1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Pool A

International tennis competition 1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group A of the 1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I of the 1996 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage and the bottom team being relegated down to Group II for 1996.   RR W–L Set W–L Game W–L Standings RUS RUS RUS 2–1 15–6 112–85 1 BLR BLR BLR 2–1 8–12 95–112 2 SLO SLO SLO 1–2 10–10 87–89 3 GBR GBR GBR 1–2 7–12 90–98 4 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–1 0–3 2–1 0–3 3–0 1–2 0–3 1–2 2–1 Russia vs. Slovenia Russia Slovenia La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 22 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors) 3 0 Elena Likhovtseva 2 6 6 Tina Križan 6 1 2 Elena Makarova 6 6 Barbara Mulej 3 3 Anna Kournikova Elena Makarova 6 5 7 Tjaša Jezernik Tina Križan 4 7 5 http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20004834 Russia v Slovenia fedcup.com Belarus vs. Great Britain Belarus Great Britain La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 22 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors) 2 1 Tatiana Ignatieva 2 3 Samantha Smith 6 6 Natasha Zvereva 7 4 6 Clare Wood 6.025 6 3 Olga Barabanschikova Tatiana Ignatieva 7 7 Valda Lake Clare Wood 5 6.015 http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20004267 Belarus v Great Britain fedcup.com Russia vs. Great Britain Russia Great Britain La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 23 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors) 3 0 Elena Likhovtseva 6 6 Clare Wood 4 4 Elena Makarova 6 6 Samantha Smith 1 3 Anna Kournikova Elena Makarova 7 6 Samantha Smith Clare Wood 6.025 1 http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20004206 Russia v Great Britain fedcup.com Belarus vs. Slovenia Belarus Slovenia La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 23 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors) 0 3 Tatiana Ignatieva 4 1 Tina Križan 6 6 Olga Barabanschikova 2 3 Barbara Mulej 6 6 Tatiana Ignatieva Natasha Zvereva 5 3 Tjaša Jezernik Tina Križan 7 6 http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20003409 Russia v Slovenia fedcup.com Russia vs. Belarus Russia Belarus La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 24 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors) 1 2 Elena Makarova 3 4 Olga Barabanschikova 6 6 Elena Likhovtseva 6 4 4 Natasha Zvereva 4 6 6 Anna Kournikova Elena Makarova 6 4 6 Tatiana Ignatieva Natasha Zvereva 3 6 4 http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20003393 Russia v Belarus fedcup.com Slovenia vs. Great Britain Slovenia Great Britain La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 24 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors) 1 2 Barbara Mulej 6 6 Samantha Smith 3 4 Tina Križan 5 2 Clare Wood 7 6 Tjaša Jezernik Tina Križan 1 5 Samantha Smith Clare Wood 6 7 http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20004235 Slovenia v Great Britain fedcup.com GBR placed last in the pool, and thus was relegated to Group II in 1997, where they placed first in their pool of six, and thus advanced back to Group I for 1998.http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=GBR Fed Cup Profile, Great Britain fedcup.com 2016-05-17 2012-04-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20160517114500/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=GBR dead See also Fed Cup structure References External links Fed Cup website https://web.archive.org/web/20140107091128/http://www.fedcup.com/en/home.aspx 2014-01-07 Category:1996 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone