2012 Fed Cup World Group

2012 Fed Cup World Group
2012 Fed Cup World Group
Date	4 February – 4 November
Edition	22nd
Champions
	; Czech Republic

Last updated February 14, 2023

The World Group was the highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2012. Eight nations competed in a three-round knockout competition. Czech Republic was the defending champion, and they successfully defended their title by defeating first-time finalists Serbia in the final.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Participating teams

Participating Teams
Belgium	Czech Republic	Germany	Italy
Russia	Serbia	Spain	Ukraine

Draw


Quarterfinals 4–5 February			Semifinals 21–22 April			Final 3–4 November

Moscow, Russia (Indoor hard)

1	Russia	3
			Moscow, Russia (Indoor clay)
	Spain	2
			1	Russia	2
Charleroi, Belgium (Indoor hard)
				Serbia	3
	Serbia	3
						Prague, Czech Republic (Indoor hard)
4	Belgium	2
							Serbia	1
Biella, Italy (Indoor clay)
						2	Czech Republic	3
3	Italy	3
			Ostrava, Czech Republic (Indoor hard)
	Ukraine	2
			3	Italy	1
Stuttgart, Germany (Indoor hard)
			2	Czech Republic	4
	Germany	1

2	Czech Republic	4

First round

Russia vs. Spain

Russia
3

Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia
4–5 February 2012
RuKortHard (indoors)

Spain
2

		1	2	3
1	Maria Sharapova Silvia Soler-Espinosa	6 2	6 1
2	Svetlana Kuznetsova Carla Suárez Navarro	6 3	6 1
3	Nadia Petrova Carla Suárez Navarro	0 6	3 6
4	Svetlana Kuznetsova Silvia Soler-Espinosa	6 2	4 6	6 3
5	Nadia Petrova / Svetlana Kuznetsova Nuria Llagostera Vives / Arantxa Parra Santonja	3 6			retired

^[4]

Serbia vs. Belgium

Serbia
3

Spiroudome, Charleroi, Belgium
4–5 February 2012
Decoturf II (indoors)

Belgium
2

		1	2	3
1	Jelena Janković Kirsten Flipkens	7 5	7 5
2	Bojana Jovanovski Yanina Wickmayer	4 6	4 6
3	Aleksandra Krunić Yanina Wickmayer	1 6	0 6
4	Bojana Jovanovski Kirsten Flipkens	6 2	6 4
5	Aleksandra Krunić / Bojana Jovanovski Alison Van Uytvanck / Yanina Wickmayer	7⁷ 6²	4 6	6 1

^[5]

Italy vs. Ukraine

Italy
3

Lauretana Forum, Biella, Italy
4–5 February 2012
Red clay (indoors)

Ukraine
2

		1	2	3
1	Sara Errani Kateryna Bondarenko	6 2	6 3
2	Francesca Schiavone Lesia Tsurenko	1 6	2 6
3	Francesca Schiavone Kateryna Bondarenko	6⁶ 7⁸	7 5	6 4
4	Sara Errani Lesia Tsurenko	1 6	0 3		retired
5	Flavia Pennetta / Roberta Vinci Lesia Tsurenko / Olga Savchuk	7 5	0 6	6 1

^[6]

Germany vs. Czech Republic

Germany
1

Porsche Arena, Stuttgart, Germany
4–5 February 2012
DecoColor hard (indoors)

Czech Republic
4

		1	2	3
1	Sabine Lisicki Iveta Benešová	6 2	4 6	2 6
2	Julia Görges Petra Kvitová	6 3	3 6	8 10
3	Sabine Lisicki Petra Kvitová	7⁷ 6²	4 6	1 6
4	Angelique Kerber Lucie Hradecká	6 4	6 4
5	Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Julia Görges Iveta Benešová / Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	3 6	6⁴ 7⁷

^[7]

Semifinals

Russia vs. Serbia

Russia
2

Megasport Arena, Moscow, Russia
21–22 April 2012
Red clay (indoors)

Serbia
3

		1	2	3
1	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Jelena Janković	4 6	3 6
2	Svetlana Kuznetsova Ana Ivanovic	6 2	2 6	6 4
3	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Ana Ivanovic	6 3	0 6	3 6
4	Svetlana Kuznetsova Jelena Janković	1 6	4 6
5	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Elena Vesnina Aleksandra Krunić / Bojana Jovanovski	6 4	6 0

^[8]

Italy vs. Czech Republic

Italy
1

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava, Czech Republic
21–22 April 2012
Novacrylic ultracushion hard (indoors)

Czech Republic
4

		1	2	3
1	Francesca Schiavone Lucie Šafářová	6³ 7⁷	1 6
2	Sara Errani Petra Kvitová	4 6	3 6
3	Francesca Schiavone Petra Kvitová	4 6	6¹ 7⁷
4	Sara Errani Andrea Hlaváčková	2 6	6 2	6 2
5	Sara Errani / Flavia Pennetta Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká	6 5			retired

^[9]

Final

Serbia vs. Czech Republic

Serbia
1

O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic
3–4 November 2012
Novacrylic ultracushion hard (indoors)

Czech Republic
3

		1	2
1	Ana Ivanovic Lucie Šafářová	4 6	3 6
2	Jelena Janković Petra Kvitová	4 6	1 6
3	Ana Ivanovic Petra Kvitová	6 3	7 5
4	Jelena Janković Lucie Šafářová	1 6	1 6
5	Bojana Jovanovski / Aleksandra Krunić Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká			not played

^[10]

2012 Fed Cup champions
Czech Republic Seventh title

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