Fed Cup 1996

◄ Fed Cup 1996 ►
Period:	February 22nd - September 29th, 1996
Edition:	34
Participating nations:	87
Winner:	United States
Title:	15th
Players:	Mary Joe Fernández Jennifer Capriati Gigi Fernández Lindsay Davenport Monica Seles Linda Wild
Team leader:	Billie Jean King

The 1996 Fed Cup was the 34th edition of the women's national team tennis tournament .

mode

• The winners of the first round of the world group played in the semi-finals for a place in the final.
• The losers of the first round of the world group played against a winner of the world group II of the first round. The winners played in 1997 in World Group and the losers in 1997 in World Group II.
• The losers of World Group II in the first round played against a qualified team. The qualified teams consisted of two teams from the Europe / Africa zone and one team each from the Asia / Oceania zone and the America zone . The winners played in 1997 in World Group II and the losers in the respective zone .

World group

Argentina	Germany	France	Japan
Austria	Spain	South Africa	United States

	1 round					Semifinals					final
	1	Spain	3
		South Africa	2
						1	Spain	3
						3	France	2
		Argentina	2
	3	France	3
											1	Spain	0
											2	United States	5
	4th	Germany	2
		Japan	3
							Japan	0
						2	United States	5
		Austria	2
	2	United States	3

First round

Spain - South Africa

3 2 Date: April 27-28, 1996 Venue: Murcia Tennis Club, Murcia , Spain Surface: Sand (red)
		Result
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Joannette Kruger	6: 3, 6: 1
Conchita Martínez	Amanda Coetzer	7: 5, 6: 3
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Amanda Coetzer	4: 6, 1: 6
Conchita Martínez	Mariaan de Swardt	6: 2, 6: 3
Virginia Ruano Pascual María Sánchez Lorenzo	Amanda Coetzer Mariaan de Swardt	4: 6, 6: 7 6

France - Argentina

3 2 Date: April 27-28, 1996 Venue: Amiens Coliseum, Amiens , France Surface: sand (red)
		Result
Nathalie Tauziat	Florencia Labat	3: 6, 4: 6
Julie Halard-Decugis	Paola Suarez	6: 4, 7: 6 7
Julie Halard-Decugis	Florencia Labat	6: 4, 6: 1
Nathalie Tauziat	Paola Suarez	6: 7 5 , 1: 6
Julie Halard-Decugis Nathalie Tauziat	Florencia Labat Patricia Tarabini	6: 2, 6: 4

Japan - Germany

3 2 Date: April 27-28, 1996 Venue: Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo , Japan
		Result
Kimiko Date	Anke Huber	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 1
Naoko Sawamatsu	Steffi Graf	1: 6, 3: 6
Kimiko Date	Steffi Graf	7: 6 7 , 3: 6, 12:10
Naoko Sawamatsu	Anke Huber	4: 6, 6: 4, 2: 6
Kyōko Nagatsuka Ai Sugiyama	Steffi Graf Anke Huber	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3

Austria - United States

2 3 Date: April 27 to 28, 1996 Venue: Hellbrunn Stadium, Salzburg , Austria Surface: Sand (red)
		Result
Judith Wiesner	Mary Joe Fernández	3: 6, 6: 7 5
Barbara Paulus	Jennifer Capriati	6: 2, 6: 4
Barbara Paulus	Mary Joe Fernández	3: 6, 6: 7 4
Judith Wiesner	Jennifer Capriati	6: 1, 6: 1
Petra Schwarz Judith Wiesner	Gigi Fernández Mary Joe Fernández	0: 6, 4: 6

Semifinals

France - Spain

2 3 Date: July 13-14 , 1996 Venue: Lauga Hall, Bayonne , France Surface: Carpet, hall
		Result
Julie Halard-Decugis	Conchita Martínez	6: 1, 4: 6, 2: 6
Mary Pierce	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6: 3, 6: 4
Mary Pierce	Conchita Martínez	5: 7, 1: 6
Julie Halard-Decugis	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	2: 6, 6: 4, 7: 5
Julie Halard-Decugis Nathalie Tauziat	Conchita Martínez Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4: 6, 2: 6 problem

