Fed Cup 2009

◄ Fed Cup 2009 ►
Period:	February 7th - November 8th, 2009
Edition:	47
Participating nations:	75
Winner:	Italy
Title:	2
Players:	Flavia Pennetta Francesca Schiavone Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
Team Principal:	Corrado Barazzutti

The 2009 Fed Cup was the 47th 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 2010 and the losers play in the world group II in 2010
• 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 winners play in 2010 in World Group II and the losers in the respective zone .

World group

Argentina	People's Republic of China	France	Italy
Russia	Spain	Czech Republic	United States

	1 round					Semifinals					final
	1	Russia	5
		China	0
						1	Russia	1
						4th	Italy	4th
		France	0
	4th	Italy	5
											4th	Italy	4th
											3	United States	0
	3	United States	3
		Argentina	2
						3	United States	3
							Czech Republic	2
		Czech Republic	4th
	2	Spain	1

First round

Russia - China

5 0 Date: February 7th to 8th, 2009 Venue: Olympic Stadium, Moscow , Russia Surface: Hard court (hall)
		Result
Svetlana Kuznetsova	Yan Zi	6: 2, 6: 4
Jelena Dementjewa	Zhang Shuai	6: 3, 6: 0
Anna Chakvetadze	Yan Zi	6: 1, 6: 2
Alissa Kleibanova	Sun Tiantian	6: 1, 6: 2
Jelena Dementjewa Svetlana Kuznetsova	Sun Tiantian Yan Zi	1: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4

France - Italy

0 5 Date: 7th to 8th February 2009 Venue: Palais des Sports, Orléans , France Surface: Hard court (hall)
		Result
Amélie Mauresmo	Flavia Pennetta	6: 2, 6: 7 7 , 4: 6
Alizé Cornet	Francesca Schiavone	1: 6, 6: 2, 6: 8
Alizé Cornet	Flavia Pennetta	2: 6, 2: 6
Amélie Mauresmo	Sara Errani	3: 6, 4: 6
Séverine Brémond Nathalie Dechy	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	4: 6, 4: 6

United States - Argentina

3 2 Date: February 7th to 8th, 2009 Venue: Surprise Tennis and Racquet Complex, Surprise , United States Surface: Hard court
		Result
Jill Craybas	Betina Jozami	6: 2, 6: 1
Melanie Oudin	Gisela Dulko	2: 6, 5: 7
Jill Craybas	Gisela Dulko	1: 6, 3: 6
Melanie Oudin	Betina Jozami	2: 6, 6: 1, 6: 2
Julie Ditty Liezel Huber	Gisela Dulko Betina Jozami	6: 2, 6: 3

Czech Republic - Spain

4 1 Date: February 7th to 8th, 2009 Venue: Brno Exhibition Center , Brno , Czech Republic Surface: Carpet (hall)
		Result
Petra Kvitová	Carla Suarez Navarro	6: 4, 6: 4
Iveta Benešová	Nuria Llagostera Vives	6: 1, 1: 6, 4: 6
Lucie Šafářová	Carla Suarez Navarro	6: 4, 6: 3
Petra Kvitová	Nuria Llagostera Vives	6: 3, 7: 5
Iveta Benešová Petra Kvitová	Lourdes Domínguez Lino María José Martínez Sánchez	6: 4, 6: 2

Semifinals

Italy - Russia

4 1 Date: April 25th to 26th, 2009 Venue: Nova Yardinia, Castellaneta , Italy Surface : sand (red)
		Result
Flavia Pennetta	Anna Chakvetadze	6: 4, 6: 0
Francesca Schiavone	Svetlana Kuznetsova	1: 6, 6: 2, 6: 3
Flavia Pennetta	Svetlana Kuznetsova	0: 6, 3: 6
Francesca Schiavone	Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova	7: 6, 4: 6, 6: 2
Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova Nadja Petrowa	1: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4

