Fed Cup 2012

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Period:	February 4 - November 4, 2012
Edition:	50
Participating nations:	85
Winner:	Czech Republic
Title:	7th
Players:	Iveta Benešová Petra Kvitová Lucie Hradecká Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Šafářová
Team Principal:	Petr Pála

The 2012 Fed Cup was the 50th edition of the women's national team tennis tournament . The Czech Fed Cup team was able to repeat its previous year's triumph and celebrate the second title in their team history with a final victory over Serbia .

mode

• The winners of the first round 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 played in 2013 in World Group and the losers in 2013 in World Group II.
• The losers of World Group II in the first round played against one of the qualified teams. These consisted of two teams from the Europe / Africa zone and one team each from the Asia / Oceania zone and the America zone . In 2013 the winners played in World Group II and the losers in their respective zones .

World group

Belgium	Germany	Italy	Russia
Serbia	Spain	Czech Republic	Ukraine

	1 round					Semifinals					final
	1	Russia	3
		Spain	2
						1	Russia	2
							Serbia	3
	4th	Belgium	2
		Serbia	3
												Serbia	1
											2	Czech Republic	3
		Ukraine	2
	3	Italy	3
						3	Italy	1
						2	Czech Republic	4th
		Germany	1
	2	Czech Republic	4th

First round

Russia - Spain

3 2 Date: February 4th to 5th, 2012 Venue: Olimpijski , Moscow , Russia Surface: Hard court (hall)
		Result
Maria Sharapova	Sílvia Soler Espinosa	6: 2, 6: 1
Svetlana Kuznetsova	Carla Suarez Navarro	6: 3, 6: 1
Nadia Petrova	Carla Suarez Navarro	0: 6, 3: 6
Svetlana Kuznetsova	Silvia Soler Espinosa	6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 3
Svetlana Kuznetsova Nadja Petrowa	Nuria Llagostera Vives Arantxa Parra Santonja	3: 6, 0: 0 task

Belgium - Serbia

2 3 Date: February 4th to 5th, 2012 Venue: Spiroudome , Charleroi , Belgium Surface: Hard court (hall)
		Result
Kirsten Flipkens	Jelena Janković	5: 7, 5: 7
Yanina Wickmayer	Bojana Jovanovski	6: 4, 6: 4
Yanina Wickmayer	Aleksandra Krunić	6: 1, 6: 0
Kirsten Flipkens	Bojana Jovanovski	2: 6, 4: 6
Alison Van Uytvanck Yanina Wickmayer	Bojana Jovanovski Aleksandra Krunić	6: 7 2 , 6: 4, 1: 6

Italy - Ukraine

3 2 Date: February 4th to 5th, 2012 Venue: Lauretana Forum , Biella , Italy Surface: Sand (hall)
		Result
Sara Errani	Kateryna Bondarenko	6: 2, 6: 3
Francesca Schiavone	Lesja Zurenko	1: 6, 2: 6
Francesca Schiavone	Kateryna Bondarenko	6: 7 6 , 7: 5, 6: 4
Sara Errani	Lesja Zurenko	1: 6, 0: 3 task
Flavia Pennetta Roberta Vinci	Julija Bejhelsymer Olha Savchuk	7: 5, 0: 6, 6: 1

Germany - Czech Republic

1 4 Date: February 4th to 5th, 2012 Venue: Porsche-Arena , Stuttgart , Germany Surface: Hard court (hall)
		Result
Sabine Lisicki	Iveta Benešová	6: 4, 4: 6, 2: 6
Julia Goerges	Petra Kvitová	6: 3, 3: 6, 8:10
Sabine Lisicki	Petra Kvitová	7: 6 2 , 4: 6, 1: 6
Angelique Kerber	Lucie Hradecká	6: 4, 6: 4
Julia Görges Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	3: 6, 6: 7 4

Semifinals

Russia - Serbia

2 3 Date: April 21-22 Venue: Megasport Arena , Moscow , Russia Surface: Sand (hall)
		Result
Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova	Jelena Janković	4: 6, 3: 6
Svetlana Kuznetsova	Ana Jovanović	6: 2, 2: 6, 6: 4
Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova	Ana Jovanović	6: 3, 0: 6, 3: 6
Svetlana Kuznetsova	Jelena Janković	1: 6, 4: 6
Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova Elena Wesnina	Bojana Jovanovski Aleksandra Krunić	6: 4, 6: 0

