Fed Cup 2011

◄ Fed Cup 2011 ►
Period:	February 5 - November 8, 2011
Edition:	49
Participating nations:	81
Winner:	Czech Republic
Title:	6th
Players:	Petra Kvitová Lucie Šafářová Květa Peschke Lucie Hradecká Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Iveta Benešová
Team Principal:	Petr Pála

The 2011 Fed Cup was the 49th 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 a winner of the world group II of the first round. These winners will play in World Group in 2012 and the losers will play in World Group II in 2012.
• The losers of World Group II in the first round played against a qualified team. The qualified teams consisted of two teams from the Europe / Africa zone and one team each from the Asia / Oceania zone and the America zone . In 2012 the winners play in World Group II and the losers in their respective zones .

World group

Australia	Belgium	France	Italy
Russia	Slovakia	Czech Republic	United States

	1 round					Semifinals					final
	1	Italy	4th
		Australia	1
						1	Italy	0
						4th	Russia	5
	4th	Russia	3
		France	2
											4th	Russia	2
											3	Czech Republic	3
		Slovakia	2
	3	Czech Republic	3
						3	Czech Republic	3
							Belgium	2
		Belgium	4th
	2	United States	1

First round

Australia - Italy

1 4 Date: 5th to 6th February 2011 Venue: Domain Tennis Center , Hobart , Tasmania , Australia Surface: Hard court
		Result
Jarmila Groth	Francesca Schiavone	6: 7 4 , 6: 3, 6: 3
Samantha Stosur	Flavia Pennetta	6: 7 5 , 7: 6 5 , 4: 6
Samantha Stosur	Francesca Schiavone	6: 7 1 , 6: 3, 5: 7
Jarmila Groth	Flavia Pennetta	3: 6, 2: 6
Anastassija Rodionowa Rennae Stubbs	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	6: 2, 6: 7 1 , 4: 6

Russia - France

3 2 Date: 5th to 6th February 2011 Venue: Olympic Stadium , Moscow , Russia Surface: Hard court (hall)
		Result
Svetlana Kuznetsova	Alizé Cornet	6: 3, 3: 6, 4: 6
Maria Sharapova	Virginie Razzano	3: 6, 4: 6
Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova	Alizé Cornet	3: 6, 6: 2, 6: 3
Svetlana Kuznetsova	Virginie Razzano	6: 4, 6: 4
Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova Svetlana Kuznetsova	Julie Coin Alizé Cornet	7: 6 4 , 6: 0

Slovakia - Czech Republic

2 3 Date: February 5 to 6, 2011 Venue: Sibamac Arena , Bratislava , Slovakia Surface: Hard court (hall)
		Result
Daniela Hantuchová	Lucie Šafářová	5: 7, 1: 6
Dominika Cibulková	Petra Kvitová	2: 6, 3: 6
Daniela Hantuchová	Petra Kvitová	4: 6, 2: 6
Jana Čepelová	Lucie Šafářová	4: 6, 7: 6 5 , retirement
Jana Čepelová Magdaléna Rybáriková	Květa Peschke Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	6: 1, 4: 6, 7: 6 4

Belgium - United States

4 1 Date: 5th to 6th February 2011 Venue: Sportpaleis Antwerpen , Antwerp , Belgium Surface: Hard court (hall)
		Result
Yanina Wickmayer	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	6: 1, 7: 6 6
Kim Clijsters	Melanie Oudin	6-0, 6-4
Kim Clijsters	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	6: 7 10 , 6: 2, 6: 1
Yanina Wickmayer	Melanie Oudin	6: 2, 6: 0
Kirsten Flipkens An-Sophie Mestach	Liezel Huber Vania King	3: 6, 5: 7

Semifinals

Russia - Italy

5 0 Date: April 16 to 17, 2011 Venue: Sports Palace Megasports , Moscow Russia Surface: Hard court (Rukort, Halle)
		Result
Vera Swonaryova	Sara Errani	6-0, 6-2
Svetlana Kuznetsova	Roberta Vinci	6: 2, 6: 7 4 , 6: 1
Vera Swonaryova	Roberta Vinci	6: 4, 6: 2
Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova	Sara Errani	7: 6 5 , 7: 6 4
Ekaterina Makarova Anastasija Pavlyuchenkova	Alberta Brianti Maria Elena Camerin	7: 6 3 , 6: 1

