Fed Cup 1999

◄ Fed Cup 1999 ►
Period:	February 22 - September 19, 1999
Edition:	37
Participating nations:	95
Winner:	United States
Title:	16
Players:	Chanda Rubin Monica Seles Venus Williams Serena Williams Lindsay Davenport
Team leader:	Billie Jean King

The 1999 Fed Cup was the 37th edition of the women's national team's tennis tournament .

mode

• The winners of the first round of the world group play in the semi-finals for a place in the final.
• The winners of the first round of World Group II play in the World Group in 2000.
• The losers of World Group II and the qualified teams play in a round-robin tournament. These consist of two teams from the Europe / Africa zone and one team each from the Asia / Oceania zone and the America zone . The winner plays in the world group in 2000, the other teams in their respective zone group I.

World group

France	Italy	Croatia	Russia
Switzerland	Slovakia	Spain	United States

	1 round					Semifinals					final
	1	Spain	2
		Italy	3
							Italy	1
						4th	United States	4th
		Croatia	0
	4th	United States	5
											4th	United States	4th
												Russia	1
	3	France	2
		Russia	3
							Russia	3
							Slovakia	2
		Slovakia	5
	2	Switzerland	0

First round

Italy - Spain

3 2 Date: April 17-18, 1999 Venue: Palapentimele, Reggio Calabria , Italy Surface : Carpet (hall)
		Result
Rita Grande	Magüi Serna	2: 6, 4: 6
Silvia Farina	Virginia Ruano Pascual	5: 7, 6: 3, 6: 0
Silvia Farina	Magüi Serna	3: 6, 7: 6 4 , 6: 4
Rita Grande	Virginia Ruano Pascual	6: 4, 6: 1
Tathiana Garbin Adriana Serra Zanetti	Gala León García María Sánchez Lorenzo	5: 7, 0: 6

United States - Croatia

5 0 Date: April 17-18, 1999 Venue: Raleigh Racquet Club, Raleigh, North Carolina , United States Surface: Sand
		Result
Chanda Ruby	Iva Majoli	7: 6 5 , 4: 6, 10: 8
Monica Seles	Silvija Talaja	6: 3, 6: 1
Monica Seles	Iva Majoli	6: 0, 6: 3
Chanda Ruby	Silvija Talaja	6: 3, 6: 4
Chanda Rubin Monica Seles	Iva Majoli Silvija Talaja	6: 3, 6: 2

Russia - France

3 2 Date: April 17-18, 1999 Venue: Olimpijski , Moscow , Russia Surface: Carpet (hall)
		Result
Jelena Lichowzewa	Amélie Mauresmo	2: 6, 2: 6
Tatiana Panova	Nathalie Tauziat	6: 4, 6: 2
Jelena Lichowzewa	Nathalie Tauziat	6: 2, 6: 4
Tatiana Panova	Amélie Mauresmo	2: 6, 7: 5, 1: 6
Jelena Lichowzewa Tatiana Panowa	Amélie Mauresmo Nathalie Tauziat	6: 0, 7: 6 5

Switzerland - Slovakia

0 5 Date: April 17-18, 1999 Venue: Sall Sports Hall, Zurich , Switzerland Surface: Carpet (hall)
		Result
Emmanuelle Gagliardi	Karina Habšudová	6: 7 8 , 0: 6
Cecilia Charbonnier	Henrieta Nagyová	2: 6, 7: 5, 2: 6
Emmanuelle Gagliardi	Henrieta Nagyová	6: 3, 1: 6, 3: 6
Cecilia Charbonnier	Karina Habšudová	4: 6, 4: 6
Laura Bao Cecilia Charbonnier	Karina Habšudová Henrieta Nagyová	2: 6, 6: 7 7

Semifinals

Italy - United States

1 4 Date: July 24th to 25th, 1999 Venue: Ancona Tennis Association, Ancona , Italy Surface: Sand
		Result
Rita Grande	Venus Williams	2: 6, 3: 6
Silvia Farina	Monica Seles	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 4
Silvia Farina	Venus Williams	1: 6, 1: 6
Rita Grande	Serena Williams	1: 6, 1: 6
Tathiana Garbin Adriana Serra Zanetti	Serena Williams Venus Williams	2: 6, 2: 6

