1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Knockout Stage

Main article: 1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Knockout Stage of the 1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was the final stage of the Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Those that qualified for this stage placed first and second in their respective pools.

Placing	Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
1	South Africa	Romania	Great Britain	Slovenia
2	Ukraine	Sweden	Bulgaria	Luxembourg
3	Latvia	Greece	Finland	Poland
4	Denmark	Portugal	Yugoslavia	Georgia

The eight teams were then randomly drawn into two two-stage knockout tournaments, with the winners advancing to the World Group II Play-offs.

Draw

	Semifinals					Finals
	South Africa		2
	Sweden		0
						South Africa		1
						Slovenia		2
	Bulgaria		1
	Slovenia		2
	Romania		2
	Ukraine		0
						Romania		2
						Great Britain		0
	Luxembourg		0
	Great Britain		3

Semifinals

South Africa vs. Sweden

South Africa 2	La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 22 April 1999 Red clay (outdoors)		Sweden 0
1 2 3 1 Mariaan de Swardt Maria Wolfbrandt 6 1 6 3     2 Amanda Coetzer Åsa Carlsson 62 77 6 4 6 1   3           not played

Bulgaria vs. Slovenia

Bulgaria 1	La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 22 April 1999 Red clay (outdoors)		Slovenia 2
1 2 3 1 Desislava Topalova Tina Hergold 6 1 4 6 6 2   2 Pavlina Nola Katarina Srebotnik 2 6 2 6     3 Antoaneta Pandjerova / Desislava Topalova Tina Križan / Katarina Srebotnik 4 6 1 6

Romania vs. Ukraine

Romania 2	La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 22 April 1999 Red clay (outdoors)		Ukraine 0
1 2 3 1 Cătălina Cristea Natalia Medvedeva 6 3 6 1     2 Ruxandra Dragomir Elena Tatarkova 5 7 6 3 6 1   3           not played

Luxembourg vs. Great Britain

Luxembourg 0	La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 22 April 1999 Red clay (outdoors)		Great Britain 3
1 2 3 1 Claudine Schaul Joanne Ward 4 6 2 6     2 Anne Kremer Samantha Smith 4 6 6 1 3 6   3 Céline Francois / Fabienne Thill Louise Latimer / Julie Pullin 2 6 3 6

Finals

South Africa vs. Slovenia

South Africa 1	La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 23 April 1999 Red clay (outdoors)		Slovenia 2
1 2 3 1 Mariaan de Swardt Tina Križan 7 5 6 3     2 Amanda Coetzer Katarina Srebotnik 4 6 3 6     3 Amanda Coetzer / Mariaan de Swardt Tina Križan / Katarina Srebotnik 4 6 3 6

• Slovenia advanced to the World Group II Play-offs, where they placed last in their pool of four, and thus relegated back to Group I for 2000.

Romania vs. Great Britain

Romania 2	La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 23 April 1999 Red clay (outdoors)		Great Britain 0
1 2 3 1 Cătălina Cristea Joanne Ward 6 2 6 2     2 Ruxandra Dragomir Samantha Smith 6 2 6 3     3           not played

• Romania advanced to the World Group II Play-offs, where they placed third in their pool of four, and thus relegated back to Group I for 2000.

See also

• Fed Cup structure

External links

• Fed Cup website