Belgium - Czech Republic

2 3 Date: April 16 to 17, 2011 Venue: Spiroudome Arena , Charleroi , Belgium Surface: Hard court (hall)
		Result
Kirsten Flipkens	Petra Kvitová	2: 6, 6 4 : 7
Yanina Wickmayer	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	6: 4, 6: 4
Yanina Wickmayer	Petra Kvitová	7: 5, 4: 6, 2: 6
Kirsten Flipkens	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	6: 2, 6: 3
Kirsten Flipkens Yanina Wickmayer	Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	4: 6, 4: 6

final

Russia - Czech Republic

2 3 Date: 5th to 6th November 2011 Venue: Olympic Stadium , Moscow Russia Surface: Hard court (hall)
		Result
Maria Kirilenko	Petra Kvitová	2: 6, 2: 6
Svetlana Kuznetsova	Lucie Šafářová	6: 2, 6: 3
Svetlana Kuznetsova	Petra Kvitová	6: 4, 2: 6, 3: 6
Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova	Lucie Šafářová	6: 2, 6: 4
Marija Kirilenko Jelena Wesnina	Lucie Hradecká Květa Peschke	4: 6, 2: 6

Play-offs

1st round loser from the world group	Australia	France	Slovakia	United States
Winner of the 1st round from World Group II	Germany	Spain	Serbia	Ukraine

Germany - United States

5 0 Date: April 16-17, 2011 Venue: Porsche-Arena , Stuttgart , Germany Surface: sand (hall)
		Result
Andrea Petković	Christina McHale	6: 3, 6: 4
Julia Goerges	Melanie Oudin	6: 2, 7: 6 5
Andrea Petković	Melanie Oudin	6: 2, 6: 3
Sabine Lisicki	Christina McHale	6: 3, 6: 4
Julia Görges Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Liezel Huber Vania King	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 1

Spain - France

4 1 Date: April 16-17 , 2011 Venue: Club de Tenis Lleida, Lleida , Spain Surface: sand
		Result
María José Martínez Sánchez	Virginie Razzano	6: 2, 6: 4
Anabel Medina Garrigues	Aravane Rezaï	5: 7, 7: 6 4 , 2: 6
María José Martínez Sánchez	Aravane Rezaï	6: 1, 6: 4
Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Pauline Parmentier	6: 4, 6: 4
Anabel Medina Garrigues Nuria Llagostera Vives	Alizé Cornet Virginie Razzano	6: 4, 6: 1

Slovakia - Serbia

2 3 Date: April 16-17 , 2011 Venue: Sibamac Arena , Bratislava , Slovakia Surface: Sand (hall)
		Result
Dominika Cibulková	Bojana Jovanovski	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 1
Daniela Hantuchová	Ana Ivanović	2: 6, 4: 6
Dominika Cibulková	Ana Ivanović	6: 4, 3: 3 problem
Daniela Hantuchová	Jelena Janković	2: 6, 6: 3, 5: 7
Daniela Hantuchová Magdaléna Rybáriková	Jelena Janković Aleksandra Krunić	6: 2, 5: 7, 7: 9

Australia - Ukraine

2 3 Date: April 16-17, 2011 Venue: Glen Iris Valley Recreation Club, Melbourne , Australia Surface: (hall)
		Result
Jarmila Groth	Olha Savchuk	6: 1, 6: 1
Anastasija Rodionova	Lesja Zurenko	1: 6, 4: 6
Jarmila Groth	Lesja Zurenko	6: 1, 6: 3
Anastasija Rodionova	Olha Savchuk	6: 7 3 , 6: 7 12
Jarmila Groth Anastasija Rodionova	Olha Savchuk Lesja Zurenko	6: 0, 6: 7, 3 , 3: 6

World group II

Canada	Germany	Estonia	Sweden
Serbia	Spain	Slovenia	Ukraine

First round

Estonia - Spain

1 4 Date: 5th to 6th February 2011 Venue: Tere Tennis Club , Tallinn , Estonia Surface: Hard court (indoor)
		Result
Anett Kontaveit	María José Martínez Sánchez	2: 6, 0: 6
Kaia Kanepi	Carla Suarez Navarro	6: 3, 6: 2
Kaia Kanepi	María José Martínez Sánchez	6: 3, 4: 6, 3: 6
Anett Kontaveit	Carla Suarez Navarro	2: 6, 2: 6
Maret Ani Margit Ruutel	Nuria Llagostera Vives Anabel Medina Garrigues	1: 6, 6: 7 5

