2018 Fed Cup World Group

2018 Fed Cup World Group
2018 Fed Cup World Group
Date	10 February – 11 November
Edition	28th
Champions
	; Czech Republic

Last updated December 24, 2022

The World Group was the highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2018.

Participating teams

Participating teams
Belarus	Belgium	Czech Republic	France
Germany	Netherlands	Switzerland	United States

Seeds

Belarus (Quarterfinals)
United States (Final)
Czech Republic (Champions)
France (Semifinals)

Draw


Quarterfinals 10–11 February			Semifinals 21–22 April			Final 10–11 November

Minsk, Belarus (hard, indoor)^[1]

1	Belarus	2
			Stuttgart, Germany (clay, indoor)^[2]
	Germany	3
				Germany	1
Prague, Czech Republic (hard, indoor)^[3]
			3	Czech Republic	4
3	Czech Republic	3
						Prague, Czech Republic (hard, indoor)^[4]
	Switzerland	1
						3	Czech Republic	3
La Roche-sur-Yon, France (hard, indoor)^[5]
						2	United States	0
	Belgium	2
			Aix-en-Provence, France (clay, indoor)^[6]
4	France	3
			4	France	2
Asheville, United States (hard, indoor)^[7]
			2	United States	3
	Netherlands	1

2	United States	3

Quarterfinals

Belarus vs. Germany

Belarus
2

Chizhovka-Arena, Minsk, Belarus ^[1]
10–11 February
Hard (indoor)

Germany
3

		1	2	3
1	Aryna Sabalenka Tatjana Maria	4 6	6 1	6 2
2	Aliaksandra Sasnovich Antonia Lottner	5 7	4 6
3	Vera Lapko Tatjana Maria	4 6	7 5	0 6
4	Aryna Sabalenka Antonia Lottner	6 3	5 7	6 2
5	Lidziya Marozava / Aryna Sabalenka Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Tatjana Maria	7⁷ 6⁴	5 7	4 6

Czech Republic vs. Switzerland

Czech Republic
3

O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic ^[3]
10–11 February
Hard (indoor)

Switzerland
1

		1	2	3
1	Petra Kvitová Viktorija Golubic	6 2	1 6	6 3
2	Barbora Strýcová Belinda Bencic	6 2	6 4
3	Petra Kvitová Belinda Bencic	6 2	6 4
4	Barbora Strýcová Viktorija Golubic				not played
5	Lucie Šafářová / Barbora Strýcová Timea Bacsinszky / Jil Teichmann	6 1	4 6	[8] [10]

France vs. Belgium

France
3

Vendéspace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France ^[5]
10–11 February
Hard (indoor)

Belgium
2

		1	2	3
1	Pauline Parmentier Elise Mertens	2 6	1 6
2	Kristina Mladenovic Kirsten Flipkens	6 2	6 4
3	Kristina Mladenovic Elise Mertens	6 4	6 4
4	Pauline Parmentier Alison Van Uytvanck	1 6	3 6
5	Amandine Hesse / Kristina Mladenovic Kirsten Flipkens / Elise Mertens	6 4	2 6	6 2

United States vs. Netherlands

United States
3

US Cellular Arena, Asheville, United States ^[7]
10–11 February
Hard (indoor)

Netherlands
1

		1	2	3
1	Venus Williams Arantxa Rus	6 1	6 4
2	CoCo Vandeweghe Richèl Hogenkamp	4 6	7⁸ 6⁶	6 3
3	Venus Williams Richèl Hogenkamp	7 5	6 1
4	CoCo Vandeweghe Arantxa Rus				not played
5	Serena Williams / Venus Williams Lesley Kerkhove / Demi Schuurs	2 6	3 6

Semifinals

Germany vs. Czech Republic

Germany
1

Porsche-Arena, Stuttgart, Germany ^[2]
21–22 April
Clay (indoor)

Czech Republic
4

		1	2
1	Julia Görges Petra Kvitová	3 6	2 6
2	Angelique Kerber Karolína Plíšková	5 7	3 6
3	Julia Görges Karolína Plíšková	6 4	6 2
4	Angelique Kerber Petra Kvitová	2 6	2 6
5	Julia Görges / Anna-Lena Grönefeld Kateřina Siniaková / Barbora Strýcová	5 7	0 0	retired

France vs. United States

France
2

Arena du Pays d'Aix, Aix-en-Provence, France ^[6]
21–22 April
Clay (indoor)

United States
3

		1	2	3
1	Pauline Parmentier Sloane Stephens	6³ 7⁷	5 7
2	Kristina Mladenovic CoCo Vandeweghe	1 6	6 3	6 2
3	Kristina Mladenovic Sloane Stephens	2 6	0 6
4	Pauline Parmentier Madison Keys	6⁴ 7⁷	4 6
5	Amandine Hesse / Kristina Mladenovic Bethanie Mattek-Sands / CoCo Vandeweghe	6 4	3 6	[10] [6]

Final

Czech Republic vs. United States

Czech Republic
3

O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic ^[4]
10–11 November 2018
Hard (indoors)

United States
0

		1	2	3
1	Barbora Strýcová Sofia Kenin	6⁵ 7⁷	6 1	6 4
2	Kateřina Siniaková Alison Riske	6 3	7⁷ 6²
3	Kateřina Siniaková Sofia Kenin	7 5	5 7	7 5
4	Barbora Strýcová Alison Riske				not played
5	Kateřina Siniaková / Barbora Krejčíková Danielle Collins / Nicole Melichar				not played

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