Fed Cup 2008

◄ Fed Cup 2008 ►
Period:	February 2 - September 14, 2008
Edition:	46
Winner:	Russia
Title:	4th
Players:	Vera Swonarjowa Svetlana Kuznetsova Jekaterina Makarova Jelena Wesnina Anna Tschakwetadze Dinara Safina Marija Sharapova
Team Principal:	Shamil Tarpishchev

The 2008 Fed Cup was the 46th 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 the world group in 2009 and the losers play in the world group II in 2009
• 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 . In 2009 the winners play in World Group II and the losers in their respective zones .

World group

Germany	Italy	France	Israel
Russia	Spain	United States	People's Republic of China

1 round

Semifinals

final

1

Russia

4th

Israel

1

1

Russia

3

4th

United States

2

Germany

1

4th

United States

4th

1

Russia

4th

Spain

0

3

France

2

China

3

China

1

Spain

4th

Spain

3

2

Italy

2

final

Spain - Russia

0 4 Date: September 13-14, 2008 Venue: Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, Madrid , Spain Surface: Sand
		Result
Anabel Medina Garrigues	Vera Swonaryova	3: 6, 4: 6
Carla Suarez Navarro	Svetlana Kuznetsova	3: 6, 1: 6
Anabel Medina Garrigues	Svetlana Kuznetsova	7: 5, 3: 6, 4: 6
Carla Suarez Navarro	Vera Swonaryova	was not played
Nuria Llagostera Vives Carla Suárez Navarro	Ekaterina Makarova Jelena Wesnina	2: 6, 1: 6

Web links

• Fed Cup 2008