Czech Republic - Italy

4 1 Date: April 21-22 Venue: ČEZ Aréna , Ostrava , Czech Republic Surface: Hard court (hall)
		Result
Lucie Šafářová	Francesca Schiavone	7: 6 3 , 6: 1
Petra Kvitová	Sara Errani	6: 4, 6: 3
Petra Kvitová	Francesca Schiavone	6: 4, 7: 6 1
Andrea Hlaváčková	Sara Errani	6: 2, 2: 6, 2: 6
Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	Sara Errani Flavia Pennetta	6: 5 task

final

Czech Republic - Serbia

3 1 Date: November 3rd to 4th, 2012 Venue: O₂ Arena , Prague , Czech Republic Surface: Hard court (hall)
		Result
Lucie Šafářová	Ana Ivanović	6: 4, 6: 3
Petra Kvitová	Jelena Janković	6: 4, 6: 1
Petra Kvitová	Ana Ivanović	3: 6, 5: 7
Lucie Šafářová	Jelena Janković	6: 1, 6: 1
Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	Bojana Jovanovski Aleksandra Krunić	was not played

Play-offs

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

Ukraine - United States

Ukrainian Fed Cup team against the USA

0 5 Date: April 21-22. Venue: Superior Golf & Spa Resort , Kharkiv , Ukraine Surface: Sand
		Result
Lesja Zurenko	Christina McHale	1: 6, 6: 4, 3: 6
Elina Switolina	Serena Williams	2: 6, 1: 6
Lesja Zurenko	Serena Williams	3: 6, 2: 6
Elina Switolina	Christina McHale	5: 7, 3: 6
Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiya Kichenok	Liezel Huber Sloane Stephens	4: 6, 1: 6

Japan - Belgium

4 1 Date: April 21-22 Venue: Ariake Coliseum , Tokyo , Japan Surface: Hard court (hall)
		Result
Ayumi Morita	Alison Van Uytvanck	6: 4, 6: 4
Kimiko Date Crooked	Tamaryn Hendler	6: 1, 6: 4
Ayumi Morita	Tamaryn Hendler	7: 5, 6: 2
Kurumi Nara	Alison Van Uytvanck	6: 7 1 , 0: 6
Rika Fujiwara Kimiko Date Krumm	Ysaline Bonaventure Alison van Uytvanck	6: 2, 6: 4

Spain - Slovakia

2 3 Date: April 21-22. Venue: Club de Tenis Puente Romano , Marbella , Spain Surface: Sand
		Result
Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Dominika Cibulková	3: 6, 0: 6
Sílvia Soler Espinosa	Daniela Hantuchová	7: 6 5 , 6: 4
Silvia Soler Espinosa	Dominika Cibulková	4: 6, 4: 6
Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Daniela Hantuchová	6: 0, 6: 7, 4 , 4: 6
Nuria Llagostera Vives Arantxa Parra Santonja	Magdaléna Rybáriková Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	6: 0, 6: 7, 7 , 6: 3

Germany - Australia

2 3 Date: April 21-22 Venue: Porsche-Arena , Stuttgart , Germany Surface: sand (hall)
		Result
Angelique Kerber	Samantha Stosur	6: 7 1 , 4: 6
Julia Goerges	Jarmila Gajdošová	4: 6, 4: 6
Andrea Petković	Samantha Stosur	4: 6, 1: 6
Angelique Kerber	Olivia Rogowska	6: 3, 6: 3
Andrea Petković Julia Görges	Casey Dellacqua Jarmila Gajdošová	6: 3, 6: 4

World group II

Australia	France	Japan	Switzerland
Slovakia	Slovenia	United States	Belarus

First round

United States - Belarus

5 0 Date: February 4th to 5th, 2012 Venue: DCU Center , Worcester , United States Surface: Hard court (indoor)
		Result
Christina McHale	Nastassja Jakimawa	6-0, 6-4
Serena Williams	Wolha Hawarzowa	7: 5, 6: 0
Serena Williams	Nastassja Jakimawa	5: 7, 6: 1, 6: 1
Christina McHale	Darja Kustowa	6-0, 6-1
Liezel Huber Venus Williams	Darja Kustowa Nastassja Jakimawa	6: 1, 6: 2

