(April 17, 2016) The final results for the 2016 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group semifinals, and World Group and World Group II play-offs taking place on 16-17 April.
France will host Czech Republic in the Fed Cup Final on 12-13 November. In the semifinals, France defeated Netherlands 3-2 in Trelaze, while Czech Republic overcame Switzerland by the same scoreline in Lucerne.
Belarus, Germany, Spain and USA all won their World Group play-offs and will join Czech Republic, France, Netherlands and Switzerland in the 2017 World Group.
Belgium, Chinese Taipei, Slovakia and Ukraine all won their World Group II play-offs, and will join the four World Group play-off losing nations, Australia, Italy, Romania and Russia, in 2017 World Group II. The four World Group II play-off losing nations, Argentina, Canada, Poland and Serbia, will contest their respective Zone Group I events in 2017.
The draw for the 2017 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas will be held at the ITF AGM in Zagreb, Croatia on Monday 20 June. The top two seeds in the 2017 World Group will be the 2016 finalists, while the remaining seeds will be based on the ITF Fed Cup Nations Ranking of 18 April.
WORLD GROUP SEMIFINALS
CZECH REPUBLIC defeated SWITZERLAND 3-2
Venue: Messe Luzern, Lucerne, SUI (hard – indoor)
Barbora Strycova (CZE) d. Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) 60 62
Viktorija Golubic (SUI) d. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 36 64 64
Karolina Pliskova (CZE) d. Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) 64 62
Viktorija Golubic (SUI) d. Barbora Strycova (CZE) 36 76(6) 61
Lucie Hradecka/Karolina Pliskova (CZE) d. Viktorija Golubic/Martina Hingis (SUI) 62 62
FRANCE defeated NETHERLANDS 3-2
Venue: Arena Loire, Trélazé, FRA (clay – indoor)
Kiki Bertens (NED) d. Caroline Garcia (FRA) 64 62
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) d. Richel Hogenkamp (NED) 62 64
Kiki Bertens (NED) d. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 75 64
Caroline Garcia (FRA) d. Arantxa Rus (NED) 63 64
Caroline Garcia/Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) d. Kiki Bertens/Richel Hogenkamp (NED) 46 63 63
WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS
BELARUS defeated RUSSIA 3-2
Venue: Small Sports Arena “Luzhniki”, Moscow, RUS (clay – indoor)
Darya Kasatkina (RUS) d. Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) 63 36 61
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. Margarita Gasparyan (RUS) 62 63
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. Darya Kasatkina (RUS) 62 57 63
Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) d. Margarita Gasparyan (RUS) 46 61 75
Darya Kasatkina/Elena Vesnina (RUS) d. Olga Govortsova/Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 64 62
SPAIN defeated ITALY 4-0
Venue: Club de Tennis Lleida, Lleida, ESP (clay – outdoor)
Garbine Muguruza (ESP) d. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 76(4) 60
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) d. Roberta Vinci (ITA) 61 61
Garbine Muguruza (ESP) d. Roberta Vinci (ITA) 62 62
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) v Francesca Schiavone (ITA) – not played
Anabel Medina Garrigues/Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) d. Karin Knapp/Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 11 ret.
GERMANY defeated ROMANIA 4-1
Venue: Sala Polivalenta Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, ROU (clay – indoor)
Angelique Kerber (GER) d. Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) 62 63
Simona Halep (ROU) d. Andrea Petkovic (GER) 64 67(5) 64
Angelique Kerber (GER) d. Simona Halep (ROU) 62 62
Andrea Petkovic (GER) d. Monica Niculescu (ROU) 06 76(1) 63
Annika Beck/Julia Goerges (GER) d. Irina-Camelia Begu/Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU) 67(5) 76(4) [10-7]
USA defeated AUSTRALIA 4-0
Venue: Pat Rafter Arena, Brisbane, AUS (clay – outdoor)
Madison Keys (USA) d. Daria Gavrilova (AUS) 64 62
Christina McHale (USA) d. Samantha Stosur (AUS) 36 61 75
Coco Vandeweghe (USA) d. Samantha Stosur (AUS) 26 75 64
Daria Gavrilova (AUS) v Christina McHale (USA) – not played
Bethanie Mattek-Sands/Coco Vandeweghe (USA) d. Daria Gavrilova/Arina Rodionova (AUS) 61 64
WORLD GROUP II PLAY-OFFS
BELGIUM defeated SERBIA 3-2
Venue: Aleksandar Nikolic Arena (Pionir Hall), Belgrade, SRB (clay – indoor)
Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) d. Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 64 76(8)
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. Jovana Jaksic (SRB) 75 60
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) 16 75 86
Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) d. Ivana Jorovic (SRB) 76(8) 64
Jovana Jaksic/Nina Stojanovic (SRB) d. Ysaline Bonaventure/An-Sophie Mestach (BEL) 46 60 [10-5]
SLOVAKIA defeated CANADA 3-2
Venue: AEGON Arena, Bratislava, SVK (clay – indoor)
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. Francoise Abanda (CAN) 46 63 61
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) d. Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 64 46 64
Francoise Abanda (CAN) d. Jana Cepelova (SVK) 75 62
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 62 60
Sharon Fichman/Charlotte Robillard-Millette (CAN) d. Jana Cepelova/Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) 63 06 [10-8]
CHINESE TAIPEI defeated POLAND 4-1
Venue: OSiR Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa, Inowroclaw, POL (hard – indoor)
Hsu Ching-Wen (TPE) d. Paula Kania (POL) 63 64
Magdalena Frech (POL) d. Lee Ya-Hsuan (TPE) 46 60 62
Lee Ya-Hsuan (TPE) d. Paula Kania (POL) 26 63 97
Hsu Ching-Wen (TPE) d. Magdalena Frech (POL) 62 46 63
Chan Chin-Wei/Chuang Chia-Jung (TPE) d. Klaudia Jans-Ignacik/Katarzyna Kawa (POL) 62 76(1)
UKRAINE defeated ARGENTINA 4-0
Venue: Campa Tennis Club, Bucha, Kiev, UKR (hard – outdoor)
Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) d. Maria Irigoyen (ARG) 61 61
Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) d. Nadia Podoroska (ARG) 61 64
Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) d. Maria Irigoyen (ARG) 60 63
Kateryna Bondaren