Fed Cup 2010

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Period:	February 6 - November 7, 2010
Edition:	48
Participating nations:	80
Winner:	Italy
Title:	3
Players:	Francesca Schiavone Flavia Pennetta Roberta Vinci Sara Errani
Team Principal:	Corrado Barazzutti

The 2010 Fed Cup was the 48th edition of the women's national team tennis tournament . The first round took place from February 6th to 7th, the final from November 6th to 7th. Italy defended their title from last year with a 3-1 win over the USA.

World group

Germany	France	Italy	Russia
Serbia	Czech Republic	Ukraine	United States

	1 round					Semifinals					final
	1	Italy	4th
		Ukraine	1
						1	Italy	5
						4th	Czech Republic	0
	4th	Czech Republic	3
		Germany	2
											1	Italy	3
											2	United States	1
		Serbia	2
	3	Russia	3
						3	Russia	2
						2	United States	3
		France	1
	2	United States	4th

First round

Ukraine - Italy

1 4 Date: February 6th to 7th, 2010 Venue: Palace of Sports "Lokomotiv" - Kharkiv , Ukraine
		Result
Alyona Bondarenko	Francesca Schiavone	6: 1, 6: 4
Kateryna Bondarenko	Flavia Pennetta	5: 7, 3: 6
Alyona Bondarenko	Flavia Pennetta	5: 7, 6: 7
Kateryna Bondarenko	Francesca Schiavone	6: 2, 1: 6, 1: 6
Maria Korytseva Viktoria Kutuzova	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	1: 6, 3: 6

Czech Republic - Germany

3 2 Date: February 6th to 7th, 2010 Venue: Brno Exhibition Center , Brno , Czech Republic
		Result
Lucie Šafářová	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	2: 6, 2: 6
Petra Kvitová	Andrea Petković	6: 4, 6: 4
Lucie Hradecká	Andrea Petković	6: 1, 7: 6 5
Petra Kvitová	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	6: 4, 3: 6, 2: 6
Lucie Hradecká Květa Peschke	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Tatjana Malek	6: 1, 6: 3

Serbia - Russia

2 3 Date: February 6th to 7th, 2010 Venue: Belgrade Arena , Belgrade , Serbia
		Result
Ana Ivanović	Svetlana Kuznetsova	1: 6, 4: 6
Jelena Janković	Alissa Kleibanova	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 0
Jelena Janković	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 3
Ana Ivanović	Alissa Kleibanova	2: 6, 3: 6
Ana Ivanović Jelena Janković	Vera Dushevina Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova	1: 6, 4: 6

France - United States

1 4 Date: February 6th to 7th, 2010 Venue: Stade couvert régional , Liévin , France
		Result
Alizé Cornet	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	6: 7 7 , 5: 7
Pauline Parmentier	Melanie Oudin	4: 6, 4: 6
Alizé Cornet	Melanie Oudin	6: 7 3 , 4: 6
Pauline Parmentier	Christina McHale	6: 4, 6: 4
Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro Julie Coin	Liezel Huber Bethanie Mattek-Sands	2: 6, 3: 6

Semifinals

Italy - Czech Republic

5 0 Date: April 24-25, 2010 Venue: Foro Italico - Nicola Pietrangeli Stadium , Rome , Italy
		Result
Flavia Pennetta	Lucie Hradecká	6: 4, 7: 5
Francesca Schiavone	Lucie Šafářová	6-0, 6-2
Flavia Pennetta	Petra Kvitová	7: 6 2 ; 6: 2
Sara Errani	Lucie Hradecká	6: 4, 6: 2
Sara Errani Francesca Schiavone	Lucie Hradecká Květa Peschke	6: 2, 6: 4

