2013 Fed Cup World Group

2013 Fed Cup World Group
2013 Fed Cup World Group
Date	9 February – 3 November
Edition	23rd
Champions
	; Italy

The World Group was the highest level of Fed Cup (women's tennis) competition in 2013. First seeds Czech Republic were the defending champions, but they were defeated in the semi-finals by Italy. Italy won the final against Russia.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Participating teams edit

Participating teams
Australia	Czech Republic	Italy	Japan
Russia	Serbia	Slovakia	United States

Draw edit


Quarterfinals 9–10 February			Semifinals 20–21 April			Final 2–3 November

Ostrava, Czech Republic (Indoor hard)

1	Czech Republic	4
			Palermo, Italy (Outdoor clay)
	Australia	0
			1	Czech Republic	1
Rimini, Italy (Indoor clay)
			3	Italy	3
	United States	2
						Cagliari, Italy (Outdoor clay)
3	Italy	3
						3	Italy	4
Moscow, Russia (Indoor hard)
						4	Russia	0
4	Russia	3
			Moscow, Russia (Indoor clay)
	Japan	2
			4	Russia	3
Niš, Serbia (Indoor hard)
				Slovakia	2
	Slovakia	3

2	Serbia	2

First round edit

Czech Republic vs. Australia edit

Czech Republic
4

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava, Czech Republic^[5]
9–10 February 2013
Novacrylic ultracushion hard (indoors)

Australia
0

		1	2	3
1	Petra Kvitová Jarmila Gajdošová	7⁷ 6²	6 3
2	Lucie Šafářová Samantha Stosur	7⁸ 6⁶	7⁷ 6⁴
3	Petra Kvitová Samantha Stosur	2 6	7⁷ 6³	6 4
4	Lucie Šafářová Jarmila Gajdošová				not played
5	Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká Ashleigh Barty / Casey Dellacqua	6 0	7⁷ 6¹

United States vs. Italy edit

United States
2

105 Stadium, Rimini, Italy^[6]
9–10 February 2013
Red clay (indoors)

Italy
3

		1	2	3
1	Jamie Hampton Sara Errani	2 6	1 6
2	Varvara Lepchenko Roberta Vinci	2 6	6 4	7 5
3	Varvara Lepchenko Sara Errani	7 5	6 2
4	Jamie Hampton Roberta Vinci	2 6	6 4	1 6
5	Liezel Huber / Varvara Lepchenko Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci	2 6	2 6

Russia vs. Japan edit

Russia
3

Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia^[7]
9–10 February 2013
Hard (RuKortHard) (indoors)

Japan
2

		1	2
1	Maria Kirilenko Kimiko Date-Krumm	7⁷ 6³	6 4
2	Ekaterina Makarova Ayumi Morita	2 6	2 6
3	Elena Vesnina Ayumi Morita	4 6	1 6
4	Ekaterina Makarova Kimiko Date-Krumm	6 1	6 1
5	Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina Misaki Doi / Ayumi Morita	6 2	6 2

Slovakia vs. Serbia edit

Slovakia
3

Čair Sports Center, Niš, Serbia^[8]
9–10 February 2013
Hard (RuKortHard) (indoors)

Serbia
2

		1	2	3
1	Daniela Hantuchová Bojana Jovanovski	7 5	6 2
2	Dominika Cibulková Vesna Dolonc	6 4	5 4		retired
3	Jana Čepelová Bojana Jovanovski	5 7	7 5	11 9
4	Daniela Hantuchová Vesna Dolonc	6 3	6 2
5	Jana Čepelová / Magdaléna Rybáriková Vesna Dolonc / Aleksandra Krunić				w/o

Semifinals edit

Czech Republic vs. Italy edit

Czech Republic
1

Country Time Club, Palermo, Italy^[9]
20–22 April 2013
Red clay (outdoors)

Italy
3

		1	2	3
1	Lucie Šafářová Sara Errani	4 6	2 6
2	Petra Kvitová Roberta Vinci	4 6	1 6
3	Petra Kvitová Sara Errani	2 6	6 2	6 0
4	Lucie Šafářová Roberta Vinci	3 6	7⁷ 6²	3 6
5	Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká Flavia Pennetta / Francesca Schiavone				not played

Russia vs. Slovakia edit

Russia
3

Sports Center Krylatskoye, Moscow, Russia^[10]
20–21 April 2013
Red clay (indoor)

Slovakia
2

		1	2	3
1	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Dominika Cibulková	7 5	1 6	4 6
2	Maria Kirilenko Daniela Hantuchová	2 6	4 6
3	Maria Kirilenko Dominika Cibulková	7 5	6 1
4	Ekaterina Makarova Daniela Hantuchová	6 3	4 6	6 4
5	Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina Dominika Cibulková / Daniela Hantuchová	4 6	6 3	6 1

Final edit

Italy vs. Russia edit

Italy
4

Tennis Club Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy^[11]
2–3 November 2013
Red clay (outdoors)

Russia
0

		1	2	3
1	Roberta Vinci Alexandra Panova	5 7	7 5	8 6
2	Sara Errani Irina Khromacheva	6 1	6 4
3	Sara Errani Alisa Kleybanova	6 1	6 1
4	Roberta Vinci Irina Khromacheva				not played
5	Karin Knapp / Flavia Pennetta Margarita Gasparyan / Irina Khromacheva	4 6	6 2	[10] [4]

2013 Fed Cup champions
Italy Fourth title

References edit

^ "Sara Errani secures Fed Cup for Italy with win over Alisa Kleybanova". Guardian. 3 November 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
^ "Italy wins fourth Fed cup". Fedcup.com. 3 November 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
^ "Italy claims fourth Fed Cup title". ESPN. 3 November 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
^ "Italy ease past Russia to claim fourth title". BBC Sport. 3 November 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
^ "Czech Republic v Australia". fedcup.com.
^ "United States v Italy". fedcup.com.
^ "Russia v Japan". fedcup.com.
^ "Slovakia v Serbia". fedcup.com.
^ "Czech Republic v Italy". fedcup.com.
^ "Russia v Slovakia". fedcup.com.
^ "Italy v Russia". fedcup.com.