Czech Republic - United States

2 3 Date: April 25th to 26th, 2009 Venue: Starobrno Rondo Arena, Brno , Czech Republic Surface: Hard court (hall)
		Result
Petra Kvitová	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	6: 3, 7: 6 2
Iveta Benešová	Alexa Glatch	1: 6, 2: 6
Lucie Šafářová	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	6: 3, 6: 1
Petra Kvitová	Alexa Glatch	2: 6, 1: 6
Iveta Benešová Květa Peschke	Liezel Huber Bethanie Mattek-Sands	6: 2, 6: 7 2 , 1: 6

final

Italy - United States

4 1 Date: November 7th to 8th, 2009 Venue: Circolo del Tennis, Reggio Calabria , Italy Surface: sand (red)
		Result
Flavia Pennetta	Alexa Glatch	6: 3, 6: 1
Francesca Schiavone	Melanie Oudin	7: 6 2 , 6: 2
Flavia Pennetta	Melanie Oudin	7: 5, 6: 2
Francesca Schiavone	Alexa Glatch	was not played
Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	Liezel Huber Vania King	4: 6, 6: 3, 11: 9

Play-offs

1st round loser from the world group	Argentina	People's Republic of China	France	Spain
Winner of the 1st round from World Group II	Germany	Serbia	Slovakia	Ukraine

Spain - Serbia

0 4 Date: April 25th to 26th, 2009 Venue: Club de Tennis Lleida, Lleida , Spain Surface: sand (red)
		Result
María José Martínez Sánchez	Jelena Janković	3: 6, 4: 6
Anabel Medina Garrigues	Ana Ivanović	6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 1
Anabel Medina Garrigues	Jelena Janković	3: 6, 6: 3, 3: 6
María José Martínez Sánchez	Ana Ivanović	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 7 0
Lourdes Domínguez Lino Nuria Llagostera Vives	Ana Jovanović Aleksandra Krunic	was not played

France - Slovakia

3 2 Date: April 25th to 26th, 2009 Venue: Palais des Sports, Limoges , France Surface: sand (red, hall)
		Result
Alizé Cornet	Daniela Hantuchová	7: 6 2 , 3: 6, 4: 6
Amélie Mauresmo	Dominika Cibulková	4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 3
Alizé Cornet	Dominika Cibulková	2: 6, 7: 5, 4: 6
Amélie Mauresmo	Daniela Hantuchová	7: 5, 6: 4
Nathalie Dechy Amélie Mauresmo	Dominika Cibulková Daniela Hantuchová	4: 6, 6: 1, 6: 4

Germany - China

3 2 Date: April 25th to 26th, 2009 Venue: Frankfurter TC 1914 Palmengarten, Frankfurt , Germany Surface: sand (red)
		Result
Sabine Lisicki	Zheng Jie	6: 4, 2: 6, 6: 4
Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Peng Shuai	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2
Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Zheng Jie	5: 7, 4: 6
Tatiana Malek	Peng Shuai	2: 6, 6: 2, 5: 7
Anna-Lena Grönefeld Sabine Lisicki	Peng Shuai Zheng Jie	4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 2

Argentina - Ukraine

0 5 Date: April 25th to 26th, 2009 Venue: Club Nautico Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata , Argentina Surface: sand (red)
		Result
Jorgelina Cravero	Maria Korytseva	6: 4, 5: 7, 2: 6
María Irigoyen	Alyona Bondarenko	3: 6, 3: 6
Jorgelina Cravero	Alyona Bondarenko	1: 6, 2: 6
Aranza salute	Olha Savchuk	2: 6, 1: 6
María Irigoyen Paula Ormaechea	Maria Korytseva Olha Savchuk	2: 6, 0: 6

World group II

Belgium	Germany	Israel	Japan
Switzerland	Serbia	Slovakia	Ukraine

First round

Slovakia - Belgium

4 1 Date: February 7th to 8th, 2009 Venue: Sibamac Arena, Bratislava , Slovakia Surface: Hard court (hall)
		Result
Dominika Cibulková	Kirsten Flipkens	7: 6 4 , 6: 1
Daniela Hantuchová	Yanina Wickmayer	7: 6 2 , 6: 3
Dominika Cibulková	Yanina Wickmayer	6: 0, 6: 3
Lenka Wienerová	Kirsten Flipkens	3: 6, 6: 4, 0: 6
Magdaléna Rybáriková Lenka Wienerová	Tamaryn Hendler Sofie Oyen	6: 4, 6: 4

