2019 Fed Cup World Group II play-offs

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The 2019 World Group II play-offs was a Fed Cup tennis tournament consisting of four ties involving the losing nations of the World Group II and four nations from the three Zonal Group I competitions.

At the time of the ties taking place, it was expected that the winners would secure a place in the World Group II for 2020, while the losers would be relegated to their respective zonal Group I, in accordance with the existing competition structure.

However, the restructuring of the Fed Cup for 2020 announced on 27 June 2019 stipulated that the four winning nations will instead enter the 2020 Fed Cup Qualifiers. Of the four losing nations, the two with the highest ITF Fed Cup Nations Ranking (as of 22 April 2019) will also enter the 2020 Fed Cup Qualifiers, while only the remaining two losing nations will be relegated to their respective zonal Group I. ^[1]

Participating Teams
Brazil	Great Britain	Italy	Japan
Kazakhstan	Netherlands	Russia	Slovakia

Seeding

The seeding was announced on 11 February 2019. ^[2]

Seeds:   Russia   Netherlands   Great Britain   Slovakia

Remaining nations:   Brazil   Italy   Japan   Kazakhstan

Russia vs. Italy

Russia 4	CSKA Sports Complex, Moscow, Russia [3] 20–21 April Clay (indoor)		Italy 0
1 2 3 1 Anastasia Potapova Martina Trevisan 2 6 6 3 6 1   2 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Jasmine Paolini 77 64 77 65     3 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Martina Trevisan 6 4 6 3     4 Anastasia Potapova Jasmine Paolini       not played 5 Vlada Koval  /  Anastasia Potapova Sara Errani  /  Jasmine Paolini 4 6 6 3 [10] [7]

Japan vs. Netherlands

Japan 4	Utsubo Tennis Center, Osaka, Japan [4] 20–21 April Hard		Netherlands 0
1 2 3 1 Misaki Doi Richèl Hogenkamp 6 3 6 4     2 Nao Hibino Bibiane Schoofs 6 1 6 2     3 Misaki Doi Bibiane Schoofs 6 3 6 2     4 Nao Hibino Richèl Hogenkamp       not played 5 Shuko Aoyama  /  Eri Hozumi Lesley Kerkhove  /  Demi Schuurs 6 3 3 6 [10] [6]

Great Britain vs. Kazakhstan

Great Britain 3	Copper Box Arena, London, Great Britain [5] 20–21 April Hard (indoor)		Kazakhstan 1
1 2 3 1 Johanna Konta Zarina Diyas 4 6 6 3 6 2   2 Katie Boulter Yulia Putintseva 6 3 2 6 66 78   3 Johanna Konta Yulia Putintseva 4 6 6 2 7 5   4 Katie Boulter Zarina Diyas 61 77 6 4 6 1   5 Harriet Dart  /  Heather Watson Anna Danilina  /  Galina Voskoboeva       not played

Slovakia vs. Brazil

Slovakia 3	AXA Aréna NTC, Bratislava, Slovakia [6] 20–21 April Clay (indoor)		Brazil 1
1 2 3 1 Dominika Cibulková Carolina Alves 6 1 6 1     2 Viktória Kužmová Beatriz Haddad Maia 6 3 6 3     3 Dominika Cibulková Beatriz Haddad Maia 77 63 6 0     4 Viktória Kužmová Carolina Alves       not played 5 Viktória Kužmová  /  Rebecca Šramková Carolina Alves  /  Luisa Stefani 1 6 3 6

Status of losing teams

  Russia,   Japan,   Great Britain and   Slovakia entered the 2020 Fed Cup Qualifiers, having won their respective World Group II play-off ties. The fate of the four losing nations depended on their ITF Fed Cup Nations Ranking as of 22 April 2019.

Nation	ITF Fed Cup Nations Ranking (as of 22 April 2019)	Status
Kazakhstan	17	Entry into 2020 Fed Cup Qualifiers
Brazil	18
Netherlands	19	Entry into 2020 Europe/Africa Group I
Italy	24

References

1. "ITF launches Fed Cup Finals in Budapest". FedCup.com. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
2. "SEEDS ANNOUNCED FOR 2019 FED CUP PLAY-OFFS". FedCup.com.
3. "Russia v Italy". FedCup.com.
4. "Japan v Netherlands". FedCup.com.
5. "Great Britain v Kazakhstan". FedCup.com.
6. "Slovakia v Brazil". FedCup.com.

External links

• Fed Cup website