Japan - Slovenia

5 0 Date: February 4th to 5th, 2012 Venue: Bourbon Beans Dome , Hyōgo , Japan Surface: Hard court (hall)
		Result
Kimiko Date Crooked	Polona Hercog	2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2
Ayumi Morita	Nastia Kolar	2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3
Ayumi Morita	Polona Hercog	3: 6, 7: 6 6 , 6: 1
Kurumi Nara	Petra Rampre	6: 4, 6: 4
Rika Fujiwara Ayumi Morita	Nastja Kolar Petra Rampre	6: 3, 5: 7, 6: 0

Slovakia - France

3 2 Date: February 4th to 5th, 2012 Venue: Aegon Arena , Bratislava , Slovakia Surface: Hard court (hall)
		Result
Daniela Hantuchová	Pauline Parmentier	5: 7, 6: 1, 9: 7
Dominika Cibulková	Virginie Razzano	4: 6, 4: 6
Dominika Cibulková	Pauline Parmentier	6: 4, 6: 3
Daniela Hantuchová	Alizé Cornet	6: 3, 6: 4
Magdaléna Rybáriková Jana Čepelová	Kristina Mladenovic Virginie Razzano	1: 6, 2: 6

Switzerland - Australia

1 4 Date: February 4th to 5th, 2012 Venue: Forum Friborg , Granges-Paccot , Switzerland Surface: Sand (hall)
		Result
Timea Bacsinszky	Samantha Stosur	2: 6, 5: 7
Stefanie Vögele	Jarmila Gajdošová	6: 0, 6: 7, 8 , 8: 6
Stefanie Vögele	Samantha Stosur	3: 6, 2: 6
Amra Sadiković	Jarmila Gajdošová	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 8
Belinda Bencic Amra Sadiković	Casey Dellacqua Jelena Dokic	5: 7, 4: 6

Play-offs

1st round loser from World Group II	France	Switzerland	Slovenia	Belarus
*	Argentina	People's Republic of China	United Kingdom	Sweden

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

France - Slovenia

5 0 Date: April 21-22 Venue: Palais des Sports , Besançon , France Surface: Hard court (hall)
		Result
Virginie Razzano	Petra Rampre	2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4
Pauline Parmentier	Nastia Kolar	6: 2, 6: 3
Pauline Parmentier	Petra Rampre	6: 4, 3: 6, 8: 6
Stéphanie Foretz Gacon	Nastia Kolar	7: 6 6 , 7: 6 1
Stéphanie Foretz Gacon Kristina Mladenovic	Petra Rampre Katarina Srebotnik	6: 3, 6: 4

Switzerland - Belarus

4 1 Date: 21st to 22nd April Venue: Complexe Sportive des Iles , Yverdon-les-Bains , Switzerland Surface: Hard court (hall)
		Result
Timea Bacsinszky	Wolha Hawarzowa	4: 6, 4: 6
Stefanie Vögele	Aljaksandra Sasnovich	6: 0, 5.7, 6: 3
Stefanie Vögele	Wolha Hawarzowa	6: 1, 6: 1
Timea Bacsinszky	Aljaksandra Sasnovich	6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 1
Belinda Bencic Amra Sadiković	Darya Lebesheva Aljaksandra Sasnovich	6: 7 5 , 7: 6 7 , 7: 5

Sweden - Great Britain

4 1 Date: April 21-22 Venue: Boråshallen , Borås , Sweden Surface: Hard court (hall)
		Result
Johanna Larsson	Elena Baltacha	6: 1, 7: 5
Sofia Arvidsson	Anne Keothavong	6: 1, 6: 4
Sofia Arvidsson	Laura Robson	6: 4, 1: 6, 6: 3
Johanna Larsson	Anne Keothavong	7: 6 6 , 3: 6, 6: 4
Ellen Allgurin Hilda Melander	Elena Baltacha Heather Watson	6: 7 3 , 1: 6

Argentina - China

4 1 Date: April 21-22. Venue: Estadio Mary Terán de Weiss , Buenos Aires , Argentina Surface: Sand
		Result
Paula Ormaechea	Zhou Yimiao	6: 2, 6: 2
Florencia Molinero	Wang Qiang	6: 3, 6: 4
Paula Ormaechea	Wang Qiang	6: 4, 6: 2
Florencia Molinero	Zhou Yimiao	6: 7 1 , 6: 2, 3: 6
Email Auroux María Irigoyen	Liang Chen Liu Wan-Ting	6: 3, 6.4

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: January 30th to February 5th 2012
Venue: Graciosa Country Club, Curitiba , Brazil
Surface: Sand