United States - Russia

3 2 Date: April 24-25 , 2010 Location: BJCC Arena - Birmingham , Alabama , United States
		Result
Melanie Oudin	Alla Kudryavtseva	6: 3, 6: 3
Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Jelena Dementjewa	4: 6, 3: 6
Melanie Oudin	Jelena Dementjewa	6: 7 4 , 6: 0, 3: 6
Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Alla Kudryavtseva	6: 4, 2: 6, 6: 3
Liezel Huber Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Jelena Dementjewa Alla Kudrjawzewa	6: 3, 6: 1

final

United States - Italy

1 3 Date: November 6-7, 2010 Venue: San Diego Sports Arena , San Diego , United States
		Result
Coco Vandeweghe	Francesca Schiavone	2: 6, 4: 6
Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Flavia Pennetta	6: 7 4 , 2: 6
Melanie Oudin	Francesca Schiavone	6: 3, 6: 1
Coco Vandeweghe	Flavia Pennetta	1: 6, 2: 6
Liezel Huber Melanie Oudin	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	was not played

Play-offs

1st round loser from the world group	Germany	Ukraine	Serbia	France
Winner of the 1st round from World Group II	Estonia	Australia	Slovakia	Belgium

Belgium - Estonia

3 2 Date: April 24-25 , 2010 Venue: Grenslandhallen - Ethias Arena , Hasselt , Belgium
		Result
Kim Clijsters	Maret Ani	6: 4, 6: 2
Yanina Wickmayer	Kaia Kanepi	6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 1
Justine Henin	Kaia Kanepi	7: 6 6 , 4: 6, 3: 6
Yanina Wickmayer	Maret Ani	2: 6, 6: 1, 6: 1
Kirsten Flipkens Yanina Wickmayer	Maret Ani Margit Rüütel	6: 2, 4: 6, 3: 6

Ukraine - Australia

0 5 Date: April 24-25, 2010 Venue: Palace of Sports "Lokomotiv" , Kharkiv , Ukraine
		Result
Alyona Bondarenko	Anastasija Rodionova	6: 0, 3: 6, 5: 7
Maria Korytseva	Samantha Stosur	3: 6, 0: 6
Lyudmyla Kichenok	Samantha Stosur	6: 7 4 , 3: 6
Maria Korytseva	Alicia Molik	6: 2, 2: 6, 5: 7
Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiya Kichenok	Anastassija Rodionowa Rennae Stubbs	2: 6, 7: 6 2 , 1: 6

Germany - France

2 3 Date: April 24-25, 2010 Venue: Frankfurter TC 1914 Palmengarten - Frankfurt , Germany
		Result
Andrea Petković	Pauline Parmentier	6: 3, 6: 2
Tatiana Malek	Aravane Rezaï	6: 2, 3: 6, 0: 6
Andrea Petković	Aravane Rezaï	6: 1, 7: 6 2
Julia Goerges	Pauline Parmentier	6: 7 4 , 4: 6
Kristina Barrois Andrea Petković	Julie Coin Alizé Cornet	3: 6, 1: 6

Serbia - Slovakia

2 3 Date: April 24th to 25th, 2010 Venue: Belgrade Arena , Belgrade , Serbia
		Result
Jelena Janković	Magdaléna Rybáriková	7: 6 5 , 6: 3
Bojana Jovanovski	Daniela Hantuchová	2: 6, 2: 6
Jelena Janković	Daniela Hantuchová	6: 7 2 , 5: 7
Bojana Jovanovski	Magdaléna Rybáriková	6: 1, 7: 6 4
Jelena Janković Bojana Jovanovski	Daniela Hantuchová Magdaléna Rybáriková	4: 6, 3: 6

World group II

Argentina	Australia	Belgium	People's Republic of China
Estonia	Poland	Slovakia	Spain

First round

Australia - Spain

3 2 Date: February 6-7, 2010 Venue: Memorial Drive Park , Adelaide , Australia
		Result
Samantha Stosur	María José Martínez Sánchez	2: 6, 6: 1, 6: 4
Casey Dellacqua	Anabel Medina Garrigues	2: 6, 3: 6
Samantha Stosur	Anabel Medina Garrigues	6: 1, 6: 3
Alicia Molik	Carla Suarez Navarro	1: 6, 1: 6
Rennae Stubbs Samantha Stosur	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez	6: 4, 6: 2