Japan - United States

0 5 Date: July 13-14, 1996 Venue: Rainbow Hall, Nagoya , Japan Surface: Carpet, hall
		Result
Kimiko Date	Lindsay Davenport	2: 6, 1: 6
Ai Sugiyama	Monica Seles	2: 6, 2: 6
Kimiko Date	Monica Seles	0: 6, 2: 6
Ai Sugiyama	Lindsay Davenport	6: 7 8 , 5: 7
Kyōko Nagatsuka Ai Sugiyama	Lindsay Davenport Linda Wild	2: 6, 1: 6

final

United States - Spain

5 0 Date: September 28-29, 1996 Venue: Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City , United States Surface: Carpet, Hall
		Result
Monica Seles	Conchita Martínez	6: 2, 6: 4
Lindsay Davenport	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7: 5, 6: 1
Monica Seles	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 1
Lindsay Davenport	Gala León García	7: 5, 6: 2
Mary Joe Fernández Linda Wild	Gala León García Virginia Ruano Pascual	6: 1, 6: 4

Play-offs

1st round loser from the world group	Argentina	Germany	South Africa	Austria
Winner of the 1st round from World Group II	Belgium	Netherlands	Slovakia	Czech Republic

Austria Germany

1 4 Date: July 13-14 , 1996 Venue: Werzer Arena, Pörtschach , Austria Surface: sand (red)
		Result
Barbara Paulus	Anke Huber	4: 6, 3: 6
Judith Wiesner	Steffi Graf	1: 6, 6: 3, 2: 6
Barbara Schett	Steffi Graf	3: 6, 2: 6
Judith Wiesner	Anke Huber	3: 6, 6: 7 3
Barbara Schett Melanie Schnell	Sabine Hack Christina Singer	6: 3, 6: 4

Czech Republic - Argentina

3 1 Date: July 13-14, 1996 Venue: Lokomotive Hall, Plzeň , Czech Republic Surface: Carpet, hall
		Result
Helena Suková	Florencia Labat	7: 5, 6: 3
Jana Novotná	Mercedes Paz	6: 1, 6: 2
Ludmila Richterová	Florencia Labat	3: 6, task
Helena Suková	Mercedes Paz	6: 7 5 , 6: 1, 6: 2
Jana Novotná Helena Suková	Florencia Labat Mercedes Paz	was not played

South Africa - Belgium

1 4 Date: July 13-14, 1996 Venue: Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein , South Africa
		Result
Mariaan de Swardt	Sabine Appelmans	6: 0, 3: 6, 2: 6
Amanda Coetzer	Dominique Van Roost	2: 6, 3: 6
Amanda Coetzer	Sabine Appelmans	3: 6, 6: 3, 0: 6
Mariaan de Swardt	Dominique Van Roost	7: 5, 6: 3
Amanda Coetzer Mariaan de Swardt	Laurence Courtois Nancy Feber	2: 6, 6: 3, 0: 6

Slovakia - Netherlands

2 3 Date: July 13-14 , 1996 Venue: Slovan Kerametal Tennis Club, Bratislava , Slovakia Surface : sand (red)
		Result
Henrieta Nagyová	Miriam Oremans	1: 6, 4: 6
Karina Habšudová	Kristie Boogert	4: 6, 2: 6
Karina Habšudová	Miriam Oremans	6: 1, 6: 3
Henrieta Nagyová	Kristie Boogert	6: 4, 1: 6, 0: 6
Karina Habšudová Radka Zrubáková	Manon Bollegraf Caroline Vis	6: 4, 6: 3

World group II

Australia	Belgium	Bulgaria	Indonesia
Canada	Netherlands	Slovakia	Czech Republic

First round

Bulgaria - Slovakia

0 5 Date: April 27-28, 1996 Venue: Lokomotiv Stadium, Plovdiv , Bulgaria
		Result
Lubomira Bacheva	Karina Habšudová	0: 6, 1: 6
Svetlana Kriventschewa	Katarína Studeníková	5: 7, 4: 6
Svetlana Kriventschewa	Karina Habšudová	3: 6, 2: 6
Lubomira Bacheva	Katarína Studeníková	3: 6, 4: 6
Antoaneta Pandscherowa Pavlina Stoyanova	Henrieta Nagyová Radka Zrubáková	7: 5, 3: 6, 1: 6

