2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs

The Play-offs of the 2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I were the final stages of the Group I Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Using the positions determined in their pools, the sixteen teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I. The top two teams advanced to World Group II Play-offs, and the bottom two teams were relegated down to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II for the next year.

PlacingPool APool BPool CPool D
1 Great Britain Poland Belarus Estonia
2 Hungary Sweden Denmark Croatia
3 Netherlands Romania Slovenia Bulgaria
4 Luxembourg Bosnia and Herzegovina Austria

Promotional Play-Offs

The first placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two head-to-head rounds. The winner of the rounds advanced to the World Group II Play-offs, where they would get a chance to advance to the World Group II for next year.

Great Britain vs. Poland


Great Britain
1
Coral Tennis Club, Tallinn, Estonia
7 February 2009
Greenset hard (indoors)

Poland
2
1 2 3
1
Elena Baltacha
Katarzyna Piter
6
4
6
1
   
2
Anne Keothavong
Agnieszka Radwańska
62
77
64
77
   
3
Sarah Borwell / Anne Keothavong
Klaudia Jans / Alicja Rosolska
5
7
3
6
   

[1]

Belarus vs. Estonia


Belarus
0
Coral Tennis Club, Tallinn, Estonia
7 February 2009
Greenset hard (indoors)

Estonia
2
1 2 3
1
Olga Govortsova
Maret Ani
3
6
4
6
   
2
Victoria Azarenka
Kaia Kanepi
6
2
3
6
1
6
 
3
 
 
      not
played

[2]

Fifth to Seventh Play-Offs

The second placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two ties. The winner of each tie was allocated fifth place in the Group while the losers were allocated seventh.

Hungary vs. Sweden


Hungary
1
Coral Tennis Club, Tallinn, Estonia
7 February 2009
Greenset hard (indoors)

Sweden
2
1 2 3
1
Zsófia Susányi
Johanna Larsson
1
6
2
6
   
2
Katalin Marosi
Sofia Arvidsson
6
1
711
69
   
3
Gréta Arn / Katalin Marosi
Sofia Arvidsson / Johanna Larsson
3
6
3
6
   

[3]

Denmark vs. Croatia


Denmark
0
Coral Tennis Club, Tallinn, Estonia
7 February 2009
Greenset hard (indoors)

Croatia
2
1 2 3
1
Mai Grage
Petra Martić
5
7
0
6
   
2
Hanne Skak Jensen
Sanda Mamić
6
0
1
6
3
6
 
3
 
 
      not
played

[4]

Ninth

Due to the fact that there were an odd number of teams in Pool D (three), as opposed to the four teams in the other pools, all the teams that placed third in the pools with four teams ( Netherlands,  Romania and  Slovenia) were allocated ninth place.[5]

Relegation Play-Offs

The last placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two ties. The losing team of the rounds were relegated to Group II for next year.

Luxembourg vs. Austria


Luxembourg
1
Coral Tennis Club, Tallinn, Estonia
7 February 2009
Greenset hard (indoors)

Austria
2
1 2 3
1
Claudine Schaul
Melanie Klaffner
6
0
5
7
6
1
 
2
Mandy Minella
Patricia Mayr
77
64
2
6
3
6
 
3
Mandy Minella / Claudine Schaul
Sandra Klemenschits / Patricia Mayr
1
6
1
6
   

[6]

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Bulgaria


Bosnia and Herzegovina
2
Coral Tennis Club, Tallinn, Estonia
7 February 2009
Greenset hard (indoors)

Bulgaria
1
1 2 3
1
Sandra Martinović
Elitsa Kostova
6
4
0
6
6
2
 
2
Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Tsvetana Pironkova
1
6
1
6
   
3
Mervana Jugić-Salkić / Sandra Martinović
Elitsa Kostova / Tsvetana Pironkova
6
4
3
6
6
3
 

[7]

Final Placements

Placing Teams
Promoted  Poland
 Estonia
Third  Great Britain
 Belarus
Fifth  Sweden
 Croatia
Seventh  Hungary
 Denmark
Ninth  Netherlands
 Romania
 Slovenia
Twelfth  Austria
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Relegated  Luxembourg
 Bulgaria

See also

References

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