2013 Fed Cup World Group
2013 Fed Cup World Group | |
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Date | 9 February – 3 November |
Edition | 23rd |
Champions | |
![]() Italy |
The World Group was the highest level of Fed Cup (women's tennis) competition in 2013. First seeds Czech Republic were the defending champions, but they were defeated in the semi-finals by Italy. Italy won the final against Russia.[1][2][3][4]
Participating teams
[edit]Participating teams | |||
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![]() Australia | ![]() Czech Republic | ![]() Italy | ![]() Japan |
![]() Russia | ![]() Serbia | ![]() Slovakia | ![]() United States |
Draw
[edit]Quarterfinals 9–10 February | Semifinals 20–21 April | Final 2–3 November | |||||||||||
Ostrava, Czech Republic (Indoor hard) | |||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 4 | |||||||||||
Palermo, Italy (Outdoor clay) | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 1 | |||||||||||
Rimini, Italy (Indoor clay) | |||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 3 | |||||||||||
![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||
Cagliari, Italy (Outdoor clay) | |||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 3 | |||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 4 | |||||||||||
Moscow, Russia (Indoor hard) | |||||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 0 | |||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 3 | |||||||||||
Moscow, Russia (Indoor clay) | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 3 | |||||||||||
Niš, Serbia (Indoor hard) | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | ||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 2 | |||||||||||
First round
[edit]Czech Republic vs. Australia
[edit]![]() Czech Republic 4 | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava, Czech Republic[5] 9–10 February 2013 Novacrylic ultracushion hard (indoors) | ![]() Australia 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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United States vs. Italy
[edit]![]() United States 2 | 105 Stadium, Rimini, Italy[6] 9–10 February 2013 Red clay (indoors) | ![]() Italy 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Russia vs. Japan
[edit]![]() Russia 3 | Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia[7] 9–10 February 2013 Hard (RuKortHard) (indoors) | ![]() Japan 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Slovakia vs. Serbia
[edit]![]() Slovakia 3 | Čair Sports Center, Niš, Serbia[8] 9–10 February 2013 Hard (RuKortHard) (indoors) | ![]() Serbia 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Semifinals
[edit]Czech Republic vs. Italy
[edit]![]() Czech Republic 1 | Country Time Club, Palermo, Italy[9] 20–22 April 2013 Red clay (outdoors) | ![]() Italy 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Russia vs. Slovakia
[edit]![]() Russia 3 | Sports Center Krylatskoye, Moscow, Russia[10] 20–21 April 2013 Red clay (indoor) | ![]() Slovakia 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Final
[edit]Italy vs. Russia
[edit]![]() Italy 4 | Tennis Club Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy[11] 2–3 November 2013 Red clay (outdoors) | ![]() Russia 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2013 Fed Cup champions |
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![]() Italy Fourth title |
References
[edit]- ^ "Sara Errani secures Fed Cup for Italy with win over Alisa Kleybanova". Guardian. 3 November 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
- ^ "Italy wins fourth Fed cup". Fedcup.com. 3 November 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
- ^ "Italy claims fourth Fed Cup title". ESPN. 3 November 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
- ^ "Italy ease past Russia to claim fourth title". BBC Sport. 3 November 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
- ^ "Czech Republic v Australia". fedcup.com.
- ^ "United States v Italy". fedcup.com.
- ^ "Russia v Japan". fedcup.com.
- ^ "Slovakia v Serbia". fedcup.com.
- ^ "Czech Republic v Italy". fedcup.com.
- ^ "Russia v Slovakia". fedcup.com.
- ^ "Italy v Russia". fedcup.com.