2019 Fed Cup

2019 Fed Cup
Details
Duration	6 February – 10 November
Edition	57th
Achievements (singles)
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The 2019 Fed Cup was the 57th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in women's tennis.

In one of the biggest shocks in this year's tournament, Romania upset title holders and 11-time winners Czech Republic at Ostrava in the quarterfinals of the competition, before themselves losing to the eventual champion France in the semifinal. Czech Republic was unbeaten at home in the Fed Cup since 2009, when they had lost to the United States.^[1]

World Group

Participating teams
Australia	Belarus	Belgium	Czech Republic
France	Germany	Romania	United States

Seeds

Czech Republic (quarterfinals)
United States (quarterfinals)
Belarus (semifinals)
France (champions)

Draw


Quarterfinals 9–10 February			Semifinals 20–21 April			Final 9–10 November

Ostrava, Czech Republic (hard, indoor)^[2]

1	Czech Republic	2
			Rouen, France (clay, indoor)^[6]
	Romania	3
				Romania	2
Liège, Belgium (hard, indoor)^[3]
			4	France	3
4	France	3
						Perth, Australia (hard)^[8]^[9]
	Belgium	1
						4	France	3
Braunschweig, Germany (hard, indoor)^[4]
							Australia	2
	Germany	0
			Brisbane, Australia (hard)^[7]
3	Belarus	4
			3	Belarus	2
Asheville, United States (hard, indoor)^[5]
				Australia	3
	Australia	3

2	United States	2

World Group play-offs

The four losing teams in the World Group first round ties and four winners of the World Group II ties competed in the World Group play-offs.

At the time of the ties taking place, it was expected that the winners would secure a place in the World Group for 2020, while the losers would be relegated to World Group II, in accordance with the existing competition structure. However, the restructuring of the Fed Cup for 2020 announced on 27 June 2019 stipulated that all eight nations which participated in the World Group play-offs would enter into the 2020 Fed Cup Qualifiers.^[10] Consequently, the results of the 2019 World Group play-off ties had no bearing on promotion or relegation for the following year.

Participating teams
Belgium	Canada	Czech Republic	Germany
Latvia	Spain	Switzerland	United States

Seeds

Czech Republic
United States
Germany
Belgium

Venue	Surface	Home team	Score	Visiting team
Prostějov, Czech Republic	Clay (i)	Czech Republic	4–0	Canada
San Antonio, United States	Hard (i)	United States	3–2	Switzerland
Riga, Latvia	Hard (i)	Latvia	1–3	Germany
Kortrijk, Belgium	Hard (i)	Belgium	2–3	Spain

World Group II

The four winners of World Group II advanced to the World Group play-offs, whereas the four losers played the World Group II play-offs.

Participating teams
Canada	Italy	Japan	Latvia
Netherlands	Slovakia	Spain	Switzerland

Seeds

Switzerland
Netherlands
Slovakia
Japan

Venue	Surface	Home team	Score	Visiting team
Biel/Bienne, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Switzerland	3–1	Italy
Riga, Latvia	Hard (i)	Latvia	4–0	Slovakia
Kitakyushu, Japan	Hard (i)	Japan	2–3	Spain
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Clay (i)	Netherlands	0–4	Canada

World Group II play-offs

The four losing teams in the World Group II ties and four winners of the zonal Groups I competed in the World Group II play-offs.

At the time of the ties taking place, it was expected that the winners would secure a place in the World Group II for 2020, while the losers would be relegated to their respective zonal Group I, in accordance with the existing competition structure. However, the restructuring of the Fed Cup for 2020 announced on 27 June 2019 stipulated that the four winning nations will instead enter the 2020 Fed Cup Qualifiers. Of the four losing nations, the two with the highest ITF Fed Cup Nations Ranking (as of 22 April 2019) will also enter the 2020 Fed Cup Qualifiers, while only the remaining two losing nations will be relegated to their respective zonal Group I.^[11]

Participating Teams
Brazil	Great Britain	Italy	Japan
Kazakhstan	Netherlands	Russia	Slovakia

Seeds

Russia
Netherlands
Great Britain
Slovakia

Venue	Surface	Home team	Score	Visiting team
Moscow, Russia	Clay (i)	Russia	4–0	Italy
Osaka, Japan	Hard	Japan	4–0	Netherlands
London, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Great Britain	3–1	Kazakhstan
Bratislava, Slovakia	Clay (i)	Slovakia	3–1	Brazil

Status of losing teams

Russia, Japan, Great Britain and Slovakia entered the 2020 Fed Cup Qualifiers, having won their respective World Group II play-off ties. The fate of the four losing nations depended on their ITF Fed Cup Nations Ranking as of 22 April 2019.

Nation	ITF Fed Cup Nations Ranking (as of 22 April 2019)	Status
Kazakhstan	17	Entry into 2020 Fed Cup Qualifiers
Brazil	18
Netherlands	19
Italy	24	Entry into 2020 Europe/Africa Zone Group I

Americas Zone

Group I

Venue: Club Campestre Sede Llanogrande, Medellín, Colombia (clay)

Dates: 6–9 February

Participating teams

Pool A

Pool B

Play-offs

Brazil was promoted to the 2019 Fed Cup World Group II play-offs.
Puerto Rico and Ecuador were relegated to Americas Zone Group II in 2020.

Group II

Venue 1: Tennis Club Las Terrazas Miraflores, Lima, Peru (clay)
Venue 2: Centro Nacional de Tenis, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (hard)

Dates: 16–20 April

Participating teams

Pool A (Lima)

Bolivia
Panama
Peru

Pool B (Lima)

Pool A (Santo Domingo)

Play-offs

Peru and Venezuela were promoted to Americas Zone Group I in 2020.

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

Venue: Daulet National Tennis Centre, Astana, Kazakhstan (indoor hard)

Dates: 6–9 February

Participating teams

Pool A

India
Kazakhstan
Thailand

Pool B

Play-offs

Kazakhstan was promoted to the 2019 Fed Cup World Group II play-offs.
Thailand and Pacific Oceania were relegated to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2020.

Group II

Venue 1: Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan (hard)

Dates: 12–15 June

Venue 2: National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (hard)

Dates: 19–23 June

Participating teams

Pool A (Dushanbe)

Pool B (Dushanbe)

Pool A (Kuala Lumpur)

Pool B (Kuala Lumpur)

Play-offs

Chinese Taipei and Uzbekistan were promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group I in 2020.

Europe/Africa Zone

Group I

Venue 1: Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa, Zielona Góra, Poland (indoor hard)
Venue 2: University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom (indoor hard)

Dates: 6–9 February

Participating teams

Pool A (Zielona Góra)

Denmark
Poland
Russia

Pool B (Zielona Góra)

Pool A (Bath)

Pool B (Bath)

Play-offs

Russia and Great Britain were promoted to the 2019 Fed Cup World Group II play-offs.
Denmark and Georgia were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2020.

Group II

Venue: Centre National de Tennis, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard)

Dates: 6–9 February

Participating teams

Pool A

Pool B

Play-offs

Austria and Luxembourg were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group I in 2020.
Bosnia and Herzegovina and South Africa were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2020.