Poland - Belgium

2 3 Date: February 6th to 7th, 2010 Venue: Łuczniczka , Bydgoszcz , Poland
		Result
Marta Domachowska	Yanina Wickmayer	6: 4, 1: 6, 3: 6
Agnieszka Radwańska	Kirsten Flipkens	6: 2, 7: 6 5
Agnieszka Radwańska	Yanina Wickmayer	6: 1, 6: 7 6 , 5: 7
Marta Domachowska	Kirsten Flipkens	3: 6, 6: 7 6
Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	To-Sophie Mestach Sofie Oyen	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 1

Estonia - Argentina

4 1 Date: February 6-7, 2010 Venue: Tere Sport Tennis Club , Tallinn , Estonia
		Result
Maret Ani	María Irigoyen	6: 1, 6: 2
Kaia Kanepi	Paula Ormaechea	6: 1, 7: 5
Kaia Kanepi	Aranza salute	6: 1, 6: 1
Maret Ani	Paula Ormaechea	6: 2, 6: 3
Margit Rüütel Anett Schutting	Email Auroux Aranza Salut	5: 7, 4: 6

Slovakia - China

3 2 Date: February 6th to 7th, 2010 Venue: Sibamac Arena , Bratislava , Slovakia
		Result
Dominika Cibulková	Han Xinyun	6: 1, 6: 4
Daniela Hantuchová	Zhang Shuai	6-0, 6-1
Dominika Cibulková	Zhang Shuai	6: 4, 6: 1
Kristína Kučová	Han Xinyun	1: 6, 1: 6
Dominika Cibulková Kristína Kučová	Lu Jingjing Zhang Shuai	2: 3, task

Play-offs

1st round loser from World Group II	Poland	Spain	Argentina	People's Republic of China
*	Canada	Japan	Slovenia	Sweden

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

Poland - Spain

1 4 Date: April 24-25, 2010 Venue: Sopot Tennis Club , Sopot , Poland
		Result
Agnieszka Radwańska	Carla Suarez Navarro	6: 3, 6: 1
Marta Domachowska	María José Martínez Sánchez	6: 7, 2: 6
Agnieszka Radwańska	María José Martínez Sánchez	3: 6, 4: 6
Marta Domachowska	Carla Suarez Navarro	3: 6, 2: 6
Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	Nuria Llagostera Vives Arantxa Parra Santonja	2: 6, 4: 6

Sweden - China

3 2 Date: April 24-25 , 2010 Venue: Idrottens Hus , Helsingborg , Sweden
		Result
Johanna Larsson	Shuai Peng	6: 2, 6: 4
Sofia Arvidsson	Zhang Shuai	6: 4, 6: 3
Sofia Arvidsson	Shuai Peng	7: 6 4 , 6: 1, 8: 6
Johanna Larsson	Zhang Shuai	2: 6, 6: 2, 6: 3
Johanna Larsson Ellen Allgurin	Han Xinyun Zhou Yimiao	3: 6, 2: 6

Canada - Argentina

5 0 Date: April 24-25 , 2010 Venue: Stade Uniprix , Montreal , Canada
		Result
Aleksandra Wozniak	Paula Ormaechea	6: 4, 6: 2
Valérie Tétreault	Jorgelina Cravero	6: 4, 6: 3
Aleksandra Wozniak	Jorgelina Cravero	6.4, 6.4
Valérie Tétreault	Paula Ormaechea	6: 7 6 , 6: 1, 6: 1
Sharon Fichman Marie-Ève ​​Pelletier	Jorgelina Cravero Aranza Salute	6: 4, 6: 2

Slovenia - Japan

4 1 Date: April 24-25 , 2010 Venue: Ljudski vrt , Dvorana Lukna , Maribor , Slovenia
		Result
Katarina Srebotnik	Kimiko Date-Krumm	7: 5, 6: 1
Polona Hercog	Ayumi Morita	3: 6, 6: 1, 6: 3
Polona Hercog	Kimiko Date-Krumm	4: 6, 2: 6
Katarina Srebotnik	Ayumi Morita	6: 1, 6: 4
Polona Hercog Katarina Srebotnik	Pika Fujiwara Yurika Sema	6: 4, 6: 7 1 , 6: 3