Participating nations:

Argentina  Bahamas  Bolivia  Brazil  Canada

Colombia  Paraguay  Peru  Venezuela

Results

Group A ARG CAN BY BAH SN 1  Argentina 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 2  Canada 0: 3 2: 1 3-0 2: 1 3  Peru 0: 3 1: 2 3-0 1: 2 4th  Bahamas 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3

Group B COL PAR BRA VEN BOL SN 1  Colombia 2: 1 2: 1 3-0 3-0 4-0 2  Paraguay 1: 2 2: 1 2: 1 3-0 3: 1 3  Brazil 1: 2 1: 2 2: 1 3-0 2: 2 4th  Venezuela 0: 3 1: 2 1: 2 3-0 1: 3 5  Bolivia 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 0: 4

space	Team group A	Result	Team group B
Ascent	Argentina	2-0	Colombia
3-4	Canada	0: 2	Paraguay
5-6	-	-	Brazil
descent	Peru	2-0	Bolivia
descent	Bahamas	0: 2	Venezuela

Group II

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

Date: from April 16, 2012
Venue: Guadalajara , Mexico
Surface: Sand

Participating nations:

Chile  Costa Rica  Dominican Republic  Ecuador  Guatemala

Mexico  Puerto Rico  Trinidad and Tobago  Uruguay

Results

Group A TRI GUA ECU DOM SN 1  Trinidad and Tobago 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 2  Guatemala 0: 3 3-0 3-0 2: 1 3  Ecuador 0: 3 0: 3 2: 1 1: 2 4th  Dominican Republic 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 0: 3

Group B CHI MEX PURE URU CRC SN 1  Chile 3-0 2: 1 3-0 3-0 4-0 2  Mexico 0: 3 2: 1 3-0 3-0 3: 1 3  Puerto Rico 1: 2 1: 2 2: 1 3-0 2: 2 4th  Uruguay 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 2: 1 1: 3 5  Costa Rica 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 0: 4

space	Team group A	Result	Team group B
Ascent	Trinidad and Tobago	0: 2	Mexico
Ascent	Guatemala	0: 2	Chile
5-6	Ecuador	1: 2	Puerto Rico
7-8	Dominican Republic	1: 2	Uruguay
9	-	-	Costa Rica

Asia / Oceania zone

Group I.

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

Date: January 30th to February 5th, 2012
Venue: Shenzhen Luohu Tennis Center, Shenzhen , China
Surface: Hard court

Participating nations:

People's Republic of China  Indonesia  Kazakhstan  South Korea

Taiwan  Thailand  Uzbekistan

Results

Group A CHN TPE UZB SN 1  People's Republic of China 3-0 3-0 2-0 2  Taiwan 0: 3 3-0 1: 1 3  Uzbekistan 0: 3 0: 3 0: 2

Group B KAZ THA COR INA SN 1  Kazakhstan 2: 1 3-0 3-0 3-0 2  Thailand 1: 2 3-0 3-0 2: 1 3  South Korea 0: 3 0: 3 2: 1 1: 2 4th  Indonesia 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 0: 3

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

Group II

• the team in bold was promoted to group I.

Date: January 30th to February 5th, 2012
Venue: Shenzhen Luohu Tennis Center, Shenzhen , China
Surface: Hard court

Participating nations:

Hong Kong  India  Iran  Kyrgyzstan  Oman

Pakistan  Philippines  Singapore  Sri Lanka  Turkmenistan

Results

Group A HKG KGZ SIN PAH SRI SN 1  Hong Kong 2: 1 3-0 3-0 3-0 4-0 2  Kyrgyzstan 1: 2 2: 1 2: 1 3-0 3: 1 3  Singapore 0: 3 1: 2 1: 2 2: 1 1: 3 4th  Pakistan 0: 3 1: 2 2: 1 1: 2 1: 3 5  Sri Lanka 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 2: 1 1: 3

Group B IND PHI TKM GRANNY IRI SN 1  India 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3-0 4-0 2  Philippines 1: 2 3-0 3-0 3-0 3: 1 3  Turkmenistan 1: 2 0: 3 2: 1 3-0 2: 2 4th  Oman 1: 2 0: 3 1: 2 2: 1 1: 3 5  Iran 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 0: 4

space	Team group A	Result	Team group B
Ascent	Hong Kong	1: 2	India
3-4	Kyrgyzstan	1: 2	Philippines
5-6	Singapore	0: 3	Turkmenistan
7-8	Pakistan	1: 2	Oman
9-10	Sri Lanka	3-0	Iran