Netherlands - Australia

4 1 Date: April 27-28, 1996 Venue: Kampen Lawn Tennis Club, Kampen , Netherlands Surface: sand (red)
		Result
Miriam Oremans	Rennae Stubbs	6: 4, 6: 3
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	Rachel McQuillan	7: 5, 6: 3
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	Rennae Stubbs	6: 4, 6: 2
Kristie Boogert	Rachel McQuillan	6: 1, 6: 3
Manon Bollegraf Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	Rachel McQuillan Rennae Stubbs	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 7 4

Indonesia - Belgium

2 3 Date: April 27-28 , 1996 Venue: Gelora Senayan Stadium, Jakarta , Indonesia
		Result
Yayuk Basuki	Dominique Van Roost	6: 3, 5: 7, 7: 5
Romana Tedjakusuma	Sabine Appelmans	1: 6, 0: 6
Yayuk Basuki	Sabine Appelmans	6: 4, 7: 6
Romana Tedjakusuma	Dominique Van Roost	2: 6, 0: 6
Liza Andriyani Wynne Prakusya	Laurence Courtois Nancy Feber	1: 6, 2: 6

Canada - Czech Republic

0 3 Date: April 27-28, 1996 Venue: Shaughnessy Golf & Country Club, Vancouver , Canada
		Result
Jana Nejedly	Jana Novotná	1: 6, 1: 6
Patricia Hy	Helena Suková	6: 3, 0: 6, 6: 8
Patricia Hy	Jana Novotná	7: 6 4 , 0: 6, 1: 6
Jana Nejedly	Helena Suková	1: 6, 5: 4 not finished
Maria Lindström Maria Strandlund	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	was not played

Play-offs

1st round loser from World Group II	Australia	Bulgaria	Indonesia	Canada
*	Chile	Croatia	Switzerland	South Korea

(*) The four teams qualified from Zone Group I : two teams from the Europe / Africa zone , one team from the Asia / Oceania zone and one from the America zone .

Canada - Australia

2 3 Date: July 13-14, 1996 Venue: Timberlane Country Arena, Aurora , Canada Surface: Sand
		Result
Rene Simpson	Nicole Bradtke	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3
Patricia Hy	Rachel McQuillan	6: 2, 7: 5
Patricia Hy	Nicole Bradtke	3: 6, 6: 3, 2: 6
Rene Simpson	Rachel McQuillan	3: 6, 3: 6
Jill Hetherington Rene Simpson	Nicole Bradtke Rachel McQuillan	6: 4, 3: 6, 0: 6

Indonesia - Switzerland

2 3 Date: July 13-14 , 1996 Venue: Gelora Senayan Stadium, Jakarta , Indonesia
		Result
Yayuk Basuki	Patty Schnyder	6: 3, 6: 3
Liza Andriyani	Martina Hingis	0: 6, 0: 6
Yayuk Basuki	Martina Hingis	5: 7, 6: 3, 6: 1
Liza Andriyani	Patty Schnyder	2: 6, 6: 2, 1: 6
Yayuk Basuki Romana Tedjakusuma	Martina Hingis Patty Schnyder	3: 6, 2: 6

Chile - Croatia

0 5 Date: July 13-14, 1996 Venue: Union Tennis Club, Viña del Mar , Chile Surface: Sand (red)
		Result
Bárbara Castro	Mirjana Lučić	1: 6, 6: 3, 3: 6
Paula Cabezas	Silvija Talaja	2: 6, 6: 0, 5: 7
Bárbara Castro	Silvija Talaja	3: 6, 6: 3, 2: 6
Paul Cabezas	Mirjana Lučić	3: 6, 2: 6
Paula Cabezas María-Alejandra Quezada	Mirjana Lučić Maja Murić	5: 7, 2: 6

Bulgaria - South Korea

1 4 Date: July 13-14, 1996 Venue: Lokomotiv Stadium, Plovdiv , Bulgaria Surface: sand (red)
		Result
Pavlina Stoyanova	Kim Eun-ha	3: 6, 6: 0, 6: 1
Antoaneta Pandscherowa	Park Sung-hee	4: 6, 0: 6
Pavlina Stoyanova	Park Sung-hee	3: 6, 5: 7
Antoaneta Pandscherowa	Kim Eun-ha	7: 6 5 , 1: 6, 3: 6
Teodora Nedewa Pavlina Stoyanova	Choi Ju-yean Choi Young-ja	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 7 3

America zone

Group I.

