1996 Fed Cup World Group
The World Group was the highest level of Fed Cup competition in 1996. Eight nations competed in a three-round knockout competition. Spain was the three-time defending champion, but they were defeated in the final by the finalist from the last two years, the United States, who captured their fifteenth title.
Participating Teams
Participating Teams | |||
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Argentina |
Austria |
France |
Germany |
Japan |
South Africa |
Spain |
United States |
Draw
Quarterfinals 27–28 April |
Semifinals 13–14 July |
Final 28–29 September | |||||||||||||
Murcia, Spain (Outdoor clay) | |||||||||||||||
1 | |
3 | |||||||||||||
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2 | Bayonne, France (Indoor carpet) | |||||||||||||
1 | |
3 | |||||||||||||
Amiens, France (Outdoor clay) | 3 | |
2 | ||||||||||||
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2 | ||||||||||||||
3 | |
3 | Atlantic City, NJ, United States (Indoor carpet) | ||||||||||||
1 | |
0 | |||||||||||||
Tokyo, Japan (Indoor hard) | 2 | |
5 | ||||||||||||
4 | |
2 | |||||||||||||
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3 | Nagoya, Japan (Indoor carpet) | |||||||||||||
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0 | ||||||||||||||
Salzburg, Austria (Outdoor clay) | 2 | |
5 | ||||||||||||
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2 | ||||||||||||||
2 | |
3 |
First round
Spain vs. South Africa
Spain 3 |
Murcia Tennis Club, Murcia, Spain 27–28 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors) |
South Africa 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Argentina vs. France
Argentina 2 |
Amiens Coliseum, Amiens, France 27–28 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors) |
France 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Germany vs. Japan
Germany 2 |
Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan 27–28 April 1996 DecoTurf (indoors) |
Japan 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Austria vs. United States
Austria 2 |
Hellbrunn Stadium, Salzburg, Austria 27–28 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors) |
United States 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Semifinals
Spain vs. France
Spain 3 |
Lauga Hall, Bayonne, France 13–14 July 1996 Supreme carpet (indoors) |
France 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Japan vs. United States
Japan 0 |
Rainbow Hall, Nagoya, Japan 13–14 July 1996 Supreme carpet (indoors) |
United States 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Final
Spain vs. United States
Spain 0 |
Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States 28–29 September 1996 Supreme carpet (indoors) |
United States 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1996 Fed Cup Champions |
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United States Fifteenth title |
gollark: ALL C libraries are bad.
gollark: Ah, I haven't DONE so, I just thought it would maybe be good
gollark: So I thought "hmm, perhaps it would be good to make a concurrent Rust version".
gollark: Mostly it just made EWO really slow.
gollark: Not really, it used 100% of one CPU thread, we have eight of those.
References
- "Spain v South Africa". fedcup.com.
- "Argentina v France". fedcup.com.
- "Germany v Japan". fedcup.com.
- "Austria v United States". fedcup.com.
- "Spain v France". fedcup.com.
- "Japan v United States". fedcup.com.
- "Spain v United States". fedcup.com.
See also
- Fed Cup structure
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