New Zealand at the 2000 Federation Cup

The Fed Cup has been devised as the women’s version of the acclaimed Davis Cup. It began in 1963 as a tournament between the United States and Great Britain. The participating countries played in the qualifying stage against themselves, resulting from which the entrants to the World group stage were decided. The 2000 championship was the 38th edition of the Fed Cup. New Zealand started its international tennis career in 1965 with a good opening performance. A total of 95 nations participated in the tournament. New Zealand at the 2000 Fed Cup was one of the poor teams.

New Zealand at the 2000 Fed Cup was placed in the Group I of the Asia/Oceania zone. In the first round robin match against Indonesia, New Zealand performed vaguely and lost by a score of 0-3. The next match also featured New Zealand loosing to Chinese Taipei by 1-2. The third round robin contest however yielded New Zealand as the winner against Singapore by 3-0. New Zealand was the looser to China by score of 0-3. New Zealand lost the last qualifier against South Korea by 0-3. Thus New Zealand was ousted from the 2000 Fed Cup.

New Zealand at the 2000 Fed Cup was placed in the Group I of the Asia/Oceania zone with some of the other countries like China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Singapore, South Korea and Thailand. The performance of New Zealand was very ordinary with respect to its previous performances in the international competitions. New Zealand lost four of its matches of the qualifiers to Indonesia, Chinese Taipei, China and South Korea. This led to the end of the quest for New Zealand at 2000 Fed Cup.