Slovenia at the 2001 Federation Cup

Slovenia at the 2001 Federation Cup participated from the Group I of the Europe/Africa zone and the team was competing in its tenth Federation Cup competition. The Slovenia team had first played in the competition in 1992. Before participating independently in the competition the Slovenian players were part of the Yugoslavia team. The team had not performed their best in the competition.

The performance of Slovenia at the 2001 Federation Cup took place in Spain on the outdoor clay surface from 24th April to 28th April. The Slovenian team had to play three Round Robin ties and one play-off tie. In their first tie the Slovenia team took on the team of Estonia and found nothing difficult in defeating their rivals by a score of 3-0. In the second round the Slovenia team met the challenge of the Ukrainian team and there was some tough competition between the two teams but the Slovenian team finished the round by a score of 2-1. In their third round the Slovenian team met the opposition of the South African team and the tie was difficult to win for both the teams but in the end the Slovenian team finished off the round by a score of 2-1 and entered in the first round of the play-offs. The Slovenian team had won all the three Round Robin ties. In the play-offs the Slovenian team met with the challenge of the Israeli team and it was too difficult to take on for the team. The Slovenian team lost their last tie by 0-2.

Slovenia at the 2001 Federation Cup performed really well in their Round Robin ties but the team could not clear the first round of the play-offs against the team of Israel otherwise the team could have advanced in the world group play-offs. The Slovenian team remained in their group for the next year’s competition.