The World Group was the highest level of Fed Cup competition in 1996. Eight nations competed in a three-round knockout competition. Spain was the three-time defending champion, but they were defeated in the final by the finalist from the last two years, the United States, who captured their fifteenth title.
1996 Fed Cup World Group | |
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Date | 27 April – 29 September |
Edition | 6th |
Champions | |
United States |
Participating teams edit
Participating teams | |||
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Argentina |
Austria |
France |
Germany |
Japan |
South Africa |
Spain |
United States |
Draw edit
Quarterfinals 27–28 April | Semifinals 13–14 July | Final 28–29 September | |||||||||||
Murcia, Spain (Outdoor clay) | |||||||||||||
1 | Spain | 3 | |||||||||||
Bayonne, France (Indoor carpet) | |||||||||||||
South Africa | 2 | ||||||||||||
1 | Spain | 3 | |||||||||||
Amiens, France (Outdoor clay) | |||||||||||||
3 | France | 2 | |||||||||||
Argentina | 2 | ||||||||||||
Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States (Indoor carpet) | |||||||||||||
3 | France | 3 | |||||||||||
1 | Spain | 0 | |||||||||||
Tokyo, Japan (Indoor hard) | |||||||||||||
2 | United States | 5 | |||||||||||
4 | Germany | 2 | |||||||||||
Nagoya, Japan (Indoor carpet) | |||||||||||||
Japan | 3 | ||||||||||||
Japan | 0 | ||||||||||||
Salzburg, Austria (Outdoor clay) | |||||||||||||
2 | United States | 5 | |||||||||||
Austria | 2 | ||||||||||||
2 | United States | 3 | |||||||||||
First round edit
Spain vs. South Africa edit
Spain 3 |
Murcia Tennis Club, Murcia, Spain 27–28 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors) |
South Africa 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Argentina vs. France edit
Argentina 2 |
Amiens Coliseum, Amiens, France 27–28 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors) |
France 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Germany vs. Japan edit
Germany 2 |
Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan 27–28 April 1996 DecoTurf (indoors) |
Japan 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Austria vs. United States edit
Austria 2 |
Hellbrunn Stadium, Salzburg, Austria 27–28 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors) |
United States 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Semifinals edit
Spain vs. France edit
Spain 3 |
Lauga Hall, Bayonne, France 13–14 July 1996 Supreme carpet (indoors) |
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Japan vs. United States edit
Japan 0 |
Rainbow Hall, Nagoya, Japan 13–14 July 1996 Supreme carpet (indoors) |
United States 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Final edit
Spain vs. United States edit
Spain 0 |
Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States 28–29 September 1996 Supreme carpet (indoors) |
United States 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1996 Fed Cup Champions |
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United States Fifteenth title |
References edit
- ^ "Spain v South Africa". fedcup.com.
- ^ "Argentina v France". fedcup.com.
- ^ "Germany v Japan". fedcup.com.
- ^ "Austria v United States". fedcup.com.
- ^ "Spain v France". fedcup.com.
- ^ "Japan v United States". fedcup.com.
- ^ "Spain v United States". fedcup.com.