Fed Cup 2006

◄ Fed Cup 2006 ►
Period:	April 22nd - September 17th, 2006
Edition:	44
Winner:	Italy
Title:	1
Players:	Francesca Schiavone Flavia Pennetta Mara Santangelo Roberta Vinci Romina Oprandi
Team Principal:	Corrado Barazzutti

The 2006 Fed Cup was the 44th edition of the women's national team tennis tournament .

mode

• The winners of the world group played in the semifinals for a place in the final
• The losers of the first round of the world group played against one of the winners of the world group II of the first round. The two winners play in 2007 in the world group and the losers play in 2007 in world group II
• The losers of World Group II in the first round played against one of the qualified teams. The latter consisted of two teams from the Europe / Africa zone and one team each from the Asia / Oceania zone and the America zone . The 2007 winners play in World Group II and the losers in their respective zones .

World group

Belgium	Germany	France	Italy
Austria	Russia	Spain	United States

	1 round					Semifinals					final
	1	Russia	2
		Belgium	3
							Belgium	4th
						4th	United States	1
		Germany	2
	4th	United States	3
												Belgium	2
												Italy	3
	3	Spain	5
		Austria	0
						3	Spain	1
							Italy	3
		Italy	4th
	2	France	1

final

Belgium - Italy

2 3 Date: September 16 to 17, 2006 Venue: Spiroudome , Charleroi , Belgium Surface: Hard court (hall)
		Result
Kirsten Flipkens	Francesca Schiavone	1: 6, 3: 6
Justine Henin-Hardenne	Flavia Pennetta	6: 4, 7: 5
Justine Henin-Hardenne	Francesca Schiavone	6: 4, 7: 5
Kirsten Flipkens	Mara Santangelo	7: 6 3 , 3: 6, 0: 6
Kirsten Flipkens Justine Henin-Hardenne	Francesca Schiavone Roberta Vinci	6: 3, 2: 6, 0: 2 task

Web links

• Fed Cup 2006