2003 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs

The Play-offs of the 2003 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I were the final stages of the Group I 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	Switzerland	Israel	South Africa	Hungary
2	Belarus	Yugoslavia	Ukraine	Netherlands
3	Estonia	Bulgaria	Denmark	Poland
4	Luxembourg	Georgia	Romania	Great Britain
5				Ireland

The eight teams were then randomly paired up the team from a different placing of another group for a play-off tie, with the winners being promoted to the World Group Play-offs.

Switzerland vs. Netherlands

Switzerland 3	Estoril, Portugal 26 April 2003 Red clay (outdoors)		Netherlands 0
1 2 3 1 Myriam Casanova Elise Tamaëla 77 62 6 3     2 Patty Schnyder Miriam Oremans 6 3 6 1     3 Myriam Casanova / Patty Schnyder Kristie Boogert / Miriam Oremans 6 2 6 1

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•   Switzerland advanced to the World Group Play-offs, where they were drawn against  Israel. They won 4–1, and thus advanced to the World Group for next year.^[2]

Israel vs. Belarus

Israel 2	Estoril, Portugal 26 April 2003 Red clay (outdoors)		Belarus 1
1 2 3 1 Tzipora Obziler Nadejda Ostrovskaya 4 6 3 6     2 Anna Smashnova Tatiana Poutchek 6 4 6 0     3 Tzipora Obziler / Anna Smashnova Olga Barabanschikova / Nadejda Ostrovskaya 1 6 6 4 8 6

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•  Israel advanced to the World Group Play-offs, where they were drawn against   Switzerland. They lost 1–4, and thus were relegated back to Group I for next year.^[4]

South Africa vs. Yugoslavia

South Africa 2	Estoril, Portugal 26 April 2003 Red clay (outdoors)		Yugoslavia 0
1 2 3 1 Chanelle Scheepers Katarina Mišić 6 2 6 2     2 Amanda Coetzer Jelena Janković 7 5 3 6 6 2   3 Amanda Coetzer / Chanelle Scheepers Katarina Mišić / Jelena Janković       not played

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•  South Africa advanced to the World Group Play-offs, where they were drawn against  Czech Republic. They lost 1–4, and thus were relegated back to Group I for next year.^[6]

Hungary vs. Ukraine

Hungary 2	Estoril, Portugal 26 April 2003 Red clay (outdoors)		Ukraine 1
1 2 3 1 Melinda Czink Yuliya Beygelzimer 2 6 65 77     2 Petra Mandula Tatiana Perebiynis 4 6 6 4 6 2   3 Zsófia Gubacsi / Petra Mandula Yuliya Beygelzimer / Tatiana Perebiynis 1 6 6 1 6 3

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•  Hungary advanced to the World Group Play-offs, where they were drawn against  Argentina. They lost 2–3, and thus were relegated back to Group I for next year.^[8]

See also

• Fed Cup structure

References

External links

• Fed Cup website