Sri Lanka at the 2000 Federation Cup

The 2000 Fed Cup was the 38th edition of the most prestigious sporting events in the women’s tennis. There were total 100 teams which participated in this competition and Sri Lanka at the 2000 Fed Cup was one of them. Sri Lanka made its debut in this competition in the year 1990 and their best performance has come in the year 1992 and 1993 when they reached the final qualifying round.

Sri Lanka 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, Philippines, Syria, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

Sri Lanka started well in the first round robin match against Pakistan. In that match they played beautifully even after getting some tuff assistants from Pakistan, Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan in that match by the score of 2:1.

In the next match they played against Syria, in this match they had no trouble at all as they easily defeated Syria by the score of 2:0. Then in the next round robin match they played against Jordan, in this match both the teams were playing well but in the end it was Jordan who got the match in their favor.

Jordan defeated Sri Lanka in that match by the score of 2:1. In the match against Tajikistan the story was same as against Jordan, Sri Lankan's got defeated by the same score. Then in the last match against Philippines Sri Lanka was trounced in that match as they did not win a single game.

Sri Lanka was defeated by Philippines by the score of 3:0. As a result of this display Sri Lanka were stranded in the same group II for the 2001 Fed Cup.

The overall performance of Sri Lanka at the 2000 Fed Cup was satisfactory as they did not win maximum matches they played.