Ecuador at the 2001 Federation Cup

The Federation Cupis the foremost team competition in women’s tennis. The event is equivalent to the Davis Cup of men’s tennis. The Federation Cup was held in 1963 at the Queen’s Club and the first battle was set between Australia and the United States. The International Tennis Federation administers and looks after the whole process of the Federation Cup. Ecuador made its striking debut in 1972 Federation Cup where the team managed to reach the quarter finals of the World group. Since then, Ecuador did not participate for next 20 years and made its comeback again in 1992 Federation Cup. Because of the previous year’s (2000 Federation Cup) outstanding performance, Ecuador at the 2001 Federation Cup entered through American group I A.

Ecuador at the 2001 Federation Cup was competing in American group I A. Ecuador has gone through the robin rounds against some tough teams in the group. Ecuador lost its first battle against Canada by a mere score of 0-3. The score line did not change for the rest of the robin rounds. Subsequently, Ecuador came across great losses from Brazil and Paraguay with the same loosing score of 0-3 from each team.

Ecuador at the 2001 Federation Cup was playing from American zone group I A. Ecuador found difficult to retrieve a single win over the opponent team. Ecuador gave a easy wins to every rival teams and failed to advance further in the group. Consequently, Ecuador faced a relegation to group II for the following Federation Cup. Dominican Republic accompanied Ecuador from the group for relegation.