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The 2005 Davis Cup was the 94th edition of the most important tournament between nations in men's tennis. A total of 130 teams participated in the tournament. The final took place 2–4 December at the Sibamac Arena in Bratislava, Slovakia, with Croatia defeating Slovakia for their first title.[1][2][3]

2005 Davis Cup
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Duration4 March – 4 December 2005
Edition94th
Teams130
Champion
Winning nation Croatia
← 2004
2006 →

World Group

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Main article: 2005 Davis Cup World Group
Participating Teams
 
Argentina 		 
Australia 		 
Austria 		 
Belarus
 
Czech Republic 		 
Chile 		 
Croatia 		 
France
 
Netherlands 		 
Romania 		 
Russia 		 
Slovakia
 
Spain 		 
Sweden 		 
Switzerland 		 
United States

Draw

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First round
4-6 March		Quarterfinals
15-17 July		Semifinals
23-25 September		Final
2-4 December
Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)
1  Spain1
Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)
  Slovakia4
  Slovakia4
Fribourg, Switzerland (indoor hard)
  Netherlands1
7   Switzerland2
Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)
  Netherlands3
  Slovakia4
Sydney, Australia (grass)
6  Argentina1
4  Australia5
Sydney, Australia (grass)
  Austria0
4  Australia1
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
6  Argentina4
6  Argentina5
Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)
  Czech Republic0
  Slovakia2
Moscow, Russia (indoor carpet)
  Croatia3
  Chile1
Moscow, Russia (indoor clay)
5  Russia4
5  Russia3
Strasbourg, France (indoor clay)
3  France2
  Sweden1
Split, Croatia (indoor carpet)
3  France4
5  Russia2
Braşov, Romania (indoor clay)
  Croatia3
  Romania3
Split, Croatia (indoor carpet)
8  Belarus2
  Romania1
Los Angeles, United States (hard)
  Croatia4
  Croatia3
2  United States2

First round losers compete in play-off ties with Zonal Group I Qualifiers.

Final

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Slovakia
2 		Sibamac Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia[4]
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 		     

World Group play-offs

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Main article: 2005 Davis Cup World Group play-offs

Date: 23–25 September

Home team Score Visiting team Location Venue Door Surface
  Austria 4–1   Ecuador Pörtschach Werzer Arena Outdoor Hard
  Canada 2–3   Belarus Toronto Rexall Centre Outdoor Hard
  Chile 5–0   Pakistan Santiago Estadio Nacional Outdoor Clay
  Czech Republic 2–3   Germany Liberec Tipsport Arena (Liberec) Indoor Clay
  Italy 2–3   Spain Torre del Greco Sporting Club Oplonti Outdoor Clay
  India 1–3   Sweden New Delhi R.K. Khanna Tennis Complex Outdoor Grass
   Switzerland 5–0   Great Britain Geneva Palexpo Indoor Clay
  Belgium 1–4   United States Leuven Sportplaza Leuven Indoor Clay

Americas Zone

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Group I

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Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
1  Canada
byeValencia, Venezuela (clay)
bye1  Canada4
  PeruCaracas, Venezuela (hard)  Venezuela0
  Venezuela4
Lima, Peru (clay)  Peru1
  Peru5
2  Paraguay0Guanajuato, Mexico (indoor hard)
  Mexico2
Puebla, Mexico (indoor hard)  Ecuador3Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)
  Mexico5  Ecuador5
2  Paraguay02  Paraguay0
bye
2  Paraguay
  • Paraguay relegated to Group II in 2006.
  • Canada and Ecuador advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

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Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Bogotá, Colombia (clay)
  Colombia0
Bogotá, Colombia (clay)S  Brazil5Santa Catarina, Brazil (indoor clay)
  Colombia5S  Brazil5
S  Bahamas0Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles (hard)  Netherlands Antilles0
S  Bahamas2
  Netherlands Antilles3Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)
S  Brazil3
Havana, Cuba (hard)S  Uruguay2
  Cuba2
Kingston, Jamaica (hard)S  Uruguay3Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)
  Cuba1S  Uruguay4
  Jamaica3Kingston, Jamaica (hard)S  Dominican Republic1
  Jamaica2
S  Dominican Republic3
  • Bahamas and Cuba relegated to Group III in 2006.
  • Brazil promoted to Group I in 2006.