Switzerland - Germany

2 3 Date: February 7th to 8th, 2009 Venue: Saalsporthalle, Zurich , Switzerland Surface: Hard court (hall)
		Result
Patty Schnyder	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	7: 6 0 , 6: 3
Timea Bacsinszky	Sabine Lisicki	0: 6, 4: 6
Patty Schnyder	Sabine Lisicki	6: 7 4 , 7: 5, 6: 1
Timea Bacsinszky	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	3: 6, 1: 6
Patty Schnyder Stefanie Vögele	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Tatjana Malek	4: 6, 3: 6

Serbia - Japan

4 1 Date: February 7th to 8th, 2009 Venue: Belgrade Arena, Belgrade , Serbia Surface: Hard court (hall)
		Result
Ana Ivanović	Ai Sugiyama	6: 4, 6: 4
Jelena Janković	Ayumi Morita	6: 1, 6: 0
Jelena Janković	Ai Sugiyama	6: 3, 6: 2
Ana Ivanović	Ayumi Morita	6: 1, 6: 2
Jelena Janković Ana Jovanović	Rika Fujiwara Aiko Nakamura	6: 3, 5: 7, task

Ukraine - Israel

3 2 Date: February 7th to 8th, 2009 Venue: Palace of Sports, Kiev , Ukraine Surface: Hard court (hall)
		Result
Alyona Bondarenko	Tzipora Obziler	6: 4, 6: 4
Kateryna Bondarenko	Shahar Peer	3: 6, 7: 6 6 , 3: 6
Alyona Bondarenko	Shahar Peer	6: 4, 5: 7, 4: 6
Kateryna Bondarenko	Tzipora Obziler	6: 1, 4: 6, 6: 0
Aljona Bondarenko Kateryna Bondarenko	Tzipora Obziler Shahar Peer	6: 3, 6: 2

Play-offs

1st round loser from World Group II	Belgium	Israel	Japan	Switzerland
*	Australia	Canada	Estonia	Poland

Four teams from Zonal Group I qualified, two teams from the Europe / Africa zone, one team from the Asia / Oceania zone and one team from the America zone.

Belgium - Canada

3 2 Date: April 25th to 26th, 2009 Venue: Grenslandhallen, Hasselt , Belgium Surface: Sand (hall)
		Result
Tamaryn Hendler	Aleksandra Wozniak	6: 4, 5: 7, 2: 6
Yanina Wickmayer	Stéphanie Dubois	6: 1, 6: 3
Yanina Wickmayer	Aleksandra Wozniak	6: 2, 6: 4
Tamaryn Hendler	Stéphanie Dubois	5: 7, 5: 7
Kirsten Flipkens Yanina Wickmayer	Stéphanie Dubois Aleksandra Wozniak	6: 1, 6: 3

Estonia - Israel

3 2 Date: April 25th to 26th, 2009 Venue: Tondi Tennis Club, Tallinn , Estonia Surface: Hard court (hall)
		Result
Kaia Kanepi	Tzipi Obziler	6: 1, 6: 3
Maret Ani	Shahar Peer	1: 6, 0: 6
Kaia Kanepi	Shahar Peer	6: 3, 6: 4
Maret Ani	Tzipi Obziler	6: 4, 6: 7 5 , 3.6
Maret Ani Kaia Kanepi	Tzipi Obziler Shahar Peer	1: 6, 6: 4, 8: 6

Poland - Japan

3 2 Date: April 25th to 26th, 2009 Venue: Tenisowy Klub Sportowy Arka, Gdynia , Poland Surface : Sand
		Result
Urszula Radwańska	Ai Sugiyama	3: 6, 1: 6
Agnieszka Radwanska	Akiko Morigami	6: 2, 6: 1
Agnieszka Radwanska	Ai Sugiyama	7: 6 5 , 6.1
Urszula Radwanska	Ayumi Morita	2: 6, 4: 6
Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	Ayumi Morita Ai Sugiyama	1: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3

