2011 Fed Cup World Group

The World Group was the highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2011. Eight nations competed in a three-round knockout competition. Italy was the two-time defending champion, but they were defeated in the semifinals by four-time former champion Russia.

The Russians were defeated in the final by Czech Republic, 3–2, in their first final and title since 1988.^[1][2]

Participating Teams[]

Participating Teams
Australia	Belgium	Czech Republic	France
Italy	Russia	Slovakia	United States

Draw[]

	Quarterfinals 5–6 February					Semifinals 16–17 April					Final 5–6 November
	Hobart, Australia (Outdoor hard)
	1	Italy	4
		Australia	1			Moscow, Russia (Indoor hard)
						1	Italy	0
	Moscow, Russia (Indoor hard)					3	Russia	5
		France	2
	3	Russia	3								Moscow, Russia (Indoor hard)
											3	Russia	2
	Bratislava, Slovakia (Indoor hard)										4	Czech Republic	3
	4	Czech Republic	3
		Slovakia	2			Charleroi, Belgium (Indoor hard)
						4	Czech Republic	3
	Antwerp, Belgium (Indoor hard)						Belgium	2
		Belgium	4
	2	United States	1

First round[]

Italy vs. Australia[]

Italy 4	Hobart International Tennis Centre, Hobart, Australia 5–6 February 2011 Plexicushion hard (outdoors)		Australia 1
1 2 3 1 Francesca Schiavone Jarmila Groth 77 64 3 6 3 6   2 Flavia Pennetta Samantha Stosur 77 65 65 77 6 4   3 Francesca Schiavone Samantha Stosur 77 61 3 6 7 5   4 Flavia Pennetta Jarmila Groth 6 3 6 2     5 Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci Anastasia Rodionova / Rennae Stubbs 2 6 77 61 6 4

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France vs. Russia[]

France 2	Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia 5–6 February 2011 RuKortHard (indoors)		Russia 3
1 2 3 1 Alizé Cornet Svetlana Kuznetsova 3 6 6 3 6 4   2 Virginie Razzano Maria Sharapova 6 3 6 4     3 Alizé Cornet Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6 3 3 6 2 6   4 Virginie Razzano Svetlana Kuznetsova 4 6 4 6     5 Julie Coin / Alizé Cornet Svetlana Kuznetsova / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 64 77 0 6

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Czech Republic vs. Slovakia[]

Czech Republic 3	Sibamac Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia 5–6 February 2011 Latex-ite hard (indoors)		Slovakia 2
1 2 3 1 Lucie Šafářová Daniela Hantuchová 7 5 6 1     2 Petra Kvitová Dominika Cibulková 6 2 6 3     3 Petra Kvitová Daniela Hantuchová 6 4 6 2     4 Lucie Šafářová Jana Čepelová 6 4 65 77   retired   5 Květa Peschke / Barbora Záhlavová Strýcová Jana Čepelová / Magdaléna Rybáriková 1 6 6 4 64 77

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Belgium vs. United States[]

Belgium 4	Sportpaleis Antwerp, Merksem, Belgium 5–6 February 2011 Acrylic hard (indoors)		United States 1
1 2 3 1 Yanina Wickmayer Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6 1 78 66     2 Kim Clijsters Melanie Oudin 6 0 6 4     3 Kim Clijsters Bethanie Mattek-Sands 612 714 6 2 6 1   4 Yanina Wickmayer Melanie Oudin 6 2 6 0     5 Kirsten Flipkens / An-Sophie Mestach Liezel Huber / Vania King 3 6 5 7

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Semifinals[]

Italy vs. Russia[]

Italy 0	Megasport Arena, Moscow, Russia 16–17 April 2011 RuKortHard (indoors)		Russia 5
1 2 3 1 Sara Errani Vera Zvonareva 0 6 2 6     2 Roberta Vinci Svetlana Kuznetsova 2 6 77 64 1 6   3 Roberta Vinci Vera Zvonareva 4 6 2 6     4 Sara Errani Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 65 77 64 77     5 Alberta Brianti / Maria Elena Camerin Ekaterina Makarova / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 63 77 1 6

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Czech Republic vs. Belgium[]

Czech Republic 3	Spiroudome, Charleroi, Belgium 16–17 April 2011 Acrylic hard (indoors)		Belgium 2
1 2 3 1 Petra Kvitová Kirsten Flipkens 6 2 77 64     2 Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Yanina Wickmayer 4 6 4 6     3 Petra Kvitová Yanina Wickmayer 5 7 6 4 6 2   4 Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Kirsten Flipkens 2 6 3 6     5 Iveta Benešová / Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Kirsten Flipkens / Yanina Wickmayer 6 4 6 4

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Final[]

Russia vs. Czech Republic[]

Russia 2	Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia 5–6 November 2011 RuKortHard (indoors)		Czech Republic 3
1 2 3 1 Maria Kirilenko Petra Kvitová 2 6 2 6     2 Svetlana Kuznetsova Lucie Šafářová 6 2 6 3     3 Svetlana Kuznetsova Petra Kvitová 6 4 2 6 3 6   4 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Lucie Šafářová 6 2 6 4     5 Maria Kirilenko / Elena Vesnina Lucie Hradecká / Květa Peschke 4 6 2 6

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2011 Fed Cup Champions
Czech Republic Sixth title

References[]

See also[]

• Fed Cup structure