| 2015 Fed Cup World Group | |
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| Date | 7 February – 15 November |
| Edition | 25th |
| Champions | |
 Czech Republic | |
The World Group was the highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2015.
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 Australia |  Canada | Czech Republic |  Germany |
 France |  Italy |  Poland |  Russia |
| Quarterfinals 7–8 February | Semifinals 18–19 April | Final 14–15 November | |||||||||||
| Quebec City, Canada | |||||||||||||
| 1 |  Czech Republic | 4 | |||||||||||
| Ostrava, Czech Republic | |||||||||||||
 Canada | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Czech Republic | 3 | |||||||||||
| Genoa, Italy | |||||||||||||
 France | 1 | ||||||||||||
| France | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Prague, Czech Republic | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  Italy | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Czech Republic | 3 | |||||||||||
| Kraków, Poland | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  Russia | 2 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Russia | 4 | |||||||||||
| Sochi, Russia | |||||||||||||
 Poland | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Russia | 3 | |||||||||||
| Stuttgart, Germany | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  Germany | 2 | |||||||||||
 Australia | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Germany | 4 | |||||||||||
 Canada 0 | PEPS, Québec City, Canada [1] 7–8 February 2015 Hard – Latex-ite Game Point MF (indoors) |  Czech Republic 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Italy 2 | 105 Stadium, Genoa, Italy [2] 7–8 February 2015 Red clay (indoors) |  France 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Poland 0 | Kraków Arena, Kraków, Poland [3] 7–8 February 2015 Hard – Rebound Ace Synpave (indoors) |  Russia 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Germany 4 | Porsche-Arena, Stuttgart, Germany [4] 7–8 February 2015 Hard (indoors) |  Australia 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Czech Republic 3 | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava, Czech Republic [5] 18–19 April 2015 Hard (indoors) | France 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Russia 3 | Adler Arena, Sochi, Russia [6] 18–19 April 2015 Clay (indoors) | Germany 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Czech Republic 3 | O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic [7] 14–15 November 2015 Novacrylic ultracushion hard (indoors) | Russia 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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