Fed Cup 2013

steven · Tennis legend

Fed Cup 2013

Jan · Hall of fame

Having come through this year, you'd hope that the girls would be raring to go again next year and have every chance of repeating their heroics!

indiana · Tennis legend

Yes, trust Azarenka continues to have better things to bother about than Fed Cup and / or GB don't end up with Belarus in their way.

steven · Tennis legend

... and now with the new Fed Cup rankings out, the way the teams could be split into seeding bands if they are still in the same order after December, which I think they should be unless any of them played later in one of the last four years.

17-BLR
18-GBR
22-SLO
23-POL

25-AUT
26-ROU
30-POR
31-NED

34-HUN
36-ISR
40-BUL
41-CRO

42-GEO
44-BIH
50-TUR
51-LUX

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

As long as we avoid Romania i think we will be fine

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

Even if they did play later, it must mean that the ranking is going to go down rather than up.

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

In an ideal world we would have someone come in to partner Heather in the doubles but unfortunately that's not an option. Therefore I think one big change from last year is that we will have two players doing all the work.

We will be favourites to win whichever group we end up in based on the seedings (maybe joint favourites if we draw Romania), but Belarus and especially Poland will be tough teams to beat.

I think it would favour us if Laura could sneak ahead of Heather in the rankings which determine team seedings so that Heather plays the second ranked opponents and Laura the first ranks opponents.

-- Edited by tony_orient on Wednesday 19th of December 2012 10:29:27 PM

Scouseandy · Social player

Anyone know when we can expect a team announcement and when the draw will be made?

philwrig · Hall of fame

Scouseandy wrote:
Anyone know when we can expect a team announcement and when the draw will be made?

Last year the team wasn't announced until quite late, I think it was 1st week in January and the draw was made in the second week. The comp though is one week later than last year so possibly these dates might be pushed back a week.

As per last year the team picks itself, but selection would get interesting if we were to make another playoff and Bally was fit gain.

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

Why isn't Anne/Heather a doubles option?

I agree on having Laura facing the No.1 seeds though.

jake270392 · Intermediate Club Player

I think unlike last year, this year will be a more difficult and tactical choice to make as to who makes the team. Laura and hev are by far our best doubles pairing and singles players as of now so our 3rd and 4th choice will be interesting. Although there is no doubt in my mind Anne will be in the team, I do feel as that South or Moore could more valuable to the team than say konta (not sure about her doubles ability) because of doubles. I have always believed that South in particular could be a very good doubles player than singles player and if she is healthy and injury free, she could be our 4th choice.

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

jake270392 wrote:
I think unlike last year, this year will be a more difficult and tactical choice to make as to who makes the team. Laura and hev are by far our best doubles pairing and singles players as of now so our 3rd and 4th choice will be interesting. Although there is no doubt in my mind Anne will be in the team, I do feel as that South or Moore could more valuable to the team than say konta (not sure about her doubles ability) because of doubles. I have always believed that South in particular could be a very good doubles player than singles player and if she is healthy and injury free, she could be our 4th choice.

Tara & Annie played doubles together at the Barnstaple $75K, with wildly varying effectiveness.

philwrig · Hall of fame

jake270392 wrote:
I think unlike last year, this year will be a more difficult and tactical choice to make as to who makes the team. Laura and hev are by far our best doubles pairing and singles players as of now so our 3rd and 4th choice will be interesting. Although there is no doubt in my mind Anne will be in the team, I do feel as that South or Moore could more valuable to the team than say konta (not sure about her doubles ability) because of doubles. I have always believed that South in particular could be a very good doubles player than singles player and if she is healthy and injury free, she could be our 4th choice.

JoKo can play good doubles and is arguably our 3rd best singles player, I will be absolutely gobsmacked beyond belief if JoKo isn't picked. JoKo doesn't play alot of doubles but she has a very good allcourt game. Mel sadly has gone backwards as both a singles player and a doubles player.

I watched Hev and Laura take Mel and Tara to the cleaners in doubles last year down in Nottingham.

jake270392 · Intermediate Club Player

Here is a list of the 4 best players each country has and therefore most likely will be picked for Fed Cup. I may have made a few mistakes and have overlooked a few players because as all you all know, the new WTA website isnt great and you can not select a ranking list of nationality so I have had to go through the ranking pages, scanning for players.

I think which has already been mentioned by Philwrig, the best and ideal group to be drawn into is Portugal, Bulgaria and Bosnia, but I do think and believe that we are favorites against all the other groups outside of group 1 anyway.

Confirmed teams

BLR - Azarenka (WR 1), Govortsova (WR 57), Kremen, Sasnovioch
GBR - Watson (WR 49), Robson (WR 53), Keothavong (WR 143), Konta (WR 156) (Elena Baltacha)
SLO - Hercog (WR 76), Kolar, Klepac, Srebotnik (WR 16 doubles)
POL - A Radwanska (WR 4), U Radwanska (WR 31), Kania (WR 218), Linette

AUT - Paszek (WR 30), Meusburger (WR 132), Mayr-Achleitner (WR 165), Rottmann
ROU - Cirstea (WR 27), Halep (WR 47), Begu (WR 52), Mitu
POR - Koehler (WR 129), Larcher De Brito (WR 130), Moura (WR 858), Luz (WR 875)
NED - Bertens (WR 63), Rus (WR 72), Hogenkamp (WR 197), Schoofs

HUN - Babos (WR 67), Czink (WR 97), Arn (WR 116), Jani (WR 332)
ISR - Peer (WR 74), Glusko (WR 176), Shlomo (WR 471), Patiuk
BUL - Pironkova (WR 42), Kostova (WR 252), Evitimova (WR 262), Shinikova (WR 376)
CRO - Martic (WR 59), Vekic (WR 109), Mrdeza (WR 220), Konjuh

GEO - Shapatava (WR 310), Kvatsabaia (WR 414), Chakhnashvilli, Gorgodze
BIH - Tinjic (WR 274), Husaric (WR UNR), Simic
TUR - Buyukakcay (WR 174), Ozgen (WR 288), Eraydin, Soylu (WR 1110)
LUX - Kremer (WR 509), Schaul (WR 774), Correia

-- Edited by jake270392 on Tuesday 8th of January 2013 04:39:26 PM

-- Edited by jake270392 on Sunday 13th of January 2013 02:59:06 PM

steven · Tennis legend

steven wrote:
... and now with the new Fed Cup rankings out, the way the teams could be split into seeding bands if they are still in the same order after December, which I think they should be unless any of them played later in one of the last four years.

17-BLR
18-GBR
22-SLO
23-POL

25-AUT
26-ROU
30-POR
31-NED

34-HUN
36-ISR
40-BUL
41-CRO

42-GEO
44-BIH
50-TUR
51-LUX

The only relevant changes between the above rankings and the year-end are:

NED (now 30) and POR (now 32) have swapped places as far as the above list is concerned.

BUL (now 39) CRO (now 40) and TUR (now 49) have all moved up one place, while LUX have moved down three places to 54.

None of these changes affect the seeding bands, which are still as in my original list.