| 2009 Fed Cup World Group | |
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| Date | 7 February – 8 November |
| Edition | 19th |
| Champions | |
 Italy | |
The World Group was the highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2009. Eight nations competed in a three-round knockout competition. Russia was the two-time defending champion, but they were defeated by Italy in the semifinals. The Italian team went on to win, defeating the United States in the final, 4–0.
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 Argentina |  China |  Czech Republic |  France |
Italy |  Russia |  Spain |  United States |
| Quarterfinals 7–8 February | Semifinals 25–26 April | Final 7–8 November | |||||||||||
| Moscow, Russia (Indoor hard) | |||||||||||||
| 1 |  Russia | 5 | |||||||||||
| Castellaneta, Italy (Outdoor clay) | |||||||||||||
 China | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Russia | 1 | |||||||||||
| Orléans, France (Indoor hard) | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  Italy | 4 | |||||||||||
 France | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Reggio Calabria, Italy (Outdoor clay) | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Italy | 5 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Italy | 4 | |||||||||||
| Surprise, AZ, United States (Outdoor hard) | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  United States | 0 | |||||||||||
| 3 | United States | 3 | |||||||||||
| Brno, Czech Republic (Indoor hard) | |||||||||||||
 Argentina | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | United States | 3 | |||||||||||
| Brno, Czech Republic (Indoor carpet) | |||||||||||||
 Czech Republic | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Czech Republic | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2 |  Spain | 1 | |||||||||||
 Russia 5 | Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia 7–8 February 2009 RuKortHard (indoors) |  China 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 France 0 | Palais des Sports, Orléans, France 7–8 February 2009 Resin hard (indoors) |  Italy 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 United States 3 | Surprise Tennis and Racquet Complex, Surprise, AZ, United States 7–8 February 2009 Decoturf (outdoors) |  Argentina 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Czech Republic 4 | Brno Exhibition Centre, Brno, Czech Republic 7–8 February 2009 Carpet (indoors) |  Spain 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Russia 1 | Nova Yardinia, Castellaneta Marina, Italy 25–26 April 2009 Red clay (outdoors) | Italy 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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United States 3 | Starobrno Rondo Arena, Brno, Czech Republic 25–26 April 2009 Acrylic hard (indoors) | Czech Republic 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Italy 4 | Circolo del Tennis, Reggio Calabria, Italy 7–8 November 2009 Red clay (outdoors) | United States 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2009 Fed Cup champions |
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Italy Second title |
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