Australia - Switzerland

3 1 Date: April 25-26, 2009 Venue: Mildura Lawn Tennis Club, Mildura , Australia Surface: Lawn
		Result
Samantha Stosur	Amra Sadikovic	6: 1, 6: 2
Jelena Dokic	Stefanie Vögele	7: 6 1 , 6: 4
Samantha Stosur	Stefanie Vögele	7: 6 2 , 5: 7, 6: 3
Jessica Moore	Mateja Kraljevic	7: 5, 4: 6, 4: 6
Jelena Dokic Rennae Stubbs	Mateja Kraljevic Amra Sadikovic	not played out

America zone

Group I.

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

Date: February 4th to 7th, 2009
Venue: Uniprix Stadium, Montreal , Canada Surface
: Hard court (indoor)

Participating nations:

Bahamas  Brazil  Canada

Colombia  Paraguay  Puerto Rico

Results

Group A CAN PURE BAH SN 1  Canada 3-0 3-0 2-0 2  Puerto Rico 0: 3 2: 1 1: 1 3  Bahamas 0: 3 1: 2 0: 2

Group B PAR COL BRA SN 1  Colombia 3-0 2: 1 2-0 2  Paraguay 0: 3 2: 1 1: 1 3  Chile 1: 2 1: 2 0: 2

space	Team group A	Result	Team group B
Ascent	Canada	3-0	Paraguay
descent	Puerto Rico	0: 3	Brazil
descent	Bahamas	0: 3	Colombia

Group II

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

Date: April 21st to 25th, 2009
Venue: Parque del Este, Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic
Surface: Hard court

Participating nations:

Bolivia  Chile  Cuba  Dominican Republic  Guatemala

Mexico  Panama  Peru  Trinidad and Tobago

Results

Group A CHI MEX BY PAN SN 1  Chile 2: 1 1: 2 3-0 2: 1 2  Mexico 1: 2 2: 1 3-0 2: 1 3  Peru 2: 1 1: 2 3-0 2: 1 4th  Panama 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3

Group B CUB BOL GUA DOM TRI SN 1  Cuba 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 4-0 2  Bolivia 0: 3 1: 2 2: 1 3-0 2: 2 3  Guatemala 0: 3 2: 1 1: 2 3-0 2: 2 4th  Dominican Republic 0: 3 1: 2 2: 1 1: 2 1: 3 5  Trinidad and Tobago 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 2: 1 1: 3

Asia / Oceania zone

Group I.

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

Date: February 4th to 7th, 2009
Venue: State Tennis Center, Perth , Australia
Surface: Hard court

Participating nations:

Australia  India  Indonesia  New Zealand

South Korea  Taiwan  Thailand  Uzbekistan

Results

Group A NZL INA UZB IND SN 1  New Zealand 2: 1 2: 1 3-0 3-0 2  Indonesia 1: 2 2: 1 3-0 2: 1 3  Uzbekistan 1: 2 1: 2 3-0 1: 2 4th  India 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3

Group B AUT THA COR TPE SN 1  Australia 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 2  Thailand 0: 3 3-0 3-0 2: 1 3  South Korea 0: 3 0: 3 2: 1 1: 2 4th  Taiwan 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 0: 3

space	Team group A	Result	Team group B
Ascent	New Zealand	0: 3	Australia
3-4	Indonesia	0: 3	Thailand
5-6	Uzbekistan	2: 1	South Korea
descent	India	0: 3	Taiwan

Group II

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

Date: February 4-6, 2009
Venue: State Tennis Center, Perth , Australia
Surface: Hard court

Participating nations:

Hong Kong  Kazakhstan

Singapore  Iran

Results

	group	KAZ	HKG	SIN	IRI	SN
1	Kazakhstan		3-0	3-0	3-0	3-0
2	Hong Kong	0: 3		3-0	3-0	2: 1
3	Singapore	0: 3	0: 3		3-0	1: 2
4th	Iran	0: 3	0: 3	0: 3		0: 3

Europe / Africa zone

Group I.