Russia - Slovakia

3 2 Date: July 24th to 25th, 1999 Venue: Olimpijski , Moscow , Russia Surface: sand (hall)
		Result
Jelena Lichowzewa	Ľudmila Cervanová	7: 5, 6: 7 5 , 6: 3
Tatiana Panova	Karina Habšudová	6: 7 5 , 1: 6
Jelena Lichowzewa	Karina Habšudová	3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2
Tatiana Panova	Ľudmila Cervanová	6: 4, 6: 4
Jelena Dementjewa Jelena Makarowa	Ľudmila Cervanová Daniela Hantuchová	5: 7, 6: 7 5

final

United States - Russia

4 1 Date: September 18-19, 1999 Venue: Pigeon Tennis Stadium, Stanford (California) , United States Surface: Hard court
		Result
Venus Williams	Jelena Lichowzewa	6: 3, 6: 4
Lindsay Davenport	Jelena Dementjewa	6: 4, 6: 0
Lindsay Davenport	Jelena Lichowzewa	6: 4, 6: 4
Venus Williams	Jelena Dementjewa	6: 1, 3: 6, 6: 7 5
Serena Williams Venus Williams	Jelena Dementjewa Jelena Makarowa	6: 2, 6: 1

World group II

Australia	Belgium	Germany	Japan
Netherlands	Austria	Czech Republic	Belarus

First round

Netherlands, Belgium

0 5 Date: April 17-18, 1999 Venue: Brabant Hall, 's-Hertogenbosch , Netherlands Surface: Carpet (hall)
		Result
Amanda Hopmans	Dominique Van Roost	1: 6, 7: 6 4 , 5: 7
Miriam Oremans	Justine Henin	7: 5, 5: 7, 3: 6
Miriam Oremans	Els Callens	1: 6, 6: 7 6
Amanda Hopmans	Justine Henin	4: 6, 3: 6
Amanda Hopman's Miriam Oremans	Sabine Appelman's Els Callens	6: 2, 3: 6, 4: 6

Belarus - Czech Republic

1 4 Date: April 17-18, 1999 Venue: National Center, Minsk , Belarus Surface: sand (hall)
		Result
Volha Barabanshchykava	Květa Hrdličková	1: 6, 4: 6
Natallja Sverava	Denisa Chládková	3: 6, 6: 7 3
Natallja Sverava	Květa Hrdličková	4: 6, 7: 6 8 , 4: 6
Volha Barabanshchykava	Denisa Chládková	3: 6, 4: 6
Nadejda Ostrovskaya Tazzjana Putschak	Dája Bedáňová Helena Vildová	7: 5, 6: 2

Austria - Australia

3 2 Date: April 17th to 18th, 1999 Venue: Sports Union, Klagenfurt , Austria Surface: Sand
		Result
Barbara Schett	Jelena Dokic	3: 6, 7: 5, 4: 6
Sylvia Plischke	Alicia Molik	7: 5, 1: 6, 5: 7
Barbara Schett	Alicia Molik	6: 1, 6: 1
Barbara Schwartz	Jelena Dokic	1: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4
Barbara Schett Barbara Schwartz	Alicia Molik Rennae Stubbs	6: 3, 6: 3

Germany - Japan

3 2 Date: April 24th to 25th, 1999 Venue: National Center, Hamburg , Germany Surface: Sand
		Result
Andrea Glass	Miho Saeki	6: 3, 6: 4
Elena Pampoulova	Shinobu Asagoe	6: 7 6 , 1: 6
Andrea Glass	Shinobu Asagoe	6: 4, 6: 3
Elena Pampoulova	Miho Saeki	7: 6 8 , 6: 3
Andrea Glass Jana Kandarr	Shinobu Asagoe Saori Obata	6: 3, 5: 7, 4: 6

Play-offs

1st round loser from World Group II	Australia	Netherlands	Belarus	Japan
*	Argentina	Romania	Slovenia	Taiwan

(*) These four teams qualified from zone group I. Two teams from the Europe / Africa zone , one team from the Asia / Oceania zone and one team from the America zone .

Date: July 21 to 24, 1999
Venue: University Sports Center, Amsterdam , Netherlands
Surface: Hard court

Results

Group A NED BLR JPN SLO SN 1  Netherlands 3-0 2: 1 1: 2 2: 1 2  Belarus 0: 3 2-0 3-0 2: 1 3  Japan 1: 2 0: 2 2: 1 1: 2 4th  Slovenia 2: 1 0: 3 1: 2 1: 2

Group B OUT ARG ROU TPE SN 1  Australia 3-0 2: 1 3-0 3-0 2  Argentina 0: 3 2: 1 3-0 2: 1 3  Romania 1: 2 1: 2 3-0 1: 2 4th  Taiwan 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3

winner	Result	loser
Australia	2-0	Netherlands

America zone

Group I.

