Moldova at the 2001 Federation Cup

The Federation Cup took birth from 1963 onwards. The first tournament was held between United States and Great Britain in 1963. The participating countries played in the qualifying stage against themselves, resulting from which the entrants to the World group stage were decided. The 2001 championship was the 39th edition of the Federation Cup. Moldova started its international tennis career in 1998. A total of 90 nations participated in the tournament. Moldova at the 2001 Federation Cup was one of the average teams.

Moldova at the 2001 Federation Cup was placed in the Group II of the Europe/Africa zone. In the first round robin match against Turkey, Moldova lost by 0-3. The next match featured Moldova winning over Botswana by 2-1. The third round robin contest also yielded Moldova as the winner over Tunisia by 3-0. Eventually, Moldova lost its last qualifier to Lithuania by 0-3. Thus Moldova was ousted from the 2001 Federation Cup owing to irregular victories.

Moldova at the 2001 Federation Cup was placed in the Group II of the Europe/Africa zone with some of the other countries like Algeria, Armenia, Botswana, Egypt, Latvia, Lesotho, Morocco, Turkey, Tunisia and Portugal. The performance of Moldova was inconsistent. Moldova won only two matches against Botswana and Tunisia. The remaining matches were lost to Turkey and Lithuania. The level of performance was also very weak and feeble. This led Moldova to loose their credibility as a new face in the international squad and thus was ousted from the 2001 Federation Cup.