2009 Fed Cup World Group

The World Group was the highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2009. Eight nations competed in a three-round knockout competition. Russia was the two-time defending champion, but they were defeated by Italy in the semifinals. The Italian team went on to win, defeating the United States in the final, 4–0.

Participating Teams

Participating Teams
Argentina	China	Czech Republic	France
Italy	Russia	Spain	United States

Draw

	Quarterfinals 7–8 February					Semifinals 25–26 April					Final 7–8 November
	Moscow, Russia (Indoor hard)
	1	Russia	5
		China	0			Castellaneta, Italy (Outdoor clay)
						1	Russia	1
Orléans, France (Indoor hard)						4	Italy	4
		France	0
	4	Italy	5								Reggio Calabria, Italy (Outdoor clay)
											4	Italy	4
	Surprise, AZ, United States (Outdoor hard)										3	United States	0
	3	United States	3
		Argentina	2			Brno, Czech Republic (Indoor hard)
						3	United States	3
Brno, Czech Republic (Indoor carpet)							Czech Republic	2
		Czech Republic	4
	2	Spain	1

First Round

Russia vs. China

Russia 5	Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia 7–8 February 2009 RuKortHard (indoors)		China 0
1 2 3 1 Svetlana Kuznetsova Yan Zi 6 2 6 4     2 Elena Dementieva Zhang Shuai 6 3 6 0     3 Anna Chakvetadze Yan Zi 6 1 6 2     4 Alisa Kleybanova Sun Tiantian 6 1 6 1     5 Elena Dementieva / Svetlana Kuznetsova Sun Tiantian / Yan Zi 1 6 6 4 6 4

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France vs. Italy

France 0	Palais des Sports, Orléans, France 7–8 February 2009 Resin hard (indoors)		Italy 5
1 2 3 1 Amélie Mauresmo Flavia Pennetta 6 2 6^7 7^9 4 6   2 Alizé Cornet Francesca Schiavone 1 6 6 2 6 8   3 Alizé Cornet Flavia Pennetta 2 6 2 6     4 Amélie Mauresmo Sara Errani 3 6 4 6     5 Séverine Brémond / Nathalie Dechy Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci 4 6 4 6

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United States vs. Argentina

United States 3	Surprise Tennis and Racquet Complex, Surprise, AZ, United States 7–8 February 2009 Decoturf (outdoors)		Argentina 2
1 2 3 1 Jill Craybas Betina Jozami 6 2 6 1     2 Melanie Oudin Gisela Dulko 2 6 5 7     3 Jill Craybas Gisela Dulko 1 6 3 6     4 Melanie Oudin Betina Jozami 2 6 6 1 6 2   5 Julie Ditty / Liezel Huber Gisela Dulko / Betina Jozami 6 2 6 3

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Czech Republic vs. Spain

Czech Republic 4	Brno Exhibition Centre, Brno, Czech Republic 7–8 February 2009 Carpet (indoors)		Spain 1
1 2 3 1 Petra Kvitová Carla Suárez Navarro 6 4 6 4     2 Iveta Benešová Nuria Llagostera Vives 6 1 1 6 4 6   3 Lucie Šafářová Carla Suárez Navarro 6 4 6 3     4 Petra Kvitová Nuria Llagostera Vives 6 4 7 5     5 Iveta Benešová / Květa Peschke Lourdes Domínguez Lino / María José Martínez Sánchez 6 4 6 2

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Semifinals

Russia vs. Italy

Russia 1	Nova Yardinia, Castellaneta Marina, Italy 25–26 April 2009 Red clay (outdoors)		Italy 4
1 2 3 1 Anna Chakvetadze Flavia Pennetta 4 6 0 6     2 Svetlana Kuznetsova Francesca Schiavone 6 1 2 6 3 6   3 Svetlana Kuznetsova Flavia Pennetta 6 0 6 3     4 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Francesca Schiavone 6 7 6 4 2 6   5 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Nadia Petrova Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci 6 1 3 6 4 6

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United States vs. Czech Republic

United States 3	Starobrno Rondo Arena, Brno, Czech Republic 25–26 April 2009 Acrylic hard (indoors)		Czech Republic 2
1 2 3 1 Bethanie Mattek-Sands Petra Kvitová 3 6 6^2 7^7     2 Alexa Glatch Iveta Benešová 6 1 6 2     3 Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová 3 6 1 6     4 Alexa Glatch Petra Kvitová 6 2 6 1     5 Liezel Huber / Bethanie Mattek-Sands Iveta Benešová / Květa Peschke 2 6 7^7 6^2 6 1

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Final

Italy vs. United States

Italy 4	Circolo del Tennis, Reggio Calabria, Italy 7–8 November 2009 Red clay (outdoors)		United States 0
1 2 3 1 Flavia Pennetta Alexa Glatch 6 3 6 1     2 Francesca Schiavone Melanie Oudin 7^7 6^2 6 2     3 Flavia Pennetta Melanie Oudin 7 5 6 2     4 Francesca Schiavone Alexa Glatch       not played 5 Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci Liezel Huber / Vania King 4 6 6 3 11 9

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2009 Fed Cup Champions
Italy Second title

References

1. "Russia v China". fedcup.com.
2. "France v Italy". fedcup.com.
3. "United States v Argentina". fedcup.com.
4. "Czech Republic v Spain". fedcup.com.
5. "Russia v Italy". fedcup.com.
6. "United States v Czech Republic". fedcup.com.
7. "Italy v United States". fedcup.com.

See also

• Fed Cup structure