2013 Fed Cup World Group

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The World Group is the highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2013. First seeds Czech Republic were the defending champions, but they were defeated in the semi-finals by Italy.

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

Draw

	1st Round 9–10 February					Semifinals 20–21 April					Final 2–3 November
	Ostrava, Czech Republic (Indoor hard)
	1	Czech Republic	4
		Australia	0			Palermo, Italy (Outdoor clay)
						1	Czech Republic	1
Rimini, Italy (Indoor clay)						3	Italy	3
		United States	2
	3	Italy	3								Italy
											3	Italy
	Moscow, Russia (Indoor hard)										4	Russia
	4	Russia	3
		Japan	2			Moscow, Russia (Indoor hard)
						4	Russia	3
Niš, Serbia (Indoor hard)							Slovakia	2
		Slovakia	3
	2	Serbia	2

First round

Czech Republic vs. Australia

Czech Republic 4	ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava, Czech Republic 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

United States 2	105 Stadium, Rimini, Italy 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

Russia 3	Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia 9–10 February 2013 Hard (RuKortHard) (indoors)		Japan 2
1 2 3 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

Slovakia 3	Čair Sports Center, Niš, Serbia 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

Czech Republic vs. Italy

Czech Republic 1	Country Time Club, Palermo, Italy 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

Russia 3	Sports Center Krylatskoye, Moscow, Russia 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

Italy vs. Russia

Italy	Italy 2–3 November 2013		Russia
1 2 3 1           2           3           4           5

See also

• Fed Cup structure