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2013 Fed Cup
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Duration	9 February– 3 November
Edition	51st
Achievements (singles)
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The 2013 Fed Cup (also known as the 2013 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas for sponsorship purposes) was the 51st edition of the most important tournament between national teams in women's tennis.

The draw took place on 6 June 2012 in Paris, France.

The final took place at the Tennis Club Cagliari in Cagliari, Italy on 1–2 November. The home and three time champions Italy defeated the fourth-seeded Russia, to win their fourth title.

World Group

Further information: 2013 Fed Cup World Group

Participating teams

Draw


Quarterfinals 9–10 February			Semifinals 20–21 April			Final 2–3 November

Ostrava, Czech Republic (Indoor hard)

1	Czech Republic	4
			Palermo, Italy (Outdoor clay)
	Australia	0
			1	Czech Republic	1
Rimini, Italy (Indoor clay)
			3	Italy	3
	United States	2
						Cagliari, Italy (Outdoor clay)
3	Italy	3
						3	Italy	4
Moscow, Russia (Indoor hard)
						4	Russia	0
4	Russia	3
			Moscow, Russia (Indoor clay)
	Japan	2
			4	Russia	3
Niš, Serbia (Indoor hard)
				Slovakia	2
	Slovakia	3

2	Serbia	2

World Group II

Further information: 2013 Fed Cup World Group II

The World Group II was the second highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2013. Winners advanced to the World Group play-offs, and the losers played in the World Group II play-offs.

Date: 9–10 February

Venue	Surface	Home team	Score	Visiting team
Sporthalle Wankdorf, Bern, Switzerland	Indoor hard	Switzerland	4–1	Belgium (1)
Estadio Mary Terán de Weiss, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Outdoor clay	Argentina	2–3	Sweden (4)
Club Atlético Montemar, Alicante, Spain	Outdoor clay	Spain	3–1	Ukraine (3)
Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, Limoges, France	Indoor clay	France	1–3	Germany (2)

World Group play-offs

Further information: 2013 Fed Cup World Group play-offs

The four losing teams in the World Group first round ties, and four winners of the World Group II ties entered the draw for the World Group play-offs. Four seeded teams, based on the latest Fed Cup ranking, were drawn against four unseeded teams.

Date: 20–21 April

Venue	Surface	Home team	Score	Visiting team
Porsche Arena, Stuttgart, Germany	Indoor clay	Germany	3–2	Serbia (1)
Tennis Club Chiasso, Chiasso, Switzerland	Outdoor clay	Switzerland	1–3	Australia (3)
Real Club de Polo, Barcelona, Spain	Outdoor clay	Spain	4–0	Japan (4)
Delray Beach Tennis Center, Delray Beach, United States	Outdoor hard	United States (2)	3–2	Sweden

World Group II play-offs

Further information: 2013 Fed Cup World Group II play-offs

The four losing teams from World Group II played off against qualifiers from Zonal Group I. Two teams qualified from Europe/Africa Zone, one team from the Asia/Oceania Zone, and one team from the Americas Zone.

Date: 20–21 April

Venue	Surface	Home team	Score	Visiting team
Tennisclub Koksijde, Koksijde, Belgium	Indoor hard	Belgium (1)	1–4	Poland
Palais des Sports de Besançon, Besançon, France	Indoor hard	France (3)	4–1	Kazakhstan
Estadio Mary Terán de Weiss, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Outdoor clay	Argentina	3–1	Great Britain (4)
Sport Club Meridian, Kiev, Ukraine	Indoor clay	Ukraine (2)	2–3	Canada

Americas Zone

Main article: 2013 Fed Cup Americas Zone

Nations in bold advanced to the higher level of competition.
Nations in italics were relegated down to a lower level of competition.

Group I

Venue: Country Club de Ejecutivos, Medellín, Colombia (outdoor clay)

Dates: 6–9 February

Participating teams

Group II

Venue: Maya Country Club, Santa Tecla, El Salvador

Dates: 17–20 July

Participating teams

Asia/Oceania Zone

Main article: 2013 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone

Nations in bold advanced to the higher level of competition.
Nations in italics were relegated down to a lower level of competition.