Slovenia - Germany

1 4 Date: 5th to 6th February 2011 Venue: Ljudski vrt , Maribor , Slovenia Surface: sand (hall)
		Result
Maša Zec Peškirič	Andrea Petković	3: 6, 4: 6
Polona Hercog	Julia Goerges	7: 5, 6: 4
Polona Hercog	Andrea Petković	1: 6, 2: 6
Maša Zec Peškirič	Julia Goerges	4: 6, 2: 6
Polona Hercog Katarina Srebotnik	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Tatjana Malek	6: 7 3 , exercise

Serbia - Canada

3 2 Date: 5th to 6th February 2011 Venue: Spens Sports Center , Novi Sad , Serbia Surface: Hard court (hall)
		Result
Aleksandra Krunić	Rebecca Marino	3: 6, 6: 3, 5: 7
Bojana Jovanovski	Aleksandra Wozniak	6: 4, 7: 5
Bojana Jovanovski	Rebecca Marino	7: 6 3 , 6: 3
Ana Jovanović	Aleksandra Wozniak	0: 6, 4: 6
Aleksandra Krunić Bojana Jovanovski	Sharon Fichman Marie-Ève ​​Pelletier	7: 6 5 , 6: 4

Sweden - Ukraine

2 3 Date: 5th to 6th February 2011 Venue: Idrottens Hus , Helsingborg , Sweden Surface: Hard court (hall)
		Result
Sofia Arvidsson	Lesja Zurenko	6: 3, 6: 2
Johanna Larsson	Kateryna Bondarenko	6: 7 2 , 6: 7 5
Sofia Arvidsson	Kateryna Bondarenko	6: 7 3 , 4: 6
Johanna Larsson	Lesja Zurenko	6: 7 3 , 6: 2, 6: 3
Sofia Arvidsson Johanna Larsson	Kateryna Bondarenko Olha Savchuk	5: 7, 2: 6

Play-offs

1st round loser from World Group II	Canada	Estonia	Slovenia	Sweden
*	Argentina	Japan	Switzerland	Belarus

Four teams qualified from Zone Group I , two teams from the Europe / Africa zone , one team from the Asia / Oceania zone and one from the America zone . Because of the severe Tōhoku earthquake on March 11, the game between Japan and Argentina was postponed. The play-off match originally scheduled at the Ariake Colussium in Tokyo took place from July 16-17 , 2011 in Beans-Dome in Miki .

Belarus - Estonia

5 0 Date: April 16 to 17, 2011 Venue: Minsk Sports Palace , Minsk , Belarus Surface: Hard court (hall)
		Result
Viktoriya Azaranka	Anett Kontaveit	6: 2, 6: 0
Wolha Hawarzowa	Margit Rüütel	6-0, 6-0
Darja Kustowa	Maret Ani	6: 3, 6: 1
Wolha Hawarzowa	Anett Kontaveilt	6-0, 6-2
Darja Kustowa Tazzjana Putschak	Maret Ani Anett Kontaveilt	6: 2, 6: 3

Japan - Argentina

4 0 Date: July 16 to 17, 2011 Venue: Beans-Dome , Miki , Japan Surface: Hard court (Perfect K Court, hall)
		Result
Misaki Doi	María Irigoyen	6-0, 6-0
Ayumi Morita	Email Auroux	6: 2, 6: 3
Ayumi Morita	Aranza salute	6: 2, 6: 1
Misaki Doi	Email Auroux	not carried out
Rika Fujiwara Kurumi Nara	Email Auroux María Irigoyen	6: 1, 6: 3

Slovenia - Canada

3 2 Date: April 16-17 , 2011 Venue: Teniski Klub Koper, Koper , Slovenia Surface : sand (red)
		Result
Maša Zec Peškirič	Rebecca Marino	3: 6, 5: 7
Polona Hercog	Eugenie Bouchard	6-0, 6-4
Polona Hercog	Rebecca Marino	5: 7, 6: 2, 8: 6
Maša Zec Peškirič	Eugenie Bouchard	4: 6, 1: 6
Polona Hercog Katarina Srebotnik	Sharon Fichman Rebecca Marino	7: 6 5 , 6: 2

