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2008 Fed Cup

International women's tennis competition

International women's tennis competition

The 2008 Fed Cup was the 46th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis.

The final took place at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid in Madrid, Spain, on 13–14 September. The home team, Spain, lost to the defending champion Russia, 0–4, giving Russia their fourth title in five years.

World Group

**Participating Teams**

Draw

| RD1-date=2–3 February | RD2-date=26–27 April | RD3-date=13–14 September | RD1T1-loc=Ramat HaSharon, Israel (Outdoor hard) | RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1= | RD1-score1=4 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2= | RD1-score2=1

| RD1T2-loc=La Jolla, United States (Outdoor hard) | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3= | RD1-score3=1 | RD1-seed4=4 | RD1-team4= | RD1-score4=4

| RD1T3-loc=Beijing, China (Indoor hard) | RD1-seed5=3 | RD1-team5= | RD1-score5=2 | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6= | RD1-score6=3

| RD1T4-loc=Naples, Italy (Indoor hard) | RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7= | RD1-score7=3 | RD1-seed8=2 | RD1-team8= | RD1-score8=2

| RD2T1-loc=Moscow, Russia (Indoor clay) | RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1= | RD2-score1=3 | RD2-seed2=4 | RD2-team2= | RD2-score2=2

| RD2T2-loc=Beijing, China (Indoor hard) | RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=| RD2-score3=1 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4= | RD2-score4=4

| RD3T1-loc=Madrid, Spain (Outdoor clay) | RD3-seed1=1 | RD3-team1= | RD3-score1=4 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2= | RD3-score2=0

World Group play-offs

The four losing teams in the World Group first round ties (France, Germany, Israel and Italy), and four winners of the World Group II ties (Argentina, Czech Republic, Japan and Ukraine) entered the draw for the World Group play-offs.

Date: 26–27 April

VenueSurfaceHome teamScoreVisiting team
Ramat HaSharon, IsraelOutdoor hard2–3****
Buenos Aires, ArgentinaOutdoor clay****3–2
Tokyo, JapanIndoor hard1–4****
Olbia, ItalyOutdoor clay****3–2

World Group II

The World Group II is the second highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2008. Winners advanced to the World Group play-offs, and losers played in the World Group II play-offs.

Date: 2–3 February

VenueSurfaceHome teamScoreVisiting team
Kharkiv, UkraineIndoor clay****3–2(1)
Miki-shi, JapanIndoor hard**** (4)4–1
Brno, Czech RepublicIndoor carpet**** (3)3–2
Buenos Aires, ArgentinaOutdoor clay****4–1(2)

World Group II play-offs

The four losing teams from World Group II (Croatia, Slovakia, Belgium and Austria) played off against qualifiers from Zonal Group I. Two teams qualified from Europe/Africa Zone (Serbia and Switzerland), one team from the Asia/Oceania Zone (Uzbekistan), and one team from the Americas Zone (Colombia).

Date: 26–27 April

VenueSurfaceHome teamScoreVisiting team
Zagreb, CroatiaIndoor hard2–3****
Bratislava, SlovakiaIndoor clay****5–0
Mons, BelgiumIndoor hard****5–0
Dornbirn, AustriaIndoor hard2–3****

Americas Zone

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

Group I

Venue: Club Deportivo El Rodeo, Medellín, Colombia (outdoor clay)

Dates: 30 January – 2 February

;Participating Teams

  • **
  • **

Group II

Venue: Country Club Cochabamba, Cochabamba, Bolivia (outdoor clay)

Dates: 23–26 April

;Participating Teams

  • withdrawn: Costa Rica, Jamaica, Peru

Asia/Oceania Zone

Group I

Venue: National Tennis Development Centre, Bangkok, Thailand (outdoor hard)

Dates: 30 January – 2 February

;Participating Teams

  • **

Group II

Venue: National Tennis Development Centre, Bangkok, Thailand (outdoor hard)

Dates: 30 January – 2 February

;Participating Teams

  • withdrawn: Jordan

Europe/Africa Zone

Group I

Venue: SYMA Sportközpont, Budapest, Hungary (indoor carpet)

Dates: 30 January – 2 February

;Participating Teams

  • **
  • **

Group II

Venue: Coral Tennis Club, Tallinn, Estonia (indoor hard)

Dates: 30 January – 2 February

;Participating Teams

  • **
  • **

Group III

Venue: Master Class Tennis and Fitness Club, Yerevan, Armenia (outdoor clay)

Dates: 22–26 April

;Participating Teams

  • withdrawn: Liechtenstein, Malta

Rankings

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.

4 FebruaryRankNationpublisher=ITFyear=2012title=Fed Cup Nations Ranking History}}Move
**1**36,050.0
**2**23,202.5
**3**11,397.5
**4**10,452.52
**5**10,405.01
**6**9,625.01
**7**7785.02
**8**5,112.51
**9**5,012.51
**10**4,857.52

|

28 AprilRankNationPointsMove
**1**36,050.0
**2**21,687.5
**3**15,032.51
**4**10,405.01
**5**8,895.02
**6**8,267.5
**7**6,795.0
**8**6,150.03
**9**5,442.54
**10**4,225.01

|

15 SeptemberRankNationPointsMove
**1**37,895.0
**2**19,642.5
**3**15,032.5
**4**10,405.0
**5**8,895.0
**6**8,267.5
**7**6,795.0
**8**6,150.0
**9**5,442.5
**10**4,225.0

|}

References

References

  1. "Kuznetsova leads Russians to another Fed Cup title". The Guardian.
  2. "Russia wins Fed Cup final against Spain". deseret.com.
  3. "Rankings Explained". fedcup.com.
  4. (2012). "Fed Cup Nations Ranking History". [[International Tennis Federation.
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