2009 Fed Cup

The four losing teams in the World Group first round ties (China, France, Argentina and Spain), and four winners of the World Group II ties (Slovakia, Germany, Serbia and Ukraine) entered the draw for the World Group Play-offs. Four seeded teams, based on the latest Fed Cup ranking, were drawn against four unseeded teams.

Date: 25–26 April

Venue	Surface	Home Team	Score	Visiting Team
Lleida, Spain	Outdoor clay	Spain (1)	0–4	Serbia
Limoges, France	Indoor clay	France (2)	3–2	Slovakia
Frankfurt, Germany	Outdoor clay	Germany	3–2	China (3)
Mar del Plata, Argentina	Outdoor clay	Argentina (4)	0–5	Ukraine

The World Group II was the second highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2009. Winners advanced to the World Group Play-offs, and losers played in the World Group II Play-offs.

Date: 7–8 February

Venue	Surface	Home Team	Score	Visiting Team
Bratislava, Slovakia	Indoor hard	Slovakia	4–1	Belgium (1)
Zurich, Switzerland	Indoor hard	Switzerland	2–3	Germany (4)
Belgrade, Serbia	Indoor hard	Serbia	4–1	Japan (3)
Kharkiv, Ukraine	Indoor hard	Ukraine	3–2	Israel (2)

The four losing teams from World Group II (Belgium, Switzerland, Japan, and Israel) played off against qualifiers from Zonal Group I. Two teams qualified from Europe/Africa Zone (Estonia and Poland), one team from the Asia/Oceania Zone (Australia), and one team from the Americas Zone (Canada).

Date: 25–26 April

Venue	Surface	Home Team	Score	Visiting Team
Hasselt, Belgium	Indoor clay	Belgium (1)	3–2	Canada
Tallinn, Estonia	Indoor hard	Estonia	3–2	Israel (2)
Gdynia, Poland	Outdoor clay	Poland	3–2	Japan (3)
Mildura, Australia	Outdoor grass	Australia (4)	3–1	Switzerland

• Nations in bold advanced to the higher level of competition.
• Nations in italics were relegated down to a lower level of competition.

• Nations in bold advanced to the higher level of competition.
• Nations in italics were relegated down to a lower level of competition.

• Nations in bold advanced to the higher level of competition.
• Nations in italics were relegated down to a lower level of competition.

The rankings were measured after the three points during the year that play took place, and were collated by combining points earned from the previous four years.[1]

9 February Rank Nation Points[2] Move 1  Russia 38,932.5 2  Italy 21,740.0 3  Spain 11,905.0 4  United States 10,390.0 5  Czech Republic 8,730.0 3 6  France 6,820.0 1 7  China 6,520.0 1 8  Belgium 5,745.0 1 9  Argentina 4,757.5 10  Germany 4,550.0 2

27 April Rank Nation Points[2] Move 1  Russia 33,772.5 2  Italy 23,800.0 3  United States 16,570.0 1 4  Spain 9,842.5 1 5  Czech Republic 8,192.5 6  France 6,312.5 7  Ukraine 6,225.0 5 8  Serbia 5842.5 5 9  Germany 5,625.0 1 10  China 5,162.5 3

9 November Rank Nation Points[2] Move 1  Italy 27,935.0 1 2  Russia 25,677.5 1 3  United States 14,570.0 4  Spain 9,842.5 5  Czech Republic 8,192.5 6  Ukraine 6,225.0 1 7  Serbia 5,842.5 1 8  Germany 5,625.0 1 9  China 5,162.5 1 10  Belgium 4,505.0 1

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