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: January 30th to February 5th, 2012
Venue: Municipal Tennis Club, Eilat , Israel
Surface: Hard court

Participating nations:

Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bulgaria  Estonia  Greece  Israel  Croatia  Luxembourg  Netherlands

Austria  Poland  Portugal  Romania  Sweden  Hungary  United Kingdom

Results

Group A AUT BUL EST SN 1  Austria 2: 1 2: 1 2-0 2  Bulgaria 1: 2 3-0 1: 1 3  Estonia 1: 2 0: 3 0: 2

Group B SWE HUN BIH GRE SN 1  Sweden 2: 1 3-0 2: 1 3-0 2  Hungary 1: 2 2: 1 3-0 2: 1 3  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0: 3 1: 2 3-0 1: 2 4th  Greece 1: 2 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3

Group C GBR POR ISR NED SN 1  United Kingdom 3-0 3-0 2: 1 3-0 2  Portugal 0: 3 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3  Israel 0: 3 1: 2 2: 1 1: 2 4th  Netherlands 1: 2 1: 2 1: 2 0: 3

Group D POLE ROU CRO LUX SN 1  Poland 2: 1 3-0 3-0 3-0 2  Romania 1: 2 2: 1 3-0 2: 1 3  Croatia 0: 3 1: 2 2: 1 2: 1 4th  Luxembourg 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 0: 3

space Team group A Result Team group C Ascent  Austria 0: 2  United Kingdom 5-8  Bulgaria 0: 2  Portugal 9-12 - -  Israel descent  Estonia 1: 2  Netherlands

space Team group B Result Team group D Ascent  Sweden 2: 1  Poland 5-8  Hungary 0: 2  Romania 9-12  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0: 2  Croatia descent  Greece 1: 2  Luxembourg

Group II

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

Date: from April 16, 2012
Venue: Gizera Sporting Club, Cairo , Egypt
Surface: sand

Participating nations:

Denmark  Finland  Georgia  Latvia

Montenegro  Norway  South Africa  Turkey

Results

Group A RSA MNE FIN THE SN 1  South Africa 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 2  Montenegro 0: 3 3-0 2: 1 2: 1 3  Finland 0: 3 0: 3 2: 1 1: 2 4th  Denmark 0: 3 1: 2 1: 2 0: 3

Group B GEO DOOR LAT NOR SN 1  Georgia 3-0 2: 1 3-0 3-0 2  Turkey 0: 3 2: 1 3-0 2: 1 3  Latvia 1: 2 1: 2 3-0 1: 2 4th  Norway 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3

space	Team group A	Result	Team group B
Ascent	South Africa	0: 3	Turkey
Ascent	Montenegro	0: 3	Georgia
descent	Finland	3-0	Norway
descent	Denmark	0: 3	Latvia

Group III

• the teams marked in bold were promoted to Group II

Date: from April 16, 2012
Venue: Gizera Sporting Club, Cairo , Egypt
Surface: sand

Participating nations:

Egypt  Armenia  Ireland  Kenya  Lithuania  Malta

Morocco  Moldova  Namibia  Tunisia  Cyprus

Results

Group A MAR IRL POOR MLT KEN SN 1  Morocco 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3-0 4-0 2  Ireland 1: 2 2: 1 2: 1 3-0 3: 1 3  Armenia 1: 2 1: 2 3-0 3-0 2: 2 4th  Malta 1: 2 1: 2 0: 3 3-0 1: 3 5  Kenya 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 0: 4

Group B TO DO LIT EGY MDA CYP NAM SN 1  Tunisia 2: 1 3-0 3-0 3-0 2: 1 5-0 2  Lithuania 1: 2 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 4: 1 3  Egypt 0: 3 0: 3 3-0 3-0 3-0 3: 2 4th  Moldova 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 2: 1 2: 1 2: 3 5  Cyprus 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 2: 1 1: 4 6th  Namibia 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 1: 2 0: 5

space	Team group A	Result	Team group B
Ascent	Morocco	1: 2	Lithuania
Ascent	Ireland	1: 2	Tunisia
5-8	Armenia	1: 2	Egypt
5-8	Malta	1: 2	Moldova
9-10	Kenya	0: 3	Cyprus
11	-	-	Namibia

See also

Davis Cup 2012

Web links

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