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1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Pool A

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Group A of the 1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I of the 1996 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage and the bottom team being relegated down to Group II for 1996.

  Russia RUS Belarus BLR Slovenia SLO United Kingdom GBR RR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
 Russia 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–1 15–6 112–85 1
 Belarus 2–1 0–3 2–1 2–1 8–12 95–112 2
 Slovenia 0–3 3–0 1–2 1–2 10–10 87–89 3
 Great Britain 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 7–12 90–98 4

Russia vs. Slovenia

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Russia
3
La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
22 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)

Slovenia
0
1 2 3
1 Russia
Slovenia
Elena Likhovtseva
Tina Križan
2
6
6
1
6
2
 
2 Russia
Slovenia
Elena Makarova
Barbara Mulej
6
3
6
3
   
3 Russia
Slovenia
Anna Kournikova / Elena Makarova
Tjaša Jezernik / Tina Križan
6
4
5
7
7
5
 

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Belarus vs. Great Britain

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Belarus
2
La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
22 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)

Great Britain
1
1 2 3
1 Belarus
United Kingdom
Tatiana Ignatieva
Samantha Smith
2
6
3
6
   
2 Belarus
United Kingdom
Natasha Zvereva
Clare Wood
77
63
4
6
6
3
 
3 Belarus
United Kingdom
Olga Barabanschikova / Tatiana Ignatieva
Valda Lake / Clare Wood
7
5
77
62
   

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Russia vs. Great Britain

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Russia
3
La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
23 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)

Great Britain
0
1 2 3
1 Russia
United Kingdom
Elena Likhovtseva
Clare Wood
6
4
6
4
   
2 Russia
United Kingdom
Elena Makarova
Samantha Smith
6
1
6
3
   
3 Russia
United Kingdom
Anna Kournikova / Elena Makarova
Samantha Smith / Clare Wood
77
63
6
1
   

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Belarus vs. Slovenia

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Belarus
0
La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
23 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)

Slovenia
3
1 2 3
1 Belarus
Slovenia
Tatiana Ignatieva
Tina Križan
4
6
1
6
   
2 Belarus
Slovenia
Olga Barabanschikova
Barbara Mulej
2
6
3
6
   
3 Belarus
Slovenia
Tatiana Ignatieva / Natasha Zvereva
Tjaša Jezernik / Tina Križan
5
7
3
6
   

[4]

Russia vs. Belarus

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Russia
1
La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
24 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)

Belarus
2
1 2 3
1 Russia
Belarus
Elena Makarova
Olga Barabanschikova
3
6
4
6
   
2 Russia
Belarus
Elena Likhovtseva
Natasha Zvereva
6
4
4
6
4
6
 
3 Russia
Belarus
Anna Kournikova / Elena Makarova
Tatiana Ignatieva / Natasha Zvereva
6
3
4
6
6
4
 

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Slovenia vs. Great Britain

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Slovenia
1
La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
24 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)

Great Britain
2
1 2 3
1 Slovenia
United Kingdom
Barbara Mulej
Samantha Smith
6
3
6
4
   
2 Slovenia
United Kingdom
Tina Križan
Clare Wood
5
7
2
6
   
3 Slovenia
United Kingdom
Tjaša Jezernik / Tina Križan
Samantha Smith / Clare Wood
1
6
5
7
   

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  •  Great Britain placed last in the pool, and thus was relegated to Group II in 1997, where they placed first in their pool of six, and thus advanced back to Group I for 1998.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Russia v Slovenia". fedcup.com.
  2. ^ "Belarus v Great Britain". fedcup.com.
  3. ^ "Russia v Great Britain". fedcup.com.
  4. ^ "Russia v Slovenia". fedcup.com.
  5. ^ "Russia v Belarus". fedcup.com.
  6. ^ "Slovenia v Great Britain". fedcup.com.
  7. ^ "Fed Cup Profile, Great Britain". fedcup.com.
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