Estonia at the 2001 Federation Cup

Federation cup tennis tournaments are managed by the International Tennis Federation. In the 1995 Federation cup was renmaned as Fed Cup. The Federation Cup tournaments started in the year 1963 and this is the Women’s tennis tournaments and these competitions are exclusively held for women. Estonia participated in these tournaments for the first time in the year 1992.Earlier Estonia players participated in these tournaments under the the flagship of Soviet Union. During its first year, Estonia played the round robins against the nations Ireland, South Africa and Luxembourg and It was defeated in the round robins played against Ireland and South Africa.

Estonia won two matches out of totally three matches played against Luxembourg in its first year. In the year 2000 Estonia showed its excellent tennis skills by winning all the round robins played. Estonia at the 2001 Federation cup displayed a satisfactory performance.

Estonia at the 2001 Federation Cup was placed in the Europe/Africa Group II.The round robins were played against Solvenia, South Africa and Ukraine. These matches were played in the Spain clay court. Estonia played the first round robin against Slovenia and was defeated with a score of 0-3.South Africa was defeated by the Estonia players with a score of 2-1 in the second round robin. Finally in the last round robin played against Ukraine, Estonia was defeated by the Ukraine players with a score of 1-2.

Estonia at the 2001 Federation cup did not show any significant performance. They were defeated in the First and third round robins played against Slovenia and Ukraine. They won only against South Africa with a marginal score.