2002 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs

The Play-offs of the 2002 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I were the final stages of the Group I Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Those that qualified for this stage placed first and second in their respective pools.

Placing	Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
1	Slovenia	Israel	Bulgaria	Luxembourg
2	Ukraine	Netherlands	Estonia	Yugoslavia
3	Belarus	Romania	Georgia	Poland
4	Greece	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Portugal	Turkey

The eight teams were then randomly paired up the team from a different placing of another group for a play-off tie, with the winners being promoted to the World Group Play-offs.

Slovenia vs. Yugoslavia

Slovenia 2	Antalya, Turkey 27 April 2002 Red clay (outdoors)		Yugoslavia 0
1 2 3 1 Maja Matevžič Jelena Janković 6 2 3 6 6 1   2 Tina Pisnik Dragana Zarić 6 1 6 3     3           not played

^[1]

•  Slovenia advanced to the World Group Play-offs, where they were drawn against  Ukraine. They won 4–1, and thus advanced to the World Group for next year.^[2]

Israel vs. Estonia

Israel 2	Antalya, Turkey 27 April 2002 Red clay (outdoors)		Estonia 0
1 2 3 1 Tzipora Obziler Maret Ani 6 3 6 3     2 Anna Smashnova Kaia Kanepi 6 1 6 3     3           not played

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•  Israel advanced to the World Group Play-offs, where they were drawn against  United States. They lost 0–5, and thus were relegated back to Group I for next year.^[4]

Ukraine vs. Bulgaria

Ukraine 2	Antalya, Turkey 27 April 2002 Red clay (outdoors)		Bulgaria 1
1 2 3 1 Alona Bondarenko Desislava Topalova 6 3 5 7 4 6   2 Yuliya Beygelzimer Magdalena Maleeva 6 3 6 4     3 Yuliya Beygelzimer / Alona Bondarenko Magdalena Maleeva / Desislava Topalova 6 4 6 0

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•  Ukraine advanced to the World Group Play-offs, where they were drawn against  Slovenia. They lost 1–4, and thus were relegated back to Group I for next year.^[6]

Netherlands vs. Luxembourg

Netherlands 2	Antalya, Turkey 27 April 2002 Red clay (outdoors)		Luxembourg 1
1 2 3 1 Kristie Boogert Claudine Schaul 7 5 3 6 5 7   2 Miriam Oremans Anne Kremer 6 4 2 6 6 4   3 Kristie Boogert / Miriam Oremans Anne Kremer / Claudine Schaul 3 6 77 61 6 2

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•  Netherlands advanced to the World Group Play-offs, where they were drawn against  Australia. They lost 2–3, and thus were relegated back to Group I for next year.^[8]

See also

• Fed Cup structure

References

External links

• Fed Cup website