• The team marked in bold qualified for the play-offs for World Group II.
• The teams in italics were relegated to Group II.

Date: April 24th to 28th, 1996
Venue: Club Palestino, Santiago de Chile , Chile
Surface: Sand

Participating nations:

Brazil  Chile  Colombia  Mexico

Paraguay  Puerto Rico  Uruguay  Venezuela

Results

Group A CHI COL MEX PAR SN 1  Chile 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3-0 2  Colombia 1: 2 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3  Mexico 1: 2 1: 2 2: 1 1: 2 4th  Paraguay 1: 2 1: 2 1: 2 0: 3

Group B VEN BRA PURE URU SN 1  Venezuela 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 2  Brazil 0: 3 3-0 3-0 2: 1 3  Puerto Rico 0: 3 0: 3 2: 1 1: 2 4th  Uruguay 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 0: 3

	Semi-finals April 27th					Final April 28th
		Chile	2
		Brazil	1
							Chile	2
							Colombia	1
		Colombia	2
		Venezuela	1

Group II

• The teams shown in bold were promoted to Group I.

Date: 6th to 12th May 1996
Venue: Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic
Surface: Sand

Participating nations:

Bahamas  Barbados  Bermuda  Bolivia  Costa Rica  Dominican Republic  Ecuador

Cuba  El Salvador  Guatemala  Jamaica  Peru  Trinidad and Tobago

Results

Group A ECU BOL ESA GUA BAH BAR SN 1  Ecuador 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 5-0 2  Bolivia 0: 3 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 4: 1 3  El Salvador 0: 3 0: 3 3-0 3-0 3-0 3: 2 4th  Guatemala 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 2: 1 3-0 2: 3 5  Bahamas 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 2: 1 1: 4 6th  Barbados 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 0: 5

Group B BY CUB DOM CRC TRI JAM BER SN 1  Peru 1: 2 3-0 3-0 2: 1 3-0 3-0 5: 1 2  Cuba 2: 1 1: 2 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 5: 1 3  Dominican Republic 0: 3 2: 1 2: 1 3-0 2: 1 3-0 5: 1 4th  Costa Rica 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 3-0 2: 1 2: 1 3: 3 5  Trinidad and Tobago 1: 2 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 2: 1 3-0 2: 4 6th  Jamaica 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 1: 2 1: 2 3-0 1: 5 7th  Bermuda 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 0: 3 0: 3 0: 6

Asia / Oceania zone

Group I.

• The team shown in bold qualified for the play-offs for World Group II.
• The teams in italics were relegated to Group II.

Date: February 22nd to 24th, 1996
Venue: 700th Anniversary Chiang Mai Sports Complex, Chiang Mai , Thailand
Surface: Hard court

Participating nations:

People's Republic of China  Hong Kong  India  Kazakhstan

Malaysia  Philippines  South Korea  Thailand

Results

Group A COR IND HKG MAS SN 1  South Korea 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 2  India 0: 3 2: 1 3-0 2: 1 3  Hong Kong 0: 3 1: 2 3-0 1: 2 4th  Malaysia 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3

Group B CHN THA KAZ PHI SN 1  People's Republic of China 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 2  Thailand 0: 3 2-0 3-0 2: 1 3  Kazakhstan 0: 3 0: 2 2: 1 1: 2 4th  Philippines 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 0: 3

	Semi-finals February 23					Final February 24th
		South Korea	3
		Thailand	0
							South Korea	2
							People's Republic of China	1
		India	0
		People's Republic of China	3

Group II

• The teams marked in bold were promoted to Group I.

Date: February 22nd to 23rd, 1996
Venue: 700th Anniversary Chiang Mai Sports Complex, Chiang Mai , Thailand
Surface: Hard court

Participating nations:

Brunei  New Zealand Pacific Oceania  Singapore

Syria  Taiwan  Uzbekistan

Results

Group A NZL SIN SYR SN 1  New Zealand 3-0 3-0 2-0 2  Singapore 0: 3 3-0 1: 1 3  Syria 0: 3 0: 3 0: 2

Group B TPE UZB POC BRU SN 1  Taiwan 2: 1 2: 1 3-0 3-0 2  Uzbekistan 1: 2 3-0 3-0 2: 1 3 Pacific Oceania 1: 2 0: 3 3-0 1: 2 4th  Brunei 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3

winner	Result	loser
New Zealand	3-0	Uzbekistan
Taiwan	3-0	Singapore

Europe / Africa zone

Group I.