• the team marked in bold qualified for the play-offs for the world group.
• the teams marked in italics relegated to Group II.

Date: April 13th to 18th, 1999
Venue: Buenos Aires TC, Buenos Aires , Argentina
Surface: Sand

Participating teams:

Argentina  Brazil  Chile  Ecuador  Canada

Colombia  Mexico  Paraguay  Puerto Rico  Venezuela

Results

Preliminary round

Group A ARG COL PAR MEX ECU SN 1  Argentina 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 4-0 2  Colombia 0: 3 3-0 3-0 3-0 3: 1 3  Paraguay 0: 3 0: 3 2: 1 2: 1 2: 2 4th  Mexico 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 2: 1 1: 3 5  Ecuador 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 1: 2 0: 4

Group B VEN CAN BRA CHI PURE SN 1  Venezuela 2: 1 3-0 2: 1 3-0 4-0 2  Canada 1: 2 2: 1 3-0 3-0 3: 1 3  Brazil 0: 3 1: 2 2: 1 3-0 2: 2 4th  Chile 1: 2 0: 3 1: 2 3-0 1: 3 5  Puerto Rico 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 0: 4

winner	Result	loser
Argentina	3-0	Venezuela

Group II

• the teams marked in bold were promoted to group I.

Date: April 23 to 27, 1999
Venue: Costa Rica Country Club, San José (Costa Rica) , Costa Rica
Surface: Hard court

Participating teams:

Antigua and Barbuda  Bahamas  Barbados  Bermuda  Bolivia  Costa Rica  Dominican Republic  Guatemala

Haiti  Jamaica  Cuba  El Salvador  Panama  Peru  Trinidad and Tobago  Uruguay

Results

Group A URU DOM CRC GUA SN 1  Uruguay 2: 1 3-0 3-0 3-0 2  Dominican Republic 1: 2 1: 2 2: 1 1: 2 3  Costa Rica 0: 3 2: 1 1: 2 1: 2 4th  Guatemala 0: 3 1: 2 2: 1 1: 2

Group B CUB BAH ESA HAI SN 1  Cuba 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 2  Bahamas 0: 3 3-0 2: 1 2: 1 3  El Salvador 0: 3 0: 3 3-0 1: 2 4th  Haiti 0: 3 1: 2 0: 3 0: 3

Group C BOL BAR TRI PAN SN 1  Bolivia 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 2  Barbados 0: 3 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3  Trinidad and Tobago 0: 3 1: 2 2: 1 1: 2 4th  Panama 0: 3 1: 2 1: 2 0: 3

Group D BY JAM BER ATG SN 1  Peru 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 2  Jamaica 0: 3 3-0 3-0 2: 1 3  Bermuda 0: 3 0: 3 2: 1 1: 2 4th  Antigua and Barbuda 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 0: 3

	Semi-finals February 26th					Final February 27th
		Uruguay	3
		Bahamas	0
							Uruguay	2
							Bolivia	1
		Jamaica	0
		Bolivia	3
		Cuba	3
		Barbados	0
							Cuba	2
							Peru	1
		Dominican Republic	0
		Peru	3

Asia / Oceania zone

Group I.

• the team marked in bold qualified for the play-offs for the world group.
• the teams marked in italics relegated to Group II.

Date: February 22nd to 27th, 1999
Venue: Thana City Gold Club, Samutpakarn , Thailand
Surface: Hard court

Participating teams:

People's Republic of China  Hong Kong  India  Indonesia  New Zealand

South Korea Pacific Oceania  Thailand  Taiwan  Uzbekistan

Results

Preliminary round

Group A TPE IND INA THA UZB SN 1  Taiwan 3-0 2: 1 3-0 3-0 4-0 2  India 0: 3 3-0 2: 1 2: 1 3: 1 3  Indonesia 1: 2 0: 3 2: 1 3-0 2: 2 4th  Thailand 0: 3 1: 2 1: 2 3-0 1: 3 5  Uzbekistan 0: 3 1: 2 0: 3 0: 3 0: 4

Group B COR NZL CHN HKG POC SN 1  South Korea 2: 1 2: 1 3-0 3-0 4-0 2  New Zealand 1: 2 2: 1 2: 1 3-0 3: 1 3  People's Republic of China 1: 2 1: 2 3-0 3-0 2: 2 4th  Hong Kong 0: 3 1: 2 0: 3 3-0 1: 3 5 Pacific Oceania 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 0: 4

winner	Result	loser
Taiwan	2: 1	South Korea

Group II

• the teams marked in bold were promoted to group I.