Group III

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Venue: Club de Tenis La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia (clay)
Date: Week of 28 February

Group A BOL HAI HON LCA
1   Bolivia (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2   Haiti (2–1) 0–3 3–0 2–1
3   Honduras (1–2) 0–3 0–3 3–0
4   Saint Lucia (0–3) 0–3 1–2 0–3
Group B GUA PUR ESA PAN
1   Guatemala (3–0) 2–1 2–1 3–0
2   Puerto Rico (2–1) 1–2 2–1 2–1
3   El Salvador (1–2) 1–2 1–2 3–0
4   Panama (0–3) 0–3 1–2 0–3

(scores in italics carried over from Groups)

1st–4th Play-off GUA BOL PUR HAI
1   Guatemala (3–0) 3–0 2–1 3–0
2   Bolivia (2–1) 0–3 3–0 3–0
3   Puerto Rico (1–2) 1–2 0–3 2–0
4   Haiti (0–3) 1–2 0–3 0–2
5th–8th Play-off HON ESA PAN LCA
1   Honduras (3–0) 2–0 2–1 3–0
2   El Salvador (2–1) 0–2 3–0 3–0
3   Panama (1–2) 1–2 0–3 2–0
4   Saint Lucia (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–2
  • Guatemala and Bolivia promoted to Group II in 2006.
  • Panama and St. Lucia relegated to Group IV in 2006.

Group IV

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Played July 13–17 in San Jose, Costa Rica, on outdoor hard courts.

Team Pld W L MF MA Pts
  Trinidad and Tobago 4 3 1 10 2 3
  Costa Rica 4 3 1 8 4 3
  Barbados 4 3 1 8 4 3
  Bermuda 4 1 3 3 8 1
  U.S. Virgin Islands 4 0 4 1 11 0

Results of Individual Ties

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Date Winning Team Score
July 13   Trinidad and Tobago 3–0   Barbados
July 13   Costa Rica 2–1   Bermuda
July 14   Barbados 2–1   Costa Rica
July 14   Bermuda 2–1   U.S. Virgin Islands
July 15   Trinidad and Tobago 3–0   U.S. Virgin Islands
July 15   Barbados 3–0   Bermuda
July 16   Costa Rica 2–1   Trinidad and Tobago
July 16   Barbados 3–0   U.S. Virgin Islands
July 17   Trinidad and Tobago 3–0   Bermuda
July 17   Costa Rica 3–0   U.S. Virgin Islands

Trinidad & Tobago and Costa Rica promoted to Group III for 2006.

Asia/Oceania Zone

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Group I

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Second-round play-offsFirst-round play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
Lahore, Pakistan (grass)
S  Thailand2
Osaka, Japan (indoor carpet)  Pakistan3Lahore, Pakistan (grass)
S  Thailand1  Pakistan4
  Japan4Taoyuan, Taiwan (hard)S  Chinese Taipei1
S  Chinese Taipei3
Bangkok, Thailand (hard)  Japan2
S  Thailand4
  Indonesia1Jakarta, Indonesia (hard)
  Indonesia2
Tianjin, China (hard)S  Uzbekistan3Jaipur, India (grass)
  Indonesia1S  Uzbekistan0
S  China4New Delhi, India (grass)  India5
  India5
S  China0
  • Indonesia relegated to Group II in 2006.
  • Pakistan and India advance to World Group play-off.

Group II

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Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Auckland, New Zealand (indoor hard)
1  New Zealand4
Tehran, Iran (clay)  Kazakhstan1Auckland, New Zealand (indoor hard)
  Kazakhstan31  New Zealand3
4  Iran2Tehran, Iran (clay)  Kuwait2
4  Iran1
  Kuwait4Auckland, New Zealand (indoor hard)
1  New Zealand2
Lautoka, Fiji (hard)2  South Korea3
  Pacific Oceania3
Beirut, Lebanon (clay)3  Lebanon2Seoul, South Korea (hard)
3  Lebanon3  Pacific Oceania0
  Philippines2Manila, Philippines (indoor clay)2  South Korea5
  Philippines2
2  South Korea3
  • Iran and the Philippines relegated to Group III in 2006.
  • South Korea promoted to Group I in 2006.

