Fed Cup 2016

◄ Fed Cup 2016 ►
Period:	February - November 2016
Edition:	54
Participating nations:	102
Winner:	Czech Republic
Title:	10
Players:	Denisa Allertová Lucie Hradecká Petra Kvitová Karolína Plíšková Barbora Strýcová
Team Principal:	Petr Pála

The 2016 Fed Cup was the 54th edition of the women's national team's tennis tournament .

World group

Germany	France	Italy	Netherlands
Romania	Russia	Switzerland	Czech Republic

	1 round					Semifinals					final
	1	Czech Republic	3
		Romania	2
						1	Czech Republic	3
							Switzerland	2
	4th	Germany	2
		Switzerland	3
											1	Czech Republic	3
												France	2
		France	4th
	3	Italy	1
							France	3
							Netherlands	2
		Netherlands	3
	2	Russia	1

First round

Romania - Czech Republic

2 3 Date: February 6th to 7th, 2016 Venue: Sala Polivalentă , Cluj-Napoca , Romania Surface: Hard court (indoor)
		Result
Simona Halep	Karolína Plíšková	7: 6 4 , 4: 6, 2: 6
Monica Niculescu	Petra Kvitová	6: 3, 6: 4
Simona Halep	Petra Kvitová	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 3
Monica Niculescu	Karolína Plíšková	4: 6, 6: 4, 3: 6
Andreea Mitu Ioana Raluca Olaru	Karolína Plíšková Barbora Strýcová	2: 6, 3: 6

Germany - Switzerland

2 3 Date: February 6th to 7th, 2016 Venue: Leipziger Messe , Leipzig , Germany Surface: Hard court (hall)
		Result
Andrea Petković	Belinda Bencic	3: 6, 4: 6
Angelique Kerber	Timea Bacsinszky	6: 1, 6: 3
Angelique Kerber	Belinda Bencic	6: 7 4 , 3: 6
Annika Beck	Timea Bacsinszky	7: 5, 6: 4
Andrea Petković Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Belinda Bencic Martina Hingis	3: 6, 2: 6

France - Italy

4 1 Date: February 6th to 7th, 2016 Venue: Palais des Sports , Marseille , France Surface: Hard court (hall)
		Result
Kristina Mladenovic	Camila Giorgi	6: 1, 4: 6, 1: 6
Caroline Garcia	Sara Errani	6: 3, 7: 5
Kristina Mladenovic	Sara Errani	7: 6 4 , 6: 1
Caroline Garcia	Camila Giorgi	6: 3, 6: 4
Océane Dodin Pauline Parmentier	Martina Caregaro Sara Errani	6-0, 6-1

Russia - Netherlands

1 3 Date: February 6th to 7th, 2016 Venue: Olimpijski , Moscow , Russia Surface: Hard court (hall)
		Result
Ekaterina Makarova	Kiki Bertens	3: 6, 4: 6
Svetlana Kuznetsova	Richèl Hogenkamp	6: 7 4 , 7: 5, 8:10
Svetlana Kuznetsova	Kiki Bertens	1: 6, 4: 6
Ekaterina Makarova	Richèl Hogenkamp	not played
Darja Kassatkina Ekaterina Makarova	Cindy Burger Arantxa Rus	6-0, 6-2

Semifinals

Switzerland - Czech Republic

2 3 Date: April 16-17, 2016 Venue: Lucerne Exhibition Center , Lucerne , Switzerland Surface: Hard court (hall)
		Result
Timea Bacsinszky	Barbora Strýcová	0: 6, 2: 6
Viktorija Golubic	Karolína Plíšková	3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4
Timea Bacsinszky	Karolína Plíšková	4: 6, 2: 6
Viktorija Golubic	Barbora Strýcová	3: 6, 7: 6 6 , 6: 1
Viktorija Golubic Martina Hingis	Karolína Plíšková Lucie Hradecká	2: 6, 2: 6

