2001 Fed Cup World Group

The World Group was the highest level of competition in the 2001 Fed Cup. For this year, eight teams qualifying from the play-offs were put into two pools of four teams each, with the winner of each pool advancing to the final. The defending champions United States were meant to be an automatic qualifier for the World Group, but they withdrew due to security risks following the September 11 attacks.

Main article: 2001 Fed Cup

Belgium won their first title, defeating four-time finalist Russia in the final.

Participating Teams

Participating Teams
Argentina	Australia	Belgium	Czech Republic
France	Germany	Russia	Spain

Pools

Venue: Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I, Madrid, Spain (indoor clay)
Date: 7–10 November

Pool A RUS FRA ARG CZE 1  Russia (3–0) 2–1 3–0 2–1 2  France (2–1) 1–2 2–1 3–0 3  Argentina (1–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1 4  Czech Republic (0–3) 1–2 0–3 1–2

Pool B BEL ESP GER AUS 1  Belgium (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0 2  Spain (2–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0 3  Germany (1–2) 0–3 1–2 3–0 4  Australia (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3

Final

Russia vs. Belgium

Russia 1	Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I, Madrid, Spain 11 November 2001 Red clay (indoors)		Belgium 2
1 2 3 1 Nadia Petrova Justine Henin 0 6 3 6     2 Elena Dementieva Kim Clijsters 0 6 4 6     3 Elena Likhovtseva / Nadia Petrova Els Callens / Laurence Courtois 7 5 7^7 6^2

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2001 Fed Cup Champions
Belgium First title

References

1. "Russia v Belgium". fedcup.com.

See also

• Fed Cup structure