2012 Fed Cup World Group

2012 Fed Cup World Group
Date	4 February – 4 November
Edition	22nd
Champions
Czech Republic
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The World Group was the highest level of

Participating teams

Participating Teams
Belgium	Czech Republic	Germany	Italy
Russia	Serbia	Spain	Ukraine

Draw

	Quarterfinals 4–5 February					Semifinals 21–22 April					Final 3–4 November
	Stuttgart, Germany (Indoor hard)
								2			Czech Republic	4
		Germany	1
	2	Czech Republic	4

First round

Russia vs. Spain

Russia 3	Moscow, Russia 4–5 February 2012 RuKortHard (indoors)		Spain 2
1 2 3 1 Silvia Soler-Espinosa 6 2 6 1     2 Svetlana Kuznetsova Carla Suárez Navarro 6 3 6 1     3 Nadia Petrova Carla Suárez Navarro 0 6 3 6     4 Silvia Soler-Espinosa 6 2 4 6 6 3   5 Nadia Petrova / Svetlana Kuznetsova Nuria Llagostera Vives / Arantxa Parra Santonja 3 6     retired

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Serbia vs. Belgium

Serbia 3	Spiroudome, Charleroi, Belgium 4–5 February 2012 Decoturf II (indoors)		Belgium 2
1 2 3 1 Jelena Janković Kirsten Flipkens 7 5 7 5     2 Bojana Jovanovski Yanina Wickmayer 4 6 4 6     3 Aleksandra Krunić Yanina Wickmayer 1 6 0 6     4 Bojana Jovanovski Kirsten Flipkens 6 2 6 4     5 Bojana Jovanovski Alison Van Uytvanck / Yanina Wickmayer 77 62 4 6 6 1

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Italy vs. Ukraine

Italy 3	Lauretana Forum, Biella, Italy 4–5 February 2012 Red clay (indoors)		Ukraine 2
1 2 3 1 Kateryna Bondarenko 6 2 6 3     2 Francesca Schiavone Lesia Tsurenko 1 6 2 6     3 Kateryna Bondarenko 66 78 7 5 6 4   4 Sara Errani Lesia Tsurenko 1 6 0 3   retired   5 Flavia Pennetta / Roberta Vinci Lesia Tsurenko / Olga Savchuk 7 5 0 6 6 1

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Germany vs. Czech Republic

Germany 1	Stuttgart, Germany 4–5 February 2012 DecoColor hard (indoors)		Czech Republic 4
1 2 3 1 Sabine Lisicki Iveta Benešová 6 2 4 6 2 6   2 Julia Görges Petra Kvitová 6 3 3 6 8 10   3 Sabine Lisicki Petra Kvitová 77 62 4 6 1 6   4 Angelique Kerber Lucie Hradecká 6 4 6 4     5 Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 3 6 64 77

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Semifinals

Russia vs. Serbia

Russia 2	Megasport Arena, Moscow, Russia 21–22 April 2012 Red clay (indoors)		Serbia 3
1 2 3 1 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Jelena Janković 4 6 3 6     2 Svetlana Kuznetsova Ana Ivanovic 6 2 2 6 6 4   3 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Ana Ivanovic 6 3 0 6 3 6   4 Svetlana Kuznetsova Jelena Janković 1 6 4 6     5 Bojana Jovanovski 6 4 6 0

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Italy vs. Czech Republic

Italy 1	Ostrava, Czech Republic 21–22 April 2012 Novacrylic ultracushion hard (indoors)		Czech Republic 4
1 2 3 1 Francesca Schiavone Lucie Šafářová 63 77 1 6     2 Sara Errani Petra Kvitová 4 6 3 6     3 Francesca Schiavone Petra Kvitová 4 6 61 77     4 Andrea Hlaváčková 2 6 6 2 6 2   5 Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká 6 5     retired

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Final

Serbia vs. Czech Republic

Serbia 1	O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic 3–4 November 2012 Novacrylic ultracushion hard (indoors)		Czech Republic 3
1 2 3 1 Ana Ivanovic Lucie Šafářová 4 6 3 6     2 Jelena Janković Petra Kvitová 4 6 1 6     3 Ana Ivanovic Petra Kvitová 6 3 7 5     4 Jelena Janković Lucie Šafářová 1 6 1 6     5 Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká       not played

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2012 Fed Cup champions
Czech Republic Seventh title

References

See also

• Fed Cup structure