1996 Fed Cup World Group
The World Group was the highest level of Fed Cup competition in 1996. Eight nations competed in a three-round knockout competition. Spain was the three-time defending champion, but they were defeated in the final by the finalist from the last two years, the United States, who captured their fifteenth title.
1996 Fed Cup World Group | |
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Date | 27 April – 29 September |
Edition | 6th |
Champions | |
![]() United States |
Participating teams
Participating teams | |||
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![]() Argentina |
![]() Austria |
![]() France |
![]() Germany |
![]() Japan |
![]() South Africa |
![]() Spain |
![]() United States |
Draw
Quarterfinals 27–28 April | Semifinals 13–14 July | Final 28–29 September | |||||||||||
Murcia, Spain (Outdoor clay) | |||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 3 | |||||||||||
Bayonne, France (Indoor carpet) | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 3 | |||||||||||
Amiens, France (Outdoor clay) | |||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 2 | |||||||||||
![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||
Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States (Indoor carpet) | |||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 3 | |||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 0 | |||||||||||
Tokyo, Japan (Indoor hard) | |||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 5 | |||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 2 | |||||||||||
Nagoya, Japan (Indoor carpet) | |||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | ||||||||||||
Salzburg, Austria (Outdoor clay) | |||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 5 | |||||||||||
![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 3 | |||||||||||
First round
Spain vs. South Africa
![]() Spain 3 |
Murcia Tennis Club, Murcia, Spain 27–28 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors) |
![]() South Africa 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Argentina vs. France
![]() Argentina 2 |
Amiens Coliseum, Amiens, France 27–28 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors) |
![]() France 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Germany vs. Japan
![]() Germany 2 |
Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan 27–28 April 1996 DecoTurf (indoors) |
![]() Japan 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Austria vs. United States
![]() Austria 2 |
Hellbrunn Stadium, Salzburg, Austria 27–28 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors) |
![]() United States 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Semifinals
Spain vs. France
![]() Spain 3 |
Lauga Hall, Bayonne, France 13–14 July 1996 Supreme carpet (indoors) |
![]() France 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Japan vs. United States
![]() Japan 0 |
Rainbow Hall, Nagoya, Japan 13–14 July 1996 Supreme carpet (indoors) |
![]() United States 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Final
Spain vs. United States
![]() Spain 0 |
Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States 28–29 September 1996 Supreme carpet (indoors) |
![]() United States 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1996 Fed Cup Champions |
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![]() United States Fifteenth title |
References
- "Spain v South Africa". fedcup.com.
- "Argentina v France". fedcup.com.
- "Germany v Japan". fedcup.com.
- "Austria v United States". fedcup.com.
- "Spain v France". fedcup.com.
- "Japan v United States". fedcup.com.
- "Spain v United States". fedcup.com.
See also
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