Federation Cup 1968

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Federation Cup 1968
Period: May 21-26, 1968
Edition: 6th
Participating nations: 22nd
Winner: AustraliaAustralia Australia
Title: 3
Players: Margaret Court
Kerry Melville
Team leader: Margaret Court

The 1968 Federation Cup (from 1995 Fed Cup) was the 6th edition of the women's national team's tennis tournament . The game was played from May 21st to 26th at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris , France . In the final, the teams from Australia and the Netherlands faced each other, which Australia won 3-0.

World group

  First round
May 21st
Round of 16
22-23 May
Quarter-finals
May 24th
Semi-finals
May 25th
Final
May 26th
                                               
                 
   
 United StatesUnited States United States 3
   SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 0  
 
   
 United StatesUnited States United States 2
   FranceFrance France 1  
     
   
 FranceFrance France 3
   PortugalPortugal Portugal 0  
 
   
 United StatesUnited States United States 1
   NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 2  
 
   
 Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany BR Germany
   Bulgaria 1967Bulgaria Bulgaria Where  
 ChileChile Chile 1
 Bulgaria 1967Bulgaria Bulgaria 2  
 Bulgaria 1967Bulgaria Bulgaria 0
   NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 3  
 Kingdom of GreeceKingdom of Greece Greece 0    
 Poland 1944Poland Poland 2  
 Poland 1944Poland Poland 1
   NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 2  
 FinlandFinland Finland 0
 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 3  
 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 0
 AustraliaAustralia Australia 3
 SwedenSweden Sweden 0
 United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 3  
 United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 2
   CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 1  
 NorwayNorway Norway 0
 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 2  
 United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 3
   Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 0  
 Mexico 1934Mexico Mexico 1    
 ItalyItaly Italy 2  
 ItalyItaly Italy 0
   Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 3  
 BelgiumBelgium Belgium 0
 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 3  
 United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 0
   AustraliaAustralia Australia 3  
 
   
 Brazil 1960Brazil Brazil 0
   AustraliaAustralia Australia 3  
 
   
 AustraliaAustralia Australia 2
   South Africa 1961South Africa South Africa 1  
     
   
 CanadaCanada Canada 0
   South Africa 1961South Africa South Africa 3  
 
   

final

Netherlands - Australia

NetherlandsNetherlands0 3
AustraliaAustralia

Date: May 26, 1968
Venue: Stade Roland Garros in Paris , France
Surface: Sand

NetherlandsNetherlands AustraliaAustralia Result
Marijke Jansen Kerry Melville 6: 4, 5: 7, 3: 6
Astrid Suurbeck Margaret Court 1: 6, 3: 6
Astrid Suurbeck
Lidy Venneboer
Margaret Court
Kerry Melville
3: 6, 8: 6, 5: 7

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Australia and the Fed Cup. Retrieved December 25, 2014 .