Philippines at the 2000 Federation Cup

The 2000 Fed Cup was the 38th edition of the most specific tournament in the women’s tennis. There were around 100 teams competing in this competition and Philippines at the 2000 Fed Cup were one of them. Philippines began its Fed Cup campaign in the year 1974 and its best ever performance of this competition has been in the year 1982 when they reached the world group for the first time.

Philippines at the 2000 Fed Cup was in the Asia/Oceania zone group II along with the teams like Fiji, Iraq, Jordan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Pacific Oceania, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

Philippines had a dream start in this competition as they routed all its opponents in the round robin matches without conceding a single game. Philippines defeated Jordan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Syria and Sri Lanka in the five round robin matches they played and the score in all the matches were same as 3:0 in favor of Philippines.

With such a superb performance in the round robin matches Philippines were hoping a birth in the next group but unfortunately in the first round of the play-off they were defeated in a very disappointing manner.

Pacific Oceania crushed Philippines in that match by the score of 2:0. It was really unbelievable to see Philippines out of the run after a spectacular display in the group stages. Therefore after this result they remained in the same group II for the 2001 Fed Cup.

The over all performance of Philippines at the 2000 Fed Cup was exceptional except in the last one where they got defeated in a sober fashion. Although doing so well in the group stages and then losing in such a way it must really be a night mare for Philippines as they regained the place in the same group.