1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Knockout Stage

The Knockout Stage of the 1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was the final stage of the 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	Russia	Italy	Switzerland	Romania
2	Belarus	Sweden	Croatia	Hungary
3	Slovenia	Latvia	Georgia	Greece
4	Great Britain	Norway	Yugoslavia	Portugal

The eight teams were then randomly drawn into two two-stage knockout tournaments, with the winners advancing to the World Group II Play-offs.

Draw


Semifinals		Finals



Russia	3

Sweden	0
		Russia	1

		Switzerland	2
Hungary	1

Switzerland	2



Italy	0

Belarus	3
		Belarus	1

		Croatia	2
Croatia	3

Romania	0

Semifinals

Russia vs. Sweden

Russia
3

La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
25 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)

Sweden
0

		1	2
1	Elena Likhovtseva Åsa Carlsson	6 4	6 4
2	Anna Kournikova Anna-Karin Svensson	6 0	6 3
3	Anna Kournikova / Elena Makarova Åsa Carlsson / Maria Lindström	6 3	6 3

^[1]

Hungary vs. Switzerland

Hungary
1

La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
25 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)

Switzerland
2

		1	2
1	Anna Földényi Patty Schnyder	3 6	6⁵ 7⁷
2	Andrea Temesvári Martina Hingis	0 6	3 6
3	Petra Mandula / Andrea Temesvári Angela Bürgis / Emanuela Zardo	6 4	6 2

^[2]

Italy vs. Belarus

Italy
0

La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
25 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)

Belarus
3

		1	2	3
1	Rita Grande Natasha Zvereva	6 4	1 6	4 6
2	Adriana Serra Zanetti Olga Barabanschikova	5 7	7 5	1 6
3	Nathalie Baudone / Laura Golarsa Olga Barabanschikova / Tatiana Ignatieva	0 3			retired

^[3]

Croatia vs. Romania

Croatia
3

La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
25 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)

Romania
0

		1	2	3
1	Mirjana Lučić Cătălina Cristea	6 0	6 4
2	Iva Majoli Ruxandra Dragomir	6 2	6 3
3	Maja Murić / Silvija Talaja Cătălina Cristea / Raluca Sandu	6 3	3 6	7 5

^[4]

Finals

Russia vs. Switzerland

Russia
1

La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
26 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)

Switzerland
2

		1	2
1	Anna Kournikova Patty Schnyder	4 6	4 6
2	Elena Likhovtseva Martina Hingis	3 6	0 6
3	Anna Kournikova / Elena Makarova Angela Bürgis / Emanuela Zardo	7 5	6 1

^[5]

Belarus vs. Croatia

Belarus
1

La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
26 April 1996
Red clay (outdoors)

Croatia
2

		1	2	3
1	Natasha Zvereva Iva Majoli	1 6	2 6
2	Olga Barabanschikova Mirjana Lučić	4 6	6 2	4 6
3	Olga Barabanschikova / Olga Glouschenko Maja Murić / Silvija Talaja	1 0			retired