2011 Fed Cup
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The 2011 Fed Cup
(also known as the 2011 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas for sponsorship purposes) is the 49th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in women's tennis
. The final was played on 5–6 November.
Date: 16–17 April
Date: 5–6 February
Date: 16–17 April
, Argentina
(outdoor clay)
Dates: February 2–5
Participating Teams
– advanced to World Group II play offs. – relegated to Americas Zone Group II. – relegated to Americas Zone Group II.
, Dominican Republic
(outdoor hard)
Dates: May 16–22
Participating Teams
– promoted to Americas Zone Group I. – promoted to Americas Zone Group I.
(outdoor hard)
Dates: February 2–5
Participating Teams
– relegated to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II. – advanced to World Group II play offs.
(outdoor hard)
Dates: February 2–5
Participating Teams
– promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group I.
(outdoor hard)
Dates: February 2–5
Participating Teams
– advanced to World Group II play-offs. – relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II. – relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II. – advanced to World Group II play-offs.
, Egypt
(outdoor clay)
Dates: May 4–7
Participating Teams
– relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group III. – advanced to Europe/Africa Zone Group I. – relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group III. – advanced to Europe/Africa Zone Group I.
, Egypt
(outdoor clay)
Dates: May 2–7
Participating Teams
– advanced to Europe/Africa Zone Group II. – advanced to Europe/Africa Zone Group II.
Fed Cup
Fed Cup is the premier team competition in women's tennis, launched in 1963 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the International Tennis Federation...
(also known as the 2011 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas for sponsorship purposes) is the 49th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in women's tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
. The final was played on 5–6 November.
World Group
| Participating Teams | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Draw
World Group Play-offs
The 4 losing teams in the World Group first round ties (Australia, France, Slovakia and United States), and 4 winners of the World Group II ties (Spain, Germany, Serbia and Ukraine) enter the draw for the World Group Play-offs. 4 seeded teams, based on the latest Fed Cup ranking, are drawn against 4 unseeded teams.Date: 16–17 April
| Venue (surface) | Home Team | Score | Visiting Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stuttgart, Germany (Indoor clay) | 5–0 | (1) | |
| Lleida, Spain Lleida Lleida is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital city of the province of Lleida, as well as the largest city in the province and it had 137,387 inhabitants , including the contiguous municipalities of Raimat and Sucs. The metro area has about 250,000 inhabitants... (Outdoor clay) |
(2) | 4–1 | |
| Bratislava, Slovakia (Indoor clay) | (3) | 2–3 | |
| Melbourne, Australia (Outdoor clay) | (4) | 2–3 |
World Group II
The World Group II is the second highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2011. Winners will advance to the World Group Play-offs, and loser will play in the World Group II Play-offs.Date: 5–6 February
| Venue (surface) | Home Team | Score | Visiting Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tallinn Tallinn Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list... , Estonia Estonia Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies... (indoor hard) |
1–4 | (1) | |
| Maribor Maribor Maribor is the second largest city in Slovenia with 157,947 inhabitants . Maribor is also the largest and the capital city of Slovenian region Lower Styria and the seat of the Municipality of Maribor.... , Slovenia Slovenia Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of... (indoor clay) |
1–4 | (4) | |
| Novi Sad Novi Sad Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river.... , Serbia Serbia Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans... (indoor hard) |
(3) | 3–2 | |
| Helsingborg Helsingborg Helsingborg is a city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 97,122 inhabitants in 2010. Helsingborg is the centre of an area in the Øresund region of about 320,000 inhabitants in north-west Scania, and is Sweden's closest point to Denmark, with the Danish city... , Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... (indoor hard) |
2–3 | (2) |
World Group II Play-offs
The four losing teams from World Group II (Estonia, Slovenia, Canada and Sweden) will play off against qualifiers from Zonal Group I. Two teams qualified from Europe/Africa Zone (Belarus and Switzerland), one team from the Asia/Oceania Zone (Japan), and one team from the Americas Zone (Argentina).Date: 16–17 April
| Venue (surface) | Home Team | Score | Visiting Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minsk, Belarus (Indoor hard) | 5–0 | (1) | |
| Miki Miki, Hyogo is a city located in Hyōgo, Japan.As of April 30, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 82,162, with a household number of 32,143 and a population density of 465.30 persons per km²... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... (Indoor hard) |
4–0 | (2) | |
| Koper, Slovenia (Outdoor clay) | 3–2 | (3) | |
| Lugano, Switzerland (Outdoor clay) | (4) | 4–1 |
Group I
Venue: Tenis Club Argentino, Buenos AiresBuenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
(outdoor clay)
Dates: February 2–5
Participating Teams
– advanced to World Group II play offs. – relegated to Americas Zone Group II. – relegated to Americas Zone Group II.
Group II
Venue: Centro Nacional de Tenis, Santo DomingoSanto Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...
, Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
(outdoor hard)
Dates: May 16–22
Participating Teams
– promoted to Americas Zone Group I. – promoted to Americas Zone Group I.
Group I
Venue: National Tennis Centre, Nonthaburi, ThailandThailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
(outdoor hard)
Dates: February 2–5
Participating Teams
– relegated to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II. – advanced to World Group II play offs.
Group II
Venue: National Tennis Centre, Nonthaburi, ThailandThailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
(outdoor hard)
Dates: February 2–5
Participating Teams
– promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group I.
Group I
Venue: Municipal Tennis Club, Eilat, IsraelIsrael
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
(outdoor hard)
Dates: February 2–5
Participating Teams
– advanced to World Group II play-offs. – relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II. – relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II. – advanced to World Group II play-offs.
Group II
Venue: Smash Tennis Academy, CairoCairo
Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...
, Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
(outdoor clay)
Dates: May 4–7
Participating Teams
– relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group III. – advanced to Europe/Africa Zone Group I. – relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group III. – advanced to Europe/Africa Zone Group I.
Group III
Venue: Smash Tennis Academy, CairoCairo
Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...
, Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
(outdoor clay)
Dates: May 2–7
Participating Teams
– advanced to Europe/Africa Zone Group II. – advanced to Europe/Africa Zone Group II.