1996 Fed Cup World Group
Appearance
1996 Fed Cup World Group | |
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Date | 27 April – 29 September |
Edition | 6th |
Champions | |
United States |
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
[edit]Participating teams | |||
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Argentina |
Austria |
France |
Germany |
Japan |
South Africa |
Spain |
United States |
Draw
[edit]Quarterfinals 27–28 April | Semifinals 13–14 July | Final 28–29 September | |||||||||||
Murcia, Spain (Outdoor clay) | |||||||||||||
1 | Spain | 3 | |||||||||||
Bayonne, France (Indoor carpet) | |||||||||||||
South Africa | 2 | ||||||||||||
1 | Spain | 3 | |||||||||||
Amiens, France (Outdoor clay) | |||||||||||||
3 | France | 2 | |||||||||||
Argentina | 2 | ||||||||||||
Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States (Indoor carpet) | |||||||||||||
3 | France | 3 | |||||||||||
1 | Spain | 0 | |||||||||||
Tokyo, Japan (Indoor hard) | |||||||||||||
2 | United States | 5 | |||||||||||
4 | Germany | 2 | |||||||||||
Nagoya, Japan (Indoor carpet) | |||||||||||||
Japan | 3 | ||||||||||||
Japan | 0 | ||||||||||||
Salzburg, Austria (Outdoor clay) | |||||||||||||
2 | United States | 5 | |||||||||||
Austria | 2 | ||||||||||||
2 | United States | 3 | |||||||||||
First round
[edit]Spain vs. South Africa
[edit]Spain 3 |
Murcia Tennis Club, Murcia, Spain 27–28 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors) |
South Africa 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Argentina vs. France
[edit]Argentina 2 |
Amiens Coliseum, Amiens, France 27–28 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors) |
France 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Germany vs. Japan
[edit]Germany 2 |
Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan 27–28 April 1996 DecoTurf (indoors) |
Japan 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Austria vs. United States
[edit]Austria 2 |
Hellbrunn Stadium, Salzburg, Austria 27–28 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors) |
United States 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Semifinals
[edit]Spain vs. France
[edit]Spain 3 |
Lauga Hall, Bayonne, France 13–14 July 1996 Supreme carpet (indoors) |
France 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Japan vs. United States
[edit]Japan 0 |
Rainbow Hall, Nagoya, Japan 13–14 July 1996 Supreme carpet (indoors) |
United States 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Final
[edit]Spain vs. United States
[edit]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 |
References
[edit]- ^ "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.