Group III

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Further information: 2005 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III

Venue: Victoria Park Tennis Centre, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard)
Date: 13–17 July

Group A HKG MAS KSA TJK
1   Hong Kong (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2   Malaysia (2–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0
3   Saudi Arabia (1–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1
4   Tajikistan (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2
Group B VIE SRI BRN QAT
1   Vietnam (3–0) 2–1 2–1 3–0
2   Sri Lanka (2–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0
3   Bahrain (1–2) 1–2 0–3 2–1
4   Qatar (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2

(scores in italics carried over from Groups)

1st–4th Play-off HKG MAS VIE SRI
1   Hong Kong (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2   Malaysia (2–1) 0–3 3–0 3–0
3   Vietnam (1–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1
4   Sri Lanka (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2
5th–8th Play-off BRN KSA QAT TJK
1   Bahrain (2–1) 2–1 2–1 1–2
2   Saudi Arabia (2–1) 1–2 2–1 2–1
3   Qatar (1–2) 1–2 1–2 2–1
4   Tajikistan (1–2) 2–1 1–2 1–2
  • Hong Kong and Malaysia promoted to Group II in 2006.
  • Qatar and Tajikistan relegated to Group IV in 2006.

Group IV

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Further information: 2005 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV

Venue: Thein Byu Tennis Club, Yangon, Myanmar (hard)
Date: 27 April–01 May

Pool A BAN UAE SYR KGZ TKM
1   Bangladesh (4–0) 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–1
2   United Arab Emirates (3–1) 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0
3   Syria (2–2) 1–2 1–2 3–0 3–0
4   Kyrgyzstan (1–3) 0–3 1–2 0–3 3–0
5   Turkmenistan (0–4) 1–2 0–3 0–3 0–3
Pool B SIN OMA MYA JOR IRQ
1   Singapore (4–0) 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–0
2   Oman (3–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–0
3   Myanmar (2–2) 0–3 0–3 3–0 3–0
4   Jordan (1–3) 1–2 0–3 0–3 3–0
5   Iraq (0–4) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3
  • Bangladesh and Singapore promoted to Group III in 2006.

Europe/Africa Zone

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Group I

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Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst roundSecond round
S  Great Britain
Ramat Hasharon, Israel (hard)
bye
  IsraelS  Great Britain3
bye  Israel2
  Israel
Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)
bye
  Israel4
  Zimbabwe1
S  Belgium
Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro (clay)
bye
byeS  Belgium3
Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro (indoor clay)
  Zimbabwe  Serbia and Montenegro2
  Serbia and Montenegro5
  Zimbabwe0
Luxembourg City, Lux. (indoor hard)
  Italy5
Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard)Rome, Italy (clay)
  Luxembourg0
  Luxembourg3  Italy4
S  Morocco2S  Morocco1
bye
Khemisset, Morocco (clay)
S  Morocco
S  Morocco4
  South Africa1
bye
Doornfontein, South Africa (indoor hard)
  South Africa
  South Africa  South Africa2
byeS  Germany3
bye
S  Germany
  • Zimbabwe and South Africa relegated to Group II in 2006.
  • Great Britain, Belgium, Italy, and Germany advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

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Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Accra, Ghana (hard)
  Ghana0
Accra, Ghana (hard)Helsinki, Finland (clay)
S  Finland5
  Ghana2S  Finland2
Sofia, Bulgaria (indoor carpet)
  Georgia3S  Bulgaria3
S  Bulgaria4
Donetsk, Ukraine (hard)
  Georgia1
S  Bulgaria1
Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary (ind. hard)
S  Ukraine4
S  Hungary4
Oslo, Norway (clay)Donetsk, Ukraine (hard)
  Monaco1
  Monaco1S  Hungary2
Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet)
  Norway4S  Ukraine3
S  Ukraine4
  Norway1
Tallinn, Estonia (indoor carpet)
  Estonia1
Gdynia, Poland (clay)Lisbon, Portugal (clay)
S  Portugal4
  Estonia0S  Portugal3
Algiers, Algeria (clay)
S  Poland5  Algeria2
  Algeria3
Estoril, Portugal (clay)
S  Poland2
S  Portugal4
Kranj, Slovenia (indoor hard)
S  Slovenia1
  Ivory Coast0
Athens, Greece (clay)Kranj, Slovenia (clay)
S  Slovenia5
  Ivory Coast0S  Slovenia5
Jūrmala, Latvia (indoor carpet)
S  Greece5  Latvia0
  Latvia4
S  Greece1
  • Georgia, Monaco, Estonia, and Côte d'Ivoire relegated to Group III in 2006.
  • Ukraine and Portugal promoted to Group I in 2006.