France - Netherlands

3 2 Date: April 16-17 , 2016 Venue: Arena Loire, Trélazé , France Surface: Sand (hall)
		Result
Caroline Garcia	Kiki Bertens	4: 6, 2: 6
Kristina Mladenovic	Richèl Hogenkamp	6: 2, 6: 4
Kristina Mladenovic	Kiki Bertens	5: 7, 4: 6
Caroline Garcia	Arantxa Rus	6: 3, 6: 4
Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic	Kiki Bertens Richèl Hogenkamp	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3

final

France - Czech Republic

2 3 Date: November 12th to 13th, 2016 Venue: Rhénus Sport, Strasbourg , France Surface: Hard court (hall)
		Result
Kristina Mladenovic	Karolína Plíšková	3: 6, 6: 4, 14:16
Caroline Garcia	Petra Kvitová	7: 6 6 , 6: 3
Caroline Garcia	Karolína Plíšková	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3
Alizé Cornet	Barbora Strýcová	2: 6, 6: 7 4
Kristina Mladenovic Caroline Garcia	Lucie Hradecká Barbora Strýcová	5: 7, 5: 7

Play-offs

1st round loser from the world group	Germany	Italy	Romania	Russia
Winner of the 1st round from World Group II	Australia	Spain	United States	Belarus

Russia - Belarus

2 3 Date: April 16-17 , 2016 Venue: Luschniki Sports Palace (small hall), Moscow , Russia Surface: Sand (hall)
		Result
Darja Kassatkina	Aljaksandra Sasnovich	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 1
Margarita Gasparjan	Viktoriya Azaranka	2: 6, 3: 6
Darja Kassatkina	Viktoriya Azaranka	2: 6, 7: 5, 3: 6
Margarita Gasparjan	Aljaksandra Sasnovich	6: 4, 1: 6, 5: 7
Darja Kassatkina Jelena Wesnina	Wolha Hawarzowa Aryna Sabalenka	6: 4, 6: 2

Spain - Italy

4 0 Date: April 16-17, 2016 Venue: Club de Tennis Lleida, Lleida , Spain Surface: sand
		Result
Garbiñe Muguruza	Francesca Schiavone	7: 6 4 , 6: 0
Carla Suarez Navarro	Roberta Vinci	6: 1, 6: 1
Garbiñe Muguruza	Roberta Vinci	6: 2, 6: 2
Carla Suarez Navarro	Francesca Schiavone	not played
Anabel Medina Garrigues Sara Sorribes Tormo	Karin Knapp Francesca Schiavone	1: 1 task

Romania - Germany

1 4 Date: April 16-17 , 2016 Venue: Sala Polivalentă , Cluj-Napoca , Romania Surface: sand (hall)
		Result
Irina-Camelia Begu	Angelique Kerber	2: 6, 3: 6
Simona Halep	Andrea Petković	6: 4, 6: 7 5 , 6: 4
Simona Halep	Angelique Kerber	2: 6, 2: 6
Monica Niculescu	Andrea Petković	6: 0, 6: 7 1 , 3: 6
Irina-Camelia Begu Alexandra Dulgheru	Annika Beck Julia Görges	7: 6 5 , 6: 7 4 , [7:10]

Australia - United States

0 4 Date: April 16-17 , 2016 Venue: Pat Rafter Arena , Brisbane , Australia Surface: Sand
		Result
Daria Gavrilova	Madison Keys	4: 6, 2: 6
Samantha Stosur	Christina McHale	6: 3, 1: 6, 5: 7
Samantha Stosur	Coco Vandeweghe	6: 2, 5: 7, 4: 6
Daria Gavrilova	Christina McHale	not played
Darja Gavrilowa Arina Rodionova	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Coco Vandeweghe	1: 6, 4: 6

World group II

Australia	Serbia	Poland	Canada
Slovakia	Spain	United States	Belarus

First round

Slovakia - Australia

2 3 Date: February 6th to 7th, 2016 Venue: Aegon Arena, Bratislava , Slovakia Surface: Hard court (hall)
		Result
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	Arina Rodionova	5: 7, 7: 5, 6: 0
Jana Čepelová	Samantha Stosur	3: 6, 4: 6
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	Samantha Stosur	6: 7 5 , 5: 7
Dominika Cibulková	Kimberly Birrell	6: 3, 6: 1
Jana Čepelová Daniela Hantuchová	Casey Dellacqua Samantha Stosur	7: 5, 1: 6, 2: 6

Serbia - Spain

0 4 Date: February 6th to 7th, 2016 Venue: Hala sportova u Kraljevu, Kraljevo , Serbia Surface : Hard court (indoor)
		Result
Ivana Jorović	Garbiñe Muguruza	3: 6, 1: 6
Jelena Janković	Carla Suarez Navarro	4: 6, 2: 6
Jelena Janković	Garbiñe Muguruza	3: 6, 4: 6
Ivana Jorović	Carla Suarez Navarro	not played
Ivana Jorović Nina Stojanović	Lara Arruabarrena Vecino Lourdes Domínguez Lino	6: 4, 6: 7 6 , [7:10]

