Fed Cup 2019 - Euro/Africa Zone Group 1 - Bath, GB

JonH · All-time great

Fed Cup 2019 - Euro/Africa Zone Group 1 - Bath, GB

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Fed Cup 2019 - in GB?

paulisi · Tennis legend

No-one wants to host it. It is too expensive.
Loughborough will probably get it.

Mervatron2 · Challenger qualifying

Hopefully I can go and see it if it's here.

the addict · Tennis legend

JonH wrote:
It appears that the LTA is doing a good thing and bidding to host the Euro Africa Zone event in February.
Loughborough or Bath appear to be the most likely venues.
This would be good and would certainly help our team!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/45365548
Fingers crossed it comes off

Looks like it is confirmed.

Stuart Fraser on twitter

Great Britain will host Fed Cup action next year for the first time since 1993. Two pools in Europe/Africa Zone Group I will be held at the University of Bath on February 6-9. Poland will host the other two pools.

JonH · All-time great

That is good news - Simon briggs in the torygraph explains it well, Gb will host 8 teams and Poland 7 and one winner will emerge at each venue to go forward to world qualifiers. The world qualifiers will most likely be in spring as this year.

Presumably there will be two round Robin groups and then semis and a final over the event.

indiana · Tennis legend

GB will probably play in Poland

wolf · Tennis legend

Good news to avoid Poland.

Look forward to seeing Sharapova, Wozniacki and Svitolina in Bath though.

According to the BBC article the draw will be held later this week.

the addict · Tennis legend

A bit more information from the LTA

www.lta.org.uk/major-tennis-events/international-events/fed-cup/fed-cup-news/2018/fed-cup-great-britain-to-host-2019-group-tie-in-bath

wolf · Tennis legend

I reckon these will be the seeding pots.

Russia
Great Britain

Ukraine
Serbia

Croatia
Poland
Estonia
Hungary

Bulgaria
Turkey
Denmark
Greece

Sweden
Georgia
Slovenia

the addict · Tennis legend

Stu Fraser says that Russia and Poland will play in Poland, and a preliminary draw will be made in the next fortnight to place the other teams. The balance of the pools will be decided in another draw on January 14th

As usual, so much depends on which players turn out for their countries.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Croatia will almost certainly be in Bath. They have 2 X top 40 players and several other good players behind that.

JonH · All-time great

paulisi wrote:
Croatia will almost certainly be in Bath. They have 2 X top 40 players and several other good players behind that.

no reason to disagree but what makes you think they'll be in one place or the other?

JonH · All-time great

wolf wrote:
I reckon these will be the seeding pots.

Russia
Great Britain

Ukraine
Serbia

Croatia
Poland
Estonia
Hungary

Bulgaria
Turkey
Denmark
Greece

Sweden
Georgia
Slovenia

just wondering how you derived these, is there some formula they are using ,?

-- Edited by JonH on Wednesday 3rd of October 2018 05:07:08 PM

paulisi · Tennis legend

JonH wrote:
paulisi wrote:
Croatia will almost certainly be in Bath. They have 2 X top 40 players and several other good players behind that.
no reason to disagree but what makes you think they'll be in one place or the other?

It was on Stu Fraser's Twitter I think. I assume they would be the other seeds.