Dominican Republic at the 2001 Federation Cup

The Federation Cup came into existence after the 40 long years of wait from the time of its initialization. The first Federation Cup was organized on the 50th Anniversary of the International Tennis Federation in 1963. Since then the event is the most awaited and one of the most prestigious event in the world of tennis. The United States holds the dominant position by winning 17 titles so far. The 2001 Federation Cup was the year when the huge World group was divided into two pools consisting of eight teams in each pool. Dominican Republic at the 2001 Federation Cup was one of the 90 nations participating in the Federation Cup. Dominican Republic debuted in 1990 Federation Cup and displayed the best performance till date.

Dominican Republic at the 2001 Federation Cup played from American zone group I B. Dominican started their tournament from the robin rounds. Dominican Republic was placed against the Venezuela team for the robin round. Venezuela easily departed the Dominican Republic team with a plain score of 0-3. Even in the second robin round, Dominican Republic failed to achieve the victory and lost the match to Uruguay by 1-2. In the last robin round, Colombia showed the way back to home to Dominican Republic, winning the round by plain 0-3.

Dominican Republic at the 2001 Federation Cup displayed one of the weakest performances. The team was unable to pull a single victory from their rivals. Loosing every match in the tournament, Dominican Republic was relegated to group II in the following Federation Cup.