2018 Fed Cup World Group

The World Group was the highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2018.

Participating teams[]

Participating teams
Belarus	Belgium	Czech Republic	France
Germany	Netherlands	Switzerland	United States

Seeds[]

Belarus (Quarterfinals)
United States (Final)
Czech Republic (Champions)
France (Semifinals)

Draw[]

Quarterfinals 10–11 February			Semifinals 21–22 April			Final 10–11 November

Minsk, Belarus (hard, indoor)^[1]
1	Belarus	2
	Germany	3	Stuttgart, Germany (clay, indoor)^[2]
				Germany	1
Prague, Czech Republic (hard, indoor)^[3]			3	Czech Republic	4
3	Czech Republic	3
	Switzerland	1					Prague, Czech Republic (hard, indoor)^[4]
						3	Czech Republic	3
La Roche-sur-Yon, France (hard, indoor)^[5]						2	United States	0
	Belgium	2
4	France	3	Aix-en-Provence, France (clay, indoor)^[6]
			4	France	2
Asheville, United States (hard, indoor)^[7]			2	United States	3
	Netherlands	1
2	United States	3

Quarterfinals[]

Belarus vs. Germany[]

Belarus
2

Chizhovka-Arena, Minsk, Belarus^[1]
10–11 February
Hard (indoor)

Germany
3

		1	2	3
1	Aryna Sabalenka Tatjana Maria	4 6	6 1	6 2
2	Aliaksandra Sasnovich Antonia Lottner	5 7	4 6
3	Vera Lapko Tatjana Maria	4 6	7 5	0 6
4	Aryna Sabalenka Antonia Lottner	6 3	5 7	6 2
5	Lidziya Marozava / Aryna Sabalenka Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Tatjana Maria	7⁷ 6⁴	5 7	4 6

Czech Republic vs. Switzerland[]

Czech Republic
3

O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic^[3]
10–11 February
Hard (indoor)

Switzerland
1

		1	2	3
1	Petra Kvitová Viktorija Golubic	6 2	1 6	6 3
2	Barbora Strýcová Belinda Bencic	6 2	6 4
3	Petra Kvitová Belinda Bencic	6 2	6 4
4	Barbora Strýcová Viktorija Golubic				not played
5	Lucie Šafářová / Barbora Strýcová Timea Bacsinszky / Jil Teichmann	6 1	4 6	[8] [10]

France vs. Belgium[]

France
3

Vendéspace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France^[5]
10–11 February
Hard (indoor)

Belgium
2

		1	2	3
1	Pauline Parmentier Elise Mertens	2 6	1 6
2	Kristina Mladenovic Kirsten Flipkens	6 2	6 4
3	Kristina Mladenovic Elise Mertens	6 4	6 4
4	Pauline Parmentier Alison Van Uytvanck	1 6	3 6
5	Amandine Hesse / Kristina Mladenovic Kirsten Flipkens / Elise Mertens	6 4	2 6	6 2

United States vs. Netherlands[]

United States
3

US Cellular Arena, Asheville, United States^[7]
10–11 February
Hard (indoor)

Netherlands
1

		1	2	3
1	Venus Williams Arantxa Rus	6 1	6 4
2	CoCo Vandeweghe Richèl Hogenkamp	4 6	7⁸ 6⁶	6 3
3	Venus Williams Richèl Hogenkamp	7 5	6 1
4	CoCo Vandeweghe Arantxa Rus				not played
5	Serena Williams / Venus Williams Lesley Kerkhove / Demi Schuurs	2 6	3 6

Semifinals[]

Germany vs. Czech Republic[]

Germany
1

Porsche-Arena, Stuttgart, Germany^[2]
21–22 April
Clay (indoor)

Czech Republic
4

		1	2
1	Julia Görges Petra Kvitová	3 6	2 6
2	Angelique Kerber Karolína Plíšková	5 7	3 6
3	Julia Görges Karolína Plíšková	6 4	6 2
4	Angelique Kerber Petra Kvitová	2 6	2 6
5	Julia Görges / Anna-Lena Grönefeld Kateřina Siniaková / Barbora Strýcová	5 7	0 0	retired

France vs. United States[]

France
2

Arena du Pays d'Aix, Aix-en-Provence, France^[6]
21–22 April
Clay (indoor)

United States
3

		1	2	3
1	Pauline Parmentier Sloane Stephens	6³ 7⁷	5 7
2	Kristina Mladenovic CoCo Vandeweghe	1 6	6 3	6 2
3	Kristina Mladenovic Sloane Stephens	2 6	0 6
4	Pauline Parmentier Madison Keys	6⁴ 7⁷	4 6
5	Amandine Hesse / Kristina Mladenovic Bethanie Mattek-Sands / CoCo Vandeweghe	6 4	3 6	[10] [6]

Final[]

Czech Republic vs. United States[]

Czech Republic
3

O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic^[4]
10–11 November 2018
Hard (indoors)

United States
0

		1	2	3
1	Barbora Strýcová Sofia Kenin	6⁵ 7⁷	6 1	6 4
2	Kateřina Siniaková Alison Riske	6 3	7⁷ 6²
3	Kateřina Siniaková Sofia Kenin	7 5	5 7	7 5
4	Barbora Strýcová Alison Riske				not played
5	Kateřina Siniaková / Barbora Krejčíková Danielle Collins / Nicole Melichar				not played

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Belarus v Germany". FedCup.com. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
^ ^a ^b "Germany v Czech Republic". FedCup.com. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
^ ^a ^b "Czech Republic v Switzerland". FedCup.com. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
^ ^a ^b "Czech Republic v United States". FedCup.com. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
^ ^a ^b "France v Belgium". FedCup.com. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
^ ^a ^b "France v United States". FedCup.com. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
^ ^a ^b "United States v Netherlands". FedCup.com. Retrieved 2018-02-04.

[BLR_v_GER-1] "Belarus v Germany". FedCup.com. Retrieved 2018-02-04.

[GER_v_CZE-2] "Germany v Czech Republic". FedCup.com. Retrieved 2018-02-11.

[CZE_v_SUI-3] "Czech Republic v Switzerland". FedCup.com. Retrieved 2018-02-04.

[CZE_v_USA-4] "Czech Republic v United States". FedCup.com. Retrieved 2018-09-30.

[FRA_v_BEL-5] "France v Belgium". FedCup.com. Retrieved 2018-02-04.

[FRA_v_USA-6] "France v United States". FedCup.com. Retrieved 2018-02-11.

[USA_v_NED-7] "United States v Netherlands". FedCup.com. Retrieved 2018-02-04.

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