1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Pool A

Group A of the 1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I of the 1996 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage and the bottom team being relegated down to Group II for 1996.

  RUS BLR SLO GBR RR
W–L		 Set
W–L		 Game
W–L		 Standings
 Russia 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–1 15–6 112–85 1
 Belarus 2–1 0–3 2–1 2–1 8–12 95–112 2
 Slovenia 0–3 3–0 1–2 1–2 10–10 87–89 3
 Great Britain 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 7–12 90–98 4
Main article: 1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Russia vs. Slovenia

Russia
3		 La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
22 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)
Slovenia
0
1 2 3
1
Elena Likhovtseva
Tina Križan		 2
6 		6
1		 6
2		  
2
Elena Makarova
Barbara Mulej		 6
3		 6
3		    
3
Anna Kournikova / Elena Makarova
Tjaša Jezernik / Tina Križan		 6
4		 5
7 		7
5		  

[1]

Belarus vs. Great Britain

Belarus
2		 La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
22 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)
Great Britain
1
1 2 3
1
Tatiana Ignatieva
Samantha Smith		 2
6 		3
6 		   
2
Natasha Zvereva
Clare Wood		 77
63		 4
6 		6
3		  
3
Olga Barabanschikova / Tatiana Ignatieva
Valda Lake / Clare Wood		 7
5		 77
62		    

[2]

Russia vs. Great Britain

Russia
3		 La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
23 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)
Great Britain
0
1 2 3
1
Elena Likhovtseva
Clare Wood		 6
4		 6
4		    
2
Elena Makarova
Samantha Smith		 6
1		 6
3		    
3
Anna Kournikova / Elena Makarova
Samantha Smith / Clare Wood		 77
63		 6
1		    

[3]

Belarus vs. Slovenia

Belarus
0		 La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
23 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)
Slovenia
3
1 2 3
1
Tatiana Ignatieva
Tina Križan		 4
6 		1
6 		   
2
Olga Barabanschikova
Barbara Mulej		 2
6 		3
6 		   
3
Tatiana Ignatieva / Natasha Zvereva
Tjaša Jezernik / Tina Križan		 5
7 		3
6 		   

[4]

Russia vs. Belarus

Russia
1		 La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
24 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)
Belarus
2
1 2 3
1
Elena Makarova
Olga Barabanschikova		 3
6 		4
6 		   
2
Elena Likhovtseva
Natasha Zvereva		 6
4		 4
6 		4
6 		 
3
Anna Kournikova / Elena Makarova
Tatiana Ignatieva / Natasha Zvereva		 6
3		 4
6 		6
4		  

[5]

Slovenia vs. Great Britain

Slovenia
1		 La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
24 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)
Great Britain
2
1 2 3
1
Barbara Mulej
Samantha Smith		 6
3		 6
4		    
2
Tina Križan
Clare Wood		 5
7 		2
6 		   
3
Tjaša Jezernik / Tina Križan
Samantha Smith / Clare Wood		 1
6 		5
7 		   

[6]

  •  Great Britain placed last in the pool, and thus was relegated to Group II in 1997, where they placed first in their pool of six, and thus advanced back to Group I for 1998.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Russia v Slovenia". fedcup.com.
  2. "Belarus v Great Britain". fedcup.com.
  3. "Russia v Great Britain". fedcup.com.
  4. "Russia v Slovenia". fedcup.com.
  5. "Russia v Belarus". fedcup.com.
  6. "Slovenia v Great Britain". fedcup.com.
  7. "Fed Cup Profile, Great Britain". fedcup.com.
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