1997 Fed Cup World Group Play-offs

The World Group Play-offs were four ties which involved the losing nations of the tennis World Group first round and the winning nations of the World Group II. Nations that won their play-off ties entered the 1998 World Group, while losing nations joined the 1998 World Group II.

Main article: 1997 Fed Cup

Australia vs. Spain

Australia
2		 Hope Island Resort Tennis Centre, Hope Island, Queensland, Australia
12–13 July 1997
Rebound Ace (outdoors)
Spain
3
1 2 3
1
Rachel McQuillan
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario		 2
6 		1
6 		   
2
Annabel Ellwood
Magüi Serna		 6
4		 6
2		    
3
Annabel Ellwood
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario		 2
6 		0
6 		   
4
Rachel McQuillan
Magüi Serna		 1
6 		3
6 		   
5
Kerry-Anne Guse / Kristine Kunce
María Sánchez Lorenzo / Cristina Torrens Valero		 6
2		 6
4		    

[1]

Switzerland vs. Argentina

Switzerland
5		 Hallenstadion, Zürich, Switzerland
12–13 July 1997
Greenset Trophy Carpet (indoors)
Argentina
0
1 2 3
1
Martina Hingis
María José Gaidano		 6
1		 6
2		    
2
Patty Schnyder
Florencia Labat		 3
6 		7
5		 10
8		  
3
Martina Hingis
Florencia Labat		 6
2		 6
1		    
4
Patty Schnyder
María José Gaidano		 6
1		 6
0		    
5
Emmanuelle Gagliardi / Martina Hingis
Laura Montalvo / Mercedes Paz		 6
3		 6
4		    

[2]

Germany vs. Croatia

Germany
3		 Walstadion Tennis Club, Frankfurt, Germany
12–13 July 1997
Supreme carpet (outdoors)
Croatia
2
1 2 3
1
Meike Babel
Iva Majoli		 2
6 		3
6 		   
2
Anke Huber
Mirjana Lučić		 6
2		 6
2		    
3
Anke Huber
Iva Majoli		 64
77		 6
2		 6
0		  
4
Meike Babel
Mirjana Lučić		 4
6 		1
6 		   
5
Meike Babel / Anke Huber
Mirjana Lučić / Iva Majoli		 77
64		 64
77		 6
1		  

[3]

United States vs. Japan

United States
5		 Longwood Cricket Club, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States
12–13 July 1997
DecoTurf (outdoors)
Japan
0
1 2 3
1
Mary Joe Fernández
Ai Sugiyama		 4
6 		6
2		 6
2		  
2
Lindsay Davenport
Naoko Sawamatsu		 6
1		 6
3		    
3
Lindsay Davenport
Ai Sugiyama		 6
4		 77
61		    
4
Kimberly Po
Naoko Sawamatsu		 6
2		 6
4		    
5
Lindsay Davenport / Lisa Raymond
Naoko Kijimuta / Nana Miyagi		 6
4		 6
4		    

[4]

gollark: It's content security policy.
gollark: CORS allows JSoidal JS.
gollark: It's not CORS.
gollark: `bee you, apioids`
gollark: I dislike how it inherits the thing where I have to specify a maximum size for the data to receive, even though python can dynamically allocate buffers.

References
  1. "Australia v Spain". fedcup.com.
  2. "Switzerland v Argentina". fedcup.com.
  3. "Germany v Croatia". fedcup.com.
  4. "United States v Japan". fedcup.com.

See also
  • Fed Cup structure
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.