1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Knockout Stage

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The Knockout Stage of the 1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was the final stage of the Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Those that qualified for this stage placed first and second in their respective pools.

Placing Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
1  Russia  Italy   Switzerland  Romania
2  Belarus  Sweden  Croatia  Hungary
3  Slovenia  Latvia  Georgia  Greece
4  Great Britain  Norway  FR Yugoslavia  Portugal

The eight teams were then randomly drawn into two two-stage knockout tournaments, with the winners advancing to the World Group II Play-offs.

Draw[]

  First round
25 April 		Quarterfinals
26 April
                 
  Russia 3  
  Sweden 0  
    Russia 1
     Switzerland 2
  Hungary 1
   Switzerland 2  
  Italy 0  
  Belarus 3  
    Belarus 1
    Croatia 2
  Croatia 3
  Romania 0  

Semifinals[]

Russia vs. Sweden[]


Russia
3 		La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
25 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)
Sweden
0
1 2 3
1 Russia
Sweden 		Elena Likhovtseva
Åsa Carlsson 		6
4 		6
4 		   
2 Russia
Sweden 		Anna Kournikova
Anna-Karin Svensson 		6
0 		6
3 		   
3 Russia
Sweden 		Anna Kournikova / Elena Makarova
Åsa Carlsson / Maria Lindström 		6
3 		6
3 		   

[1]

Hungary vs. Switzerland[]


Hungary
1 		La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
25 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)
Switzerland
2
1 2 3
1 Hungary
Switzerland 		Anna Földényi
Patty Schnyder 		3
6 		65
77 		   
2 Hungary
Switzerland 		Andrea Temesvári
Martina Hingis 		0
6 		3
6 		   
3 Hungary
Switzerland 		Petra Mandula / Andrea Temesvári
Angela Bürgis / Emanuela Zardo 		6
4 		6
2 		   

[2]

Italy vs. Belarus[]


Italy
0 		La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
25 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)
Belarus
3
1 2 3
1 Italy
Belarus 		Rita Grande
Natasha Zvereva 		6
4 		1
6 		4
6 		 
2 Italy
Belarus 		Adriana Serra Zanetti
Olga Barabanschikova 		5
7 		7
5 		1
6 		 
3 Italy
Belarus 		Nathalie Baudone / Laura Golarsa
Olga Barabanschikova / Tatiana Ignatieva 		0
3 		    retired
 

[3]

Croatia vs. Romania[]


Croatia
3 		La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
25 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)
Romania
0
1 2 3
1 Croatia
Romania 		Mirjana Lučić
Cătălina Cristea 		6
0 		6
4 		   
2 Croatia
Romania 		Iva Majoli
Ruxandra Dragomir 		6
2 		6
3 		   
3 Croatia
Romania 		Maja Murić / Silvija Talaja
Cătălina Cristea / Raluca Sandu 		6
3 		3
6 		7
5 		 

[4]

Finals[]

Russia vs. Switzerland[]


Russia
1 		La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
26 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)
Switzerland
2
1 2 3
1 Russia
Switzerland 		Anna Kournikova
Patty Schnyder 		4
6 		4
6 		   
2 Russia
Switzerland 		Elena Likhovtseva
Martina Hingis 		3
6 		0
6 		   
3 Russia
Switzerland 		Anna Kournikova / Elena Makarova
Angela Bürgis / Emanuela Zardo 		7
5 		6
1 		   

[5]

Belarus vs. Croatia[]


Belarus
1 		La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
26 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)
Croatia
2
1 2 3
1 Belarus
Croatia 		Natasha Zvereva
Iva Majoli 		1
6 		2
6 		   
2 Belarus
Croatia 		Olga Barabanschikova
Mirjana Lučić 		4
6 		6
2 		4
6 		 
3 Belarus
Croatia 		Olga Barabanschikova / Olga Glouschenko
Maja Murić / Silvija Talaja 		1
0 		     
retired

[6]

See also[]

  • Fed Cup structure

References[]

  1. ^ "Russia v Sweden". fedcup.com.
  2. ^ "Hungary v Switzerland". fedcup.com.
  3. ^ "Italy v Belarus". fedcup.com.
  4. ^ "Croatia v Romania". fedcup.com.
  5. ^ "Russia v Switzerland". fedcup.com.
  6. ^ "Belarus v Croatia". fedcup.com.

External links[]

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