1997 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Pool D

Main article: 1997 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Group D of the 1997 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I of the 1997 Fed Cup. Three teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage.

		SLO	ISR	LAT	GEO	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
	Slovenia		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	18–1	117–56	1
	Israel	0–3		2–1	3–0	2–1	11–9	96–86	2
	Latvia	0–3	1–2		3–0	1–2	9–10	76–83	3
	Georgia	0–3	0–3	0–3		0–3	0–18	44–108	4

Slovenia vs. Latvia

Slovenia 3	Bari T.C., Bari, Italy 22 April 1997 Red clay (outdoors)		Latvia 0
1 2 3 1 Tina Križan Anna Barinova 6 4 6 1     2 Barbara Mulej Larisa Neiland 6 2 6 0     3 Tina Križan / Katarina Srebotnik Anna Barinova / Agnese Blumberga 6 4 6 2

Israel vs. Georgia

Israel 3	Bari T.C., Bari, Italy 22 April 1997 Red clay (outdoors)		Georgia 0
1 2 3 1 Hila Rosen Sofia Managadze 6 3 6 1     2 Anna Smashnova Nino Louarsabishvili 6 4 6 4     3 Tzipora Obziler / Hila Rosen Irina Kakoulia / Nino Louarsabishvili 6 2 6 0

Slovenia vs. Georgia

Slovenia 3	Bari T.C., Bari, Italy 23 April 1997 Red clay (outdoors)		Georgia 0
1 2 3 1 Tina Križan Sofia Managadze 6 4 6 1     2 Barbara Mulej Nino Louarsabishvili 6 4 6 1     3 Tina Križan / Barbara Mulej Irina Kakoulia / Nino Louarsabishvili 6 1 6 2

Israel vs. Latvia

Israel 2	Bari T.C., Bari, Italy 23 April 1997 Red clay (outdoors)		Latvia 1
1 2 3 1 Hila Rosen Agnese Blumberga 6 1 1 6 6 2   2 Anna Smashnova Anna Barinova 6 4 6 2     3 Nataly Cahana / Tzipora Obziler Agnese Blumberga / Larisa Neiland 2 6 3 6

Slovenia vs. Israel

Slovenia 3	Bari T.C., Bari, Italy 24 April 1997 Red clay (outdoors)		Israel 0
1 2 3 1 Tina Križan Hila Rosen 77 64 6 3     2 Barbara Mulej Anna Smashnova 7 5 5 7 8 6   3 Tina Križan / Katarina Srebotnik Nataly Cahana / Tzipora Obziler 6 3 6 0

Latvia vs. Georgia

Latvia 3	Bari T.C., Bari, Italy 24 April 1997 Red clay (outdoors)		Georgia 0
1 2 3 1 Agnese Blumberga Sofia Managadze 6 4 6 1     2 Larisa Neiland Nino Louarsabishvili 6 4 6 1     3 Anna Barinova / Larisa Neiland Nino Louarsabishvili / Sofia Managadze 6 1 6 2

• Georgia failed to win any ties in the pool, and thus was relegated to Group II in 1998, where they placed first in their pool of six, and thus advanced back to Group I for 1999.

See also

• Fed Cup structure

External links

• Fed Cup website