• The teams marked in bold qualified for the play-offs for World Group II.
• The teams in italics were relegated to Group II.

Date: April 22nd to 26th, 1996
Venue: La Manga Club, Murcia , Spain
Surface: Sand

Participating nations:

Georgia  Greece  Italy  Yugoslavia  Croatia  Latvia  Norway  Portugal

Romania  Russia  Sweden  Switzerland  Slovenia  Hungary  United Kingdom  Belarus

Results

Group A RUS BLR SLO GBR SN 1  Russia 1: 2 3-0 3-0 2: 1 2  Belarus 2: 1 0: 3 2: 1 2: 1 3  Slovenia 0: 3 3-0 1: 2 1: 2 4th  United Kingdom 0: 3 1: 2 2: 1 1: 2

Group B ITA SWE LAT NOR SN 1  Italy 3-0 2: 1 3-0 3-0 2  Sweden 0: 3 3-0 3-0 2: 1 3  Latvia 1: 2 0: 3 3-0 1: 2 4th  Norway 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3

Group C SUI CRO GEO YUG SN 1  Switzerland 2: 1 3-0 3-0 3-0 2  Croatia 1: 2 3-0 3-0 2: 1 3  Georgia 0: 3 0: 3 2: 1 1: 2 4th  Yugoslavia 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 0: 3

Group D ROU HUN GRE POR SN 1  Romania 2: 1 2: 1 3-0 3-0 2  Hungary 1: 2 2: 1 3-0 2: 1 3  Greece 1: 2 1: 2 2: 1 1: 2 4th  Portugal 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 0: 3

	Semi-finals April 25th					Final April 26th
		Russia	3
		Sweden	0
							Russia	1
							Switzerland	2
		Hungary	1
		Switzerland	2
		Italy	0
		Belarus	3
							Belarus	1
							Croatia	2
		Croatia	3
		Romania	0

Group II

• The teams shown in bold were promoted to Group I.

Date: March 25th to 30th, 1996
Venue: Ramat Hasharon , Israel
Surface: Hard court

Participating nations:

Ethiopia  Botswana  Denmark  Estonia  Finland  Ireland  Iceland  Israel  Liechtenstein  Lithuania

Luxembourg  Malta  North Macedonia  Poland  Zimbabwe  Tunisia  Turkey  Ukraine  Cyprus

Results

Group A POLE LTU BOT ETH SN 1  Poland 3-0 3-0 3-0 4-0 2  Lithuania 0: 3 3-0 3-0 2: 1 3  Botswana 0: 3 0: 3 2: 1 1: 2 4th  Ethiopia 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 0: 3

Group B FIN DOOR TO DO LIE CYP SN 1  Finland 3-0 2: 1 3-0 3-0 4-0 2  Turkey 0: 3 3-0 3-0 3-0 3: 1 3  Tunisia 1: 2 0: 3 3-0 3-0 2: 2 4th  Liechtenstein 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 2: 1 1: 3 5  Cyprus 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 0: 4

Group C ISR LUX EST ZIM MKD SN 1  Israel 2: 1 3-0 3-0 3-0 4-0 2  Luxembourg 1: 2 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3: 1 3  Estonia 0: 3 1: 2 3-0 2: 1 2: 2 4th  Zimbabwe 0: 3 1: 2 0: 3 3-0 1: 3 5  North Macedonia 0: 3 1: 2 1: 2 0: 3 0: 4

Group D UKR THE IRL MLT ISL SN 1  Ukraine 3-0 2: 1 3-0 3-0 4-0 2  Denmark 0: 3 2: 1 3-0 3-0 3: 1 3  Ireland 1: 2 1: 2 3-0 3-0 2: 2 4th  Malta 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 3-0 1: 3 5  Iceland 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 0: 4

winner	Result	loser
Poland	2: 1	Denmark
Finland	2: 1	Luxembourg
Israel	3-0	Lithuania
Ukraine	3-0	Turkey

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