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You are here: Home / Front Page News / Team Nominations Confirmed for Fed Cup World Group and World Group II First Round

Team Nominations Confirmed for Fed Cup World Group and World Group II First Round

January 30, 2019 by Tennis Panorama News

Team Nominations Confirmed for Fed Cup World Group and World Group II First Round

(January 30, 2019) The ITF has today announced the official team nominations for the 2019 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group and World Group II first round ties taking place on 9-10 February, including some of the biggest stars in women’s tennis.

Eight nations will compete in the World Group for a place in the semifinals on 20-21 April, as well as a guaranteed place in the top-tier for 2020. The four winning nations from World Group II and the four losing World Group nations will play the World Group play-offs on 20-21 April. The four losing World Group II nations and the promoted nations from Zone Group I events will compete in the World Group II play-offs, also on 20-21 April.

Fed Cup events will also be taking place earlier in the week with Zone Group action around the world from 6 February. Zone Group I events will be held in Poland, Great Britain, Colombia and Kazakhstan and one Zone Group II event in Luxembourg.

In total, 53 nations will be competing in Fed Cup events next week with 242 players selected to represent their nation – including 11 top 20 players.

    

     

WORLD GROUP FIRST ROUND

    

CZECH REPUBLIC v ROMANIA

Venue: Ostravar Arena, Ostrava, CZE (hard – indoor)

    

Czech Republic

Karolina Pliskova

Katerina Siniakova

Marketa Vondrousova

Barbora Krejcikova

Captain: Petr Pala

    

Romania

Simona Halep

Mihaela Buzarnescu

Irina-Camelia Begu

Ana Bogdan

Monica Niculescu

Captain: Florin Segarceanu

     

BELGIUM v FRANCE

Venue: Country Hall du Sart-Tilman, Liège, BEL (hard – indoor)

     

Belgium

Elise Mertens

Alison Van Uytvanck

Kirsten Flipkens

Ysaline Bonaventure

Captain: Johan Van Herck

 

France

Caroline Garcia

Kristina Mladenovic

Alize Cornet

Pauline Parmentier

Fiona Ferro

Captain: Julien Benneteau

  

GERMANY v BELARUS

Venue: Volkswagen Halle Braunschweig, Braunschweig, GER (hard – indoor)

    

Germany

Andrea Petkovic

Tatjana Maria

Mona Barthel

Laura Siegemund

Anna-Lena Groenefeld

Captain: Jens Gerlach

    

Belarus

Aryna Sabalenka

Aliaksandra Sasnovich

Victoria Azarenka

Vera Lapko

Lidziya Marozava

Captain: Tatiana Poutchek

    

USA v AUSTRALIA

Venue: US Cellular Arena, Asheville, USA (hard – indoor)

 

USA

Madison Keys

Danielle Collins

Sofia Kenin

Nicole Melichar

Captain: Kathy Rinaldi

   

Australia

Ashleigh Barty

Daria Gavrilova

Priscilla Hon

Kimberly Birrell

Astra Sharma

Captain: Alicia Molik

    

WORLD GROUP II FIRST ROUND

     

SWITZERLAND v ITALY

Venue: Swiss Tennis Arena, Biel, SUI (hard – indoor)

    

Switzerland

Belinda Bencic

Stefanie Voegele

Viktorija Golubic

Timea Bacsinszky

Jil Teichmann

Captain: Heinz Guenthardt

    

Italy

Camila Giorgi

Sara Errani

Martina Trevisan

Jasmine Paolini

Deborah Chiesa

Captain: Tathiana Garbin

    

LATVIA v SLOVAKIA

Venue: Arena Riga, Riga, LAT (hard – indoor)

    

Latvia

Anastasija Sevastova

Jelena Ostapenko

Diana Marcinkevica

Daniela Vismane

Patricija Spaka

Captain: Adrians Zguns

  

Slovakia

Dominika Cibulkova

Viktoria Kuzmova

Anna Karolina Schmiedlova

Magdalena Rybarikova

Rebecca Sramkova

Captain: Matej Liptak

    

JAPAN v SPAIN

Venue: Kita-Kyushu Sogo Gymnastic Hall, Kita-kyushu, JPN (hard – indoor)

 

Japan

Nao Hibino

Misaki Doi

Kurumi Nara

Miyu Kato

Makoto Ninomiya

Captain: Toshihisa Tsuchihashi

  

Spain

Sara Sorribes Tormo

Aliona Bolsova Zadoinov

Georgina Garcia-Perez

Silvia Soler-Espinosa

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez

Captain: Anabel Medina Garrigues

    

NETHERLANDS v CANADA

Venue: Maaspoort Sports & Events, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, NED (clay – indoor)

    

Netherlands

Arantxa Rus

Richel Hogenkamp

Bibiane Schoofs

Demi Schuurs

Captain: Paul Haarhuis

 

Canada

Bianca Andreescu

 Rebecca Marino

Francoise Abanda

Gabriela Dabrowski

 

        

 

      

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