1999 Fed Cup

1999 Fed Cup

Details
Duration	17 April – 19 September
Edition	37th
Achievements (singles)
← 1998 2000 →

The 1999 Fed Cup was the 37th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis. In the finals, the United States defeated Russia at Taube Tennis Stadium in Stanford, CA, United States, on 18–19 September, giving the Americans their 16th title.

World Group

Further information: 1999 Fed Cup World Group

Participating teams

• Croatia
• France
• Italy
• Russia
• Slovakia
• Spain
• Switzerland
• United States

Draw

	Quarterfinals 17–18 April					Semifinals 24–25 July					Final 18–19 September
	Reggio Calabria, Italy (Indoor carpet)
	1	Spain	2
						Ancona, Italy (Outdoor clay)
		Italy	3
							Italy	1
	Raleigh, NC, United States (Outdoor clay)
						4	United States	4
		Croatia	0
											Stanford, CA, United States (Outdoor hard)
	4	United States	5
											4	United States	4
	Moscow, Russia (Indoor carpet)
												Russia	1
	3	France	2
						Moscow, Russia (Indoor clay)
		Russia	3
						Russia		3
	Zürich, Switzerland (Indoor carpet)
						Slovakia		2
		Slovakia	5
	2	Switzerland	0

World Group II

Further information: 1999 Fed Cup World Group II

The World Group II was the second highest level of Fed Cup competition in 1998. Winners advanced to the World Group for 2000, and losers played in the World Group II play-offs. Date: 17–18 April

Venue	Surface	Home team	Score	Visiting team
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Indoor carpet	Netherlands	0–5	Belgium
Minsk, Belarus	Indoor clay	Belarus	1–4	Czech Republic
Klagenfurt, Austria	Outdoor clay	Austria	3–2	Australia
Hamburg, Germany	Outdoor clay	Germany	3–2	Japan

World Group II play-offs

The four losing teams from World Group II (Australia, Belarus, Japan and Netherlands) were divided into two pools of four with qualifiers from Zonal Group I. Two teams qualified from Europe/Africa Zone (Romania and Slovenia), one team from the Asia/Oceania Zone (Chinese Taipei), and one team from the Americas Zone (Argentina). The two top teams from each pool played-off against each, with the winner promoted to 2000 World Group. All other teams were relegated to Zonal Competition in 2000. Venue: University Sports Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands (outdoor hard) Dates: 21–24 July

Pools

	Pool A	NED	BLR	JPN	SLO
1	Netherlands (2–1)		3–0	2–1	1–2
2	Belarus (2–1)	0–3		2–0	3–0
3	Japan (1–2)	1–2	0–2		2–1
4	Slovenia (1–2)	2–1	0–3	1–2

	Pool B	AUS	ARG	ROU	TPE
1	Australia (3–0)		3–0	2–1	3–0
2	Argentina (2–1)	0–3		2–1	3–0
3	Romania (1–2)	1–2	1–2		3–0
4	Chinese Taipei (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

Play-off

File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 0	University Sports Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands 24 July 1999 Plexipave (outdoors)		File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 2
1 2 3 1 Miriam Oremans Nicole Pratt 4 6 6 3 8 10   2 Kristie Boogert Jelena Dokić 5 7 2 6     3         not played

Americas Zone

Further information: 1999 Fed Cup Americas Zone

• Nations in bold advanced to the higher level of competition.
• Nations in italics were relegated down to a lower level of competition.

Group I

Venue: Buenos Aires T.C., Buenos Aires, Argentina (outdoor clay) Dates: 13–18 April

Participating teams

• Argentina
• Brazil
• Canada
• Chile
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Mexico
• Paraguay
• Puerto Rico
• Venezuela

Group II

Venue: Costa Rica Country Club, San José, Costa Rica (outdoor hard) Dates: 23–27 February

Participating teams

• Antigua and Barbuda
• Bahamas
• Barbados
• Bermuda
• Bolivia
• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• Dominican Republic
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Haiti
• Jamaica
• Panama
• Peru
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Uruguay

Asia/Oceania Zone

Further information: 1999 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone

• Nations in bold advanced to the higher level of competition.
• Nations in italics were relegated down to a lower level of competition.

Group I

Venue: Thana City Golf Club, Samutpakarn, Thailand (outdoor hard) Dates: 22–27 February

Participating teams

• China
• Chinese Taipei
• Hong Kong
• India
• Indonesia
• New Zealand
• Pacific Oceania
• South Korea
• Thailand
• Uzbekistan

Group II

Venue: Thana City Golf Club, Samutpakarn, Thailand (outdoor hard) Dates: 22–26 February

Participating teams

• Fiji
• Kazakhstan
• Malaysia
• Pakistan
• Singapore
• Syria
• Tajikistan

Europe/Africa Zone

Further information: 1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

• Nations in bold advanced to the higher level of competition.
• Nations in italics were relegated down to a lower level of competition.

Group I

Venue: La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain (outdoor clay) Dates: 19–23 April

Participating teams

• Bulgaria
• Denmark
• Finland
• Georgia
• Great Britain
• Greece
• Latvia
• Luxembourg
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Slovenia
• South Africa
• Sweden
• Ukraine
• Yugoslavia

Group II

Venue: La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain (outdoor clay) Dates: 26–30 April

Participating teams

• Algeria
• Armenia
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Botswana
• Cyprus
• Egypt
• Estonia
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Ireland
• Israel
• Kenya
• Lithuania
• Macedonia
• Madagascar
• Malta
• Moldova
• Morocco
• Tunisia
• Turkey

External links

• Fed Cup