Switzerland - Sweden

4 1 Date: April 16-17, 2011 Venue: TC Lido Lugano, Lugano , Switzerland Surface: sand
		Result
Timea Bacsinszky	Johanna Larsson	7: 6 2 , 6: 1
Patty Schnyder	Sofia Arvidsson	6: 1, 6: 0
Patty Schnyder	Johanna Larsson	3: 6, 7: 5, 6: 2
Timea Bacsinszky	Sofia Arvidsson	6: 3, 6: 1
Amra Sadiković Stefanie Vögele	Anna Brazhnikova Sandra Roma	5: 7, 4: 6

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 2nd to 5th, 2011
Venue: Tenis Club Argentino, Buenos Aires , Argentina
Surface: Sand

Participating nations:

Argentina  Bolivia  Brazil  Chile

Colombia  Mexico  Paraguay  Peru

Results

Group A ARG BY PAR BOL SN 1  Argentina 3-0 1: 2 3-0 2: 1 2  Peru 0: 3 2: 1 3-0 2: 1 3  Paraguay 2: 1 1: 2 2: 1 2: 1 4th  Bolivia 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 0: 3

Group B COL BRA CHI MEX SN 1  Colombia 2: 1 3-0 3-0 3-0 2  Brazil 1: 2 2: 1 3-0 2: 1 3  Chile 0: 3 1: 2 2: 1 1: 2 4th  Mexico 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 0: 3

space	Team group A	Result	Team group B
Ascent	Argentina	3-0	Colombia
3-4	Peru	1: 2	Brazil
descent	Paraguay	2: 1	Mexico
descent	Bolivia	2: 1	Chile

Group II

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

Date: May
16-22, 2011 Venue: Centro Nacional de Tenis, Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic
Surface: Hard court

Participating nations:

Bahamas  Costa Rica  Dominican Republic  Ecuador  Guatemala

Panama  Puerto Rico  Trinidad and Tobago  Uruguay  Venezuela

Results

Group A GUA URU PURE DOM TRI SN 1  Guatemala 2: 1 2: 1 3-0 3-0 4-0 2  Uruguay 1: 2 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3: 1 3  Puerto Rico 1: 2 1: 2 2: 1 2: 1 1: 3 4th  Dominican Republic 0: 3 1: 2 1: 2 2: 1 1: 3 5  Trinidad and Tobago 0: 3 1: 2 2: 1 1: 2 1: 3

Group B VEN BAH ECU CRC PAN SN 1  Venezuela 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 4-0 2  Bahamas 0: 3 2-0 3-0 3-0 3: 1 3  Ecuador 0: 3 0: 2 3-0 3-0 2: 2 4th  Costa Rica 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 3-0 1: 3 5  Panama 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 0: 4

space	Team group A	Result	Team group B
Ascent	Guatemala	0: 2	Bahamas
Ascent	Uruguay	0: 2	Venezuela
5-6	Puerto Rico	1: 2	Ecuador
7-8	Dominican Republic	3-0	Costa Rica
9-10	Trinidad and Tobago	1: 2	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 2nd to 5th, 2011
Venue: National Tennis Center, Nonthaburi , Thailand
Surface: Hard court

Participating nations:

People's Republic of China  India  Japan  Kazakhstan

South Korea  Taiwan  Thailand  Uzbekistan

Results

Group A UZB THA CHN IND SN 1  Uzbekistan 1: 2 3-0 2: 1 2: 1 2  Thailand 2: 1 1: 2 2: 1 2: 1 3  People's Republic of China 0: 3 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 4th  India 1: 2 1: 2 1: 2 0: 3

Group B JPN KAZ COR TPE SN 1  Japan 2: 1 3-0 3-0 3-0 2  Kazakhstan 1: 2 2: 1 3-0 2: 1 3  South Korea 0: 3 1: 2 2: 1 1: 2 4th  Taiwan 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 0: 3

space	Team group A	Result	Team group B
Ascent	Uzbekistan	0: 3	Japan
3-4	Thailand	3-0	Kazakhstan
5-6	People's Republic of China	1: 2	South Korea
descent	India	1: 2	Taiwan

Group II

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

Date: February 2nd to 5th, 2011
Venue: National Tennis Center, Nonthaburi , Thailand
Surface: Hard court

Participating nations:

Hong Kong  Indonesia  Kyrgyzstan  Oman

Pakistan  Philippines  Singapore  Turkmenistan

Results

Group A INA PHI PAH KGZ SN 1  Indonesia 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 2  Philippines 0: 3 3-0 3-0 2: 1 3  Pakistan 0: 3 0: 3 2: 1 1: 2 4th  Kyrgyzstan 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 0: 3