USA - Poland

4 0 Date: February 6th to 7th, 2016 Venue: Holua Tennis Center, Kailua-Kona , United States Surface: Hard court
		Result
Sloane Stephens	Magda Linette	6: 2, 6: 4
Venus Williams	Paula Kania	7: 5, 6: 2
Venus Williams	Magda Linette	6: 1, 6: 2
Sloane Stephens	Paula Kania	not played
Bethanie Mattek-Sands Coco Vandeweghe	Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Alicja Rosolska	6: 1, 7: 5

Canada - Belarus

2 3 Date: 6th to 7th February 2016 Venue: Pavillon de l'éducation physique et des sports de l'Université Laval, Québec , Canada Surface: Hard court (hall)
		Result
Françoise Abanda	Aljaksandra Sasnovich	4: 6, 6: 2, 3: 6
Aleksandra Wozniak	Wolha Hawarzowa	6: 2, 6: 2
Françoise Abanda	Wolha Hawarzowa	6: 4, 6: 4
Aleksandra Wozniak	Aljaksandra Sasnovich	4: 6, 4: 6
Gabriela Dabrowski Carol Zhao	Wolha Hawarzowa Aljaksandra Sasnowitsch	2: 6, 4: 6

Play-offs

1st round loser from World Group II	Canada	Poland	Serbia	Slovakia
*	Argentina	Belgium	Taiwan	Ukraine

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 .

Serbia - Belgium

2 3 Date: April 16-17 , 2016 Venue: Pionir Hall , Belgrade , Serbia Surface: Sand (hall)
		Result
Aleksandra Krunić	Kirsten Flipkens	6: 4, 7: 6 8
Jovana Jakšić	Yanina Wickmayer	5: 7, 0: 6
Aleksandra Krunić	Yanina Wickmayer	6: 1, 5: 7, 6: 8
Ivana Jorović	Kirsten Flipkens	6: 7 8 , 4: 6
Jovana Jakšić Nina Stojanović	Ysaline Bonaventure An-Sophie Mestach	4: 6, 6: 0, [10: 5]

Slovakia - Canada

3 2 Date: April 16-17 , 2016 Venue: Sibamac Arena , Bratislava , Slovakia Surface: sand (hall)
		Result
Dominika Cibulková	Françoise Abanda	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 1
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	Aleksandra Wozniak	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 4
Jana Čepelová	Françoise Abanda	5: 7, 2: 6
Dominika Cibulková	Aleksandra Wozniak	6: 2, 6: 0
Jana Čepelová Tereza Mihalíková	Sharon Fichman Charlotte Robillard-Millette	3: 6, 6: 0, [8:10]

Poland - Taiwan

1 4 Date: April 16-17 , 2016 Venue: ORiR Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa, Inowrocław , Poland Surface: Hard court (hall)
		Result
Paula Kania	Hsu Ching-wen	3: 6, 4: 6
Magdalena Fręch	Lee Ya-hsuan	4: 6, 6: 0, 6: 2
Paula Kania	Lee Ya-hsuan	6: 2, 3: 6, 7: 9
Magdalena Fręch	Hsu Ching-wen	2: 6, 6: 4, 3: 6
Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Katarzyna Kawa	Chan Chin-wei Chuang Chia-young	2: 6, 6: 7 1

Ukraine - Argentina

4 0 Date: April 16-17 , 2016 Venue: Campa Tennis Club, Butscha , Ukraine Surface: Hard court
		Result
Kateryna Bondarenko	María Irigoyen	6: 1, 6: 1
Lesja Zurenko	Nadia Podoroska	6: 1, 6: 4
Lesja Zurenko	María Irigoyen	6: 0, 6: 3
Kateryna Bondarenko	Nadia Podoroska	not played
Kateryna Bondarenko Olha Savchuk	María Lourdes Carlé Guadalupe Pérez Rojas	6: 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 2016
Venue: Country Club Las Palmas, Santa Cruz de la Sierra , Bolivia
Surface: sand

Participating nations:

Argentina  Bolivia  Brazil  Colombia

Ecuador  Mexico  Paraguay  Peru

Results

Group A PAR MEX BOL COL SN 1  Paraguay 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3-0 2  Mexico 1: 2 2: 1 3-0 2: 1 3  Bolivia 1: 2 1: 2 2: 1 1: 2 4th  Colombia 1: 2 0: 3 1: 2 0: 3