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: 3rd to 6th February 2010
Venue: Yacht y Golf Club Paraguayo, Lambaré , Paraguay
Surface: Sand

Participating nations:

Bolivia  Brazil  Chile  Canada

Colombia  Cuba  Paraguay  Puerto Rico

Results

Group A CAN BRA PURE CUB SN 1  Canada 2: 1 3-0 3-0 3-0 2  Brazil 1: 2 3-0 3-0 2: 1 3  Puerto Rico 0: 3 0: 3 2: 1 1: 2 4th  Cuba 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 0: 3

Group B COL PAR CHI BOL SN 1  Colombia 2: 1 2: 1 3-0 3-0 2  Paraguay 1: 2 2: 1 3-0 2: 1 3  Chile 1: 2 1: 2 2: 1 1: 2 4th  Bolivia 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 0: 3

space	Team group A	Result	Team group B
Ascent	Canada	2-0	Colombia
3-4	Brazil	0: 2	Paraguay
descent	Puerto Rico	1: 2	Bolivia
descent	Cuba	0: 3	Chile

Group II

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

Date: April 19 to 24, 2010
Venue: National Tennis Club, Guayaquil , Ecuador
Surface: Sand

Participating nations:

Bahamas  Bermuda  Costa Rica  Dominican Republic  Ecuador

Guatemala  Mexico  Panama  Peru  Trinidad and Tobago

Results

Group A ECU BAH CRC TRI DOM SN 1  Ecuador 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 4-0 2  Bahamas 0: 3 2: 1 3-0 3-0 3: 1 3  Costa Rica 0: 3 1: 2 3-0 2: 1 2: 2 4th  Trinidad and Tobago 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 3-0 1: 3 5  Dominican Republic 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 0: 3 0: 4

Group B BY MEX GUA BER PAN SN 1  Peru 2: 1 3-0 3-0 3-0 4-0 2  Mexico 1: 2 3-0 3-0 3-0 3: 1 3  Guatemala 0: 3 0: 3 3-0 3-0 2: 2 4th  Bermuda 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 2: 1 1: 3 5  Panama 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 0: 4

space	Team group A	Result	Team group B
Ascent	Ecuador	1: 2	Mexico
Ascent	Bahamas	1: 2	Peru
5-6	Costa Rica	1: 2	Guatemala
7-8	Trinidad and Tobago	3-0	Bermuda
9-10	Dominican Republic	0: 3	Panama

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 3 to 6, 2010
Venue: National Tennis Center, Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia
Surface: Hard court

Participating nations:

Indonesia  Japan  Kazakhstan  New Zealand

South Korea  Taiwan  Thailand  Uzbekistan

Results

Group A JPN COR NZL INA SN 1  Japan 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 2  South Korea 0: 3 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3  New Zealand 0: 3 1: 2 3-0 1: 2 4th  Indonesia 0: 3 1: 2 0: 3 0: 3

Group B TPE KAZ THA UZB SN 1  Taiwan 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3-0 2  Kazakhstan 1: 2 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3  Thailand 1: 2 1: 2 3-0 1: 2 4th  Uzbekistan 1: 2 1: 2 0: 3 0: 3

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

Group II

• the team in bold was promoted to group I.

Date: February 3 to 6, 2010
Venue: National Tennis Center, Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia
Surface: Hard court

Participating nations:

Hong Kong  India  Kyrgyzstan  Malaysia

Philippines  Singapore  Syria

Results

Group A IND MAS SIN SN 1  India 3-0 3-0 2-0 2  Malaysia 0: 3 2: 1 1: 1 3  Singapore 0: 3 1: 2 0: 2

Group B HKG SIN TKM GRANNY SN 1  Kyrgyzstan 2: 1 3-0 3-0 3-0 2  Hong Kong 1: 2 3-0 3-0 2: 1 3  Philippines 0: 3 0: 3 3-0 1: 2 4th  Syria 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3

space	Team group A	Result	Team group B
Ascent	India	3-0	Kyrgyzstan
3-4	Malaysia	1: 2	Hong Kong
5-6	Singapore	2: 1	Philippines
7th	-	-	Syria

