |
| China Na Li Jie Zheng Na Li Tian-Tian Sun Zi Yan / Jie Zheng |
4 - 1 (6-3, 6-4) (6-4, 7-5) (7-5, 7-5) (6-4, 3-6, 3-6) (6-3, 6-4) |
Germany Kristina Barrois Kathrin Woerle Kathrin Woerle Tatiana Malek Kristina Barrois / Jasmin Woehr |
| Croatia Ivana Lisjak Sanja Ancic Karolina Sprem Sanja Ancic Ivana Lisjak / Matea Mezak |
2 - 3 (26-77, 36-77) (3-6, 5-7) (1-6, 3-6) (77-65, 6-2) (3-6, 77-63, 6-2) |
Russia Anna Chakvetadze Elena Dementieva Elena Dementieva Vera Dushevina Anna Chakvetadze / Elena Vesnina |
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