Group III

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Venue 1

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Venue: Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt (clay)
Date: 27 April – 1 May

Pool A MKD DEN NAM KEN
1   Macedonia (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2   Denmark (2–1) 0–3 3–0 3–0
3   Namibia (1–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1
4   Kenya (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2
Pool B EGY BIH LTU MAD
1   Egypt (3–0) 3–0 2–1 3–0
2   Bosnia and Herzegovina (2–1) 0–3 2–1 2–1
3   Lithuania (1–2) 1–2 1–2 3–0
4   Madagascar (0–2) 0–3 1–2 0–3

(scores in italics carried over)

1st–4th Play-off MKD EGY DEN BIH
1   Macedonia (3–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0
2   Egypt (2–1) 1–2 2–0 3–0
3   Denmark (1–2) 0–3 0–2 2–1
4   Bosnia and Herzegovina (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2
5th–8th Play-off LTU NAM MAD KEN
1   Lithuania (3–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0
2   Namibia (2–1) 1–2 2–1 2–1
3   Madagascar (1–2) 0–3 1–2 3–0
4   Kenya (0–3) 0–3 1–2 0–3
  • FYR Macedonia and Egypt promoted to Group II in 2006.
  • Madagascar and Kenya relegated to Group IV in 2006.

Venue 2

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Venue: Fitzwilliam Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland (grass)
Date: 13–17 July

Pool A IRL ARM NGR ISL
1   Ireland (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2   Armenia (2–1) 0–3 2–1 2–1
3   Nigeria (1–2) 0–3 1–2 3–0
4   Iceland (0–3) 0–3 1–2 0–3
Pool B CYP TUN TUR SMR
1   Cyprus (3–0) 3–0 2–1 3–0
2   Tunisia (2–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0
3   Turkey (1–2) 1–2 1–2 3–0
4   San Marino (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3

(scores in italics carried over)

1st–4th Play-off CYP IRL ARM TUN
1   Cyprus (3–0) 2–1 2–1 2–1
2   Ireland (2–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0
3   Armenia (1–2) 1–2 0–3 2–1
4   Tunisia (0–3) 1–2 0–3 1–2
5th–8th Play-off NGR TUR ISL SMR
1   Nigeria (3–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0
2   Turkey (2–1) 1–2 2–1 3–0
3   Iceland (1–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1
4   San Marino (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2
  • Cyprus and Ireland promoted to Group II in 2006.
  • Iceland and San Marino relegated to Group IV in 2006.

Group IV

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Venue: Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda (clay)
Date: Week of 28 February

Pool A MDA BOT BEN MLT DJI
1   Moldova (4–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0
2   Botswana (3–1) 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0
3   Benin (2–2) 0–3 1–2 3–0 3–0
4   Malta (1–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3 3–0
5   Djibouti (0–4) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3
Pool B AND RWA AZE SEN UGA MRI
1   Andorra (5–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
2   Rwanda (3–2) 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0
3   Azerbaijan (3–2) 0–3 2–1 1–2 2–1 3–0
4   Senegal (3–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1
5   Uganda (1–4) 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1
6   Mauritius (0–5) 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2
  • Moldova, Andorra, Botswana and Rwanda promoted to Group III in 2006.

References

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  1. ^ "Davis Cup scorecards – 2005". www.daviscup.com. ITF.
  2. ^ "Anchor Ancic seals unforgettable first Davis Cup win for Croatia". The Guardian. 5 December 2005.
  3. ^ "Croatia win first Davis Cup title". news.bbc.co.uk. BBC. 4 December 2005.
  4. ^ "Slovakia v Croatia". daviscup.com.
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