The ITF has announced the draws for the 2009 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group and World Group II first round ties to be played on February 7-8.
Live scoring for all World Group and World Group II ties will be available on the Fed Cup website www.fedcup.com throughout the weekend.
Zonal events taking place the week of 2 February are Europe/Africa Zone Group I in Tallinn, Estonia; Asia/Oceania Groups I and II in Perth, Australia; and Americas Zone Group I in Montreal, Canada.
WORLD GROUP FIRST ROUND
RUSSIA v CHINA, P.R.
Venue: Olympic Stadium, Moscow, RUS (hard – indoors)
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) v Zi Yan (CHN)
Elena Dementieva (RUS) v Shuai Zhang (CHN)
Elena Dementieva (RUS) v Zi Yan (CHN)
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) v Shuai Zhang (CHN)
Anna Chakvetadze/Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) v Tian-Tian Sun/Zi Yan (CHN)
FRANCE v ITALY
Venue: Palais Des Sports, Orleans, FRA (hard – indoors)
Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) v Flavia Pennetta (ITA)
Alize Cornet (FRA) v Francesca Schiavone (ITA)
Alize Cornet (FRA) v Flavia Pennetta (ITA)
Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) v Francesca Schaivone (ITA)
Severine Bremond/Nathalie Dechy (FRA) v Sara Errani/Roberta Vinci (ITA)
USA v ARGENTINA
Venue: Surprise Racketball & Tennis Complex, Surprise, AZ, USA (hard – outdoors)
USA
Jullie Ditty
Jill Craybas
Melanie Oudin
Liezel Huber
Captain: Mary-Joe Fernandez
Argentina
Gisela Dulko
Betina Jozami
Soledad Esperon
Aranza Salut
Captain: Ricardo Rivera
CZECH REPUBLIC v SPAIN
Venue: Brno Exhibition Centre, Brno, CZE (carpet – indoors)
Petra Kvitova (CZE) v Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP)
Iveta Benesova (CZE) v Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP)
Iveta Benesova (CZE) v Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP)
Petra Kvitova (CZE) v Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP)
Iveta Benesova/Kveta Peschke (CZE) v Lourdes Dominguez-Lino/Maria-Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP)
WORLD GROUP II FIRST ROUND
SLOVAK REPUBLIC v BELGIUM
Venue: Sibamac Arena, Bratislava, SVK (hard – indoors)
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) v Kirsten Flipkens (BEL)
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) v Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) v Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) v Kirsten Flipkens (BEL)
Dominika Cibulkova/Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) v Tamaryn Hendler/Sofie Oyen (BEL)
SWITZERLAND v GERMANY
Venue: Saalsporthalle, Zurich, SUI (hard – indoors)
Patty Schnyder (SUI) v Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER)
Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) v Sabine Lisicki (GER)
Patty Schnyder (SUI) v Sabine Lisicki (GER)
Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) v Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER)
Timea Bacsinszky/Patty Schnyder (SUI) v Kristina Barrois/Tatjana Malek (GER)
SERBIA v JAPAN
Venue: Belgrade Arena, Belgrade, SRB (hard – indoors)
Ana Ivanovic (SRB) v Ai Sugiyama (JPN)
Jelena Jankovic (SRB) v Ayumi Morita (JPN)
Jelena Jankovic (SRB) v Ai Sugiyama (JPN)
Ana Ivanovic (SRB) v Ayumi Morita (JPN)
Ana Ivanovic/Jelena Jankovic (SRB) v Ayumi Morita/Ai Sugiyama (JPN)
UKRAINE v ISRAEL
Venue: Palace of Sports “Lokomotiv”, Kharkiv, UKR (hard – indoors)
Alona Bondarenko (UKR) v Tzipi Obziler (ISR)
Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) v Shahar Peer (ISR)
Alona Bondarenko (UKR) v Shahar Peer (ISR)
Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) v Tzipi Obziler (ISR)
Mariya Koryttseva/Olga Savchuk (UKR) v Julia Glushko/Shahar Peer (ISR)
Fed Cup by BNP Paribas is the largest annual international team competition in women’s sport, with 88 nations entered in 2009.
