1999 Fed Cup

The 1999 Fed Cup was the 37th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis. In the final, 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

For more details on this topic, see 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
		Italy	3	Ancona, Italy (Outdoor clay)
					Italy	1
Raleigh, NC, United States (Outdoor clay)				4	United States	4
		Croatia	0
	4	United States	5				Stanford, CA, United States (Outdoor hard)
							4	United States	4
	Moscow, Russia (Indoor carpet)							Russia	1
	3	France	2
		Russia	3	Moscow, Russia (Indoor clay)
					Russia	3
Zürich, Switzerland (Indoor carpet)					Slovakia	2
		Slovakia	5
	2	Switzerland	0

World Group II

For more details on this topic, see 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

Netherlands
0

University Sports Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
24 July 1999
Plexipave (outdoors)

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

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Americas Zone

For more details on this topic, see 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

Group II

Venue: Costa Rica Country Club, San José, Costa Rica (outdoor hard)

Dates: 23–27 February

Participating Teams

Asia/Oceania Zone

For more details on this topic, see 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

Group II

Venue: Thana City Golf Club, Samutpakarn, Thailand (outdoor hard)

Dates: 22–26 February

Participating Teams

Europe/Africa Zone

For more details on this topic, see 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

Group II

Venue: La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain (outdoor clay)

Dates: 26–30 April

Participating Teams

References

↑ "Netherlands v Australia". fedcup.com.

External links

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2016 World Group teams	Czech Republic France Germany Italy Netherlands Romania Russia Switzerland

Former World Group teams in the current (1995–2016) format	Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Bulgaria Canada China Colombia Croatia Denmark Finland Great Britain Hungary Indonesia Israel Japan New Zealand Poland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Sweden Ukraine United States

List of champions

1999 in tennis

Grand Slam

Tours

Men	ATP Tour ATP Tour World Championships Super 9

Women	WTA Tour Tour Championships Tier I Series

National teams

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