2009 Fed Cup World Group

The World Group was the highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2009. Eight nations competed in a three-round knockout competition. Russia was the two-time defending champion, but they were defeated by Italy in the semifinals. The Italian team went on to win, defeating the United States in the final, 4–0.

Participating Teams[]

Participating Teams
Argentina	China	Czech Republic	France
Italy	Russia	Spain	United States

Draw[]

Quarterfinals 7–8 February			Semifinals 25–26 April			Final 7–8 November

Moscow, Russia (Indoor hard)
1	Russia	5
	China	0	Castellaneta, Italy (Outdoor clay)
			1	Russia	1
Orléans, France (Indoor hard)			4	Italy	4
	France	0
4	Italy	5					Reggio Calabria, Italy (Outdoor clay)
						4	Italy	4
Surprise, AZ, United States (Outdoor hard)						3	United States	0
3	United States	3
	Argentina	2	Brno, Czech Republic (Indoor hard)
			3	United States	3
Brno, Czech Republic (Indoor carpet)				Czech Republic	2
	Czech Republic	4
2	Spain	1

First round[]

Russia vs. China[]

Russia
5

Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia
7–8 February 2009
RuKortHard (indoors)

China
0

		1	2	3
1	Svetlana Kuznetsova Yan Zi	6 2	6 4
2	Elena Dementieva Zhang Shuai	6 3	6 0
3	Anna Chakvetadze Yan Zi	6 1	6 2
4	Alisa Kleybanova Sun Tiantian	6 1	6 1
5	Elena Dementieva / Svetlana Kuznetsova Sun Tiantian / Yan Zi	1 6	6 4	6 4

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France vs. Italy[]

France
0

Palais des Sports, Orléans, France
7–8 February 2009
Resin hard (indoors)

Italy
5

		1	2	3
1	Amélie Mauresmo Flavia Pennetta	6 2	6⁷ 7⁹	4 6
2	Alizé Cornet Francesca Schiavone	1 6	6 2	6 8
3	Alizé Cornet Flavia Pennetta	2 6	2 6
4	Amélie Mauresmo Sara Errani	3 6	4 6
5	Séverine Brémond / Nathalie Dechy Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci	4 6	4 6

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United States vs. Argentina[]

United States
3

, Surprise, AZ, United States
7–8 February 2009
Decoturf (outdoors)

Argentina
2

		1	2	3
1	Jill Craybas Betina Jozami	6 2	6 1
2	Melanie Oudin Gisela Dulko	2 6	5 7
3	Jill Craybas Gisela Dulko	1 6	3 6
4	Melanie Oudin Betina Jozami	2 6	6 1	6 2
5	Julie Ditty / Liezel Huber Gisela Dulko / Betina Jozami	6 2	6 3

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Czech Republic vs. Spain[]

Czech Republic
4

Brno Exhibition Centre, Brno, Czech Republic
7–8 February 2009
Carpet (indoors)

Spain
1

		1	2	3
1	Petra Kvitová Carla Suárez Navarro	6 4	6 4
2	Iveta Benešová Nuria Llagostera Vives	6 1	1 6	4 6
3	Lucie Šafářová Carla Suárez Navarro	6 4	6 3
4	Petra Kvitová Nuria Llagostera Vives	6 4	7 5
5	Iveta Benešová / Květa Peschke Lourdes Domínguez Lino / María José Martínez Sánchez	6 4	6 2

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Semifinals[]

Russia vs. Italy[]

Russia
1

, Castellaneta Marina, Italy
25–26 April 2009
Red clay (outdoors)

Italy
4

		1	2	3
1	Anna Chakvetadze Flavia Pennetta	4 6	0 6
2	Svetlana Kuznetsova Francesca Schiavone	6 1	2 6	3 6
3	Svetlana Kuznetsova Flavia Pennetta	6 0	6 3
4	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Francesca Schiavone	6 7	6 4	2 6
5	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Nadia Petrova Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci	6 1	3 6	4 6

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United States vs. Czech Republic[]

United States
3

Starobrno Rondo Arena, Brno, Czech Republic
25–26 April 2009
Acrylic hard (indoors)

Czech Republic
2

		1	2	3
1	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Petra Kvitová	3 6	6² 7⁷
2	Alexa Glatch Iveta Benešová	6 1	6 2
3	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová	3 6	1 6
4	Alexa Glatch Petra Kvitová	6 2	6 1
5	Liezel Huber / Bethanie Mattek-Sands Iveta Benešová / Květa Peschke	2 6	7⁷ 6²	6 1

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Final[]

Italy vs. United States[]