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

Date: February 4th to 7th, 2009
Venue: Coral Tennis Club, Tallinn , Estonia
Surface: Hard court (hall)

Participating nations:

Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bulgaria  Denmark  Estonia  Croatia  Luxembourg  Netherlands  Austria

Poland  Romania  Sweden  Slovenia  Hungary  United Kingdom  Belarus

Results

Group A GBR HUN NED LUX SN 1  United Kingdom 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 2  Hungary 0: 3 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3  Netherlands 0: 3 1: 2 3-0 1: 2 4th  Luxembourg 0: 3 1: 2 0: 3 0: 3

Group B POLE SWE ROME BIH SN 1  Poland 3-0 2: 1 2: 1 3-0 2  Sweden 0: 3 3-0 3-0 2: 1 3  Romania 1: 2 0: 3 3-0 1: 2 4th  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1: 2 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3

Group C BLR THE SLO AUT SN 1  Belarus 2: 1 3-0 3-0 3-0 2  Denmark 1: 2 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3  Slovenia 0: 3 1: 2 2: 1 1: 2 4th  Austria 0: 3 1: 2 1: 2 0: 3

Group D EST CRO BUL SN 1  Estonia 2: 1 3-0 2-0 2  Croatia 1: 2 2: 1 1: 1 3  Bulgaria 0: 3 1: 2 0: 2

space Team group A Result Team group B / C Ascent  United Kingdom 1: 2  Poland 5-8  Hungary 1: 2  Sweden 9  Netherlands - - 9 - -  Slovenia descent  Luxembourg 1: 2  Austria

space Team group B / C Result Team group D Ascent  Belarus 0: 2  Estonia 5-8  Denmark 0: 3  Croatia 9  Romania - - descent  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2: 1  Bulgaria

Group II

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

Date: 21st to 25th April 2009
Venue: Attaleya Shine Tennis Club, Antalya , Turkey Surface
: Hard court

Participating nations:

Georgia  Latvia  Morocco

Portugal  South Africa  Turkey

Results

Group A LAT POR MAR SN 1  Latvia 2: 1 3-0 2-0 2  Portugal 1: 2 3-0 1: 1 3  Morocco 0: 3 0: 3 0: 2

Group B RSA GEO DOOR SN 1  South Africa 2: 1 2: 1 2-0 2  Georgia 1: 2 3-0 1: 1 3  Turkey 1: 2 0: 3 0: 2

space	Team group A	Result	Team group B
Ascent	Latvia	3-0	Georgia
Ascent	Portugal	2: 1	South Africa

Group III

• The teams marked in bold were promoted to Group II

Date: April 21-25, 2009
Venue: Marsa Sports Club, Marsa , Malta
Surface: Hard court

Participating nations:

Algeria  Egypt  Armenia  Finland  Greece  Ireland

Iceland  Liechtenstein  Malta  Moldova  Norway

Results

Group A GRE FIN IRISHMAN MLT ALG SN 1  Greece 3-0 3-0 2: 1 3-0 4-0 2  Finland 0: 3 2: 1 3-0 3-0 3: 1 3  Ireland 0: 3 1: 2 2: 1 3-0 2: 2 4th  Malta 1: 2 0: 3 1: 2 2: 1 1: 3 5  Algeria 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 0: 4

Group B POOR NOR LIE EGY MDA ISL SN 1  Armenia 3-0 2: 1 3-0 3-0 3-0 5-0 2  Norway 0: 3 2: 1 3-0 3-0 3-0 4: 1 3  Liechtenstein 1: 2 1: 2 3-0 3-0 3-0 3: 2 4th  Egypt 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 2: 1 3-0 2: 3 5  Moldova 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 3-0 1: 4 6th  Iceland 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 0: 5

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