1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Pool A

Group A of the 1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I of the 1996 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage and the bottom team being relegated down to Group II for 1996.

		RUS	BLR	SLO	GBR	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
	Russia		1–2	3–0	3–0	2–1	15–6	112–85	1
	Belarus	2–1		0–3	2–1	2–1	8–12	95–112	2
	Slovenia	0–3	3–0		1–2	1–2	10–10	87–89	3
	Great Britain	0–3	1–2	2–1		1–2	7–12	90–98	4

Russia vs. Slovenia[]

Russia 3	La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 22 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors)		Slovenia 0
1 2 3 1 Elena Likhovtseva Tina Križan 2 6 6 1 6 2   2 Elena Makarova Barbara Mulej 6 3 6 3     3 Anna Kournikova / Elena Makarova Tjaša Jezernik / Tina Križan 6 4 5 7 7 5

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Belarus vs. Great Britain[]

Belarus 2	La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 22 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors)		Great Britain 1
1 2 3 1 Tatiana Ignatieva Samantha Smith 2 6 3 6     2 Natasha Zvereva Clare Wood 77 63 4 6 6 3   3 Olga Barabanschikova / Tatiana Ignatieva Valda Lake / Clare Wood 7 5 77 62

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Russia vs. Great Britain[]

Russia 3	La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 23 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors)		Great Britain 0
1 2 3 1 Elena Likhovtseva Clare Wood 6 4 6 4     2 Elena Makarova Samantha Smith 6 1 6 3     3 Anna Kournikova / Elena Makarova Samantha Smith / Clare Wood 77 63 6 1

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Belarus vs. Slovenia[]

Belarus 0	La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 23 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors)		Slovenia 3
1 2 3 1 Tatiana Ignatieva Tina Križan 4 6 1 6     2 Olga Barabanschikova Barbara Mulej 2 6 3 6     3 Tatiana Ignatieva / Natasha Zvereva Tjaša Jezernik / Tina Križan 5 7 3 6

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Russia vs. Belarus[]

Russia 1	La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 24 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors)		Belarus 2
1 2 3 1 Elena Makarova Olga Barabanschikova 3 6 4 6     2 Elena Likhovtseva Natasha Zvereva 6 4 4 6 4 6   3 Anna Kournikova / Elena Makarova Tatiana Ignatieva / Natasha Zvereva 6 3 4 6 6 4

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Slovenia vs. Great Britain[]

Slovenia 1	La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 24 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors)		Great Britain 2
1 2 3 1 Barbara Mulej Samantha Smith 6 3 6 4     2 Tina Križan Clare Wood 5 7 2 6     3 Tjaša Jezernik / Tina Križan Samantha Smith / Clare Wood 1 6 5 7

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•  Great Britain placed last in the pool, and thus was relegated to Group II in 1997, where they placed first in their pool of six, and thus advanced back to Group I for 1998.^[7]

See also[]

• Fed Cup structure

References[]

External links[]

• Fed Cup website