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 3 to 6, 2010
Venue: Complexo de Tenis do Jamor, Cruz Quebrada , Portugal
Surface: Hard court (hall)

Participating nations:

Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bulgaria  Denmark  Israel  Croatia  Latvia  Netherlands  Austria

Portugal  Romania  Sweden  Switzerland  Slovenia  Hungary  United Kingdom  Belarus

Results

Group A SLO NED ISR BUL SN 1  Slovenia 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3-0 2  Netherlands 1: 2 3-0 2: 1 2: 1 3  Israel 1: 2 0: 3 2: 1 1: 2 4th  Bulgaria 2: 1 1: 2 1: 2 1: 2

Group B SUI ROU CRO POR SN 1  Switzerland 2: 1 3-0 3-0 3-0 2  Romania 1: 2 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3  Croatia 0: 3 1: 2 2: 1 1: 2 4th  Portugal 0: 3 1: 2 1: 2 0: 3

Group C SWE HUN THE LAT SN 1  Sweden 3-0 2: 1 2: 1 3-0 2  Hungary 0: 3 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3  Denmark 1: 2 1: 2 2: 1 1: 2 4th  Latvia 1: 2 1: 2 1: 2 0: 3

Group D AUT GBR BLR BIH SN 1  Austria 3-0 2: 1 3-0 3-0 2  United Kingdom 0: 3 2: 1 3-0 2: 1 3  Belarus 1: 2 1: 2 3-0 1: 2 4th  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3

space Team group A Result Team group B / C / D Ascent  Slovenia 3-0  Switzerland 5-8  Netherlands 2: 1  United Kingdom 9-12  Israel 2: 1  Denmark descent  Bulgaria 2: 1  Portugal

space Team group B / C Result Team group C / D Ascent  Sweden 3-0  Austria 5-8  Romania 2: 1  Hungary 9-12  Croatia 1: 2  Belarus descent  Latvia 3-0  Bosnia and Herzegovina

Group II

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

Date: April 28 to May 1, 2010
Venue: Orange Fitness & Tennis Club, Yerevan , Armenia
Surface: Sand

Participating nations:

Armenia  Finland  Georgia  Greece

Liechtenstein  Luxembourg  Norway  South Africa

Results

Group A GRC LUX RSA LIE SN 1  Greece 2: 1 2-0 3-0 3-0 2  Luxembourg 1: 2 2: 1 2-0 2: 1 3  South Africa 0: 2 1: 2 2: 1 1: 2 4th  Liechtenstein 0: 3 0: 2 1: 2 0: 3

Group B FIN GEO NOR POOR SN 1  Finland 2: 1 2-0 2: 1 3-0 2  Georgia 1: 2 3-0 2-0 2: 1 3  Norway 0: 2 0: 3 2: 1 1: 2 4th  Armenia 1: 2 0: 2 1: 2 0: 3

space	Team group A	Result	Team group B
Ascent	Greece	2-0	Georgia
Ascent	Luxembourg	2: 1	Finland
descent	South Africa	1: 2	Armenia
descent	Liechtenstein	2-0	Norway

Group III

• the teams marked in bold were promoted to Group II

Date: April 21 to 24, 2010
Venue: Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo , Egypt
Surface: Sand

Participating nations:

Algeria  Egypt  Ireland  Malta

Morocco  Moldova  Turkey

Results

Group A DOOR EGY MDA SN 1  Turkey 3-0 3-0 2-0 2  Egypt 0: 3 3-0 1: 1 3  Moldova 0: 3 0: 3 0: 2

Group B MAR ALG IRL MLT SN 1  Morocco 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 2  Algeria 0: 3 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3  Ireland 0: 3 1: 2 3-0 1: 2 4th  Malta 0: 3 1: 2 0: 3 0: 3

space	Team group A	Result	Team group B
Ascent	Turkey	3-0	Algeria
Ascent	Egypt	0: 2	Morocco
5-6	Moldova	1: 2	Ireland
7th	-	-	Malta

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