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The trophy Federation Cup, was rechristened as Fed Cup in 1995, has seen the women stalwarts of the stature of Darlene King, Billie Jean King, Margaret Smith and Lesley Turner on its centre courts, who have hammered great knocks in the Grand Slams. Australia remains at the second highest place as regards the success of winning titles in the Fed Cup. It has won seven titles in all; however it has not succeeded in winning the title since 1974. Australia at the 2001 Federation Cup performed through the elite World Group B pool.
Performance of Australia at the 2001 Federation Cup
Australia at the 2001 Federation Cup came up lifted in the World Group B pool, with its wins in the previous tournament. Australia made a prolific start with wins in the pool matches. In the beginning it defeated the pool opponents Austria by 5-0 and Switzerland by 4-1 in succession. Then the Australians followed the series of defeats opposite Spain, Germany and Belgium all by 0-3. Australian performance with the initial wins plummeted to the lower strata.
Here’s a summary of the performance of Australia at the 2001 Federation Cup
Australia at the 2001 Federation Cup was included in the prestigious World Group by virtue of its earlier year winning record. In the present World Group pool round robins it faced the opponents Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Germany and Belgium. Australia, which stands as the champions number two in the Federation Cup graph, could not make it to the top this year too. However, its earlier performance in the two rounds was extremely meritorious which got successive wins opposite Austria and Switzerland. Then, they went down in series of encounters to the teams of Spain, Germany and Belgium by 0-3.
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