Group I

Venue: National Tennis Centre, Astana, Kazakhstan (indoor hard)

Dates: 6–9 February

Participating teams

Group II

Venue: National Tennis Centre, Astana, Kazakhstan (indoor hard)

Dates: 4–9 February

Participating teams

Europe/Africa Zone

Main article: 2013 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Nations in bold advanced to the higher level of competition.
Nations in italics were relegated down to a lower level of competition.

Group I

Venue: Municipal Tennis Club, Eilat, Israel (outdoor hard)

Dates: 6–10 February

Participating teams

Pools

	Pool A	CRO	BLR	AUT	GEO
1	Croatia (3–0)		3–0	2–1	3–0
2	Belarus (2–1)	0–3		2–1	3–0
3	Austria (1–2)	1–2	1–2		3–0
4	Georgia (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

	Pool B	GBR	HUN	POR	BIH
1	Great Britain (3–0)		2–1	2–1	3–0
2	Hungary (2–1)	1–2		3–0	3–0
3	Portugal (1–2)	1–2	0–3		2–1
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

	Pool C	POL	ISR	ROU	TUR
1	Poland (3–0)		2–1	2–1	3–0
2	Israel (1–2)	1–2		1–2	2–1
3	Romania (1–2)	1–2	2–1		1–2
4	Turkey (1–2)	0–3	1–2	2–1

	Pool D	BUL	NED	SLO	LUX
1	Bulgaria (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Netherlands (2–1)	3–0		0–3	3–0
3	Slovenia (1–2)	0–3	0–3		2–1
4	Luxembourg (0–3)	1–2	0–3	0–3

Play-offs

Main article: 2013 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs

Placing	A Team	Score	C Team
Promotional	Croatia	1–2	Poland
5th–8th	Belarus	0–2	Israel
9th–12th	Austria	2–1	Romania
Relegation	Georgia	1–2	Turkey

Placing	B Team	Score	D Team
Promotional	Great Britain	2–0	Bulgaria
5th–8th	Hungary	2–0	Netherlands
9th–12th	Portugal	W/O	Slovenia
Relegation	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–2	Luxembourg

Poland and Great Britain advanced to World Group II play-offs.
Georgia and Bosnia and Herzegovina were relegated to Europe/Africa Group II in 2014.

Group II

Venue: Bellevue Club, Ulcinj, Montenegro (outdoor clay)

Dates: 17–20 April

Participating teams

Group III

Venue: Terraten Club, Chișinău, Moldova (outdoor clay)

Dates: 8–11 May

Participating teams

Rankings

The rankings were measured after the three points during the year that play took place, and were collated by combining points earned from the previous four years.

11 February
Rank	Nation	Points	Move
1	Czech Republic	35,525.0
2	Italy	21,180.0
3	Russia	15,025.0
4	Serbia	12,272.5
5	Slovakia	9,017.5	3
6	United States	9,010.0	1
7	Australia	5,120.0	1
8	Japan	5,090.0	1
9	Germany	4,572.5	1
10	Spain	4,562.5	3

22 April
Rank	Nation	Points	Move
1	Czech Republic	32,430.0
2	Italy	24,285.0
3	Russia	19,655.0
4	Serbia	9,645.0
5	Slovakia	7,942.5
6	United States	7,482.5
7	Spain	5,900.0	3
8	Australia	5,870.0	1
9	Germany	5,670.0
10	Japan	4,552.5	2

4 November
Rank	Nation	Points	Move
1	Italy	28,375.0	1
2	Czech Republic	28,340.0	1
3	Russia	19,655.0
4	Serbia	9,645.0
5	Slovakia	7,942.5
6	United States	7,482.5
7	Spain	5,900.0
8	Australia	5,870.0
9	Germany	5,670.0
10	Japan	4,282.5

References

"Draw made for 2013 Fed Cup". fedcup.com. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
"Sara Errani secures Fed Cup for Italy with win over Alisa Kleybanova". Guardian. 3 November 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
"Rankings Explained". fedcup.com. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
^ Fed Cup Nations Ranking History. ITF. 2013.

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Categories:

World Group

Participating teams

Draw

World Group II

World Group play-offs

World Group II play-offs

Americas Zone

Group I

Participating teams

Group II

Participating teams

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

Participating teams

Group II

Participating teams

Europe/Africa Zone

Group I

Participating teams

Pools

Play-offs

Group II

Participating teams

Group III

Participating teams

Rankings

See also

References

External links