2003 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Pool A

Group A of the 2003 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I of the 2003 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams advancing to the play-offs and the bottom team being relegated down to Group II for 2004.

		LUX	SUI	BLR	EST	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
29	Luxembourg		0–3	1–2	0–3	0–3	3–17	47–115	4
31	Switzerland	3–0		2–0	3–0	3–0	16–2	112–60	1
32	Belarus	2–1	0–2		3–0	2–1	12–6	101–70	2
36	Estonia	3–0	0–3	0–3		1–2	7–13	81–96	3

Luxembourg vs. Belarus

Luxembourg 1	Estoril, Portugal 21 April 2003 Red clay (outdoors)		Belarus 2
1 2 3 1 Céline Francois Olga Barabanschikova 0 6 0 6     2 Mandy Minella Tatiana Poutchek 3 6 6 4 6 4   3 Martine Poos / Fabienne Thill Olga Barabanschikova / Nadejda Ostrovskaya 2 6 1 6

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Switzerland vs. Estonia

Switzerland 3	Estoril, Portugal 21 April 2003 Red clay (outdoors)		Estonia 0
1 2 3 1 Emmanuelle Gagliardi Kaia Kanepi 6 4 6 1     2 Myriam Casanova Maret Ani 6 4 6^5 7^7 6 3   3 Myriam Casanova / Emmanuelle Gagliardi Ilona Poljakova / Margit Rüütel 6 2 6 1

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Luxembourg vs. Switzerland

Luxembourg 0	Estoril, Portugal 22 April 2003 Red clay (outdoors)		Switzerland 3
1 2 3 1 Céline Francois Emmanuelle Gagliardi 2 6 1 6     2 Mandy Minella Myriam Casanova 6^2 7^7 2 6     3 Martine Poos / Fabienne Thill Emmanuelle Gagliardi / Patty Schnyder 1 6 0 6

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Belarus vs. Estonia

Belarus 3	Estoril, Portugal 22 April 2003 Red clay (outdoors)		Estonia 0
1 2 3 1 Nadejda Ostrovskaya Margit Rüütel 6 3 6 2     2 Tatiana Poutchek Maret Ani 6 4 7^7 6^5     3 Olga Barabanschikova / Nadejda Ostrovskaya Ilona Poljakova / Margit Rüütel 6 4 6 0

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Luxembourg vs. Estonia

Luxembourg 0	Estoril, Portugal 24 April 2003 Red clay (outdoors)		Estonia 3
1 2 3 1 Céline Francois Margit Rüütel 4 6 6 0 6 2   2 Mandy Minella Maret Ani 4 6 2 6     3 Céline Francois / Martine Poos Ilona Poljakova / Margit Rüütel 3 6 0 6

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Switzerland vs. Belarus

Switzerland 2	Estoril, Portugal 24 April 2003 Red clay (outdoors)		Belarus 0
1 2 3 1 Emmanuelle Gagliardi Nadejda Ostrovskaya 3 6 6 3 12 10   2 Patty Schnyder Olga Barabanschikova 6 3 6 4     3           not played

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•  Luxembourg failed to win any ties in the pool, and thus was relegated to Group II in 2003, where they achieved promotion back to Group I for 2004.^[7]

See also

• Fed Cup structure

References

1. "Luxembourg v Belarus". fedcup.com.
2. "Switzerland v Estonia". fedcup.com.
3. "Luxembourg v Switzerland". fedcup.com.
4. "Belarus v Estonia". fedcup.com.
5. "Luxembourg v Estonia". fedcup.com.
6. "Switzerland v Belarus". fedcup.com.
7. "Fed Cup Profile, Luxembourg". fedcup.com.

External links

• Fed Cup website