Dominican Republic at the 2000 Federation Cup

The 2000 Federation cup was the 38th edition of the most glorious sporting events in the women’s tennis. There were about 100 teams participating in this competition and Dominican Republic at the 2000 Federation Cup was one of them. Dominican Republic began its Fed Cup campaign in the year 1990 and in the same year they gave their best performance when they reached the world group for the first and the last time.

Dominican Republic at the 2000 Federation Cup was in the American zone group II along with the teams like Bahamas, Bermuda, Barbados, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, El Salvador, Guatemala, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Trinidad & Tobago. In the first round robin match against Trinidad & Tobago they played really well to defeat Trinidad & Tobago by the score of 2:1. In their next round robin match against Barbados Dominican Republic had no difficulty as they defeated Barbados by the score of 3:0. Then in the first round they played against Puerto Rico, even in this match they registered victory in spite of a tough tussle with Puerto Rico.Dominican Republic defeated Puerto Rico by the score of 2:1. In the finals of the zonal round Ecuador had played so well that they defeated Dominican Republic by the score of 2:1. Dominican Republic had a very good Fed Cup as they got promoted to the group I for the next year’s tournament.

The overall performance of Dominican Republic at the 2000 Federation Cup was good enough to give them birth in the group I for the 2001 Fed Cup. After wining all its round robin matches they lost the finals of the zonal round to Ecuador. In spite of that loss they did get a chance to have a place in the group I for the up coming tournament next year.