2009 Fed Cup World Group

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2009 Fed Cup World Group
Date7 February – 8 November
Edition19th
Champions
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Italy
  2008  · Fed Cup ·  2010  

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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Participating teams

Participating teams
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Argentina
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Czech Republic
Flag of France.svg
France
Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
Flag of Russia.svg
Russia
Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
Flag of the United States.svg
United States

Draw

Quarterfinals
7–8 February
Semifinals
25–26 April
Final
7–8 November
Moscow, Russia (Indoor hard)
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 5
Castellaneta, Italy (Outdoor clay)
 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 0
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1
Orléans, France (Indoor hard)
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4
 Flag of France.svg  France 0
Reggio Calabria, Italy (Outdoor clay)
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 5
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4
Surprise, AZ, United States (Outdoor hard)
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3
Brno, Czech Republic (Indoor hard)
 Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3
Brno, Czech Republic (Indoor carpet)
 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2
 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 4
2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1

First round

Russia vs. China

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Russia
5
Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia
7–8 February 2009
RuKortHard (indoors)
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China
0
123
1 Flag of Russia.svg
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Yan Zi
6
2
6
4
  
2 Flag of Russia.svg
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
Elena Dementieva
Zhang Shuai
6
3
6
0
  
3 Flag of Russia.svg
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
Anna Chakvetadze
Yan Zi
6
1
6
2
  
4 Flag of Russia.svg
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
Alisa Kleybanova
Sun Tiantian
6
1
6
1
  
5 Flag of Russia.svg
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
Elena Dementieva  /  Svetlana Kuznetsova
Sun Tiantian  /  Yan Zi
1
6
6
4
6
4
 

[1]

France vs. Italy

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France
0
Palais des Sports, Orléans, France
7–8 February 2009
Resin hard (indoors)
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Italy
5
123
1 Flag of France.svg
Flag of Italy.svg
Amélie Mauresmo
Flavia Pennetta
6
2
67
79
4
6
 
2 Flag of France.svg
Flag of Italy.svg
Alizé Cornet
Francesca Schiavone
1
6
6
2
6
8
 
3 Flag of France.svg
Flag of Italy.svg
Alizé Cornet
Flavia Pennetta
2
6
2
6
  
4 Flag of France.svg
Flag of Italy.svg
Amélie Mauresmo
Sara Errani
3
6
4
6
  
5 Flag of France.svg
Flag of Italy.svg
Séverine Brémond  /  Nathalie Dechy
Sara Errani  /  Roberta Vinci
4
6
4
6
  

[2]

United States vs. Argentina

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United States
3
Surprise Tennis and Racquet Complex, Surprise, AZ, United States
7–8 February 2009
Decoturf (outdoors)
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Argentina
2
123
1 Flag of the United States.svg
Flag of Argentina.svg
Jill Craybas
Betina Jozami
6
2
6
1
  
2 Flag of the United States.svg
Flag of Argentina.svg
Melanie Oudin
Gisela Dulko
2
6
5
7
  
3 Flag of the United States.svg
Flag of Argentina.svg
Jill Craybas
Gisela Dulko
1
6
3
6
  
4 Flag of the United States.svg
Flag of Argentina.svg
Melanie Oudin
Betina Jozami
2
6
6
1
6
2
 
5 Flag of the United States.svg
Flag of Argentina.svg
Julie Ditty  /  Liezel Huber
Gisela Dulko  /  Betina Jozami
6
2
6
3
  

[3]

Czech Republic vs. Spain

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Czech Republic
4
Brno Exhibition Centre, Brno, Czech Republic
7–8 February 2009
Carpet (indoors)
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Spain
1
123
1 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Flag of Spain.svg
Petra Kvitová
Carla Suárez Navarro
6
4
6
4
  
2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Flag of Spain.svg
Iveta Benešová
Nuria Llagostera Vives
6
1
1
6
4
6
 
3 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Flag of Spain.svg
Lucie Šafářová
Carla Suárez Navarro
6
4
6
3
  
4 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Flag of Spain.svg
Petra Kvitová
Nuria Llagostera Vives
6
4
7
5
  
5 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Flag of Spain.svg
Iveta Benešová  /  Květa Peschke
Lourdes Domínguez Lino  /  María José Martínez Sánchez
6
4
6
2
  

[4]

Semifinals

Russia vs. Italy

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Russia
1
Nova Yardinia, Castellaneta Marina, Italy
25–26 April 2009
Red clay (outdoors)
Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
4
123
1 Flag of Russia.svg
Flag of Italy.svg
Anna Chakvetadze
Flavia Pennetta
4
6
0
6
  
2 Flag of Russia.svg
Flag of Italy.svg
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Francesca Schiavone
6
1
2
6
3
6
 
3 Flag of Russia.svg
Flag of Italy.svg
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Flavia Pennetta
6
0
6
3
  
4 Flag of Russia.svg
Flag of Italy.svg
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Francesca Schiavone
6
7
6
4
2
6
 
5 Flag of Russia.svg
Flag of Italy.svg
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova  /  Nadia Petrova
Sara Errani  /  Roberta Vinci
6
1
3
6
4
6
 

[5]

United States vs. Czech Republic

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United States
3
Starobrno Rondo Arena, Brno, Czech Republic
25–26 April 2009
Acrylic hard (indoors)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Czech Republic
2
123
1 Flag of the United States.svg
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Petra Kvitová
3
6
62
77
  
2 Flag of the United States.svg
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Alexa Glatch
Iveta Benešová
6
1
6
2
  
3 Flag of the United States.svg
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Lucie Šafářová
3
6
1
6
  
4 Flag of the United States.svg
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Alexa Glatch
Petra Kvitová
6
2
6
1
  
5 Flag of the United States.svg
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Liezel Huber  /  Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Iveta Benešová  /  Květa Peschke
2
6
77
62
6
1
 

[6]

Final

Italy vs. United States

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Italy
4
Circolo del Tennis, Reggio Calabria, Italy
7–8 November 2009
Red clay (outdoors)
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United States
0
123
1 Flag of Italy.svg
Flag of the United States.svg
Flavia Pennetta
Alexa Glatch
6
3
6
1
  
2 Flag of Italy.svg
Flag of the United States.svg
Francesca Schiavone
Melanie Oudin
77
62
6
2
  
3 Flag of Italy.svg
Flag of the United States.svg
Flavia Pennetta
Melanie Oudin
7
5
6
2
  
4 Flag of Italy.svg
Flag of the United States.svg
Francesca Schiavone
Alexa Glatch
   not
played
5 Flag of Italy.svg
Flag of the United States.svg
Sara Errani  /  Roberta Vinci
Liezel Huber  /  Vania King
4
6
6
3
11
9
 

[7]

 2009 Fed Cup champions 
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Italy
Second title

References

  1. "Russia v China". fedcup.com.
  2. "France v Italy". fedcup.com.
  3. "United States v Argentina". fedcup.com.
  4. "Czech Republic v Spain". fedcup.com.
  5. "Russia v Italy". fedcup.com.
  6. "United States v Czech Republic". fedcup.com.
  7. "Italy v United States". fedcup.com.

See also