1997 Fed Cup

International women's tennis competition 1997 Fed Cup 1 March – 5 October 35th 1996 1998 The 1997 Fed Cup was the 35th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis. The final took place at Brabant Hall in 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands on 4–5 October, with France defeating the Netherlands to win their first title.https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1997/10/06/france-s-fed-cup-win-a-first/ France's Fed Cup win a first Tampa Bay Times 13 April 2025https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/06/sports/plus-tennis-fed-cup-testud-seals-title-for-france.html FED CUP; Testud Seals Title for France The New York Times 13 April 2025 World Group 1997 Fed Cup World Group Participating teams BEL CZE FRA GER JPN NED ESP USA Draw 1–2 March 12–13 July 4–5 October 16 Haarlem, Netherlands (Indoor carpet) 1 USA 2   NED 3 Mannheim, Germany (Indoor hard)   CZE 3 4 GER 2 Tokyo, Japan (Indoor hard) 3 FRA 4   JPN 1 Sprimont, Belgium (Indoor hard)   BEL 5 2 ESP 0 Prague, Czech Republic (Outdoor clay)   NED 3   CZE 2 Nice, France (Outdoor clay) 3 FRA 3   BEL 2 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (Indoor carpet)   NED 1 3 FRA 4 World Group play-offs 1997 Fed Cup World Group play-offs The four losing teams in the World Group first round ties (Germany, Japan, Spain and United States), and four winners of the World Group II ties (Argentina, Australia, Croatia and Switzerland) entered the draw for the World Group play-offs. Date: 12–13 July Venue Surface Home team Score Visiting teamHope Island, Australia Outdoor hard AUS 2–3 ESPZürich, Switzerland Indoor carpet SUI 5–0 ARGFrankfurt, Germany Outdoor carpet GER 3–2 CROChestnut Hill, MA, United States Outdoor hard USA 5–0 JPN World Group II 1997 Fed Cup World Group II The World Group II was the second highest level of Fed Cup competition in 1997. Winners advanced to the World Group play-offs, and loser played in the World Group II play-offs. Date: 1–2 March Venue Surface Home team Score Visiting teamZagreb, Croatia Indoor hard CRO 4–1 AUTKošice, Slovakia Indoor carpet SVK 2–3 SUISeoul, South Korea Outdoor hard KOR 1–4 ARGDurban, South Africa Outdoor hard RSA 2–3 AUS World Group II play-offs 1997 Fed Cup World Group II play-offs The four losing teams from World Group II (Austria, Slovakia, South Africa and South Korea) played off against qualifiers from Zonal Group I. Two teams qualified from Europe/Africa Zone (Italy and Russia), one team from the Asia/Oceania Zone (Indonesia), and one team from the Americas Zone (Canada). Date: 12–13 July Venue Surface Home team Score Visiting teamPörtschach, Austria Outdoor clay AUT 3–2 RSASeoul, South Korea Outdoor clay KOR 1–4 RUSJakarta, Indonesia Outdoor clay INA 0–5 ITABratislava, Slovakia Outdoor clay SVK 5–0 CAN Americas Zone 1997 Fed Cup Americas Zone Nations in bold advanced to the higher level of competition. Nations in italics were relegated down to a lower level of competition. Group I Venue: Colombian Tennis Academy, Bogotá, Colombia (outdoor clay) Dates: 29 April – 4 May Participating teams 22em BRA CAN CHI COL ECU MEX PER PUR VEN 1930 Group II Venue: Casa de Campo, San Domingo, Dominican Republic (outdoor clay) Dates: 12–18 May Participating teams 22em ATG BAH BAR BER BOL CRC CUB DOM ESA GUA JAM PAN PAR TRI URU Asia/Oceania Zone 1997 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Nations in bold advanced to the higher level of competition. Nations in italics were relegated down to a lower level of competition. Group I Venue: Renouf Centre, Wellington, New Zealand (outdoor hard) Dates: 11–15 March Participating teams 22em CHN TPE HKG 1959 IND INA KAZ NZL THA Group II Venue: Renouf Centre, Wellington, New Zealand (outdoor hard) Dates: 11–15 March Participating teams 22em MAS Pacific Oceania PAK PHI 1986 SIN SRI SYR 1980 UZB Europe/Africa Zone 1997 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Nations in bold advanced to the higher level of competition. Nations in italics were relegated down to a lower level of competition. Group I Venue: Bari T.C., Bari, Italy (outdoor clay) Dates: 22–26 April Participating teams 22em BLR BUL FIN GEO 1990 GRE HUN ISR ITA LAT POL ROM RUS SLO SWE UKR Group II Venue: Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey (outdoor clay) Dates: 5–11 May Participating teams 22em ALG ARM BIH 1992 BOT CMR CYP DEN EGY EST ETH 1996 GBR IRL ISL LIE LTU LUX Macedonia MAD MLT NOR POR SMR TUN 1959 TUR FR Yugoslavia References External links Fed Cup https://web.archive.org/web/20101007224436/http://www.fedcup.com/ 2010-10-07 Category:Billie Jean King Cups by year Fed Cup Category:1997 in women's tennis