Fed Cup 2008
◄ Fed Cup 2008 ► | |
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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
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Result | ||||
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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 |