Group B HKG SIN TKM GRANNY SN 1  Hong Kong 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 2  Singapore 0: 3 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3  Turkmenistan 0: 3 1: 2 3-0 1: 2 4th  Oman 0: 3 1: 2 0: 3 1: 3

space	Team group A	Result	Team group B
Ascent	Indonesia	2: 1	Hong Kong
3-4	Philippines	2: 1	Singapore
5-6	Pakistan	1: 2	Turkmenistan
7-8	Kyrgyzstan	0: 3	Oman

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 2-5, 2011
Venue: Municipal Tennis Club, Eilat , Israel
Surface: Hard court

Participating nations:

Bulgaria  Denmark  Greece  Israel  Croatia  Latvia  Luxembourg  Netherlands

Austria  Poland  Romania  Switzerland  Hungary  United Kingdom  Belarus

Results

Group A SUI GBR THE SN 1  Switzerland 2: 1 2: 1 2-0 2  United Kingdom 1: 2 2: 1 1: 1 3  Denmark 1: 2 1: 2 0: 2

Group B POLE ISR LUX BUL SN 1  Poland 2: 1 2: 1 1: 2 2: 1 2  Israel 1: 2 3-0 2: 1 2: 1 3  Luxembourg 1: 2 0: 3 2: 1 1: 2 4th  Bulgaria 2: 1 1: 2 1: 2 1: 2

Group C BLR CRO AUT GRE SN 1  Belarus 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 2  Croatia 0: 3 3-0 0: 3 1: 2 3  Austria 0: 3 0: 3 3-0 1: 2 4th  Greece 0: 3 3-0 0: 3 1: 2

Group D NED ROU HUN LAT SN 1  Netherlands 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 2  Romania 0: 3 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3  Hungary 0: 3 1: 2 3-0 1: 2 4th  Latvia 0: 3 1: 2 0: 3 0: 3

space Team group A Result Team group C / D Ascent  Switzerland 2: 1  Netherlands 5-8  United Kingdom 2-0  Croatia 9-12 - -  Hungary descent  Denmark 1: 2  Greece

space Team group B Result Team group C / D Ascent  Poland 0: 2  Bulgaria 5-8  Israel 2: 1  Romania 9-12  Luxembourg 1: 2  Austria descent  Bulgaria 2-0  Latvia

Group II

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

Date: May 2 to 7, 2011
Venue: Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo , Egypt
Surface: Sand

Participating nations:

Armenia  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Finland  Georgia

Morocco  Portugal  Turkey

Results

Group A POR FIN MAR SN 1  Portugal 2: 1 2: 1 2-0 2  Finland 1: 2 2: 1 1: 1 3  Morocco 1: 2 1: 2 0: 2

Group B BIH GEO DOOR POOR SN 1  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2: 1 3-0 3-0 3-0 2  Georgia 1: 2 3-0 2: 1 2: 1 3  Turkey 0: 3 0: 3 3-0 1: 2 4th  Armenia 0: 3 1: 2 0: 3 0: 3

space	Team group A	Result	Team group B
Ascent	Portugal	2-0	Georgia
Ascent	Finland	1: 2	Bosnia and Herzegovina
descent	Morocco	0: 2	Turkey
descent	-	-	Armenia

Group III

• the teams marked in bold were promoted to Group II

Date: May 2 to 7, 2011
Venue: Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo , Egypt
Surface: Sand

Participating nations:

Algeria  Egypt  Ireland  Lithuania  Moldova

Montenegro  Norway  South Africa  Tunisia

Results

Group A RSA MNE LIT ALG SN 1  South Africa 2: 1 3-0 3-0 3-0 2  Montenegro 1: 2 3-0 3-0 2: 1 3  Lithuania 0: 3 0: 3 3-0 1: 2 4th  Algeria 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3

Group B TO DO EGY NOR IRL MDA SN 1  Tunisia 2: 1 2: 1 3-0 3-0 4-0 2  Egypt 1: 2 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3: 1 3  Norway 1: 2 1: 2 2: 1 3-0 2: 2 4th  Ireland 0: 3 1: 2 1: 2 3-0 1: 3 5  Moldova 0: 3 1: 2 0: 3 0: 3 1: 4

space	Team group A	Result	Team group B
Ascent	South Africa	3-0	Egypt
Ascent	Montenegro	2-0	Tunisia
5-8	Lithuania	0-0	Norway
5-8	Algeria	0-0	Ireland
9	-	-	Moldova

Web links

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