Group B ARG BRA ECU BY SN 1  Argentina 2: 1 3-0 3-0 3-0 2  Brazil 1: 2 3-0 3-0 2: 1 3  Ecuador 0: 3 0: 3 2: 1 1: 2 4th  Peru 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 0: 3

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

Group II

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

Date: February 1 to 6, 2016
Venue: Centro de Tenis Honda, Parque del Este, Bayamón , Puerto Rico
Surface: Hard court

Participating nations:

Bahamas  Chile  Costa Rica  Dominican Republic  Guatemala

Honduras  Puerto Rico  Uruguay  Venezuela

Results

Group A VEN CHI HON CRI SN 1  Venezuela 2: 1 3-0 3-0 3-0 2  Chile 1: 2 2: 1 3-0 2: 1 3  Honduras 0: 3 1: 2 2: 1 1: 2 4th  Costa Rica 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 0: 3

Group B PURE GTM URU DOM Bras SN 1  Puerto Rico 2: 1 2: 1 3-0 3-0 4-0 2  Guatemala 1: 2 2: 1 3-0 3-0 3: 1 3  Uruguay 1: 2 1: 2 3-0 2: 1 2: 2 4th  Dominican Republic 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 2: 1 1: 3 5  Bahamas 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 1: 2 0: 4

space	Team group A	Result	Team group B
Ascent	Puerto Rico	1: 2	Chile
Ascent	Venezuela	2-0	Guatemala
5-6	Honduras	0: 2	Uruguay
7-8	Costa Rica	2-0	Dominican Republic
9	-	k. A.	Bahamas

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: February 3 to 6, 2016
Venue: True Arena Hua Hin, Hua Hin , Thailand
Surface: Hard court

Participating nations:

People's Republic of China  India  Japan  Kazakhstan

South Korea  Thailand  Taiwan  Uzbekistan

Results

Group A JPN THA IND UZB SN 1  Japan 2: 1 2: 1 1: 2 2: 1 2  Thailand 1: 2 3-0 3-0 2: 1 3  India 1: 2 0: 3 3-0 1: 2 4th  Uzbekistan 2: 1 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2

Group B TPE CHN KAZ COR SN 1  Taiwan 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3-0 2  People's Republic of China 1: 2 3-0 2: 1 2: 1 3  Kazakhstan 1: 2 0: 3 3-0 1: 2 4th  South Korea 1: 2 1: 2 0: 3 0: 3

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

Group II

• the team in bold was promoted to group I.

Date: 11th to 16th April 2016
Venue: True Arena Hua Hin, Hua Hin , Thailand
Surface: Hard court

Participating nations:

Bahrain  Hong Kong  Indonesia  Iran  Kyrgyzstan  Malaysia

Pacific Oceania  Pakistan  Philippines  Singapore  Sri Lanka

Results

Group A PHI HKG POC IRI BHR SN 1  Philippines 2: 1 2: 1 3-0 2-0 4-0 2  Hong Kong 1: 2 2: 1 2-0 3-0 3: 1 3  Pacific Oceania 1: 2 1: 2 3-0 3-0 2: 2 4th  Iran 0: 3 0: 2 0: 3 3-0 1: 3 5  Bahrain 0: 2 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 0: 4

Group B SIN MAS INA SRI PAH KGZ SN 1  Singapore 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 1: 2 4: 1 2  Malaysia 1: 2 2: 1 3-0 3-0 3-0 4: 1 3  Indonesia 1: 2 1: 2 3-0 3-0 3-0 3: 2 4th  Sri Lanka 1: 2 0: 3 0: 3 2-0 3-0 2: 3 5  Pakistan 1: 2 0: 3 0: 3 0: 2 3-0 1: 4 6th  Kyrgyzstan 2: 1 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 1: 4

space	team	Result	team
Ascent	Philippines	2-0	Singapore
3-4	Hong Kong	2: 1	Malaysia
5-6	Pacific Oceania	0: 2	Indonesia
7-8	Iran	1: 2	Sri Lanka
9-10	Bahrain	0: 3	Pakistan

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, 2016
Venue: Municipal Tennis Center, Eilat , Israel
Surface: Hard court

Participating nations:

Belgium  Bulgaria  Estonia  Georgia  Israel  Croatia  Latvia

Portugal  Sweden  South Africa  Turkey  Ukraine  Hungary  United Kingdom

Results

Group A UKR PRT SWE SN 1  Ukraine 3-0 3-0 2-0 2  Portugal 0: 3 2: 1 1: 1 3  Sweden 0: 3 1: 2 0: 2

Group B GBR GEO RSA SN 1  United Kingdom 2: 1 3-0 2-0 2  Georgia 1: 2 3-0 1: 1 3  South Africa 0: 3 0: 3 0: 2

Group C ISR CRO EST DOOR SN 1  Israel 2: 1 3-0 1: 2 2: 1 2  Croatia 1: 2 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3  Estonia 0: 3 1: 2 2: 1 1: 2 4th  Turkey 2: 1 1: 2 1: 2 1: 2

Group D BEL BUL LAT HUN SN 1  Belgium 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 2  Bulgaria 0: 3 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3  Latvia 0: 3 1: 2 2: 1 1: 2 4th  Hungary 0: 3 1: 2 1: 2 0: 3

space Team group A Result Team group C Ascent  Ukraine 3-0  Israel 5-8  Portugal 0: 2  Croatia 9-10 - k. A.  Estonia descent  Sweden 0: 2  Turkey

space Team group B Result Team group D Ascent  United Kingdom 0: 2  Belgium 5-8  Georgia 2: 1  Bulgaria 9-10 - k. A.  Latvia descent  South Africa 0: 2  Hungary

Group II

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

Date: April 13-16 , 2016
Venue: Gezira Sporting Club , Cairo , Egypt
Surface: sand

Participating nations:

Egypt  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Denmark  Finland

Liechtenstein  Lithuania  Austria

Results

Group A THE LAT FIN SN 1  Denmark 3-0 3-0 2-0 2  Lithuania 0: 3 2: 1 1: 1 3  Finland 0: 3 1: 2 0: 2

Group B AUT BIH EGY LIE SN 1  Austria 2: 1 3-0 0: 3 2: 1 2  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1: 2 3-0 2: 1 2: 1 3  Egypt 0: 3 0: 3 2: 1 1: 2 4th  Liechtenstein 3-0 1: 2 1: 2 1: 2

space	Team group A	Result	Team group B
Ascent	Denmark	1: 2	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ascent	Lithuania	0: 2	Austria
descent	Finland	0: 2	Egypt

Group III

• the teams marked in bold were promoted to Group II

Date: April 11-16, 2016
Venue: Bellevue, Ulcinj , Montenegro
Surface: sand

Participating nations:

Algeria  Armenia  Greece  Ireland  Iceland  Kosovo  Luxembourg  North Macedonia  Madagascar

Malta  Morocco  Moldova  Montenegro  Mozambique  Norway  Tunisia  Cyprus

Results

Group A LUX GRE TO DO MLT SN 1  Luxembourg 2: 1 2: 1 3-0 3-0 2  Greece 1: 2 2: 1 3-0 2: 1 3  Tunisia 1: 2 1: 2 3-0 1: 2 4th  Malta 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3

Group B MKD IRL POOR ISL SN 1  North Macedonia 2: 1 2: 1 3-0 3-0 2  Ireland 1: 2 2: 1 3-0 2: 1 3  Armenia 1: 2 1: 2 3-0 1: 2 4th  Iceland 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3

Group C MDA MAD CYP ALG SN 1  Moldova 1: 2 2: 1 3-0 2: 1 2  Madagascar 2: 1 1: 2 3-0 2: 1 3  Cyprus 1: 2 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 4th  Algeria 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 0: 3

Group D NOR MNE MAR KOS MOZ SN 1  Norway 2: 1 3-0 3-0 3-0 4-0 2  Montenegro 1: 2 2: 1 3-0 3-0 3: 1 3  Morocco 0: 3 1: 2 2: 1 3-0 2: 2 4th  Kosovo 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 3-0 1: 3 5  Mozambique 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 0: 4

space	team	Result	team
Ascent	Luxembourg	2-0	Moldova
Ascent	North Macedonia	0: 2	Norway
5-8	Greece	2-0	Madagascar
5-8	Ireland	0: 2	Montenegro
9-12	Tunisia	2-0	Cyprus
9-12	Armenia	2: 1	Morocco
13-16	Malta	0: 2	Algeria
13-16	Iceland	1: 2	Kosovo

See also

• Davis Cup 2016

Web links

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