1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Knockout Stage

The Knockout Stage of the 1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was the final stage of the Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Those that qualified for this stage placed first and second in their respective pools.

PlacingPool APool BPool CPool D
1 South Africa Romania Great Britain Slovenia
2 Ukraine Sweden Bulgaria Luxembourg
3 Latvia Greece Finland Poland
4 Denmark Portugal FR Yugoslavia Georgia
Main article: 1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The eight teams were then randomly drawn into two two-stage knockout tournaments, with the winners advancing to the World Group II Play-offs.

Draw
  First round
22 April		 Quarterfinals
23 April
                 
  South Africa 2  
  Sweden 0  
    South Africa 1
    Slovenia 2
  Bulgaria 1
  Slovenia 2  
  Romania 2  
  Ukraine 0  
    Romania 2
    Great Britain 0
  Luxembourg 0
  Great Britain 3  

Semifinals

South Africa vs. Sweden

South Africa
2		 La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
22 April 1999
Red clay (outdoors)
Sweden
0
1 2 3
1
Mariaan de Swardt
Maria Wolfbrandt		 6
1		 6
3		    
2
Amanda Coetzer
Åsa Carlsson		 62
77		 6
4		 6
1		  
3
 
 		       not
played

[1]

Bulgaria vs. Slovenia

Bulgaria
1		 La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
22 April 1999
Red clay (outdoors)
Slovenia
2
1 2 3
1
Desislava Topalova
Tina Hergold		 6
1		 4
6 		6
2		  
2
Pavlina Nola
Katarina Srebotnik		 2
6 		2
6 		   
3
Antoaneta Pandjerova / Desislava Topalova
Tina Križan / Katarina Srebotnik		 4
6 		1
6 		   

[2]

Romania vs. Ukraine

Romania
2		 La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
22 April 1999
Red clay (outdoors)
Ukraine
0
1 2 3
1
Cătălina Cristea
Natalia Medvedeva		 6
3		 6
1		    
2
Ruxandra Dragomir
Elena Tatarkova		 5
7 		6
3		 6
1		  
3
 
 		       not
played

[3]

Luxembourg vs. Great Britain

Luxembourg
0		 La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
22 April 1999
Red clay (outdoors)
Great Britain
3
1 2 3
1
Claudine Schaul
Joanne Ward		 4
6 		2
6 		   
2
Anne Kremer
Samantha Smith		 4
6 		6
1		 3
6 		 
3
Céline Francois / Fabienne Thill
Louise Latimer / Julie Pullin		 2
6 		3
6 		   

[4]

Finals

South Africa vs. Slovenia

South Africa
1		 La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
23 April 1999
Red clay (outdoors)
Slovenia
2
1 2 3
1
Mariaan de Swardt
Tina Križan		 7
5		 6
3		    
2
Amanda Coetzer
Katarina Srebotnik		 4
6 		3
6 		   
3
Amanda Coetzer / Mariaan de Swardt
Tina Križan / Katarina Srebotnik		 4
6 		3
6 		   

[5]

Romania vs. Great Britain

Romania
2		 La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
23 April 1999
Red clay (outdoors)
Great Britain
0
1 2 3
1
Cătălina Cristea
Joanne Ward		 6
2		 6
2		    
2
Ruxandra Dragomir
Samantha Smith		 6
2		 6
3		    
3
 
 		       not
played

[7]

See also
  • Fed Cup structure

References
  1. "South Africa v Sweden". fedcup.com.
  2. "Bulgaria v Slovenia". fedcup.com.
  3. "Romania v Ukraine". fedcup.com.
  4. "Luxembourg v Great Britain". fedcup.com.
  5. "South Africa v Slovenia". fedcup.com.
  6. "Fed Cup Profile, Slovenia". fedcup.com.
  7. "Romania v Great Britain". fedcup.com.
  8. "Fed Cup Profile, Romania". fedcup.com.
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