Date: February 22nd to 26th, 1999
Venue: Thana City Gold Club, Samutpakarn , Thailand
Surface: Hard court

Participating teams:

Fiji  Kazakhstan  Malaysia  Pakistan

Singapore  Syria  Tajikistan

Results

Preliminary round

Group A SIN KAZ MAS SN 1  Singapore 2: 1 2: 1 2-0 2  Kazakhstan 1: 2 3-0 1: 1 3  Malaysia 1: 2 0: 3 0: 2

Group B TJK PAH FIJ SYR SN 1  Tajikistan 2: 1 3-0 3-0 3-0 2  Pakistan 1: 2 3-0 3-0 2: 1 3  Fiji 0: 3 0: 3 2: 1 1: 2 4th  Syria 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 0: 3

winner	Result	loser
Singapore	2: 1	Pakistan
Kazakhstan	3-0	Tajikistan

Europe / Africa zone

Group I.

• the team marked in bold qualified for the play-offs for the world group.
• the teams marked in italics relegated to Group II.

Date: April 19-23 , 1999
Venue: La Manga Club, Murica , Spain
Surface: Sand

Participating teams:

Bulgaria  Denmark  Finland  Georgia  Greece  Luxembourg  Latvia  Poland

Portugal  Romania  Sweden  Slovenia  South Africa  Ukraine  United Kingdom  Yugoslavia

Results

Group A RSA UKR LAT THE SN 1  South Africa 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 2  Ukraine 0: 3 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3  Latvia 0: 3 1: 2 2: 1 1: 2 4th  Denmark 0: 3 1: 2 1: 2 0: 3

Group B ROU SWE GRE POR SN 1  Romania 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 2  Sweden 0: 3 3-0 3-0 2: 1 3  Greece 0: 3 0: 3 2: 1 1: 2 4th  Portugal 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 0: 3

Group C GBR BUL FIN YUG SN 1  United Kingdom 2: 1 3-0 3-0 3-0 2  Bulgaria 1: 2 3-0 3-0 2: 1 3  Finland 0: 3 0: 3 2: 1 1: 2 4th  Yugoslavia 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 0: 3

Group D SLO LUX POLE GEO SN 1  Slovenia 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3-0 2  Luxembourg 1: 2 3-0 2: 1 2: 1 3  Poland 1: 2 0: 3 3-0 1: 2 4th  Georgia 1: 2 1: 2 0: 3 0: 3

	Semi-finals April 22nd					Final April 23
		South Africa	2
		Sweden	0
							South Africa	1
							Slovenia	2
		Bulgaria	1
		Slovenia	2
		Romania	2
		Ukraine	0
							Romania	2
							United Kingdom	0
		Luxembourg	0
		United Kingdom	3

Group II

• the teams marked in bold were promoted to group I.

Date: April 26th to 30th, 1999
Venue: La Manga Club, Murica , Spain
Surface: Sand

Participating teams:

Egypt  Algeria  Armenia  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Botswana  Estonia  Ireland  Iceland  Israel  Kenya

Lithuania  Madagascar  Malta  North Macedonia  Moldova  Morocco  Tunisia  Turkey  Hungary  Cyprus

Results

Group A HUN BIH MAD EGY BOT SN 1  Hungary 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 4-0 2  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0: 3 3-0 3-0 3-0 3: 1 3  Madagascar 0: 3 0: 3 2: 1 2: 1 2: 2 4th  Egypt 0: 3 03: 1: 2 3-0 1: 3 5  Botswana 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 0: 3 0: 4

Group B ISR MDA TO DO POOR ISL SN 1  Israel 3-0 2-0 3-0 3-0 4-0 2  Moldova 0: 3 2: 1 3-0 3-0 3: 1 3  Tunisia 0: 2 1: 2 3-0 3-0 2: 2 4th  Armenia 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 3-0 1: 3 5  Iceland 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 0: 4

Group C MAR EST LIT CYP KEN SN 1  Morocco 2: 1 3-0 3-0 3-0 4-0 2  Estonia 1: 2 3-0 3-0 3-0 3: 1 3  Lithuania 0: 3 0: 3 3-0 3-0 2: 2 4th  Cyprus 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 3-0 1: 3 5  Kenya 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 0: 4

Group D DOOR IRL MLT ALG MKD SN 1  Tunisia 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 4-0 2  Ireland 1: 2 3-0 3-0 3-0 3: 1 3  Malta 1: 2 0: 3 3-0 3-0 2: 2 4th  Algeria 1: 2 0: 3 0: 3 3-0 1: 3 5  North Macedonia 1: 2 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 0: 4

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